Sony PDW-1500 User Manual

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4-2 Playback

To jump to the next or previous clip, then start 
playback
Use the PREV button, NEXT button, jog dial, or shuttle 
dial.

For information about the functions of these buttons, see  
“4 Recording and playback control section” on page 22.
For details of the jog and shuttle dials, see “6 Shuttle/jog/
variable control block” on page 25.

To stop playback
Press the STOP button.

If you play back to the end of the last clip
Playback automatically stops.
If, in this state, you press the PLAY button, the message 
“ALARM DISC END.” appears on the monitor.
To carry out playback again, move back to the desired clip 
using the PREV button, jog dial or shuttle dial.

To record an essence mark
While playing back a disc, you can record essence marks 
such as shot mark 1 and shot mark 2 in desired frames.
To record a shot mark 1 or shot mark 2, hold down the 

F/

MARK1 or 

f/MARK2 button and press the SET button.

To erase or change essence marks, use the supplied Proxy 
Browsing Software PDZ-1. 

In jog mode, you can control the speed of playback by the 
speed of turning the jog dial. The playback speed range is 
±1 times normal speed.
To carry out playback in jog mode, do as follows.

Press the JOG button, turning it on.

Turn the jog dial in the desired direction, at the speed 
corresponding to the desired playback speed.

Playback in jog mode starts.

To stop playback in jog mode, stop turning the jog dial.

When extended menu item 101 “SELECTION FOR 
SEARCH DIAL ENABLE” is set to “dial” (factory default 
setting), just turning the jog dial with the JOG button off 
starts playback in jog mode.

In shuttle mode, you can control the speed of playback by 
the angular position of the shuttle dial. The range of 
playback speed is ±35 times normal speed.
To carry out playback in shuttle mode, do as follows.

Press the SHUTTLE button, turning it on.

Turn the shuttle dial to the desired angle 
corresponding to the desired playback speed.

Playback in shuttle mode starts.

To stop playback in shuttle mode, return the shuttle 
dial to the center position, or press the STOP button.

When extended menu item 101 “SELECTION FOR 
SEARCH DIAL ENABLE” is set to “dial” (factory default 
setting), just turning the shuttle dial with the SHUTTLE 
button off starts playback in shuttle mode.

To alternate between normal-speed playback and 
shuttle mode playback
Set the shuttle dial to the position corresponding to the 
desired shuttle playback speed, then switch between 
normal-speed playback and shuttle playback by pressing 
the PLAY and SHUTTLE buttons alternately.
For intermittent shuttle mode playback, press the STOP 
and SHUTTLE buttons alternately.

In variable speed mode, you can control the speed of 
playback in the range of –2 to +2 times normal speed. (The 
playback speed range in variable speed mode can be