Playing Back The Recorded Clip; Live & Play Function - Sony PDW-700 Operation Manual

the original start, this creates a single continuous clip
from the original start time.
• The maximum number of clips that can be recorded on
a single disc is 300. If an attempt is made to record
more than 300 clips, the error message "MAX # Clips"
appears, even if there is free capacity on the disc.
Playback control buttons
During recording, the playback control buttons
(EJECT, F REV, F FWD, NEXT, PREV, PLAY/
PAUSE, STOP) have no effect.

Playing back the recorded clip

Normal playback
By pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button, you can
review any length of recording on the viewfinder
screen in black and white or in color on the LCD
monitor. There are two other ways to review the
recording.
Recording review: You can view the last two
seconds of the recording on the viewfinder
screen in black and white or in color on the
LCD monitor.
Viewing color playback on a video monitor:
You can view the recording in color on a
color video monitor without the need for any
external adaptor.
You can also view palyback video during a fast
forward or reverse search.
For details about the switches and controls used to
select the audio output signal and to adjust the audio
level, see page 17 and page 24.
Freezing a picture during playback
The following operation can also be done from
the RM-B150/B750 Remote Control Unit.
1
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to start
playback.
2
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button again at
the instant when you want to freeze the
picture.
The playback pauses and a frozen picture
appears.
The timecode of the frozen frame is
displayed in the counter display and the
PLAY/PAUSE indicator now flashes (one
flash/second).
To restart playback
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button once again.
Viewing camera video during playback
(Live & Play function)
By carrying out the following procedure to enable
this function before starting playback, you can
view camera video (live video) in the viewfinder
during playback from the disc. This is a
convenient way to frame the next shot and adjust
the exposure and focus while viewing recorded
video and playback video.
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn
the MENU knob to move the b mark to the
desired item.)
1
Set LIVE & PLAY to "ON" on the
OUTPUT 2 page of the OPERATION
menu.
For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" on page 139.
2
Select the video signal output conditions
from the following modes.
OFF: Do not display camera video in the
viewfinder during disc playback. (The
disc playback signals are output to the
viewfinder and LCD monitor, and from
all video output connectors.)
ON: Output camera video to the viewfinder,
even during disc playback. (The disc
playback signals are output to the LCD
monitor and from all video output
connectors.)
Disc playback start position
Although this unit uses optical discs, it is
designed to offer the most convenient features of
tape playback by VTRs. One of these is the
playback start position, which works in the same
way as with tape, as described below.
After playback stop
The unit stops at the position where the STOP
button was pressed.
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to resume
playback at the stop position.
After recording
The unit stops at the position where recording
ended.
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