Sony XDCAM HD PDW-HD1500 manual

PROFESSIONAL DISC RE CORDER PDW-HD1500 OPERATION MANUAL [English ] 1st Edition ( Revised 2)[...]

2 • Read t hese ins tructions . • Keep these ins tructio ns. • Heed a ll warni ngs. • Fol low a ll inst ructi ons. • Do not use this apparatus near wa ter. • Clean only with dry cloth . • Do not block an y ven tilation openin gs. Install in ac cordance with the manuf acturer’s instru ctions. • Do not insta ll near an y heat source[...]

3 This Profe ssional Dis c Recorder is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT. Laser diode properties Wave le ngth: 4 00 to 410 nm Emissi on duratio n: Conti nuous Laser outp ut pow er: 135 mW ( max. of pul se pea k), 65 mW (max. of CW) Standard: IEC60825 -1 (2001) Egen skab er f or lase rdi ode Bølgelæn gde: 4 00 til 410 nm Strålings varig hed: [...]

4 E1 (reside ntial), E2 (c ommercial and ligh t industri al), E3 (urban outd oors) and E 4 (controlle d EMC environm ent, ex. TV studi o). For the c ustomers in Eu rope The man ufacturer o f this prod uct is Son y Corpor ation, 1-7-1 Konan, M inato-ku, T okyo, Ja pan. The Author ized Represe ntativ e for EMC and product sa fety is Sony Deuts chland[...]

Table o f Conten ts 5 Table of Cont ents Chapter 1 Overview Features............... .......... .............. ......... .............. ......... .............. ....... 9 Features of this unit ...................................................................... ......... 9 System Configurations .............. ......... .............. ......... ...[...]

6 Tabl e of Cont ents Loading and unloading a disc .............................................................. 47 Formatting a disc ................................................................................. 47 Chapter 4 Recording and Playback Recording ....... ......... .............. .......... .............. ......... .............. ...[...]

Table o f Conten ts 7 Shortcut List ................. ......... .............. .............. ......... .............. ..... 82 Chapter 6 File Operations Overview.............. .......... .............. ......... .............. ......... .............. ..... 83 Directory structure ....................................................................[...]

8 Tabl e of Cont ents Appe ndi x Important Notes on Operation ................ .............. ......... ............. 128 Condensation ..................................................................................... 128 About the LCD panel ........................................................................ 128 Periodic Maintena nce ......[...]

9 Features Chap ter Chapter 1 Ov erview 1 Overview Featur es The PDW-HD1500 is a p rofessional disc reco rder supporting full HD (1920 × 1080 and 12 80 × 720) playback an d recording with Professi onal Disc 1) media. When you use this u nit in c ombinatio n with a non linear editing system, t he FAM 2) function enab les data file transfers betwee[...]

10 Feat ures Chapter 1 Ov erview HDSDI rem ote recording HDSDI connections can be made to camcorders with remote HDSDI support (PDW-700 XDCAM HD422 camcorder, HDW- 730/730S/750 /790/F 900R HDCAM 1) camcorders) to enable reco rding synchronized t o REC and STOP operatio ns on the camcorder. 1) HDCAM is a tra demark of Sony Corpora tion. Recor ding o[...]

11 Features Chapter 1 Ov erview or FTP in terface. T his allows Pr ofessional Discs t o be used as data recordi ng media, with a data storage capaci ty of 46.4 GB (wh en dual-laye r PFD50DLA discs ar e used). Suppor ts a variet y of in terface s This unit supports the fo llowing int erfaces. • HDSDI video, 8-channel aud io input and output • SD[...]

12 System Conf igurations Chapter 1 Ov erview System Configura tions REC NET REMOTE LOCAL VARIABLE KEY INHI PRE- SET ON OFF PB PHONES LEVEL SHIFT DISPLAY HOME PAG E EXPAND CHAPTER TOP F REV F FWD END STANDBY REC INHI PREV NEXT PLA Y STOP REC THUMBNAIL RETURN PUSH SET(S.SEL) MENU RESET MARK2 MARK1 IN OUT SHTL/JOG SUB CLIP DISC MENU VAR/JOG EJECT ACC[...]

13 Front Pan el Chap ter Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts 2 Names and Functions of Parts Fron t Pane l The names and symbols of butt ons and knobs on the front panel ar e color co ded according to funct ion. Whi te: Function when the b utton or kn ob is oper ated independ ently. Orange: Funct ion when the bu tton is operat ed with the SHIFT[...]

14 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts access to the disc i s completed b efore the u nit switch es to the standby st ate. While th e ACCESS in dicator is li t, do not tu rn off the POWER switch on th e rear panel or disconne ct the power cord. Th is could l ead to a l oss of data from the di sc. c Remote control switch Different [...]

15 Front Pan el Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts a V /MARK1 butt on and v /MARK2 button When the THUMBNAIL indicator (see page 16) i s lit, yo u can use these for thumbnail select ion. During reco rding or playb ack, a shot ma rk 1 or shot mark 2 is recorded a s an essence mark when y ou press the PUSH SET (S.SEL) knob wit h the V /MARK 1 o[...]

16 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts menu item 101 SELECTION FOR SEAR CH DIAL ENABLE to “dial”). When setup m enu ite m 101 SEL ECTION FOR SEARCH DIAL ENABL E is set to “dial”, a fter usin g the shuttl e dial, retu rn it to th e cente r pos ition. If th e shut tle dial is not in the center position, it is possible occasi[...]

17 Front Pan el Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts To display the thumbnails o f essence mark frames (frames with an essence mark a ttached), hold down the SHIFT button, and press this b utton. The essen ce mark selec tion menu appears. S elect the d esired type of e ssence mark, and the correspondi ng essence mark f rames appear in thumbnail[...]

18 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts button ag ain with th e SHIFT butto n held down. (The li t or unlit status of t he STOP butt on does not change.) This butt on flashes when set up menu item 105 REFERENCE SYSTEM ALARM is set to “on” and the correct re ference video inp ut signal (as specified by OUT REF on page P 6 REF of[...]

19 Front Pan el Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts A Input sign al display: Di splays the a udio input si gnal. . B Data indication: Appears when the input signals are non-audio si gnals. C Monitor c hannel: Displ ays t he au dio m oni tori ng channels set wit h MONITR L and MONITR R on page P2 AUDIO of the function menu (see page 43) . D Aud[...]

20 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts d Recording format Displays the syst em frequency and the video a nd audio formats. e Time da ta display area A Remaining d isc recording ca pacity: Displays the amount of recording capacity remaini ng on the d isc. B Rec Run/Free Ru n: Displays the time code run mode. The run mode is set wi [...]

21 Front Pan el Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts a) HD420 LP suppor ts playbac k only. B System frequency: Displays the system frequ ency of the clips recorded on the disc. C Video format: Displays th e video format an d bitrat e of the clips recorded on the disc. D Audio format : Displays the audio format o f the cl ips recorded on the dis[...]

