Sony MAV-555SS manual

MUL TI ACCESS VIDEO DISK RECORDER MA V -555SS (V er . 2.32) OPERA TION MANUAL [English ] 1st Edition ( Revised 1) Serial No. 10001 and Highe r[...]

T o prevent fire or shoc k hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. T o av oid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer se rvicing to qualified personnel only . Afin d’éviter tout risque d’incendie o u d’électr oc ution, ne pa s ex poser cet appareil à la pluie ou à l’humi dité . Afin d’écarter tout ri sque d’é[...]

For t he customer s in the USA This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro vide reasonable protection against harmful interf erence when the equipment is operated in a commercial en vironment. This equipment generates, uses, [...]

2 (E) T able of Conte nts T able of Cont ents Ch apt er 1 Ove rv iew 1-1 MA V -555SS Overvi ew ............................ .......... 1-1 1-2 F eatur es ............... .................. ........................... . 1-1 1-3 Changes fr om V er . 1.00 .......................... .......... 1- 4 1-3-1 Ch anges from V er . 1.00 to V er . 2.32 .......[...]

Abou t This Operatio n Manual 3 (E) About This Operat ion Manua l This secti on describes t he or ganizati on and use of this manual in using the S ony MA V -55 5SS Multi Acc ess V ideo Disk Recorder . This unit is a h ard disk recorder , but has the operabi lity of a VTR, allo wing easy understandi ng and operati on by those e xperien ced at using[...]

4 (E) About This Op eration Ma nual Using this manua l Descr iptio ns of op eratin g pr ocedur es The numerals attache d to b uttons and switch es in the illustr ations ref er to corre sponding step numbers in the operating pr ocedure. Additio nally , af fected switches and indicators which sho uld be check ed are indicat ed. The f irst ti me a te [...]

Abou t This Operatio n Manual 5 (E) Related manuals The follo wing relat ed manuals are also a vailable. • Instal lati on Man ual ( suppl ied) This desc ribes the in stallatio n procedure for this un it. • Mainte nan ce Ma nual (Op tion) This lists basic mai ntenance procedures, a ssociated accessories, elect rical adjustment p rocedures, and h[...]

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Chapter 1 Overvie w 1-1 MA V -555SS Ov ervie w / 1-2 F eatur es 1-1 (E) Chapter 1 Over vie w 1-1 MA V -555SS O vervie w The MA V -555SS is a multi-access video di sk recorder that supports Super Motio n Camera reco rding of vi deo conf orm ing t o the M PEG -2 4: 2:2 Profile@ Main Level compression format , yielding an excell ent image qual ity . T[...]

Chapter 1 Overvie w 1-2 (E) 1-2 F eat ur es Flexib le I/O Configuration P ossible V arious I/O a nd control pane l options are set according to the external equipment that is connected and t he operating en vironment. The stan dard inpu t and outp ut conf igurati ons of the uni t and when v arious optional boards are installed are sho wn belo w . F[...]

Chapter 1 Overvie w 1-2 Features 1-3 (E) Security This uni t pro vides th e follo wing functions e xpected of equipment in broad casting sta tions. Data protectio n In case of HDD failure, RAID t echnology is used to ensure that data recov ery is possible. For e xample, ev en i f a driv e fails d uring recording, an equi valent dri ve i nterpolates[...]

Chapter 1 Overvie w 1-4 (E) 1-3 C hanges f rom V er . 1.00 1-3 Changes fr om V er . 1.00 1-3-1 Changes from V er . 1.00 to V er . 2.3 2 Impro ved BVE Mode The follo wing impro vement s were made. • Addition of the T ime T racking fun ction ( automatic / manual). • Ability t o modify the recorder OUT point after record ing is sta rted, and the a[...]

Chapter 1 Overvie w 1-4 O ptional Acce ssor ies 1-5 (E) Editing Fa der P anel BKNE-1011 This panel can be u sed to adjus t audio le ve ls and make ef fect settings w hen perform ing nonlin ear editing with the M A V - 555SS a nd the MA VE-F55 5, M A VE-D 555, or BKNE -101 1.[...]

