Contents

Precautions for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1-1 Camera Unit Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1-2 Recorder/player Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1-3 System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 2 Parts and their Functions . . 11

2-1 Power Supply and

Accessory Mounting Section . . . . . . . . . . 11

2-2 Audio (input) Function Section. . . . . . . . . 12

2-3 Audio (output) Function Section . . . . . . . 13

2-4 Shooting and Recording/Playback Functions Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2-5 Menu Operation Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2-6 Time Code Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2-7 Warning and Status Display Functions . . 19

2-8 Display Window Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2-9 LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2-10 Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 3 Recording and Playback. . . 22

3-1 P2 Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3-2 Basic Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3-3 Normal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3-4PRE-RECORDING function. . . . . . . . . . . 26

3-5 Loop Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3-6 Recording Review Function . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3-7 Normal and Variable Speed Playback . . . 28

3-8 Voice Memo Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3-9 Shot Mark Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 4 Adjustments and

Settings for Recording . . . . 30

4-1 Adjusting the White balance and

Black Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4-1-1 Adjusting the White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

4-1-2 Adjusting the Black Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

4-2 Setting the Electronic Shutter . . . . . . . . . 33

4-2-1 Shutter Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

4-2-2 Setting the Shutter Mode and Speed . . . . . . . .33

4-2-3 Placing the Camera-recorder

in SYNCHRO SCAN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

4-3 Selecting Recording Signals and

Recording System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

4-3-1 Selecting the Recording Signals. . . . . . . . . . . .34

4-3-2 Selecting the Recording System . . . . . . . . . . .35

4-4 Selecting Audio Input Signals and

Adjusting Recording Levels . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4-4-1 Selecting Audio Input Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4-4-2 Adjusting Recording Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

4-4-3 CH3 and CH4 Recording Levels . . . . . . . . . . . 36

4-5 Setting Time Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

4-5-1 Setting the User Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

4-5-2 Setting the Internal Clock’s Date and Time. . . 38

4-5-3 Setting the Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4-5-4 Externally Locking the Time Code . . . . . . . . . 39

4-5-5 Providing an ID to the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4-5-6 Setting UMID Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4-5-7 Mode Check Screen Displays

(MODE CHECK button function). . . . . . . . . . . 42

4-6 Menu Displays in the Viewfinder

Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

4-6-1 Menu Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

4-6-2 Setting Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

4-6-3 Selecting Options for USER MENU . . . . . . . . 44

4-7 Viewfinder Screen Status Displays . . . . . 45

4-7-1 Lamps in the Viewfinder Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 45

4-7-2 Viewfinder Status Indication Layout . . . . . . . . 45

4-7-3 Selecting Viewfinder Display Information . . . . 45

4-7-4 Display Modes and Setting Changes/adjustment Result Messages. . . . . . 51

4-7-5 Setting the Marker Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4-7-6 Marker Check Screen Displays

(MARKER SELECT button function). . . . . . . . 52

4-7-7 Checking Return Video Signal

in the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4-8 Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor . . 53

4-9Menu-driven Function Setup . . . . . . . . . . 54

4-9-1 Setting the Switchover of USER SW GAIN. . . 54

4-9-2 Selecting Video Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4-9-3 Selecting Function for

the FRONT AUDIO LEVEL Control. . . . . . . . . 54

4-9-4 Assigning Functions to USER MAIN, USER1 and USER2 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

4-9-5 Setting Color Temperature Manually . . . . . . . 55

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