Menu Button - Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual

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 LCD monitor. (The timecode
generator continues running.) Pressing this button
again releases the hold.
For details of the counter display, see page 27.
o RESET/RETURN button
Resets the value shown in the time counter
display in the LCD monitor. According to the
settings of the PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch
(see page 23) and the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN
switch (see page 23), this button resets the
display as follows.
Settings of switches
DISPLAY switch: COUNTER Counter to
DISPLAY switch: TC
PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK
switch: PRESET
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch:
SET
DISPLAY switch: U-BIT
PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK
switch: PRESET
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch:
SET
a) Of the timecode bits for every frame recorded on the
media, 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" (page 62).
This button returns to the previous screen when
pressed during thumbnail screen display, expand
thumbnail screen display, or essence mark
thumbnail screen display.
p DISPLAY switch
This cycles the data displayed in the time counter
display in the LCD monitor through the sequence
COUNTER, TC, and U-BIT (see page 27).
COUNTER: Display the elapsed recording/
playback time (hours, minutes, seconds,
frames).
TC: Display timecode.
U-BIT: Display user bits data.
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Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls
q BRIGHT (brightness) button
Switches the brightness of the LCD monitor
backlight.
Each press of the button selects the next setting in
the order shown in the following table.
If you press the button with the LCD monitor off,
the LCD backlight comes on in the H state.
Setting LCD monitor backlight
H
M
L
OFF
Thumbnail screen operations section and audio
control section
To reset
0:00:00:00
Timecode to
00:00:00:00
a)
User bits data to
00 00 00 00
a THUMBNAIL indicator
This lights when thumbnail screen is displayed.
b THUMBNAIL button
Press this button to display the thumbnail screen
(see page 91) and to carry out a thumbnail
operation.
Press once more to return to the original display.
c SET (set) button and arrow buttons
Use these buttons to make timecode and user bit
settings, and for thumbnail screen operations (see
page 98).
When the menu is displayed, press this button to
select an item or to confirm the setting change.
d MENU button
Each press of this button turns the setup menu
display on and off.
The function of this button is the same as that of
the MENU ON/OFF switch.
High (select this to view the LCD
monitor outdoors in the daytime)
Brightness between H and L
Low (select this to view the LCD monitor
indoors or outdoors at night)
Off (the display is also off)