22 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts Video monitor displa y When you press the DISPLAY but ton, the display win dow changes to the video moni tor display. A Audio level me ters: LEVEL MT on page P2 AUDIO of the fun ction menu d ecides whether the meter is t o be di spla yed an d on w hich s ide, le ft or r ight, it is displayed [...]

23 Rear Panel Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts Rear Panel a (i.LINK) S 400 connector ( 6-pin, IEEE139 4 compliant) Connect a computer or other devic e, using an i. LINK cable. When the se parately sold PDBK- 201 optio n board is installed, i.LINK TS (HDV) signals ca n be input and output v ia th is connec tor. • When this un it is conn ec[...]

24 Rear Panel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts See page 102 for more informatio n about t he setup menu item 028 HD CHARACTE R. To treat t he input and out put signal s of these conn ectors as non-audio si gnals, set the mai ntenance menu item M37: AUDIO CONFIG >M372: NON-AU DIO INPUT (recording) (see page 1 20) and setup menu item 82 3 [...]

25 Rear Panel Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts 3, and whe ther the sig nal input t o connector 2 is assigned to audio chan nel 2 or 4. You ca n set th e referen ce inp ut lev el with t he ma intenanc e menu item M37: AUDIO CONFIG (see page 12 0) . (Facto ry default se tting: +4 dB) Microp hone s etting s If you have connected a mi crophone [...]

26 Preparing Power Sources Chapter 3 Prepar ations Chapter 3 Preparations Preparing Power Sources This unit can be powered by AC power, DC power, or a battery p ack. For safet y, use only t he Sony batte ry packs list ed belo w. Lithium- ion batter y pack: B P-L80S, BP -GL95 If you loa d or remove a battery pack i ncorr ectly, it may fall and cause[...]

27 Initial S etup Chapter 3 Prepar ation s 3 Slide the BP -GL95 as shown bel ow so that the connectors o n the BP-GL95 and the BKP-L551 are connected . 4 Connect the DC cable of the BKP-L551 to the DC IN 12V connect or. Removing the battery pack With th e lever pushed in, slide th e BP-GL95 out as sho wn below. Check ing the remain ing battery powe[...]

28 Initial Setup Chapter 3 Prepar ations Display the system frequency that you want to use, and then press t he SET func tion but ton (F5). The DATE/TIME PRESET screen appears. 4 In the DA TE/TIME PRESET screen , set the current date and time by setting the following items. YEAR: Year MONTH: Month DAY: Day TIME: Tim e TIME ZONE: Time zone (as a di [...]

29 Front Panel Tilt Mechanism Chapter 3 Prepar ation s Fron t Pane l Tilt Mechan ism The fron t panel of th is unit has a ti lt mechanism that allo ws you to p ull the front panel out and a djust it to a con venient angle. T o pull the front panel out Grasp the holds ( small protrusion s) on both si des of the front pan el and pull out as indicated[...]

30 Connect ions and Settin gs Chapter 3 Prepar ations Connectio ns and Settings Producti on of some of the per ipherals an d related devices describe d in this chap ter has been discontinued . For advice a bout choosi ng devices, p lease contact y our Sony deal er or a Sony sales represent ative. Connections for using PDZ-1 Pr o xy Br owsing Softwa[...]

31 Connect ions an d Setti ngs Chapter 3 Prepar ation s Use of a shielded ca ble is re commended. Connections f or cut editing The following figure sho ws a cut editi ng system comprising thi s unit as a pl ayer. When making the connectio ns, also refer to t he manuals provided with the equipment to b e connected. See page 33 for more in formation [...]

32 Connect ions and Settin gs Chapter 3 Prepar ations HDW -M2000 ( rec order) set ting s BVE-700/700 A (editing contr ol unit) setting Settings on this unit REMO TE 1 (9P) b utton: Lit SYNCHR ONIZE menu:OFF Remote control s witch: REMO TE (see page 14) REF .VIDEO INPUT c onnector 75 Ω ter min atio n switch: OF F Setup me nu item 214 REM O TE INTE [...]

33 Connect ions an d Setti ngs Chapter 3 Prepar ation s Editing Control Un it Settin gs When connect ing an edit ing control unit (BVE-700/70 0A/ 2000/9100 ) to use wi th this unit, set VTR constants as follows. . Using R M-280 The following figure sho ws a cut editi ng system comprising th is unit as a player, an HDW-M2000 /M2000P unit as a record[...]

34 Connect ions and Settin gs Chapter 3 Prepar ations Using the editing functions of the recor der (controlling thr ough REMO TE(9P) connector) The following figure sh ows a cut editing sy stem comprising this unit as a player, a nd an HDW-M200 0/ M2000P uni t as a recorder . In this ex ample, video and audio signa ls are connecte d by HDSDI, and c[...]

35 Connect ions an d Setti ngs Chapter 3 Prepar ation s For detail s of HDW-M2000/M200 0P settings, refer t o the HDW-M2000/M 2000P Ope ration Manu al. Connections f or pool co vera ge The following figure shows an examp le of connections for pool cover age, with the PDW-7 00 Professio nal Disc Camcorder c onnected. HD W -M2000 (recor der) setting [...]

36 Sync hron izat ion Re fere nce Sign als Chapter 3 Prepar ations Synchroniza tion Reference Signals The synchroni zation ref erence sig nal generator of this unit synchronizes to a reference signal in put to the REF. VIDEO INPUT conn ector or to a v ideo inpu t signal. External synch ronizatio n is as fol lows, depending on the setting of OUT REF[...]

37 Settin g System Freq uency / Se tting Timecod e Chapter 3 Prepar ation s Setting System Frequency This unit can record and pl ay back vide o at the system frequenci es of 59.94i , 50i, 29.9 7P and 25 P (1080) or 59.94P and 50P (7 20). Selecting t he system frequen cy 1 Set set up me nu ite m 013 SY ST EM FREQ UENC Y SELECT MENU to “on” and p[...]

38 Setting Time code Chapter 3 Prepar ations 2 Press th e TCG SET functi on button ( F5). The fir st digit of the time data display st arts flashi ng. 3 Press the T or t function butt on (F1 or F2) to select a digi t to be set . The selected di git starts flashing. 4 Use the PUSH S ET(S.SEL) k nob or – or + functi on butto n (F3 or F4) to set the[...]

39 Superi mposed Tex t Inf ormation Chapter 3 Prepar ation s • Set TCG to “SDI”. • Set PR ST/RGN to “TC”. Executing e ither of these proce dures starts the intern al timecode g enerator run ning in syn chronizati on with the externa l timecode gene rator. Once the internal timecode genera tor is synchroni zed with the external timecod e[...]

40 Superimpos ed Text Infor mation Chapter 3 Prepar ations a Type of time d ata If the time data or u ser bits data cannot be read correctly, they will be displayed wi th an asterisk. F or example, “T*R”, “U*R”, “T*R.” or “U*R.”. b Timecode rea der drop-frame mar k (for 59.94i/ 59.9 4P/2 9.97P mo de o nly ) “.”: Indicates drop-f[...]

