Sony 1500A User Manual

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Menu Organization

Chapter 

As shown in the following figure, the menu system 
consists of four levels and is functionally divided into three 
subsystems: the setup menu, the auto mode (AUTO 
FUNCTION) execution menu and the digital hours meter 
display menu. 
This chapter mainly describes the setup menu, showing its 
contents and how to operate it.

For details of the AUTO FUNCTION menu, see “Digitally 
Dubbing Signals in DVCAM/DV Format” on page 57 and 
“Rerecording the Time Code—TC Insert Function” on 
page 53.

The items of the setup menu are divided into several 
functional groups on level 1, and except for the MENU 
GRADE item the settings themselves are made on level 2 
or level 3.
Also, the menu items are divided into two categories 
according to how frequently they are accessed: the “basic” 
items, to which frequent access is normally required, and 
the “enhanced” items, which are less frequently used. In 
the following figure, the items shown in boldface are basic 
items, and the other items are enhanced items.
The menu settings are saved in non-volatile memory, 
which means they are not erased when you power off the 
unit after executing the setting operation.