Repairing and connecting clipsRepairing defective clips

The defective clip indicator (yellow X) appears in order to indicate that there is a problem in the clip such as the power having been suddenly cut off while it was being recorded. You can repair problem clips by proceeding as follows.

1 Display the thumbnail display screen.

2 Select the clip to be repaired.

3 Press [MENU/MODE CHK].

4 Using , and , select “OPERATION”

– “REPAIR CLIP”, and press .

5 Select “YES”, and press .

It is not possible to repair clips with some types of damage. These kinds of clips are identified by the red X.

Connecting incomplete clips

In some cases, clips recorded on a multiple number of P2 cards may not be recognized as a single continuous clip and may be recognized as an incomplete clip ( ! indicator) instead. At

times like this you can use the connecting function to restore the “incomplete” clip to a continuous (originally connected) clip.

1 Display the thumbnail display screen.

2 Select the incomplete clip to be connected.

3 Press [MENU/MODE CHK].

4 Using , and , select “OPERATION”

“RE-CONNECTION”, and press .

5 Select “YES”, and press .

A clip is recognized as incomplete when:

A clip recorded on a multiple number of P2 cards has been copied separately from one card and then from another or other cards.

A clip recorded on a multiple number of cards has first been copied separately from one card and then from another or other cards onto a hard drive and then written back onto the P2 cards.

A long clip lasting more than 5 minutes in the AVC-Intra100 or DVCPRO HD format (10 or so minutes in the AVC-Intra50 or DVCPRO50 format, or 20 or so minutes in the DVCPRO or DV format) has first been copied to a hard drive and then written back onto the P2 cards.

Normally, thumbnails with the incomplete clip indicator are displayed side by side.

If only parts of incomplete clips separated into 3 or more have been connected, the incomplete clip indicators will remain on the screen until all the clips which make up the original clip are connected.

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