To perform repeat playback, set extended menu item 142 “REPEAT MODE” to “play,” and then proceed as follows.

1 Insert a disc.

To perform repeat playback for normal playback, proceed to step 3.

2 To perform repeat playback for clip list playback, press the SUBCLIP button.

3 Press the PLAY button.

Playback starts from the saved playback position. Normal playback: When playback of the last clip

finishes, it resumes from the start of the disc, repeatedly playing from the first through the last clip on the disc.

Clip list playback: When playback of the last sub clip finishes, it resumes from the start of the clip list, repeatedly playing from the first through the last sub clip in the clip list.

If extended menu item 142 “REPEAT MODE” is set to “play,” repeat playback starts from the first clip automatically whenever you power the unit on with a disc loaded. Clip list playback starts from the first sub clip in the clip list.

To start repeat playback from the device connected to the REMOTE connector

Set extended menu item 142 “REPEAT MODE” to “play,” and then send a repeat playback command from the external device.

For details of commands, refer to REMOTE (9-pin) Protocol Manual for the PDW series.

To stop repeat playback

Do one of the following.

•Operate any of the playback buttons except the PLAY button, or operate the jog or shuttle dial.

•From the external device connected to the REMOTE connector on this unit, send a command other than the repeat playback start command to this unit.

The unit executes the operation for the button press, jog or search dial operation, or remote command that stops playback. (The unit enters search mode when you conduct a search, and stop mode at the end of the disc.)

To disable repeat playback

Set extended menu item 142 “REPEAT MODE” to “off.”

4-2-6 Locking and Deleting Clips

In the thumbnail screen, you can delete selected clips or lock them so that they cannot be deleted. 1)

1) This is supported from firmware version 1.5.

Locking clips

Locking prevents the following operations on clips.

•Deletion

•Renaming by FAM or FTP

Notes

•Locked clips are erased along with other clips when you format a disc.

•Clips cannot be locked or unlocked when the Write Inhibit tab of the disc is set to the recording disabled position, or when extended menu item 310 “REC INHIBIT” is set to “on.”

1 With the SUBCLIP button off, press the

THUMBNAIL button, turning it on.

The thumbnails of the clips on the disc appear.

2 Use the arrow buttons or the jog dial to select the clip to lock.

You can select clips with the following operations. Press the PREV or NEXT button: Move to the

previous or next clip.

Press the PREV or NEXT button with the SHIFT button held down: Move to the first or last clip.

Press the F/f button with the SHIFT button held down: Switch to the previous or next page.

3 With the SHIFT button held down, press the SUBCLIP button. Or press the MENU button.

The THUMBNAIL MENU appears.

To escape from the THUMBNAIL MENU to the previous screen

Press the RESET button.

4 With LOCK/UNLOCK CLIP selected, press the SET button.

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