MENU SCREENS
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LCD/VF[4/4] Menu Screen

[2/2] screen is displayed in the VTR mode.

* This i s not displayed in VTR mode.
Item Function/Setting (bold characters indicate initial settings)
LCD+VF Selects the LCD monitor and viewfinder display switching method.
OFF :Turns off the viewfinder display when the LCD monitor is opened.
ON :Viewfinder always displayed the image.
MEMO
When this item is set to ON, the contents displayed on the LCD monitor can be changed with the DISPLAY button.
XSeepage 29.
LCD CONTRAST Adjusts the contrast of the LCD.
[Settings: MIN (–5), –4 - NORMAL (0) - 4, MAX (5)]
VF CONTRAST Adjusts the contrast of the viewfinder.
[Settings: MIN (–5), –4 - NORMAL (0) - 4, MAX (5)]
BLACK & WHITE* Selects the LCD monitor and viewfinder display style.
COLOR :Displays the image in color.
B&W :Displays the image in black and white.
MEMO
Characters are always displayed in color.
VF SIGNAL Sets the image format output from the Viewfinder connector 1 on page 16.
RGB :RGB signals
Y : Y signals (Brilliance signals)
COMPONENT :Component signals
COMPOSITE : Composite signals
MEMO
•Set this to RGB when using the supplied viewfinder. The supplied viewfinder will not function properly when set
to another setting.
•When this is set to Y or COMPOSITE in the HDV mode, images are not output from the [Y/PB/PR] terminal.
•When the VF-P400 viewfinder (sold separately) is connected to the Viewfinder connector, set this to Y to view
HDV format images with the VF-P400.
When this is set to COMPONENT or COMPOSITE, the following occurs.
•FOCUS ASSIST and SKIN AREA are not displayed.
When this is set to COMPONENT, the following restrictions are applied in HDV mode.
•Set output of characters from the viewfinder terminal with ON/OFF in ANALOG OUT CHAR. item on the OTH-
ERS[1/2] menu screen.
•Also set ZEBRA output from the viewfinder terminal with ON/OFF in ANALOG OUT CHAR. Item (When the
ZEBRA switch is ON).
When ZEBRA is set to ON, ZEBRA is also displayed for COMPONENT output from the [Y/PB/PR] terminal.
PAGE BACK Camera mode:
When the cursor is in this position, press the SHUTTER dial to return to the LCD/VF[3/4] menu screen.
VTR mode:
When the cursor is in this position, press the SHUTTER dial to return to the LCD/VF[1/2] menu screen.
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TC/UB/CLOCK Menu
Screen

Time codes (TC) and user’s bits (UB) can be set on this screen. Date and time is set on the TIME/DATE screen that can be

reached from this screen.

*1 This can be displayed and selected when 60/30 is set for the FRAME RATE item on the VIDEO FORMAT menu screen.

(When 24 is set, this is fixed at “NON DROP” and “[NON DROP]” is displayed.)

*2 This can be displayed and selected when 50/25 is set for the FRAME RATE item on the VIDEO FORMAT menu screen.
Item Function/Setting (bold characters indicate initial settings)
TCG SOURCE Selects the source of the time code generator.
INTERNAL :Uses the built-in time code generator
EXTERNAL :Uses the time code generator connected to the [TC IN] terminal
MEMO
•TC PRESET and UB PRESET are not available when set to EXTERNAL.
•HEADER REC is disabled when set to EXTERNAL.
•When this is set to EXTERNAL, the setting for TC DUPLI. is invalidated.
TC PRESET To preset the time code, align the cursor with this position and then press the SHUTTER dial.
EXECUTE :The set time code is confirmed.
CANCEL :The set time code is cancelled.
ZERO PRESET : Resets all time codes to “0”.
UB PRESET To preset the user’s bit data, align the cursor with this position and then press the SHUTTER dial.
EXECUTE :The set user’s bit data are confirmed.
CANCEL :The set user’s bit data are cancelled.
ZERO PRESET : Resets all user’s bits data to “0”.
MEMO
When the “UB REC” item is set to “OFF”, “--------” is displayed and this cannot be selected.
DROP FRAME *1 Selects whether the time code generator framing mode is drop-frame or non-drop-frame.
DROP :Internal time code generator works in drop-frame mode. Set this when the recorded time is im-
portant.
NON DROP :Internal time code generator works in non-drop-frame mode. Set this when the number of frames
is important.
UB REC *2 To select whether or not user’s bit data should be recorded.
To select whether the user’s bits should be displayed during playback of a tape with recorded user’s bits data.
ON :User’s bits are recorded during recording.
User’s bits are displayed during playback.
OFF :User’s bits are not recorded during recording.
User’s bits are not displayed during playback.
TC DUPLI. Sets how to record the time code (TC) and user’s bits (UB) during IEEE1394 input of HDV/DV format.
OFF :Records the TC/UB set in this device.
ON : Records the TC/UB of the IEEE1394 input.
MEMO
•This is validated when TCG SOURCE is set to INTERNAL.
•In HDV format, the UB set in this device is recorded regardless of the setting.
HEADER REC.. To make settings related to the HEADER REC function, align the cursor with this position, and then press the SHUT-
TER dial.
XSee“HEADER REC Menu Screen” on page 94.
TIME/DATE.. To make settings related to the date and time, align the cursor with this position and then press the SHUTTER dial.
XSee“TIME/DATE Menu Screen” on page 95.
PAGE BACK When the cursor is in this position, press the SHUTTER dial to return to the TOP MENU screen.