Sony XDCAM HD PDW-HD1500 User Manual

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Overview

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automatic title generation function allows you to assign
titles to all of the clips on several discs, which facilitates
clip management. For example, if the titles TITLE00001 to
TITLE00020 are assigned to clips C0001.MXF to
C0020.MXF on disc 1, then the titles TITLE00021 to
TITLE00037 are assigned to clips C0001.MXF to
C0017.MXF on disc 2.

Proceed as follows to specify a title and assign it to
recorded clips.

1

Press the MENU button.

2

Turn the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob to select setup
menu item 035, and press the knob.

3

Turn the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob to select “on”, and
press the knob.

The clip title naming screen appears.

4

Turn the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob to move the asterisk
(*) on the left of the menu items to “TITLE”, and press
the knob.

The asterisk indicates the selected item.

5

Turn the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob to select “enable”,
and press the knob.

The automatic title generation function is enabled.

6

Turn the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob to move the asterisk
(*) on the left of the menu items to the item you want
to select, and press the knob.

PREFIX: A string of up to 10 characters. The

allowable characters are alphanumeric characters,
symbols (! # $ % & ' ( ) + ,- . ; = @ [ ] ^ _ { } ~),
and the space character.

NUMERIC: A five-digit number (00001 to 99999) to

serve as the initial value of the serial number.

7

Turn the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob to select the
character position to set, and press the knob.

8

Turn the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob to select the
character to set.

9

Repeat steps 7 and 8 as required.

When you are setting the “NUMERIC” item, you can
press the RESET/RETURN button to return the initial
value of the serial number to 00001 (factory default
setting).

10

Carry out steps 7 to 9 to set the other item.

11

Press the SAVE function (F5) button.

The title is saved.

To check the titles of recorded clips
Press the THUMBNAIL button to display the thumbnail
screen, and select the clip whose title you want to check.
The title of the selected clip appears at the upper left of the
screen.

See “Thumbnail Operations” (page 64) for more
information about the thumbnail screen.

• The value of the serial number is incremented by 1 every

time a title is generated. When the value reaches 99999,
the next number restarts from 00001.

• Duplicate clip titles can be generated if you reset the

serial number after recording several clips or the same is
true depending on the value setting. Care should be taken
when setting the serial number.

• The “PREFIX” setting is saved in memory banks, but the

“NUMERIC” setting is not saved (see page 103).

C0017.MXF

TITLE00037

C0002.MXF

TITLE00022

TITLE00021

C0001.MXF

Clips recorded on Disc 2

C0020.MXF

TITLE00020

C0002.MXF

TITLE00002

TITLE00001

C0001.MXF

Clips recorded on Disc 1

RETURN

SELECT

SAVE

SETUP

EXIT

ITEM-035

CLIP TITLE NAMING

SELECT

*TITLE - disable

PREFIX - TITLE

NUMERIC - 00001

Notes

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