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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS
Front panel
1Cassette loading slot/LED
•For loading a cassette into or unloading it
from the slot.
Insert a standard DV cassette or a mini DV
cassette. (XPage 37)
•When BR-HD50 is in the OPERATE OFF
state and a cassette is loaded, it changes to
the OPERATE ON state.
•With a cassette loaded, the LED lights up in
green.
When a cassette is being loaded or ejected,
the LED flashes.
2[OPERATE] button/LED
•
Press this button to turn on the power and BR-
HD50 becomes ready for operation.
(OPERATE ON)
Press this button again when BR-HD50 is
already on to turn off the power. (OPERATE OFF)
•OPERATE LED lights up as follows.
OPERATE ON : the green LED lights up
OPERATE OFF : the red LED lights up
VCR error : the red LED blinks
Memo
z If DC IN MODE in the SYSTEM [2/2] Menu
screen is set to “OPE ON”, and power is sup-
plied to the DC IN terminal on the rear panel,
power is turned on and the unit enters OPER-
ATE ON mode without pressing this button.
z Even after the power is turned off with this but-
ton, BR-HD50 is live with a small amount of
electricity.
Therefore, if BR-HD50 is not to be used for a
long period of time, please remove the AC
adapter to save energy.
3[EJECT] button
•Press this button to eject the cassette.
Memo
z It takes about 6 seconds for the cassette to be
ejected.
z The cassette can be ejected even when BR-
HD50 is in the OPERATE OFF mode. After the
eject action is completed, BR-HD50 returns to
the OPERATE OFF mode.
4Operation buttons
[REC] button/LED
•Hold down this button and press the PLAY
button to start recording. During recording,
the red LED lights up.
•Hold down this button and press the
PAUSE button to pause recording.
• If this button is pressed during recording, an
index signal is recorded on the tape (when
INDEX WRITE in the SYSTEM [2/2] Menu
screen is set to ON).
•When this button is pressed in the STOP
mode, the time code generator value can
be checked while the button is being held
down. If TC DUPLI.: DV Menu is set to
AUTO, the time code, date and time of the
IEEE1394 terminal can be checked. (In DV
mode only)
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[PLAY] button/LED
•Press this button to start playing back a
tape. During playback, the green LED lights
up.
•When recording is paused, press this but-
ton to resume recording.
[PAUSE] button/LED
•During recording, press this button to pause
it.
•In the PLAYBACK or STOP mode, press
this button to enter the STILL mode. In the
RECORDING PAUSE or STILL mode, the
green LED lights up.
•When BR-HD50 is in the STILL mode,
press this button for frame advance play-
back. (In DV mode only)
Memo
Still images or images in frame advance can be
selected with STL/F.ADV: DV of the SYSTEM [1/
2] Menu screen.
[FF] button/LED
•When BR-HD50 enters the STOP mode,
press this button to fast-forward the tape.
•When BR-HD50 is in the PLAYBACK or
STILL mode, press this button for fast-for-
ward playback. The fast forward playback
speed can be changed by pressing the
SEARCH+/S button h or the SEARCH–/
Q button (when “Q, S” KEY FUNC. in
the SYSTEM [1/2] Menu screen is set to
VAR/RECV.
(XPage 53 “Slow playback and Search
mode”)
• During fast-forwarding or fast-forward play-
back, the LED lights up in green.
[STOP] button/LED
•Press this button to stop operation.
•When BR-HD50 is in the STANDBY-OFF
mode, press this button to enter the
STANDBY-ON mode.
•While stopped, the LED lights green.
Memo
There are two stop modes.
z STANDBY-OFF: For protecting the tape and
the drum, the drum does not rotate.
z STANDBY-ON: The drum rotates so that it
starts up faster after BR-HD50 moves into
another mode.
[REW] button/LED
•When BR-HD50 enters the STOP mode,
press this button to rewind the tape.
•When BR-HD50 is in the PLAYBACK or
STILL mode, press this button for reverse
playback. The rewind playback speed can
be changed by pressing the SEARCH+/S
button h or the SEARCH–/Q button
(when “Q, S” KEY FUNC. in the SYS-
TEM [1/2] Menu screen is set to VAR/
RECV.
(XPage 53 “Slow playback and Search
mode”)
•During rewinding or rewind playback, the
LED lights up in green.