Sony PDW-F70 Bedienungsanleitung

3-990-973- 15 (1) Professional Disc Recorder Operating Instructions Before oper ating the u nit, pleas e read thi s manual thoroughl y and reta in it for fut ure reference. PDW-F70 © 2006 Sony Corporation[...]

2 • Read t hese instruc tions. • Keep these ins tructions . • Heed a ll warnings . • Fol low a ll inst ructi ons. • Do not use this ap paratus ne ar water. • Clean only with dry cloth. • Do not block an y ventil ation ope nings. Install in accor dance w ith the manuf acturer’s instructi ons. • Do not install near any h eat sourc e[...]

3 If you ha ve quest ions on t he use of the above Power Cord/ Applianc e Connecto r/Plug, please cons ult a qua lified se rvice personne l. When ins talling t he instal lation sp ace must be secured in consid eration of the ventil ation and servi ce operation . • Do not block the v entilatio n slots a t the left sid e and righ t side pa nels, an[...]

4 For the c ustomers in Eu rope This prod uct with the C E marking co mplies wi th both the EM C Direct ive (89/336 /EEC) and the Low Volta ge Directiv e (73/23/ EEC) issue d by the Co mmission of the Europ ean Comm unity. Compl iance with these direc tives im plies confo rmity to t he follow ing European s tandards: • EN60065: Pro duct Safety ?[...]

Table of Contents 5 Table of Content s Chapter 1 Overview Features .......... .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ............ 9 Features of This Unit ............................................................................. 9 Features of the PDBK-101/102/103/104 Option Boards .................. .. 11 Name[...]

6 Tabl e of Cont ents Notes on Handling ............................................................................... 40 Write-Protecting Discs ...................................................................... .. 40 Loading and Unloading a Disc ............................................................ 40 Formatting a Disc ................[...]

Table of Contents 7 Sorting Clip Lists................................................................................. 72 Using the PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software ... ................... .......... 74 Chapter 5 File Operations Overview ......... .............. .............. .............. .............. ................... ..... 75 Directory Struc[...]

8 Tabl e of Cont ents Appe ndi x Important Notes on Operation ........... ................... .............. ........ 105 Condensation ..................................................................................... 105 Periodic Maintena nce ....... .............. .............. .............. ................. 106 Digital Hours Meter ........[...]

9 Feat ures Chapter Chapter 1 Ov erview 1 Overview Features The PDW-F70 is a professional di sc recorder sup porting HD playback an d recording wit h Professional Di sc 1) media. When you use this unit i n combination wi th a nonline ar editing syst em, the FAM 2) func tion enables d ata file transfers between the unit and compu ters over the i.LIN[...]

10 Feat ures Chapter 1 Ov erview resolution data stream. Whenever this unit records full- resoluti on MPEG HD data, it simultaneously g enerates and records low-r esolution prox y AV data. Because of its small siz e, proxy AV data can be transferr ed quickly over computer networks, ea sily edited in the field with laptop computers, 1) an d readily [...]

11 Feat ures Chapter 1 Ov erview Other features High -speed searche s by the j og and shut tle dial s Like conventi onal VTRs, this unit feat ures jog and shuttle dials for searching for spec ific scenes within clips. The jog/vari able mode support s –1 to +2 times normal speed searching in fi eld units. The shuttle mode enables high - speed sear[...]

12 Names and Func tions of Part s Chapter 1 Ov erview Names and Funct ions of Parts Fr ont Panel a On/stan dby 1 switch and indicator When the POWER switch (see page 20) on the re ar pan el is in the * (on) posi tion, th is switches the unit betwe en the operating sta te (the indicator is lit green) and the st andby state (the indicat or is lit red[...]

13 Names and Functi ons of Parts Chapter 1 Ov erview Do not tur n off the PO WER switc h on the rear pa nel or disconnect the power cord while the ACCESS indicator i s lit. Doing so can result in a loss o f data on the di sc. c Remote control switch Different position s of the switch allow differen t operations, as foll ows. NETWORK: Enables access[...]

14 Names and Func tions of Part s Chapter 1 Ov erview 1 Display and function menu sect ion a Display Normally t his displa ys the audio level meters, timecode, monitor pict ures, and curre nt settings. It also displays menus and scene se lection (thu mbnail search) set ting screens. b F1 to F5 (Functi on 1 to Function 5) buttons These button s are [...]

15 Names and Functi ons of Parts Chapter 1 Ov erview Use the largest size t o display the system menu and view superimposed informatio n. f Functi on me nu Use the PAGE bu tton to di splay this menu, and to switch between the pag es (HOME, P1, P2) of the menu. Each page has five set ting items, which correspond to t he F1 to F5 buttons. P ress the [...]

16 Names and Func tions of Part s Chapter 1 Ov erview r Audio mon itor channel s This display s the audio mo nitor channe ls, as set with MONI CH and MONI S EL on page P1 of the function menu (see page 82 ) . When you are moni toring ch annels 1 and 2 (M ONI CH is set to “CH 1/ 2”), the displa y changes as foll ows, depending on the setti ng of[...]

17 Names and Functi ons of Parts Chapter 1 Ov erview a VAR (variable) button To play back in var iable-speed mode usi ng the shuttle di al, press this bu tton, tu rning it on. b JOG bu tton To play back i n jog mode using the jog dial, press thi s button, turnin g it on. c SHUTTL E button To play back i n shuttle mo de using th e shuttle dial, pres[...]

