Chapter 2 Names and Functions of Parts
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2-1 Front Panel
a PREV (previous) button
Press this button, turning it on, to show the first frame of
the current clip. While the first frame of a clip is shown,
pressing this button jumps to the beginning of the previous
clip.
This button is also used together with other buttons for the
following operations.
Reverse direction high-speed search: Hold down the
PLAY button, and press this button. A high-speed
search in the reverse direction is carried out.
Displaying the first frame of the first clip: Hold down
the SHIFT button, and press this button.
b PLAY (playback) button
To start playback, press this button, turning it on.
c NEXT button
Press this button, turning it on, to jump to the next clip, and
show the first frame.
This button is also used together with other buttons for the
following operations.
Forward direction high-speed search: Hold down the
PLAY button, and press this button. A high-speed
search in the forward direction is carried out.
Displaying the last frame of the last clip: Hold down the
SHIFT button, and press this button.
d STOP button
To stop recording or playback, press this button, turning it
on. The frame at the stop point appears.
The unit enters standby off mode when you press this
button with the SHIFT button held down. It returns from
standby off mode to the original state when you press this
button again with the SHIFT button held down. (The lit or
unlit status of the STOP button does not change.)
This unit can automatically enter standby mode whenever
a specified time elapses in disc stop mode. For details, see
the description of extended menu item 501 “STILL
TIMER” (page 96).
e REC (record) button
To start recording, hold down this button, and press the
PLAY button. The recording takes place on an unrecorded
part of the disc.
To stop recording, press the STOP button.
This creates a clip of the recorded portion.
5 Status display section
a MONITOR (audio monitor channel selection)
display
This shows the audio channels selected by the AUDIO
MONITOR SEL button (see page 21). The displayed
channel audio is output from the PHONES jack on the
front panel and the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector on
the rear panel, according to the setting of the MONITOR
switch (see page 21).
1/2: channels 1 (left) and 2 (right)
3/4: channels 3 (left) and 4 (right)
5/6: channels 5 (left) and 6 (right)
7/8: channels 7 (left) and 8 (right)
b INPUT (video input signal) display
Shows the currently selected video input signal.
i.LINK: i.LINK compliant DVCAM format digital signal
SDI: SDI video signal
CMPST: Composite video signal
SG: Test video signal from the internal signal generator
Make the video signal input selection with the VIDEO
INPUT SEL button (see page 20).
c Time data display
Normally, this shows the disc playback time, time code, or
user bit information, as selected by the COUNTER
SELECT button (see page 20) and extended menu item
629 “TC SELECT.”
It is also used for error messages, setup menus, and other
displays.
HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES
VITC VITCCOUNTER REC INHVIUB
EDIT KEY INHREMOTE
[
9P iLINK
]
INPUT
i.LINK
SDI
1/2
5/6
3/4
7/8
625
525
IMX
[
50 40 30
]
DVCAM
4 8 CH
18 24 BIT
CMPST
Y-R,B
SG
ALARM
MONITOR
AUDIO
1 MONITOR display
2 INPUT display
3 Time data display
4 Indicators above the time data display
5 AUDIO indicators
6 525/625 indicator
8 Disc loaded mark
7 IMX/DVCAM indicator