41 Superi mposed Tex t Inf ormation Chapter 3 Prepar ation s a) Rea d errors will occu r if the play back cond ition conti nues to deteriora te. If a read error occurs, a “Disc E rror!” alarm appears in the time data display, the pic ture freezes , and audio is muted. To display playback co nditio n marks, set set up menu item 012 CONDITION DIS[...]

42 Basic Opera tions of the F unction Men u Chapter 3 Prepar ations Basic Operations of the Functio n Menu The functi on menu provi des access to f requently used settings, suc h as input video si gnal selec tion and timecode settings. Menu settin gs are stored in nonvolati le memory and are preserved even after t he unit is powered off. Function m[...]

43 Basic Operati ons of the Function Menu Chapter 3 Prepar ation s a) This is di splayed only whe n TCG on page P5 TC of the func tion menu is set to “ INT ”, and PRST /RGN is set to “PRE SET” . P1 VIDE O page P2 A UDIO page F4: CNTR SEL Selects th e type of ti me data to d ispla y in the time d ata displ ay area. TC : Timecod e COUNTER: El[...]

44 Basic Opera tions of the F unction Men u Chapter 3 Prepar ations P3 A UDIO page P4 A UDIO page a) To enable th is settin g, the f ollowing settin gs are also required , in the sa me way as for vo lume operatio ns for channels 1 to 4. - Set the VARIA BLE swi tch of the fro nt panel to “R EC” or “P B”. - Set set up menu item 131 AUDIO V OL[...]

45 Basic Operati ons of the Function Menu Chapter 3 Prepar ation s P5 TC page P6 REF page P7 O THER pa ge Item Setting F1: TCG Selects th e timeco de signal to whic h the internal time code gen erato r synchron izes . INT : F ollow the i nitial v a lue set fro m the control p anel o r remotely from the de vice connecte d to th e REMO TE(9P) connect[...]

46 Handling Di scs Chapter 3 Prepar ations Handling Discs Discs used f or recor ding and pla ybac k This unit can record and pl ay back the fo llowing Professional Disc 1) formats . • PFD23A (capacity 23.3 GB) • PFD50DLA (capacit y 50.0 GB) 1) Professional Disc is a trad emark of Son y Corporation . • It is not possible to use th e followin g[...]

47 Handling Discs Chapter 3 Prepar ation s • If condensation fo rms, allow ample time to dry before use. Write-pr otecting di scs To protect the cont ent recorded on the d isc from accidental erasure, move the Wr ite Inhibit tab on th e lower surface of the disc in the directio n of the arro w, as shown in the foll owin g figu re. You can a lso w[...]

48 Recording Ch apt er 4 Rec ordi ng an d P layback Chapter 4 Recording an d Playback Recording This sectio n describes video and aud io recordi ng on the unit. see page 42 “Basi c Operation s of th e Function Men u” in Chapter 3 f or more information. see page 99 “Menus” in Chapter 7 for more inf ormation about set up menu operatio ns. It [...]

49 Recording Chapter 4 Recording and Pla y bac k 3 To stop rec ording, pr ess the STOP b utton. If t he di sc bec omes full Recording stops and the message “ALARM DISC END.” appears on the monitor. • The shortest clip that can be recor ded is 2 seconds long . Even if reco rding st art and stop operations ar e perfor med within 2 seco nds, a 2[...]

50 Recording Ch apt er 4 Rec ordi ng an d P layback Disc exchan ge cache indicatio ns and their meaning s “C” indicati ons in supe rimposed text informat ion and thei r meanings To sto p disc exc hang e cache re cordi ng Do any of the followi ng during cac he recordin g. • Press th e STOP butt on. • Set setup menu item 1 50 DISC EXCHANG E C[...]

51 Recording Chapter 4 Recording and Pla y bac k Handling of discs when recording does not end normally (salva ge functions) Recording processing does n ot end normal ly if, fo r example, the POWER switch on the rear panel is turned off during r ecording, or if the power cord is di sconnected during recor ding. Because t he file system i s not upda[...]

52 Playbac k Ch apt er 4 Rec ordi ng an d P layback If the message reads “Incomp lete!”, the clips that failed were lo st. Playback This section descri bes playback of video and audio on the unit. Before sta rting playback, make t he following set tings and adjustments. Selec tion of time data to disp lay: Select w ith C NTR S EL on HOME page o[...]

53 Playba ck Chapter 4 Recording and Pla y bac k is not t he same as the reco rding setti ngs of t his unit. In th is case, th e playback po sition c an be saved to the disc. 1080/72 0 cr oss con ver t function You can out put 720 whil e playing discs recorded as 1080, and output 1080 while pl aying di scs recorded as 7 20. When the system frequenc[...]

54 Playbac k Ch apt er 4 Rec ordi ng an d P layback To set shot m arks While playing bac k a disc, you can set essence marks such as Shot Mark 1 and Shot M ark2 in desired frames. To set a Shot Mark1 or Sh ot Mark2, hold down the V / MARK1 or v /MARK2 b utton and press the PUSH SET(S. SEL) k nob. Use the PDZ-1P roxy Browsing S oftware on the su ppl[...]

55 Playba ck Chapter 4 Recording and Pla y bac k 1 Press the VAR /JOG button, tu rning it o n. 2 Turn the shut tle dial to the d esired angle corres ponding t o the desired playback speed . Playback in variable-speed mode start s. 3 To stop pla yback in variable-speed mode, retu rn the shuttle d ial to the cent er positio n, or press th e STOP butt[...]

56 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens Overvi ew You can perform scene searches, play t he searched scenes, and select scenes (edit clip list) in Graphical User Interface (GUI) screens. The GUI screens are your gateways to discs and the da ta saved on di scs. Switching between GUI screens The most impo[...]

57 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens The other thu mbnail screens ar e: • Expand thumbn ail scree n • Chapter t humbnail scr een • Essence mark th umbnail scr een Inf ormation and contr ols in thumbnail scr eens Clip thumbnail screen This scree n displ ays thumb nails of clips on the disc in the order that they were record ed. You[...]

58 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens a Clip name Displays the name of the selec ted clip. When the c lip has a title, t he title is displ ayed as “TITLE 00001” (see pa ge 86) . When the unit’s area of use (UC/J MODEL SELECT) (see page 27) is set to “ UC”, clip names can be displayed in European l anguages. To displ ay the cli[...]

59 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens When the unit’s area of use (UC/J MODEL SELECT) (see page 27) is set to “UC”, clip nam es can be disp layed in European l anguages. To di splay the cl ip title, Settin gs >Disp lay Title in t he Disc Menu needs t o be set to On. b Sele ctio n frame See the descriptio n in “Cli p thumbna il[...]

