Sony PDW-1500 manual

PROFESSIONAL DISC RECORDER PD W -1500 OPERA TION MANUAL [English] 1st Edition (Revised 4 ) The suppl ied C D-ROM in clude s operat ion manua ls for th e PDW-1500 Profess ional Di sc Reco rder (English, Japan ese, F rench, German, I talian , Spanis h and Chines e version s) in PDF format . For mo re details , see 1-2 “Usin g the CD -ROM Manual” [...]

2 • Read t hese i nstructio ns. • Keep t hese ins tructio ns. • Heed a ll warni ngs. • Fol low a ll inst ructi ons . • Do not use this appara tus near w ater. • Clean only with dry cloth. • Do not block any ven til ation ope nings . Install in accordan ce with the manuf acturer ’s instruc tions . • Do not insta ll nea r any h eat [...]

3 If you ha ve qu estion s on th e use of the abo ve Pow er Cord/ Applianc e Conne ctor/Plu g, ple ase c onsult a q ualifi ed se rvice personne l. This Profe ssional Disc Recorder is clas sified as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT. Laser diode properties Wavele ngth: 4 03 to 4 10 nm Emissi on dur ation: Co ntinuo us Laser outp ut pow er: 65 mW (m ax. of pul[...]

4 For the c ustomers in Eu rope The manu factur er of thi s produc t is Son y Corpor ation, 1-7-1 Konan, Mi nato-k u, Tok yo, Japan . The Autho rized Represe ntative f or EMC a nd pro duct saf ety i s Sony Deuts chland G mbH, He delfin ger Stras se 61, 70 327 Stuttgart, G ermany. For any service or gua rantee mat ters please refer to t he add resse[...]

5 Cette ét iquette est plac ée sur le pa nneau s upérieur d e l’un ité de co mmande. ATTENTION L’emplo i d’in strum ents optiq ues a vec ce p roduit augme ntera les r isque s pour les yeux . ATTENTION L’emplo i de c ommande s ou a juste ments ou l’e xécutio n de procédure s autres que celles sp écifié es ici peut provoq uer une ex[...]

6 Dieser Profe ssional Dis c Recorder is t als CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT eingestuft. Eigenschaft en der Laserdi ode Wellenl änge: 403 bi s 410 nm Emis sions dau er. Un unt erbr ochen Laser-Aus gangsle istun g: 65 mW (m ax. Impu lssp itze), 35 mW (max. Daue rstrich) Dieser Aufk leber befind et sich o ben au f der Antr iebseinh eit. VORSICHT Der Einsatz[...]

7 Per ridurre il rischio di incendi o scosse elettriche, non esporre questo apparato alla pi oggia o all’umidità. Per evitare sc osse elettric he, non aprire l’involucro. Pe r l’assiste nza rivolger si unicamente a persona le qualificato. QUESTO APPA RECCHIO DEVE ESSERE MESSO A TERRA. ATTENZIONE L’appare cchio non d eve es sere esp osto a [...]

8 terra approvati che s iano con formi a lle no rmative s ulla sicure zza in v igore i n ogni pa ese, s e applic abili . 2. Uti lizza re un cav o di al imentaz ione (a 3 anime) / connet tore per l’appa recchio/ spina confrm i alla ret e elettric a (voltag gio, am pere). In caso di dom ande relativ e all’us o del cavo di alime ntazio ne/ connett[...]

9 ADVERTENCIA: 1. Ut ilice el cabl e de alime ntaci ón (3 c ond uctor es eléctri cos), el c onec tor de disp ositi vos y el ench ufe co n contac tos de puest a a tie rra aprobado s que cump len c on las nor mas de seg urida d de ca da paí s, si e xiste n. 2. Ut ilice el cabl e de alime ntaci ón (3 c ond uctor es eléctri cos), el c onector d e [...]

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11 Tabl e of Co ntents Table of Content s Before Using the Unit ............. ......... ...... 13 Setting the Line Mode .............................. 13 Chapter 1 Overvie w 1-1 Features ........... .......... ......... ......... ...... 15 1-2 Using the CD-ROM Manual ........ ...... 17 1-2-1 Preparations ..................................... 17 1-2[...]

12 Table of Conten ts Chapter 7 File Operatio ns 7-1 Overvi ew .......... .......... ......... ......... ...... 83 7-1-1 Directory Structure .......................... 83 7-1-2 File Operation Restrictions .............. 84 7-1-3 Assigning User-Defined Clip Titles 86 7-1-4 Assigning User-Defined Clip and Clip List Names .............................[...]

13 Before Using the Unit Before Using the Unit Setting the Line Mode This unit is ship ped with t he line mode still unset . Therefore y ou need to set the line mod e before using the unit. (The uni t cannot be used unless the line mode is set. ) Once it is set, th e line mo de is re tained e ven when the unit is powered off. Setting procedure Use [...]

14 Before Using the Unit a) Underlin ed values are t he factor y default s. Item No. Item name Settings a) 525 (U)/5 25 (J) 625 Basic menu 002 CHARACTER H- POSITION 00 to 0A to 2A 00 to 09 to 29 003 CHARACTER V - POSITION 00 to 2E to 38 00 to 37 to 43 Extended menu 601 VITC POSITION SEL-1 12H to 16H to 20H 9H to 1 9H to 22H 602 VITC POSITION SEL-2 [...]

15 1-1 Feat ures Chapter 1 Overview 1-1 Features The PDW-150 0 Professional Disc Recorder is a half-rack sized record er opti mized for use with no nlinear editing systems. Despite its compact size, this unit offer s high- speed data tr ansfers between compat ible nonlinea r devices, creat ing a po werful edi ting too l for vi deo producti ons. The[...]

Chapter 1 Ov ervie w 16 1-1 Feat ures unit via an i.LI NK 2) (file access mode, c alled FAM below) connection—in the same way that a computer reads dat a files on an ext ernal drive. The in terfaces include the S400 (i.LINK) connecto r, supporti ng AV/C (Audi o/ Video Control ) and i. LINK (FAM) pr otocols, and (network) connector. T he (network)[...]

17 1-2 Us ing the CD-ROM Manual / 1-3 MPEG-4 V isual Pat ent Po rtfoli o Licens e Chapter 1 Ov erview 1-2 Using the CD-R OM Manual The suppli ed CR-ROM i ncludes ver sions of t he opera tion manual for the PDW-1500 in Eng lish, Japanese , French, German, Italian, S panish, and Chinese i n PDF format. 1-2-1 Preparations The followi ng program must b[...]

