48Loop recording (LOOP REC)This function is used to record fi rst on one cardand then on the next when you have inserted twoP2 cards into the card slots. If there is not enoughfree memory remaining on the second card,recording returns to the fi rst card whose data willthen be overwritten. When data is overwritten, thesaved clips are deleted, and then the new clips arerecorded in their place.1 Select LOOP under REC FUNCTION. (Page106)• For menu operations (Page 96)2 Press the START/STOP button.Recording starts.To stop operation, press the START/STOPbutton.To release the function, either turn off theunit’s power or select NORMAL under RECFUNCTION.• The following displays will appear on the leftof the operation status display.While recording is underway: L-REC lights up.While recording is stopped: L-PAUSE fl ashes.When there is not much free memory:P2 LACK L- fl ashes.• Use two P2 cards each with a recordingcapacity of more than one minute. Recordingstops when either card is ejected.• This function does not work during IEEE1394input recording.• The pre-recording function does not work.2-slot continuous recordingIf you insert two P2 cards into the two card slots,this function allows you to record continuously onthe two cards.You can also record continuously on three or morecards by replacing one card while data is beingrecorded on the other. (Hot swap recording)If you allocate SLOT SEL to a USER button underUSER (page 104) on the SW MODE screen, youcan switch the slot with the card on which data is tobe written using a one-touch operation.• You cannot change slots while recording so dothis during recording standby.• Does not support hot swap playback.Shot mark functionThe marks attached to the thumbnails of clipsare called shot marks. On the thumbnail screenmonitor you can select only those clips with a shotmark and display them or play them back.During recording, when you press the USER buttonto which the SHOT MARK function has beenallocated, MARK ON appears in the LCD monitoror the viewfi nder, and a shot mark is set for thethumbnail of the clip being recorded. If you pressthe button again, the shot mark is released.You can also set or release the shot marks byperforming the thumbnail operations for clips.(Page 66)Text memo recordingThis function adds text memos at the video pointson the clip now being recorded or played back.When you press the USER button to which theINDEX or MEMO function has been allocated, thetext memo signal will be recorded at that point.(Page 57)On the thumbnail screen you can select only thoseclips where text memos have been added, andthen either display those clips or play them back.You can record up to a hundred text memos perclip.You will need the latest updated version of P2Viewer to edit the text memos. (Page 57)• You cannot record text memos during intervalrecording or one-shot recording.P2Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)