JVC GY-HD200E/CHE, GY-HD200U/CHU, GY-HD201E/CHE manual Rear Section, LCD Door

CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS

	„ Connecting the Earphone Cable
Rear Section
	attach the provided clamp filter as shown in the figure below.
	To reduce the emission of unwanted radio waves, be sure to
	• Attach the clamp filter as close to this device as possible,
	as shown in the figure.

LCD Door

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

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1Back tally lamp

This lamp lights up when this device 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 93.

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 3.5 mm diameter plug. The earphone can also be used to monitor alarm tones in accordance with the circum- stances.

The audio channel to be output is selected with the AUDIO MONITOR item on the AUDIO/MIC[2/2] menu screen and MONITOR SELECT switch d on page 19.

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 d on page 19 to BOTH.

Set the AUDIO MONITOR item on the AUDIO/MIC[2/2] menu screen to STEREO.

Earphone cable

Clamp filter

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 this device is set to shooting mode or VTR playback mode

•Date and time and time code

•Audio level meter

•Warning indications, etc.

X See page 22.

LCD BRIGHT		CAM/VTR
-	+
1		5

AUDIO SELECT			TC
CH-1	CH-2	DISPLAY	GENE.
2	AUTO	TC	FREE
	MANU	UB	REC
			REGEN

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

This button is for adjusting the brightness of the LCD mon- itor 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.

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 f on page 15 lights.
MANU	: Allows you to adjust the audio levels using
	the CH-1/CH-2 AUDIO LEVEL volume con-
	trols f on page 15.
	Set AUDIO LIMITER on the AUDIO/MIC[1/2]
	menu screen to use limiter functions when
	excessive audio is input.
	X See “AUDIO LIMITER” on page 84.

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[3/4] 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.

	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 this device
	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.

MEMO

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

X See page 44.

X See “TC/UB/CLOCK Menu Screen” on page 90.

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 f on page 19 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 0 on page 16. (HDV/DV signal input is possible with the GYHD200U/GY-HD201E.)

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

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