Chapter 1 Overvie w 1-6 (E) 1-4 O ptional Acce ssor ies[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-1 F ront Panel 2-1 (E) Chapter 2 Names and Functions of P ar ts 2-1 Fr ont P anel The front panel o f the MA V -555SS is in two se ctions : • Meter pan el (upper) • Blank panel (lo wer) The blan k panel in the lo wer pa rt of the front pane l accommodates the opt ional BKMA-505 Con trol P anel. F or d[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-2 (E) 2-1 F ront P ane l 2-1-1 Meter P anel COMPOSITE SDI VIDEO INPUT REMOTE R1 PORT SELECT R2/ P3 P1 INPUT SDI AES/EBU ANALOG CH1 CH1 PRESET AUDIO INPUT / MONIT OR SELECT CH2 CH3 CH4 MONITOR L R METER P ANEL 525 REMOTE MENU LOCAL CONTROL P ANEL 625 SETUP BANK TOTAL / REMAIN PROCESS CONTROL VIDEO CHROMA S[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-1 F ront Panel 2-3 (E) a PHON ES jac k By connecting stereo headphones with an impe dance of 8 ohms to this jack , you can moni tor th e sound during reco rding, p layback, and e diting. This monitors the sound on the chan nels select ed for monitor output on th e currentl y selected por t (using the P OR[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-4 (E) 2-1 F ront P ane l All th e LED indicators l ight when rea ding from or sav ing to the memory card. F or deta ils, refer to Section 2- 2, “Sys tem Set up P anel” (page 2-6). g Disp la y indica tor s panel The disp lay pane l provi des four sets of iden tical information, for each of the ports wh[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-1 F ront Panel 2-5 (E) MONITOR SELECT b utt on to assig n the type and channel. SDI (CH1 to CH4) : Select aud io signals inpu t to the SDI INPUT connector s. AES/EBU (CH1 to CH4 ) : Select audio signals i nput to the A UDIO INPUT connectors. ANALOG (CH1 to CH4) : Select th e audio signals that were i nput[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-6 (E) 2-2 Sys tem Setu p P anel LOCAL : The internal video processo r is control led by t he VIDE O PR OCES S co ntr ol ( o ) on this unit. q REMO TE button This switc hes the c urrent ly selected port be tween th e REMOTE and LOCAL mo des. The button light s in REMO TE mode, and goes of f in L OCAL mode.[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-2 Sys tem Setup P anel 2-7 (E) a PO WER s wit ch Set thi s to the ON po sition t o power on this unit. b CONTROL P AN EL conn ecto r Connect an optional B KMA-505 Contr ol P anel. c CONT R OL P ANEL s witc h This selects whet her an opti onal cont rol panel i s connecte d to the connec tor on the front pa[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-8 (E) 2-3 C onnect or Panel 2-3 Connec tor P anel IN –––––––– R2 –––––––– OUT VIDEO IN (COMPOSITE) IN –––––––– R1 –––––––– OUT OUT REFERENCE IN TIME CODE IN R2 R1 SYSTEM TIME CODE OUT P2 P1 P3 AUDIO IN (AES/EBU) CH1/2 ––––––– R1[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-3 Con nec tor P anel 2-9 (E) a VIDEO IN (C OMPOSITE) connect ors ( BNC type ) Input composi te video sign als (when t he BKMA-513 option i s installed) . The conne ctors pro vide a l oop- through c onnection . A maximum of tw o inputs a re possible. b VIDEO OUT (COMPOSIT E) co nnecto rs (BNC type ) Output[...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-10 (E) 2-3 Conne ctor Panel SDI (SUPER) conn ecto r This ou tputs a seria l digital video /audio signal . The audi o output si gnals out put by thi s connector are as fo ll ows: CH1: Audio monitor output . Same as the L ch signal. CH2: Audio monitor output . Same as the Rch signal. CH3: No output CH4: No [...]

Chapter 2 Name s and Functi ons of P arts 2-4 A nalog Audio Expa nsion Box BKMA-570 2-11 (E) 2-4 Analog A udio Expansion Bo x BKMA-570 When using analog audi o input and output with this un it, connect t he option al Analog Audi o Expansi on Box BKMA-570 to the A UDIO I /F conn ectors on the uni t’ s connector panel , then connec t to peripheral [...]

