If the memory cards are inserted into 2 card slots, set the background recording mode and then press the REC button to start recording simultaneously on

card slot 1 and card slot 2. On card slot 1, recording can be repeatedly started and stopped as necessary by operating the REC button. On card slot 2, the

recording operation continues as background recording.

By performing background recording on card slot 2, you will not miss important scenes while recording is stopped.

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Card slot 1

(Main recording)

Card slot 2

(Background recording)

REC button operations

Button operation for background recording stop

REC

REC PAUSE

REC STOP (No remaining space on card slot 1 )

Continues recording to card slot 2

Memory card recording time

* USER button assigned to [BACKGR PAUSE]

Starting background recording

Select the [SYSTEM] menu → [FILE FORMAT] → [MOV].

Select the [RECORDING] menu → [2 SLOTS FUNC.] → [BACKGR REC].

[BACKGR] is displayed in the 2 slot function display of the camera image screen.

A slanted line is displayed on the [BACKGR] display when background recording is not possible, such as when a memory card is not inserted in the

card slot 2.

Press the REC button.

Recording starts simultaneously on card slot 1 and card slot 2.

Start or stop recording on card slot 1 with REC button operations.

On card slot 2, the recording operation continues as background recording.

NOTE

0 Records on both card slot 1 and card slot 2 in the format set in the [SYSTEM] menu.

0 Background recording cannot be performed in the following cases.

j When [RECORDING] menu → [REC FUNCTION] → [REC MODE] is set to [INTERVAL]

j When [SYSTEM] menu → [FILE FORMAT] is set to other than [MOV]

j When [SYSTEM] menu → [REC FORMAT] is UHD

0 The lighting status of the tally lamp

0 Time code is fixed to free run.

0 Control of recording operation of the external equipment (such as recorder) connected to the <SDI OUT> terminal

to the start/stop recording of the card slot 1.

0 In the background recording mode, the USER button assigned to [DEL LAST CLIP] does not work.

0 The memory card in card slot 1 can be replaced even while background recording is performed on card slot 2 if recording on card slot 1 is stopped.

0 In the background recording mode, standard recording can be performed on card slot 1 if a memory card for recording is not inserted in card slot 2 or

the remaining recording capacity of the memory card in card slot 2 has run out.

0 When the capacity in the memory card in card slot 2 runs out during recording, background recording will not start automatically even if you replace the

memory card in card slot 2.

0 For information about recording functions that cannot be used simultaneously, refer to page 196.

The tally lamp can be used when the handle unit (supplied) is attached to the unit.

When using

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changes according to start or stop of recording on card slot 1.