18 Names and Func tions of Part s Chapter 1 Ov erview STANDBY button: Press th is but ton to pu t the unit into standby-o ff mode (the S TOP button l ights, and th e STANDBY indicat or lights). Pr ess it again to ret urn to the orig inal state (STO P button lit, STANDBY indicator off). This uni t has a function that can put it into stan dby-off mod[...]

19 Names and Functi ons of Parts Chapter 1 Ov erview 2 Analog audio signal input/output sect ion a AUDIO INPUT (analog audio signal input) 1/3 and 2/4 conn ectors (XLR 3-pin, fe male) These connec tors input two channels of analog audio. You can use th e A1 INPUT to A4 INPUT items on the HOME page of t he function menu (see page 81) to assign the s[...]

20 Names and Func tions of Part s Chapter 1 Ov erview To handle input signals as non-audio data, use the AUDIO CONTROL >DATA MODE item of the setu p menu (see page 93) to set the input of channels 1 and 2 (CH1/CH2 IN) or t he input of chan nels 3 and 4 (C H3/CH4 IN) to “DATA”. b DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU ) OUTPUT 1/2 and 3/4 connectors (BNC typ[...]

21 Names and Functi ons of Parts Chapter 1 Ov erview d Remote connector selector switch Push this sw itch to th e side of the re mote contr ol conne ctor you are using , either the RS232C connect or or the REMOTE (9P) connector. e S400 conn ector (6-pin , IEEE1394 compl iant) Connect a DV device o r computer using an i.LINK cable. The following con[...]

22 Names and Func tions of Part s Chapter 1 Ov erview Press M to perfo rm +5 times n ormal speed sh uttle playback in t he forward directio n. Using the infrare d remote com mander Before use Pull ou t the insul ation sh eet. To repl ace the l ithium b attery in the re mote command er The remote c ommander uses a CR 2025 Lithiu m Battery. Do not us[...]

23 Settin g the Syst em Frequ ency Chapter Chapter 2 Prepar ations 2 Preparations Settin g the System Freque ncy This unit is sh ipped with the system frequency still unset. Therefore, y ou need to set t he system fre quency before using the unit. (The u nit cannot be used unless t he system frequency i s set.) Once it is set, the system frequency [...]

24 Connect ions and Settings Chapter 2 Prepa rations Be sure to carry out step 3 before powering the unit off (putting i t into standby ). The new system freq uency setting wi ll not be save d if you power off without carr ying ou t step 3 . 4 Press the on/st andby switch to power the unit off (put it into standby) , and then press i t again to pow[...]

25 Connecti ons and Settings Chapter 2 Prepar ations Connec tion metho d and co nnectio n cables To view SD video Connect an SD video monitor using method 1 or 2 in th e following figu re. Conn ection meth od and con nection cables Using PDZ-1 Over an i.LINK Connection (F AM Connection) You can use the supp lied PDZ-1 Pr oxy Browsing Software to do[...]

26 Connect ions and Settings Chapter 2 Prepa rations • This unit ’s S400 connector has 6 pins. Check the number of p ins on the i.L INK connector of your notebook computer, and u se an appropri ate i.LINK cable. See “Using PDZ-1 Prox y Browsing S oftware” in Chapter 4 (page 7 4) for more information ab out installi ng the PDZ-1 soft ware. S[...]

27 Connecti ons and Settings Chapter 2 Prepar ations When using an editing control unit The following figure sh ows a cut editing system comprising t his unit as a player, an HDW-M2000 /M2000P unit as a recorder, and a BVE-700A as an edit ing control unit. For details a bout the sett ings of the HDW-M 2000/ M2000P, refer t o the operation man ual f[...]

28 Connect ions and Settings Chapter 2 Prepa rations For details a bout the sett ings of the HDW-M 2000/ M2000P, refer t o the operation man ual for that un it. When using the editing functions of the recorder (connections using the S400 connec tor) The following figure sh ows a cut editing system comprising t his unit as a p layer and a DSR-2000A/[...]

29 Connecti ons and Settings Chapter 2 Prepar ations For deta ils about the sett ings of the DSR-2000A/ 2000AP, refer to th e operatin g instructio ns for tha t unit. Editing Control Unit Settings When connec ting an ed iting cont rol unit to use with th is unit, make the followi ng settin gs. BVE-70 0/700 A Set VTR const ants as follows. Remote Co[...]

30 External Sy nchronizat ion Chapter 2 Prepa rations When th e diamet er of the XL R cable is too la rge to loop If the diamete r of the XLR cable is so large that is difficult to loop the cable thro ugh the fer rite core, simp ly pass it through t he core witho ut looping. I n this c ase, use a binding strap (no t supplied) t o at the spe cified [...]

31 Setu p Chapter 2 Prepar ations Setup The princi pal setup operat ions before op erating th is unit are carried out using se tup menus. This sect ion explains how to set the d ate and ti me and how to adju st the brig htness of the LC D panel. See Chapter 6 “ Menus” (page 81) for more i nformation about menu operations and men u items. Settin[...]

32 Setup Chapter 2 Prepa rations 1 Press th e MENU button. The system menu ap pears on the monitor screen (see page 83) . 2 Select SETUP MENU using the M / MARK 1 butt on o r m /MARK2 button, then press the , /OUT button. The setup menu appears on t he monitor scre en (see page 84) . 3 Select DISPLAY CONT ROL using the M /MARK1 button or m /MARK 2 [...]

