Backlight Button; Stop Button - Sony PMW-TD300 Operating Instructions Manual

k STOP button
Press this button to stop playback.
l NEXT button
This jumps to the first frame of the next clip.
If you press this together with the F FWD button,
the jump is to the first frame of the last recorded
clip on the recording media.
m EXPAND (expand function) button
If you press this button when the thumbnail
screen is displayed, the duration of the selected
clip is divided into 12, and the first frame of each
of the divisions is shown in a further thumbnail
display (expand thumbnail screen).
For details about the expand thumbnail screen, see
page 100.
n HOLD (display hold) button
Pressing this button instantly freezes the time data
displayed in the monochrome LCD panel. (The
timecode generator continues running.) Pressing
this button again releases the hold.
For details of the counter display, see page 31.
o RESET/RETURN button
Resets the value shown in the time counter
display in the monochrome LCD panel.
According to the settings of the PRESET/
REGEN/CLOCK switch (see page 28) and the
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch (see page 28), this
button resets the display as follows.
Settings of switches To reset
DISPLAY switch: Counter to 0:00:00:00
COUNTER
DISPLAY switch: Timecode to 00:00:00:00
TC
PRESET/REGEN/
CLOCK switch:
PRESET
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN
switch: SET
DISPLAY switch: User bits data
U-BIT 00
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 67).
This button returns to the previous screen when
pressed during thumbnail screen display, expand
thumbnail screen display, or shot mark thumbnail
screen display.
p DISPLAY switch
This cycles the data displayed in the time counter
display in the monochrome LCD panel through
the sequence COUNTER, TC, and U-BIT (see
page 31).
COUNTER: Display the elapsed recording/
playback time (hours, minutes, seconds,
frames).
TC: Display timecode.
U-BIT: Display user bits data.
q BACKLIGHT button
Turns the backlight of the monochrome LCD on
and off. The backlight of the monochrome LCD
panel will be turned on when the camcorder is
powered on for the first time after shipped from
the factory.
Thumbnail screen operations section and audio
control section
a THUMBNAIL indicator
a)
to 00 00 00
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.
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