Sony PDW-F30 инструкция обслуживания

3-990-977- 13 (1) Professional Disc Recorder Operating Instructions Before oper ating the u nit, pleas e read thi s manual thoroughl y and reta in it for fut ure reference. PDW-F30 © 2006 Sony Corporation[...]

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

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

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

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

6 Tabl e of Cont ents Formatting a Disc ................................................................................ 36 Handling of Discs When Recording Does Not End Normally (Salvage Functions) .................................................................................. 36 Recording ....... .............. .............. .............. ..[...]

Table of Contents 7 Chapter 5 File Operations Overview ....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. .......... 69 Directory Structure .............................................................................. 69 File Operation Restrictions .................................................................. [...]

8 Tabl e of Cont ents To Eject Discs With the Unit Powered Off ....................................... 102 About i.LINK ........... ................... .............. .............. .............. ........ 102 Specifications ..... .............. .................. .............. .............. ............. 103 Using UMID Data ............... .....[...]

9 Feat ures Chapter Chapter 1 Ov erview 1 Overview Features The PDW-F30 is a professional di sc recorder sup porting HD playback an d recording wit h Professional Di sc 1) media. It can play back MPEG HD format and DVCAM format data streams, an d record audio and v ideo data file s sent via its i.LI NK connector or t he PDBK-101 Networ k Board. Whe[...]

10 Feat ures Chapter 1 Ov erview Analog aud io: This enabl es output of 2 chann els (1/2 or 3/ 4) of analog audio . Con venient disc-based pla yback and searc h functions Thumb nail se arch es An independent clip file is generat ed whenever recording starts and stops. The first frame of each cli p is used as the thumbnai l for that c lip. You can d[...]

11 Feat ures Chapter 1 Ov erview PDBK-102 MPEG-TS (T ranspor t Stre am) Input/Output Board Installa tion of t his boar d enhances the functi onality o f the standard i. LINK connector , allowing it to be used as an I/O interface for HDV 1) 1080i 2) format compat ible TS 3) signals. HD files recorded on the d isc can be converted t o TS signals comp[...]

12 Names and Func tions of Part s Chapter 1 Ov erview Names and Funct ions of Parts Fr ont Panel a On/stan dby 1 switch and indicator When the POWER switch (see page 19) on the re ar pan el is in the * (on) posi tion, th is switches the unit betwe en the operating sta te (the indicator is lit green) and the st andby state (the indicat or is lit red[...]

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

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

15 Names and Functi ons of Parts Chapter 1 Ov erview Use the largest size t o display the system menu and view superimposed informatio n. f Functi on me nu Use the PAGE bu tton to di splay this menu, and to switch between th e pages (HOME, P 1) of the menu. Each page has several set ting items, which corr espond to the F1 to F5 buttons. Press the c[...]

16 Names and Func tions of Part s Chapter 1 Ov erview r Audio mon itor channel s This display s the audio mo nitor channe ls, as set with MONI CH and MONI SEL on t he HOME page of the functi on menu (see page 75) . When you are moni toring ch annels 1 and 2 (M ONI CH is set to “CH 1/ 2”), the displa y changes as foll ows, depending on the setti[...]

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

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

19 Names and Functi ons of Parts Chapter 1 Ov erview a AUDIO OUTPUT (analog audio signal output) 1/3 and 2/4 connectors (XLR 3-pin, male) These output two channels of ana log audio. For 4-chan nel audio, you can use the I NTERFACE SELECT >AUDI O OUTPUT item of the setup menu (see page 85) to sel ect whether to output channels 1 and 2, o r channe[...]

20 Names and Func tions of Part s Chapter 1 Ov erview • If video or aud io signals from an external devi ce connected to the S400 connect or fail to be out put, disconnect t he i.LINK cable and connect it ag ain, pushing it st raight in. • Before co nnecting or di sconnecting an i .LINK cable between t his unit and a device wit h a 6-pin i. LIN[...]

21 Names and Functi ons of Parts Chapter 1 Ov erview 2 Insert a new batt ery with the + symbo l facing upward ( 1 ), and t hen push the bat tery hold er until it clicks ( 2 ). Battery may explode i f mistreated. Do not rech arge, disassemble or dispose of in fir e. Danger of explos ion if battery is incorrect ly replaced. Replace only wi th the sam[...]

