No.

Item

 

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

 

 

A

Shooting mode

Indicates whether the shooting mode is AUTO or MANUAL.

 

indication

Å: Displayed when the shooting mode is AUTO (when the MODE item

 

 

 

is set to AUTO on the TOP MENU screen).

 

 

˜: Displayed when the shooting mode is MANUAL (when the MODE

 

 

 

item is set to MANUAL on the TOP MENU screen).

 

 

 

 

 

B

Filter indication

ND: Displayed when the ND filter switch is set to ON.

 

 

 

 

 

C

Iris F-value indication

Indicates the F-value of the lens in the manual iris adjustment mode

 

 

(when the IRIS item is set to MANUAL on the OPERATION menu

 

 

screen). The indications are:

 

 

F1.6, F2, F2.8, F4, F5.6, F8, F11, F16. CLOSE

 

 

 

 

 

D

Iris compensation

-3 ~ ±0 ~ +3: Indicates the compensation value set with the iris

 

value indication

 

 

 

adjustment dial in the auto iris mode.

 

 

M: Displayed in the manual iris adjustment mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

VTR mode indicators

STBY:

Recording-standby mode

 

 

REC:

During recording

 

 

ED.FWD: During playback in forward direction

 

 

ED.REV: During playback in reverse direction

 

 

STOP:

Tap protect mode

 

 

EJECT:

During cassette ejection

 

 

– – –:

Tape is not loaded

 

 

 

 

 

F

Fade indication

Displayed when the fade function is ON (when the FADER item is set to

 

 

BLACK on the SYSTEM [2/2] menu screen).

 

 

 

BK

: Displayed when the FADER item is set to BLACK. (Fade-in and

 

 

 

 

fade-out from black screen.)

 

 

 

 

 

G

Audio sampling

32K: Displayed when the AUDIO MODE item is set to 32K on the

 

frequency indication

 

 

SYSTEM [1/2] menu screen. (Audio is recorded with 12-bit, 32

 

 

 

 

kHz sampling.)

 

 

48K: Displayed when the AUDIO MODE item is set to 48K on the

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM [1/2] menu screen. (Audio is recorded with 16-bit, 48

 

 

 

 

kHz sampling.)

 

 

 

 

 

H

Audio level meter

Indicates the audio levels of CH-1, CH-2.

 

display

These meters are not shown when the AUDIO LEVEL item is set to

 

 

OFF on the DISPLAY [2/2] menu screen.

 

 

 

 

 

I

Date and time

Shows the date and time.

 

indication

The indication is enabled/disabled by selecting the TIME/DATE item on

 

 

the DISPLAY [2/2] menu screen. The display style is selected by setting

 

 

the DISP STYLE item.

 

 

When the date and time are not set, the indication will be as follows.

 

 

– /– / – –

 

 

– :– : – –

 

 

 

 

 

 

E-25

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JVC GY-DV301, GY-DV300 instruction manual Stby, Rec, Stop, Eject

GY-DV301, GY-DV300 specifications

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