33 24P (23.98 P) Mode Settings Chapter 2 Prepar ations 24P (23. 98P) Mod e Settings Selecting the Playbac k Mode (23.98PsF or 2- 3 Pulldo wn) When t he se tup menu item S YSTEM F REQ is set to “23.98P”, yo u can set monito r output to ei ther 23.98PsF mode or 2-3 pulldown mod e. 1 Press th e MENU button. The system menu (see page 83) appears. 2[...]

34 24P ( 23. 98P) Mode Sett ing s Chapter 2 Prepa rations 14 Press the m /MARK2 but ton to select “2 3.98P”. 15 If you want to change th e monitor out put setti ng as well, press the < /IN button to r eturn t o the h igher level screen (t he state of step 11 ). If you do not want to change the monitor output setting, proceed to step 19 . 16 [...]

35 24P (23.98 P) Mode Settings Chapter 2 Prepar ations Timecode displa y Timecode in remo te timecode mode See the op tional “9pin Manual ‘PDW Series PROTOCOL OF REMOTE( 9-pin) CONNECT OR’” for more informatio n about remote t imecode mode. Recor ding in 24P ( 23.98P) Mode Recording frame seque nce and clip length See the fol lowing figure [...]

36 24P ( 23. 98P) Mode Sett ing s Chapter 2 Prepa rations The values of “24F TC ” and “30F TC” under TIME CODE >PD PRES ET in the s etu p menu are u sed as the conve rsi on references. To disp lay 30-f rame pull down tim ecode in th e monito r video displa y sect ion or on an externa l monit or 1 Press th e MENU button. The system menu ([...]

37 Superimpos ed Text Information Chapter 2 Prepar ations Superimposed Tex t Informa tion The HDSDI signals output from the HDSDI OUTPUT 1 and 2 connec tors and the M ONITOR connector, th e SDSDI signals output from the S DSDI OUTPUT connector, a nd the composit e signals outpu t from the COMPOSITE OUT connector can cont ain superimposed text inf o[...]

38 Superimpos ed Text Informat ion Chapter 2 Prepa rations f Operation mode The field i s divided into t wo blocks as shown bel ow. • Block A d isplays the ope ration mo de. • Block B disp lays the servo lock status or playback speed. Displa ying Supplementary Status Informatio n When you set the setu p menu item DISPLAY CONT ROL >SUB STATUS[...]

39 Superimpos ed Text Information Chapter 2 Prepar ations When th e menu item SUB STATU S is set to “REMAIN”: INT RE GEN-T&U The internal timecode ge nerator i s in synchron ization with the pla yback timecode (L TC) read from dis c. EXT L TC-T&U The internal timecode ge nerator i s in synchron ization with the e xternal timecode (L TC)[...]

Chapter 3 40 Handling Di scs Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback Recording an d Playback Handling Discs Discs Used f or Record ing and Pla ybac k This unit uses the following d isc for recording a nd playback: PFD23 Professional Disc 1) (cap acity 23.3 GB) 1) Professional Disc is a trade mark of Sony Corporation. It is not possibl e to use the follo[...]

41 Handling Di scs Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla yback The disc slot i ndicator flashes o range when you i nsert a disc, and l ights blue when t he disc is comple tely loaded. The indicator f lashes blue when you eject a disc, and goes out when th e disc is c ompletely ejected. Formatting a Disc Unused discs are formatt ed automatically when t hey a[...]

42 Handling Di scs Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback Full salv age: Clips ar e reconstruc ted on the basi s of markers recorded on the di sc. Nonvolatile memory cannot be use d, so processing take s longer than for a quick salv age (about 30 seconds, althou gh it depends on the state o f the disc). You are prompted to execute a full salvage whenev[...]

43 Recording Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla yback Recording This sectio n describes vid eo and audio recording on the unit. See page 81 “ Function Men u” in Chapte r 6 for more informatio n about funct ion menu operati ons. See page 96 “ Setup Menu Op erations” in Cha pter 6 for more information a bout setup menu o perations. It is not possib[...]

44 Recording Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback To recor d timecode after setting an initial v al ue (Inter nal Prese t) To set an i nitial v alue 1 Make the fo llowing sett ings in the fu nction menu. • Set CNT R SEL on page P1 to “TC ”. • Set TCG on page P2 to “ INT”. • Set TC MODE on page P2 to “P RESET”. 2 Press th e DISPLAY b[...]

45 Recording Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla yback To cancel the user bits setting Press th e MENU button. 4 Press th e SET butto n. The message “NOW SAVING...” appe ars, and the use r bits se t in st ep 3 are displayed. T o recor d timecode that fol lows sequentially upon the last recor ded timecode (Internal Reg en) You can reco rd timecode so t[...]

46 Recording Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback 1 Insert a disc. 2 Hold down the REC bu tton, an d press the PLAY butto n. Recording starts. 3 To stop re cording, press the ST OP button. If t he disc become s ful l Recording stops and the message “ALARM DISC END.” appears on the moni tor. • The shortest clip that can be recorded is 2 second s[...]

47 Playbac k Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla yback Playback This section descri bes playback of vide o and audio on the unit. Before start ing playback, make t he following setting s and adjustments. Selectio n of time data to disp lay: Se lect with CNTR S EL on page P1 of t he function menu . Selec tion of audi o channels to monitor: Select with MONI[...]

48 Playbac k Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback To carry out pl ayback again, move ba ck to the desired clip using th e PREV button, j og dial or sh uttle dial. To set shot m arks While playing bac k a disc, you can set essence marks such as SHOT MARK1 and SHOT M ARK2 in desired frames. To set a SHOT MARK1 or SHOT MARK2, hold down the M /MARK1 or m[...]

