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2-7 Warnings and Indications
Besides the viewfinder, speaker and earphones, the
indicators and displays described in this section also
provide you with information such as the operating state of
the camcorder and warnings.
a
TALLY indicator
Setting the TALLY switch on the viewfinder to HIGH or
LOW enables this indicator. It lights when the VTR starts
recording. Like the REC indicator in the viewfinder, it also
flashes to provide warnings. The brightness of this
indicator when it is lit can be switched with the TALLY
switch.
b
DISPLAY/ASPECT (display/aspect control) switch
Turns the markers on or off and changes the viewfinder
screen aspect ratio.
DISPLAY:
When the MARKER is set to ON on the
MARKER 1 page of the USER menu, pushing this
switch to DISPLAY toggles the markers on the
viewfinder screen on and off.
ASPECT:
Pushing this switch to ASPECT toggles the
viewfinder screen aspect ratio between 16 : 9 and 4 : 3.
For details, see “5-2-5 Setting Marker Display” on page
87.
Setting the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON displays the
menu on the viewfinder screen even if the DISPLAY
switch is set to OFF.
c
TALLY switch
Controls the TALLY indicator as follows:
HIGH:
The TALLY indicator brightness is high.
OFF:
The TALLY indicator is off.
LOW:
The TALLY indicator brightness is low.
d
BACK TALLY indicator
When the BACK TALLY switch is set to ON, this indicator
has the same function as the TALLY indicator.
e
BACK TALLY switch
Enables or disables the BACK TALLY and REAR TALLY
indicators.
ON:
The BACK TALLY and REAR TALLY indicators are
enabled.
a
TALLY indicator
b
DISPLAY/ASPECT switch
c
TALLY switch
d
BACK TALLY indicator
e
BACK TALLY switch
i
REAR TALLY indicator
h
Display panel
g
WARNING indicator
f
LCD LIGHT switch
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