Chapter 1 Ov ervie w 18 1-3 MPEG-4 Vis ual Patent Portf olio Licens e[...]

19 2-1 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Functions of Parts 2-1 Front Pa nel REC VARIABLE PRESET PB L MIX R MONITOR NETWORK LOCAL REMOTE ACCESS PHONES TOP F REV F FWD END PREV NEXT PLA Y AUDI O MONITOR SEL METER SEL INPUT CH INPUT SEL VIDEO INPUT SEL COUNTER SELECT SUB CLIP THUMB NAIL SET RESET SHIFT EJECT HOLD SYS MENU MENU STOP REC S H U T T L E J[...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 20 2-1 Front Panel a On/stan dby ( ^ / 1 ) swi tch and indi cator When the POWER swit ch on the rear pa nel is in th e ^ position, t his switch es the PDW-1500 between the operating state (the indicator is li t green) and t he standby state (the indicat or is lit red). When the ind icator is lit red, pressin[...]

Chap ter 2 Na mes a nd F uncti ons of Par ts 21 2-1 Front Pa nel h MENU button Use for setu p menu an d system menu operati ons. Pressi ng this butto n displays the set ting of a setup me nu item in the status displ ay section. The same inf ormation i s also superimpos ed on the display on a monitor conn ected to t he PDW-1500 (see page 105 ) . Pre[...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 22 2-1 Front Panel 2 A udio settings section a MONITOR swi tch Of the two cha nnels (left an d right) se lected by the AUDIO MONITOR SEL button (see n ext item), selects whet her both or one is mo nitore d. L: The left channel audio is outpu t from the PHONES jack and the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector. R: The [...]

Chap ter 2 Na mes a nd F uncti ons of Par ts 23 2-1 Front Pa nel 3 A udio l evel adjustment se ction a VARIABLE (au dio level adjustment selector) switch This sele cts which of the inpu t audi o and playb ack audi o has the le vel adju sted by the ALL/CH -1, and CH -2 to CH- 4 adjustme nt knob s. REC: Adjust the input audio leve ls. The playback au[...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 24 2-1 Front Panel 5 Statu s display secti on a MONITO R (audio mo nitor cha nnel selectio n) displ ay This shows the audio channels selected b y the AUDIO MONITOR SEL butto n (see page 2 2) . The displayed channel aud io is out put from t he PHONES jack on the front pane l and th e AUDIO MONITOR OUT connect[...]

Chap ter 2 Na mes a nd F uncti ons of Par ts 25 2-1 Front Pa nel For details, see 9-2 “Error Messages” (page 13 4) and 9- 3 “Alarms” (p age 135). 1) E-E mode: Abbre viation of Elec tric to E lectric mode. The mod e in w hich input video and audio signal s are output aft er passing only throu gh the electr ical circu its. e AUDIO indicators [...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 26 2-1 Front Panel mode directly b y turning the dial (set exten ded menu item 101 “SELECTION FOR S EARCH DIAL EN ABLE” to “dial”). f Shuttl e dial Turn this fo r playback in shuttle mode or v ariable spee d mode. Turn cl ockwise for forw ard direc tion pl ayback, a nd counterclockwise for reverse di[...]

Chap ter 2 Na mes a nd F uncti ons of Par ts 27 2-2 Rear Panel 2-2 Rear Panel a REF. VIDEO IN (reference video si gnal input) connect ors (BNC ty pe) The two connec tors form a lo op-throug h connection ; when a reference video signal is input to the left conn ector, the same signal i s input from th e right conn ector ( ) to a connected device. Wh[...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 28 2-2 Rear Pa nel A CHTUNG Aus Sicherhei tsgründen ni cht mit e inem Peripher iegerä t- Anschluss verbi nden, der zu starke Sp annung für d iese Buchse haben könnte. Fo lgen Si e den Anweisung en für diese Buchse. e AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector (RCA-pin) This out puts an audi o signal fo r monito ring. [...]

Chap ter 2 Na mes a nd F uncti ons of Par ts 29 2-2 Rear Panel a VIDEO IN (analog video input) connectors (BNC type) These input c omposite vi deo sig nals. The two connec tors form a lo op-throug h connection ; when a signal i s inpu t to the left co nnector, the same signal is output from th e right connector ( ) forming a br idge connecti on to [...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 30 2-2 Rear Pa nel See 8-3-2 “ Extended Me nu Operation s” (pag e 120) fo r more information a bout ho w to make extend ed menu settings. See 8-4-2 “ Maintenan ce Menu Operati ons” (page 126) for more informati on about ho w to make maint enance menu settings.[...]