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Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-1 MA V -555SS Modes 3-1 (E) Chapter 3 Preparations 3-1 MA V -555SS Modes Before u sing the un it, you ne ed to select a mo de accordi ng to ho w you w ant to use the MA V -555SS . The a v ailable modes are d escribed belo w . Motion modes (T wo mo des) The motion modes allo w you to select the MA V -555SS play back and rec[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-2 (E) 3-1 MA V -555S S Modes P anel Mode SS Mode (S ony Super Motio n Mode) In this mod e you can rec ord inpu t signals from Son y Super Moti on and Phi lips cameras, and perform playb ack simulta neously . This mode allo w s you to select the P anel a nd DTR+Pa nel operati on modes. The foll owi ng illustr ation sho ws a[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-1 MA V -555SS Modes 3-3 (E) SD Mode (Sta ndard Motion mo de) In this mode, t he input and out put ports are cont rolled independent ly from the option al BKMA-505 C ontrol P anel or fr om the Player port of the editor . Ho we ver , an ext ernal de vice ca nnot be sele cted as the rec order . Note When edi ting, set e xpans[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 (E) 3-1 MA V -555S S Modes DTR + P anel Mode This mod e allows a single came ra to be used for a live relay , w ith replay and slow- motion p layback duri ng recordi ng. SS Mod e Note • In SS mode, set t he MA V - 555SS e xpansion men u OUTPUT REF LOCK (menu 120) t o REF , and REFFERENCE SEL ECT (menus 349, 350, 351) t[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-1 MA V -555SS Modes 3-5 (E) This ex ample assumes ports R1 and P 1 are controlled from a DTR-3000. Use the b asic menu item LIVE DURA TION (menu 034) to set the recor ding t ime for port R1. F or det ails o n basi c menu set tings an d operati on sequen ces, refer to Se ction 3-4, “S etup” (page 3-18). When usi ng the [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-6 (E) 3-1 MA V -555S S Modes DTR + DTR Mode (SD mode only) This mode allows two cameras to be us ed for a liv e relay , wi th replay an d slow- motion p layback duri ng recordi ng. In this mod e, the tw o groups of po rts R1/P1 and R 2/P2 are co ntrolled f rom tw o DTR-3000 un its. Use the basic menu item LIVE DURA TION (m[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-1 MA V -555SS Modes 3-7 (E) BVE Mode (SD mode onl y) In BVE mode, editing oper ations can be performed si multaneously while recordi ng or pla ying back f ootage. This mode makes nonl inear edi ting possible when the MA V -555SS and MA V - 555SS speci al panel or VTR are connec ted (1), or l inear edit ing when the MA V - [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-8 (E) 3-1 MA V -555S S Modes (2) 2 i nput/ 2 out put c onfigu ration when a li near ed iting device is co nnec ted • In the BVE mode, th e Record port (R1) and the P lay port (P1) are comb ined, so the unit can serv e as the VT R of a re-recorder (a combination recording and playback port is called an RP p ort). This mea[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-1 MA V -555SS Modes 3-9 (E) • Specify the follo wing as the editor VTR constants: NTSC BLOCK- 1 A0 70 00 3C 05 05 00 80 BLOCK-2 0C 04 FE 00 8 0 3C FF PA L B L O C K - 1 A1 70 00 3C 05 05 00 80 BLOCK-2 0C 04 FE 00 8 0 3C FF Please refer to Sec tio n 3-4, “Se tup” ( page 3-18) for detail s abou t setup co ntent s and b[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-10 (E) 3-2 Conne cting Ex terna l Devices 3-2 Connec ting External Devi ces This secti on illustra tes the c onnectio ns of thi s unit to other d evices, in the operation modes descri bed in Secti on 3-1, “MA V -555SS Modes”. 