Sony PDW-1500 manual

PROFESSIONAL DISC RECORDER PD W -1500 OPERA TION MANUAL [English] 1st Edition (Revised 1 )[...]

2 To prevent fire or shock hazar d, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. To avoid ele ctrical sh ock, do not open the cabinet. Refer ser vicing to qualified personnel only. THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED. CAUTION The appa ratus s hall n ot be e xposed t o dripp ing or splashin g and no ob jects filled with liq uid, such as vase s, sha ll be [...]

3 This label is located on the top panel of the drive unit. CAUTION As the la ser bea m us ed in this Profess ional D isc Reco rder is harmful to the e yes, do n ot attem pt to disassemb le the cabinet . Refer s ervicing to qual ified personnel only . CAUTION The use of opti cal inst ruments with th is pro duct will i ncreas e eye haz ard. CAUTION [...]

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6 Um Feuergefahr und die Gefahr eines elektri schen Sc hlages zu verm eiden, darf das Gerät weder Rege n noch Feuchtigkeit ausges etzt werde n. Um einen el ektrische n Schlag zu vermeiden, darf das Gehäuse nicht geöffnet werden. Überla ssen Sie Wartungsarbeiten stet s nur qualifiziertem Fachpersonal. DIESES GERÄT M USS GEERDET WERDEN. ACHTUNG [...]

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12 Table of Conten ts Table of Content s Before Using the Unit ............. ......... ...... 14 Setting the Line Mode .............................. 14 Chapter 1 Overview 1-1 Features ........... .......... ......... ......... ...... 16 1-2 Using the CD-ROM Manual ........ ...... 18 1-2-1 CD-ROM System Requirements ..... 18 1-2-2 Preparations ....[...]

13 Table of Cont ents Chapter 8 Menus 8-1 Menu System Configuration ............ 85 8-2 Basic S etup Menu .............. ......... ...... 86 8-2-1 Items in the Basic Setup Menu ........ 86 8-2-2 Basic Menu Operations ................... 88 8-3 Exte nded Menu ............. .......... ......... . 92 8-3-1 Items in the Extended Menu ............ 92 8-[...]

14 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 th e unit is powered off. Setting procedure Use[...]

15 Before Using the Unit 628 DF MO DE 652 UMID SDI V ANC L INE 660 ESSENCE MAR K SDI V ANC LINE 703 BLANK LINE SELECT 710 INTERNAL VIDEO SIGNAL GENERA T OR 713 VIDEO SETUP REFERENCE 718 SETUP LEVEL/BLA CK LEVEL 723 I NPUT VIDEO BLANK Item No. Ite m name[...]

16 1-1 Feat ures Chapter 1 Overview 1-1 Fea tures 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. Th[...]

Chapter 1 Ov erview 17 1-1 Feat ures unit via an i.LI NK 2) (file access m ode, called F AM belo w) 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[...]

Chapter 1 Ov ervie w 18 1-2 Using the CD- ROM Manual 1-2 Using t he CD-R OM Manual The suppl ied CR -ROM includ es version s of the Operati on Manual for the PDW-1500 in Engl ish, Japan ese, French, German, Italian, S panish, and Chinese. 1-2-1 CD-ROM System Requirements The following are requi red to access the supp lied CD- ROM disc. • Compu te[...]

19 2-1 Front Panel Chapter 2 Names and Functions of Parts 2-1 Front Panel 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 O[...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 20 2-1 Front Pane l a On/stan dby ( 1 ) s witch and indi cato r 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 g[...]

Chap ter 2 Nam es a nd Fu ncti ons of Part s 21 2-1 Front Panel i SHIF T button Use to switch the f unction s of various b uttons. j SET an d RESE T butt ons Use these as follows. SET button : Use for setup men u settings, scene selection settings, and so on. RESE T butt on: Pr ess to reset the count er. This is also used to cancel setup menu setti[...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 22 2-1 Front Pane l In the status d isplay section, the M ONITOR display (see page 23) changes to reflect the selection. The fa ctory de fault is for channe ls 1 (left) an d 2 (r ight) to be selecte d. You can select whether to monito r both of t he selecte d channels or only one , using t he MONITOR switch [...]

