Playback and Recording 3 Chapter

3-3 Checking Recording and Playback

By pressing the PLAY button, you can review any length of recording in the viewfinder in black and white. There are two other ways to review the recording.

•Recording review: You can view the last 2 seconds of the recording in the viewfinder in black and white.

•Color playback: You can see the recording in color on a color video monitor without the need for any external adaptor.

You may also view the picture during searching by rewinding or fast forwarding by pressing the PLAY + REW button or PLAY + F FWD button.

See “2-3 Audio Functions” on page 16 for information about the switches and controls used to select the audio output signal and to adjust the audio level.

3-3-1 Checking the Last Two

Seconds of the Recording —

Recording Review

If you press the RET button on the lens while recording is paused, the last two seconds of the recording is played back on the viewfinder screen and the color LCD. Use this function to check whether recording went smoothly. If you hold the RET button down longer, at most 10 seconds of the tape is rewound and played back. After playback, the camcorder is ready to start recording again.

By assigning the LENS RET function to the ASSIGN 1 switch, you can use the ASSIGN 1 switch in the same way as the RET button on the lens.

For details, see “5-3-5 Assigning Functions to Assignable Switches” on page 87.

Note

The recording review functions only works if the recording you have made is at least 3 seconds long.

3-3-2 Checking the Recording on the Color Video Monitor — Playback in Color

Connect a color video monitor to the VIDEO OUT connector of the camcorder. By pressing the PLAY button, you can view the recorded picture.

When the optional CBK-SD01 SDI Output Board is installed, you can connect a color video monitor provided with an SDI IN connector.

Color Video monitor

DVW-970/970P

VIDEO IN connector 1)

SDI IN connector 2)

VIDEO OUT connector

1)When VBS is selected as the output signal of the VIDEO OUT connector.

2)When SDI is selected as the output signal of the VIDEO OUT connector (only when the CBK-SD01 is installed).

Color playback

Notes

•You can select either VBS or SDI as the output signal of the VIDEO OUT connector when the CBK-SD01 is installed.

•When the CBK-SD01 is not installed, the OUTPUT page is not displayed. The output is fixed to VBS.

For details, see “5-3-2 Selecting the Output Signals” on page 85.

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