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Blank Tape Search (B.T.S.) (CAMERA Mode) 1 M E NU 2
The blank tape search function allows you to locate the end of
the recorded section of a tape. This function is useful when
you want to continue recording on a partially recorded tape.
O MENU Button
0 +/— Buttons
0 SELECT Button
O Start/Stop Button
Blank Tape Search Procedure
1. L oad partially recordable video cassette.
• See page 26 for loading video cassettes.
2. Press MENU button twice.
• MENU 2 is displayed in viewfinder.
3. Use +/— buttons to align arrow with B.T.S.
4. Press SELECT button.
•The camera goes into high-speed search (page 46)
while it finds the end of the recorded section of tape,
then goes into record pause mode.
5. Press start/stop button.
• Recording begins.
Notes:
• Press the MENU button to stop the blank tape search.
• Even if the video cassette is loaded at a nonrecorded section,
the end of the recorded section will still be located and
camera will go into record pause mode.
• The blank tape search function detects blank sections of tape
which are at least one minute long. If the tape has such 1
minute blank sections in the middle of recorded sections, the
camera will stop when it detects them.
•The last frame is displayed in the viewfinder for about 5
minutes as a still image. Then the camera goes into stop
mode to protect internal parts from damage.
•When using the blank tape search function, make sure that
the erasure prevention switch on the video cassette is in the
recording possible position (see page 28 for information on
the erasure prevention switch).
•When the blank tape search function is used, the end of the
previously recorded scene may be erased when recording is
resumed.
•When the blank tape search function is operated on a video
cassette with no blank sections, the camera enters high¬
speed search to the end of the video cassette and stops
(T. END is displayed in the viewfinder).
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