Sony 510P User Manual

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3-2 Recording

The camcorder starts recording in Manual Interval Rec 
mode. In the viewfinder, “MANU INTERVAL 
*FRAME” and the TALLY indicator (green) flash.
• In the single shot mode, the TALLY indicator 

flashes twice per second.

• In the consecutive mode, the TALLY indicator 

flashes four times per second.

To exit Manual Interval Rec mode
Do one of the following.
• In the single shot mode, press the EJECT button.
• In the consecutive mode, press the camcorder REC 

START button or the lens VTR button to stop recording.

• Set the camcorder POWER switch to OFF.
After the camcorder has exited from Manual Interval Rec 
mode, it records picture data stored in memory to the disc.

Notes on Manual Interval Rec mode
Take note of the following points.

i.LINK
During interval recording, signal input/output through the 
i.LINK interface is impossible.

Time code
In Manual Interval Rec mode, the internal time code 
generator runs in R-RUN mode regardless of how the F-
RUN/SET/R-RUN switch is set.  

Audio
Audio signals are not recorded in Manual Interval Rec 
mode.

Playback control buttons
While recording in the single shot mode of Manual 
Interval Rec mode (the TALLY indicator (green) in the 
viewfinder flashes twice per second), you cannot use most 
of playback control buttons (F REV, F FWD, NEXT, 
PREV, PLAY/PAUSE, and STOP). To exit the single shot 
mode, press the EJECT button.
While recording in the consecutive mode of Manual 
Interval Rec mode (the TALLY indicator (green) flashes 
four times per second), you cannot use the disc control 
buttons (EJECT, F REV, F FWD, NEXT, PREV, PLAY/
PAUSE and STOP). To use these buttons, stop recording 
by pressing the REC START button or the VTR button on 
the lens.

Menu operation
In the single shot mode of Manual Interval Rec mode, you 
cannot change the settings of “CACHE/INTVAL REC” 
and “NUMBER OF FRAME” on the FUNCTION 1 page 
after the camcorder starts recording. To change the 
settings, stop recording by pressing the EJECT button or 
setting the POWER switch to OFF.
While recording in the consecutive mode of Manual 
Interval Rec mode, you cannot change the settings of 
CACHE/INTVAL REC, NUMBER OF FRAME and 

TRIGGER INTERVAL on the FUNCTION 1 page. To 
change these settings, stop recording by pressing the REC 
START button or the VTR button on the lens.

When the camcorder power is switched off during 
recording in Manual Interval Rec mode
• When you set the POWER switch to OFF, the camcorder 

will switch off by itself after disc access has continued 
for a few seconds to record the picture data stored in 
memory.

• If you remove the battery, unplug the DC cable, or cut 

the power to the AC adaptor during manual interval 
recording, picture data stored before recording stops (a 
maximum of ten seconds) may be lost. Take care when 
changing the battery.

A retake function is available, making it easy to erase and 
retake the most recently recorded clip.
To use the retake function, you need use the FUNCTION 
1 menu to assign it to one of the assignable switches 
(ASSIGN 1, ASSIGN 3, ASSIGN 4, or TURBO GAIN). 

To retake the most recent clip
With recording paused or after the end of a preview (see 
page 60), proceed as follows.

Press the switch or button to which the retake function 
has been assigned. 

While the button is pressed, the last frame of the 
recorded clip and the message “PUSH RET FOR CLIP 
DELETE” appears. 

In this state, press the RET button. 

The message “DELETING LAST CLIP” appears, and 
the processing for deleting the last recorded clip 
begins.
When the deleting has finished, the message “LAST 
CLIP WAS DELETED” appears.

If an operation (other than recording review) which is not 
a retake operation is carried out after the last clip has been 

Example: After recording clip 3, you want to delete it and 
record a new clip 3 after clip 2.

Clip 1

Clip 2

Clip 3

New clip