60 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens a Selection fram e See the descriptio n in “Cl ip thumbn ail screen” ( page 57). b Clip numb er/total clip s Displays the t otal number of clips on t he disc and the number of the c lip that contain s the displayed chapters. c S1/S2 /RS m arks The “S1”, “ S2”, and “RS” marks on the t[...]

61 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens Disp laying menu s Thumbnail Menu The Thumbnail Menu displ ays menu ite ms that are vali d for the cu rrently di splayed thu mbnail screen. To dis play th e Th umbnai l Menu To display t he Thumbnail Menu, press the M ENU button with a thum bnail scre en displaye d. To return to the orig inal screen,[...]

62 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens To disp lay the Disc Menu To display the Disc Menu, pr ess the SUB CLIP/DISC MENU butto n with the S HIFT butto n held down in one o f the followin g screens. • Clip thumbnai l screen • Clip li st thumbna il screen • Clip playbac k screen • Clip li st playback scr een To return to the origin[...]

63 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens GUI screen operations T o select items Do one of the follo wing to selec t thumbn ails, men u items, timecode dig its, and other items. • Turn the P USH SET(S .SEL) kn ob. • Turn the j og or shutt le dial. • Press the V /MARK1, v /MARK 2, B /IN or b /OUT button. • Pr ess the P REV or N EXT bu[...]

64 Thumbnai l Operat ions Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens Thumbnail Operat ions You can use thumbnail screens to displ ay clip information and to f ind, protec t, and de lete cli ps. The th umbnails provid e visual con firmation of these and other ope ration s. Selecting thumbnails The thumbnail selection frame (see page 58) indi cates the cur[...]

65 Thumbna il Operat ions Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens first fram e in each block. This is a qui ck and efficient way to review the select ed clip and sea rch for target scenes. You can spe cify 12, 144, o r 1728 di visions. The maximum number of blocks may be other than 1728 when the reco rded duration o f the clip is short. In this case, t[...]

66 Thumbnai l Operat ions Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens 2 Display th e Thumb nail Men u. 3 Select Move Shot Mark. The Move Shot Mark screen i s displaye d. You can perform playback and searches in this screen. 4 Use th e PLA Y butt on o r jog di al to displ ay t he fra me you want. 5 Select OK, and then press the P USH SET(S.SEL) knob. To di[...]

67 Thumbna il Operat ions Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens Selecting the inf ormation displayed on thumbnai ls You can select the informat ion to be di splayed at th e bottom of t he thumbnai ls in thumbn ail scree ns. See page 63 for more informa tion about t humbnail screen operations. 1 Display t he Thumbnai l Menu in the clip thumbna il scre[...]

68 Thumbnai l Operat ions Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens 1 In the expa nd thumbnail screen, select the thumbnail to se t as the in dex pic ture. 2 Display th e Thumb nail Men u. 3 Select Set Index Pi cture. A message appear s asking you to confirm th at you want to set the current frame as the index p icture. 4 Select OK, and then press the P[...]

69 Thumbna il Operat ions Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens An input screen a ppears for the selected ite m. (An English keyboard app ears if the area of use setting “UC” (for region s outside Japa n). A Japanese keyboard appears if t he area of u se setting is “ J” (for Japan). ) 3 Edit the str ing in the edi t box. To enter charac ters [...]

70 Thumbnai l Operat ions Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens USB mo use func tions You can use t he mouse to move the c ursor on the software keyboard . You can also l eft click on a key to enter th e character for that key. To change the sp eed of the mouse p ointer: Select the desired spe ed using Sett ings >Select Mouse Point er Speed in th[...]

71 Thumbna il Operat ions Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens 4 Press the PUSH S ET(S.SEL) knob . A lock icon (see page 58) appears on the t humbnail of the locked clips. In step 1 , you can also perform a shor tcut operat ion by pressing the STOP butt on with the S HIFT but ton held down. To lock all cl ips 1 Display the Di sc Menu. 2 Select Lock [...]

72 Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens 4 Select OK, and then press the P USH SET(S.SEL) knob. The selected clip is deleted, and you retu rn to the clip thum bnail scre en. In step 1 , you can al so perform a shor tcut operati on by pressing the RESET/R ETURN button with the SHIFT button hel d down. To del ete al[...]

73 Scene Se lection (Clip List Edi ting) Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens Sub c lips (c lips in c lip lists) Clips (or parts of clips) that h ave been added to a clip list are called “sub clips”. Su b clips are vi rtual editing data that specify ranges in t he original clips. Yo u can use them withou t modify ing the ori ginal data. The foll[...]

74 Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens T o add sub c lips You can add sub clips to clip lists fr om with th e clip thumbnail screen or th e clip list thum bnail scre en. However, you must use the cl ip list t humbnail screen to edit clip li sts. Addi ng sub cl ips fr om the cl ip thu mbnail scree n The foll owin[...]

75 Scene Se lection (Clip List Edi ting) Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens the location where the currentl y selected sub cli ps will be in serted. To display th e total duration after add ition of the selected clips Press th e SHIFT butt on. 5 In the Scen e Selection wi ndow, move the I cursor t o the locatio n where you want to insert the clip [...]

76 Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens 7 Save the clip list (see page 77) . To adjust the In and Out point s of sub c lips (trim) Proceed as follows t o define the range of a sc ene by changing t he position s of the In and Out poin ts. See page 63 for more information about thumbn ail screen operatio ns. 1 In t[...]

77 Scene Se lection (Clip List Edi ting) Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens 2 Press the PREV but ton or the NEXT butt on to displa y the sub cli p that you want to play. To start play from the first sub cli p Press the SHIF T + PREV butto ns to move to the start of the clip list . 3 Press th e PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob. T o change the starting timecode[...]

78 Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens See page 63 for more information about thumbn ail screen operatio ns. 1 In th e clip list thumbnail screen, displ ay the Disc Menu (see page 62) . 2 Select Save Clip List, and t hen press the PUSH SET(S.S EL) knob. The clip list is saved. However, Save Clip List as... is ex[...]

79 Disc Oper ations Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens 4 Select OK, a nd then press the P USH SET(S.SE L) knob. T o sort c lip lists See page 63 for more informa tion about t humbnail screen operations. 1 In the cl ip list thumbnail screen, displ ay the Disc Menu. 2 Select Set tings, and the n pres s the PU SH SE T(S.SE L) knob. 3 Select Sort Clip[...]

80 Disc Oper ations Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens Using planni ng met adat a Planni ng me tadata is a file th at co ntains m etada ta abou t the clips to be shot and recorded. To use pla nning metad ata, you will need to save a fil e in advance in the specified locati on of a media, and insert the media in to this unit. See “To set clip na[...]

81 Disc Oper ations Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens T o clear planni ng metadata See page 63 f or more info rmation abou t GUI screen operations. 1 Display the Di sc Menu. 2 Select Clear P lanning Metad ata, and then press the PUSH SE T(S.SEL ) knob. A message appear s asking if you a re sure that you wan t to clea r the plann ning me tadata. 3[...]

