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CONTROLS,

INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS Rear Section (cont’d)

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O[BAR] Colour bar/Playback & still button
●Pressing this button in the shooting mode
switches the setting between colour bar output
and camera image output.
●Pressing this button in the VTR playback mode
starts playback. Pressing this button during
playback engages the playback mode.
●Pressing this button during playback engages
the still picture mode.
P[AW] White balance/Stop button
●Used when white balance adjustment is
performed in the shooting mode.
To use this button for white balance
adjustment, the WHITE BALANCE item on the
OPERATION menu screen should be set to
PUSH AUTO.
When this button is pressed, the current white
balance setting mode is displayed for about 3
seconds on the LCD screen or the viewfinder
screen after which white balance adjustment
of the GY-DV300 becomes possible.
The white balance adjustment setting mode
is selected by rotating the SELECT dial L.
When rotation of the dial stops, the selected
setting mode is displayed for about 3 seconds.
When the button is then pressed for 1 second
or more, the white balance adjustment starts.
[Variable range: PRESET, MEMORY 1, 2, 3]
●Pressing this button in the VTR playback mode
engages the Stop mode.
Q[FWD] FORWARD/FF button
●Pressing this button in the shooting mode
engages playback in forward direction at
normal speed for as long as the button is
pressed. When the button is released, the
recording-standby mode is engaged.
●Pressing this button in the VTR playback mode
during stop or rewind operation initiates the
fast forward mode. Pressing this button during
playback, still picture playback, or reverse
search initiates forward search mode.
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Memo:
The PRESET mode is fixed at 3200 K (colour
temperature).
Even if the AW button is pressed, white balance
adjustment is not performed.