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# Interval recording

The camera will record at the set time intervals.

[REC TIME] set time

[REC TIME] set time

[REC TIME] set time

(Time)

[PAUSE TIME] set time

[PAUSE TIME] set time

Check the settings of each item in the main menu → [SYSTEM] → [SYSTEM MODE].

For details on system modes in which the interval recording function can be used, refer to the table in “System modes and recording functions”.

For details on menu operations, refer to “Setting menu basic operations”.

Set [INTERVAL] in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [REC FUNCTION] → [RECORDING].

Set the following related items in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [REC FUNCTION].

- [HOLD]: Holds the [REC FUNCTION] setting after the power is turned off

- [REC TIME]: Duration of each recording

- [PAUSE TIME]: Standby time between recordings

- [START DELAY]: Delay time from the time when the <REC> button is pressed until the time the first recording starts

Press the <REC> button.

Interval recording starts according to the set intermittent time.

- When [PAUSE TIME] is set to two minutes or longer, the tally lamp flashes every five seconds to indicate that the camera is on standby.

- To stop recording, press the <STOP> button.

- When [OFF] is set in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [REC FUNCTION] → [HOLD], turning off the camera clears the interval recording settings.

- To clear the settings, set [NORMAL] in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [REC FUNCTION] → [RECORDING].

- The following are displayed on the top right in the status display and the right side in the viewfinder or LCD monitor.

  - During recording: [i-REC] lights

  - During pause: [i-REC] flashes

    However, if one cycle of recording is set to less than two seconds in step 3, [i-REC] flashes during recording depending on the set time.

  - During stop: [i] flashes

NOTE

- During operation in the interval recording mode, the P2 card access LED of the recording slot flashes in orange. Do not remove this P2 card. If you remove the card, restore the clips. Note that even when the clips are restored, the last three to four seconds of the recording may still be lost (maximum 10 seconds in case that the card was removed during recording on multiple P2 cards). For details on clip restoration, refer to “Restoring clips”.

- When [SDI] is set in the main menu → [SYSTEM] → [SYSTEM MODE] → [REC SIGNAL], interval recording does not operate.

- Pre-recording and one-clip recording do not operate.

- Audio is not recorded.

- Recorded data (data recorded until the camera was stopped) is included in one file.

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