Sub Display Operation - Sony PMW-F55 Operating Instructions Manual

Settings

Sub Display Operation

You can check the status of the camcorder, set
basic settings for the camcorder, and operate
playback on the sub display.
• CAMERA screen: Basic settings of the
camcorder
• FILE screen: Loading the file
• AU/TC screen: Settings for audio or timecode
• VIEW screen: Playback and operation on the
thumbnail screen
For details about the screen of the sub display, see
"Sub Display Screen" (page 16) in "On-Screen
Indications."
Controls
Function buttons (page 13)
Switches the screen of the sub display.
If there are multiple screens for a function, press
the function button repeatedly.
• CAMERA button
• FILE button
• AU/TC (audio/timecode) button
• VIEW button
Item button (page 13)
Selects the item of the sub display.
SEL/SET dial (MENU dial) (page 10)
When you turn it, the cursor moves in the
corresponding direction, permitting you to select
menu items or setting values.
Press the MENU dial to select the item.
CANCEL/BACK button (page 10)
To return to the previous layer of the menu. An
uncompleted change is canceled.
Note
When the setup menu is being displayed by
pressing the MENU button (page 12), or the
status display is being displayed by pressing the
STATUS button (page 11), you cannot operate
other than the VIEW screen.
50 Sub Display Operation
Setting the basic items
1
Press the function button to select the
screen of the function to be set.
2
Press the item button to select the item
to be set.
Setting value of the item that can be set is
orange.
3
Turn the MENU dial to move the cursor
to the item to be set.
4
Press the MENU dial to enter the
selected item.
Using the sub display as the operation
button
Press the VIEW button (page 13) to display the
VIEW-1/VIEW-2 screen (page 17), then operate
the displayed function with the item button. The
cursor operation on the sub display is used on the
setup menu (page 54) and the clip operation (page
47).