Chapter 2 22 Settin g the System Frequ ency Chapter 2 Prepa rations Preparations Settin g the System Freque ncy This unit is sh ipped with the system frequency still unset. Therefore, y ou need to set t he system fre quency before using the unit. (The u nit cannot be used unless t he system frequency i s set.) Once it is set, the system frequency i[...]

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

24 Connect ions and Settings Chapter 2 Prepa rations Connec tion metho d and co nnectio n cables To view SD video Con nect an SD vi deo moni tor us ing t he meth od i n the following figu re. Conn ection meth od and con nection cables Using PDZ-1 Over an i.LINK Connection (F AM Connection) You can use the supp lied PDZ-1 Pr oxy Browsing Software to[...]

25 Connecti ons and Settings Chapter 2 Prepar ations See “Using PDZ-1 Prox y Browsing S oftware” in Chapter 4 (page 6 8) for more information ab out installi ng the PDZ-1 soft ware. See the onl ine help of PDZ-1 for more informatio n about usi ng PDZ-1. Some limi tations appl y to FAM connect ions. For detai ls, see “File Opera tions in File [...]

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

27 Setu p Chapter 2 Prepar ations Setup The princi pal setup operat ions before op erating th is unit are carried out using se tup menus. This sect ion explains how to set the d ate and ti me and how to adju st the brig htness of the LC D panel. See Chapter 6 “ Menus” (page 75) for more i nformation about menu operations and men u items. Settin[...]

28 Setup Chapter 2 Prepa rations 1 Press th e MENU button. The system menu ap pears on the monitor screen (see page 77) . 2 Select SETUP MENU using the M / MARK 1 butt on o r m /MARK2 button, then press the , /OUT button. The setup menu appears on t he monitor scre en (see page 77) . 3 Select DISPLAY CONT ROL using the M /MARK1 button or m /MARK 2 [...]

29 24P (23.98 P) Mode Settings Chapter 2 Prepar ations 24P (23. 98P) Mod e Settings Selecting the Playbac k Mode (23.98PsF or 2- 3 Pulldo wn) When t he se tup menu item S YSTEM F REQ is set to “23.98P”, yo u can set monito r output to ei ther 23.98PsF mode or 2-3 pulldown mod e. 1 Press th e MENU button. The system menu (see page 77) appears. 2[...]

30 24P ( 23. 98P) Mode Sett ing s Chapter 2 Prepa rations 14 Press the m /MARK2 but ton to select “2 3.98P”. 15 If you want to change th e monitor out put setti ng as well, press the < /IN button to r eturn t o the h igher level screen (t he state of step 11 ). If you do not want to change the monitor output setting, proceed to step 19 . 16 [...]

31 24P (23.98 P) Mode Settings Chapter 2 Prepar ations Pla ybac k in 24P (23.98P) 2-3 Pulldown Mod e Pulldown playbac k frame sequences During pul ldown mode playbac k, playback is ca rried out so that the 24-frame tim ecode set with TIME CODE >PD PRESET in the setup menu becomes the “A-frame” of the frame sequence. The fol lowing figure sho[...]

32 Superimpos ed Text Informat ion Chapter 2 Prepa rations 8 Press the M /MARK1 or m /MARK2 bu tton to se lect “TIME DATA ONL Y”. 9 Press th e SET butto n. The sett ing is conf irmed. 10 Turn the di splay of character information on. For details, see “To turn superimposed text on and off” (page 32) . As shown below, you can display 24-frame[...]

33 Superimpos ed Text Information Chapter 2 Prepar ations The display shown above corr esponds to the factor y default settings of the unit. You can use DI SPLAY CONTROL >DISPLAY INF O (page 81 ) in the se tup menu to chang e the inf ormation shown in the seco nd line. See page 86 “ Setup Menu Op erations” in Cha pter 6 for more information [...]

