Sony HDW-F500 Numeric buttons and +/- buttons, ¡ SFT shift button, RCL recall button, Auto button

Chapter 2 Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls

2-1 Control Panel

!º Numeric buttons and +/– buttons

Press to input time data or edit points data at the cursor position in menu display. Press buttons 0 to 5 while holding down the SFT button to input A to F (hexadecimal figures) for user bits. Use the +/– buttons to increase or decrease settings.

!¡ SFT (shift) button

Press buttons 0 to 5 while holding down this button to input A to F (hexadecimal figures) for user bits.

Use also in combination with other buttons to perform other operations.

!™ RCL (recall) button

Press to call up a previously entered value.

!£ CLR (clear) button

Press to clear input data.

!¢ SET button

Press to finalize data.

!∞ AUDIO IN/OUT buttons

Press to set AUDIO IN and OUT points during insert mode. Press either AUDIO IN or OUT button while holding down the ENTRY button to set an audio edit point.

!§ IN/OUT buttons

Press to set an IN or OUT point during editing. Press either button while holding down the ENTRY button to set an edit point.

!¶ ENTRY button

Press to enter an edit or cue point.

While holding down this button, press either the AUDIO IN or OUT button, or the IN or OUT button.

!• Cursor control buttons

Press to move the cursor in the menu display. Move the cursor as required to enter a value using the numeric buttons, or to change a menu setting.

!ª AUTO button

When this button is pressed, it lights up and auto edit mode is activated.

@º INPUT CHECK button

While you hold down this button, the input signal is output from the monitor output connector, so that you can monitor the input video and audio.

When the LTC/VITC time code is shown on the display, you can check the time code generator.

Note

When the optional HKDV-501A HD-SD Converter Board is installed in the unit and VTR SETUP menu item 776 DOWNCONVERTER INPUT CHECK ENABLE is set to “enable”, you can monitor downconverter output. When you press the INPUT CHECK button, the input video and audio is output from all HD-SD converter output connectors.

@¡ PLAYER/RECORDER buttons

Select which VTR is to be controlled by this VTR’s control panel during editing when this VTR is used as a recorder and an external VTR is connected to the REMOTE1-IN(9P)/OUT(9P) connectors as a player.

PLAYER: The tape transport buttons and editing operation buttons on the control panel control the external player VTR.

RECORDER: The tape transport buttons and editing operation buttons on the control panel control the recorder VTR (this VTR).

The PLAYER/RECORDER buttons have no effect when using this VTR alone.

@™ PREREAD indicator

Lights up during preread mode.

For more information about PREREAD, see “6-2-3 Performing Preread Editing” on page 6-18.

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