3-2-1 Connections with the P anel Mode Connecting to digital devices (SS mode) The follo wing [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-2 Con necting Exter nal Devices 3-11 (E) Connecting to digital de vices (SD mode) The follo wing e xample illustrat es connection to a digital VTR, such as one from the Sony D VW series. IN –––––––– R2 –––––––– OUT VIDEO IN (COMPOSITE) IN –––––––– R1 –––––––– [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-12 (E) 3-2 Conne cting Ex terna l Devices Connecting to analog devices (SD mode) The follo wing options are requ ired in order to c onnect an ana log VTR to the MA V -555SS: AD/D A Con verter Board BKMA-513 and Analog Au dio Expansio n Unit BKMA-570 . Note When usin g a 3 input /1 outp ut conf igurat ion, the R3 port do es[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-2 Con necting Exter nal Devices 3-13 (E) 3-2-2 Connectio ns with the DTR + P anel Mode Connecting with the DTR+ P anel mode (SS mode) The following e xample illustrates ho w to connect a Son y BVP-9500WS to the MA V -555SS. Note • T o connect an analog VTR you need an optional AD/D A Con v erter Board (BKMA-513) a nd Ana[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-14 (E) 3-2 Conne cting Ex terna l Devices Conn ect ing wi th th e D TR+ P anel mode (SD mode) IN –––––––– R2 –––––––– OUT VIDEO IN (COMPOSITE) IN –––––––– R1 –––––––– OUT OUT REFERENCE IN TIME CODE IN R2 R1 SYSTEM TIME CODE OUT P2 P1 P3 AUDIO IN (AES/EBU) CH1/[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-2 Con necting Exter nal Devices 3-15 (E) 3-2-3 Connections with the DTR + DTR Mode IN –––––––– R2 –––––––– OUT VIDEO IN (COMPOSITE) IN –––––––– R1 –––––––– OUT OUT REFERENCE IN TIME CODE IN R2 R1 SYSTEM TIME CODE OUT P2 P1 P3 AUDIO IN (AES/EBU) CH1/2 –––[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-16 (E) 3-2 Conne cting Ex terna l Devices 3-2-4 BVE Mode Connections Note When conf igured with an editor that uses analog composi te signals, 2 each of the optional BKM A-513 AD/D A Con verter Board is req uired. When conf igured wi th an analo g audio mixe r (such as MXP-29), t he opti onal BKMA-570 Analog Aud io Expansi[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-3 Exte rna l Synchroniza tion of Out put Video Signa ls 3-17 (E) 3-3 External Sync hr onization of Output Video Signals Output image signals are synchronized with either the reference vi deo signal input to the REF .IN conne ctor , or the video sig nal input to R1 and R2. External synchron ization v aries as follo ws accor[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-18 (E) 3-4 Set up 3-4 Se tup Carry out the pr incipal settings requir ed before using this unit by me nu operation s. The setu p menus on this uni t consist of t he Basic menu and the Expansi on menu, and the se menus inc lude the following it ems. • Basic menu ............ Applicatio n selection, content and position of[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-19 (E) Basic m enu item s Item n umber Display i ndication Settings 001 BI PRER OLL TIME This item sets the pre-roll tim e wh en performin g editing from the BKM A-505. 0 .. .. 15 second s 002 * BI CHARACTER H-POSIT ION Set the hor izontal positi on of t imecode an d other superimpo sed text in forma tion outp ut[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-20 (E) 3-4 Set up 013 014 015 BI PB/EE SELEC T P1 PB/EE SELEC T P2 PB/EE SELEC T P3 For the P A NEL, DTR+P ANEL, DTR+DTR an d BVE modes, specifies when the PB port enters th e state ind icated by SETUP MENU 10 8 A UTO EE S ELECT , and whether it should a utomatically c orrespond to the REC port . : Always output at the PB [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-21 (E) 030 B DTR CUE LIST CLEAR Select s whether t o delet e the DTR-3000 c ue list when files are un loaded. : The cue l ist is de leted. disable : The cue list is not deleted. 