34 Superimpos ed Text Informat ion Chapter 2 Prepa rations Displaying Supplementary Status Informatio n When you set the setu p menu ite m DISPLAY CONTROL >SUB STATUS to other than “OF F” (see page 82) , yo u can view su pplementary status in formation on the monitor screen below the o perating mode displ ay area. The fo llowi ng it ems of s[...]

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

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

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

38 Recording Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback Recording This sectio n describes vid eo and audio recording on the unit. See page 75 “ Function Men u” in Chapte r 6 for more informatio n about funct ion menu operati ons. See page 86 “ Setup Menu Op erations” in Cha pter 6 for more information a bout setup menu o perations. It is not possib[...]

39 Recording Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla yback The TC PRESET MODE screen ap pears. 5 Use the arrow buttons and the RESET button to set the initial tim ecode va lue. < /IN butto n or , /OUT button : Select the digit to change (it flashes). M /MARK 1 button o r m /MARK2 button: Change the value of t he selected digi t. RESE T button: Reset all di[...]

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

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

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

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

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

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

46 Playbac k Chapter 3 Recordi ng and Pla yback 4 Select the clip whose t humbnail you want to chang e (you can do thi s with the same operations as step 1 of “To select a thumbnail image and st art playback ” (see page 43) ). 5 Press th e SET butto n or the PLAY b utton. If you press the SET button, a still image ap pears showing select ed ess[...]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

54 Overvi ew Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection Assigning Clip Titles When the setup menu item OPERATIONA L FUNCTION >CLIP TITL E >AUTO TITLE is set to “ENABLE”, tit les are displayed instead of cl ip numbers for all cl ips recorded after the se tting is ma de. Titles are made up of a prefix of up to 10 characters a nd a 5-digit number. The facto[...]

55 Overv iew Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion To ass ign cl ip na mes o n this u nit The title assigned to c lip becomes it s clip name (file name). 1 Set OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >CL IP TITLE >AUTO TITLE in the setup menu to “ENABLE” (see page 80) . 2 Set OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >FILE NAMING >AUTO NAMING to “free”. You are now abl e to use [...]

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

57 Creating Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion 2 Press th e MENU button. The CLIP menu appears (see page 65) . (If no clip li st is loaded in the current cli p list, a screen as shown in step 3 appears.) 3 Use the M /MAR K1 or m /MARK2 bu tton to selec t LOAD CLIP LIST, and then press the S ET button. A clip list select ion screen appears. For a[...]

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

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

60 Creating Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection You can us e a trimming operati on (see page 62) to ch ange In and Out po ints set by th e quick scene selec tion functi on. 1 With th e SUB CL IP butt on off, and the clip displaye d in full -screen mode, p lay back the cl ip or conduct a search t o find the poi nt that you want to set as the In po[...]

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

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

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

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

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

66 Managing Clip List s Chapter 4 Scene Sel ection The CLIP menu c an handle up to 99 clip l ists. Changing Displayed Items of Information o n Sub Clips You can chan ge information displayed i n the lower porti on of ea ch thumbna il in the clip list win dow. Proceed as follows. 1 Display the CLIP menu. See “Displ aying the CLIP menu” (page 65)[...]

67 Managing Clip Lists Chapter 4 Scene Selec tion See “Displ aying the CLIP menu” (page 65). 2 Use the M /MAR K1 or m /MARK2 bu tton to selec t “SORT CLIP LISTS BY...”, and then press the SET butto n. A screen like t he one shown below app ears. 3 Use the M /MARK1 or m /MARK 2 button to select the type of sor ting. NAME: Sort in as cending [...]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

76 Function Menu Chapter 6 Menus Pag e P1 F3: MONI SEL (m onitor select ion) Selects the audio mo nitor signal outp ut from the A UDIO MONIT OR connector an d the PHONES jac k. STEREO: Assign the chan nels selected with MONI CH to left and right. MONO L (mon aural L chan nel ): Output on e of the cha nnels s elected wi th MONI CH. MONO R (monaural [...]

77 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus System Men u Use the syste m menu to set up the unit for specific purposes and con ditions. Menu settings are sto red in nonvolat ile memory and are pr eserved even af ter the unit is powered off. The system menu is made up of the following five menus. • Setup menu (SETUP MENU) • TC preset menu (TC PRES ET) • [...]

