Setup Files

You can use setup files to reproduce a particular configuration of settings. You can also revise the contents of setup files.

There are eight types of setup files, of which five are factory preset setup files and the other three are user files.

3 Move the cursor to SELECT FILE with the MENU switch and use the MENU dial to select the desired file.

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Calling up a Setup File

This describes how to call up a setup file and use it to replace the current menu settings.

1 Set the SETUP switch to FILE.

SETUP switch

The camcorder is set according to the currently- selected file data.

2 Access basic menu page 3.

Current file a)

Selected file

File

Description

STD

Settings for shooting under

 

standard conditions

HISAT

Settings for making pictures

 

vivid

FL

Settings for shooting under

 

fluorescent lighting

FILMLIKE

Settings for making pictures

 

like ones shot by film camera

SVHS/VHS

Settings to optimize camera

 

image for recording and

 

playback characteristics of S-

 

VHS, VHS, or Hi-8 tape

USER1 to USER3

User setup files (set to STD at

 

shipping)

4 Move the cursor to CHG FILE and press the MENU dial.

The display changes as shown below and the selected file is called up.

a)An asterisk (*) appears in front of any factory preset file whose contents have been revised at least once.

You can also call up these files via a similar operation in advanced menu page 10 (page 9 on the DSR-370/ 370P). In this page, a file recorded onto a tape can also be called up.

For details, see “To call up files recorded onto a tape ” (page 109).

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