034 LIVE DURA TION In the DTR + Panel or DTR + DTR mode, specify the length reserv ed for recording. DTR-1 sett ings apply to the R1/P 1[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-22 (E) 3-4 Set up 050 051 052 LINE SUPE RIMPOSE P 1 LINE SUPE RIMPOSE P 2 LINE SUPE RIMPOSE P 3 Set the time code and other superi mposed text informa tion t o be outp ut fro m the analog composite B termi nal of ports P 1, P2 an d P3. BI SUB MENU SUPERIMPOSE of f : No superi mposed te xt in formation is displayed . : Supe[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-23 (E) 3-4-2 Basic Menu Operation T o change the f actory def ault sett ings, proceed as follo ws. 1 Set the SET UP SELEC T switch o n the system s etup panel to the d esired menu bank . Note When the menu bank is modifi ed after p ower up, the MA V -555SS must be re started or the F AST REBOO T (menu 027) on the[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-24 (E) 3-4 Set up • Ret urn the c ontrol to the cente r position • Press the MENU control once • Press the SETUP/BL A CK but ton once more, tur ning the PRESET indicator of f Menu item s with submen us The proce dure for makin g settings in a menu incl uding a submen u is slig htly dif feren t from th at de scribe d [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-25 (E) For menu nu mber 010 - 525/ 625, make set tinga as follo ws. 1 Carry out ste ps 1 to 3 of the procedure at the beginn ing of t his Secti on 3-4-2, “ Basic Menu Operation”, and sel ect menu item 01 0. 2 Press the MENU kno b once. 3 T urn the MENU knob t o the right, and the di splay ap pear s as fo llow[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-26 (E) 3-4 Set up 3-4-3 Contents of the Expansion Menu The content s of the Expan sion menu are described i n the table t hat follo ws. • The ite m enclos ed in a square in the “Sett ings” colum n indicat es defaults. • The letters “B” and “I” in the it em number column i ndicate when a ch ange to that sett[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-27 (E) 140 *1 I LO AD SETUP ALL L oads Setup men u setti ngs of al l banks (b ank 1 to ba nk 3) fro m a memory ca rd. Not e: Loaded settin gs are no t effecti ve until you restart. SUB M EN U EXECUTE Start : Loads S etup menu settings . Not e: Cannot be executed un less all b ank data i s saved on a memory card. [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-28 (E) 3-4 Set up 222 DEF A UL T GA TEW A Y T his item spe cifies t he Etherne t* interf ace defau lt gate way . SUB MENU BYTE1 .. 255 BYTE2 BYTE3 BYTE4 223 BI GPI INPUT CONFIGURA TION When GPI CONFIG MODE (menu 225) is “CONFIG, ” this item specif ies t he function for the GPI pins. SUB MENU PIN 1 .. 8 POR T PIN 18 .. [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-29 (E) 224 BI GPI OUTPUT CONFIGURA TION When GPI CONFIG MODE (menu 225) is “C ONFIG, ” this item specifi es the function for the GPI pins. SUB M EN U PIN 9 .. 16 PO R T PIN 26 .. 33 P OR T PIN 42 .. 49 P OR T This i tem sp ecifies the effect of the set fu nction on e ach port output pin . PIN 9 .. 16 FUNCTION[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-30 (E) 3-4 Set up 225 BI GPI CONFIG MODE Setting determines whether the GPI I /O PIN is a f ixe d function o r can be se t. SUB MENU GPI CONFIGURE MODE Setting d etermines whethe r the GPI I/O PIN is a fi xed func tion or can be set. If it can be set, the GPI INPUT CONFIGURA TION (menu 223) and GPI INP UT CONFIGURA TION (m[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-31 (E) 301 BI ST AND ARD COMPOSITE This item se lects either STD or NON-STD in accordan ce with the composite inp ut sign al. : Au tomatically determine s whether t he luminan ce signal and color temperat ure signal i n the input vide o signal are interleaved or not. Sets STD mode if they are interleaved, sets NO[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-32 (E) 3-4 Set up 321 BI LINEAR EDIT NEW F ILE LENGTH S ets the BLA CK/MUTING total file length in hours an d minutes for the editing ba se in the B VE mode . Note: The BL AC K/MUTING f ile is create d with the New Mat erial command on the B KMA- 505 co ntrol panel, or by pressi ng th e NEW F ILE k ey o n th e editing pa n[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-33 (E) 325 BI MA VE-F55 5 EXT VTR CONTR OL Specifies edit param eters when an external VT R is sele cted as the Recorder in th e BVE mode. SUB M EN U EDIT DELA Y Specif ies EDIT DELA Y of the externa l VTR .. 