78 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus OPERATIONAL FUNCTION DISPLAY CONTROL TIME CODE DISC PROTECTION VIDEO CONTROL REPEAT MODE AUTO EE SELECT LOCAL ENABLE REC FORMAT DISC END CLIP TITLE FILE NAMING SYSTEM SEL SEARCH ENABLE VAR SPD LIMIT PREROLL TIME AFTER CUE-UP CHARA. POSITION CHARA. TYPE CHARA. VSIZE DISPLAY INFO SUB STATUS MENU DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS ALARM[...]

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

80 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus LOCAL ENABLE [> Local ENA]: Sel ect the b uttons tha t can be oper ated on this unit ev en when the rem ote control s witch is set to REMO TE. ALL DISABLE [>> All DIS]: The E JECT button and the butto ns in the recording/pl ay back c ontrol b lock cannot b e oper ated. * ST OP & EJECT [>> ST OP&[...]

81 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus PRER OLL TIME [> Prer oll]: Set the pre roll time . 15 SEC [>> 1 5 sec] to 0 SEC [>> 0 sec]: The prero ll time can be set in one-sec ond incremen ts to betw een 0 an d 15 seco nds. Factory de fault setting: 5 SEC [>> 5 sec] A preroll time of at le ast 5 se conds is rec ommended w hen using thi s[...]

82 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus SUB ST A TUS [> Sub status]: Selec t the sup plementary status inf or mati on show n in the monitor v ideo sect ion and on an exter n al mo nitor. * OFF [>> OFF]: No su pplem entar y st atus infor matio n TC MODE [>> TC mode]: Indi cations of the ope ratin g mode of internal timecode generator REMAIN [&[...]

83 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus VITC POS SEL-1 [> VITC pos-1]: Select a lin e to insert the VITC in. Note Y ou c an insert the VITC si gnal in tw o places . T o insert it in two places , set both this item and VI TC POS SEL-2. When the s ystem frequ ency is 60i, 23.98 P or 30P 20LINE [>> 20 line] to 12LINE [>> 12 line]: Select an y [...]

84 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus CC (F2) BLANK [> CC2 b lank]: Select wheth er to suppres s the clo sed capt ion signa l to be supe rimposed on the 2nd field o f the outpu t video s ignal. Note When y ou pla y back a disc with a reco rded closed capt ion signal, the clos ed captio n signal is multi ple x ed into com posite output on ly . * OFF [&g[...]

85 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus LEVEL SELECT [> Level Sel] REF LEVEL [>> REF Le vel]: Specify the ref erence le v el (headroom) for audio signals recorded to disc. * –20dB [>>> –20 dB] –18dB [>>> –18d B] –16dB [>>> –16d B] –12dB [>>> –12d B] OUTPUT LEVEL [>> Out Leve l]: Select the[...]

86 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus Setup Menu Operati ons This section exp lains how to change men u settings. Buttons used to change settings Use the foll owing button s to change men u settings. WIRELESS RMT [> Wireless]: Enable or dis able ope ratio n from the wireles s remote co mmander . DISABLE [>> DISABLE]: Disable. * ENABLE [>> E[...]

87 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus Changing the settings of basic items The factory default setti ng is to display only the basi c items. To change t he settings of basic items, proceed as follows. 1 Press the M /MARK1 or m/ MARK2 butt on to select the required it em. Example: Screen display when DISPLAY CONTROL is selected 2 Press the , /OUT button.[...]

88 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus • If you p ower off the un it before a save operation is complete d, settin gs may b e lost. Wa it until the save is compl eted before powering off t he unit. • If, inst ead of pressin g the SET butt on, you press the MENU button, the new settin gs are not saved. The message “ABORT !” appears in t he monitor v[...]

89 System Menu Ch apter 6 M enus The setting returned to it s factory de fault is saved in memory as the current setting. To return all se ttings to their f actory d efault setting s 1 Display the setup menu. 2 Press th e RESET button. A message appear s, to confirm whe ther or not you wish to return all settings to their factor y default settings.[...]