49 Playbac k Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla yback Playback in variable-speed mode starts. 3 To stop pl ayback in variabl e-speed mode, r eturn the shuttle dial to the center posi tion, or press th e STOP butto n. To alt ernate betwee n norm al-speed playba ck and varia ble-s peed mode pl ayback Set the shu ttle di al to the po sition co rrespond ing [...]

50 Playbac k Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback 2 Press the M /MARK1 but ton or m /MARK2 bu tton to select CLIP INFOR MATION. 3 Press th e SET butto n. A list of CLIP INFORM ATION items appears. DATE: Date and ti me of recordin g TIME CODE: Timecode of the first frame in the clip DURATION: Recording time SEQUENCE NUM BER: Thumbnail sequen ce number[...]

51 Playbac k Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla yback The maximum number of blocks may be l arger than 1728 when the recorded duration of the clip is short. In this case, the frame interva l of expand ed thum bnails i s fixed at 1 frame. This allows you to vie w expanded thumbnails at equal interv als. To exe cute th e exp and func tion 1 With the thu mb[...]

52 Playbac k Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback 4 Select the clip whose t humbnail you want to chang e (you can do thi s with the same operations as step 1 of “To select a thumbnail image and st art playback ” (see page 49) ). 5 Press th e SET butto n or the PLAY b utton. If you press the SET button, a still image ap pears showing select ed ess[...]

53 Playbac k Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla yback Clip List Pla yback You can play back clips in the same order as i n a clip list created using t he scene selection fun ction. See Chapter 4 for more informati on about sc ene selection. Pla ying bac k in clip list orde r Proceed as follows. 1 If the clip li st that you want to play exist s on the dis[...]

54 Playbac k Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback 2 To perfo rm repeat playbac k for clip li st playback, l oad a clip list int o the current c lip list and th en press the SUB CLIP but ton. 3 Press th e PLAY button. Playback starts from the sa ved playback posi tion. Normal pl ayback: When pl ayback of the last cl ip finishes, it resumes from the st[...]

55 Playbac k Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla yback You return to the thum bnail screen, and a lo ck icon appears on t he thumbnail of the sel ected clip to show that it is locked. Locked cli ps cannot be deleted or set the thumbnail image (ind ex picture) and so on. Unlock t he clip if you want to perform any of these operations. To loc k clips with a[...]

56 Playbac k Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback To cancel t he deletion a nd return t o the CLIP MENU Select “CANCEL”, and t hen press the SET but ton. Press th e RESET or MENU but ton. 5 Use the V /MARK1 bu tton to select “ OK”, and then press the SET button . The cli p is delete d and you ret urn to the thumbnail screen. To go t o the cli[...]

57 Overv iew Chapter Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion 4 Scene Selection Overvi ew What is scene se lection? Scene sele ction is a fun ction whic h allows you to select material (clips) from the mat erial recorded on a di sc and perform c ut editing. You ca n do this b y operating on this unit on ly. • Scene selec tion is a conv enient way to perform cu[...]

58 Overvi ew Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection Flo w of scene selec tion editing PHONES VAR JOG MARK1 MENU PAGE DISPLA Y SUB CLIP F1 F5 F4 F3 F2 SHIFT CLIP MENU ESSENCE MARK SET THUMB NAIL RESET OUT IN MARK2 SHUTTLE TOP KEY INHI EXPAND CHAPTER F REV F FWD END PREV NEXT PLAY STOP STANDBY REC EJECT CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 NETWORK LOCAL REMOTE ACCESS LEVEL REC V[...]

59 Overv iew Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion Clips Materia l record ed with this u nit is m anage d in unit s called “clips”. A clip co ntains the material bet ween a recording start poi nt and a recordi ng end poi nt. Clips have numbers begin ning with C, fo r example C0001. Instead of using clip numbers, yo u can manage clip s by assigning clip ti[...]

60 Overvi ew Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection Assigning Clip Titles When the setup menu item OPERATIONA L FUNCTION >CLI P TITLE > AUTO T ITLE (see page 87) is set to “ENABLE”, titles are displ ayed instead of clip nu mbers for all clips recorded after the setting is made. Titles are made up of a prefix of up to 10 characters a nd a 5-digit numb[...]

61 Overv iew Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion To ass ign cl ip na mes o n this u nit The title assigned to c lip becomes it s clip name (file name). 1 Set OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >CL IP TITLE >AUTO TITLE in the setup menu to “ENABLE” (see page 87) . 2 Set OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >FILE NAMING >AUTO NAMING to “free”. You are now abl e to use [...]

62 Creating Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection Sequences of multiple s characters is converted int o single s char act ers . The followi ng alphabetic symbols can be disp layed. : . ? ! # * / ( ) + - & @ = < > % " ; _ Display e xample JumpingDol phin_No103 r JUMPINGDO s NO103 Creating Cl ip Lists Select th e desired clip , to incl[...]

63 Creating Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion 2 Press th e MENU button. The CLIP menu appears (see page 71) . (If no clip li st is loaded in the current cli p list, a screen as shown in step 3 appears.) 3 Use the M /MAR K1 or m /MARK2 bu tton to selec t LOAD CLIP LIST, and then press the S ET button. A clip list select ion screen appears. For a[...]

64 Creating Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection 8 Use the arr ow buttons or jog di al to select th e desired clip . You can also select clips with the followi ng operations. Press the PREV or NEXT button: Moves to the previou s or next cli p. Press the PREV or NEXT button with the SH IFT button hel d down: Moves to the first or last cl ip. Press [...]

