User Manual

82 Camera Controls
ON/OFF Press once to switch the camera on. Press and hold for 5 sec-
onds to switch off the camera. A countdown will be displayed on
the HOME screen. If the button is released before the countdown
has elapsed, the camera does not switch off.
REC Press to start and stop internal recording. See section Prerecord-
ing for behavior in prerecording mode.
LOCK Press and hold for 3 seconds to lock or unlock the main cam-
era controls and function buttons. The recessed function buttons
USER, REC and ON/OFF cannot be locked and remain avail-
able. A lock symbol on the HOME screen indicates that the lock
is engaged.
GRAB Press to take a still frame and write it to the SD card. The write
process is indicated by a flashing camera icon, followed by a
flashing SD card icon on the HOME screen. When writing is fin-
ished, a new still frame can be taken.
TC Press to open the TIMECODE screen.
WRS Press to open the Wireless Remote System screen. Available on
ALEXA SXT Plus, ALEXA SXT Studio, and ALEXA SXT W.
PLAY Press to open the playback screen and activate playback on
MON OUT and EVF. When the playback screen is opened, the
last clip on the internal media that is on active standby will be
loaded automatically.
INFO Press to open the LIVE INFO screen. The LIVE INFO screen dis-
plays the camera’s current system state and any current error
messages. On the LIVE INFO screen, there are buttons to ac-
cess the following additional information screens:
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VERSION
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MEDIA
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SYSTEM
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SAVE TO SD (press to save a log file)
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FPS INFO
USER Press to open the USER BUTTONS screen. There are six user
buttons that can be assigned by the user. Buttons 1, 2 and 3 are
shared with User Buttons 1, 2, and 3 in the operator controls.
Press the jogwheel to see a complete list of user button options.
MENU Press to open the MENU screen, where most camera settings
can be adjusted.
BACK Press to go back to the previous menu or screen when navigat-
ing. Press to cancel settings adjustments and revert to the previ-
ous setting.
HOME Press to return to the HOME screen from any menu or screen.