Special Recording

Besides the normal recording mode, five special recording methods are available in this camera recorder. They are Pre Rec, Clip Continuous, Frame Rec, Interval Rec and Variable Frame. Select the mode from [Rec Mode] in the [Record

Set] menu. Memo :0Set using [Main Menu] B [System] B [Record Set] B [Rec Mode].

(A P106 [ Rec Mode ] )

0When [Format] in the [Main Menu] B [System] B [Record Set] B [Record Format] menu is set to “AVCHD”, “Clip Continuous” cannot be selected.

(A P105 [ Format ] )

Pre Rec

0By setting the number of seconds in the [Pre Rec Time], you can start recording video and audio before actual recording starts based on the [Pre Rec Time] setting.

0When starting actual recording while the camera recorder is in Recording Standby (STBYP) mode, you can start recording a few seconds earlier based on the [Pre Rec Time] setting.

0Using Pre Rec allows you to record a complete event without missing the initial scenes even if you start the recording late.

Memo :

0Pre Rec Time can be set to “5sec”, “10sec”, or “15sec” in [Main Menu] B [System] B [Record Set] B [Rec Mode] B [Pre Rec Time].

(A P106 [ Pre Rec Time ] )Completed Clip(Recorded video and audio)

Recording starts a

 

number of seconds

 

earlier based on the

 

[Pre Rec Time] setting

 

Press [REC]

Press [REC]

(Recording starts) (Recording stops)

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1Set [Rec Mode] to “Pre Rec”. (A P106 [ Rec Mode ] )0 Set [Main Menu] B [System] B [Record Set] B [Rec Mode] to “Pre Rec”.0 The display changes (“STBY” B “STBYP”).2Press the [REC] button to start recording in Pre Rec mode.

0 The display changes (“STBYP” B “RRECP”) and the card slot status indicator lights up in red.

0 Press the [REC] button again to pause recording. The display changes (“RRECP” B “STBYP”) and the card slot status indicator lights up in green.

Caution :

0When the interval between start and stop recording is short, “STBYP” may not be displayed immediately after recording is complete.

“RRECP” B “STBYP” (“STBY” blinks in red) B “STBYP” is displayed.

0When the SD card becomes full during recording, recording stops and “STOP” is displayed.

0Video and audio before the above mentioned time may not be recorded after recording starts in the following cases.

0 Immediately after power on0 Immediately after recording stops0 Immediately after switching from Media mode to Camera mode0 Immediately after setting [Rec Mode]0 Immediately after the end of Clip Review0 Immediately after changing file format0 Immediately after changing video formatClip Continuous Rec

0 In normal recording, when the recording stops, the image, audio, and accompanying data from the start till the end of the recording are recorded as one “clip” on the SD card.

0 This mode allows you to consolidate several rounds of “startstop recording” into one clip.

Example:

In normal recording, three clips are generated as Recording 1, Recording 2, and Recording 3. However, recording in this mode generates only one clip.

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