Sony PMW-320L Camcorder User Manual


 
Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls
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Chapter 1 Overview
c WARNING indicator
Lights up or flashes when an abnormality occurs
(see page 147).
d ACCESS lamp
Lights up when data is written to or read from the
recording media.
e Protection cover of the audio control
section
Open to access the audio control section (see
page 20).
f Protection cover of the thumbnail
screen operations section
Open to access the thumbnail screen operations
section (see page 20).
g F REV (fast reverse) button and
indicator
This plays back at high speed in the reverse
direction. The playback speed changes in the
order ×4 t ×15 t ×24 with each press of the
button. The indicator lights during high-speed
playback in the reverse direction.
h PLAY/PAUSE button and indicator
Press this button to view play back video images
using the viewfinder screen or the LCD monitor.
The indicator lights during playback.
Press this button again during playback to pause,
outputting a still image. At this time the indicator
flashes at a rate of once per second.
Pressing the F REV or F FWD button during
playback or pause starts high speed playback in
the forward or reverse direction.
i F FWD (fast forward) button and
indicator
This plays back at high speed in the forward
direction. The playback speed changes in the
order ×4 t ×15 t ×24 with each press of the
button. The indicator lights during high-speed
playback in the forward direction.
j PREV button
This jumps to the first frame of the current clip.
If you press this together with the F REV button,
the jump is to the first frame of the first recorded
clip on the recording media.
If you press this button twice in rapid succession,
the jump is to the first frame of the last preceding
clip (or the first frame of the current clip when no
preceding clips exist).
k STOP button
Press this button to stop playback.
l NEXT button
This jumps to the first frame of the next clip.
If you press this together with the F FWD button,
the jump is to the first frame of the last recorded
clip on the recording media.
m EXPAND (expand function) button
If you press this button when the thumbnail
screen is displayed, the duration of the selected
clip is divided into fractions, and the first frame of
each of the divisions is shown in a further
thumbnail display (expand function). For an HD
recorded MP4 clip, its duration is divided into 12.
If an SD recorded AVI clip comprises multiple
files, the divisions are displayed for the individual
files.
For MP4 clips, each time you press this button the
division is repeated. Hold down the SHIFT button
and press this button to step back through the
division process.
n HOLD (display hold) button
Pressing this button instantly freezes the time data
displayed in the monochrome LCD panel. (The
timecode generator continues running.) Pressing
this button again releases the hold.
For details of the counter display, see page 24.
o RESET/RETURN button
Resets the value shown in the time counter
display in the monochrome LCD panel.
According to the settings of the PRESET/
REGEN/CLOCK switch (see page 21) and the
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch (see page 20), this
button resets the display as follows.
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