82 Shortc ut Lis t Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens Shortcut List You can access many funct ions from the buttons, without displaying a menu (shor tcut operati ons). Shortcut s are availabl e for the following functions. The plus sign (+) indicates t hat one bu tton is h eld down whil e another is pressed, for example “SHIFT + RESET/ RETURN?[...]

83 Overvi ew Chap ter Chapter 6 File Oper ations 6 File Operations Ove rview A remote computer can b e connected t o this unit and used to operate on recor ded data which ha s been saved i n data files, such a s video an d audio dat a files. There are two ways to connect a remote co mputer. • FAM connectio n Connect th e (i.LINK) S400 connector o[...]

84 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Operat ions File operation restrictions This sectio n explains wh ich operati ons are possibl e on files stored in each directory. When requir ed, the foll owing operati on table s distingui sh readin g and w riting fro m partial re ading and writin g. Read: Read data se quentially from the st art to the end of the f ile[...]

85 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Oper ations • The d irectories in th e root di rectory (C lip, Edit , Sub, UserData, General, and PROAV) cannot be deleted or renamed. Clip directory a) The unit can handl e files with us er-defin ed names in the “C*” part. b) Only files which are 2 sec onds or longer in leng th, in a format match ing the for mat ([...]

86 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Operat ions Sub director y a) Th e “C*” pa rt can be ch anged to a user-d efined na me. b) W hen the “C*” part of a C*.MX F file name is change d, a C*S01.MXF fi le with the sam e name in the “C*” pa rt is genera ted auto matically . c) When a C*.MXF file is creat ed, a C*S01.X ML file with t he same n ame in[...]

87 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Oper ations automa tic title g enerati on functio n allows you to assign titles to a ll of the clips o n several discs, wh ich facilit ates clip management . For example, if th e titles TITLE0 0001 to TITLE00020 a re assigned to clips C00 01.MXF to C0020.MXF o n disc 1, th en the ti tles TITLE0 0021 to TITLE00037 a re as[...]

88 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Operat ions Assigning user -defined c lip and c lip list nam es The following standa rd format names are assigned automatically t o clips and clip list s that are created or recorded by XDCAM devi ces. Clips: C000 1.MXF to C9999.M XF Clip li sts: E000 1E01.SMI to E0099E 01.SMI This unit can h andle clips an d clip lists [...]

89 File Operation s in File Access Mode (for Win dows) Chapter 6 File Oper ations 6 Turn the PUSH SET(S.SE L) knob to move t he “*” to the left of “AUTO NAMING”, and press the knob. 7 Turn the PUSH SET (S.SEL) knob t o select “tit le”, and press the knob. 8 Press th e SAVE functio n (F5) but ton. The same name will now be giv en to newl[...]

90 File Operati ons in File Acces s Mode (for Windows) Chapter 6 File Operat ions Making F AM connections 1 If there is a disc loaded in this unit, put t he unit into the following stat e. • Recording, p layback, search a nd other disc operations (see p age 48) : St opped • THUMBNAIL button (see page 16) : Off • Disc access by Lock or Delecte[...]

91 File O perations i n Fil e Access Mode ( for Maci ntosh) Chapter 6 File Oper ations 4 Disconnect th e i.LINK cable as required. T o reconnect To reconnect after exi ting file operations, do one of the following , depending on whethe r an i.LINK cable is connected. i.LINK cable i s not connected: C onnect th is unit a nd a remote computer wit h a[...]

92 File Operati ons in File Acc ess Mode (for Mac intosh) Chapter 6 File Operat ions computer, indi cating that the computer is now able to perform file operations. Operation limitations during F AM connections • With the excep tion of the E JECT button, recording button s and playback control bu ttons ar e disabled. • Do not use the EJE CT but[...]

93 FTP Fil e Operat ions Chapter 6 File Oper ations FTP File Operatio ns File op erations betwee n this unit a nd a remote computer can be carri ed out by t he File Transfer P rotocol (cal led FTP be low). Prepar ations 1 Connect the networ k connecto rs of th is unit and a remote c omputer with a network cabl e (see connecti ons illustra tion on p[...]

94 FTP File Operat ions Chapter 6 File Operat ions If you pow er thi s unit off du ring an FTP co nnectio n, the data tr ansferred thu s far is disc arded. T o log out To log out after fini shing file op eratio ns, enter “QUIT” at the command p rompt and pr ess the Enter key. Command list The FTP pr otocol co mmands support ed by this unit incl[...]

95 FTP Fil e Operat ions Chapter 6 File Oper ations <mod e-cod e> ca n be an y of th e follo wing . How ever, for XDCAM, the mode is always “S”, regardless of the mode- code specificat ion. • S: Stream mode (default) • B: Block mode • C: Compressed mo de Input example: MODE S LIST Sends a list of files from th is unit to the re mote[...]

96 FTP File Operat ions Chapter 6 File Operat ions DELE Deletes the specified file o n this unit. Depending o n the dir ectory and file t ype, delet ion may no t be possibl e. For detail s, see “File ope ration restrict ions” (page 84). Command sy ntax: DELE <S P> <path-n ame> <CRLF> Input example: DELE Clip/C0099.MXF STAT Sen[...]

97 FTP Fil e Operat ions Chapter 6 File Oper ations Command sy ntax: RMD <SP> <path-name> <CR LF> Extended commands The followin g table shows t he extende d FTP commands support ed by this u nit. In the Command sy ntax, <SP> means a space, entered by pressing the space bar, and <CRLF> means a new line , entered by pre[...]

98 Recording Continuous Timecode With FAM and FT P Connections Chapter 6 File Operat ions - 7 77: Allow writin g to the director y. • W hen a file in th e General directory is specified in <path- name> - 4 44: Forbid wri ting to and exec ution of the fil e. - 555: Forbid writing to the file, but allow execution. - 666: Allow writing to t he[...]

99 Menu Sy stem Config uration / Set up Menu Chap ter Chapte r 7 Men us 7 Menus Menu System Configurat ion The setti ngs for this un it use the fol lowing menus. Setup m enu The setup menu system of th is unit comprises the basic setup menu an d extended set up menu. Maint enanc e menu This provid es audio contr ol, and network and setup menu sett [...]

100 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus Items in the basic men u The basic menu items ( excluding the items re lated to the digital hours meter) are liste d in the f ollowing t able. • Item names ar e the names whic h appear on the video monito r screen of this u nit and an external mon itor, when the in put signal s to the mon itor are the video signals [...]

101 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 005 DISPLA Y INFORMA TION SELECT Determine the k ind of te xt information to be outpu t from the COMPOSITE OUTPUT 2 (SU PER) connector , the SDSDI OUTPUT 2 (SUPE R) connector , or the HDSDI OUTPUT 2 (SUPER) connector . T&sta (t ime data & status) : Tim e data and the u nits s tatus . T&UB (time data &am[...]

