•If you set the MENU ON/OFF to ON during thumbnail display, thumbnail display is cancelled and replaced with menu display.

•Unless the current clip list has been saved to disc, its contents will be lost when you load a new clip list from the disc.

4-3-2 Deleting Clip Lists From a Disc

Proceed as follows.

1 Display the CLIP menu.

See “Displaying the CLIP menu” (page 78).

2 Select DELETE in the CLIP menu, and press the SEL/ SET dial or the MENU knob.

A clip list appears.

The date of creation or the title is displayed for each clip list. The date of creation is always displayed for clip lists without titles.

To switch between display of dates of creation, titles, and clip list names

With the SHIFT button held down, press the SET button.

With each press, the display changes as follows. Dates of creation > titles > clip list names > dates of creation …

3 Select the name of the clip list to delete and press the SEL/SET dial or the MENU knob.

The message “DELETE OK? YES b NO” appears.

4 Turn the SEL/SET dial or the MENU knob to move the

bmark to “YES” and press the dial/knob. The selected clip list is deleted from the disc.

5 Hold down the SHIFT button and press the SUB CLIP button.

CLIP menu operations end.

4-3-3 Clearing the Current Clip List

From the Unit Memory

Proceed as follows to clear the current clip list, leaving it with no clip list loaded.

1 Display the CLIP menu.

See “Displaying the CLIP menu” (page 78).

2 Select CLEAR in the CLIP menu, and press the SEL/ SET dial or the MENU knob.

The following screen display appears.

CLEAR CLIP LIST

ESC

CLEAR CLIP LIST : EXEC

3 Press the SEL/SET dial or the Menu knob.

The message “EXECUTE OK? YES b NO” appears.

4 Turn the SEL/SET dial or the MENU knob to move the

bmark to “YES” and press the dial/knob.

The current clip list is cleared, leaving it with no clip list loaded.

5 Hold down the SHIFT button and press the SUB CLIP button.

CLIP menu operations end.

4-3-4 Setting the Start Time Code of the Current Clip List

The start time code (LTC) of the current clip list is set to 00:00:00:00 when the camcorder is powered on and when a disc is inserted.

You can set the start time code to any value. Proceed as follows.

1 Load an existing clip list for which you want to set the initial time code into to the unit memory as the current clip list.

For details, see 4-3-1 “Loading a Clip List From Disc Into Unit Memory” (page 78).

2 Display the CLIP menu.

See “Displaying the CLIP menu” (page 78).

3 Select TC PRESET in the CLIP menu, and press the SEL/SET dial or the MENU knob.

The following screen display appears.

Selection Scene 4 Chapter

4-3 Managing Clip Lists (CLIP Menu)

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