RCA CC-285 - Manual (Page 14)

Location and Use of Controls (cont.)
@ POWER Switch
• This switch turns the
camcorder’s power on and off.
The
ON indicator @ will light
when the camcorder is on.
• To conserve battery power,
you may want to turn off
power between long breaks in
recording.
Power ON Indicator (Also Dew
Indicator)
• This indicator lights whenever
the camcorder is turned on,
• The indicator will flash if
there is excessive moisture
(dew) inside your camcorder.
An internal protection feature
will prevent the camcorder
from operating until the
moisture is gone. Leave the
power on and when the hght
stops flashing, the camcorder
can be operated.
EJECT Button
• Press this button to open the
cassette door for tape insertion
or removal.
• The camcorder must be
attached to a power source
(battery or AC adapter/
charger) to open the door.
before atceinpiih§ lb
■ qect (he tape.
PLA Y Button
• To play back recorded
material, first slide the
CAMERA/PLAYBACK switch tO
the PLAYBACK position, and
then press REW to rewind the
tape. Press
PLA Y
to start
playback.
• When the
camera / playback
switch is in the
camera
position and the camcorder is
in the Record/Pause mode,
pressing and holding
PLA Y will
play the tape at normal
playback speed. This is handy
after you’ve scanned
backwards to review parts of a
recent recording.
STOP Button
• Press the STOP button to stop
the camcorder when it’s
playing back a tape,
rewinding, or fast forwarding.
• This button has no effect
during recording. To stop
recording, press the thumb
trigger @ or press
pa use
button @.
PA USE Button
• Press this button when the
camcorder is playing back a
tape to display a stop-action
“still” picture. To return to
normal play, press
pause
again,
• Press this button when the
camcorder is recording to
pause the recording.
• Pause is designed for
momentary interruptions and
should not be used for an
extended period of time. If the
camcorder remains in the
pause mode for more than five
minutes, the camcorder will
automatically move the tape
away from the spinning heads
to prevent excessive tape wear.
TRA CKING Control
• You will normally only use the
TRACKING control if you play
tapes in your camcorder that
were recorded on another
VCR.
• If you play a tape that was
not recorded on your
camcorder, streaks may appear
if the recorded tracks on the
tape don’t align precisely with
the playback heads. To remove
the streaks and align the heads
with the tape tracks, slowly
turn the
TRACKING control in
either direction until the
streaks disappear.
• The
TRACKING
control will
have to be adjusted back to its
original position when you
play your regular home-
recorded tapes again.
• The TRACKING control has no
effect during recording.
EAR (Earphone) Jack
• You can plug the supplied
earphone into this jack for
private listening during
recording or playback.
(g) V ídeo DUB Button
• This button is used to record
new video in place of existing
video without erasing the
audio.
• Details are on page 35.
@ AUDIO DUB Button
• This button is used to record
new audio in place of existing
audio without erasing the
video.
• Details are on page 34.
F.FWD (Fast Forward) Button
• When the CAMERA/ playback
switch is in the
pla YB ack
position and the camcorder is
stopped, pressing F.FWD will
quickly advance (fast forward)
the tape. No picture will
appear in the viewfinder.
• If you press and hold the
F.FWD
button when the
camcorder is playing a tape,
you’ll be able to visually scan
the tape in fast motion. To
return to normal playback,
release the
f . fwd
button.
• You can also visually scan
forward when the camcorder is
in Record/Pause mode by
pressing and holding
F.FWD.
REW (Rewind) Button
• When the CAMERA/ playback
switch is in the
playback
position and the camcorder is
stopped, pressing REW will
rewind the tape. No picture
will appear in the viewfinder.
• If you press and hold the
rew
button when the camcorder is
playing a tape, you’ll be able
to visually scan the tape in
reverse fast motion. To return
to normal playback, release
the
REW
button.
• You can also visually scan
backwards when the
camcorder is in Record/Pause
mode by pressing and holding
REW. This lets you “back up”
the tape so that you can start
a new scene without a “gap”
in the tape.
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