102 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus 013 SYSTEM FREQ UENCY SELECT MENU Specify whether to ena ble s witching the system frequencie s (59.94i , 59.94P , 29.97P , 50i, 5 0P , 25P). off : Do not enab le s witch ing the system fre quenc ies. on : Enable s witchin g the sys tem frequ encies . F or deta ils abou t s witchi ng the s ystem f requencie s, see pag[...]

103 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 031 R ECORDING FO RMA T Set the re cording f or mat. HD422 : HD422 420HQ : HD420HQ 420SP: HD420 SP IMX50(IM X50Mbps): M PEG IMX 50Mbps a) IMX40(IM X40Mbps): M PEG IMX 40Mbps a) IMX30(IM X30Mbps): M PEG IMX 30Mbps a) D VCAM: DV C A M a) 033 B A TTER Y END V OL T A GE S ets the vol tage to shut do wn the unit in th e[...]

104 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus a) When the separa tely sold PDBK-S15 00 option is installed. Basic menu operations The setup menus are di splayed in the tim e data display area of the basi c operati on displa y or on t he video moni tor display. If you have co nnected an ex ternal monitor, th ey are also super imposed over t he picture shown on tha[...]

105 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us T o change the se ttings of menu i tems Proceed as follows to ch ange the set tings of menu items. 1 Use the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob to sele ct the requir ed item. Exampl e: Screen display when item 005 DISPLAY INFORMATION SELECT is selected 2 Press the PUSH S ET(S.SEL) knob or the S ELECT functi on butt on (F2). This[...]

106 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus 3 Press th e SAVE function b utton ( F5). The message “NOW SAVING...” appears on the video monitor display, and “ Saving ...” appears in the time data display area, while the settings of all items are returned to their fact ory defau lt setti ngs. The se factory default se ttings are saved in memo ry. If you p[...]

107 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us Items in the ex tended menu The foll owin g tabl es show the ite ms in t he exte nded m enu. • Item names are th e names which app ear on an externa l monitor t o which the output o f the COMP OSITE OUTPUT 2 ( SUPER) conne ctor, the S DSDI OUTPUT 2 (SUPER) connector, or the HDSDI OUTPUT 2 (SUPER) connector i s in[...]

108 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus a) Th e disc is ejecte d after recordi ng stops. b) The unit enters stop m ode when the PLA Y button is pressed. It enters freeze pi cture mode (jog, shut tle, or variabl e mode) wh en the SH TL/JOG button or VAR /JOG butt on is pressed. 131 A UDIO V OLUME Select w hether e ach of the CH-1/AL L CH, CH-2 to CH-4 ad jus[...]

109 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us a) Whe n the separatel y sold PDBK-S1 500 option is inst alled. b) When the separa tely sold PDBK -201 option boa rd is installe d c) FTP conn ectio ns ca n be ma de onl y whe n the device conn ected t o the REMOTE(9P) connec tor (D-sub 9 pin) is in sto p mode. During FTP connec tions, the device c onnecte d to th [...]

110 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus Menu i tems in t he 600s, rel ating to the tim ecode, metada ta, and UMID Item nu mber Item name Settings 601 VITC POSITION SEL-1 In 59.94i/5 9.94P/ 29.97P mod e Select the line into which t o inse r t VITC signa ls (SD ou tput) 12H ... [16 H] ... 20H: A ny lin e from lin e 12 th rough lin e 20. Notes • Y ou can ins[...]

111 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 612 TC OUTPUT MUTING IN SEARCH MODE Se lect wheth er to suppr ess the o utput from the TIME CO DE OUT connec tor in jog/shuttl e mode. on : Suppress. off : Do not sup press . 618 UPCONV EMBEDED VITC a) Se lect the s ource of the VITC e mbedded i nto output HDSDI w hen up conver ting dur ing playback of S D disc s. [...]

112 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus a) Whe n the separately sold PDB K-S1500 op tion is installed. 668 USER MET A D A T A OUTPUT IN MXF Sele ct whether to output us er metada ta to MXF fi les. off: Do not output. on : Output. Menu i tems in t he 600s, rel ating to the tim ecode, metada ta, and UMID Item nu mber Item name Settings Menu items in the 700s,[...]

113 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 710 INTERNAL VIDEO SIGNAL GENERA T OR Select the test s ignal to b e output fr om the internal test si gnal gen erato r . When V IN PUT on the P1 VI DEO page of the fun ction men u is set to “SG”, the internal test s ignal gen erato r oper ates to o utput the s elect ed test sign al. This signa l can als o be r[...]

114 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus a) Whe n the separately sold PDB K-S1500 op tion is installed. 726 H BLAN KING WIDT H Select the horiz ontal b lank ing width o f the o utput anal og vid eo signa l. narow (narro w) : Digit al b lankin g (narro w) wide : Analog b lanki ng (wide) When “wi de” is se lected , the horiz ontal blan king wi dth comp lie[...]

115 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us Menu items in the 800s, relating to aud io contr ol Item num ber Item nam e Settings 802 DIGIT AL A UDIO M UTING IN SHUTTLE MODE Set the aud io mut ing co nditions during sh uttle pla yback. off : Not muted. on : Mut ed. 807 A UDIO OUTPUT PHASE Set the output tim ing of digit al audio pla y bac k signals (HDSDI, SD[...]

116 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus 834 A UDIO I NPUT LEVEL Select th e analog a udio inp ut source . Sub-item 1 CH1 line : Line input mic: M icrophon e inpu t 2 CH2 line : Line input mic: M icrophon e inpu t 839 A UDI O A GC/LIMITER MODE For au tomatic input l ev el adjustments perf ormed on th e analog audio signals recorded on ch annels 1 and 2, sel [...]

117 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 935 DET AIL GAIN (DC) Adjust t he dow n-con v er ter imag e enha ncer , the sharpness of edge enhanc ement . 0 to 7FH 936 LIMITER (DC) Adjust t he do wn-co nv erter image enha ncer , the maximu m deta il le v el added t o emph asiz e the original sign al. 0 to 20 H to 3FH 937 CRISP THRESHOLD (DC) Adjust t he do wn-[...]

118 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus a) Whe n the separately sold PDB K-S1500 op tion is installed. Ex tended menu operati ons The extende d menu can be used with the same procedur es as in the basic menu. 959 H/V RA TIO (UC) a) Adjust the up-con v erter image enhancer . Set the horizontal/v er tical ratio f or edge enhance ment. 0 to 3 to 7 965 INPUT UP[...]

119 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us However, sinc e with the factory de fault sett ings the extended men u is not displ ayed, it is first n ecessary to enable display of t he extende d menu. T o enable displa y of the ext ended menu Proceed as fo llows to use the mai ntenance menu. 1 Holding down the PAGE/ HOME button and the SHIFT b utton, press t h[...]

