Sony HDW-F500 Write-protecting cue point data, If the entered text is longer than the comment box

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5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to enter more characters. Up to 80 characters can be entered.

Note

If excessive comment data are entered, the input of cue point data may become disabled. To prevent this, press the [F8] (TAPE INFO) button to check the available memory.

To enter a space

Press the [F5] (SPACE) button.

If you enter a wrong character

Press the [F6] (BACK SPACE) button to go back. Then re-enter the character.

To start the procedure over again

Press the [F9] (CANCEL) button to start again.

To change a character

Press the G button to move the cursor to the comment to be changed. Then press the f or F button to move the insertion position.

If the entered text is longer than the comment box

“p or p” appears to the left or right of the box.

6 Press the [F10] (SAVE/EXIT) button.

The screen that was on before the comment data was changed is displayed again.

Prerolling to a cue point

1 Press the [F1] (CUE SCAN) button repeatedly to specify the direction in which the cursor moves when the PREROLL button is pressed.

Each press of the button changes the direction as follows: FWD (forward) nREW (reverse) n unspecified.

FWD: Pressing the PREROLL button causes the cursor to move to the next line, and the VTR to preroll to the time code on that line. Invalid time codes are ignored.

REW: Pressing the PREROLL button causes the cursor to move to the previous line, and the VTR to preroll to the time code on that line. Invalid time codes are ignored.

2 Press the PREROLL button.

Write-protecting cue point data

Press the cursor buttons to move the cursor to the line that is to be write-protected. Then press the [F7] (PROTECT) button. appears between the Time and Mrk columns to indicate that the time data, mark data, and recording starting point setting on that line are write-protected.

C U E			CH.COND		TELE	FILE
S C A N
					TCR 00:00:00:00
E N T R Y	R E C D A T E [ 1 9 9 8 / 0 2 / 1 0 ]				R e s t 5 0 %
P O I N T	T I T L E [ N A G A N O J U M P L A R G E H I L L ]
	N o .		T i m e	M r k	I N
C O M M N T	0	0 0 : 0 1 : 0 2 : 0 3 N G			0 0 : 0 1 : 0 1 : 0 3
	1	- - : - - : - - : - - K P			- - : - - : - - : - -
E D I T
	2	0 0 : 0 3 : 0 4 : 0 3		O K @ 0 0 : 0 3 : 0 3 : 0 3
	3	0 0 : 0 4 : 0 4 : 0 3		O K	0 0 : 0 4 : 0 3 : 0 3
	4	0 0 : 0 5 : 0 5 : 0 3		N G	0 0 : 0 5 : 0 4 : 0 3
C H A N G E	5	0 0 : 0 6 : 0 6 : 0 3		O K	0 0 : 0 6 : 0 5 : 0 3
D A T A	6 - - : - - : - - : - -
D E L	M A R K		P R O -	T A P E C U E N U M W R I T E /
P O I N T			T E C T	I N F O	P O I N T	E X I T

To cancel a write-protection

Press the cursor buttons to move the cursor to the line for which write-protection is to be cancelled. Then press the [F7] (PROTECT) button. A message appears (in the control panel display) requesting confirmation of cancellation operation. Press the [F7] (PROTECT) button while pressing down the SFT button.

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