Display Button; Shift Button; Expand Button; Chapter Button - Sony PDW-F1600 Operation Manual

monitor connected to the unit. Press once more to return to
the original display.
See "GUI screen operations" (page 75) for more
information about how to use the thumbnail screens.
e RESET/RETURN button
Functions as the RESET button or the RETURN button.
RESET button: Reset counters or the setting values of the
timecode generator. This button is also used to abort
or cancel setup menu, scene selection, and thumbnail
search operations.
RETURN button: In setup menu and GUI screens,
returns to the previous procedure.
f SUB CLIP/DISC MENU button and indicator
When pressed alone, functions as the SUB CLIP button.
When pressed together with the SHIFT button, functions
as the DISC MENU button.
SUB CLIP button: Press the button, lighting the
indicator, to carry out playback in clip list order (see
page 87). Jog and shuttle operations are supported
during clip list playback. To return to playback in
recording order, press the button again, turning the
indicator off.
Note
If no clip list is registered, this button does not light
when pressed. The operation is invalid.
DISC MENU button: When pressed together with the
SHIFT button, displays the Disc Menu (see page 94).
Press the button again, turning the indicator off, to
hide the Disc Menu.
See "GUI screen operations" (page 75) for more
information about how to use the thumbnail screens.
g THUMBNAIL button and indicator
To carry out a thumbnail search or create a clip list in the
GUI screen, press this button turning the indicator on.
Thumbnail images representing each clip or sub-clip
appear. Press once more, turning the indicator off, to return
to a whole-screen display.
To display the thumbnails of essence mark frames (frames
with an essence mark attached), hold down the SHIFT
button, and press this button. The essence mark selection
menu appears. Select the desired type of essence mark, and
the corresponding essence mark frames appear in
thumbnails. Press once more, turning the indicator off, to
return to a whole-screen display.
See "GUI screen operations" (page 75) for more
information about how to use the thumbnail screens.
h DISPLAY button
Each press of this button switches between the basic
operation display and video monitor display (see page 23).
This button is disabled unless either the basic operation
display or the video monitor display is displayed.
i SHIFT button
Switches between functions for any button with two
functions.
j PAGE/HOME button
When pressed alone functions as the PAGE switching
button. When pressed together with the SHIFT button,
functions as the HOME button.
PAGE button: Displays the function menu, if it is not
already visible. (The most recently displayed page of
the function menu appears.)
HOME button: When pressed with the function menu
visible, returns to the HOME page of the function
menu.
k EXPAND button
When pressed during thumbnail display, divides the
selected clip into 12 blocks and displays a list of
thumbnails of the first frame in each block (expand
function). The division is repeated with each press (up to 3
times, for a total of 1,728 blocks).
When this button is pressed together with the SHIFT
button, the unit returns to the previous division level.
Press the RESET/RETURN button to return to the
thumbnail screen.
This button also becomes a function button (F6) when the
function menu is visible.
See page 77 for more information about the expand
function.
l CHAPTER button
When pressed during thumbnail display, displays a list of
thumbnails of the frames where essence marks are
recorded (chapter function). When this is pressed again,
returns to normal thumbnail display. The chapter function
can be useful when essence mark thumbnails provide more
information about the content of the clip than the index
pictures of the first frames. This can also be used to cue up
long clips.
This button also becomes a function button (F5) when the
function menu is visible.
See page 77 for more information about the chapter
function.
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