
Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls
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it far quicker to find a desired location of the tape.
Press the REW button or F FWD button during
playback to view the four times normal speed
search picture.
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DISP SEL (display selection) button
With each press of this button, the display in the
LCD monitor changes as follows.
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HOLD (display hold) 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.
For details of the counter display, see page 18.
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RESET button
Resets the value shown in the time counter
display. According to the settings of the PRESET/
REGEN/CLOCK switch
, the F-
RUN/SET/R-RUN switch
, and the
this
button resets the display as follows.
a) Of the timecode bits for every frame recorded on the
tape, those bits which can be used to record useful
information for the user such as scene number,
shooting place, etc.
For details, see “Setting the Time Data” on page 58.
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DISPLAY switch
CTL:
Displays control signal.
TC:
Displays timecode.
DATA:
Displays the item selected with the
DATA DISPLAY switch.
For details, see “Status displays on the LCD monitor
and monochrome LCD” on page 18.
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BRIGHT (brightness) button
Switches the brightness of the LCD monitor
backlight, and turns the backlight of the
monochrome LCD on and off.
Each press of the button selects the next setting in
the order shown in the following table.
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.
Settings of switches
To reset
DISPLAY switch:
CTL
CTL to 0:00:00:00
DISPLAY switch:
TC
PRESET/REGEN/
CLOCK switch:
PRESET
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN
switch:
SET
Timecode to 00:00:00:00
DISPLAY switch:
DATA
PRESET/REGEN/
CLOCK switch:
PRESET
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN
switch:
SET
DATA DISPLAY
switch:
U-BIT
User bits data
a)
to 00 00 00
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