Sony DSR 25 Operating Instructions - Page 35

Chapter 2 Playback and Recording • You cannot add search signals after recording. To add a search signal for Auto Repeat, start recording from the point where you want to add it. • When recording on this unit, signals for Index search do not have information on the day of the week. • Searching may not be done correctly if the tapes were not recorded on Sony-brand digital video equipment. About the cassette memory • A tape with the mark has cassette memory. When using the 16 kbit cassette memory, you can store up to 135 search signals. (The number changes depending on the memory capacity of various cassettes. It also changes depending on the data size combination of index, title, date, photo, and tape label data stored on a tape.) This unit is capable of storing and retrieving up to 16 kbits of information in cassette memory. • To locate scenes that did not fit in the cassette memory, or to locate scenes in order of their position on the tape, set CM SEARCH on the CM SET menu to OFF. You can use the same procedure to search for a scene on a tape without cassette memory. For details on the CM SET menu, see "CM SET menu" on page 58 (GB). Note The number of search signals that you can record is limited by the cassette memory space available when you start recording. When you use a previously recorded tape for repeated recordings, make more memory space available by erasing unwanted items using ITEM ERASE or ERASE ALL on the CM SET menu before you start recording. Automatically playing back a tape repeatedly (Auto Repeat) This unit can repeat the playback of all or a part of the tape. 1 Set the TIMER selector on the front panel of this unit to REPEAT. 2 Press the REW button. (If the tape is already rewound, press the PLAY button.) The unit rewinds the tape to its beginning, and starts playback automatically. The unit repeats the playback from the beginning to the first index (if there is no signal for Index search on the tape, to the next unrecorded portion; if there is no unrecorded portion, to the end of the tape). Auto Repeat using an external AC timer If you connect an external AC timer (not supplied) to this unit, you can repeat playback automatically at a preset time. 1 Connect this unit to an external AC timer (not supplied). DSR-25 (rear panel) AC timer to an AC outlet 2 Set the TIMER selector on the front panel of this unit to REPEAT. 3 Set the starting time on the external AC timer. At the preset time, the power of this unit turns on, and after a few seconds (no more than 30), Auto Repeat playback starts automatically. The unit repeats the playback from the beginning to the first index (if there is no signal for Index search on the tape, to the next unrecorded portion; if there is no unrecorded portion, to the end of the tape). (Continued) 35 Chapter 2 Playback and Recording (GB)