Sony Ericsson PDW-530P Camcorder User Manual


 
Chapter 3 Recording and Playback
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3-2 Recording
To play back the recorded clip
Press the PREV button, then press the PLAY button to
play from the beginning of the clip.
7
Repeat steps 5 and 6 as required for shooting.
Each time you repeat steps 5 and 6 , successive clips
are recorded on the disc.
Note
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.
Playback control buttons
During recording, the EJECT button and the playback
control buttons (EJECT, F REV, F FWD, NEXT, PREV,
PLAY/PAUSE, STOP) have no effect.
3-2-2 Deleting Clips
With this camcorder you can delete clips one at a time, in
sequence from the last recorded clip, or you can delete all
clips in a single operation.
To delete the last recorded clip
Proceed as follows.
1
Holding down the MENU knob, move the MENU ON/
OFF switch from OFF to ON.
The TOP menu appears.
2
Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to
“MAINTENANCE”, and press the MENU knob.
If this is the first time the MAINTENANCE menu has
been displayed, the CONTENTS page of the
MAINTENANCE menu appears. If the menu has been
used before, the last accessed page appears.
3
If the CONTENTS page is displayed, turn the MENU
knob to move the b mark to “DISC”, and press the
MENU knob to display the DISC page.
If a different page is displayed, turn the MENU knob
until the DISC page appears, then press the MENU
knob to select the page.
4
Press the MENU knob, then turn it to move the b mark
to “DELETE LAST CLIP”, and press the MENU knob
again.
The message “DELETE OK? YES b NO” appears.
5
Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to “YES”,
and press the MENU knob again.
The last recorded clip is deleted.
6
By repeating steps 4 and 5, you can delete a number of
clips in sequence from the last recorded clip.
To delete all clips within the disc
Proceed as follows.
1
On the DISC page (see the previous item), move the b
mark to “DELETE ALL CLIPS”, and press the MENU
knob.
The message “DELTE OK? YES b NO” appears.
2
To execute deleting, turn the MENU knob to move the
b mark to “YES”, and press the MENU knob.
This deletes all clips within the disc.
REC
START
REC
STOP
REC
START
REC
STOP
REC
START
REC
STOP
Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3
M19 DISC TOP
DELETE LAST CLIP: EXEC
DELETE ALL CLIPS: EXEC
QUICK FORMAT : EXEC
Clips can be deleted in the sequence 3 t 2 t 1.
Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3