65 Creating Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion • Even when a cl ip whose thumbn ail is not th e first frame is adde d to a clip list, th e thumb nail displa yed in the cl ip list is alway s the first fr ame as a thum bnail. T o add sub clips using the e xpand funct ion You can i nclude a part of a sub clip i n the current clip list by divi din[...]

66 Creating Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection You can us e a trimming operati on (see page 68) to ch ange In and Out po ints set by th e quick scene selec tion functi on. 1 With th e SUB CL IP butt on off, and the clip displaye d in full -screen mode, p lay back the cl ip or conduct a search t o find the poi nt that you want to set as the In po[...]

67 Editing Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion Editing Clip Lists You can select items from CLIP menus, and perform simple edit ing operation s on clip lists an d on sub clips registered in clip lists. Basic Operations 1 In th e clip list scr een, hold d own the MENU button. The CLIP menu appears. 2 Press the M /MARK1 or m /MARK2 bu tton to se le[...]

68 Editing Clip Li sts Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection previou s or next page. Do es not switch when there is on ly one page. To return to the clip list w indow wit hout moving any sub clip Press th e RESET button. 3 Press th e SET butto n. The CLIP ME NU appears after t he sub clip orde r changes. If you pr ess the SHIFT + SET butt ons instead of the S[...]

69 Editing Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion The CLIP MENU appea rs after the trim is execu ted. If you pr ess the SHIFT + SET butt ons instead of the SET butt on, you retur n to the st ate afte r step 4 in “Basic Opera tions”, allo wing you execu te another trim. 6 Save the current clip li st to disc. For deta ils, see “S aving t he Curr[...]

70 Saving t he Current Clip List to Di sc Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection However, if you press the SUB CLIP bu tton to turn i t off, and then press it again t o light it, the pla yback start position is reset to the start of the clip list. With the SUB CLIP bu tton lit, press th e PLAY but ton. You can rep eat playback of t he current cl ip list by se [...]

71 Managing Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion Use the suppli ed PDZ-1 Proxy Br owsing Software. For d etail s, see the PDZ -1 onli ne help . Mana ging Clip List s After you create or ed it a clip list, y ou can use the CLIP menu to save it to disc, lo ad it from disc in to unit memory, and dele te it from t he disc. Displa ying the CLIP menu Ho[...]

72 Managing Clip List s Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection The CLIP menu c an handle up to 99 clip l ists. Changing Displayed Items of Information o n Sub Clips You can chan ge information displayed i n the lower porti on of ea ch thumbna il in the clip list win dow. Proceed as follows. 1 Display the CLIP menu. See “Displ aying the CLIP menu” (page 71)[...]

73 Managing Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Se lection See “Displ aying the CL IP menu” (page 71). 2 Use the M /MAR K1 or m /MARK2 bu tton to select “SORT CLIP LISTS BY...”, and then press the SET butto n. A screen lik e the one shown below app ears. 3 Use the M /MARK1 or m /MARK 2 button to select the type of sor ting. NAME: Sort in as cending [...]

74 Using the PDZ-1 Pr oxy Browsing Software Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection Using the PDZ -1 Proxy Browsing Software When a computer wi th the PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software inst alled is conn ected to thi s unit, you can transfer t he proxy AV data and metadata file s recorded on a disc to th e computer. On the comput er side, PDZ-1 enables you to brows[...]

75 Overv iew Chapter Chapter 5 File Operations 5 File Operations Overvi ew A remote computer can b e connected to thi s unit and used to operat e on recorded dat a which has been saved in data files, such as video and au dio data fil es. Use FAM (file access mode) for the compu ter connection. Directory Structure The followi ng figure shows the d i[...]

76 Overvi ew Chapter 5 File Oper ations File Operation Restrictions This sectio n explains which operations are possible on files stored in each directory. When requir ed, the followi ng operation ta bles distin guish readin g and w riting fro m partial re ading and writin g. Read: Read data sequen tially from the start to th e end of the f ile. Pa[...]

77 Overv iew Chapter 5 File Operations • Directories canno t be created in th e Clip directory. • When the following oper ations, support ed by version 1.5 and highe r XDCAM devic es, are carried out on a disc, then it be comes impossible f or version 1.4 and lower XDCAM dev ices to record new clips or d elete existi ng clips on th at disc. (Th[...]

78 File Operations in File Access Mode Chapter 5 File Oper ations a) UT F-8 file names can be up to 63 bytes in length. (Dependi ng on the charact er type , file n ames (inclu ding extens ion) may be limite d to 21 char acters. ) b) Only when t he Write I nhibit tab on the disc is se t to enable re cording and “REC INH” is set to “ OFF”. Th[...]

79 File Operations in File Access Mode Chapter 5 File Operations Windows re cognizes t his unit as a removable d isc, and displ ays o ne of t he fo llowi ng ico ns on the re mote computer’ s task bar: • Windo ws 2000: • W indo ws XP : The remote computer is now able to perform file operations when a disc is insert ed into this un it. Opera ti[...]

80 File Operations in File Access Mode Chapter 5 File Oper ations T o disable F AM connections Execute one of the procedur es described in t he previous section “To ma ke a reconnecti on” to make a FAM connecti on between thi s unit and the remot e computer. T o disable FA M connections, in t he setup menu , set INTERFACE S ELECT >i.LINK MOD[...]

81 Function Men u Chapter Ch apter 6 M enus 6 Menus Functio n Menu The functi on menu provides ac cess to freque ntly used settings, suc h as input vi deo signal selection and timecode settings. Menu settin gs are stored in nonv olatile memory and are preserved even after t he unit is powered off. Function Menu Operations The functi on menu appears[...]

