Chapter 7 : Saving And Loading User Setting Data; Saving And Loading Settings; Saving Setting Data - Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual

7 Saving and Loading User Setting Data
Chapter
Saving and Loading
Settings
You can save setup menu settings in the
camcorder's internal memory and on SxS
memory cards or USB flash drives (in UDF
mode). This allows you to quickly recall an
appropriate set of menu settings for the current
situation.
Setting data is saved in the following categories.
User files: User files save customized USER
menu setting items and setting data. You can
save up to 64 user files on SxS memory cards
and on USB flash drives (in UDF mode).
You can set up the USER menu to a
customized state by reading one of these files
into the unit's memory.
ALL files: ALL files save the setting data of all
menus. You can save up to 64 ALL files on
an SxS memory card or a USB flash drive (in
UDF mode).
Note
Device specific data (shading, output levels, and
other data that requires adjustment for the specific
device) is not saved.
Scene files: Scene file save adjustments to
PAINT menu items for the purpose of
shooting a particular scene. You can save up
to five scene files in the camcorder's internal
memory and up to 64 scene files on an SxS
memory card or a USB flash drive (in UDF
mode).
Reference files: Reference files save the
reference values that are set when you
execute FILE >Scene > Standard in the setup
menu. You can save one reference file in the
camcorder's internal memory and one on an
SxS memory card or a USB flash drive (in
UDF mode).
Lens files: Lens files save the setting data used to
compensate for lens characteristics, such as
flare, white shading, white balance and
center markers. You can save up to 32 lens
files in the camcorder's internal memory and
up to 64 lens files on an SxS memory card or
a USB flash drive (in UDF mode).
The first settings stored in a file are called
"preset" values.
Even after loading files to set up the camcorder,
and overwriting original files with new settings,
you can still recover preset values and reset files
to their initial states (see page 161).

Saving Setting Data

This section explains how to save setting data in
an ALL file.
Before starting, insert a writable SxS memory
card into a memory card slot.
See "Basic Setup Menu Operations" (page 107) for
information about menu operations.
1
Select FILE >All in the setup menu.
To assign a name to the data before saving
it
Assign a name before proceeding to step 2.
For details, see "To assign names to files"
(page 160).
2
Select All Save SxS >Execute.
An ALL file list box appears.
File numbers where "No File" is displayed
are empty file numbers. File numbers with a
file name or a date and time are the number
of files that already contain data.
3
Turn the MENU knob to select the
desired file number.
4
Press the MENU knob.
A confirmation message appears.
5
To execute the save, select [Execute],
and then press the MENU knob.
To cancel the save, select [Cancel], and
then press the MENU knob.
If you choose to execute the save, the
ACCESS lamp lights (in blue on the right-

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