Chap ter 2 Nam es a nd Fu ncti ons of Part s 23 2-1 Front Panel a PREV (previo us) button Press this b utton, turning it o n, to show the first frame of the current clip. While th e first frame of a clip is show n, pressing thi s butt on jumps to t he beginni ng of th e previous clip. This but ton is also u sed togeth er with other buttons f or t h[...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 24 2-1 Front Pane l d Indicators abov e the time data disp lay There are the following indicators. EDIT indicator: This light s when an “Aud io Edit Preset” command is receive d from an ext ernal editor. REMOTE (9 P/i.LINK) indicator: T his shows “9P” or “i.LINK” as follows. • 9P: When ext ende[...]

Chap ter 2 Nam es a nd Fu ncti ons of Part s 25 2-1 Front Panel 6 Shuttle/jog/v ariable contr ol bloc k For details of play back operati ons with these butto ns and dials, see 4-2-2 “ Playback Opera tion” on page 56. a SHUTTL E button To play back i n shuttl e mode using the shut tle dia l, press this butt on, turning it o n. Pressing th e JOG [...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 26 2-1 Front Pane l a F /MARK1 butt on an d f /MARK2 butto n When the THUMBNAIL button (see page 21) is lit, you can use these for thumbnail sel ection. During reco rding and pl ayback, the F /MARK1 and f / MARK2 butt ons can be pressed with the SET butto n held down to record a shot mark 1 or shot mark 2 as[...]

Chap ter 2 Nam es a nd Fu ncti ons of Part s 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 Panel The monitored channel is se lected by the combinati on of the AUDIO MONITOR SEL button (see page 21) a nd MONITOR switch (s ee pag e 21) . 1 Analog audio si gnal inputs/outputs a AUDIO IN (analog audio signal input) 1/3, 2/4 conne ctors (XLR 3-pi n, female) These are anal og audi o signal i[...]

Chap ter 2 Nam es a nd Fu ncti ons of Part s 29 2-2 Rear Panel a VIDEO IN (analog video input) connectors (BNC type) These are composi te video signal i nput connector s. 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 c[...]

Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts 30 2-2 Rear Panel See 8-3-2 “Exten ded Menu Opera tions ” (page 102 ) for more information a bout ho w to make extend ed menu settings. See 8-4-2 “Mai ntenance Men u Operations ” (page 108) for more informati on about ho w to make maint enance menu settings.[...]

31 3-1 Conn ections and Setting s Chapter 3 Preparations 3-1 Connections an d Settings 3-1-1 C onnecting an External Monitor Connecting a video monitor to the VIDEO OUT1, VIDEO OUT2 (SUPER), SDI OUT 1, or SDI OUT2 (SUPER) connector of this uni t enables you to see the outp ut video on the monitor screen. To superimpose text i nformation, for exampl[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 32 3-1 Conne ctions an d 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 Pr oxy Browsing Sof tware” on p[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 33 3-1 Conn ections and Setting 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 “Us[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 34 3-1 Conne ctions an d 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 S400 (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 Setting s 3-1-4 Con nections f or Cut Editing 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 cut editing syst em. Some example connections are shown in the fo llowing. When making the conn ections, al so refer to the manua ls provided with [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 36 3-1 Conne ctions an d 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 sup[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 37 3-1 Conn ections and Setting s 3-1-5 Connections f or Clip Audio Insert 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 such a[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 38 3-1 Conne ctions an d 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 inp ut to the ANALOG IN2/4 connector. AC IN 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 3 REF .VIDEO IN REF .V[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 39 3-1 Conn ections and Setting 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) DIG[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 40 3-1 Conne ctions an d 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) [...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 41 3-1 Conn ections and Setting s 3-1-6 Editing Contr ol Unit Settings When c onnecting an editing control unit to use with this unit, make t he followin g settings, de pending on the edi ting cont rol un it mode l. 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 ows[...]

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 Te xt Info rmation 3-4 Superimpos ed Text Informatio n The video signal output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) connector or the SDI OUT 2 (SUPER) connector contains superimposed text information, i ncluding ti me code, menu settings, and alarm messages. Adjusting the te xt displa y You can adju st the posit[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 44 3-4 Superimpose d Text Informat ion f Playba ck condit ion mark One of three chan nel con dition marks i s displayed wh en the ACCESS in dicator is lit during any mode exc ept recording. The three channel condition marks indicate the following three stages. a) Re ad errors wil l occur if the pl ayback c ondition con tinu[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 45 3-5 Handl ing Discs To pre vent pl aybac k condit ion s from deterio rating Pay att ention to the fo llowing points when handlin g discs. • Do not ope n disc c artridge s and touch disc s dir ectly wit h your han ds. • Do not sto re for long p eriods in l ocations which are dusty or exposed to a ir circulat ed by fans[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 46 3-5 Handl ing Discs the disc in the direction of the arrow, as shown in the following fi gure. 3-5-4 Loading and Unloading a Disc When the on/ standby switch i ndicator is lit green , you can load and u nload a disc as shown in the follo wing figure. 3-5-5 Fo rmatti ng a Disc An unused di sc requi res no formatti ng oper[...]

