Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls
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WARNING indicator
Lights up or flashes when an abnormality occurs
in the VDR section.
For details about the meaning of the states of the
WARNING indicator, see “Operation Warnings”
(page 246).
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ACCESS indicator
This lights when data is written to or read from
the disc.
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Protection cover of the audio control
section
Open to access the audio control section
f
Protection cover of the GUI screen
operations section
Open to access the GUI screen operations section
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EJECT button and indicator
Press this button to insert a disc or eject the disc.
The indicator flashes while the disc is being
ejected.
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F REV (fast reverse) button and
indicator
This plays back at high speed in the reverse
direction. The indicator lights during high-speed
playback in the reverse direction.
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PLAY/PAUSE button and indicator
Press this button to view play back video images
using the viewfinder screen or the LCD monitor.
The indicator lights during playback.
Press this button again during playback to pause,
outputting a still image. At this time the indicator
flashes.
To play back at approximately four times normal
playback speed, press the F REV button or F
FWD button during playback.
At this time the PLAY indicator and F REV or F
FWD indicator light.
j
F FWD (fast forward) button and
indicator
This plays back at high speed in the forward
direction. The indicator lights during high-speed
playback in the forward direction.
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PREV button
This jumps to the first frame of the current clip.
During the jump, the F REV indicator flashes.
If you press this together with the F REV button,
the jump is to the first frame of the first recorded
clip on the disc.
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STOP button
Press this button to stop disc playback.
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NEXT button
This jumps to the first frame of the next clip.
During the jump, the F FWD indicator flashes.
If you press this together with the F FWD button,
the jump is to the last frame of the last recorded
clip on the disc.
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DISP SEL (display selection) /EXPAND
(expand function) button
With each press of this button, the display in the
LCD monitor changes as follows.
If you press this button when the thumbnail
screen is displayed, the duration of the selected
clip is divided into 12, and the first frame of each
of the divisions is shown in a further thumbnail
display (expand function). Each time you press
this button, the division is repeated (to a
maximum of three times, with 1,728 divisions).
Hold down the SHIFT button and press this
button to step back through the division process.
For details of the expand function, see page 116.
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HOLD (display hold)/CHAPTER
(chapter function) button
Pressing this button instantly freezes the time data
displayed in the counter display section. (The
timecode generator continues running.) Pressing
this button again releases the hold.
You can use this button, for example, to
determine the exact time of a particular shot.
Display indication
Meaning
Video with
superimposed
information (CHAR)
The LCD monitor displays
the same text information
as the viewfinder.
Video without
superimposed
information (MONI)
The video only appears.
Status display
(STATUS)
Counter indications,
warnings, audio levels, and
similar information appear.
No video image appears.