9 frame EDIT PRESET COM MEND Sp ecifies whether Au dio Analo g Channe l 2 is used or Digital Audio Channe[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-34 (E) 3-4 Set up 633 634 635 BI INT / EXT Determin es whether the tim e code gen erated by the time code gene rator , or whether the ex ternally supp lied time code is used for the record time cod e. INTERNAL : Time code gener ate d by the Time Code Gene rator is used. : External ly suppli ed time code is used. REC R UN /[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-35 (E) 712 713 714 BI NON COMPRESS LINE R1 NON COMPRESS LINE R2 During recordi ng, ex cludes from compression the three larg est scanning lines of the 1st Field an d 2nd F ield. Th e numbe r of line s in th e 1st and 2n d fields must be the same . Not e: Set the seq uence for continuous line settin gs as follo ws[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-36 (E) 3-4 Set up 726 727 BI DECODE Y/C SEP MODE R1 DECODE Y/C SEP MODE R2 The method fo r processi ng the vi deo sign al during the vertica l blank ing int ervals is specified for each lin e indepe ndently . SUB MENU when in 52 5 mode All Lines : Spec ify for each lin e according t o other subm enus. BPF : Perform Y/C col[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-37 (E) 768 769 770 BI H BLANKING WIDTH P1 H BLANKING WIDTH P2 H BLANKING WIDTH P3 These it ems sele ct the horiz ontal bl ankin g width for the vide o outp ut sign al. If analo g blankin g was selected, t he horizont al blanking width con forms with the RS170A. The wi der the blanki ng width, the narrower the pic[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-38 (E) 3-4 Set up 785 786 787 BI when in 52 5 mode All Lines : Spec ify line blan king for each line. throu : T urn o ff b lanking for all lines that c an be specified in this menu, reg ardless of the other SUB MENU setting s. blank : T urn on blanking for all lines th at can be specif ied in this menu, re gardless of the [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-39 (E) 806 BI SHUTTLE MUTING This item specifi es audio muting d uring shuttl e operati ons. : Audi o is always ou tput. on : Muting is al ways a pplied. 809 A UDIO MONITOR MUTING This item specifies the mutin g of the audio output from the audi o monitor . : Output s audio no rmally . muting : Mutes the audio ou[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-40 (E) 3-4 Set up 952 BI SS A UDIO MUTING Specifies whether to use MU TING when pla ying back Super S low f iles at 1/3 spee d. of f : Uses MUTING according to the settin gs in DIGIT AL JOG SOUND (menu 805) and S HUTTLE MUTING (menu 8 06). : Uses MUTING. Note: In 3/3 speed playb ack, this se tting if off. 953 BI SS LIP SYN[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-4 Setup 3-41 (E) 3-4-4 Expansion Menu Operation Y ou can use the same setti ng operati on in the Exp ansion menu as in the Basic menu . F or de tails of o per ation i n the Ba sic me nu, see Sectio n 3-4- 2, “Bas ic Menu Operation” (page 3 -23) . Note T o access the Expansion menu requires th e EM-3 board to be insta l[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-42 (E) 3-5 Super impo sed C haracter Inform ation 3-5 Superim posed Charact er Inf ormation When the CHARA CTER switch on the system se tup pane l is turned ON, tim e v alues and te xt informatio n indicating t he operating mod e are superimposed on the signals output from the SDI (SUP ER) and ANALOG COMPOSITE (S UPER) MON[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-5 Sup er impose d Characte r Inf or ma tion 3-43 (E) a Time value type Note If the time data is not read correctly , the asterisk mark is displayed : “T*R”, “T*R. ” b Time code re ade r drop-frame i ndica tion A period (“ . ”) indicates drop-frame mode (factory defaul t). A colon (“ : ”) indicates n on-drop[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 3-44 (E) 3-5 Super impo sed C haracter Inform ation The BVE mode display is sho wn below . F or details about the BVE mod e display , see the M A VE-F555 Operation manual. 0 00 0: 0 1 :0 0 : 00 0 0: 0 3 :0 0 : 00 0 0: 0 2 :0 0 : V 1 2 3 4 RI N OU T DU R[...]