90 System Menu Chapter 6 Menus If you selected CL IP, the status of the current cl ip appears. When playback or search reaches a new cli p, the display chan ges to the status of the new cl ip. To return to the n ext highest level Press th e MENU button. To clear the m enu from the screen Pres s the ME NU button t wice. T o delete the most recent re[...]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

98 Trouble shooting Appendix a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTR OL >ALARM is set to “ON”. b) Displayed o nly when DISPLAY CONTROL >ALARM is se t to “ON” or “LIMI TED”. During recording and editing operations SB CLP mode b) T O ADD AN ESSENCE MARK, EXIT FR OM SUB CLIP MODE FIRST . This appe ars when y ou press the ESSENCE M ARK ([...]

99 Troubles hooting Appendix a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >AL ARM is set to “ON” or “LIMI TED”. ILL. REF! a) INPUT VIDEO SIGNAL DOES NO T SYNCHRONIZE WI TH REF VIDEO SIGNAL. USE COMMON REFERENCE SIGNAL OR CONNECT RECORDER REF OUT T O PLA YER REF IN. Input a re fere nce signal synchroniz ed with this unit’ s system fre quency [...]

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

101 Troubles hooting Appendix During thumbnail sear ch, scene se lection, and c lip list operations Alarm me ssage in m onitor video section Descrip tion/action CANNO T EXP AND CLIP ANY FUR THER. The clip c annot be ex panded into m ore b loc ks. This ap pears w hen the EXP AND b utton is press ed when the number of b loc k is ma ximum , or when th[...]

102 About i. LINK Appendix Alarms relating to sensors and drives Err or Messa ges Error codes appear in the time data display when an er ror (usu ally a hard ware pr oble m) oc curs . In ad dition , both error messages and error codes appear in the monitor video section a nd on the video monitor conn ected to the uni t. When an error message appear[...]

103 Specifications Appendix About data transfer speed of i.LINK i.LINK defines maximum data transf er speeds of approxi mately 100, 2 00 and 400 Mbps 1) that are referred to as S100, S 200 a nd S4 00 re spect ively . The maximum data t ransfer speed that an i.LINK de vice supports is identifi ed on the specif ications page of the operati ng instruc[...]

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

105 Specifications Appendix Access ories not sup plied AC power cord • For the cust omers in the U.S.A and C anada Part number 1 -551-812-41 ( 125 V, 10 A, about 2.4 m) • For the cust omers in the Unit ed Kingdom Part number 1 -777-823-12 ( 250 V, 10 A, about 2.0 m) • For the cust omers in European c ountries other than the United Kingdo m Pa[...]

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

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

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

109 Glossary Appendix Glossa ry Clip A recording unit. Clips a re created every time recording starts an d stops. Clip list A list of loc ations in the m ateria l recorded on the disc, arran ged in any order. Cli p lists can be c reated with the scene se lection fu nction of th is unit, an d with th e supplied PD Z-1 Proxy Br owsing Software. Compo[...]

110 Index Inde x Index A AC IN connector 19 ACCESS indicator 12 Alarms 95 Arrow bu ttons 16 Audio fo rmat 15 Audio l evel meters 15 Audio mo nitor channels 16 AUDIO MONITOR connectors 19 AUDIO OUTPUT 1/3 and 2/4 connectors 19 Audio recordin g formats 3 8 AV/C connection 25 B BVE-700 /700A 26 C CH 1 to C H 4 knobs 16 CHAPTER button 1 4 Clip lists 53[...]

111 Index Inde x MARK2 but ton 16 MENU butto n 13 Menus 75 MONITOR connect or 18 Moni tor vi deo displ ay sec tion 14 MPEG HD 9 N Names and fun ctions of parts 12 NEXT but ton 17 Nonlinear editing s ystem 25 O On/standb y switch and i ndicator 12 Opti on boa rds 10 , 91 PDBK-1 01 91 PDBK-1 02 92 OUT but ton 16 OUT i ndica tor 16 P PAGE button 14 PD[...]

112 Index Inde x User bit values setting 39 V VAR butto n 17 VARIABLE switch 16 Variable-speed mode 42 W Write-pro tecting disc s 35 Y Y/P B /P R 24[...]

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