Basic Operations

Turn on/off the camera

Operations Basic

While pressing the lock release button, move the POWER switch to ON or OFF.

Turn on the camera:

The mode lamp (CAMERA) lights red (camera mode), and the camera enters recording standby mode.

Turn off the camera:

The mode lamp (CAMERA) goes out.

Energy-saving mode

Depending on the setting made for the POWER SAVE item of the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen in the settings menu, the following will apply if no designated operations* are performed for approximately five minutes in the recording standby modes of CAMERA mode and PHOTO mode (when an SD Memory Card has been inserted while using the battery).

ON: The camera recorder turns off automatically.

OFF: Does not switch OFF the camera.

*See the setup menus, POWER SAVE (Page 111 of Vol.2) for details.

POWER

ON

OFF

Lock release button

Mode lamp

CAMERA

PB

PHOTO IN

AVCHD DV

POWER switch

Set the POWER switch to the ON position while pressing the lock release button.

The CAMERA lamp lights (red), and the camera enters recording standby mode.

Tally lamp

You can set the tally lamp to light in the following

 

situations by setting the REC LAMP item

 

(Page 110 of Vol.2) in the OTHER FUNCTIONS

 

screen to OFF.

 

The tally lamp light can be switched to FRONT,

 

REAR or BOTH with the setting menu. For more

 

details, refer to the setting menu REC LAMP item

 

(Page 110 of Vol.2).

 

• Battery is low (flashes 4 times per second)

Tally lamp (FRONT)

• Available SD Memory Card capacity is low

 

(flashes 4 times per second)

 

• Remaining battery capacity is low

 

(flashes once per second)

 

• Remaining memory of the SD Memory Card is

 

low (flashes once per second)

 

In addition, the location set for the REC LAMP

 

item will flash when receiving commands from the

 

remote control.

 

Tally lamp (REAR)

 

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

CH 1 OUT

ON

 

ON

 

 

IN

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

OFF

 

MIC+48V

 

 

 

MIC+48V

 

 

CH 1

 

CH 2

CH 2

 

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