Contents

Chapter 1 General ....................................

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1-1

Features of the camera unit ......................

6

1-2

Features of the VTR unit ...........................

7

1-3

System configuration ................................

8

Chapter 2 Parts and their functions

....... 9

2-1 Power supply and accessory

 

 

mounting section .......................................

9

2-2

Audio function section ............................

10

2-3

Shooting and recording/playback

 

 

function section .......................................

12

2-4

Menu operation section ...........................

15

2-5 Time code related section .......................

16

2-6

Warning/status display section ..............

17

2-7 Display window and its displays ............

17

2-8

Viewfinder section ...................................

19

Chapter 3 Recording and playback ......

20

3-1

Cassette tapes ..........................................

20

3-2

Basic procedures .....................................

21

3-3

Scene-to-scene continuity ......................

23

3-4

PRE-RECORDING function ......................

23

3-5

INTERVAL REC function ..........................

24

3-6

RETAKE function .....................................

25

3-7

Rec-review function .................................

26

3-8 Normal playback and playback

 

 

at different speeds ...................................

26

Chapter 4 Adjustments and settings for

 

recording ...............................

27

4-1 Adjusting the white balance and

 

 

black balance ...........................................

27

4-1-1 Adjusting the white balance .........................

27

4-1-2 Adjusting the black balance .........................

29

4-2 Setting the electronic shutter .................

30

4-2-1 Shutter modes .............................................

30

4-2-2 Setting the shutter mode and speed ...........

30

4-2-3 Setting the synchro scan mode ...................

31

4-3 Selecting the recording signals and

 

 

recording system .....................................

31

4-3-1 Selecting the record signals ........................

31

4-4 Selecting the audio input signals and

 

 

adjusting their recording levels ..............

31

4-4-1 Selecting the audio input signals .................

31

4-4-2 Adjusting the audio signal recording levels . 32

4-4-3 CH3 and CH4 recording levels ....................

32

4-5 Setting the time data ................................

33

4-5-1

Setting the user bits .....................................

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4-5-2

Setting the internal clock’s date and time ....

34

4-5-3

Setting the time code ...................................

35

4-5-4

Externally locking the time code ..................

35

4-5-5

Setting the UMID information ......................

36

4-6 Menu displays on the viewfinder screen.......

37

4-6-1

Menu configuration ......................................

37

4-6-2

Basic menu operations ................................

37

4-6-3

Selecting the user menus ............................

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4-7 Viewfinder screen status displays .........

39

4-7-1

Viewfinder lamp displays..............................

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4-7-2 Viewfinder screen status display

 

 

configuration..................................................

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4-7-3 Selecting the viewfinder screen display

 

 

items ............................................................

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4-7-4 Display modes and setting

 

 

changes/adjustment result messages .........

45

4-7-5 Setting the marker displays .........................

45

4-7-6

Setting the camera ID ..................................

45

4-7-7

Mode check screen displays

 

 

(MODE CHECK button function) .................

46

4-7-8

Marker check screen displays

 

 

(MARKER SELECT button function) ...........

46

4-8Menu-driven function setup ....................

47

4-8-1 Setting the USER SW GAIN switching ........

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4-8-2

Selecting the video output signals ...............

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4-8-3

Selecting the F.AUDIO LEVEL

 

 

control function ............................................

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4-8-4

Allocating functions to the USER MAIN,

 

 

USER1 and USER2 buttons ........................

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4-8-5

Setting the color temperature manually .......

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4-9 Data handling ...........................................

49

4-9-1 Handling the setup card ..............................

49

4-9-2

Setup card operations .................................

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4-9-3 How to use the user data ............................

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4-9-4 How to use the scene file data ....................

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4-9-5

How to return the menus settings to the

 

 

user standard settings .................................

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4-9-6

How to return the menus settings to the

 

 

factory standard settings .............................

57

4-9-7

How to use the lens file data .......................

57

Chapter 5

Preparation ...........................

58

5-1

Supplying the power ................................

58

5-1-1

Attaching the battery and setting the

 

 

 

battery type ..................................................

58

5-1-2

Using an AC power supply ..........................

60

5-2

Attaching the lens and performing the

 

 

flange back and white shading

 

 

adjustments ..............................................

60

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