82 Function Menu Chapter 6 Menus 1) Only wh en HDSDI is selected a s the video i nput. The signal n ame display flashes when the select ed signal is not be ing input. Inp ut the select ed signal, or select anot her s ign al. Pag e P1 Pag e P2 F3: A2 INPUT (aud io input 2) F5: A4 INPUT (audio in put 4) Selects the aud io input signal s assign ed to [...]

83 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus System Me nu Use the syst em menu to se t up the unit fo r specific purposes an d conditions. Menu settings are stored i n nonvolat ile memory and are pr eserved even aft er the unit is powered off. The system menu is made up of the following fi ve menus. • Setup menu (SETUP MENU) • TC preset menu (TC PRESET ) ?[...]

84 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus 2 Press the M /MARK1 or m /MARK2 bu tton to se lect SETUP MENU or DISC MEN U. 3 Press the , /OUT button. The setup menu (see page 86) or the disc menu (see page 98) appears. Setup Menu As shown in the followin g figure, t he setup menu ha s three levels. The top lev el shows a general classification o f the setting it[...]

85 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus OPERATIONAL FUNCTION DISPLAY CONTROL TIME CODE DISC PROTECTION VIDEO CONTROL REPEAT MODE AUTO EE SELECT LOCAL ENABLE REC FORMAT DISC END CLIP TITLE FILE NAMING SYSTEM SEL SEARCH ENABLE VAR SPD LIMIT PREROLL TIME AFTER CUE-UP ASM POSTROLL CHARA. POSITION CHARA. TYPE CHARA. VSIZE DISPLAY INFO SUB STATUS MENU DISPLAY B[...]

86 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus Setu p Menu Item s The purpose and set tings of the setup menu items are describe d below. • Brackets [ ] indicate charac ters and symbols that appear in the tim e data di splay se ction. • An asterisk (*) (for example *EE) indicat es that a setting is the fac tory defau lt. AUDIO CONTROL INTERFACE SELECT METADATA[...]

87 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus AUTO EE SELECT [> Auto EE]: Determine whether the uni t enters E-E mod e or PB mo de wh en aud io and vi deo signa ls from other eq uipment a re input. DISC OUT [>> DISC OUT]: When no disc is loaded. * EE [ >>> EE]: Outpu t video a nd audio signals rec eiv ed from other equi pment. PB [>>>[...]

88 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus SEARCH ENABLE [> Sear ch ENA]: Specify h ow to put the unit i nto a s earch mode (jog , shut tle, or var iable- speed ). * DIAL DIRECT [>> DIAL]: The un it s witche s to a sea rch mode when you pres s the JO G, SHU TTLE, or V AR button, o r when y ou turn the jog or shuttle dia l (e xcept during recording ). [...]

89 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus DISPLA Y INFO [> DISP inf o]: Select the conten t of the chara cter inf ormation s hown in the moni tor video section and on a n e xternal monito r . * TIME D A T A & ST A TUS [>> Time&ST A]: Tim e data and the oper ating mo de of the u nit TIME D A T A & UB [>> T ime&UB]: Time data an[...]

90 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus TIME CODE [Time Code]: Setting s related to the timecode generator Description TCG REGEN [> TCG regen]: Select the sig nals to ge nerate when the timecode genera tor is set to re generat e mode (TC MODE o n page P2 of the function menu is set to “REGEN”). * TC & UB [>> TC & UB]: Regener ate both t[...]

91 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus DISC PR O TECTION [Disc pr otct]: Settings relate d to disc pr otection Description STILL TIMER [> > STL timer]: Spe cify the length of time the unit c an be in sti ll ima ge mode before switch ing to disc prote ction mode. 0.5SEC [>>> 0.5 sec] to 30M IN [>>> 30 min]: Select ti me from 16 s e[...]

92 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus PR OCESS C ONTR OL [> Pr oc ctrl]: Separate adjus tme nt scr eens appear f or the f ollowi ng items. U se th e jog dial t o mak e setti ngs, and press the MENU b utton to retu r n from the adjustm ent screen s to the s econd le v el of the s etup men u. VIDEO GAIN [>> V ga in]: Adjust t he video output lev el[...]

93 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus A UDIO CO NTR OL [Au dio]: Settings related to audio contr ol Description REC MODE [> REC mode]: Select the audio recording mo de. * 4c h×16bit [>> 4ch/16bit]: 4-chan nel, 48-kHz mode 2ch×16b it [>> 2ch/ 16bit]: 2- channe l, 48-kHz mode D A T A MODE [> Data mode]: Specify whether to ha ndle digit[...]

94 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus A UDIO O UTPUT [> A udio Out]: Select the channe ls f or audio output fr om the A UDIO OUTPUT 1/3 and 2/ 4 connec tors. * CH1/CH2 [>> CH1/CH2]: Ou tput chan nel 1 to th e A UDIO OUTPUT 1 /3 connector and chann el 2 to the A UDIO OUTPUT 2 /4 connector . CH3/CH4 [>> CH3/CH4]: Outp ut channe l 3 to the A U[...]

95 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus ESSENCE MARK [> EssnceMk ] SDI OUT [>> SDI out]: Select whethe r to output essenc e marks in the V ANC of HD/SDSDI outpu t. * ON [>>> ON]: Output. OFF [>>> OFF]: Do not outpu t. SD V ANC LINE [>> SDI line]: When SDI OU T is set to “ON”, s elect the line of SDSDI output in whic h [...]

