Stop or eject the cassette tape.

Using the Counter

Counter display

You can display a counter that indicates how much time has elapsed during shooting or playback.

COUNTER button

Camera or

Remote control

 

DATE/

PHOTO

START/

 

STOP

OSD

TIME

SHOT

 

COUNTER RESET

TITLE

ZOOM

MULTI/

REC

A.DUB

 

P-IN-P

+

 

 

 

- VOL

/REW

PLAY

FF/

 

COUNTER RESET/TC SET button

1 Press the COUNTER button.

Each time you press the button, the display changes as follows.

0 : 00. 00: Counter value

M 0 : 00. 00:

Counter value in memory stop mode

TC XX : XX : XX : XX:

Time code value

UB XX XX XX XX:

User information

FR --- -:

Frame rate (30P/24P/24PA) and frame sequence in progressive mode shooting.

No display:

Data is not displayed.

Resetting the counter

Press the COUNTER RESET button while the counter is displayed.

Memory stop mode

After shooting or playback, the tape can first be returned to near the pre-programmed position, and then stopped automatically.

1 Press the COUNTER button to display the counter in memory stop mode.

2 At the desired position on the tape, press the COUNTER RESET button to reset the counter.

3 Proceed with playback or shooting.

4 Press the CAMERA/VCR button to set the VCR mode.

5 When rewind or fast-forward the tape, it stops automatically near where you reset the counter.

During dubbing, reset the counter value at the OUT point to stop dubbing with memory stop mode. (Page 57)

1394TC preset mode

You can synchronize the time codes of your cameras when using more than one for a shoot. The camera used for synchronization is the MASTER and the camera being synchronized is the SLAVE.

1 Connect a second camera with a DV (IEEE1394) cable and turn both cameras off. For connection (Page 54)

2 Put the MASTER camera in CAMERA mode and output a video signal from the DV (IEEE1394) terminal.

Do the remaining steps on the SLAVE camera.

3 Set the SLAVE camera to VCR mode and in

the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen, set FIRST REC TC to PRESET mode so the counter shows the TC.

•You cannot do this if you have selected

REGEN.

4 In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen, set DV IN PRESET to ON. (Page 74)

• DVTC appears on the screen.

5

6 Press the COUNTER RESET/TC SET button. The TCG value is preset with the TC value from the input 1394 signal.

7 Reset the SLAVE camera to CAMERA mode.

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