gALARM (alarm tone volume adjustment) knob Controls the volume of the warning tone that is output via the built-in speaker or optional earphones. When the knob is turned to the minimum position, no sound can be heard.

ALARM

MinimumMaximum

hLCD monitor

Displays camera video, VDR-related warnings, remaining battery capacity, remaining disc space, audio levels, time data, and so on.

For details, see “Status Display on the LCD Monitor” on page 16.

iMENU switch

When flicking toward ON, the menu is displayed. When flicking toward STATUS, the status of the camcorder (of current settings) is displayed.

For details, see “Displaying Menus” on page 132.

jWHITE BAL (white balance memory) switch Controls adjustment of the white balance.

PRST: Adjusts the color temperature to the preset value (the factory default setting: 3200K). Use this setting when you have no time to adjust the white balance.

A or B: Recall the white balance adjustment settings already stored in A or B.

Press the AUTO W/B BAL switch (see page 12) on the WHT side, to automatically adjust the white balance, and save the adjustment settings in memory A or memory B. The 5600K button does not function. You can use the AUTO W/B BAL switch even when ATW 1) is in use.

B (ATW): When this switch is set to B and WHITE SWITCH <B> is set to ATW on the WHITE SETTING page of the MAINTENANCE menu, ATW

is activated. When this switch is adjusted, the new setting appears on the setting change/adjustment progress message display area of the viewfinder screen for about 3 seconds. You can assign the ATW function to an ASSIGN switch on the ASSIGNABLE page of the OPERATION menu.

For details about how to assign the function to an ASSIGN switch, see “Assigning Functions to ASSIGN Switches” on page 143.

1)ATW (Auto Tracing White Balance): The white balance of the picture being shot is adjusted automatically for varying lighting conditions.

kOUTPUT/DCC (output signal/dynamic contrast

control) switch

Switches the video signal, which is output to the video disc drive (referred to as “VDR”), viewfinder, and video monitor from the camera section, between the following two.

BARS: Outputs the color bar signal.

CAM: Outputs the video signal from the camera. When this is selected, you can switch DCC 1) on and off.

1)DCC (Dynamic Contrast Control): Against a very bright background with the iris opening adjusted to the subject, objects in the background will be lost in the glare. The DCC function will suppress the high intensity and restore much of the lost detail and is particularly effective in the following cases.

•Shooting people in the shade on a sunny day

•Shooting a subject indoors, against a background through a window

•Any high contrast scene

OUTPUT: BARS, DCC: OFF

A color bar signal is output and the DCC circuit does not operate. Use this setting to adjust the video monitor, to record the color bar signal, etc.

OUTPUT: CAM, DCC: OFF

The video signal from the camera is output, and OUTPUT the DCC circuit does not operate.

BARS CAM

OUTPUT: CAM, DCC: ON

The video signal from the camera is output, and OFF ON the DCC circuit operates.

DCC

Overview 1 Chapter

LCD monitor operating buttons

1 DISPLAY/EXPAND button

2 COUNTER/CHAPTER button

3 RESET button

4 BRIGHT button

aDISPLAY/EXPAND button

Each time pressing this button, the display in the LCD monitor changes as follows.

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