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PROFESSIONAL DISC RE CORDER PDW-HD1500 OPERATION MANUAL [English ] 1st Edition.
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.
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.
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 Corporati on, 1-7-1 Konan, M inato-ku, T okyo, Ja pan.
Table o f Conten ts 5 Table of Cont ents Chapter 1 Overview Features........... ......... .............. ......... .............. .......... .............. ......... .. 9 Features of this unit ..........................................................
6 Tabl e of Cont ents Formatting a disc ................................................................................. 43 Chapter 4 Recording and Playback Recording ....... ......... .............. .......... .............. ......... ..............
Table o f Conten ts 7 Chapter 6 File Operations Overview.......... ......... .............. ......... .............. .......... .............. ......... 74 Directory structure ...........................................................................
8 Tabl e of Cont ents Troubleshooting . .............. ......... .............. ......... .............. .......... ... 116 Alarms ............................................................................................... 116 Error messages .....
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) playback and record ing with Professional Disc 1) media.
10 Feat ures Chapter 1 Ov erview High-s peed se arches with the jog an d shuttle dial s The jog and shuttle dial s can be used to find scenes insi de clips, in th e same way a s the jog an d shuttl e dials on conventional VTRs. In jog and v ariable modes, you c an search in field uni ts at from –2 to +2 times norma l speed.
11 System Conf igurations Chapter 1 Ov erview System Configurations 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.
12 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts Chapter 2 Names and Functions of Parts Front Panel The names and symbols of butt ons and knobs on the front panel are col or coded according to function. White: Function when the but ton or knob i s operat ed independ ently.
13 Front Pan el Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts access to the disc is completed before the unit switches to the standby st ate. While th e ACCESS in dicator is li t, do not turn of f the POWER switch o n the rear pane l or d isconnect the power cord.
14 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts a V /MARK1 butto n and v /MARK2 button When the THUMBNAIL indicator (see page 15) is li t, you can use these for thumbna il select ion. During reco rding or pl ayback, a shot mark 1 or shot mark 2 is recorded a s an essence mark when you press the PUS H SET (S.
15 Front Pan el Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts 4 Disp lay/men u contro l secti on a Function b uttons (F1 to F6) These button s are enabled when th e function menu (see page 39) is visible. E ach press of a but ton changes the setting of the corre sponding i tem in the menu.
16 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts i SHIFT b utton Switches b etween functi ons for any b utton with t wo functi ons. j PAGE/HOME button When pressed al one functi ons as the PAGE swit ching button. When pressed toget her with th e SHIFT bu tton, functi ons as the HOME but ton.
17 Front Pan el Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts This uni t can auto maticall y enter stan dby off mode whenever a specifi ed time elapses in d isc stop mode.
18 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts A Input sign al display: Displays the audio inpu t signal . . B Data indicat ion: Ap pears when the i nput signa ls are non-audio si gnals. C Monitor channel : Di splays the a udio m onito ring channels set with MONITR L and MONITR R on page P2 AUDIO of the function menu (see page 40) .
19 Front Pan el Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts These are set with PRST /RGN and TCG on p age P4 TC of the fu nction menu (see page 41) . D VITC: Lights in t he followi ng cases. • When VITC is read in playbac k mode. (This ha s no relatio ns to the disp lay in the tim e data disp lay area .
20 Front Pa nel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts When th ere is no d isplay, th e unit is sync hronizi ng to the internal reference signal. INPUT: In put video HD REF: HD-format reference sign.
21 Rear Panel Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts Rear Panel a (i.LINK) S400 connector (6 -pin, IEEE139 4 compliant) Connect a computer, or similar, using an i.LINK cable . • When this unit is connect ed to a device wi th a 6-pin i.LINK connector b y an i.
22 Rear Panel Chapter 2 Names and Func tions of P arts i MAINTENANCE connectors These are the USB conn ectors for maintenance. Do not conn ect USB devices to t his unit for any pu rpose other tha n maintenanc e.
23 Rear Panel Chapter 2 Names and Funct ions of P arts See “Basic Operations of the Functi on Menu” (page 39) for more info rmation. 3 Digi tal aud io sign al in put/ output section a DIGITAL AUDIO (A ES/EBU) IN (digital audio input) 1/ 2, 3/4 connect ors (BNC type) These inpu t AES/EBU for mat digita l audi o signals.
24 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. If you loa d or remove a battery pack i ncorr ectly, it may fall and cause bodi ly injury.
25 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.
26 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.
27 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.
28 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.
29 Connect ions an d Setti ngs Chapter 3 Prepar ation s Use of a shielded ca ble is recommende d. 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.
30 Connect ions and Settin gs Chapter 3 Prepar ations HDW -M2000 ( rec order) set ting s BVE-7 00/700A (edi ting 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 13 ) REF .
31 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.
32 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 .
33 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.
34 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 t o a video inpu t signal.
35 Set ting T ime code Chapter 3 Prepar ation s Setting Timecode There are the following four ways of rec ording ti mecode: Internal Preset mod e: This rec ords the outp ut of the internal timecode generator, set befo rehand to an initi al value. T he followi ng run modes c an be selected.
