Sony PDW-680 - Setting Power Saving Functions

Adjustments and Settings from Menus
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Chapter 6 Menu Displays and Detailed Settings
a) Even when the MARKER item is set to OFF on
the MARKER page of the USER menu, the
ASSIGN 2 switch allows you to display or not to
display all markers.
b) The optional CBK-SC02 Analog Composite
Input Board is required for VBS signal input. The
optional CBK-HD01 HD/SD SDI Input Board is
required for SD-SDI/HD-SDI signal input.
c) Video momentarily becomes black and audio is
momentarily muted when the digital extender is
switched.
d) This does not appear if nothing is assigned in the
Assign menu.
Note
For functions that are assigned to the ASSIGN 2
(slide-type) switch, you cannot change those
settings using other menus. The function assigned
to the ASSIGN 2 switch takes precedence over the
menu setting.
3 Select the desired function, and press
the MENU knob.
The function is assigned, and the
ASSIGNABLE SW page appears again.
Operation of the ASSIGN 1/2/3/4 switches when
UA01 to UA10 are assigned
When an on/off switchable function (or menu
item) is assigned to one of the ASSIGN 1/2/3/4
switches, each time the switch is pressed toggles
the function on or off.
When another type of menu item is assigned,
pressing the switch displays the item and its
setting value on the viewfinder screen.
You can then change the setting by pressing and
turning the MENU knob.
The viewfinder screen display disappears
approximately three seconds after the last
operation.
You can limit the function of some output
connectors to save power consumption.
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn
the MENU knob to move b to the desired item.)
1 Display the POWER SAVE page of the
OPERATION menu, and press the
MENU knob.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic
menu operations” on page 189.
2 Select the desired item, and press the
MENU knob.
You can set the following items on the
POWER SAVE page.
SUPER
(VFDISP&M
ENU)
Assigns a mixing switch
function that selects mixing or
no mixing of superimposed
viewfinder and menu text data
into the video signals output
from the SDI OUT 2 or TEST
OUT connector, when SDI
OUT 2 SUPER or TEST OUT
SUPER on the OUTPUT 1
page of the OPERATION
menu are set to ON.
MARKER Assigns the function that
displays or hides all
markers.
a)
REC VIDEO
SOURCE
Switches the recording target
video between the video shot
by the camera and the video
input from an external device
(VBS or SD-SDI/HD-SDI).
b)
ZEBRA Assigns the zebra pattern
display function.
FREEZE MIX Assigns the function that
mixes a still picture
(monochrome) and camera
video (color) (effective for
framing shots).
DIGITAL
EXTENDER
X2
Assigns the function that
electronically magnifies the
central part of the picture (all
video output is magnified,
including recorded video).
c)
DIGITAL
EXTENDER
X3
DIGITAL
EXTENDER
X4
CLIP CONT
REC
Assigns the function that
turns the Clip Continuous Rec
function on and off.
UA01 to
UA10
d)
Assigns the items assigned in
the ASSIGN SEL menu.
Function Content
Setting power saving functions
Item Description
ETHERNET/
USB
Enables or disables the
network connector and USB
connector.