Notes

• It is not possible to record a clip shorter than 2 seconds. If you stop recording within 2 seconds of starting, this results in a 2-second clip.

If you stop recording and restart within 2 seconds of the original start, this creates a single continuous clip from the original start time.

• The maximum number of clips that can be recorded on a single disc is 300. If an attempt is made to record more than 300 clips, the error message “MAX # Clips” appears, even if there is free capacity on the disc.

Playback control buttons

During recording, the playback control buttons (EJECT, F REV, F FWD, NEXT, PREV, PLAY/ PAUSE, STOP) have no effect.

 

 

Playing back the recorded clip

 

 

 

4Chapter

 

 

 

review any length of recording on the viewfinder

 

 

Normal playback

 

 

By pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button, you can

Shooting

 

screen in black and white or in color on the LCD

 

monitor. There are two other ways to review the

 

 

 

 

recording.

 

 

Recording review: You can view the last two

 

 

seconds of the recording on the viewfinder

 

 

screen in black and white or in color on the

 

 

LCD monitor.

 

 

Viewing color playback on a video monitor:

 

 

You can view the recording in color on a

 

 

color video monitor without the need for any

 

 

external adaptor.

 

 

You can also view palyback video during a fast

 

 

forward or reverse search.

 

 

For details about the switches and controls used to

 

 

select the audio output signal and to adjust the audio

 

 

level, see page 18 and page 26.

 

 

 

 

 

To freeze a picture during playback

 

 

 

 

 

The following operation can also be done from

 

 

the RM-B150/B750 Remote Control Unit.

 

 

1 Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to start

 

 

playback.

 

 

2 Press the PLAY/PAUSE button again at

 

 

the instant when you want to freeze the

 

 

picture.

 

 

The playback pauses and a frozen picture

 

 

appears.

78 Basic Procedure for Shooting

The timecode of the frozen frame is displayed in the counter display and the PLAY/PAUSE indicator now flashes (one flash/second).

To restart playback

Press the PLAY/PAUSE button once again.

To display camera video in the viewfinder during playback (Live & Play function)

During playback, the viewfinder normally displays the playback video. But you can enable this function to view live camera video instead. This is a convenient way to frame the next shot and adjust the focus and exposure while viewing recorded video on the LCD monitor or an external monitor.

(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to the desired item.)

1 Display the OUTPUT 2 page of the OPERATION menu.

For details on menu operations, see “Basic menu operations” on page 163.

2 Select LIVE & PLAY, and then turn the MENU knob to display “ON”.

The camera video appears in the viewfinder, even during playback.

You can still check the playback video on the LCD monitor. Playback signals are output from the video output connectors.

Disc playback start position

Although this unit uses optical discs, it is designed to offer the most convenient features of tape playback by VTRs. One of these is the playback start position, which works in the same way as with tape, as described below.

After playback stop

The unit stops at the position where the STOP button was pressed.

Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to resume playback at the stop position.

After recording

The unit stops at the position where recording ended.