Display Button; Menu Button; Counter Select Button; Eject Button - Sony HDV HVR-1500 Operating Instructions Manual

When the audio level meters are displayed on the LCD
monitor, the channel indicators below the level meters are
highlighted to indicate the channel selection.
c LEVEL (audio level adjustment) knob
This adjusts the volume of the audio output from the
PHONES jack. At the same time, it adjusts the volume of
the output from the MONITOR AUDIO connector on the
rear panel.
d PHONES jack (stereo phone jack)
Connect stereo headphones to the jack for audio
monitoring during recording, playback and editing. A
channel to monitor can be selected with the MONITOR
SELECT button.
When the audio level meters are displayed on the LCD
monitor, the channel indicators below the level meters are
highlighted to indicate the channel selection.
e CONTROL-S connector (stereo minijack)
Connect a SIRCS-compatible remote control unit such as
the DSRM-10 (option) to this connector.
f Cassette compartment
Accepts HDV, DVCAM, DV and DVCPRO (25 Mbps)
videocassettes.
For details of usable cassettes and cassette handling, see
"Usable Cassettes" (page 39).
g EJECT button
When you press this button, the cassette is automatically
ejected after a few seconds.
h RESET (NO) button
Press this button to:
• reset menu settings,
• send a negative response to the prompts issued by the
unit, or
• reset the time data shown in the time counter display to
zero.
i SET (YES) button
Press this button to:
• save new settings, such as selected menu items and
timecode settings, to unit's memory, or
• send a positive response to the prompts issued by the
unit.
j ASSIGN button
You can assign a desired menu item (level 1 or level 2) to
the ASSIGN button. Once you assign a menu item, you can
recall the menu by simply pressing the ASSIGN button.
On how to assign a menu item, see "Assigning a Function
to the ASSIGN Button" (page 89).
k MENU button
Press this button to display the menu on the LCD monitor
and the monitor screen. Press it again to exit the menu
display.
On how to use the menu, see Chapter 7, "Menus" (page
70).
l TC (timecode) PRESET button
Press this button to set the initial value of the timecode
produced by the internal timecode generator and user bit
data.
For details of setting an initial timecode value and user bit
data, see "Setting the Timecode Initial Value, and Setting
User Bit Data" (page 51).
m COUNTER SELECT button
Press this buton to select the type of time data to be
displayed in the time counter display. Each press of this
button cycles through the following three indicator display
options:
• CNT (count value of the time counter)
1)
• TC (timecode)
2)
• UB (user bit data)
1) When the TC SELECT menu item is set to VITC, displayed as VITC
(VITC timecode).
2) When the TC SELECT menu item is set to VITC, displayed as VIUB
(VITC user bit data).
Note
When the remote control switch on this unit is set to 9PIN
or i.LINK, and an external device is connected to the
REMOTE connector or HDV/DV connector on the rear
panel, then it is only possible to switch TC and UB by
pressing the COUNTER SELECT button on this unit. In
this case, carry out the time data display switching from
the external device.
n DISPLAY button
Each press of this button cycles through the following
three display modes of the LCD monitor.
Status display mode: default screen mode, displaying
input/output signals, and other setting details
Small screen display mode: for monitoring the video
while displaying audio level meters, timecodes, and
other information
Full screen display mode: for monitoring the video full-
screen
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