4Shuttle/jog/variable-speed playback control block

4 Jog/shuttle transport indicators

1Chapter

VAR

2 JOG button

 

1 VAR button

Overview

JOG

SHUTTLE

 

3 SHUTTLE

 

button

 

5 Jog dial

6Shuttle dial

For details about playback operations with these buttons and dials, see page 51 “Playback” in Chapter 3.

aVAR (variable) button

To play back in variable-speed mode using the shuttle dial, press this button, turning it on.

bJOG button

To play back in jog mode using the jog dial, press this button, turning it on.

cSHUTTLE button

To play back in shuttle mode using the shuttle dial, press this button, turning it on.

dJog/shuttle transport indicators

These show the playback direction in jog, shuttle, or variable-speed mode.

b(green): Lights during playback in the reverse direction. B (green): Lights during playback in the forward

direction.

x (red): Lights during still image display.

eJog dial

Turn this for playback in jog mode. Turn clockwise for forward direction playback, and counterclockwise for reverse direction playback. In jog mode, the playback speed varies in the range ±1 times normal speed, according to the rotation rate of the jog dial. The dial has no detents.

fShuttle dial

Turn this for playback in shuttle mode or variable-speed mode. Turn clockwise for forward direction playback, and counterclockwise for reverse direction playback.

•In shuttle mode, the playback speed varies in the range ±20 times normal speed (using MPEG HD/DVCAM), according to the angular position of the shuttle dial.

•In variable-speed mode, you can finely adjust the playback speed from –1 to +2 times normal speed, according to the angular position of the shuttle dial.

The shuttle dial has a detent at the center position, for still image playback.

Note

When OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >SEARCH ENABLE in the setup menu is set to “DIAL DIRECT” (see page 95), return the shuttle dial to the center position after using it.

5Recording/playback control block

1PREV/TOP button

2 PLAY button

3 NEXT/END button

PREV PLAY NEXT STOP REC

TOP F REV

F FWD END STANDBY

4STOP/STANDBY button

5REC button

aPREV (previous)/TOP button

This functions as a PREV button when pressed alone, and as a TOP button when pressed together with the SHIFT button.

PREV button: Press this button, turning it on, to jump to the first frame of the current clip or the previous REC START essence mark. 1) When pressed at the first frame of the current clip, this button jumps to the first frame of the previous clip (if it exists).

TOP button: Press this button to jump to the first frame of the first clip or to the first REC START essence mark of the first clip. 1)

You can perform a high-speed search in the reverse direction by pressing the PREV button together with the PLAY button.

1)The setting of OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >FIND MODE determines whether the unit jumps to clips or to REC START essence marks.

When you play back clips recorded with the Clip Continuous Rec function (see page 50), you should set this menu item to “REC START EM”.

bPLAY button

Press this button, turning it on, to start playback. Press the STOP button to stop playback.

You can perform a high-speed search in the forward or reverse direction by pressing this button together with the NEXT button or PREV button.

cNEXT/END button

This functions as a NEXT button when pressed alone, and as an END button when pressed together with the SHIFT button.

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