Playback and Recording 3 Chapter

The title of the next clip to be recorded will be a combination of the prefix in the PREFIX field and the serial number in the NUMERIC field.

To create a list of title prefix strings

Prepare the data beforehand according to the following rules.

File name

Assign the name “TITLES.TXT” to the file.

Input format

Enter title prefixes one at time, separated by newline (CRLF) characters.

Prefixes can be up to 10 characters long. A prefix file can contain up to 20 prefixes.

Allowable characters

•Digits: 0 to 9

•Alphabetic characters: a to z, A to Z

•The following symbols:!, #, $, %, &, ’, ( , ), ~, =, -, ^, @, [, ], {, }, +, ; (semicolon), , (comma), . (period), _ (underscore)

•Space

Title prefix list example

Tennis<CRLF>

Basketball<CRLF>

Skiing_1<CRLF>

Skiing_2<CRLF>

To transfer a title prefix list to the unit’s internal memory

Proceed as follows.

1 Copy the title prefix file (TITLES.TXT) to the following folder on the “Memory Stick”.

\\MSSONY\PRO\XDCAM\GENERAL\VAL_LIST

Note

This folder is created when you insert a “Memory Stick” into the camcorder. Do not create this folder yourself on a computer.

2 Insert a “Memory Stick” with the title prefix file (TITLES.TXT) into the “Memory Stick” slot of the camcorder.

3 On the CLIP TITLE page of the OPERATION menu (see page 54), select “LOAD PREFIX DATA” and then press the MENU knob.

“MEMORY STICK ACCESS” appears, and the file on the “Memory Stick” (TITLES.TXT) is transferred to the internal memory of the unit.

The message “COMPLETE!” appears when the transfer finishes.

Note

The message “FILE NOT FOUND!” appears if no list of title prefixes is found.

Check the location where the file is stored on the “Memory Stick”.

To select a prefix from the title prefix list

Proceed as follows.

1 On the CLIP TITLE page of the OPERATION menu (see page 54), select “SELECT PREFIX” and then press the MENU knob.

A list of up to 20 title prefixes appears.

P00 TITLE PREFIX

ESC

001:Tennis

002:Basketball

003:Skiing_1

004:Skiing_2

005:Athletics

006:Aquatics

007:Cycling

008:Softball

009:Fencing

010: Sailing

Note

When no list of title prefixes has been transferred to the internal memory of this unit, only the initial value “TITLE” appears.

2 Select the desired title prefix from the list, and then press the MENU knob.

The CLIP TITLE page appears again, and the selected prefix appears in the PREFIX field.

To enter a title prefix directly

Proceed as follows.

1 On the CLIP TITLE page of the OPERATION menu (see page 54), select “PREFIX” and then press the MENU knob.

A prefix string appears.

23 CLIP TITLE

 

TOP

TITLE

 

:

ENABL

SELECT

PREFIX

:

EXEC

CLEAR

NUMERIC

:

EXEC

LOAD PREFIX DATA:

EXEC

PREFIX

: TITLE

 

 

!#$%&'()+,-.0123456789;

=@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV WXYZ[]^_abcdefghijklmnop

qrstuvwxyz{}~

 

INS DEL RET

ESC END

2 Move the x mark to the character you want to change and then press the MENU knob.

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