Sony PDW-700 Camcorder User Manual


 
Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls
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Chapter 1 Overview
Hold down the SHIFT button and press this
button to step back through the division process.
For details of the expand function, see page 105.
p HOLD (display hold)/CHAPTER
(chapter function) 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 23.
If you press this button when the clip thumbnail
screen is displayed, those frames on which shot
marks are recorded appear in a list (chapter
function). Press the button once more to return to
the normal thumbnail display.
By displaying thumbnails with shot marks
attached in place of index frames, you can check
the contents of clips more easily and more
quickly. This is also useful for cueing up long
clips.
For details of the chapter function, see page 106
q RESET/RETURN button
Resets the value shown in the time counter
display. According to the settings of the PRESET/
REGEN/CLOCK switch (see page 26) and the F-
RUN/SET/R-RUN switch (see page 26), this
button resets the display as follows.
a) Of the timecode bits for every frame recorded on the
disc, 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 68.
This button returns to the previous screen when
pressed during thumbnail display.
For details, see “GUI screen operations” on page
103.
r DISPLAY switch
This cycles the data displayed in the counter
display through the sequence COUNTER, TC,
and U-BIT.
COUNTER: Display the elapsed recording/
playback time (hours, minutes, seconds,
frames).
TC: Display timecode.
U-BIT: Display user bit data.
For details, see “Status Display on the LCD monitor
and monochrome LCD” on page 22.
s 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.
Status Display on the LCD monitor and
monochrome LCD
The following display appears on the LCD
monitor display which is set to STATUS with the
DISP SEL/EXPAND button, and on the
monochrome LCD.
Settings of switches To reset
DISPLAY switch:
COUNTER
Counter 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:
U-BIT
PRESET/REGEN/
CLOCK switch:
PRESET
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN
switch: SET
User bits data
a)
to 00 00 00
00
Setting LCD monitor
backlight
Monochrome
LCD backlight
H High (select this to view
the LCD monitor
outdoors in the
daytime)
Lit
M Brightness between H
and L
Lit
L Low (select this to view
the LCD monitor
indoors or outdoors at
night)
Lit
OFF Off (the display is also
off)
Off