Menu Settings Chapter 4

Menu Organization

As shown in the following figure, the menu system consists of four levels and is functionally divided into three subsystems: the setup menu, the auto mode (AUTO FUNCTION) execution menu and the digital hours meter display menu.

This chapter mainly describes the setup menu, showing its contents and how to operate it.

For details of the AUTO FUNCTION menu, see “Digitally Dubbing Signals in DVCAM/DV Format” on page 59 and “Rerecording the Time Code—TC Insert Function” on page 55.

For details of the digital hours meter display, see “Regular

Checks” on page 103.

The items of the setup menu are divided into several functional groups on level 1, and except for the MENU GRADE item the settings themselves are made on level 2 or level 3.

Also, the menu items are divided into two categories according to how frequently they are accessed: the “basic” items, to which frequent access is normally required, and the “enhanced” items, which are less frequently used. In the following figure, the items shown in boldface are basic items, and the other items are enhanced items.

The menu settings are saved in non-volatile memory, which means they are not erased when you power off the unit after executing the setting operation.

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