Settings and Adjustments 5 Chapter

VCR Menu Operation

1 Display menu 204.

The menu number and the current frame mode setting are shown.

Example: dF (drop-frame mode)

Blinking

Frame mode indication

If the setting does not need to be changed, press the MENU button to close the menu.

2 Press the SHIFT button to make the frame mode start blinking, then press the ADVANCE button.

This switches the frame mode display as shown below.

Example: ndF (non-drop-frame mode)

Blinking

3 Press the RESET/(MENU SET) button and then the MENU button.

The settings are recorded and the display window returns to the display shown before the VCR menu.

Menu 206 Selecting BatteryCapacity Indication

This selects the indication type of battery capacity.

1 Display menu 206.

The selected menu number is displayed, along with the name of the currently selected battery.

Example: nIcd (Indication for the NP-1B/BP- 90A)

Blinking

Selected battery capacity indication

If the setting does not need to be changed, press the MENU button to close the menu.

2 Press the SHIFT button until the desired battery name is displayed, then press the ADVANCE button.

Pressing the ADVANCE button cycles through the following indications.

nIcd y LI y nI-H y Antn y Auto

Indication

Meaning

Auto

Automatic detection of battery

(factory setting)

type.

 

 

nIcd

Indication for NP-1B/BP-90A

 

battery is selected.

 

 

LI

Indication for BP-L40/L40A/L60/

 

L60A/L90/L90A battery is

 

selected.

nI-H

Indication for BP-M50/M100

 

battery is selected.

 

 

Antn

Indication for Anton Bauer

 

Magnum battery is selected a).

 

 

a)To use the Anton Bauer Magnum Battery System, a special battery mount developed by Anton Bauer Corporation is required.

For details, contact an Anton Bauer dealer or your Sony dealer.

3 Press the RESET/(MENU SET) button and then the MENU button.

The settings are recorded and the display window returns to the display shown before the VCR menu.

Menu 207 Setting Standby-OnPeriod

At recording pause state, the camcorder waits for a certain standby-on period and then automatically switches to standby-off mode. This standby-on period can be set in advance.

1 Display menu 207.

The selected menu number is displayed, along with the current standby-on period setting (in minutes).

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