31 3-1 Conn ections and Se tting s Chapter 3 Preparations 3-1 Connect ions and Se ttings Note Product ion of some of the periph erals and relate d devic es described in t his chapt er has been di scontinued . For advi ce about choosin g devices, please cont act your Son y dealer or a Sony sales r epresent ative . 3-1-1 C onnecting an External Monit[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 32 3-1 Conne ctions and Set tings 3-1-2 Connections f or Using P DZ-1 Pr o xy Bro w sing Softw are Using the suppl ied PDZ-1 Pro xy Browsing Sof tware, you can carry ou t simple ed iting wi th proxy AV dat a. For an overview of PDZ-1 and how to i nstall the software, see 5-4 “Using PDZ-1 P roxy Browsing Software” on pag[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 33 3-1 Conn ections and Se tting s Using the S400 (i.LINK) connector (F AM connection) The following shows an exa mple of a FAM (file access mode) conn ection. Note The PDZ-1 Prox y Browsing Softwar e must be insta lled in advance. The requir ed FAM driver is also installe d when you install the PDZ-1 so ftware. See 5-4 “ [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 34 3-1 Conne ctions and Set tings 3-1-3 Connecting to a Nonlinear Editi ng System You can send vi deo/audio si gnals (AV/C dat a) from thi s unit t o a nonli near edi ting system c onnecte d to th e S4 00 (i.LINK) conn ector. The following figure sho ws an example con nection. Notes • The S400 (i.LINK) conn ector of thi s[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 35 3-1 Conn ections and Se tting s 3-1-4 Con nections f or Cut Editing By connecting t his unit t o a VTR (for example, M SW- M2000/M2000P or DSR-2000/2 000P) and an editing control uni t, you can make up a cut edi ting system. So me example conn ections are show n in the followin g. When making the conn ections, al so refer[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 36 3-1 Conne ctions and Set tings When using the ed iting functions of the recorder REMO TE 1OUT(9P) REMO TE 2 REF .VIDEO IN REF .VIDEO INPUT VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) SDI OUT 1 SDI INPUT COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT 3(SUPER) A UDIO MONIT OR OUT 1 1 1 1 3 1 : 75 Ω coaxial cable (not supplied) 2 : 9-pin remote con trol cable (not suppl[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 37 3-1 Conn ections and Se tting s 3-1-5 Con nections f or Clip A udio Inser t Edit ing By connecting t his unit t o a VTR (for example, M SW- M2000/M20 00P or DSR-200 0/2000P ), you can make up a clip audio in sert editing syste m. Some example connections ar e shown in t he foll owing. Notes • An editi ng control unit su[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 38 3-1 Conne ctions and Set tings Using the ANALOG IN connectors Up to 2 in put channel s are suppor ted. CH1, CH3, o r both can be recorded when there is input to the ANALOG IN1/ 3 conne ctor. CH2, CH4 , or both can be r ecorded when there is i nput to t he ANALOG IN2/4 connecto r. AC IN 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 3 REF .VIDEO IN REF .[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 39 3-1 Conn ections and Se tting s Using the DIGIT AL A UDIO (AES/EBU) IN connector s Up to 4 in put channel s are suppor ted. AC IN 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 REF .VIDEO IN REF .VIDEO INPUT VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) REMO TE 1IN(9P) MSW -M2000 REF .VIDEO IN PLA YER-1 RECORDER BVE-700 COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT 3(SUPER) A UDIO OUTPUT (AES/EBU) DI[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 40 3-1 Conne ctions and Set tings Using the SDI IN connector Up to 8 in put channel s are suppor ted. AC IN 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 REF .VIDEO IN REF .VIDEO INPUT VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) REF .VIDEO IN PLA YER-1 RECORDER BVE-700 COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT 3(SUPER) SDI OUTPUT1 SDI IN AU D I O MONIT OR OUT REMO TE PD W -1500 REMO TE 1IN(9P) M[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 41 3-1 Conn ections and Se tting s 3-1-6 Editing Contr ol Unit Settings When c onnecting an editi ng control unit to use with th is unit, make t he followin g settings, de pending on the edi ting cont rol un it mod el. BVE-60 0/700 /900 /910/ 2000/91 00 Set VTR const ants as foll ows. FXE-100 /120 Set VTR const ants as foll [...]

42 3-2 Setup / 3-3 Sett ing the Date and Time Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 3-2 Setup The princi pal setup oper ations b efore op erating th is uni t can be carri ed out usi ng setup menus. The setup menus of this unit compri se a basic set up menu and an extended setup menu. Th e contents of these menus are as follows. Basi c setup me nu: • Item s re[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 43 3-4 Supe rimposed Text Info rmation Note The time zone is reset t o the f actory defau lt when you execute the mai ntenance men u item “RESET ALL SETUP.” You will need to set it aga in. The date an d time are not reset. 3-4 Superimposed Text Informatio n The video sign al output fr om the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) connector[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 44 3-4 Superimpo sed Text Info rmation a Type of time d ata Note If the time data or u ser’s bit s cannot be read co rrectly, they will be displaye d with an aste risk. For exa mple, “T*R”, “U*R”, “T*R.” or “U*R.”. b Time code rea der drop frame m ark (for 525 li ne mode onl y) “.”: Indica tes drop fr [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 45 3-4 Supe rimposed Text Info rmation a) Read erro rs will occu r if the playba ck condit ion continue s to deteriora te. If a read erro r occurs, a “ Disc Err or!” alarm ap pears in the time data display, the pi cture freez es, and audio is mut ed. To displa y playback cond ition marks, set basic menu it em 012 “COND[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 46 3-5 Handl ing Discs 3-5 Handling Di scs 3-5- 1 Di scs Used f or Reco rding an d Pla ybac k This disc recorder uses the follo wing disc for recording and playba ck: PFD2 3 Profession al Disc 1) (capacity 23.3 GB) 1) Professional Di sc is a tradema rk of Sony Cor poration. Note It is not po ssi ble t o use th e fo llow ing[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 47 3-5 Handl ing Discs 3-5-5 Fo rmatti ng a Disc An unused di sc requi res no formatti ng operat ion. Th e disc is automa tically forma tted w hen loaded into this un it. To form at a reco rded disc, lo ad the di sc into the unit, th en proceed as follows. Note When a recorded d isc is form atted, al l the data on the di sc [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 48 3-5 Handl ing Discs • This function sal vages as much record ed material as possible after a n unfores een accident , but 100% restorat ion cannot be guarant eed. • Even when t his functi on is use d, it is not possible t o recover data from immediately bef ore the interruption of recordin g. The amount of data lost [...]

