JVC GY-HD100, GY-HD101 manual Rear Section, LCD Door

CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS

CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS

Rear Section

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3Shoulder belt hooks

Allows you to attach a separately sold shoulder belt.

4LCD monitor

Shows a color camera image or the VTR playback picture. It is also used for displaying the following:

•Menu Setting screens

•Characters showing the whether the GY-HD100 is set to shooting mode or VTR playback mode

•Date and time and time code

•Audio level meter

•Warning indications, etc.

X See page 19.

5Tripod mount

Use this hole when mounting the camera onto a tripod. (Use a screw shorter than 8 mm.)

Always make sure that the camera is securely mounted.

6Rotation-preventive hole

Use this to prevent the camera from falling off the tripod. Always make sure that the camera is securely mounted.

LCD Door

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1[LCD BRIGHT +/–] LCD brightness +/– button

This button is for adjusting the brightness of the LCD moni- tor display.

•Pushing the button in the + direction makes the monitor brighter.

•Pushing the button in the – direction makes the monitor darker.

•Pushing the +/– buttons simultaneously returns the set- ting to the standard setting.

4[TC GENE.] Time code generator setting switch Switch for setting the time code generator to preset mode or regeneration mode. It is also used to select the time code run mode when the preset mode is selected.

FREE	: The preset mode is selected, and the time
	code run mode becomes the FREE run mode.
	Set to this position to record with the time
	code or user’s bits set anew (preset). In this
	setting, the time code always operates in the
	run mode.
	* If this setting is used when recording
	scenes one after another, the time codes
	become discontinuous at the transition
	points between scenes.
REC	: The preset mode is selected, and the time
	code run mode becomes the REC run mode.
	Set to this position to record with the time
	code or user’s bits set anew (preset). The
	time code operates in the run mode during
	recording only. If this setting is used when
	recording scenes one after another, the time
	codes are recorded as continuous time codes.
REGEN	: Regeneration mode, in which the unit reads
	existing time codes on the tape and records
	time codes in continuation of the existing
	ones. Set to this position when you want to

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1Back tally lamp

This lamp lights up when the GY-HD100 enters the record mode. It blinks during the transition to the record mode. When the tape has run out, or the VTR enters the warning mode, it blinks quickly.

•Use the BACK TALLY item on the OTHERS [1/2] menu screen to select whether or not the lamp should light and the lighting pattern.

X See page 77.

2[PHONES] Earphone jack

This is a stereo mini-jack for connecting an earphone for audio monitoring. Plug in an earphone or headphone with a

3.5mm diameter plug. The earphone can also be used to monitor alarm tones in accordance with the circumstances. The audio channel to be output is selected with the AUDIO MONITOR item on the AUDIO/MIC menu screen and MONITOR SELECT switch e on page 18.

The audio output level is adjusted with the Audio monitor volume control 3 on page 14.

MEMO

•The volume of the alarm sound is set with the ALARM VR LEVEL item on the OTHERS [1/2] menu screen.

•When using a stereotype jack and stereo sound should be output, the following setting should be performed.

Set the MONITOR SELECT switch e on page 18 to BOTH.

Set the AUDIO MONITOR item on the AUDIO/MIC menu screen to STEREO.

2[CH-1/CH-2 AUDIO SELECT] CH-1/CH-2 audio selector switch

Selects the method of adjusting the CH-1 and CH-2 audio channel audio levels.

AUTO	: A limiter works to suppress the audio level
	when excessive audio is input.
	When the input level is low, the audio level
	does not increase.
	The “AUTO” LED in the CH-1/CH-2 AUDIO
	LEVEL area g on page 15 lights.
MANUAL	: Allows you to adjust the audio levels using the
	CH-1/CH-2 AUDIO LEVEL volume controls g
	on page 15.
	When “ON” is set for the FULL AUTO switch
	h on page 18, this becomes “AUTO” mode.

3[TC DISPLAY] TC/UB display switch

Selects the contents displayed on the TC counter of the LCD monitor or in the viewfinder. (This switch works when the TC/UB item on the LCD/VF [2/3] menu screen is set to ON.)

TC	: Set to this position to display time code values.
UB	: Set to this position to display the user’s bits values.

add additional time codes to time codes

already recorded on the tape.

MEMO

Preset of time code and user’s bits is performed on the TC/ UB/CLOCK menu.

X See page 39.

X See “TC/UB/CLOCK Menu Screen” on page 74.

5[CAM/VTR] Camera/VTR mode switch button

Each time you press this button, the mode switches between camera mode and VTR mode.

When you do this, the VTR indicator g on page 18 dis- plays the following statuses.

While the mode is being switched : Flashing

In VTR mode	: Lit
In camera mode	: Off

•Select the Camera mode to record the camera image.

•Select the VTR mode to playback VTR or to input the HDV/DV signal from the IEEE1394 connector 4 on page 16. (HDV/DV signal input is possible with the GY- HD100U/GY-HD101E.)

•When the power is turned on, the mode becomes the Camera mode.

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