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CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS
LCD Door1[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.
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.
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.)
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.
MEMO
Preset of time code and user’s bits is performed on the TC/
UB/CLOCK menu.
XSee page 40.
XSee “TC/UB/CLOCK Menu Screen” on page77.
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-
HD110U/GY-HD111E.)
• When the power is turned on, th e mode becomes the
Camera mode.
AUTO : The audio level is automatically adjusted
according to the input level. When excessive
audio is input, the limiter works to suppress
the audio level.
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 excessive audio is input, the limiter
works to suppress the audio level.
TC : Set to this position to display time code values.
UB : Set to this position to display the user’s bits values.
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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 alw ays 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
add additional time codes to time codes
already recorded on the tape.