Chapter 4 Record ing & Pla ybac k 4-1 Preparations f or Recording 4-1 (E) Chapter 4 Recor ding & Pla ybac k 4-1 Preparatio ns f or Recor ding 4-1-1 Switch Setti ngs Before recording, make an y necessary switch settings. The rele v ant switches are sho wn in the fo llo wing f igure: r efer to the pages sh o wn in parenthesi s. CONTROL P ANEL[...]

Chapter 4 Record ing & Pla ybac k 4-2 (E) 4-1 Pr eparations for Recor ding 4-1-2 Selecti ng the Recording P or t to be Controlled Because the MA V -555SS can handle up to three record ing ports, when maki ng the v arious set tings concerni ng recordin g that are d escribe d later in this chapter it is first necessary to speci fy which recording[...]

Chapter 4 Record ing & Pla ybac k 4-1 Preparations f or Recording 4-3 (E) CH2: Audi o monitor ou tput. Same as the Rch si gnal. CH3: No output. CH4: No output. T o adjus t the volume of th e audi o ou tput from th e PHONES jack T urn the PHONES control. 4-1-6 Adju sting Recor ding Levels Note Before performing the follo wing op eration, please [...]

Chapter 4 Record ing & Pla ybac k 4-4 (E) 4-2 Pr eparations for Pl a yback 4-2 Prepa rations f or Pla ybac k 4-2-1 Switc h Settings Before starting playb ack, make an y necessary switch settings. The rele vant switches a re shown in the fol lowing figure: refer to the pages shown in parenthesi s. CONTROL P ANEL P ANEL SELECT CHARACTER REAR FRON[...]

Chapter 4 Record ing & Pla ybac k 4-2 P reparation s f or Playback 4-5 (E) 4-2-2 Selecting the Pla ybac k P or t to be Co ntr olle d Because the MA V -555SS can handle up to thre e playback ports, when maki ng the v arious se ttings co ncerning playback it is fi rst necessary to speci fy which playback port is the ta rget of the setting. (Setti[...]

Chapter 4 Record ing & Pla ybac k 4-6 (E) 4-2 Pr eparations for Pl a yback 3 Press the TIME R SEL button, to selec t the type of user bi ts you wan t to disp lay . Each t ime you press th e TIMER SE L button switches between t he following indica tions in the displ ay panel f or the pla yback port for whic h the setti ng is curre ntly be ing ma[...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-1 Mot io n Modes 5-1 (E) Chapter 5 Basic Functions of Eac h Mode 5-1 Motion M odes As expla ined in C hapter 3, t his unit has 2 motion modes: the SS mode (Son y Super Motion mode) an d the SD mode (Standard Motion mode). Normal playb ack, recording, and editing are performed in SD mod e. Recording and sim[...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-2 (E) 5-2 Cha ngin g the Operatio n Mode / Basic Operation wit h P anel Mod e 5-2 Changing the Ope ration Mode As described in Chapter 3, t his unit has four ope ration modes: P anel Mode, DT R + Pane l Mode, DTR + DTR Mode and BVE Mode. The operati on mode is select ed using the Basic men u. Note ‘Contr[...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-4 Basic Operations with DTR+Panel and DTR+DTR Modes 5-3 (E) 1 While hol ding th e SHIFT k ey on the Co ntrol Panel, press B1 (Unload) . 2 T urn the MUL TI CONTR OL knob to select the ne xt material to pl ay , and press B1 (L oad). Note Depending on the setti ngs for t he Control Panel , Step 1 may not be n[...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-4 (E) 5-4 Basic Operations with DTR+P anel and DTR+DTR Modes 2 Assuming it is okay to delete all ma terial on this u nit, ex ecut e ALL ERASE (menu 099) o n the basi c menu, and reb oot the un it. * If y ou don’ t w ant to dele te al l materi al, change this u nit to the P anel mode, delete t he “LIVE1[...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-5 B asic Op erations in BVE M ode 5-5 (E) • Y ou can a djust th e playback spee d using th e DTR- 3000 Jog cont rol. Refer to th e DTR-3000 Oper ating M anual for f urther details. Changing the pla ybac k material The mater ial for playback with DTR-3000 operations c an be changed f rom the Control Panel[...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-6 (E) 5-5 Bas ic Oper ati ons in B VE Mod e 2 While hol ding do wn the M ODE but ton on th e control panel, p ress L1 (Mat erial) to se t the cont rol pan el to material mode. 3 T urn the MUL TI CONTR OL knob to sele ct the material, and then press B1 (Load). T he selected material file is lo aded to th e [...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-5 B asic Op erations in BVE M ode 5-7 (E) 4 T o begin recor ding, hold do wn the REC ke y on t he control pane l and then press the PLA Y ke y . • Recording start s from the cue d up position in the file that is curren tly load ed. Previously recorde d contents are ov erwritten. 5 T o stop recordi ng, pr[...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-8 (E) 5-5 Bas ic Oper ati ons in B VE Mod e Pla yback thr ough the P2 and P3 P orts x When pe rforming the op eration through the contr ol panel 1 Press the P OR T S ELEC T button on th e contr ol pan el to select eith er the P2 or P3 port . 2 On the con trol panel , hold do wn the MODE but ton and press L[...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-5 B asic Op erations in BVE M ode 5-9 (E) When t he P1 ke y was pressed The signal supplied t o the R1 port i s output i n the EE status when the monitor output is an RP port playback signal, or when PB/EE has bee n specif ied. Audio v olume and video p rocess le v el at the meter panel apply to th e playb[...]