49 4-1 Recording Chapter 4 Recordin g/Playback 4-1 Recording This secti on describes vi deo and audio rec ording on t he unit. 4-1-1 Preparations f or Recordi ng Button/switch settings Before beginn ing recor ding, make any necessary b utton/ switch settings. For deta ils of the sett ings of the button s/switche s, see the pages indi cated in p are[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 50 4-1 Recordin g Setting the recording f ormat Before recording, it is necessary to set the recordin g format for each of video and audio. Note It is not possible to combine d ifferent recording formats on a single disc. When the format of pre viously recorded sections on t he disc does not ma tch the current reco r[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 51 4-1 Recording 4-1-2 Recording Time Code and User Bit V alues There are the foll owing four ways of reco rding t ime cod e: • Internal P reset mode, which recor ds the out put of the interna l time code genera tor, set before hand to an initia l value. The fol lowing run modes can be selected . - Free Run: Ti me [...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 52 4-1 Recordin g 1 Watchi ng the ind icators above th e time dat a display, pre ss th e COUN TER SE LECT bu tton to sele ct TC . 2 Press the HOLD button . The SHUTTLE but ton lights and t he first two di gits of the time c ode show n in the tim e data displa y start flashing. To set all digits to 0 Press th e RESET [...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 53 4-1 Recording In this case, the setti ng of extend ed menu ite m 628 “DF MODE” is ignored. New time code is recorded in the drop - frame mode of the last record ed time code on the disc. T o recor d with the internal time code genera tor synchr onize d to external time code You can record with the internal tim[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 54 4-1 Recordin g extended menu i tem 626 “TC MODE” t o “ext regen” automaticall y synchronizes t he internal ti me code generator to t he time code received thro ugh the S400 (i.LINK) con nector or S DI IN connec tor. • When exte nded menu i tem 626 “T C MODE” is set to “ext re gen,” th e intern al[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 55 4-1 Recording Notes • The shortest clip that can be re corded is 2 second s long. Even if r ecordin g start and stop operations a re perf ormed within 2 seconds, a 2-second clip is recorded. • The maximum number of cli ps that c an be recor ded is 300. If t he loaded disc a lready con tains 300 c lips, recordi[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 56 4-2 Playba ck 4-2 Playback This sectio n describes p layback of video and audio. Disc pla yback star t position Althou gh this un it uses op tical disc s, it is design ed to of fer the most conven ient features of tape playback by VTRs. One of these is the pl ayback start posi tion, which works i n the same way as[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 57 4-2 Playb ack 4-2-2 P la ybac k Opera tion This sect ion describes t he foll owing ty pes of play back: • Normal playb ack Playback at normal (±1) speed • Play back in jo g mode Variable speed pl ayback, wit h the speed de termined by the speed of turning the jog d ial • Play back in s huttle m ode Variable[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 58 4-2 Playba ck setting), just turning th e jog dial with the JOG bu tton off starts playback in jog mode. Pla yback in shuttle mode In shuttle mode, you can control th e speed of playback by the angular positi on of the shuttle d ial. The ra nge of playback sp eed is ±35 ti mes normal speed. To carry ou t playback[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 59 4-2 Playb ack 1 With the SUBCLIP bu tton off , press the THUMBNAIL butto n, turning it on. The thumbnai ls of cl ips on the disc appe ar. To swit ch betw een dur ation an d time c ode di splay in th e thumbna il dis play Pres s th e COUNT ER SELE CT b utton . Ea ch press of the but ton toggl es betwee n dura tion [...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 60 4-2 Playba ck To escape from the essence mark selection screen to the previous scre en Press th e RESET butt on. 2 Use the arrow butt ons or the jog di al to select the desired essence mark. You can select e ssence marks with the fo llowing operations. Press the PREV or NEXT button: Mo ve to the previous or next e[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 61 4-2 Playb ack To swit ch betw een dur ation an d time c ode di splay in th e thumbna il dis play Pres s th e COUNT ER SELE CT b utton . Ea ch press of the but ton toggl es betwee n dura tion disp lay and time code disp lay. To escape from the thu mbnail displa y to the full- screen display Press the TH UMBNAIL but[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 62 4-2 Playba ck 4-2 -6 Loc k ing an d Del et ing Cli ps In the thu mbnail screen, you c an delet e selec ted clip s or lock the m so that t hey cannot b e deleted. 1) 1) This is supported from firmware ver sion 1.5. Locking c lips Locking prevents the followi ng operat ions on clips. • Deletion • Renaming by FAM[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 63 4-2 Playb ack 3 Use the G or g but ton to se lect “OK,” and t hen press the SET butt on. All cli ps are lo cked, and you re turn to the thumbn ail screen. To unlo ck all clips Carry out the pr ocedure in “To l ock all cli ps,” selecting UNLOCK ALL C LIPS in step 2 . Deleting cl ips Notes • Cl ips cann ot[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 64 4-2 Playba ck[...]

65 5-1 Overv iew Chapter 5 Scene Selection 5-1 Overview What is scene selecti on? Scene select ion is a functi on whic h allo ws you to select material (clips) from the material recorded on a disc and perform cut ed iting. Yo u can do t his by oper ating o n this unit only. • Scene selection i s a conven ient way to perform cut editing in the fi [...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 66 5-1 Overv iew Flo w of scene se lection edit ing Inser t disc cont aining recor ded materia l into th is unit Load clip lists (see page 75) To edit a clip l ist Crea te and ed it a clip list • Select ing clips (see page 68) • R eordering sub clips (see page 70) • Trim ming sub clips (see page 72) • D eleting su[...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 67 5-1 Overv iew Clips Material recorded on a disc with this u nit is mana ged in units called “ clips.” A cl ip contains the material betwee n a recording start poi nt (In point) and a recording end poi nt (Out point ). Clip s hav e nam es b egi nni ng wit h “C ,” fo r ex ampl e “C0001.” Clip lists Data cal[...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 68 5-2 Creat ing Clip Lists Clip list pla ybac k Clips and cli p lists are sa ved togeth er on a disc. Clips are played back according to clip list data. 5-2 Creating Cl ip Lis ts Bef ore st arting Insert a disc cont aining recorded c lips into the u nit. 5-2-1 Selecting Clips There are two ways to select clips. • Sele [...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 69 5-2 Creating Clip Lists 2 Use the arrow butt ons or the jog di al to select the desi red c lip. You can al so select clip s with the fo llowing operations. Press the PREV or NEXT button: Mo ves to the previous or next clip. Press the PREV or NEXT button with the SH IFT button h eld down : Moves to the first or last c[...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 70 5-2 Creat ing Clip Lists To search Use the jog and shuttle dials. 2 At the p oint you want to set as t he In poi nt, ho ld down the G /I N button and pr ess the SE T button . An In point is set , and th e IN indi cator ligh ts. 3 In the same way, search for t he point you want t o set as the Out point, and then h old d[...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 71 5-2 Creating Clip Lists Load the clip list from the disc i nto the unit memory (see page 75) . To return to the full-screen display Press th e THUMBNAIL butt on, tur ning it on. 3 Use the arrow butt ons or the jog di al to select the desi red su b cl ip. You can also sele ct sub clips with the following operations. P[...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 72 5-2 Creat ing Clip Lists 5-2-3 T ri mming Su b Clips 1 Carry out steps 1 to 4 of 5-2-2 “R eordering Sub Clips” to select a sub clip and display t he sub clip ope ration menu. 2 Use the F or f but ton to se lect TRIM, and then press the SET butt on. The first frame of the sel ected sub cli p appears. In this stat e,[...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 73 5-2 Creating Clip Lists 5-2-4 Deleting Sub Clips 1 Carry out steps 1 to 4 of 5-2-2 “R eordering Sub Clips” to select a sub clip and display t he sub clip ope ration menu. 2 Use the F or f but ton to se lect DELE TE, and t hen press the SET button . The sub cli p deletion screen appe ars. To cancel the deletion a [...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 74 5-2 Creat ing Clip Lists 1 Display the CLIP menu. See “To display the CLIP menu” (page 7 5). 2 Use the F or f button t o move the c ursor to SAVE, an d then press the g butt on. A list of clip lists appears. “NEW FILE ” is displ ayed for cli p li sts withou t any registered data. The dat e of creatio n or the t[...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 75 5-3 Manag ing Clip Lists (CLIP Menu) 5-3 Man agi ng Clip Li sts (CLIP Menu) After you create a clip list, you can use the CLIP menu to save i t to disc , lo ad it from dis c int o the unit memo ry, a nd delete it fr om the d isc. The CLIP menu also allows y ou to clear a nd edit the current clip list. Note Carry out [...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 76 5-3 Managing Clip Lists (C LIP Menu) 3 Use the F or f but ton or the jog dial to select the des ired clip list , and the n press the g but ton A confirmation me ssage like t he one shown below appears. 4 Press th e SET but ton. The selec ted clip li st is loade d into the unit memo ry as the current cl ip list. If an u[...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 77 5-3 Manag ing Clip Lists (CLIP Menu) “00:00 .00.00. ” You can set t he initial ti me code to any value. 1 Load an existi ng clip list for whic h you want to set the initia l time cod e into to the unit m emory a s the curr ent clip list. For detail s, see 5-3-1 “Loadin g a Clip List From Disc Into Unit Memory?[...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 78 5-4 Using PDZ-1 Pro xy Brows ing Soft ware 5-4 Using PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software When a comput er with the PDZ- 1 Proxy B rowsing Software insta lled is connected to this unit, you c an transfer the prox y AV dat a and metadata files recorded o n a disc to the compu ter. On the comp uter side, PDZ-1 enables you to br[...]

