Playback in variable-speed mode starts.

3 To stop playback in variable-speed mode, return the shuttle dial to the center position, or press the STOP button.

To alternate between normal-speed playback and variable-speed mode playback

Set the shuttle dial to the position corresponding to the desired variable playback speed, then switch between normal-speed playback and variable-speed mode playback by pressing the PLAY and VAR buttons alternately.

Searching for Clips With Thumbnails (Thumbnail Search)

You can display thumbnail images (index pictures) of all clips on the disc, and use them to cue up a desired clip.

To display a list of thumbnail images

With the SUB CLIP button off, press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it on.

A list appears showing thumbnails of 12 clips on the disc, including the clip being currently played back. (In the following description, this is referred to as the “thumbnail screen”.)

Name of currently

Sixth clip is selected from

selected clip a)

a total of 34 clips.

Thumbnail (index picture) of currently selected clip b)

Recording date and

Total length of selected clip

time of selected clip

 

Clip information (recording date and time, initial timecode, total length, and so on)

a)When a title has been assigned to a clip (see page 54), the title is enclosed in double quotation marks, for example “TITLE00001”.

b)A mark is shown to indicate that the thumbnail (index picture) is not the first frame of the clip. (See “To change a thumbnail image (index picture)” on page 44.)

To return to the original screen

Press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it off.

In any of the following screens, you can press the THUMBNAIL button to return to the original screen.

To select a thumbnail image and start playback

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EJECT

 

 

 

 

F1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCESS

 

 

 

F3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NETWORK

 

 

 

F4

 

 

 

MENU

 

MARK1

 

VAR

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMOTE

 

 

 

F5

EXPAND

SUB

THUMB

 

 

IN

OUT

 

 

 

 

SET

RESET

 

 

JOG

LEVEL

 

 

 

 

 

CLIP

NAIL

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLIP

ESSENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

MARK

 

 

MARK2

 

 

PHONES

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

CH 4

KEY INHI

PREV

PLAY

NEXT

STOP

TS REC

SHUTTLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PB

SHIFT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOP

F REV

F FWD END

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 1 1 1

1 Do one of the following to select the thumbnail of the clip you want to cue up.

•Press the arrow buttons.

•Turn the jog or shuttle dial.

•Press the PREV or NEXT button: Move to the previous or next thumbnail.

•Press the TOP (SHIFT + PREV) or END (SHIFT + NEXT) button: Move to the first or last thumbnail.

•Holding down the SHIFT button, press the M/ MARK1 or m/MARK2 button: Display the previous or next page.

2 Press the SET button or the PLAY button.

If you press the SET button, a still image appears showing the first frame of the selected clip.

If you press the PLAY button, playback starts from the first frame of the selected clip.

Note

The factory default setting for the clip thumbnail is such that the first frame of the clip is used as the thumbnail but you can change this setting so that any desired frame is used as the clip thumbnail (see “To change a thumbnail image (index picture)” (page 44)). However, clip list playback always starts from the first frame, regardless of the thumbnail.

To change the clip information displayed in the thumbnail list

With the thumbnail list displayed, proceed as follows.

1 Press the CLIP MENU (SHIFT + SUB CLIP) button or the MENU button to display the clip menu.

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