Chapter 5 Basic Fun ctions of Each Mod e 5-10 (E) 5-5 Basic Ope rations in BVE Mode • This error can be a v oided by p erforming cert ain operations thro ugh the MA V E-F555. For details, refer to the “Erro r Message List” in th e append ix in the MA VE-F555 o peratio n manual. [Rec Stopped] This err or is gene rated if nothing is done du rin[...]

Appendix es Erro r Me ssage s A-1 (E) Appendix es Err or Messages If a malfunction or intern al system error/warning occurs and the MA V -555SS unit fails t o functi on prope rly , the SYSTEM indicator or HDD indicator on the front panel lights up red. In addition, when an error occurs, an error message immediately appears on the time data di splay[...]

Appendix es A-2 (E) Error Messages RAID C om. Error Meaning: Detect ed a malfunct ion in communi cations between t he RAID contr ol display an d the FM- 81 Bo ard . The PU-121 B oard or FM -81 Board ma y be defecti ve. RAID E rro r Meaning: Detected malfunctions in two or more HDDs making up the RAID. Recording an d playback do not run correctly . [...]

Appendix es Erro r Me ssage s A-3 (E) P3 por t W arning Meaning: D etected a malfuncti on in the P3 port cont rol area. The DM-127 B oard and DPR-189 (B) Board may be defect i ve. RAID SBX(U) W arning Meaning: D etected a malfuncti on in communicat ions between the F M-81 Board and RAID. The FM-81 Board and PU- 121 Board may be defecti ve. RAID SBX[...]

Appendix es A-4 (E) Spe cifications Specifi cations General Po wer supply v oltage 100 to 24 0 V A C, 50/6 0 Hz Curr ent c ons umpt ion 100 V : 5.5 A, 240 V : 2 .3 A (with a ll option s installed) Operating temperature +5°C to +40°C (41 °F to 40°F ) Peak inrush curre nt (1)Power ON, current probe method: 70 A (240 V), 30 A ( 100 V) (2)Hot switc[...]

Appendix es Specifications A-5 (E) W ow and flut ter Unmeasurable Headroom 20 dB ( or 18 dB, 16 dB, 14 dB , 12 dB, 15 dB, 9 dB, selec table) Analog inpu t/output (with optio nal BK MA-513 i nstal led) A/D, D/A Quantization 20 bits /sa mple Frequenc y cha racterist ics 20 Hz to 20 kHz +0.5 dB/-1.0 dB (0 dB, 1 kHz) Dynamic range 95 dB or more (1 kHz,[...]

Appendix es A-6 (E) Spe cifications A UDIO OUT PUT(AES /EBU) CH1/2, CH3/ 4 BNC (2 ) ×3 port s Complies wit h AES-3id-19 95 AN ALOG A UDIO OUT PUT CH1/2/ 3/4 XLR, 3-pin, female (4) ×3 port s +4 dBm (with 600 Ω load), low impedance, bal anced (with opt ional BKMA- 570 (J) connected) MONITOR OUTPUT (L/R) XLR, 3-pin, male ( 2) +4 dBm (with 600 Ω [...]

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