Playback and Recording 3 Chapter
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to the desired item.)
1 Set LIVE & PLAY to ON on the OUTPUT page of the OPERATION menu.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic Menu Operations” on page 132.
2 Select the video signal output conditions from the following modes.
OFF: Do not display camera video in the viewfinder during disc playback. (Output disc playback signals to the viewfinder and LCD monitor, and from all video connectors).
ON: Output camera video to the viewfinder, even during disc playback. (Output disc playback signals to the LCD monitor and from all video connectors
On how to connect an external video monitor, see “Connecting an External Video Monitor” on page 45.
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.
To play back a clip, press the PREV button to move to the start frame of any clip, or press the PREV button with the PLAY/PAUSE button held down to move to any position.
After disc insertion
The unit stops at the position of the disc when it was most recently ejected.
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to resume playback at the most recent position.
The playback position is saved to the disc when the disc is ejected, which allows playback to start at that position whenever it is loaded into any XDCAM player.
Note
The playback position is not recorded to the disc if the disc is set to REC INH.
Normal PlaybackBy pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button, you can review any length of recording on the viewfinder 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.
•Using an external color video monitor: You can see the recording in color on a color video monitor without the need for any external adaptor.
You may also view the picture during a fast forward or fast reverse search.
See “Side control panel (inside the protection cover)” on page 19 for details about the switches and controls used to select the audio output signal and to adjust the audio level.
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