79 6-1 Clip Audio Inse rt Editing Chapter 6 Insert Editing 6-1 Clip Audio Insert Editing You can perform insert edi ting on the aud io tracks of single recorded clips. This secti on explai ns how to insert an aud io sig nal at any point in the clip, using the audi o of a VTR conn ected to th is unit. Notes • Insert editi ng of video and ti me cod[...]

Chapter 6 I nsert Editing 80 6-1 Clip Audio In sert Editing Settings required for editi ng The follo wing table shows the settin gs requir ed for editin g. 6-1-2 E diting Operations Setting edit points Refer to the doc umentation of your edit or for more informatio n about how to set edit points. Note When the In and Out point are not set in the sa[...]

Chapte r 6 Inser t Editin g 81 6-1 Clip Audio Inse rt Editing 2 Press the AUDIO INPUT SE L button (see p age 22) to select th e input si gnal. 3 Set MI XING in extended menu item 819 “AUDIO INPUT SOURCE ARRANG E” to “on,”and set CH1 to “on.” See 8-3-2 “E xtended Menu Operatio ns” (pa ge 120) for more in formation about h ow to make [...]

Chapter 6 I nsert Editing 82 6-1 Clip Audio In sert Editing[...]

83 7-1 Overv iew Chapter 7 File Operations 7-1 Overview A remote compu ter can be connecte d to thi s unit and u sed to operate on record ed data which has b een saved in d ata files, such as v ideo and audio data files. There are t wo ways to connec t a remot e computer. • FAM connecti on Connect the S400 (i. LINK) connect or on this un it to th[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 84 7-1 Overv iew 7-1-2 File Operation Restricti ons This sectio n explains wh ich operat ions are possible on files stored in each directory. When requi red, the foll owing operat ion table s distin guish reading and overwr iting fr om part ial read ing and overw riting . Read: Read data seq uentia lly from th e start to [...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ion s 85 7-1 Overv iew h) When a C*.MXF file i s deleted , the C* M01.XML fi le with th e same name in the “C*” part is also dele ted automat ical ly. Notes • Directories canno t be created in the Clip direct ory. • When the following operati ons, support ed by versi on 1.5 and highe r XDCAM devic es, are carri ed o[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 86 7-1 Overv iew General directory a) UTF-8 file name s can be up to 63 bytes in length. (D epending on the charact er ty pe, fi le name s (incl uding e xtensi on) may be limi ted to 21 char acters .) b) Only wh en the wri te inhibi t tab on the di sc is set to e nable reco rding, a nd when ex tended m enu item 310 “REC[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ion s 87 7-1 Overv iew 5 With the STOP but ton held down, rotate the jog or shuttle dial to move the asteri sk (*) on the left of the menu items to “TITLE.” The asterisk indi cates the sele cted item. 6 With the SHUTTLE bu tton held down , rotate the jog or shuttle d ial to select “enable.” The aut omatic title gen [...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 88 7-1 Overv iew 1 Before you start, set the “TITLE” sub item of basi c men u it em 035 “CLI P TIT LE NA MING SELE CT” t o “enable,” and set a ti tle (see the prev ious section) . 2 Press th e MENU butto n. 3 Rotate t he jog dial or the shutt le dial to di splay menu item 03 6. 4 With the STOP butt on held dow[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ion s 89 7-2 File Access Mode File Operations - The user-defined name or st andard format name i s displaye d for clip s without a ti tle. • If the fi rmware of yo ur XDCAM devi ce is versi on 1.4x or lower, clips with user-defined na mes appear as “C5000” to “C 9999,” in order of recor ding. 7-2 File Ac cess M od[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 90 7-2 File Ac cess Mode Fi le Operations 2 If this unit is connected to a remote computer by FTP, log out from the FTP session (see page 92) . 3 Connect the S400 (i.LINK) connect or on this unit t o the i.L INK (IEEE139 4) connector on the r emote computer, using an i.LINK cable (see connections illus tration o n page 34[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ion s 91 7-3 FTP File Operat ions T o disable F AM connections Execute one of the procedures described in the previo us section “Reco nnecting” to make a FAM connect ion between this u nit and the remo te computer. To d isable FAM connection s, set extend ed menu i tem 215 “i.LINK MODE” to “AV/C.” For more info [...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 92 7-3 FTP File O perati ons • Recording, play back, search an d other disc operations (see page 2 3) : Stoppe d • THUMBNAIL button (see page 21) : Off • EDIT indicator in status d isplay section (see page 24) :Off • Disc access by DELETE, FORMAT, and so on in the System m enu (see page 129) : St opped • Unsaved[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ion s 93 7-3 FTP File Operat ions 7-3-2 Com mand List The FTP protocol comman ds suppor ted by th is uni t include standar d commands (see the next sec tion) and extended co mmands (see page 97) . Notes • To execute FTP c ommands, you must instal l applicat ion software suc h as PDZ-1 on you r computer. • The commands s[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 94 7-3 FTP File O perati ons STR U Spec ifies the data structure . STR U <SP> <structu re-code> < CRLF> <str uc ture- cod e> can b e any of t he following . However , for XDCAM, th e structure is alw a ys “F , ” regardle ss of the structur e-code spec ification . • F: File structure (d ef aul[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ion s 95 7-3 FTP File Operat ions ST OR Begins t ransf er of a cop y of a file in the speci fied path on the rem ote compu ter to the c urrent d irectory on this unit. Depen ding o n the t ype of fil e tra nsf erred, the f o llo wing fi les are creat ed. •C * . M X F f i l e a) c) - C*M01.XML file (metad ata) - C*S01.MXF [...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 96 7-3 FTP File O perati ons ST A T S end s inf ormation a bout p roperties of the sp ecified file , or abou t data tran sf er status , fro m this u nit to th e remote comput er . The f ollo wing pro perty info rmation is sent, d ependi ng on the file ty pe . • MXF file -F i l e n a m e - File type -C O D E C t y p e -F[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ion s 97 7-3 FTP File Operat ions Extended commands The followin g table sho ws the ext ended FTP c ommands support ed by this u nit. In the Command syn tax column, <SP> means a space, entered by p ressing the space bar, and <CRLF> means a new line, entered by pressing the Enter ke y. Command na me Description C[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 98 7-3 FTP File O perati ons a) This is support ed from firmw are version 1.5. SITE CHMOD a) L ock s and unloc ks clips . Al so se ts per mis sions f or di rect or ies and file s in the Ge nera l directory . SITE CHMOD <SP> <f lag> <SP> <pa th-name> <CRLF> Specify one o f the f o llow ing v a[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ion s 99 7-4 Re cording Co ntinuo us Time Code With FAM a nd FTP Connect ions 7-4 Recording Continuous Time Code With F AM and FTP Connect ions When you ar e conne cted t o the unit by FAM o r FTP, you can create ne w clips with ti me code th at is cont inuous wit h the time co de of the last fra me of the la st clip on the[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 100 7-4 Recording Continu ous Time Code Wit h FAM and FTP Connectio ns[...]

