Sony PDW-530P Camcorder User Manual


 
Chapter 3 Recording and Playback
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3-2 Recording
The title of the next clip to be recorded will be a
combination of the prefix in the PREFIX field and the
serial number in the NUMERIC field.
To create a list of title prefix strings
Prepare the data beforehand according to the following
rules.
File name
Assign the name “TITLES.TXT” to the file.
Input format
Enter title prefixes one at time, separated by newline
(CRLF) characters.
Prefixes can be up to 10 characters long. A prefix file can
contain up to 20 prefixes.
Allowable characters
Digits: 0 to 9
Alphabetic characters: a to z, A to Z
The following symbols:!, #, $, %, &, ’, ( , ), ~, =, -, ^, @,
[, ], {, }, +, ; (semicolon), , (comma), . (period), _
(underscore)
Space
Title prefix list example
Tennis<CRLF>
Basketball<CRLF>
Skiing_1<CRLF>
Skiing_2<CRLF>
To transfer a title prefix list to the unit’s
internal memory
Proceed as follows.
1
Copy the title prefix file (TITLES.TXT) to the
following folder on the “Memory Stick”.
\\MSSONY\PRO\XDCAM\GENERAL\VAL_LIST
Note
This folder is created when you insert a “Memory
Stick” into the camcorder. Do not create this folder
yourself on a computer.
2
Insert a “Memory Stick” with the title prefix file
(TITLES.TXT) into the “Memory Stick” slot of the
camcorder.
3
On the CLIP TITLE page of the OPERATION menu
(see page 54), select “LOAD PREFIX DATA” and
then press the MENU knob.
“MEMORY STICK ACCESS” appears, and the file
on the “Memory Stick” (TITLES.TXT) is transferred
to the internal memory of the unit.
The message “COMPLETE!” appears when the
transfer finishes.
Note
The message “FILE NOT FOUND!” appears if no list
of title prefixes is found.
Check the location where the file is stored on the
“Memory Stick”.
To select a prefix from the title prefix list
Proceed as follows.
1
On the CLIP TITLE page of the OPERATION menu
(see page 54), select “SELECT PREFIX” and then
press the MENU knob.
A list of up to 20 title prefixes appears.
Note
When no list of title prefixes has been transferred to
the internal memory of this unit, only the initial value
“TITLE” appears.
2
Select the desired title prefix from the list, and then
press the MENU knob.
The CLIP TITLE page appears again, and the selected
prefix appears in the PREFIX field.
To enter a title prefix directly
Proceed as follows.
1
On the CLIP TITLE page of the OPERATION menu
(see page 54), select “PREFIX” and then press the
MENU knob.
A prefix string appears.
2
Move the x mark to the character you want to change
and then press the MENU knob.
001: Tennis
002: Basketball
003: Skiing_1
004: Skiing_2
005: Athletics
006: Aquatics
007: Cycling
008: Softball
009: Fencing
010: Sailing
P00 TITLE PREFIX ESC
TITLE : ENABL
SELECT PREFIX : EXEC
CLEAR NUMERIC : EXEC
LOAD PREFIX DATA: EXEC
PREFIX : TITLE
!#$%&'()+,-.0123456789;
=@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV
WXYZ[]^_abcdefghijklmnop
qrstuvwxyz{}~
INS DEL RET ESC END
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