Sony 510P User Manual
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3-4 Recording Video Signals from External Equipment
To escape from the thumbnail display to the full-
screen display
Press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it off.
screen display
Press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it off.
2
Turn the SEL/SET dial or the MENU knob to select
the sub clip you want to cue up.
the sub clip you want to cue up.
3
To cue up the selected sub clip, press the SEL/SET dial
or the MENU knob.
or the MENU knob.
To start playback from the selected sub clip, press the
PLAY/PAUSE button.
PLAY/PAUSE button.
3-4 Recording Video
Signals from
External Equipment
External Equipment
With this camcorder, you can select in the OPERATION
menu whether to record the video captured by the camera,
or whether to record a signal from an external video
device.
If this switching function is assigned to the ASSIGN 2
switch, regardless of the setting in the OPERATION
menu, you can make the selection with the ASSIGN 2
switch. While recording video from an external device, the
indication “EXT” appears on the viewfinder screen.
menu whether to record the video captured by the camera,
or whether to record a signal from an external video
device.
If this switching function is assigned to the ASSIGN 2
switch, regardless of the setting in the OPERATION
menu, you can make the selection with the ASSIGN 2
switch. While recording video from an external device, the
indication “EXT” appears on the viewfinder screen.
Notes
• You can switch the signals to be recorded using the
ASSIGN 2 switch or by a menu operation at any time
while recording on the disc. However, the signals
recorded at the point where the signal is switched may be
distorted. If the camera/external switching function is
assigned to the ASSIGN 2 switch, you cannot use the
following menu operations to switch between camera
and external source input.
while recording on the disc. However, the signals
recorded at the point where the signal is switched may be
distorted. If the camera/external switching function is
assigned to the ASSIGN 2 switch, you cannot use the
following menu operations to switch between camera
and external source input.
• Even when the REC VIDEO SOURCE item is set to
“EXT”, if the external video signal is not input to the
i.LINK DV IN/OUT S400 connector or the GENLOCK
IN connector, the camcorder does not switch to EXT
mode, and the pictures being shot by the camcorder are
recorded on the disc.
i.LINK DV IN/OUT S400 connector or the GENLOCK
IN connector, the camcorder does not switch to EXT
mode, and the pictures being shot by the camcorder are
recorded on the disc.
3-4-1 Recording a DV Stream From
External Equipment
Notes
• As the i.LINK cable, use an S400-compliant cable which
is as short as possible (up to 1.5 m (5 feet)). It may not
be possible to establish a DV connection when a longer
cable is used.
be possible to establish a DV connection when a longer
cable is used.
• Recording a DV stream is possible only when the video
recording format is DVCAM.
If the currently set video recording format is other than
DVCAM, change it to DVCAM referring to 5-1-1 “Setting
the Video Recording Format” on page 75.
DVCAM, change it to DVCAM referring to 5-1-1 “Setting
the Video Recording Format” on page 75.
Proceed as follows.