Useful Functions (Utilities) - Sony MCX-500 Operating Instructions Manual

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Chapter 4: Advanced Operations

Useful Functions (Utilities)

The unit's [UTILITY] menu allows you to adjust the unit's settings, format memory cards, and perform
other operations.
Displaying the [UTILITY] Menu
Press the UTILITY button on the control panel to display the [UTILITY] menu in the menu panel.
The [UTILITY] menu consists of three pages. Each press of the UTILITY button switches the page display.
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Page 1 (1/3) Page 2 (2/3)
ˎ Headphone volume ˎ ˎ Memory card ˎ
adjustment formatting
ˎ Menu panel ˎ ˎ USB connection ˎ
brightness ˎ Network settings (PC ˎ
adjustment UI connector)
ˎ Button brightness ˎ ˎ Restoring factory ˎ
adjustment default conditions
ˎ PGM output of the ˎ ˎ Display language ˎ
audio tone signal
For details on USB
connections, see "Using
For details on operations,
Recorded Files" (page 58)
see "Live Adjustments"
in the "Recording the PGM
(page 37).
Output" section.
For details on network
settings, see "Connecting
a Computer for Settings
Configuration" (page 22).
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The menu closes.
Page 3 (3/3)
Displays the following
information.
ˎ Current date and ˎ
time
ˎ System format ˎ
ˎ Unit version ˎ
Formatting Memory Cards
Format the memory card that will be used for
recording the PGM output.
[Notes]
ˎ Always use memory cards that were formatted on the ˎ
unit.
ˎ Video and audio output may be interrupted while ˎ
formatting is in progress.
1
Insert the memory card in the memory card
slot on the front of the unit.
Orient the memory card in the proper
direction.
Insert Memory Stick media with their front
sides facing up.
Insert SD cards with their reverse (terminal)
sides facing up.
Memory Stick Duo
SD card
Front side facing up Reverse side
(terminal) facing up
A message will appear in the menu panel
when memory card formatting is necessary.
2
Display the [UTILITY 2/3] menu, and tap
[FORMAT MEDIA].
A confirmation message appears.
3
Tap [YES].
Follow the instructions displayed on the
screen to finish formatting.