Operating Instructions

Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording

Selecting recording signals

This camera records HD (1080i, 720P) signals using AVC-Intra or DVCPRO HD codecs and use a combination of

DVCPRO50, DVCPRO or DV codecs for recording SD (480i) signals.

It provides a variety of capture frame rates and recording frame rates (native recording) to suit speciﬁc applications.

Select recording and recording signal in the setting menus listed below.

Screen Setting menu Setting

SYSTEM SETUP screen

SYSTEM MODE

Selects the 1080i, 720P or 480i signal format.

To change this setting, wait until TURN POWER OFF appears before

turning the power off and then turn it back on again.

REC SIGNAL Selects to record using this camera or from the DVCPRO/DV connector.

REC FORMAT

Selects AVC-Intra or DVCPRO HD codec and 60i, 60P, 30PN or 24PN

native recording in HD mode.

Selects DVCPRO50, DVCPRO or DV codec in SD mode.

CAMERA MODE Selects 60i, 30P, 24P or 24PA pulldown recording in 1080i or 480i mode.

ASPECT CONV Selects the video aspect ratio for recording and output in SD mode (480i).

SCENE FILE screen

VFR

Setting this function to ON in 720P mode starts variable frame rate capture

which records at the frame rate set in the FRAME RATE option.

For details, refer to [Variable Frame Rate (VFR) Recording] (page 36)

FRAME RATE

When the VFR option is set to ON, select the frame rate for variable frame

rate recording.

 NOTE

• Changing the menu options SYSTEM MODE, REC SIGNAL, REC FORMAT and CAMERA MODE may distort video and audio, but

this is not a malfunction.