92-1 Front Panel2 CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS1 [POWER] power on/off buttonPress to turn the operating mode ON/OFF. When thisbutton is POWER indicator 8 lights and the unit can beoperated. When a cassette is loaded, operating mode isswitched on and the POWER indicator lights automatically.The POWER button does not completely shut off themains power to the unit, but switches the operating currenton and off.2 [STOP] buttonPress this button to stop the tape.3 Cassette loading slotInsert a cassette in this slot. Use a VHS cassette tape.4 [EJECT] buttonPress to eject the cassette.5 [REC] indicatorThis indicator lights during recording if menu switch TALLY> on the screen is set to “ON”.6 [REC] buttonPress this button in the Stop mode to engage the Record mode.Press to engage the Record mode in the Rec-Pause mode.7 [REC REVIEW] buttonUse this button to check recording.When pressed in the Record mode, the VCR will rewind thetape for about 5 seconds of tape time and then play backthe rewound section in the 2H/6H mode to check recordingquality. Recording is resumed automatically after playbackat the point where recording was interrupted.• If picture quality is judged to be inferior during recordingcheck, the heads are cleaned automatically and the errorcode “E-09” is shown on the display for about 10 seconds.Recording will continue regardless of the results of therecording check.8 [POWER] indicatorLights when the 1 [POWER] button is turned on.9 Display sectionFor details, refer to page 11.0 [ON SCREEN/SHIFT 7/t] buttons• Use these buttons on the normal screen to move thedisplay position or recording position of on-screeninformation. The position can be moved down by pressingthe 7 button and to the right by pressing the t button.• Use these buttons on the menu screen to select the desireditem in date/time setting, timer program setting and menuswitch setting.751 2 3 49 86RECEJECTREC REVIEW RECPAUSE/STILL MENU TIME MODESETON SCREENSHIFT/REW PLAY FF/REV PLAY TRACKING V. LOCK TIMER SEARCH COUNTER LOCK CNT RESETRESET/CANCELSTOPREV ADV FWD ADVAG-11 1012POWERPOWERHDRS-VHS tape VHS tapeHDR recording HDR recording Playback speedOn Off On Off2H* 2H 2H* 2H Standard6H 6H* 6H 6H* 3x— L12H — — 12-hour SP linear slowL18H — — — 18-hour EP linear slow— L24H — — 24-hour SP linear slow— 24H — 24H 24-hour SP timelapse24H — 24H — 24-hour EP timelapse— 48H — 48H 48-hour SP timelapse48H — 48H — 48-hour EP timelapse— 72H — 72H 72-hour SP timelapse72H — 72H — 72-hour EP timelapse— 84H — 84H 84-hour SP timelapse84H — 84H — 84-hour EP timelapse— 120H — 120H 120-hour SP timelapse120H — 120H — 120-hour EP timelapse— 168H — 168H 168-hour SP timelapse168H — 168H — 168-hour EP timelapse— 240H — 240H 240-hour SP timelapse240H — 240H — 240-hour EP timelapse— 480H — 480H 480-hour SP timelapse480H — 480H — 480-hour EP timelapse— 960H — 960H 960-hour SP timelapse960H — 960H — 960-hour EP timelapse! [TIME MODE/SET +/–] buttons• Use to select the recording and playback speed mode.Available recording/playback speed modes varydepending on the setting of menu switch REC> on the screen.Each time these buttons are pressed, the recording/playback speed mode changes as follows. The recording/playback speed mode is shown on the display.• The speed selection display - when a cassette tape is notyet inserted - becomes a display when the S-VHS tape isbeing used. If the VHS cassette tape is inserted aftersetting the speed that can only be selected during thetime the S-VHS tape is used, it automatically changesover to the speed that can be selected when the VHS tapeis being used.Example: If the VHS tape is inserted - when a cassettetape is not yet inserted - after selecting L18H,the recording speed comes to 24H mode.@ [MENU] buttonPress to display the date/time, timer program, and various othermenu setting screens, as well as the hour meter, on themonitor. Press again to cancel the menu or hour meter display.