Chapter 3 Prepar ations 47 3-5 Handl ing Discs 3-5-6 T o Eject Discs With the Uni t Po w e r e d O f f As an emerge ncy measure, disc cart ridges c an be remov ed with th e unit power ed off. However , th e cover must be removed. Thi s operation sh ould always b e done by a trained service technici an. For detail s, refer to t he Main tenance Manua[...]

48 4-1 Recordin g 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 buttons /switches, see th e pages indi cated in p ar[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 49 4-1 Recording 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 rd[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 50 4-1 Recordin g 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 beforeh and to an initia l value. The fol lowing run modes can be selected . - Free Run: Time [...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 51 4-1 Recording 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 b[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 52 4-1 Recordin g 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 ti[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 53 4-1 Recording Notes • When the input vi deo sign al selecte d is i. LINK or SDI, (the INPUT di splay shows i.LINK or SDI), t hen setting 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) c[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 54 4-1 Recordin g 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, record[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 55 4-2 Playb ack 4-2 Pla yback This sectio n describes p layback of video and audio. Disc pla yback start position Althou gh this un it uses op tical discs, it is designe d 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 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 56 4-2 Playba ck 4-2-2 Playbac k Operation 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 sp[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 57 4-2 Playb ack To jump to the n ext or p reviou s cli p, then start playba ck Use the PREV butt on, NEXT but ton, jog dial, o r shuttl e dial. For informat ion about the funct ions of t hese butto ns, see “4 Recordi ng and p layback cont rol secti on” on page 2 2. For deta ils o f the j og and shuttle di als, s[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 58 4-2 Playba ck changed usi ng exten ded menu it em 119 “VARIABLE SPEED LIMIT IN KE Y PANEL CONTROL ”.) To carry out playback in var iable speed mo de, do as follows. 1 Press the VAR button, tu rning it on . 2 Turn the shut tle dial to t he desired ang le corres ponding t o the desir ed playbac k speed. Playback[...]

Chapter 4 Recording/ Pla ybac k 59 4-2 Playb ack 2 Use the arrow butt ons or the jog di al to select the desi red c lip. You can sel ect clips with the following o perations . Press the PREV or NEXT button: Move to the previous or next clip. Press the PREV or NEXT button with the SH IFT button hel d down: Move to the first or last clip. Press the F[...]

Chapter 4 Recordin g/Pla ybac k 60 4-2 Playba ck 4-2-4 C lip List Pla yback You can play back clips in the order of clip li sts created with the scene selection functi on (see page 61) . Pla ying bac k in c lip list or der Proceed as follows. 1 If the clip li st that you want to play exi sts on the disc, load it into th e current clip l ist. About [...]

