Therefore, the display changes as follows, depending on whether a clip has a title.

-The title is displayed for clips recorded on this unit which have titles.

-The user-assigned or standard clip name is displayed for clips which do not have titles.

•On XDCAM devices 1) with firmware earlier than version 1.4, clips with user defined names are displayed as “C5000” to “C9999” in the order of recording.

•Clip names and clip list names are converted as follows for display in the thumbnail screen and the CLIP menu.

-If the clip name is longer than 15 characters, then the first 9 characters and the last 5 characters are

 

 

 

displayed. Other characters are converted into s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

symbols.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

Lowercase characters are converted to uppercase.

 

3Chapter

 

- Kanji and other multibyte characters and some

 

 

 

 

 

symbols are converted into s symbols. Sequences of

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s symbols are converted into a single s symbol.

 

 

The following 21 symbols can be displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

: . ? ! # * / ( ) + - & @ = < > % " ; _ $

and

 

1) PDW-F350/F330, PDW-530/510, PDW-F70/F30, PDW-1500, PDW-

 

 

R1, PDW-V1, PDW-D1, and PDW-70MD

Playback

 

 

 

 

JumpingDolphin_No103

 

 

Display example:

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUMPINGDO s NO103

 

 

To check clip information (name, title, etc.) by

 

 

using a menu

 

 

 

 

 

See “Basic Menu Operations” (page 132) for more

 

 

information about menu operations.

 

 

Display the CLIP STATUS page of the DIAGNOSIS

 

 

menu, and then press the MENU knob.

 

 

The current settings for each item are displayed on the

 

 

right side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D03

CLIP STATUS

TOP

 

 

 

CLIP

NO

:

001/010

 

 

 

NAME

 

:

C0001

 

 

 

TITLE

:(no name)

 

 

 

RECORD DEVICE: PDW-F355

 

 

 

 

 

SERIAL

:

10001

 

 

 

 

 

DATE

:

08/01/06

 

 

 

 

 

TIME

:

15:00:05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To create a list of title prefix strings

Prepare the data beforehand according to the following rules.

File name

Assign the name “TITLES.TXT” to the file.

Input format

Enter title prefixes one at time, separated by newline (CRLF) characters.

Prefixes can be up to 10 characters long. A prefix file can contain up to 20 prefixes.

Allowable characters

•Digits: 0 to 9

•Alphabetic characters: a to z, A to Z

•The following symbols: ! , #, $, %, &, ', ( , ) , ~, =, -, ^, @, [, ], {, }, +, ; (semicolon), , (comma), . (period), _ (underscore)

•Space

Title prefix list example

Tennis<CRLF>

Basketball<CRLF>

Skiing_1<CRLF>

Skiing_2<CRLF>

To transfer a title prefix list to the unit’s internal memory

Proceed as follows.

1 Copy the title prefix file (TITLES.TXT) to the following folder on the “Memory Stick”.

\\MSSONY\PRO\XDCAM\GENERAL\VAL_LIST

Note

This folder is created when you insert a “Memory Stick” into the camcorder. Do not create this folder yourself on a computer.

2 Insert a “Memory Stick” with the title prefix file (TITLES.TXT) into the “Memory Stick” slot of the camcorder.

3 On the CLIP TITLE page, select LOAD PREFIX DATA and then press the MENU knob.

“MEMORY STICK ACCESS” appears, and the file on the “Memory Stick” (TITLES.TXT) is transferred to the internal memory of the unit.

The message “COMPLETE!” appears when the transfer finishes.

Note

The message “FILE NOT FOUND!” appears if no list of title prefixes is found.

Check the location where the file is stored on the “Memory Stick”.

To select a prefix from the title prefix list

Proceed as follows.

1 On the CLIP TITLE page, select SELECT PREFIX and then press the MENU knob.

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