Locking (Write-Protecting) Clips

In the thumbnail screen, you can lock them so that they cannot be deleted or altered.

Locking prevents the following operations on clips.

Deletion

Renaming by FAM or FTP

Changing the thumbnail image (index picture)

Adding and deleting shot marks

Notes

Locked clips are deleted along with other clips.

Clips cannot be locked or unlocked when the Write Inhibit tab of the disc is set to the recording disabled position, or when “REC INH” on page P1 of the function1 menu is set to “ON”.

1 With the SUB CLIP button off, press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it on.

The thumbnails of the clips on the disc appear.

2 Select the clip to lock. (you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of “To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (see page 54).)

Clip to be locked

3 Press the MENU button.

The CLIP menu appears.

4 Use the V/MARK1 or v/MARK2 button to select “LOCK/UNLOCK CLIP”, and then press the SET button.

A lock confirmation screen appears. This screen displays clip names and clip titles.

To cancel the lock operation and return to the THUMBNAIL screen

Select “CANCEL”, and then press the SET button. Press the RESET or MENU button.

5 With OK selected, press the SET button.

You return to the thumbnail screen, and a lock icon appears on the thumbnail of the selected clip to show that it is locked.

Lock icon

Locked clips cannot be deleted or set the thumbnail image (index picture) and so on. Unlock the clip if you want to perform any of these operations.

To lock clips with a shortcut operation

After carrying out step 2 in the procedure, press the STOP button with the SHIFT button held down (shortcut operation).

You can lock clips without displaying the CLIP MENU.

To unlock clips

Carry out step 2 of “Locking clips” to select a locked clip (one with the lock icon displayed on its thumbnail). Then do one of the following.

Carry out steps 3 and 4 of “Locking Clips”.

Press the STOP button with the SHIFT button held down (shortcut operation).

To lock all clips

1 Carry out steps 1 and 3 of “Locking Clips” to display the CLIP MENU.

2 Use the V/MARK1 or the v/MARK2 button to select LOCK OR DELETE ALL CLIPS, and then press the b/OUT button.

A submenu screen appears.

3 Select “LOCK ALL CLIPS”, and then press the SET button.

A confirmation screen appears.

4 With “OK” selected, press the SET button.

All clips are locked.

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