61 5-1 Overv iew Chapter 5 Scene Selection 5-1 Ov erview Clip lists and sub c lips Scene select ion is a functi on whic h allows you to save, load, and edit clip lists consi sting of clips recorded on disc, or parts of cli ps, arranged i n any order . Clips or parts o f clips which have been in serted into clip lists are calle d sub clips. Clip lis[...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 62 5-2 Basic Ope rations 5-2 Bas ic Oper at ions 5-2-1 C reating Clip Lists You can create a clip list by e ither of the fol lowing two methods. • Selecti ng a desi red clip f rom the thumbn ail d isplay, and including it in the clip list as a sub clip. • Creating a ny sub cli p from a ful l-screen display clip, an d [...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 63 5-2 B asi c Op erati ons To move the curso r within the scene selecti on window When the scene sel ection window appe ars as you carry out step 3 , use the left and righ t arr ow button s to move in the desi red direct ion. 6 When you have adde d all of t he desir ed clips, save t he current clip list to disc. For de[...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 64 5-2 Basic Ope rations is power ed off. Aft er creati ng a cli p list, b e sure to save it. To cr eate sub cl ips duri ng rec ord ing an d sa ve to a clip list (Q uick s cene se lection duri ng recording) You can perfo rm quick sce ne selection du ring recor ding. With th e SUBCLIP bu tton off, set In and Out poi nts du[...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 65 5-2 B asi c Op erati ons Moving a sub c lip Proceed as follows. 1 Press the S UBCLIP butt on, turnin g it on. 2 Press th e THUMBNAIL butt on, tur ning it on. Thumbn ails of t he sub clip s within the current cl ip list appear. To escape from the thu mbnail displa y to the full- screen display Press the TH UMBNAIL but[...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 66 5-2 Basic Ope rations T rimming a sub c l ip Proceed as follows. 1 Carry out steps 1 to 4 i n the procedure, “Moving a sub clip” a bove. 2 Use the arrow butt ons to select T RIM, and press the SET butt on. The first frame of t he selected sub cli p appears in a full-scr een display. I n this sta te, you can ca rry [...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 67 5-3 Clip List Operat ions To cancel the dele tion, and escape from the sub cli p deletion screen Do either of th e following. • Use the left or right arrow button t o select CANCEL, and pre ss th e SET but ton. • Press the RES ET button. The screen returns to th e sub clip thu mbnail di splay. 3 Use the left or r[...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 68 5-3 Clip List Operatio ns 2 Use the up an d down arr ow buttons or the jog di al to select the desire d clip list, and press t he right arrow but ton. A confirmation me ssage like t he one shown below appears. 3 Press th e SET but ton. The curr ent clip list is saved to disc . 5-3-3 Loading a Cl ip List From Disc Into [...]

Chapter 5 S cene Se lect ion 69 5-3 Clip List Operat ions 1 In the CLIP menu, use the up and do wn arrow button s to move the cu rsor to DELETE and p ress th e right arro w butt on. A list of clip lists appears. The dat e of creation or the title of each cli p list is shown in t he list o f clip lists. (The date of c reation is always shown for cli[...]

Chapter 5 Scene Sele ction 70 5-4 Using PDZ-1 Prox y Browsing So ftware 5-4 Using PDZ-1 Pr oxy 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[...]

71 6-1 Clip Audio Insert Editing Chapter 6 Insert Editing 6-1 Clip Audio In sert 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 editing of video and time co de[...]

Chapter 6 I nsert Editing 72 6-1 Clip Audio Insert 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 sam[...]

Chapte r 6 Inser t Editing 73 6-1 Clip Audio Insert 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 “Exte nded Menu Op erations” ( page 102) for more in formation about h ow to make t [...]

74 7-1 Overv iew Chapter 7 File Operations 7-1 Ov erview 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 connec tion Connect the S400 (i.LINK) conn ector on t his unit to th[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ions 75 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 sequent ially from th e start t[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 76 7-1 Overv iew Edit Direct ory a) Only fi les which can be ov erwritten by XDCAM. Partial ove rwriting is not possible. b) Only files wh ich can be ove rwritten by XDCAM c) Onl y when the write inhi bit tab on the disc is set to enable recording, and when ex tended men u item 310 RE C INHIBIT is set to “off.” d) Whe[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ions 77 7-2 File Access Mode File Operations 7-2 F ile Acce ss Mode Fi le Operations File acce ss mode operating en vironment Operating system requi rements for file operations by file access mode (called FAM below) are as fol lows. • Computer o peratin g system: Mi crosoft Wi ndows 2000 Servic e Pack 4 o r higher, or Mic[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 78 7-3 FTP F ile Oper ations • Windo ws XP: The Safely Remove Hardware dialog appears. 2 Sele ct “Son y XDCAM PDW-1500 I EEE 139 4 SBP2 Device” and click St op. The Stop a Hardware device dialog appears. 3 Sele ct “Son y XDCAM PDW-1500 I EEE 139 4 SBP2 Device” and click OK. • Windo ws 2000: A confirmation mess[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ions 79 7-3 FTP File Ope ration s • Disc access by DELETE, FORMAT, and so on in the System m enu (see page 11 1) : Stoppe d Note Login is no t possi ble unless a disc is loaded a nd the unit is in t he state de scribed above. 2 Start the c ommand prompt . 3 Enter “ftp <SP> <I P address>,” and press t he En[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 80 7-3 FTP F ile Oper ations 7-3-1 C ommand List This unit supports st andard FT P commands (see the next section) , an d extended F TP commands (see pa ge 84) . Standard commands The following tabl e shows the standard F TP commands support ed by this u nit. In the command syntax column, < SP> means a space, entere[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ions 81 7-3 FTP File Ope ration s STR U Specifies the data s tructure. STR U <SP> < structure-cod e> <CRLF> <str uc ture- code> can be any of th e following . Howev er , for XDCAM, th e structure is alw a ys “F , ” regardless of t he structur e-code spec ification . • F: File structure (d ef au[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 82 7-3 FTP F ile Oper ations 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 it ems a re creat ed. •C * . M X F f i l e - C*M01.XML file (metad ata) - C*S01.MXF file (pr[...]

