Sony DSR PD170 Operating Instructions - Page 66

Searching for a recording by index - Index search In the mark •The bar in the •The mark in the mark indicates the present point on the tape. indicates the actual point you are trying to search for. If a tape has a blank portion between recorded portions The index search function may not work correctly. If you mark an index onto an external input signal "LINE" appears in the CH column. The index of the recording start point when recorded from external audio equipment The index mark is not recorded in cassette memory when recorded from external audio equipment. If you want to search for the index point, set CM SEARCH to OFF in the menu settings and search for the index point without cassette memory. Searching for the index point without using cassette memory (1) Set the POWER switch to VCR. (2) Set CM SEARCH in to OFF in the menu settings (p. 105). If using a tape without cassette memory, skip this step. (3) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander repeatedly, until the index search indicator appears. The indicator changes as follows: INDEX SEARCH t DATE SEARCH t PHOTO SEARCH t PHOTO SCAN t no indicator (4) Press . on the Remote Commander to search for the previous index point or press > on the Remote Commander to search for the next index point. Your camcorder automatically starts playback at the selected index point. Each time you press . or >, your camcorder searches for the previous or next index point. To stop searching Press x. 66