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Recording – Basic Operations
Chapter 3 Recording and Playback
12
Set up the VDR section according to your shooting
objects, then start recording by pressing the REC
button.
• During recording, the REC/TALLY indicator in the
viewfinder lights, and “REC” appears on the
viewfinder screen.
• You can use the AUDIO LEVEL knob on the front
of the camcorder to manually adjust the channel 1
audio level. To do this, you must first set up the VDR
section to enable manual adjustment of the audio
recording level (see page 65).
13
To pause recording, press the REC button again.
The REC/TALLY indicator in the viewfinder goes off.
The material recorded from step 12 to step 13 is saved
as a single clip.
To play back the recorded clip
Press the PREV button, then press the PLAY/PAUSE
button to play from the beginning of the clip.
14
Repeat steps 12 and 13 as required to continue
shooting.
Successive clips are recorded on the disc.
• It is not possible to record a clip shorter than 2
seconds. If you stop recording within 2 seconds of
starting, this results in a 2-second clip.
If you stop recording and restart within 2 seconds of
the original start, this creates a single continuous clip
from the original start time.
• The maximum number of clips that can be recorded
on a single disc is 300. If an attempt is made to
record more than 300 clips, the error message “DISC
FULL!” appears, even if there is free capacity on the
disc.
Recording – Basic
Operations
Selecting the Recording Format
Before recording, select the recording format.
There are restrictions on the recording formats that can be
combined on a single disc.
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn the
MENU knob to move the b mark to the desired item.)
1
Display the FORMAT page of the USER (or
OPERATION) menu, and press the MENU knob.
For details of menu operations, see “Basic Menu
Operations” on page 131.
2
Select the desired item, and press the MENU knob.
3
Turn the MENU knob to select the desired setting, and
press the MENU knob.
4
If you have changed the setting of SYSTEM or
COUNTRY, power off the unit, then power on again.
Notes
REC
START
REC
STOP
REC
START
REC
STOP
REC
START
REC
STOP
Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3
Note
Item Description Settings
SYSTEM Frame
frequency
NTSC: 60I/30P/23.9P
PAL: 50I/25P
REC
FORMAT
Recording
format
MPEG HD/DVCAM
BIT RATE
(HD)
Bit rate for HD
recording
HQ/SP/LP !+,-$
.#/&01"2$"##$/3#$/&41#$
/0/1#.$560/$-&/#$"#//07'$
&7.$-#8,-.07'$/09#:;*
AUDIO CH
(HD)
Number of
audio channels
for HD
recording
2ch/4ch
ASPECT
RATIO
Aspect ratio for
DVCAM
recording
16:9/4:3
COUNTRY Region of use NTSC/PAL
TOP 001 FORMAT
SYSTEM : 60I
REC FORMAT : MPEG HD
BIT RATE (HD) : SP
AUDIO CH (HD) : 4ch
ASPECT RATIO(DV): 16:9
COUNTRY : NTSC(J)AREA