Sony 3-270-589-12 (1) User Manual

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a) When a title has been assigned to a clip (see page 65), the title is enclosed 

in double quotation marks, for example “TITLE00001”.

b) A mark is shown to indicate that the thumbnail (index picture) is not the 

first frame of the clip. (See “To change a thumbnail image (index 
picture)” on page 54.)

To return to the original screen
Press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it off.
In any of the following screens, you can press the 
THUMBNAIL button to return to the original screen.

Do one of the following to select the thumbnail of the 
clip you want to cue up.

• Press the arrow buttons.
• Turn the jog or shuttle dial.
• Press the PREV or NEXT button: Move to the 

previous or next thumbnail.

• Press the TOP (SHIFT + PREV) or END (SHIFT + 

NEXT) button: Move to the first or last thumbnail.

• Holding down the SHIFT button, press the 

M/

MARK1 or 

m/MARK2 button: Display the previous 

or next page.

Press the SET button or the PLAY button.

If you press the SET button, a still image appears 
showing the first frame of the selected clip.
If you press the PLAY button, playback starts from the 
first frame of the selected clip.

The factory default setting for the clip thumbnail is 
such that the first frame of the clip is used as the 
thumbnail but you can change this setting so that any 
desired frame is used as the clip thumbnail (see “To 
change a thumbnail image (index picture)” (page 
54)). However, clip list playback always starts from 
the first frame, regardless of the thumbnail.

With the thumbnail list displayed, proceed as follows.

Press the CLIP MENU (SHIFT + SUB CLIP) button 
or the MENU button to display the clip menu.

Press the 

M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button to 

select CLIP INFORMATION.

Press the SET button.

A list of CLIP INFORMATION items appears.
DATE: Date and time of recording
TIME CODE: Timecode of the first frame in the clip
DURATION: Recording time
SEQUENCE NUMBER: Thumbnail sequence 

number 

See “To select a thumbnail image and start playback” 
(page 54) for more information about sequence 
thumbnail numbers.

“TIME CODE” is selected when the unit is shipped 
from the factory.

Press the 

M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select an 

item that you want to display as part of the clip 
information, and then press the SET button.

The selected item is displayed as clip information 
under the thumbnail image.

With the thumbnail list displayed, proceed as follows.

Name of currently 
selected clip

 a)

Thumbnail (index picture) of 
currently selected clip

 b)

Sixth clip is selected from 
a total of 34 clips.

Clip information (recording date and time, initial timecode, 
total length, and so on)

Recording date and 
time of selected clip

Total length of selected clip