Prev Button; Stop Button; Next Button; Display Switch - Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual

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i F FWD (fast forward) button and
indicator
This plays back at high speed in the forward
direction. The playback speed changes in the
order ×4 t ×15 t ×24 with each press of the
button. The indicator lights during high-speed
playback in the forward direction.
j PREV button
This jumps to the first frame of the current clip.
If you press this together with the F REV button,
the jump is to the first frame of the first recorded
clip on the recording media.
If you press this button twice in rapid succession,
the jump is to the first frame of the last preceding
clip (or the first frame of the current clip when no
preceding clips exist).
k STOP button
Press this button to stop playback.
l NEXT button
This jumps to the first frame of the next clip.
If you press this together with the F FWD button,
the jump is to the first frame of the last recorded
clip on the recording media.
m DISP SEL (display selection)/EXPAND
(expand function) button
With each press of this button, the display in the
LCD monitor changes as follows.
Display indication
Meaning
Video with
The LCD monitor displays
superimposed
the same text information as
information (CHAR)
the viewfinder.
Status display
Counter indications,
(STATUS)
warnings, audio levels, and
similar information appear.
No video image appears.
If you press this button when the thumbnail
screen is displayed, the duration of the selected
clip is divided into fractions, and the first frame of
each of the divisions is shown in a further
thumbnail display (expand function). For an HD
recorded MP4 clip, its duration is divided into 12.
If an SD recorded AVI clip comprises multiple
files, the divisions are displayed for the individual
files.
For MP4 clips, each time you press this button the
division is repeated. Hold down the SHIFT button
and press this button to step back through the
division process.
n HOLD (display hold) button
Pressing this button instantly freezes the time data
displayed in the LCD monitor. (The timecode
generator continues running.) Pressing this button
again releases the hold.
For details of the counter display, see page 25.
o RESET/RETURN button
Resets the value shown in the time counter
display in the LCD monitor. According to the
settings of the PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch
(see page 22) and the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN
switch (see page 21), this button resets the
display as follows.
Settings of switches
To reset
DISPLAY switch: COUNTER Counter to
0:00:00:00
DISPLAY switch: TC
Timecode to
PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK
00:00:00:00
switch: PRESET
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch:
SET
a)
DISPLAY switch: U-BIT
User bits data
to
PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK
00 00 00 00
switch: PRESET
F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch:
SET
a) Of the timecode bits for every frame recorded on the
media, those bits which can be used to record useful
information for the user such as scene number,
shooting place, etc.
For details, see “Setting the Time Data” (page 59).
This button returns to the previous screen when
pressed during thumbnail screen display, expand
thumbnail screen display, or essence mark
thumbnail screen display.
p DISPLAY switch
This cycles the data displayed in the time counter
display in the LCD monitor through the sequence
COUNTER, TC, and U-BIT (see page 25).
COUNTER: Display the elapsed recording/
playback time (hours, minutes, seconds,
frames).
TC: Display timecode.
U-BIT: Display user bits data.
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