101 8-1 Menu S ystem Configurat ion Chapter 8 Menus 8-1 Menu System Configur atio n The sett ings for thi s unit use th e followi ng menus. • Se tup m enu See the next i tem. • Maintenan ce menu This pr ovides audi o control, an d networ k and setup menu setti ngs, and also sh ows version inf ormation. For detai ls, see 8-4 “Maintena nce Menu[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 102 8-2 Basic Set up Menu 8-2 Bas ic Setup Me nu 8-2-1 Items in the B asic Set up Menu The basic me nu items ( excluding the items re lated to th e digital hours meter ) are li sted i n the foll owing tabl e. • Item names are t he names which app ear on an externa l monitor, when the i nput signals to the monitor are t he video[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 103 8-2 Basic Se tup Menu 009 CHARA CTER TYPE Determine th e type of char acters such as ti me co de out put from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER ) connec tor and SD I OUT 2 (SUPER) connect or f or super imp ose d displ a y on t he moni tor. white : Whi te let ter s on a black back ground . black : Black let ter s on a white b ackgrou nd. W[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 104 8-2 Basic Set up Menu 029 ST OR ED O WNER SHIP Specify whether to enab l e changi ng UMID o wnership i nf ormation s ettings (COUNTR Y , ORGANIZA TION and USER). off : Do not enable . on : Enable . See 8-3-3 “U sing UMID Dat a” (p age 121) f or more informati on about U MID. 031 RECORDING FORM A T Selec t the re cording f[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 105 8-2 Basic Se tup Menu a) This is support ed from firmw are version 1.4. b) This is supported from firmware ver sion 1.5. 8-2-2 Basic Menu Operations This sectio n describes t he basic menu display an d how to change the settings. Disp laying the menu Press the MENU button. The SHUTTLE button, VAR button and NEXT button light an[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 106 8-2 Basic Set up Menu Changing the currently displa yed menu item Turn the j og dial or shutt le dial. Turning the jog dial cl ockwise increments t he item number, and turni ng it coun terclockwise decrements t he item number. The item number changes at a rate dependi ng on the j og dial r otation r ate. When you tur n the sh[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 107 8-2 Basic Se tup Menu 1 Press th e MENU butto n. The menu appears i n the time data d isplay. 2 Press th e RESET butt on. The message “Init setup?” appea rs in the time d ata disp lay. To abandon operat ions and re turn to the setup menu d ispla y Press the RESET butt on again. 3 Press th e SET but ton. The menu settings ar[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 108 8-2 Basic Set up Menu Note The followin g message appe ars if the line mo de of the menu bank th at you are about to recall differs from t he current line mode. Press the SET button to reca ll the settings and switch to the line mode saved in the menu bank . When yo u power the unit off and t hen on again , it will use th e l[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 109 8-3 Exte nded Menu 8-3 Extended Menu 8-3-1 Items in the Extended Menu The following tab les show the items in the ext ended menu. • Item names are t he names which app ear on an externa l monitor to which the outpu t of the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER)/ SDI OUT 2 (SUPE R) connector is inpu t. • An abb reviated name ap pears in the t[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 110 8-3 Extende d Menu a) This is support ed from firmw are version 1.4. b) This is supported from firmware ver sion 1.4. 121 FRAME PB MODE a) Sp ecify the fram e mode f or variab le speed pla yback. field : Fiel d playback frame: F rame pla yback. C ompared to fiel d pla yback, fr ame p la ybac k giv es st ill pi ctures with hi [...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 111 8-3 Exte nded Menu Menu ite ms in th e 300s, rela ting to ed iting ope rations Item num ber Item name Settings 301 V AR SPEED RANGE FOR SYNCHRONIZA TION Select the pl a ybac k s peed r ange when ca rrying out pla yback in v ariab le speed mo de from a remote contro l unit conne cted to the REMO TE conne ctor . – 2~+2 : –2 t[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 112 8-3 Extende d Menu External synchr oniza tion to reference signal g enerators The internal reference signal generat or is synchronized either to a reference signal inp ut to the REF . VIDEO IN connector or an input video si gnal. Dependi ng on the settings of extended men u items 335 and 308, and the in put signal select ion,[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 113 8-3 Exte nded Menu a) Synchro nize t o th e ref ere nce si gna l inpu t to the R EF. VIDEO IN connec tor. b) Syn chronize to the signal inp ut to the VID EO IN conne ctor. If no signal i s input to the c onnecto r, no synchron ization is m ade. c) Synchroni ze to the signa l input to the SDI IN connecto r. If no signal is input[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 114 8-3 Extende d Menu 602 VITC POSITION SEL-2 Se lect a li ne into which to insert VITC signa ls f or IM X reco rding si gnals a) and D VCAM pla ybac k sign als . b) 12 H (12 li ne)... 18 H (18 lin e) ... 20 H (20 line ) (in 525( U)/525(J) line modes) 9 H (9 line )... 21 H (21 li ne) ... 22 H (22 lin e) (in 625 lin e mode) Not e[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 115 8-3 Exte nded Menu 626 TC MODE Select t he tim e code rec ording mode . i-pr s (int pre set) : Set an initial v alue , then record the outp ut of the internal time c ode ge nerat or . i-reg (in t regen): Reco rd the o utput o f the i nternal time cod e gene rator , initializ ed to tim e code f ollowin g contin uous ly up on the[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 116 8-3 Extende d Menu Menu i tems in the 700s, r elating to v ideo co ntrol Item num ber Item name Settings 701 SELECTION OF VIDEO/SYNC DELA Y An E-E video s ignal is outpu t dela y ed w ith respec t to th e video i nput signal b y the tim e f or vid eo circui t proce ssing. With thi s item , select whether or not to dela y the [...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 117 8-3 Exte nded Menu 710 INTERNAL VIDEO SIGNAL GENERA T OR Se lect the test s ignal to be outpu t from t he inte rnal test si gnal gene rator . When “SG ” is sele cted u sing the VIDEO INPU T SEL b utton, t he inte rnal test si gnal g ener ator ope rate s to ou tput the selecte d test signa l. This signal can als o be record [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 118 8-3 Extende d Menu a) This is support ed from firmw are version 1.4. 726 H BLANKING WID TH Select t he horiz ontal bla nking width of the ou tput analo g vide o signal . narow (na rrow) : Digital b lanking (narrow) wide : Analog bl ankin g (wide) When “w ide” i s select ed, the ho rizonta l b lankin g width c omplies with[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 119 8-3 Exte nded Menu 819 A UD IO I NPUT SOUR CE ARRAN GE Enab le o r disa b le mixin g of th e audio s ignals of ch annels 1 to 8 in to the audio si gnals of the same chann els re corded on the disc. Sub-item 1M I X I N G off : Do not mix . on : Mix. 2 CH1 When MIXI NG is s et to “o n, ” select the aud io chann els f or which[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 120 8-3 Extende d Menu 8-3-2 Extended Menu Operations The extended menu ca n be us ed with the same proced ures as in the basi c menu. However, sin ce with th e factor y defaul t settings t he extended men u is not di splayed, i t is fir st necessary to enable di splay of the extende d menu. See 8-2-2 “Basi c Menu Ope rations ?[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 121 8-3 Exte nded Menu 3 Replace the cov er. Note Tighten the sc rews firmly. To en able ext ended menu di splay in t he mainte nance m enu Carry out the foll owing o perations. 1 Press th e MENU butto n. The menu ap pears in the time dat a display. 2 Hold down the COU NTER SELECT button, and press the SET butt on. In the time data[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 122 8-3 Extende d Menu Globally uniqu e ID is a utomati cally re corded i n clip units. The Extended UMID is me tadata that pr ovides addi tional information such as location, t ime/date, comp any and so on. The UMID is applied a s follows. Using th e Extend ed UMID You have to enter a cou ntry cod e, organiz ation code and user [...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 123 8-3 Exte nded Menu Hold down the SHUTTLE butto n, and turn the j og dial or s hut tle dia l. 3 Press th e SET but ton. About UMID owner ship inf ormation COUNTRY (country c ode) Enter an abbreviat ed alphanumeri c string (4-byte alphanumeric st rings) according to the value s defined in ISO 3166-1. There are a bout 240 cou ntry[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 124 8-4 Maintenanc e Menu 8-4 Maintenance Menu 8-4-1 Items in the M aintenance Men u The follo wing tab les show the items in th e mainte nance menu. • Item names are t he names which app ear on an externa l monitor to which the outpu t of the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER)/ SDI OUT 2 (SUPE R) connector is input. • The values i n the Se[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 125 8-4 Maint enance Menu For details of how to make settings, see “To change network sett ings” (page 1 27). SUBNET MASK PRESET Set the subnet mas k. 255.255.2 55.000 Note When DHCP is set to “ENABLE, ” i t is not possib le to set the subnet mask. DEF A UL T GA TEW A Y PRESET Set the def ault g atew a y . 000.000.0 00.000 [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 126 8-4 Maintenanc e Menu For detail s about OTHERS items other than the abo ve, refer to the Ma inte nance Manu al. 8-4-2 Maintenance Men u Opera tions This secti on describ es the indicati ons in the mainten ance menu and how t o change the settings. T o displa y a menu item setting First change the switch sett ing with in the [...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 127 8-4 Maint enance Menu 1 Using the F / f bu ttons, di splay the d esired setti ng. 2 Press th e SET but ton. This saves the new sett ing, and the menu disappear s from t he time da ta dis pla y. To cancel ch anging a setti ng Befo re pr essing the S ET butto n, pr ess t he MEN U but ton. The menu disapp ears from the t ime data [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 128 8-4 Maintenanc e Menu Turning clo ckwise increases the value, and t urning counterclockwi se decreases the v alue. The F / f buttons can be used. To return to the factory defau lt setting Press th e RESET butt on. 4 When all digi ts are set, press t he SET button . This returns to the NETWOR K CONFIG menu. To cancel a setting[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 129 8-5 System Menu 8-5 System Menu 8-5-1 Items in the System Menu The follo wing table s show th e items in the system menu. Item names are the names which appear on an exter nal monitor to whi ch the out put of the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER)/SD I OUT 2 (SUPE R) connector is input. DISC MENU: items relat ing to dis c Item Setting ST A TU[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 130 8-5 System Menu 8-5-2 System Menu Operations T o display disc status and clip status Insert a disc and pro ceed as fol lows. 1 Hold down th e SHI FT butt on an d pre ss the MENU but ton. The system menu ap pears on an exte rnal monitor. 2 Press the F butt on or f button to se lect “DISC MENU,” then press the g butt on. Th[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 131 8-5 System Menu Press the F bu tton or f button to s elec t “ALL CLI P,” then press the g butt on. The message “ALL DELETE OK?” appears. To cancel t he delet ion and re turn to t he previo us page, press th e RESET butto n. To cancel t he delet ion and exit the menu system, press the MENU button. 4 Press th e SET but to[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 132 8-5 System Menu[...]

