Using the Counter ........................................

58

Counter display (P2 card / Tape) .....................

58

Memory stop mode (Tape) ..............................

58

1394TC preset mode......................................

58

Charging the built-in battery/

 

Setting the time data ............................

59

Recharging the built-in battery ........................

59

Setting the time code.......................................

59

Specifying the time code (TC PRESET)..........

59

Setting user information ..................................

60

Playback

 

Basic playback operations (P2 card) ..........

62

Basic playback operations (Tape)...............

63

Thumbnail screen.........................................

64

Basic thumbnail screen operations .................

64

Adding shot marks to clips ..............................

66

Clearing the thumbnail screen.........................

66

Direct shooting functions .................................

66

Thumbnail operations ..................................

67

Selecting the thumbnail display method

 

(THUMBNAIL) .............................................

67

Deleting clips and formatting cards

 

(OPERATION) .............................................

69

Checking the clip or card information

 

(PROPERTY) ..............................................

70

Uploading the metadata (META DATA)............

72

Useful playback functions ...........................

73

Variable speed search (P2 card / Tape)...........

73

Slow playback (P2 card / Tape) .......................

73

Fast forward/rewind playback (P2 card) ..........

73

Fast forward/rewind playback (Tape) ...............

73

Frame-by-frame playback (P2 card / Tape)......

74

Clip skip (P2 card) ...........................................

74

End search (Tape) ...........................................

74

Index search (Tape).........................................

75

Adjusting the volume (P2 card / Tape).............

75

Viewing images on a television

 

(P2 card / Tape) ...........................................

75

Checking the date and time (P2 card / Tape) ..

75

Editing

 

Connecting external units ...........................

76

Headphones ....................................................

76

External microphone .......................................

76

Computer (non-linear editing/file transfer) .......

77

Hard disk drive (data copying).........................

77

Digital video equipment (Dubbing) ..................

78

Video deck (Dubbing) ......................................

79

TV/Monitor (playback/dubbing)........................

79

Audio dubbing ..............................................

80

Nonlinear editing with P2 card

 

(PC mode) ..............................................

82

Copying from P2 cards to the hard disk drive

 

(1394 HOST mode) ................................

84

Warnings .........................................................

85

Dubbing .........................................................

86

Dubbing the contents of P2 cards onto a tape

(dubbing mode) ...........................................

86

Digital input/output (P2 card/Tape) ..................

87

Analog output (P2 card/Tape)..........................

88

Analog input (Tape) .........................................

89

Displays

 

Screen displays ............................................

90

Regular displays ..............................................

90

Warnings .........................................................

93

Setting the DISPLAY items..............................

95

Menus

 

Using the setup menus ................................

96

Using the menus ............................................

96

Initializing the menu settings ..........................

97

Setup menu structure ..................................

98

Camera mode menu........................................

98

MCR/VCR (playback) mode menu ..................

99

Dubbing mode menu .......................................

99

Setup menu list...........................................

100

SCENE FILE screen......................................

100

CAMERA SETUP screen ..............................

102

SW MODE screen .........................................

103

AUTO SW screen ..........................................

105

RECORDING SETUP screen........................

106

PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen ..................

109

DUBBING SETUP screen .............................

111

AV IN/OUT SETUP screen ............................

111

DISPLAY SETUP screen...............................

112

CARD FUNCTIONS screen ..........................

114

OTHER FUNCTIONS screen ........................

114

OPTION MENU .............................................

118

Reference

 

Before calling for service...........................

119

Operating precautions ...............................

123

Updating the driver in the camera ............

125

Condensation..............................................

125

System resetting.........................................

126

Cleaning ......................................................

126

Video Heads ................................................

127

Storage Precautions...................................

128

Recording format........................................

129

Specifications .............................................

130

Before use

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