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Basic Operations of the Function Menu
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Basic Operations of the
Function Menu
The function menu provides access to frequently used
settings, such as input video signal selection and timecode
settings.
Menu settings are stored in nonvolatile memory and are
preserved even after the unit is powered off.
Function menu operations
The function menu appears on the display of this unit.
The following figure shows the buttons (F1 to F6) used in
function menu operations.
To display the function menu
The function menu is made up of the HOME page and
pages P1 to P5.
If the function menu is not already visible, press the
PAGE/HOME button to display it. (The most recently
accessed function menu page appears.)
To display a different page
Each press of the PAGE/HOME button displays the next
function menu page in the order: HOME
t
P1
t
P2
t
P3
t
P4
t
P5
t
HOME…
• Turning the PUSH SET knob while holding down the
PAGE/HOME button changes the page forward or
backward.
• Pressing F1 to F5 buttons while holding down the
PAGE/HOME button switches the page directly to pages
P1 to P5.
To clear the function menu from the screen
Press the DISPLAY button to switch to the video monitor
screen.
To change the setting of a function menu
item
Use the function buttons.
To select the value of the setting item
Press the function button to the left of each setting item to
change the value of the item. Keep pressing the button
until the value you want appears.
To set the value of the setting item
• Press the function button to the left of each setting item
so that the setting value flashes to enable adjustment of
the value and then turn the PUSH SET knob to increase
or decrease the value.
• Turning the PUSH SET knob while holding down the
SHIFT button increases the increment of adjustment.
• Pressing the function button to the left of each setting
item while the setting value is flashing causes the value
to stop flashing and completes the adjustment.
Function menu settings
The following tables list the setting items on each page and
describe their setting values. Underlined values are the
factory defaults.
HOME page
Function buttons (F1 to F6)
Function menu
PUSH SET knob
DISPLAY button
PAGE/HOME button
Item
Setting
F1: CHAR SEL
Turns the display of character
information on the video monitor screen
and on an external monitor on and off.
ON:
Character information on
OFF:
Character information off
F2: CNTR SEL
Selects the type of time data to display in
the time data display area.
TC:
Timecode
COUNTER:
Elapsed recording or
playback time
UB:
User bits
F3: TCG SET/
UBG SET
• When CNTR SEL is set to “TC” or
“COUNTER”, the indication “TCG SET”
appears, and pressing the button
displays a screen where you can set
the initial value of timecode generated
by the internal timecode generator
a)
• When CNTR SEL is set to “UB”, the
indication “UBG SET” appears, and
pressing the button displays a screen
where you can set the user bits of
timecode
a)
F4: MONITR L
Selects the channel to monitor as the left
monitor channel.
CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, CH5, CH6, CH7,
CH8
CH1/2, CH3/4, CH5/6, CH7/8 (MIX)