133 9-1 Per iodic Main tenance Chapter 9 Maintena nce and Troubleshooting 9-1 Periodic Maintenanc e 9-1-1 D igital Hour s Meter The digi tal hour s meter can provide e ight it ems of inform ation abou t the operati onal hist ory of the unit . The informati on can b e displayed in th e time dat a display an d also, by tex t superi mposition, on t he[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 134 9-2 Error Messages To exit from t he di gital hour s meter Press the MENU button. To ju mp to H0 1 Press the MENU button, then the COUNTER SELECT button. Every tim e you press the C OUNTER SELECT butto n, menu item H01 or B01 is r ecalled a lternatel y. 9-2 Error Messages Error codes appear in the t[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roubleshoot ing 135 9-3 Alar ms 9-3 Alarms An alarm (warning message) app ears in the time dat a display whe n an opera tion is attemp ted which is inappro priate for the se ttings on this unit or the state of the disc. The moni tor connected t o this uni t displays t he alarm message and also the act ion to take to res[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 136 9-3 Alarms When t he un it is po wered on a) With respe ct to se tting of b asic men u item 0 16 When a di sc is i nsert ed Messag e in time data displa y Displa y condition a) Description Action MENU V er .UP on, limit, off Setup men u setti ngs w ere reset, becaus e this unit w as u pgr aded. Rese[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roubleshoot ing 137 9-3 Alar ms a) With respe ct to se tting of b asic men u item 0 16 Durin g play back a) With respe ct to se tting of b asic men u item 0 16 During front pa nel operatio ns ILL. Inde x! on, limi t, off An inde x file error w as de tected. F o rmat the disc . For deta ils, see 3-5-5 “F ormatting a Di[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 138 9-3 Alarms IMX50 Clip IMX40 Clip IMX30 Clip D VCAM Cl ip 4CHx24 Clip 8CHx16 Clip on, limi t A rec ording, E-E displa y , or edit pres et operat ion was atte mpted on a dis c recorde d in a f ormat diff er ent from th e setting of bas ic men u ite m 031 “RECORDING FORMA T . ” T o perform these op[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roubleshoot ing 139 9-3 Alar ms TC EXT! on A tim e code o r user bits preset op erati on wa s atte mpted with e xte nded men u ite m 626 “T C MOD E” set t o “ext pres et. ” T r y the opera tion a gain a fter setting ex tended menu item 6 26 “TC MODE ” to “int prese t. ” See 8-3-2 “Ex tended Menu Operat[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 140 9-3 Alarms a) With respe ct to se tting of b asic men u item 0 16 b) This appears fro m firmware version 1.4. Durin g recept io n of comma nds fro m an exter nal de vice co nnec ted to the REMOTE co nnect or Non A V Full on, limit, o ff An at tempt w as made t o record , disp la y an E-E picture , r[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roubleshoot ing 141 9-3 Alar ms MAX # File s on, li mit, o ff The n umber of file s on the d isc had reached the up per limit (5000), or there wa s not enough capacit y in th e Gener al direc tor y when a c omma nd was rece iv ed t o recor d, dis pla y an E-E picture , re cord an esse nce mark, or add a qu ick scen e se[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 142 9-3 Alarms a) With respe ct to se tting of b asic men u item 0 16 Duri ng rec ord ing and e dit ing o perat ions REC- P A USE! on A time co de or u ser bi ts pr eset comman d was received wi th reco rding paus ed. T r y the opera tion a gain a fter stoppi ng recording. REC mode ! on, li mit A comm a[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roubleshoot ing 143 9-3 Alar ms a) With respe ct to se tting of b asic men u item 0 16 Alarms relating to aud io and video s ignals a) With respe ct to se tting of b asic men u item 0 16 Alarms r elat ing t o sens ors and drives a) With respe ct to se tting of b asic men u item 0 16 List Exi sts on, li mit, o ff An at t[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 144 9-3 Alarms[...]

