Hitachi VM-C52E - Microphone Mixing; Index Signal Recording

MICROPHONE MIXING
You can mix audio through a microphone during playback.
Connect a source from which you want to mix sound, following the procedure shown on page 21.
NOTE: If no external microphone is connected, you can mix sound from the built-in microphone.
1. Set the MIC MIX switch to “ON”.
2. Slide the mode shifter to turn on VTR power.
3. Press PLAY button to play a tape.
e¢ The picture appears on the TV and sound is out-
put. When you speak to the built-in microphone,
your voice is also output from the TV. When ex-
ternal equipment is connected, the sound from it
is also output from the TV.
NOTE: {f you use this microphone mixing function
when copying a tape from the camera/recorder to a
VTR, you can copy the mixed sound.
INDEX SIGNAL RECORDING
MIC MIX Switch
PLAY Button
Mode Shifter
Indexing your tapes while recording makes it easy to
find desired program segments when you play back the
tape in a VTR that has a compatible indexing feature
called the ‘‘VHS Index Search System”. See your
VTR’s instruction manual for index playback in-
structions.
INDEX signals are recorded when the following oper-
ations are performed.
¢ When the INDEX button is pressed during recording.
¢ When the INDEX button is pressed in the record/
pause (stand-by) mode and “INDEX” is displayed in
the viewfinder, then recording is started.
¢ When power is turned on about 4 hours after it is
switched off and then recording is started.
¢ When power is turned on after the date is changed
to the next day with the power off and then record-
ing is started.
NOTE: When INDEX button is pressed, ‘INDEX’’ is dis-
played in the viewfinder, and when an INDEX signal is
recorded, “INDEX” disappears.
INDEX
INDEX Button
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