96 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus Setup Menu Operati ons This section exp lains how to change men u settings. Buttons used to change settings Use the foll owing button s to change men u settings. Changing the settings of basic items The factory default setti ng is to display only the basi c items. To change t he settings of basic items, proceed as fol[...]

97 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus 4 Press the , /OUT button. This displa ys all possi ble setting s for the item se lected in step 3 . 5 Press the M /MARK1 or m /MARK2 bu tton to change the set ting of the ite m. 6 To change other settings, press t he < /IN butt on to return to the previ ous screen, then repeat steps 3 to 5 as requir ed. 7 When y[...]

98 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus With this d one, when you press the MENU b utton and the , /OUT butt on to disp lay the set up menu, all basic and enhanced i tems on menu level 1 ap pear. Changing the settings of enhanced items To change the settings of enhanced items, first carry out the procedu re in the previous section “Displaying enhanced i t[...]

99 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus The disc menu co ntains the following items. Charac ters and symbols inside t he brackets [ ] appear in the time data display se ction. STATU S [Status ] Displays disc or c lip status. DISC [> Disc]: Displays the DISC STATUS screen. CLIP [> Clip]: Dis plays the CLIP STATUS screen. The PDZ-1 Proxy Br owsing Sof[...]

100 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus Press th e MENU button. To clea r the menu fr om the scre en Press the MEN U butt on twice. T o delete all clips Carrying out the following procedure del etes all clips that are not locked. Proceed as follows. 1 Display the disc menu (see page 83) . 2 Press the M /MARK1 button or the m /MARK2 bu tton to se lec t DELE[...]

101 Option Boa rds for Enhan ced Functiona lity / Using the PDBK-101 Net work Board (Gig abit Ethernet ) Chapter Chapter 7 Using Opti on Boards 7 Using Option Boards Option Boards fo r Enhanced Func tionality You can enh ance the functio nality of thi s unit by inst alling option boards in the option slots. You can inst all up to two opt ion boards[...]

102 Using the PDB K-102 MPEG-TS Inpu t/Outpu t Board Chapter 7 Using Op tion Boards • Install the PDBK-101 i n option slot 1. • Make networ k settings in t he network set tings menu. This menu appears only when th e PDBK-101 opt ion board is inst alled. Refer to the PDBK-101 o peration manual for more informatio n about the netw ork settings me[...]

103 Using t he PDBK-103 Analog HD Input Boar d Chapter 7 Using Opti on Boards • The PDBK-103 and PDB K-104 cannot be used when th e PDBK-10 2 is installed . Using the PDBK- 103 Analog HD Input Board With th e PDBK-1 03 Analog HD Input B oard insta lled i n option slot 2 of t his unit, you can record HD analog signals such as YPbPr si gnals and RG[...]

104 Using the PDBK-1 04 SD Input Upconv erter Board Chapter 7 Using Op tion Boards Using the PDBK-104 SD Input Upconv erter Board With th e PDBK-1 04 SD In put Upco nverter Board installed in option sl ot 2 of th is unit, you c an record upconver ted SDSDI and comp osite signals in additio n to HDSDI signals. Disc Reco rder Co nnec tio n Exa mp le [...]

105 Importa nt Notes on Operat ion Appendix Appendix Important No tes on Opera tion Use and storage Do not su bject t he unit t o severe s hocks The internal mechanism may be damaged or the body warped. Do not co ver the unit while oper ating Doing so will cause temperatures to rise inside the un it, possibly re sulting in failure. After use Turn o[...]

106 Periodic Ma intenance Appendix If it appears, wait until it disappears be fore inserting a disc. Perio dic Maintenance Digital Hour s Meter The digital hours meter can provid e information abou t the operational hi story of the unit. Use the information as a guide i n scheduling peri odic mainten ance. For pe riodic maintenance, co ntact your S[...]

107 Troubles hooting Appendix To exit from the digit al hours meter Press the MENU button. Troubleshoot ing Alarms An alarm (warning message) ap pears in the time data display section when an ope ration is a ttempted wh ich is inappropriate for the sett ings on this unit or the state of the disc. Both t he alarm message an d the action to take t o [...]

108 Trouble shooting Appendix When a disc is inserted a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >AL ARM is set to “ON” or “LIMI TED”. During front panel operations Alar m mes sage in ti me data displa y se ction Alarm messa ge in monitor v ideo section Description/ac tion Unknow n FS! UNKNO WN FILE SYSTEM. PLEASE FORMA T DISC OR EJECT . For[...]

109 Troubles hooting Appendix Disc T op! a) DISC T OP . This appea rs if yo u press the PREV b utton or condu ct a high-spe ed re v erse search wh en the unit is stoppe d at the start of the disc. Use f or ward sear ch or playback in stead . Disc End! a) DISC END . This appe ars if y ou press th e NEXT b utton or c onduct a f orward high-speed s ea[...]

110 Trouble shooting Appendix a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTR OL >ALARM is set to “ON”. b) Displayed o nly when DISPLAY CONTROL >ALARM is se t to “ON” or “LIMI TED”. During recording and editing operations No SUB CLIP a) CLIP LIST CANNO T LOCA TE SPECIFIED SUB CLIP(S). This appears when a pla ybac k butt on is presse d with n[...]

111 Troubles hooting Appendix a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >AL ARM is set to “ON” or “LIMI TED”. HD 60I/3 0P a) DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED . HD 60I or HD 30P CLIP(S) EXIST . This app ears wh en the sy stem frequ ency of this unit does no t match th at of the lo aded disc. Insert a disc that matches the syst em frequency , or chang[...]

