46Useful recording and shooting functions (continued)Using the REPEAT REC functionUse an SD Memory Card with at least 16 GB ofmemory. Clips approximately 90 minutes long arerecorded in succession.• Depending on the capacity of the card, eitherfour or eight clips can be recorded on a single SDMemory Card.• When four (or eight) clips have been recorded,the oldest clip is deleted when a new clip isrecorded.• When using the REPEAT REC function, therecording format switches automatically to HEmode.• Make sure to format the SD Memory Card withthe portable recorder before using the REPEATREC function.• The REPEAT REC function operates in SDImode or CAM mode only.1 Select [REPEAT REC MODE] → [ON]on the [RECORDING SETUP] setup menu.“R-PAUSE” is displayed on the screen.• If a recording format other than HE modeis selected in [REC FORMAT] on the[RECORDING SETUP] setup menu, thesetting changes to HE mode automatically.• In CAM mode, if [PREREC MODE] is setto [ON] on the [RECORDING SETUP]setup menu, the setting changes to [OFF]automatically.• In SDI mode, if [AUTOREC MODE] isset to a setting other than [OFF] on the[RECORDING SETUP] setup menu, thesetting changes to [OFF] automatically.• To cancel the REPEAT REC function, eitherswitch power off or select [OFF] for [REPEATREC MODE].• After the REPEAT REC function is canceled,the recording format, the PREREC MODE,and AUTOREC MODE settings do not returnto their settings before REPEAT REC wasused. The recording mode is set to HEmode, PREREC MODE is set to OFF, andAUTOREC MODE is set to OFF.2 Press the [REC/PAUSE] buttonto start REPEAT REC operation.• Recording can begin if the recording functiondisplay is “R-PAUSE”.• REPEAT REC operation takes placesuccessively until the [REC/PAUSE] button ispressed again.Example: When starting recording using a 16GB SD Memory CardOperation to start recordingClip 1 recordingstartStopprocessingClip 1deletionprocessing∗Recording stop interval∗(Time)1 2 3 4 5∗ Interval when recording is stopped forrecording stop processing or clip deletionprocessing.R-PAUSE (red) is displayed while recordinghas stopped.• Recording start operation causes recordingto begin with clip 1 .• Recording proceeds for approximately 90minutes, then recording of clip 1 stopsautomatically and recording of clip 2 begins.• After four clips (clip 1 to 4 ) are recorded,the oldest clip (clip 1 ) is deleted and a newclip (clip 5 ) is recorded.• Depending on the recording status, therecording stop interval may become about 12seconds long.