120 Maintenan ce Menu Chapter 7 Menus Mainte nance Menu Item s in t he ma intenanc e me nu The following tabl es show the items in the maintenance menu. • Item names ar e the names whic h appear on the video moni tor of this unit and an exter nal mo nitor t o which the output of the CO MPOSITE OUT PUT 2 (SUPER ) connector, t he SDSDI OUTPUT 2 ( S[...]

121 Maintenan ce Menu Chapte r 7 Men us M38: F-KEY CONFIG Fo r detai ls, ref er to the Mainten ance Man ual . M380: H OME2 Assign a fu nction m enu ite m to page HOME2 of the func tion men u as a u ser setti ng. M381: P AGE8 A SSIGN Assign a s etup men u item to page P8 o f the fu nction m enu as a user se tting. M382: P A GE8 NAME Specify the name[...]

122 Maintenan ce Menu Chapter 7 Menus M4: SETUP MAINTENANCE: items relating to the setup menu Item Setting M40: EXTEN DED MEN U Select whether to dis pla y the e x tended m enu. DISABLE : Do no t disp la y . ENABLE : Displ ay . M41: C UST OMIZ E Sel ect whet her to e nabl e the cus tomizati on functio n of th e setup men u. DISABLE : Do no t disp l[...]

123 Maintenan ce Menu Chapte r 7 Men us a) A jumb o frame is a fram e larger than the maximum 1514 bytes (not including FCS) of the standard Ethernet fram e. Jumbo frames mak e it possible to delive r larger pa yloads p er packet . Since fe wer packet s need to be routed , packet pr ocessing overh ead is lower an d netwo rk throughpu t is potent ia[...]

124 Maintenan ce Menu Chapter 7 Menus 1 Use the PUSH S ET(S.SEL) k nob or th e V /MARK1 and v /MAR K2 butt ons to se lect the re quired i tem, then pr ess the PUSH SET( S.SEL) knob or the SELECT f unction bu tton (F2) . The sub-items of the selected item appe ars. 2 Select a sub-it em with the same operation as step 1 , and u se the PUS H SET(S .SE[...]

125 Maintenan ce Menu Chapte r 7 Men us To set the commun icati ons spee d 1 Sele ct main tena nce me nu item M5: NETWOR K >M54: LINK SPEED. 2 Press th e PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob. The communicat ions speeds ( AUTO, 10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1000Mbps) a ppear, and t he arrow flashes. 3 Press th e PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob or use the v / MARK1 or V /MARK2 butto[...]

126 Overvi ew Chapter 8 Planning Met adata Chapter 8 Planning Metadata Overvi ew Planni ng me tadata is a file th at co ntains m etada ta abou t the clips to be shot and recorded. To use pla nning metad ata, you will need to save a fil e in advance in one of th e locations sho wn below, and i nsert the media into th is unit. (Up to 99 planni ng met[...]

127 Overvi ew Chapter 8 Planning Metadata </Planni ngMetadat a> 3 In the above example, sp indicates a space and 3 indicat es a carriage retu rn. • When creating a file, write each line as a single statement, i nserting carriage retu rns only at th e indicated carriage return locat ions, and inserting no u nspecified spaces. • If the UTF-[...]

128 Impor tant Notes on Op eration Appendix Appendix Important No tes on Opera tion Use and storage Do not su bjec t the un it to se vere sho cks The internal mechanism may be damaged or t he body warped. Do not co ver the un it while op erati ng Doing so will cause temperatures to rise inside t he unit, possibly re sulting in failur e. After use T[...]

129 Periodic Maintena nce Append ix This pheno menon is not a malfunction. Such pixel s have no effect on the re corded data, and the unit may be used with confidenc e even if they are p resent. Periodic Maintenan ce Digital hours meter The digit al hours meter ca n provid e eight i tems of informat ion about the op erational history of the un it. [...]

130 Periodic Ma intenance Appendix H15: LOADING COUNTER mo de (resettable) Display th e total nu mber of tim es disc has been loaded in the unit. The count is reset table. H17: SE EK RUNNING 1 mode (resettable) Same as H13. Of the two optic al heads, this shows th e cumulativ e seek operation time for t he other optical hea d in unit s of hours. Th[...]

131 Troubleshoo ting Append ix Troubleshoot ing Alarms An alarm (warning messa ge) appears in the time dat a display area when an o peration i s attemp ted which is inappr opriat e for the settings on th is unit or the sta te of t he disc. Both th e alarm me ssage and the ac tion to take to resolve the problem ap pear in the moni tor vid eo section[...]

132 Trouble shooting Appendix When a disc is inserted During front panel operations Alar m mes sage in ti me data displa y area Ala rm mes sage in vi deo m onit or sc reen Description/ac tion Unknow n FS! UNKNOWN FILE SYSTEM. PLEASE FORMA T DISC OR EJECT . Format the di sc, or ej ect it (see page 81) . No FS! NO FILE SYSTEM.PLEASE EJECT DISC . Ejec[...]

133 Troubleshoo ting Append ix REC INHI.! A UT O FORMA TTING W AS NOT COMPLETED . THE DISC WRITE PR O TECT T AB IS SET T O SA VE. PLEASE EJECT DISC . Set the d isc’ s Write Inhibit tab to enab le re cording (see pa ge 47) . THE DISC WRITE PR O TECT T AB IS SET T O SA VE. A UT O FORMA TTING W AS NO T COMPLETED . REC INHIBIT MODE IS SELECTED . CHEC[...]

134 Trouble shooting Appendix TC EXT! b) TC EXTERNAL IS SELECTED . SET TC INTERNAL MODE IN FUNCTI ON MENU . This appe ars when TCG on pa ge P5 TC o f the function m enu is set to “EXT” , and y ou try to preset timecode or user bits by s etting PRST/RG N to “PRESET”. Set TCG to “INT” (see page 45) . REGEN mode! a) TCG REGEN MODE IS SELEC[...]

135 Troubleshoo ting Append ix a) Displaye d only when setup menu item 016 ALA RM DISPLAY i s set to “on”. b) Displayed only whe n setup menu ite m 016 ALARM DISPL AY is set to “on” or “limi t”. No EM space ESSENCE MARK NO T RECORDED . NO SP ACE A V AILABLE T O RECORD ESSENCE MARK. Use t he PDZ-1 Pro xy Browsi ng Softw are t o delete un[...]

136 Trouble shooting Appendix During recording and editing operations a) Displa yed only when set up menu item 01 6 ALARM DISPL AY is set to “on” or “lim it”. During pla yback a) Displa yed only when set up menu item 01 6 ALARM DISPL AY is set to “on” or “lim it”. During thumbnail sear ch, scene se lection, and c lip list operations[...]

137 Troubleshoo ting Append ix Alarms rela ting to a udio and video signals Durat ion of One Cli p List must be Less t han 24 Hours. The total dur ation of th e current c lip list is grea ter than 24 hours . This ap pears wh en the total dur ation o f the curren t clip li st e xce eds the up per limit of 24 h ours as the resu lt of ad ding or trimm[...]

