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# Pre-recording

Records the video and audio from specific time before the operation to start the recording.

Operation to start recording

Operation to stop recording

(Time)

Actual recording time

Pre-recording time

The pre-recording time varies depending on the setting of the [SYSTEM SETTINGS] menu → [SYSTEM MODE] → [MAIN PIXEL]/[MAIN CODEC].

- When [MAIN PIXEL] is set to [1280×720], [1920×1080], or [2048×1080]: Approximately ten seconds.

- When [MAIN CODEC] is set to [422ALL-I 400M]: Approximately three seconds.

- Other than above: Approximately five seconds.

Select the [REC SETTINGS] menu → [PRE REC] → [ON].

[P] is displayed in the pre-recording status display of the VIEW and HOME screens.

Press the REC button.

NOTE

- The video and audio may not be able to record for specific time before in following cases.

  - Immediately after the power is set to < > (ON)

  - Right after opening the menu

  - Immediately after the SD card is inserted

  - Right after playing back the recorded video

  - Immediately after closing the thumbnail screen

  - Until the writing to the SD card is completed after stopping the recording

  - Immediately after slave locking to an external time code

  - Immediately after switching the card slot to record by pressing the USER button with [SLOT SEL] assigned

- When [PRE REC] is set to [ON], the [REC SETTINGS] menu → [TC] → [FREE/REC RUN] is fixed to [FREE RUN].

- The pre-recording is cancelled once when three hours has past without starting the recording.

- For recording limitation of the pre-recording, refer to “Recording function that cannot be used simultaneously”.

- Pre-recording cannot be performed if the remaining capacity of the SD card is less than one minute.

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