Monitoring Audio; Switching To High-Speed Playback; Cueing Up - Sony PMW-F3L PMW-F3K Operating Instructions Manual

5.
Clip no./total number of clips on the
memory card
6.
Audio levels
The audio levels in recording are displayed.
Pausing the playback
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button.
The playback is restarted by pressing the button
again.
Stopping playback
You can stop playback with either of the
following operations:
Press the THUMBNAIL button.
Playback mode is canceled, restoring the
thumbnail screen.
Press the STOP button.
Playback mode is canceled, showing the E-E
picture or any external input.
To display the thumbnail screen, press the
THUMBNAIL button.

Monitoring Audio

In normal playback mode, you can monitor the
recorded audio signals through the built-in
speaker or connected headphones.
Headphone
connector
MONITOR VOLUME buttons
Built-in speaker
MONITOR
VOLUME
With the headphones connected to the headphone
jack, the built-in speaker is turned off.
Press the MONITOR VOLUME buttons to adjust
the sound volume.
The level bar is displayed during adjustment.
You can select audio channel(s) to be monitored
with "Audio Output" (page 107) of the AUDIO
SET menu.

Switching to High-Speed Playback

The camcorder permits you to play clips at 4
times, 15 times or 24 times normal speed in the
forward or reverse direction. Audio is muffled in
15-time or 24-time high-speed playback.
To play at a high speed in the forward direction
Press the F FWD button.
Each time you press the button, the playback
speed switches among 4 times, 15 times and 24-
times normal speed.
To play at a high speed in the reverse direction
Press the F REV button.
Each time you press the button, the playback
speed switches between 4 times, 15 times and 24
times normal speed.
To return to normal playback
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button.

Cueing Up

To return to the top of the current clip
Press the PREV button.
• When you press the button in normal or fast-
forward playback, the top of the current clip is
cued up then playback begins.
• When you press the button in fast-reverse
playback or in Pause mode, the top of the
current clip is cued up, then the still picture is
displayed.
• Repeated pressing of the button cues up the
previous clips one by one.
To start playback from the top of the first clip
Press the PREV button and F REV button
simultaneously. The top of the first-recorded clip
on the memory card is cued up.
To jump to the top of the next clip
Press the NEXT button.
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