Sony HDW-F900H Camcorder User Manual


 
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HDW-F900 P1E2
Switches
DISPLAY switch
ON : Displays characters and messages indicating the
settings and operating status of the unit on the
viewfinder screen.
OFF : Turns off all the displays on the viewfinder
screen.
MENU: Displays the setup menu on the viewfinder screen.
Rotary Encoder
Selects the items displayed on the viewfinder screen and
changes settings.
MENU switch
STATUS : Allows you to check the current setting.
CANCEL : Cancels the menu setting mode and returns to
the page selection mode or TOP menu.
Basic Operations
1. Displaying the menu
To display the OPERATION menu, turn the power on and set the DISPLAY switch to “MENU”
(*1)
.
To display the other menus, set the DISPLAY switch from “OFF” to “MENU” while pressing the
rotary encoder, and obtain the TOP menu screen. Turning the rotary encoder, select the menu to be
displayed, and press the rotary encoder.
2. To change pages, set the cursor to the page number and turn the rotary encoder.
3. To shift the cursor, turn the rotary encoder. (Pressing the rotary encoder determins the setting.)
4. To change a setting value, set the cursor to the item to be changed and press the rotary encoder, then
the cursor turns to “?” and the value changes by turning the rotary encoder.
(Turning it fast, the value changes greatly, while turning it slowly, the value changes slightly for fine
adjustment.) To determine the setting, press the rotary encoder, and to cancel the change, press the
MENU switch toward the cancel side.
5. By every set of the MENU switch to “CANCEL”, the screen returns to the item selection mode, page
selection mode, and then TOP menu
(*2)
.
6. To exit from the menu, set the DISPLAY switch to “OFF”.
*1: The display screen at power on is changeable. For change, refer to MENU RESUME item in OTH-
ERS 2 Page of the MAINTENANCE menu.
*2: The page selection mode is available, only when the basic operation step1 was performed and the
operation started from the TOP menu.
Displaying characters on an external monitor
When you want to display characters including the menu on an external monitor, proceed as follows.
1. Displaying characters (including the menu)
While pressing the MENU switch toward the “CANCEL” side, set the DISPLAY switch from “OFF”
to “MENU”.
2. To remove the characters/menu from the external monitor, while pressing the MENU switch towards
the “CANCEL” side, set the DISPLAY switch from “MENU” to “OFF”.
Rotary encoder
MENU switch
DISPLAY switch
4-1. Setup Menu