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Basic Operations of the
Function Menu
The function menu provides access to frequently used
settings, such as input video signal selection and timecode
settings.
Menu settings are stored in nonvolatile memory and are
preserved even after the unit is powered off.

Function menu operations

The function menu appears on the display of this unit.
The following figure shows the buttons (F1 to F6
beginning at the top) used in function menu operations.
Function buttons (F1 to F6)
Function menu
PUSH SET knob
DISPLAY button
PAGE/HOME button
To display the function menu
The function menu is made up of the HOME page and
pages P1 to P6.
If the function menu is not already visible, press the
PAGE/HOME button to display it. (The most recently
accessed function menu page appears.)
To display a different page
Each press of the PAGE/HOME button displays the next
function menu page in the order: HOME tP1 t P2 t
P3 t P4 t P5 t P6 t HOME...
• Turning the PUSH SET knob while holding down the
PAGE/HOME button changes the page forward or
backward.
• Pressing F1 to F6 buttons while holding down the
PAGE/HOME button switches the page directly to pages
P1 to P6.
To clear the function menu from the screen
Press the DISPLAY button to switch to the video monitor
display.
To change the setting of a function menu
item
Use the function buttons.
To select the value of the setting item
Press the button to the left of each setting item to change
the value of the item. Keep pressing the button until the
value you want appears.
To set the value of the setting item
• Press the button to the left of each setting item so that the
setting value flashes to enable adjustment of the value
and then turn the PUSH SET knob to increase or
decrease the value.
• Turning the PUSH SET knob while holding down the
SHIFT button increases the increment of adjustment.
• Pressing the button to the left of each setting item while
the setting value is flashing causes the value to stop
flashing and completes the adjustment.

Function menu settings

The following tables list the setting items on each page and
describe their setting values. Underlined values are the
factory defaults.

HOME page

Item Setting
F1: CHAR Turns the display of character information
SEL on the video monitor screen and on an
external monitor on and off.
ON: Character information on
OFF: Character information off
F2: CNTR SEL Selects the type of time data to display in
the time data display area.
TC: Timecode
COUNTER: Elapsed recording or playback
time
UB: User bits
F3: TCG SET/ • When CNTR SEL is set to "TC" or
UBG SET "COUNTER", the "TCG SET" indicator
appears, and pressing the button displays
a screen where you can set the initial
value of timecode generated by the
internal timecode generator
page 34).
• When CNTR SEL is set to "UB", the "UBG
SET" indicator appears, and pressing the
button displays a screen where you can
set the user bits of timecode
page 35).
F4: MONITR L Selects the channel to monitor as the left
monitor channel.
CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, CH5, CH6, CH7,
CH8
CH1/2, CH3/4, CH5/6, CH7/8 (MIX)

Basic Operations of the Function Menu

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