Setting menus

OTHER FUNCTIONS screen

Item/

Description of settings

(display mode)

 

 

 

 

 

REMOTE

For setting the operations which are

(Camera)

performed using the accessory wireless

(VCR)

remote control unit. (See page 20 for the

 

remote control unit settings.)

 

VCR1: The operation performed by the

 

remote control unit which has been set

 

to be used for VCR1 are accepted.

 

VCR2: The operation performed by the

 

remote control unit which has been set

 

to be used for VCR2 are accepted.

 

OFF: Operations performed by the remote

 

control unit are not accepted.

 

 

DV CONTROL

For setting the control method when

(Camera)

backup shooting is to be performed by

 

connecting a component for backup

 

purposes to the DV connector.

 

OFF: The component for backup purposes

 

is not controlled.

 

EXT: The component for backup purposes

 

is controlled using the START/STOP

 

button on the camera recorder. The

 

images shot by the camera recorder are

 

recorded by the component for backup

 

purposes.

 

However, the camera recorder does not

 

record the images.

 

BOTH: The images shot by the camera

 

recorder are recorded by both camera

 

recorder and the component for backup

 

purposes.

 

CHAIN: When the tape in the camera

 

recorder approaches the end during

 

shooting, recording is automatically

 

commenced by the component for

 

backup purposes, which has been set to

 

the recording standby mode.

 

 

DV CMD SEL

For setting the recording operation to be

(Camera)

performed by the component for backup

 

purposes when the START/STOP button

 

on the camera recorder has been pressed.

 

REC_P:

 

The mode is switched between recording

 

and recording pause.

 

STOP:

 

The mode is switched between recording

 

and stop.

 

<Note>

 

Select STOP as the item’s setting if the

 

component for backup purposes is not

 

equipped with a recording pause function.

 

 

REC LAMP

For setting the lighting of the tally lamps.

(Camera)

OFF: The tally lamps do not light.

 

FRONT: The front tally lamp (by the

 

microphone) lights.

 

REAR: The rear tally lamp (by the

 

viewfinder) lights.

 

BOTH: Both the front and rear tally lamps

 

light.

 

 

The underlining indicates the factory setting.

Item/

 

Description of settings

 

(display mode)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEEP SOUND

For setting the beep tone to ON or OFF.

(Camera)

OFF

ON

 

 

When ON is selected as the setting, the

 

beep tone is sounded at the times given

 

below.

 

 

 

O When the beep tone is sounded, the

 

audio signals from the output connectors

 

are muted, and the beep tone is output

 

instead.

 

 

[Beep tone sounds once]

 

 

OWhen the POWER switch has been set

 

to ON

 

 

OWhen shooting has commenced

 

 

[Beep tone sounds twice]

 

 

OWhen shooting has been temporarily

 

stopped

 

 

[Beep tone sounds 10 times]

 

 

OWhen the cassette tape has not been

 

inserted

 

 

OWhen the cassette tape is in the

 

recording pause mode

 

 

OWhen condensation has formed inside

 

the camera recorder

 

 

OWhen a problem has occurred in the

 

camera recorder

 

 

 

CLOCK SET

For setting the internal calendar of the

(Camera)

camera recorder.

 

(VCR)

 

 

 

 

 

TIME SHIFT

For adding the time which was set using

(Camera)

this item to the time of the internal calendar

(VCR)

(to compensate for time differences) for

 

display in the viewfinder and on the LCD

 

monitor. The clock time after

the

 

compensation is also recorded on the tape.

 

+23h ---+1h, OFF, –1h ---–23h

 

 

(In 1-hour increments)

 

 

 

TAPE PROTECT

When the camera recorder is left on

(Camera)

standby for about 5 minutes in the shooting

 

pause mode, it is automatically set to the

 

tape

protection mode. Which

tape

 

protection mode is to be established is

 

selected using this item.

 

 

POWEROFF: The camera recorder’s power is

 

set to the OFF mode.

 

 

STBY: The cylinder head is set to the stop

 

mode.

 

 

 

USER FILE

LOAD: The settings stored last in the user

(Camera)

file are loaded.

 

(VCR)

SAVE: The user file settings which have

 

 

been changed are saved.

 

 

INITIAL: The user file settings are restored

 

to the factory settings.

 

 

O When the LOAD or INITIAL operation

 

has been performed, set the POWER

 

switch on the camera recorder to OFF

 

and then to ON again in order to enable

 

the settings.

 

 

 

HOUR METER

For indicating the total rotational time of the

(Camera)

cylinder head (5-digit display in 1-hour

(VCR)

increments).

 

 

 

 

 

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AG-DVX100P specifications

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