138 Trouble shooting Appendix a) Displa yed only when set up menu item 01 6 ALARM DISPL AY is set to “on”. Alarms relating to sensors and drives Alarms r elated t o syst em fr equenc y and record ing format The following alarms are displa yed only when setup menu item 016 ALARM DISPLAY is set to “on” o r “limit”. REF NON-STD A NON-ST AN[...]

139 Troubleshoo ting Append ix HD422 1080 DISC CANNO T BE RECORDED . VIDEO REC MODE SELECTION DIFFERENT FROM VIDEO ON DISC . This ap pears when the vi deo rec ording f o r mat o f this unit does not correspon d to tha t of the in serted disc. Chang e the dis c to the on e corresp onding to the video rec ording f ormat of this unit or cha nge the vi[...]

140 Specific ations Appendix Err or mes sages Error codes appear in the time d ata di splay when an err or (usu ally a hard ware pr oble m) oc curs . In ad dition , both error messages and error codes appear i n the monitor video section a nd on the vi deo monit or connected t o the unit. When an error message appears, follow the instructi ons in t[...]

141 Specific ations Append ix Audio 2 4 bits, 48 kHz, 8 channels Proxy au dio A-l aw 8 bits, 8 kHz, 8 channels Reco rding /playba ck time s PFD23A discs Approx. 4 3 minutes PFD50DLA discs Approx. 9 5 minutes The recording and playback times listed above are approximate . Maximum recording t imes may vary depending on recordi ng conditi ons. Searc h[...]

142 Specific ations Appendix Digi tal audi o ou tput s DIGITAL AUDIO (AE S/EBU) OUTPUT 1/2, 3/4 BNC type (×2) , 1/2 ch, 3/4 c h complying with AES-3id- 1995 Timec ode outpu t TIME CODE OUT BNC type (× 1), SMPTE t imecode, 1.0 Vp-p, 7 5 Ω , unbalanced Remote control connector s REMOTE(9P) D-sub 9-pin, female ( ×1), compl ying with RS-422A VIDEO [...]

143 Usin g PDZ-1 Proxy Brows ing So ftware Append ix Using PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software When a comput er with the PDZ-1 Pr oxy Browsin g Software insta lled is connected to this unit, you c an transfer the prox y AV data an d metadata files recorded on a disc to the compu ter. On the comput er side, PDZ-1 enables you to browse t he proxy AV da ta,[...]

144 Using UMID Data Appendix Using UMID Data Metadata is addi tional information reco rded on discs along with audio-visual data. It is used t o bring greater effi ciency to the flow of op eration s from material acq uisiti on through editing, an d to make it easier to find and reuse material. As one of app lication of metadata, the UMI D has been [...]

145 Using UMID Data Append ix • Recording with UTC time. UTC (coordinated universal time) is used when recording the UMID. Use of a univer sal time system en ables unifor m management of sour ce m ate rial re cord ed al l o ver t he w orld . • Calculation of dat e differences. Source mat erial is recorded using modified Juli an dates (MJD), wh [...]

146 Ancillary Data Appendix Ancillary Data This unit can play and record an cillary data multiplexed into HDSDI signals. It can also i nput and output ancillary data in M XF files wh en transfe rring files via FAM or FTP connections. Transferable auxi liary data i ncludes text data (capti ons and metada ta) and co ntrol signals. Ancillar y da ta in[...]

147 Correspo ndence Betw een Setting It ems of HKDV-900 and Set up Menu of This Unit Append ix Corresponden ce Between Setting Items of HKDV-900 a nd Setup Menu of This Unit a) The settin g becomes effec tive for the outpu t only when VID. PROC on page P1 VIDEO o f the f unction me nu is se t to “ME NU”. b) Whether to set the down-conve rter or[...]

148 List of Supported USB Ke yboards Appendix List of Support ed USB Keyboards When the area of use is set to “UC” ( f or regions outside Japan) On this unit, yo u can enter any of the characters and symbols suppo rted by the k eyboards listed below. Select t he corre sponding lang uage by select ing Set tings >Select USB Keyboard L anguage [...]

149 List of Support ed USB Keybo ards Append ix Italian [Italy] Polish (Program mers) [Pol and] Russian [Ru ssia] Spanis h [Spain] When the a rea of use is se t to “J” ( f or Japan) The keyboard is fixed as t he Japanese keybo ard. • The keyboa rd langua ge cannot be changed. • It is not possible to en ter Japanese hiragana , katakana, and [...]

150 List of Supported USB Ke yboards Appendix[...]

151 Tradema rks and Licens es Append ix Trademarks and Lic enses MPEG-4 visual patent portfolio license THIS PR ODUCT IS LI CENSED UNDE R THE MPEG -4 VISU AL PA TENT P ORTFO LIO L ICEN SE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NO N-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSU MER FOR (i) ENCODING VID EO IN COMPL IANCE WITH TH E MPEG-4 VISUAL STANDAR D (“MPEG-4 VIDEO”) AND/OR (ii) [...]

152 Glossary Appendix Glossa ry AES/EBU A standard est ablished jo intly by t he AES (Audi o Enginee ring Society) and EBU (European Broadcasting Union) for serial transmission of digita l audio. Tw o channels of audio can be transmi tted via a singl e connector. Clip A recording unit. Clips a re created every time recording starts an d stops. Clip[...]

153 Glossary Appendix Source Pack i s called an Ex tended UMID. User bi ts A total of 32 bits ar e provi ded in th e timecode which the user ca n use to record such information as date, reel number, or scen e number on video tape or di sc. Also calle d user’s bits . VBID (V ideo Bl anking ID) This is a video ID signal , defined i n the EIAJ CPR-1[...]

154 Index Index Index A AC IN connector 24 ACCESS indicator 13 Accessories not su pplied 142 supplied 1 42 Add Sub C lip screen 74 Alarms 131 Analog audio sign al input/ output secti on 24 ANALOG AUDIO INPUT 1, 2 connectors 24 OUTPUT 1, 2 connector s 25 Ancillary data 146 Appendix 128 Area of use setting 27 Arrow bu ttons 14 Audio input display 18 [...]

155 Index Index exiting file operations 92 maki ng FAM conne ction s 91 operating on files 92 reconnecting 9 2 File Operations in F ile Access Mode (for Wi ndows) 89 exiting file operations 90 maki ng c onne ctio ns 90 operating on files 90 preparations 89 reconnecting 9 1 recording con tinuous time code 98 Formatti ng dis cs 81 Front panel 13, 29 [...]

156 Index Index S Salva ge func tion 51 Scene finding 64, 65, 66 Scene Selection 72 Scrollbar 58 SD/HDSDI INPUT connector 23 SDSDI OUTPUT 1, 2 (SUPER) connectors 24 Select Essence Mark screen 66 Select Index screen 67 Set Start Time Code screen 77 Setup menu basic menu 100 extended menu 107 SHIFT bu tton 17 Shortc ut 82 SHTL/JOG b utton 15 Shuttle [...]

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