NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS PARTS
POWER
1
MIC
1
[POWER] Power button/LED
● Press this button to turn on the power and op-
erate the unit. (Power ON)
Press this button again to turn off the power.
(Power OFF)
● The POWER LED lights up as follows.
Power ON
: the LED lights up green
Power OFF
: the LED lights up red
VTR error
: the LED blinks in red
Memo
● When the DC IN MODE item of the SYS-
TEM menu is set to "POWER ON" and power
is supplied to the
at the rear panel, the unit goes into the
POWER ON state even if this button is not
pressed.
● Even when the power has been turned off
with this button, a small amount of electric-
ity will still be channeled into the unit.
Therefore, if the unit is not going to be used
for a long period of time, please remove the
AC adapter to reduce energy consumption.
2
Cassette slot
● Load a cassette into or unload it from the slot.
Please insert a standard DV or a mini DV cas-
sette. (☞ Page 29)
● When the unit is in the POWER OFF state
and if a cassette is loaded, it goes into the
ON state.
E-10
A.DUB
AG-DV2500
REMOTE
INPUT
OFF
LINE
9PIN
WIRELESS
DV
S-VIDEO
4 3
1
DC IN terminal located
2
DVCAM
NTSC
PAL
REC INH.
1 / 3
CH
2 / 4
AUDIO
3
[A. DUB] Audio dubbing button/LED
● Press this button for audio dubbing (after-re-
cording).
For audio dubbing, set the AUDIO MODE item
of the AUDIO/VIDEO menu to "32K".
Sound produced by the
9
the
(☞ Page 15) is recorded on CH3 and CH4
channels.
● During audio dubbing, the A. DUB LED lights
up red.
● If the INPUT switch is set at "DV", audio dub-
bing is not possible.
(☞ Page 39, "Audio dubbing")
4
[INPUT] Input video signal selection
switch
● Select the video signal input with this switch.
S-VIDEO : YC separate video signals from the
LINE
DV
Note
During recording, manipulating this switch will
not bring about any effect.
– Front panel –
EJECT
MENU
REC
PLAY
PAUSE
SET
REW
FF
STOP
6
AUDIO IN terminal at the rear panel
S-VIDEO IN terminal
: Composite video signals from the
LINE IN terminal
: DV signals from the DV IN/OUT
terminal (IEEE1394)
MIC terminal or