145 Specifications Appendixes Specific atio ns General Power requirements 100 V to 24 0 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power consumpti on 75 W Peak inrush curren t (1)Power ON, cur rent prob e method: 65 A (240 V), 20 A (100 V) (2)Hot switching inrush current, measured in accorda nce with European stan dard EN5510 3-1: 15 A (230 V) Operating temperature 5ºC to 40[...]

Appendix es 146 Specifications Recording/Playback time MPEG IMX 50 Mbps: 45 min. 40 Mbps: 55 min. 30 Mbps: 68 min. DVCAM 85 min. Search speed Jog mode ±1 times normal sp eed Variable speed mode –2 to +2 time s norma l speed Shut tle mod e ±35 times normal speed Video perf ormance Sampli ng fre quency Y: 13.5 MHz, R–Y/B–Y: 6.75 MHz Quantiz a[...]

Appendix es 147 Specifications XLR 3-pin, mal e (×2), + 4/0/–3/–6 dBu (selectabl e with menu) , 600 Ω loading, low impedance, ba lanced AUDIO MONITOR OUT RCA-pin (L, R, L+R ) (×1) –11 dBu , 47 k Ω , unb alanced Output for h eadpho nes PHONES JM-60 Stereo phone jack (×1), – ∞ t o –13 dBu, 8 Ω , unb alanced Time c ode ou tput TIME C[...]

Appendix 148 Glossa ry Glossar y AES/ EBU A standard est ablished jo intl y by the AES (Audi o Engineeri ng Societ y) and EBU (European Broadcasting Union) for serial transmission of digita l audio. T wo channel s of au dio can be transmi tted via a si ngle connector. Clip A recording unit. Clips are created every time recordi ng starts and stops. [...]

Appendix 149 Gloss ary UMID Unique Materi al Identifier. A standard (SMPTE 330 M) for video and audio metadata. The Basic section of a UMID contains a globall y unique n umber and a material number for the identifi cation of recorded material . An optional section ca lled the “So urce Pack” contains information such as the time and locatio n of[...]

150 Index Inde x Index A AC IN connector 29 ACCESS indi cator 20 Accessories not su pplied 147 supplied 147 AES/EBU 21, 22 ALARM indicat or 24 Alarms 135 list 135 ALL/CH-1, CH-2 to CH-4 adjustment knobs 23 ANA 21, 22 Analog audio s ignal in puts/out puts 28 interfaces 16 video s ignal in puts/ output s 28 Appendix s 145 specifications 145 Arrow bu [...]

151 Index Inde x Loading/u nloading a d isc 46 LOCAL 20 M Main ten ance 83, 133 periodic 133 Main ten ance m enu 12 4 items 124 operations 126 MAR K1/M ARK2 b utt on 26 MENU butto n 21 Menus 10 1 basic se tup menu 102 configu ration 101 ext ende d set up me nu 109 maintenance menu 124 syst em menu 129 Metadata 16 MONITOR display 24 switch 22 N Name[...]

152 Index Inde x field mark 44 indi cat or 24 W Write-pro tectin g discs 46[...]

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