Cha pter 7 F ile O perat ions 83 7-3 FTP File Ope ration s ST A T S ends i nf 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[...]

Chapter 7 File Operat ions 84 7-3 FTP F ile Oper ations Extended commands The followin g table sho ws the ext ended FTP c ommands support ed by this u nit. In the command syntax column, < SP> means a space, entered by pr essing the space bar, and <CRLF> means a new line, entered by pressing the Enter ke y. Command na me Description Comm[...]

85 8-1 Menu S ystem Configurat ion Chapter 8 Menus 8-1 Menu System Configur atio n The sett ings for this unit use th e following menus. • Setup menu 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 “Mai ntenance Me nu” [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 86 8-2 Basic Set up Menu 8-2 Basic 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. In the Sett ings colum n of the tab le, underlin ed values indica te the fa ctory d efault se ttings. Item num ber Item name[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 87 8-2 Basi c Setu p Menu 011 CHARA CTER V -SIZE Determine the v ertical siz e of cha racters such as time c ode outpu t from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SU PER) co nnector and SDI OUT 2 (SUPER ) connec tor f or superimp osed d ispla y on the monit or . : Standard s ize × 2 : 2 times standa rd siz e When setti ng this item, w atch the monito[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 88 8-2 Basic Set up Menu 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 d the settin g of the cu rrently sele cted menu item appears in the time da ta display. (Th e STO[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 89 8-2 Basi c Setu p 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 shut[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 90 8-2 Basic Set up 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. A message “Init set up?” appears in the time data 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 are [...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 91 8-2 Basi c Setu p 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 lin[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 92 8-3 Exte nded Me nu 8-3 E xtende d Menu 8-3-1 Items in the Extended Menu The extended me nu contains the following items. In the Setti ngs column o f the tabl e, underlined val ues indica te the fact ory de fault sett ings. Menu ite ms in the 100s, relating to the contr ol pane ls Item num ber Item name Settings 101 SELECTION [...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 93 8-3 Exte nded Menu 131 A UDI O V OLUME Select w hether ea ch of the ALL/ CH-1, C H-2 to CH -4 ad justment knobs on the c ontrol panel is eff ec tiv e to control th e audi o reco rding l ev el and pla yb ack le v el on each chann el or th e ALL/CH- 1 adj ustment k nob a lone functio ns as a master contro l to co ntrol th e audio [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 94 8-3 Exte nded Me nu 311 ANALOG A UDIO EDIT PRESET REPLAC E FOR CH1 Sele ct me thods f or se tting th e edit preset s of th e digi tal aud io ch annels CH1 to CH4 of thi s unit . Mak e these s etting s when us ing an editor ( PVE- 500, BVE-600, etc.) o r remote co ntrol unit without a functio n to co ntrol digital a udio e dit [...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 95 8-3 Exte nded Menu External synchr oniza tion to reference signal g enerators The internal reference signal generat or is synchronized either to a reference sign al input 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, the [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 96 8-3 Exte nded Me nu Menu ite ms in the 400s, relating to prer oll Item num ber Item name Setting s 401 FUNCTION MODE AFTER CUE-UP Select the state that the unit goes into a fter a cuing-up operation. stop : Stop s (the stop mode ). still : Still pla yback (in jog an d shutt le mo de). Menu item s in the 500s, relating to disc [...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 97 8-3 Exte nded Menu 607 U-BIT BINAR Y GR OUP FLA G Select t he use r bits to be used in the time co de gen erate d b y the tim e code ge nerat or . 000 : Charac ter s et not speci fie d. 001 : 8-b it cha racters compl iant with IS O 646 and ISO 20 22. 010 : Undefin ed. 011 : Undefin ed. 100 : Undefin ed. 101 : SMPTE 262M page/l i[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 98 8-3 Exte nded Me nu 651 UMID SDI OUTPUT Se lect wh ether to ou tput U MID in the V ANC of the SDI output . off : Do not output. on : Output. See 8-3-3 “Using UM ID Dat a” (p ag e 104) for m ore inf ormation a bout UMID. 652 UMID SDI V ANC LINE Select the line i n which UMID is ou tput when m enu item 651 i s set to “on. [...