112 Trouble shooting Appendix During pla yback a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >AL ARM is set to “ON” or “LIMI TED”. Alar m mes sage in ti me da ta displa y section Alar m mes sage i n mo nito r vi deo section Description /action 525/60 D isc a) DISC CANNO T BE PLA YED BACK. USE DISC WITH HD 50I or HD 25P RECORDING. This appe ars [...]

113 Troubles hooting Appendix During thumbnail sear ch, scene se lection, and c lip list operations Ala rms rela ting to audio and video signals Alarm me ssage in m onitor video section Descrip tion/action CANNO T EXP AND CLIP ANY FUR THER. The clip c annot be ex panded into m ore b loc ks. This ap pears w hen the EXP AND b utton is press ed when t[...]

114 About i. LINK Appendix a) Displayed onl y when DI SPLAY CONTROL >ALARM is set to “ON”. Alarms relating to sensors and drives Err or Messa ges Error codes appear in the time data display when an er ror (usu ally a hard ware pr oble m) oc curs . In ad dition , both error messages and error codes appear in the monitor video section a nd on [...]

115 Specifications Appendix The unit can be connected to one device with the i.LINK cable ( DV cable). When you connect with a device that has two or more i.LINK connect ors, refer to the op erating instruct ions supplied with the connec ted device. About data transfer speed of i.LINK i.LINK defines maximum data transf er speeds of approxi mately 1[...]

116 Specific ations Appendix Playb ack for mat Video MPEG HD: HQ35/ SP25/LP18 M bps DVCAM: 25 Mbps Proxy vi deo MPEG-4 1) Audio MPEG HD: 16 bits/48 kHz, 4/2 chann els DVCAM: 16 bits /48 kHz, 4 channel s Proxy au dio A-law 8 bits, 8 kHz, 4 channels 1) The MP EG-4 Cod ec is a product of Ingenient Technolog ies, Inc. Recor ding/P layback time (when PF[...]

117 Specifications Appendix Phono jack (× 1), 1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω , sync negative MONITOR OUT D-sub 15-pin (RGB or YPbPr) Analog au dio outp uts AUDIO OUTPUT 1/3, 2/4 XLR 3-pin, male ( ×2), +4/0/–3/ –6 dBu (selectable), 60 0 Ω , balanced AUDIO MONITOR Phono jack (× 2) – ∞ to +1 dBu/ 47 k Ω /unbalanc ed (L, R, L+ R) PHONES Stereo phone jack[...]

118 Using UMID Data Appendix Using UMID Data Metadata is addi tional information recorded on discs along with audio-visual data. It is used to b ring greater efficiency to the flow of op erations from material acqui sition through editing, an d to make it easier to find and reuse material. As one of app lication of meta data, the UMID ha s been int[...]

119 Using UMID Data Appendix • Disting uishing between orig inal material and copied material. 00 is added to the Instance Number for orig inal material. • Recording with UT C time. UTC (coordinated uni versal time) is used when recording the UMID. Use of a universal time syst em enables uniform managemen t of source material rec orded all over[...]

120 MPEG-4 V isual Pa tent P ortfolio Lic ense Appendix MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio Lice nse This prod uct is lic ensed under t he MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfoli o License for t he personal a nd non-commerci al use of a consu mer for (i) encodi ng video in c ompliance with the MPEG-4 Visual Standard (“MP EG-4 Video”) and/ or (ii) d ecoding MP[...]

121 Glossary Appendix Glossa ry AES/EBU A standard est ablished join tly by the AES (Audi o Engineering Society) and EBU (European Broadcasting Union) for serial transmission of digita l audio. Two cha nnels of audi o can be transmi tted via a single connector. Clip A recording unit. Clips a re created every time recording starts an d stops. Clip l[...]

122 Glossary Appendix globall y unique number an d a material number for the iden tification of recorded material. An optional section c alled the “Source Pa ck” contains informatio n such as the time and locatio n of recor ding. A UMID with the Basic se ction only is called a Basic UMID. A UMID with the Source Pack i s called an Exten ded UMID[...]

123 Index Inde x Index A AC IN connector 20 ACCESS indicator 12 Alarms 107 Arrow bu ttons 16 Audio fo rmat 15 AUDIO INPUT 1/3 an d 2/4 connectors 19 Audio l evel meters 15 Audio mo nitor channels 16 AUDIO MONITOR connectors 19 AUDIO OUTPUT 1/3 and 2/4 connectors 19 Audio recordin g formats 4 3 levels 46 AV/C connection 26 B BVE-700 /700A 29 C Camc [...]

124 Index Inde x J JOG bu tton 17 Jog dial 17 Jog/shuttle tr ansport indicators 17 K KEY INH 15 KEY INH button 14 Key operat ion inhi bit mo de 15 L LEVEL kno b 13 Loading and unloadi ng a disc 40 M MARK1 but ton 16 MARK2 but ton 16 MENU butto n 13 Menus 81 MONITOR connect or 18 Moni tor vi deo displ ay sec tion 14 MPEG HD 9 N Names and fun ctions [...]

125 Index Inde x changing 5 0 displaying a list 49 specifying the frame 46 starting playback with 49 Thumbnail search 49 changing an im age 50 changing the clip infor mation 49 displaying a list of thumbnail images 49 selecting an image 49 TIME CODE IN conn ector 20 TIME CODE OUT connector 20 Time data display secti on 15 Time data t ype 15 Timecod[...]

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