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# Background recording

If the memory cards are inserted into two card slots, set the background recording mode and then press the REC button to start recording simultaneously on card slot 1 and card slot 2. On card slot 1, recording can be repeatedly started and stopped as necessary by operating the REC button. On card slot 2, the recording operation continues as background recording.

By performing background recording on card slot 2, you will not miss important scenes while recording is stopped.

For recording limitations of background recording, refer to “Recording function that cannot be used simultaneously”.

Memory card recording time

REC button operations

Button operation for background recording stop*

No remaining space on card slot 1

Card slot 1

Stand-by

A clip

(Main recording)

B clip

Continues recording to card slot 2

Card slot 2

A clip

(Background recording)

*USER button assigned to [BACKGR PAUSE]

## Starting background recording

Select the [RECORDING] menu → [2 SLOTS FUNC.] → [BACKGR REC].

[BACKGR] is displayed in the two slot function display of the camera image screen.

A slanted line is displayed on the [BACKGR] display when background recording is not possible, such as when a memory card is not inserted in the card slot 2.

Press the REC button.

Recording starts simultaneously on card slot 1 and card slot 2.

Start or stop recording on card slot 1 with REC button operations.

On card slot 2, the recording operation continues as background recording.

NOTE

- Records on both card slot 1 and card slot 2 in the format set in the [SYSTEM] menu.

- Background recording cannot be performed in the following cases.

  - When the [RECORDING] menu → [REC FUNCTION] → [REC MODE] is set to anything other than [NORMAL]

- The lighting status of the tally lamp changes according to start or stop of recording on card slot 1.

- Time code is fixed to free run.

- Control of recording operation of the external equipment (such as recorder) connected to the <SDI OUT> terminal and the <HDMI> terminal is linked to the start/stop recording of the card slot 1.

- In background recording mode, deleting last clip function is disabled.

- The memory card in card slot 1 can be replaced even while background recording is performed on card slot 2 if recording on card slot 1 is stopped.

- In the background recording mode, standard recording can be performed on card slot 1 if a memory card for recording is not inserted in card slot 2 or the remaining recording capacity of the memory card in card slot 2 has run out.

## Ending background recording

Press and hold the USER button to which [BACKGR PAUSE] is assigned for approximately five seconds or touch and hold the USER button icon for approximately five seconds and release.

The background recording stops on card slot 2.

The background recording on card slot 2 can also be stopped by pressing and holding the <EXIT> button for approximately five seconds.

NOTE

- The background recording on card slot 2 cannot end while recording is performed on card slot 1. End the background recording while recording is stopped on card slot 1.

- The background recording on card slot 2 ends in the following cases.

  - When the power is turned off

  - When the remaining recording capacity of the memory card has run out

  - When an error has occurred when writing to the memory card

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