(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 DISC page of the USER

(or OPERATION) menu, and press the MENU knob.

For details of menu operations, see page 129.

004DISCTOP

DELETE LAST CLIP: EXEC

DELETE ALL CLIPS: EXEC

QUICK FORMAT

: EXEC

 

2 Select QUICK FORMAT, and press the MENU knob.

3Chapter

 

The message “QUICK FORMAT OK? YES b NO”

 

 

Recording

 

appears.

3

MENU knob.

 

To carry out the formatting, select YES, and press the

and

 

To cancel, press the MENU knob leaving NO selected.

Playback

 

When formatting is completed, the message

 

 

“COMPLETED” appears.

Handling of Discs When RecordingDoes Not End Normally (SalvageFunction)

Recording processing does not end normally if, for example, the battery pack is removed during recording, or if the power cord is disconnected during recording. Because the file system is not updated, video and audio data recorded in real time is not recognized as files and clip contents recorded up to that point are lost.

However, this unit has a salvage function which can hold losses to the minimum by reconstructing clips on such discs.

Note that no recorded clip contents are lost when the POWER switch is set to OFF and when battery exhaustion is detected, because the unit does not become powered off until after the end of recording processing.

Notes

•Do not disconnect the battery pack or power cord until recording processing has finished and the ACCESS indicator has gone out.

•This function salvages as much recorded material as possible after an unforeseen accident, but 100% restoration cannot be guaranteed.

•Even when this function is used, it is not possible to recover data from immediately before the interruption of recording. The amount of data lost is as follows.

Quick salvage: From 2 to 4 seconds of data before the interruption of recording.

Full salvage: From 4 to 6 seconds of data before the interruption of recording.

(More data may be lost when the unit is subject to vibrations, when you switch frequently between recording and paused, and when you use functions such as Interval Rec.)

Quick salvage

When the unit is powered on again after a recording interruption due to a power interruption, with the disc still loaded in the unit, clips are reconstructed on the basis of backup data stored in nonvolatile memory and markers recorded on the disc. Processing time is about 5 seconds.

Full salvage

When recording on an XDCAM device is interrupted because of a power interruption, and a disc is manually ejected from that device with the power off, clips are reconstructed on the basis of markers recorded on the disc when the disc is loaded in this unit. Therefore, processing takes longer than for a quick salvage (about 30 seconds, although it depends on the state of the disc).

Note

Before using another XDCAM device 1) to perform a full salvage of a disc that was recorded successfully on the PDW-F75/75MD/F355/F335, check that the version of the other device is version 1.7 or higher. Salvage cannot be completed successfully on version 1.6 or lower devices.

1)PDW-F350/F330, PDW-530/510, PDW-F70/F30, PDW-1500, PDW-R1, PDW-V1, PDW-D1, and PDW-70MD.

Proceed as follows to perform a full salvage.

1 Insert the disc on which recording did not end normally.

The following salvage message appears.

SALVAGE

TO RECORD ON THE

DISC, IT IS NECESSARY

TO EXECUTE SALVAGE.

SALVAGE OK?

YES NO

2 Select YES, and press the MENU knob.

Salvage processing starts, and the message “EXECUTING.” appears.

A results message appears when the processing finishes.

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