Using the [USER] button

You can assign one of eleven functions to the [USER] button. Using the [USER] button allows you to easily switch the portable recorder function.

1 Select [USER] from the [OTHER FUNCTIONS] setup menu. Using the setup menus (Page 29)

2 Select the functionthat you want to assign

to the [USER] button, and then press the [ENTER] button.

The functions that can be assigned are shown in the table below.

3 Press the [MENU] button to close the menu.

4 Press the [USER] button.

The function that you assigned to the [USER] button operates.

 

 

Press the [SHIFT/EXEC]

 

 

button during REC mode

 

 

to display the assigned

 

USER ASSIGN:COUNTER

function on the LCD

 

monitor screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screen display

Usable modes

 

SDI

 

CAM

 

 

 

 

INT

 

 

REC CHECK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPOTLIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACKLIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATW LOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LCD DTL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LCD REVERSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHOT MARK1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAST CLIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COUNTER2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 If [SHOT MARK] is assigned to the [USER] button, it can be used during the thumbnail display.

2 If [COUNTER] is assigned to the [USER] button, it can be used during clip playback.

[COUNTER] is assigned as the factory default.

If you press the [USER] button to operate a function and then turn off the power, the function is canceled. (However, [LCD DTL] is not canceled.)

INH (Disable operation)

When INH is assigned, there is no operation when the [USER] button is pressed.

REC CHECK (Check the recording) When the [USER] button is pressed during shooting standby, about 2 seconds of the video and audio that were recorded immediately before are played back. After playback, the portable recorder returns to shooting standby.

Only the [POWER] button, [REC/PAUSE] button and [AUDIO MON/ADV] buttons are operable during REC CHECK.

The REC CHECK images are also recorded when a device is connected to the portable recorder and backup images are being recorded.

The [USER] button will not work even if it is pressed when any of the following operations have been performed upon completion of recording/shooting.

Operation is switched to the PB mode

Recording format is changed

Portable recorder’s power is turned off and then turned back on

SD Memory Card is ejected

SPOTLIGHT

Performs auto iris control for the spotlight. “SPOT” is displayed on the screen. Press the [USER] button again to cancel. When [MANUAL] is selected from the setup

menu [CAMERA SETUP] → [IRIS], even pressing the [USER] button will not cause this to operate.

BACKLIGHT (Backlight compensation) When the shooting subject is lit from behind, performs backlight compensation auto iris control so that the subject does not come out dark. “BACK” is displayed on the screen.

Press the [USER] button again to cancel the backlight compensation.

When [MANUAL] is selected from the setup menu [CAMERA SETUP] → [IRIS], even pressing the [USER] button will not cause this to operate.

ATW LOCK

Fixes the white balance value when the [USER] button is pressed during ATW.

“LOCK” is displayed on the screen.

Press the [USER] button again to perform the ATW function.

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