3-2 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 video camera-recorder, see [7-1 Inspections Before Shooting].

Battery Set-up to P2 card Insertion

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.

Switch Setting

When a battery and P2 cards are installed, set the switches as detailed below, before starting to use your AJ-SPX800E.

Setting the switches before shooting and recording

1Insert a charged battery pack.

2Turn 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 charged one.

3 Insert a P2 card and ensure that the P2 CARD STATUS

LED stays on in orange or green. Then, close the slide-out

door.

USER MAIN:

This switch is factory-set to perform slot selection.

AUDIO SELECT CH 1/CH 2:

AUTO

TCG:

F-RUN or

R-RUN

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:

If all five slots contain P2 cards, the cards are used in order

of slot numbers 12345. However, if the P2 card in

Slot 1 is removed and then re-inserted, the cards will be

used in the following order: 23451.

2

2

1

3

5 4 3 2 1

OUTPUT:

CAM/AUTO KNEE ON

GAIN:

Normally, this should be set to 0 dB. If

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

<Note>

The 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 [4-7-2 Viewfinder Status Indication Layout].

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