Screen displays (continued)

3AUTO/MANUAL switch operation display This display appears if a function which has been set on the setting menu AUTO SW screen is operating when the AUTO/MANUAL switch has been pressed.

4Backup unit displays

The status of the backup unit connected to the 1394 connector is displayed here.

Nothing is displayed if in the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, 1394 CONTROL, you have selected “OFF”.

1394 : Recording

1394 : Recording standby

1394 : The backup unit cannot be controlled.

1394 : The backup unit is not connected.

1394- - : The backup unit is connected but is in a mode other than recording or recording standby.

5Recording format (P2 card) (Page 107)/ recording time (tape) display

61394TC display

Appears when the 1394 IN PRESET option on the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen is ON. However, it does not appear when the FIRST REC TC item is REGEN. (This appears in the MCR/VCR mode.)

7Information display

Following information is displayed depending on the situation.

•Performance of the auto white balance or the auto black balance

•Warning (Page 94)

•The functions allocated to the USER buttons are displayed while you hold down the DISP/ MODE CHK button.

8Squeeze information

Appears when in the setup menus, CAMERA SETUP screen, ASPECT CONV, you have selected “SQUEEZE” (page 103) or when playing back images recorded in the squeeze mode.

9Mic level auto control

Appears when in the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen, MIC ALC, you have selected “ON”.

10AWB error

LOWLIGHT:

Appears when the brightness level adjusted by the auto white balance is too low.

11Marker luminance display

When markers are displayed, the brightness level around the center of the screen is indicated as 0% to 99%. “99%↑” appears if the percentage is over 99.

12Calendar

Month:

JAN (January), FEB (February), MAR (March), APR (April), MAY (May), JUN (June), JUL (July), AUG (August), SEP (September), OCT (October), NOV (November), DEC (December)

Day of the month

Year:

2000 - 2030 Hours Minutes

Seconds

mmm dd yyyy hh:mm:ss

13Recording/playback frame rate display Apart from the case of 720/30PN and 720/24PN, only the recording frame rate is displayed.

14Audio sampling frequency (Tape only)

15Shutter speed

The shutter speed is displayed here.

16Audio level meter (Page 54)

17Auto iris control displays

STD : Standard auto-iris control

SPOT : Auto iris control for spotlight

BACK : Auto iris control for backlight compensation

18IRIS display Displays F value.

The F value during shooting is also displayed during playback when ON was selected under CAMERA DATA of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen.

19Zoom position display

The zoom poison is displayed with Z00 (maximum wide-angle) - Z99 (maximum zoom). The unit can be switched to mm in the ZOOM•FOCUS option of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen.

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