Checking Recording And Playback; Checking The Last Two Seconds Of The Recording Recording Review; Checking The Recording On The Color Video Monitor Playback In Color - Sony Digital betacam DVW-970 Operation Manual

3-3 Checking Recording
and Playback
By pressing the PLAY button, you can review any length
of recording in the viewfinder in black and white. There
are two other ways to review the recording.
• Recording review: You can view the last 2 seconds of
the recording in the viewfinder in black and white.
• Color playback: You can see the recording in color on
a color video monitor without the need for any external
adaptor.
You may also view the picture during searching by
rewinding or fast forwarding by pressing the PLAY +
REW button or PLAY + F FWD button.
See "2-3 Audio Functions" on page 19 for information
about the switches and controls used to select the audio
output signal and to adjust the audio level.
3-3-1 Checking the Last Two
Seconds of the Recording —
Recording Review
If you press the RET button on the lens while recording is
paused, the last two seconds of the recording is played
back on the viewfinder screen and the color LCD. Use this
function to check whether recording went smoothly. If you
hold the RET button down longer, at most 10 seconds of
the tape is rewound and played back. After playback, the
camcorder is ready to start recording again.
By assigning the LENS RET function to the ASSIGN 1
switch, you can use the ASSIGN 1 switch in the same way
as the RET button on the lens.
For details, see "5-3-5 Assigning Functions to Assignable
Switches" on page 90.
Note
The recording review functions only works if the recording
you have made is at least 3 seconds long.
3-3-2 Checking the Recording on
the Color Video Monitor — Playback
in Color
Connect a color video monitor to the VIDEO OUT
connector of the camcorder. By pressing the PLAY button,
you can view the recorded picture.
When the optional CBK-SD01 SDI Output Board is
installed, you can connect a color video monitor provided
with an SDI IN connector.
Color Video monitor
VIDEO IN
1)
connector
2)
SDI IN connector
1) When VBS is selected as the output signal of the VIDEO
OUT connector.
2) When SDI is selected as the output signal of the VIDEO
OUT connector (only when the CBK-SD01 is installed).
Color playback
Notes
• You can select either VBS or SDI as the output signal of
the VIDEO OUT connector when the CBK-SD01 is
installed.
• When the CBK-SD01 is not installed, the OUTPUT
page is not displayed. The output is fixed to VBS.
For details, see "5-3-2 Selecting the Output Signals" on
page 88.
DVW-970/970P
VIDEO OUT connector

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