Useful Features
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Quick Return
Available mode:
Tape Camera
If while playing back your tape you want to
quickly return to the last recorded scene
and start recording again, use the quick
return function.
1 Set the camcorder to Tape Camera
mode.
2 In Recording Standby mode, press
the MENU button to display the menu
screen.
3 Press l or m on the Operation
button to select T, then press the
centre of the Operation button.
4 Press l or m to select “QK.
RETURN”, then press the centre of
the Operation button.
5 Press l or m to select “START”,
then press the centre of the Operation
button.
• “SEARCH” flashes, and the tape
begins fast forwarding or rewinding
to the end of the last recorded scene.
• When the tape reaches the end of
the last recorded scene, “FINISHED”
is displayed, and the camcorder
enters Recording Standby mode.
6 Press the MENU button to turn off the
menu screen.
Notes:
• To cancel the quick return function while
“SEARCH” is flashing, press the centre of
Operation button twice.
• Quick return will not work if you remove the
cassette and reload it after recording or if
nothing has been recorded since loading.
• When the camcorder remains in Recording
Standby mode for more than 5 minutes and
enters stop mode, quick return will not work.
SETTING 1
QK. RETURN
START
STOP
DGTL
W
IDE MODE
RETURN
ZOOM
TAPE SPEED
SEARCH
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