a), b), c)

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Displaying the advanced menu and switching to the normal indications

immediately, move the cursor to the menu number and then press the DOWN/OFF button.

To reinitialize all settings in the advanced

Viewfinder Normal Indications

During normal operation, the following items can be indicated in the viewfinder.

Use the following procedure to display the advanced

menu to their factory defaults, press the UP/ON

button. A confirmation screen appears. Press the

menu.

UP/ON button to confirm the reinitialization, or

1 Move the POWER switch to the ON position while

the DOWN/OFF button to cancel it. In either

 

holding down the UP/ON button to display the

 

case, the display now switches to advanced menu

 

advanced menu selection screen.

 

page 2.

2

To display advanced menu page 2

 

1VTR operation status indication

2TAKE/CUE indication a)

3Recording time or time data indication a), b), c)

4NG indication a)

5Clip mode indication a)

a), b)

R E C T A P E N E A R E N D

 

 

T C G 1 2 : 3 4 : 5 6: 0 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E Z

 

N G

A U T O B L A C K

A T W

 

M

-O K -

E V S

VTR warning indication a), b)

EZ mode indication

ATW indication

EVS indication

Move the POWER switch to the ON position with the UP/ON button held down

UP/ON buttona)

DOWN/OFF buttona)

Normal indications

T C G 1 2 : 3 4 : 5 6 : 0 0

M 1 9 8

 

 

0

 

 

N D

9 4

0 8

2 4

S S : 1 / 1 0 0 0

2 : 2 4 PM

6Clip remaining indication a)

7Status display area

8EZ FOCUS indication

9LOW LIGHT indication c)

0Camera microphone output

indication c)

1 9 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

R1

E Z F O CU S

 

N D

: L OW

G H T

9 4 0 8 2 4

S S : 1 / 1 0 0 0

2 : 2 4 PM

 

3 0 -2 5 E R R O R : D S P

Lens f-stop indication c) Gain indication c)

Filter setting indication c) Clock indication a), b), c), d) Voltage/error indication

Advanced menu page 1

page 2

Audio recording level indicators Tape remaining indication

a), b), c)

Shutter setting indication c)

 

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mALL RESET

DOWN/OFF

UP/ON

(YESm4)

button

 

buttona)

 

 

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

No reinitalization

PAGE 2(NEXTm$ PREVm4)

GAIN mHIGH:18dB

MID: 9dB

LOW: OdB DL:ON

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

UP/ON button c)

a)Displayed only when a DSR-1/1P is connected.

b)Displayed only when a PVV-3/3P is connected.

c)Whether or not to display can be selected by menu setting.

d)This is recorded over the picture being shot.

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Confirmation

Pressing the MENU/

STATUS switch down

screen

 

PAGE 1(NEXTm$ PREVm4)

 

DOWN/OFF button

mALL RESET SURE?

 

All settings in the

(NOm$ YESm4)

advanced menus

 

UP/ON buttona)

reinitialized

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

UP/ON or DOWN/

OFF buttona) page 3

PAGE 3(NEXTm$ PREVm4)

mAWB MEM:2

TONE:OFF

BARS:SMPTE

REMOTE1:REC

REMOTE2:MARK BAUD RATE:9600

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

UP/ON or DOWN/

OFF buttona)

page 14b)

PAGE14(NEXTm$ PREVm4)

SETUP NAVI CAMERAmTAPE

mSTORE DATA (YESm4)

UP/ON buttonc)

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EXIT MENU (YESm4)

a) Set the cursor to the page number and press the UP/ON or

DOWN/OFF button.

b) The menu configuration differs according the camera head’s

switch settings, the connected VTR, and the type of input

DOWN/OFF buttona)

UP/ON buttonc)

c) Set the cursor to EXIT MENU and press the UP/ON button.

DXC-D30WS/P(E)/V1

signal. A 14-page configuration results when all of the

advanced menu pages are displayed.

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The significance of each of the indications shown in the figure is as follows.

1VTR operation status indication

This indicates the VTR’s current operation status (REC, PLAY, etc.).

2TAKE/CUE indication

This displays a TAKE or CUE indicator when using the ClipLink function and recording with the DSR-1/ 1P.

TAKE: When recording in Mark mode, this indication appears when a Mark IN point is set and disappears when the next Mark OUT point is set.

CUE: When recording in CUE mode, this indication appears for about 1 second when a cue point is set.

3Recording time or time data indication This shows the following values.

When the REC TIME switch on the camera is in the TTL position: The total recording time

When the REC TIME switch on the camera is in the DUR position: The duration of the current recording cut

• With a VTR connected, when the REC TIME switch

on the camera head is in the OFF position and the

item TC IND in advanced menu page 6 is set to

“ON”: A time data value from the VTR depending on

the DISPLAY switch settings on the VTR as shown

in the following table

DISPLAY switch

Time data displayed

setting

 

COUNTER

CNT: Tape transport time

TC

TCG: a time code from the time code

 

generator

 

TCR: a time code from the time code

 

reader

U-BIT

UBG: a user bit value from the user

 

bit generator

When using the DSR-1/1P, time data values appear during playback, fast forward, rewind, or recording review.

4NG indication

An “NG” (No Good) indicator appears if you designate a recorded scene as “NG” when using the ClipLink function and recording with the DSR-1/1P.

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