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 99 8-3 Exte nded Menu In 625-li ne mode 9 ... 22 LINE 9, 322 ... LINE 22, 33 5 Specify b l ankin g f or line s 9, 32 2 to 22 , 335. blnk : Carry out blan king. thru : Switch off b la nking. 23 LINE 23 Specify b l ankin g f or line 23. half : Carry out half-b lank ing. thru : Switch off b la nking. 705 EDGE SUBCARR IER REDUCER MODE [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 100 8-3 Extende d Menu 723 INPUT VIDEO BLANK Switch blan king on or o ff f or ind ividu al lines in th e v ertical bl anking i nterval of an inp ut vid eo signal . The Y/C signa l and o dd/e v en fields are b lan ked simul tan eousl y . A signal with b lan king carried out ac cording to this s etting is record ed. Sub-item 0 A LL[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 101 8-3 Exte nded Menu 819 A UD IO I NPUT SOUR CE ARRAN GE Enable o r disa b le mixin g of th e audio sign als of ch annel s 1 to 8 into t he 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 102 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. Enabli ng display of the extended m en[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 103 8-3 Exte nded Menu To set the i nternal switc h to on 1 Using a Phi llips screwdrive r, remove the cover. There are five screws fixing the cover. 2 Using a sharp impl ement such as a b all-point pen, set switch 4 in the S22 02 group to the ON po sition (on th e inside). 3 Replace the cov er. Note Tighten the sc rews firmly. To [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 104 8-3 Extende d Menu 8 Press th e SET but ton. When you next displ ay the menu a nd change the i tem display, the extended menu will appear after the basic menu. 8-3-3 Using U MID Data To perfo rm operati ons from inte rviewing to editing effectively and to detect au dio-visual mate rials easily when reusing t hem, metad ata th[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 105 8-3 Exte nded Menu Using th e Extend ed UMID You have to enter a cou ntry cod e, organiz ation code and user code. Set th e country cod e referring to the ISO-3166 table, and set the organi zation code and user code independen tly. For details, se e “Ab out UMID owne rship informa tion” (page 105 ). Funct ion s of UMID dat [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 106 8-4 Maintenanc e Menu 8-4 Maintenance M enu 8-4-1 Items in the M aintenance Men u The maintenan ce menu in cludes the following i tems. In the table, the underscored it ems are the factor y default settings. For details a bout DRIVE M AINTENA NCE, CHECK an d SERVICE SUPPORT, refer to the Ma intenance Manual. A UDIO CONFIG: it[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 107 8-4 Maint enance Menu For details of how to make settings, see “T o change network sett ings” (page 1 09). For detail s about OTHERS items other than the abo ve, refer to the Ma inte nance Manu al. LINK SPEED Set the co mmuni cations speed. AU TO , 10Mbp s, 100M bps, 1 000Mbps DUPLEX Set the comm unica tions me thod. AU TO [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 108 8-4 Maintenanc e Menu 8-4-2 Maintenance Men u Opera tions This secti on describ es the indicati ons in the maintena nce menu and how t o change the settings. T o displa y a menu item setting To display the mai ntenance menu it em settings, cha nge the switch set ting with in the u nit, then c arry out th e follow ing operatio[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 109 8-4 Maint enance Menu 1 Using the J / j buttons, displa y the desire d setting . 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 MENU but ton. The menu disapp ears from the t ime data di[...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 110 8-4 Maintenanc e Menu Turning clo ckwise increases the value, and t urning counterclockwi se decreases the v alue. The J / j 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 NETWORK CON FIG menu. To cancel a settin[...]

Chapter 8 Menu s 111 8-5 System Menu 8-5 S ystem Men u 8-5-1 Items in the System Menu The system menu i ncludes the following items. 8-5-2 System Menu Operations T o display disc status and clip status Insert a disc and p roceed as follo ws. 1 Hold down the SHIFT button an d press the ME NU butto n. The system menu ap pears on the monitor screen . [...]

