Sony HDW F900R Operation Manual - Page 41

Chapter 3 Recording and Playback For detailed information on setting whether or not recording start markers are recorded, see "Setting for recording good shot marks on the LTC-UBIT area on the tape" on page 39. 3-2-5 Starting a Shoot with a Few Seconds of Pre-Stored Picture Data (Picture Cache Function: with the HKDW-703) By installing an optional HKDW-703 extension board in the camcorder, the camcorder is able to constantly store a few seconds (up to 8 seconds) of the most current picture and sound data in the board's memory. As a result, when you press the VTR START button or the VTR button on the lens, the recording starts with the data stored a few seconds before. Setting the Picture Cache time/Picture Cache mode To record in Picture Cache mode, you need to turn on Picture Cache mode and set the picture data storage time (Picture Cache time) using the USER menu. The Picture Cache time and VTR SAVE/STBY switch settings determine the number of seconds of picture data that will be stored in memory and recorded when you press the VTR START button or VTR button on the lens. The following table shows the approximate number of seconds worth of picture data (counting back from the time you begin recording) that will be recorded from memory. However, when changing from SAVE to STBY, or under the special situations explained in the notes on this page, the actual amount of data recorded may be shorter. Picture Cache time setting and recording start point Picture Cache Recording start point time VTR STBY mode VTR SAVE mode 8 (seconds) (For About 8 seconds 50i/25PsF/ before 24PsF/23.98PsF format) About 5 seconds before 7 (seconds) (For About 7 seconds About 4 seconds 59.94i/29.97PsF before before format) 6 (seconds) About 6 seconds About 4 seconds before before1) 5 (seconds) About 5 seconds About 4 seconds before before 4 (seconds) About 4 seconds About 4 seconds before before 3 (seconds) About 3 seconds About 3 seconds before before Picture Cache time 2 (seconds) 1 (second) 0 (seconds) Recording start point VTR STBY mode VTR SAVE mode About 2 seconds About 2 seconds before before About 1 second About 1 second before before About 0 seconds About 0 seconds before before 1) For 50i/25PsF/24PsF/23.98PsF format, you can record about 5 second of picture data stored in the memory. Notes • After selecting the Picture Cache mode, immediately changing the Picture Cache time, or performing playback or recording review, the picture data stored in memory before this operation becomes unstable. This means that when you press the VTR START button or the VTR button on the lens, the previously stored picture data will not be recorded. • During playback or recording review, the picture data is not stored in the HKDW-703's memory. Picture data corresponding to the duration of playback or recording review will not be in memory and will not be recorded on tape. Setting procedure MENU knob MENU ON/OFF switch 1 Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON. The last accessed menu page appears on the viewfinder screen. 2 Turn the MENU knob until the FUNCTION 1 page appears. When the question mark appears at the left corner of the title page, you can switch the pages. Turn the MENU knob clockwise or counterclockwise to display the desired page 3 Push the MENU knob. 41 Recording