Shift Button; D Menu Button - Sony PDW-850 Operation Manual

GUI screen operations section and audio control
section
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THUMBNAIL
ESSENCE
SET
MARK
S.SEL
SUB CLIP
DISC MENU
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a THUMBNAIL indicator
This lights when thumbnails are displayed.
b THUMBNAIL/ESSENCE MARK
button
Press this button to carry out a thumbnail search
or create a clip list (see page 116).
When pressed, the whole-screen display changes
to a thumbnail display. Press once more to return
to the whole-screen display.
For a thumbnail search using essence marks, hold
down the SHIFT button and press this button (see
page 117).
c SET/S.SEL (set/scene selection) button
and arrow buttons
Use these buttons to make timecode and user bit
settings, and for GUI screen operations.
The arrow buttons select items and change values,
and the SET/S.SEL button confirms settings.
Pressing this button with thumbnails displayed
and the SHIFT button held down adds a sub clip
to the current clip list (scene selection).
See page 114 for more information about GUI screen
operations.
See page 126 for more information about scene
selection.

d MENU button

Displays a special menu for operations in GUI
screens (see page 110).
When the whole-screen is displayed, pressing this
button has no effect, and the operation is invalid.
22 Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls
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LEVEL
MENU
0 10 0 10
CH-3
F-RUN
F
AUTO
SET R
W
R-RUN
MANUAL
AUDIO SELECT
CH-1 CH-2
PRESET AUDIO IN CH-4
FRONT F
REGEN
REAR R
SHIFT
CLOCK W
WIRELESS
9 0 qa qs
e F-RUN/SET/R-RUN (free run/set/
recording run) switch
Selects the operating mode of the internal
timecode generator. The operating mode is set as
explained below, depending on the position of the
switch.
F-RUN: Timecode keeps advancing, regardless
of the operating state of the VDR. Use this
setting when synchronizing the timecode
with an external timecode.
SET: Sets the timecode or user bits.
R-RUN: Timecode advances only during
recording. Use this setting to have a
consecutive timecode on the disc.
For details, see "Setting the timecode" (page 69)
and "Setting the user bits" (page 69).
f LEVEL CH-1/CH-2 (audio channel 1/2
recording level) knobs
Adjusts the audio levels to be recorded on
channels 1 and 2 when the AUDIO SELECT CH-
1/CH-2 switches are set to MANUAL.
g SUB CLIP indicator
This lights when using a clip list for playback.
h SUB CLIP/DISC MENU button
Press this to play back according to a clip list.
You can play back a particular clip or sequential
clips, or carry out a search of the selected clip list.
To display the Disc Menu which allows you to
carry out operations such as saving, recalling, or
deleting a clip list, hold down the SHIFT button
and press this button.
i SHIFT button
Use this in combination with other buttons.
j PRESET/REGEN (regeneration)/
CLOCK switch
Selects whether to set a new timecode or to utilize
the existing timecode.
PRESET: Records a new timecode.
REGEN: Records timecode continuous with the
existing timecode recorded on the disc.
Regardless of the setting of the F-RUN/SET/
R-RUN switch, the camcorder operates in R-
RUN mode.
CLOCK: Records timecode synchronized to the
internal clock. Regardless of the setting of
the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch, the
camcorder operates in F-RUN mode.