Cha pte r 8 Menu s 112 8-5 System Men u To display the disc status Press the J button o r j button to select “DISC ,” then press the k butto n. The status of the loaded di sc appears. To display the status of the curr ent clip Press the J button o r j b utton t o select “CLI P,” then press the k butto n. The status of the clip at the curren[...]

113 9-1 Per iodic Main tenance Chapter 9 Maintena nce and Troubleshooting 9-1 Periodic Ma inte nance 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 h[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 114 9-2 Error Mes sages To exi t from th e hours 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 Mes sages Error codes appear in the ti me da[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roublesho oting 115 9-3 Alar ms 9-3 Alarms An alarm (warning message) app ears in the time dat a display whe n an operatio n is attemp ted which is inappro priate for the se ttings on this u nit or the state o f the disc. The moni tor connected t o this uni t displays t he alarm message and also the act ion to take to r[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 116 9-3 Alarms When t he unit 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 Disp la y condition a) Description Action MENU V er .UP off Setup men u setti ngs were reset, becaus e this unit w as u pgr aded. Reset the s etup[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roublesho oting 117 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 FORMA T NG! off A utoma tic f o rmat f ailed. Use anothe r disc . DISC ERR OR! limit A disc error occurred during write b ac k. D[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 118 9-3 Alarms IMX50 Clip IMX40 Clip IMX30 Clip D VCAM Cl ip 4CHx24 Clip 8CHx16 Clip limit A recordi ng, E-E d ispla y , or edit p reset 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 perf orm these op er[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roublesho oting 119 9-3 Alar ms TC EXT! on A time code or user bits preset op erati on wa s atte mpted with e xte nded men u ite m 626 “T C MODE ” set t o “ext pres et. ” T r y the ope ratio n again a fter set ting ex tended menu item 6 26 “TC MODE ” to “int prese t. ” See 8-3-2 “ Ex tended Menu Op era[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 120 9-3 Alarms a) With respe ct to se tting of b asic men u item 0 16 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 off An at tempt w as made t o record , displa y an E-E picture , reco rd an essenc e mark, or ad d a qu ick scene sele ctio[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roublesho oting 121 9-3 Alar ms 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 Disc D amage off A co mmand w as re ceiv ed to record , displa y an E-E picture , rec ord an essen ce ma rk, or add a quic k sc ene selec tion s ub clip w hen there w as no free sp ari ng[...]

Chapter 9 Mainte nance and T roubl eshoo ting 122 9-3 Alarms 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 A mode err! limit An editi ng oper ation w as attemp ted on a recorde d disc , when on e of th e f ol lowi ng audio set tings differed[...]

Chapter 9 Mainten ance and T roublesho oting 123 9-3 Alar ms 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 Messag e in time data displa y Disp la y condition a) Description Action F AN Stopp ed off The motor o f the main unit f an has stoppe d. Conta ct y our Son y service repres entati ve . Note T[...]

124 Specifications Appendix 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 125 Specifications Recording/Playback time MPEG IMX 50 Mb/ s: 45 m in. 40 Mb/ s: 55 m in. 30 Mb/ s: 68 m in. DVCAM 85 min. Search speed Jog mode ±1 times normal sp eed Variable speed mode –2 to +2 time s normal sp eed 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 Quanti[...]

Appendix 126 Specifications XLR 3-pin, mal e (×2), + 4/0/–3/–6 dBu (selectabl e with menu) , 600 Ω lo ading, 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 S tereo phone jack , – ∞ to –13 dB u, 8 Ω , unbalanced Time c ode ou tput TIME CODE OUT BN[...]

Appendix 127 Gloss ary 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 128 Glossa ry 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[...]

129 Index Inde x Index A AC IN connector 29 ACCESS indi cator 20 Accessories not su pplied 126 supplied 1 26 AES/EBU 21, 22 ALARM indicat or 24 Alarms 115 list 115 ALL/CH- 1 to CH-4 adjust ment knobs 22 ANA 21, 22 Analog audio s ignal in puts/ outputs 28 interfaces 17 video s ignal in puts /output s 28 Appendix 124 specifications 124 Arrow bu ttons[...]

130 Index Inde x Menus 85 basic se tup menu 86 configu ration 85 ext ended setu p men u 92 maintenance menu 106 syst em menu 11 1 Metadata 17 MONITOR display 23 switch 21 N Names and fun ctions of parts 19 NETWORK 20 access indicator 20 Network con nector 27 NEXT but ton 23 Nonlinear editing system connection 34 Number of data bits 24 O On/standb y[...]

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