Basic Procedures

This section describes the basic procedure for shooting and recording. Before you embark on a shoot, pre-inspect your system to ensure that it works properly.

*For directions on inspecting your memory card camera-recorder, see [Inspections Before Shooting] (page 138).

Battery Set-up to P2 card Insertion

1 Insert a charged battery pack.

2 Turn on the POWER switch and ensure that more than four segments of the battery-remaining amount indication bar are illuminated.

z If the number of illuminated segments is fewer than

five, first check the battery placement. If placement

is not the problem, replace the battery with a fully

Note that the recording order is retained even if the power is turned off. When the power is next turned on, the last card written before powering-down will be the target card.

‹Note

When “SLOT1” is selected for the menu option P.ON REC SLOT SEL, recording starts from the P2 card inserted in the smallest slot number, after the power is turned on.

This option is found in the REC FUNCTION screen on the SYSTEM SETTING page.

Switch Setting

When a battery and P2 cards are installed, set the switches as detailed below, before starting to use your unit.

Setting the switches before shooting and recording

charged one.

3 Insert a P2 card and ensure that the P2 CARD ACCESS LED stays on in orange or green. Then, close the slide-out door.

When more than one P2 card slot contains a P2 card, the card in the slot with the lowest number is used first. However, regardless of slot number, a P2 card inserted later will not be accessed until the other cards have been used.

Example:

USER MAIN:

This switch is factory-set to perform slot selection.

AUDIO SELECT CH 1/CH 2:

AUTO

TCG:

F-RUN or

R-RUN

If all five slots contain P2 cards, the cards are used in order of slot numbers 1>2>3>4>5. However, if the P2 card in Slot 1 is removed and then re-inserted, the cards will be used in the following order:

2>3>4>5>1.

OUTPUT:

CAM/AUTO KNEE ON

GAIN:

Normally, this should be set to 0 dB.

Iris: AutoIf conditions are too dark, an appropriate gain level should be set.

2

2

1

3

5 4 3 2 1

‹Notes

zThe USER MAIN button is factory-set to perform the slot selection function, which selects the target card from among several P2 cards.

When a new target P2 card is selected, the appropriate slot number appears on the P2 card remaining amount indicator in the viewfinder.

For more information about the indications in the viewfinder, see [Viewfinder Status Indication Layout] (page 70).

zSLOT SEL function is enabled during recording. Until the P2 card on which images are recorded has been switched completely, [SLOT SEL] blinks on the viewfinder. If the [SLOT SEL] operation cannot be executed for any reason, for instance immediately after starting recording or switching the P2 card on which images are recorded, [SLOT SEL INVALID] is displayed.

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