Viewing Color Playback - Sony DSR-300 Service Manual

Playback — Checking Recorded Contents
Checking the Recorded Contents
Immediately After Shooting
— Recording Review
Immediately after shooting, you can use the recording
review function to automatically rewind and play back
the last 2 to 10 seconds of the recording to check the
recorded contents.
Performing recording review
With recording paused, press the RET button on the
lens.
Depending on how long you hold down the button, the
tape is automatically rewound over the last 2 to 10
seconds of the recording, and then this last part of the
recording is shown in the viewfinder. You can also
listen to the recorded sound via an earphone or the
speaker. After the recorded part is played back, the
camcorder is automatically returns to the pause state.
Notes
• During recording review, do not turn the POWER
switch off. The camcorder may not be able to find the
continue point.
• If you press the VTR button on the camcorder or lens
during recording review, the camcorder stops the
recording review and starts recording. In this case
(when ClipLink mode is oFF), it is impossible to start
back space editing.
Viewing Monochrome Playback
in the Viewfinder
You can view a monochrome playback of the
recording in the viewfinder.
1
Turn the power on.
2
Load a cassette.
3
Press the PLAY button.
This starts playback, during which a monochrome
playback of the recording is shown in the
viewfinder.
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STOP button
REW button
PLAY button
F FWD button
STOP REW PLAY F FWD
EJECT
Operation Step
Fast forward the tape Press the F FWD button.
Rewind the tape Press the REW button.
Stop the tape Press the STOP button.
Note
If two or more series of Index Pictures are recorded
separately on the tape, they may be played back at
back space editing points.
For details about Index Pictures, see "ClipLink Shooting"
(page 65).

Viewing Color Playback

Using a color television or color video monitor, you
can view a color playback (with no playback adaptors).
Connect a color television or color video monitor to
the MONITOR OUT connector or the S VIDEO OUT
connector.
See the previous section "Viewing Monochrome
Playback in the Viewfinder" for playback operation.
Setting Time Values
The camcorder uses three types of time values: counter
values, time code values, and user bits.
The time value is displayed in the viewfinder screen
and in the display window.
LIGHT
WARNING
OVER dB OVER
PB DATE NDF EXT-LK HOLD
0 ON
OFF
Time value
-12
H MIN SEC FRM
indication
-20
RESET CLIP CL CONT IP
DISPLAY
-30
TAPE DVCAM
COUNTER
-40
BATT E F Li ∞ TC
-
F 32k U-BIT
DIAG RF SERVO HUMID SLACK 1 8 2
F 8 48k
(MENU SET)
DISPLAY
switch
Use the DISPLAY switch to switch time value
indications.
Type of time value DISPLAY switch setting
Counter of tape transport time COUNTER
Time code TC
User bits U-BIT
Note
The time code and user bits cannot be displayed if the
tape does not have time code and/or user bits
recordings or if the time code was recorded using a
non-compatible method.
For details of the time value indication in the viewfinder, see
page 74.
Resetting the counter
The counter value shows the tape's running time in
hours, minutes, seconds, and frames format. Before
starting a tape, perform the following steps to reset the
counter.
Counter
LIGHT
WARNING
OVER dB OVER
PB DATE NDF EXT-LK HOLD
0 ON
OFF
-12
H MIN SEC
-20
RESET CLIP CL CONT IP
DISPLAY
1
2 TAPE -30
DVCAM
COUNTER
-40
BATT E F Li
- ∞ TC
DIAG 1 F 8 32k 2 U-BIT
RF SERVO HUMID SLACK
F 8 48k
(MENU SET)
1
Set the DISPLAY switch to COUNTER.
The time value indication in the display window
shows the current counter value.
2
Press the RESET/(MENU SET) button.
This resets the counter shown in the viewfinder
and display window as "0:00:00:00".
The counter value starts advancing as the tape is
transported. It shows negative values if the tape is
rewound past the point where the counter was
reset.
Note
Discontinuous recording in the tape may cause the
counter to malfunction during playback.
Displaying the date/time
The camcorder automatically records the real time of
the built-in clock on the tape in addition to time codes
and video/audio signals.
Perform the following steps to display the date or time
instead of the time value.
1
Confirm the following.
Parts to confirm State
Display window The VCR menu is not displayed.
TC mode switch Set to the position other than
1/2 PRESET/SET.
2
Set the DISPLAY switch to TC or U-BIT.
3
Press the SHIFT button.
While pressing the SHIFT button, the date or time
is displayed at the location of the time value
indication.
DISPLAY switch setting Indication
TC Time
U-BIT Date
For description of how to set the built-in clock, see
"Setting the Real Time Clock and Calendar
— Menu 101" on page 93.
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