Chapter 4 Adjustments and settings for recording

4-7 Viewfinder screen status displays

Not only the images but the lamps and characters indicating the unit’s settings and operation statuses as well as the messages, center and safety zone markers, camera ID and other information are displayed inside the viewfinder.

4-7-1 Viewfinder lamp displays

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TALLY / REC

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Viewfinder pictured here

 

 

BATT

 

 

is the AJ-VF20WB.

 

 

 

 

(For details concerning

 

 

 

 

VTR

 

 

 

 

viewfinder, refer to the

 

 

 

 

SAVE

 

 

 

 

operating instructions of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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each viewfinder.)

1TALLY/REC (recording) lamp

This lights up (red) during recording. It flashes when a problem has occurred. For details, refer to the appropriate section in “6-3 Warning system.”

2 (abnormal operating status warning) lamp

This lights when the unit is set to an abnormal operating status for any of the items set to “ON” on the “!LED” screen of the setting menu.

For details on selecting the items which are to be indicated

with the lamp, refer to the <!LED> screen items in “Chapter 7 Menu description tables.”

3BATT (battery) lamp

This starts flashing when the battery voltage has dropped to the level where the battery will no longer be usable in several minutes’ time, and it lights when the battery is no longer usable. To prevent operation from being interrupted, replace the battery before it has discharged completely. For details, refer to the appropriate section in “6-3 Warning system.”

4VTR SAVE (VTR power-saving) lamp

This lights when the VTR SAVE/STBY switch is set to SAVE. It goes off during recording.

<Note>

In the rec-pause mode, the SAVE mode is established automatically, and the lamp lights after the time set for the pause timer (temporary stop time) has elapsed.

After two minutes in the play-pause mode, the SAVE mode is established automatically, and the lamp lights.

550 (50 Mbps recording/playback) lamp SDC905

This lights when a tape is being played back at 50 Mbps while the mode for recording or playback at 50 Mbps is selected.

4-7-2 Viewfinder screen status display configuration

All the items that can be displayed are laid out inside the viewfinder as shown in the figure below.

 

 

 

 

 

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REC14.6V

 

 

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EX2 4.0K:

 

 

 

 

/34min

 

PRO14 A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- GAIN -- -- USER SW GAIN --

 

 

 

 

 

LOW : 0

 

S.GAIN:30/36/42/48

2MID : 9

HIGH:18 DS.GAIN: 6:/12:/20:

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30dB

 

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U1:AUDIO 1 FRNT U2:DS.GAIN 6:

 

 

 

 

 

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REC WARNING

 

 

ID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCG 00:00:00:00

 

 

iREC ?

 

 

 

 

6: F:1----∫---+

 

 

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A 18dB

F:2----∫---+

 

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For details, refer to the following pages.

4-7-3 Selecting the viewfinder screen display items

To select which items are to be displayed on the viewfinder screen, perform menu operations to open the <VF INDICATOR1> screen or <VF INDICATOR2> screen from the VF page, and select ON or OFF for the display or select the type desired for each item concerned.

For details on operation, refer to “4-6-2 Basic menu operations.”

#< VF INDICATOR1 >

EXTENDER

:ON

SHUTTER

:ON

FILTER

:ON

WHITE

:ON

GAIN

:ON

IRIS

:S+IRIS

CAMERA ID

:BAR

ID POSITION

:UPPER L

DATE/TIME

:OFF

ZOOM LVL

:ON

COLOR TEMP

:ON

#< VF INDICATOR2 >

TAPE

:ON

BATTERY

:ON

AUDIO LVL

:ON

TC

:OFF

VTR WARNING

:NORMAL

SAVE LED

:SAVE

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