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Clip management (continued)
Repairing and connecting clips
Repairing defective clips
The defective clip indicator (yellow
X
) appears
in order to indicate that there is a problem in the
clip such as the power having been suddenly cut
off while it was being recorded. You can repair
problem clips by proceeding as follows.
1
Display the thumbnail display screen.
2
Select the clip to be repaired.
3
Press [MENU/MODE CHK].
4
Using , and , select “OPERATION”
– “REPAIR CLIP”, and press .
5
Select “YES”, and press .
• It is not possible to repair clips with some types
of damage. These kinds of clips are identified by
the red
X
.
Connecting incomplete clips
In some cases, clips recorded on a multiple
number of P2 cards may not be recognized as
a single continuous clip and may be recognized
as an incomplete clip (
!
indicator) instead. At
times like this you can use the connecting function
to restore the “incomplete” clip to a continuous
(originally connected) clip.
1
Display the thumbnail display screen.
2
Select the incomplete clip to be connected.
3
Press [MENU/MODE CHK].
4
Using , and , select “OPERATION”
– “RE-CONNECTION”, and press .
5
Select “YES”, and press .
A clip is recognized as incomplete when:
• A clip recorded on a multiple number of P2 cards
has been copied separately from one card and
then from another or other cards.
• A clip recorded on a multiple number of cards
has first been copied separately from one card
and then from another or other cards onto a hard
drive and then written back onto the P2 cards.
• A long clip lasting more than 5 minutes in the
DVCPRO HD format (10 or so minutes in the
DVCPRO50 format, or 20 or so minutes in the
DVCPRO, DV format) has first been copied to
a hard drive and then written back onto the P2
cards.
• Normally, thumbnails with the incomplete clip
indicator are displayed side by side.
• If only parts of incomplete clips separated into 3
or more have been connected, the incomplete
clip indicators will remain on the screen until
all the clips which make up the original clip are
connected.