36 Setting Time code Chapter 3 Prepar ations out steps 2 to 5 . Settings are made i n hexadecimal (0-9, A-F). You can record ID code s in user bits. T o recor d timecode tha t f ollo ws sequentially upon the last recor ded timecode (Internal Reg en) You can reco rd timecode so that it i s continuous f rom one clip to th e next on the disc.
37 Superi mposed Tex t Inf ormation Chapter 3 Prepar ation s Superimposed Text Information The video signal ou tput fro m the COMPOSIT E OUTPUT 2 (SUPER) co nnector, SDSDI O UTPUT 2 (SUPE R) connector, or the HDSDI OUTPUT 2 (SUPER) connector contains superi mposed text info rmation, inclu ding timecode, menu set tings, and al arm messages.
38 Superimpos ed Text Infor mation Chapter 3 Prepar ations f Playba ck condit ion mark One of th ree channel con dition mar ks is displayed wh en the ACCESS i ndicator i s lit duri ng any mode ex cept recording. The three chan nel condi tion marks i ndicate t he following three stages.
39 Basic Operati ons of the Function Menu Chapter 3 Prepar ation s the recordi ng layer s on the disc may have wors ened due to age . Do not use di scs with these symptoms. Whether every di sc inserted into an XDCAM dev ice displays t he same p layback co nditions: If so, the performance of the laser diod es may have deteriorated.
40 Basic Opera tions of the F unction Men u Chapter 3 Prepar ations Function menu settings The follo wing ta bles li st the setti ng item s on each p age and describe their se tting v alues.
41 Basic Operati ons of the Function Menu Chapter 3 Prepar ation s P3 A UDIO page P4 TC page F2: A2 IN PUT Sele cts the a udio inpu t signal t o assign to audio c hanne l 2.
42 Handling Di scs Chapter 3 Prepar ations P5 REF page P6 O THER pa ge 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.
43 Handling Discs Chapter 3 Prepar ation s • If condensation forms, 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.
44 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 39 “ Basic Operati ons of th e Function Men u” in Chapter 3 for more informat ion.
45 Recording Chapter 4 Recording and Pla y bac k • The maximum number of clips tha t can be re corded is 300. If the load ed disc already con tains 300 cli ps, recordin g with the REC but ton is no t possible . (The message “ MAX # Clips” a ppears in th e time data d isplay area.
46 Recording Ch apt er 4 Rec ordi ng an d P layback operation acco rding to the emb edded REC or STOP command. Exchan ging di scs Even during recordin g, it is possible to eject discs by pressing th e EJECT button on the front panel. After a disc is exchange d, the unit resumes operat ion accor ding to the embedded REC or STOP command.
47 Playba ck Chapter 4 Recording and Pla y bac k To cancel t he clip salvage Press the RE SET/RE TURN bu tton. • The message “EJECT?” appe ars when “REC INHI” is displaye d. If the disc is write p rotected, eject the disc, set the Wr ite Inhibi t tab to ena ble recor ding, and then insert the disc again.
48 Playbac k Ch apt er 4 Rec ordi ng an d P layback is not th e same as the recordi ng settings of this unit . In this case, th e playback p osition c an be saved to the disc.
49 Playba ck Chapter 4 Recording and Pla y bac k You can also d elete and modify essence marks from the Thumbnail Menu of t he chapter t humbnail screen (see page 60) . Pla yback in jog mode In jog mode, you can control t he speed of pl ayback by the speed of turning t he jog dial.
50 Playbac k Ch apt er 4 Rec ordi ng an d P layback 1 Press the VAR /JOG button, turning i t on. 2 Turn the shut tle dial to the desired angle correspond ing to t he desired playback spee d.
51 Overvi ew Chap ter Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens 5 Operations in GUI Screens Ove rview You can perfor m scene searches, p lay the searched scenes, and select scenes (edit c lip list) in Graphical User Interface (GUI) screens. The GUI screens are your gateways to discs and the data sa ved on discs.
52 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens The othe r thumbnail screens are: • Expand thumbnai l screen • C hapt er thum bna il scre en • Essence mark thumbnail screen Informatio n and c ontrols in thumbnail screens Clip thumbnail screen This screen displa ys thumbnails of clips on the di sc in the order that the y were recorded.
53 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens a Clip name Displays the name of the select ed clip. When the clip ha s a title, the t itle is display ed as “TITLE00001 ” (see page 77) . When the unit's area of use (UC/J MO DEL SELECT) (see page 25) is set to “UC” , clip names c an be display ed in European l anguages.
54 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens To displ ay the cli p title, Settin gs >Displa y Title in the Disc Menu needs t o be set to On. b Selection fram e See the descriptio n in “Cl ip thumbn ail screen” ( page 52) .
55 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens a Sele ctio n frame See the descriptio n in “C lip thumbna il sc reen” (page 52) . b Clip numb er/total clip s Displays t he total numbe r of clip s on the disc and the number of the cli p that contain s the displayed chapters.
56 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens Disp laying menus Thumbnail Menu The Thumbn ail Menu disp lays menu it ems that are va lid for the c urrently displayed thumbnail screen. To disp lay the Thumbna il Menu To display t he Thumbnai l Menu, press t he MENU button with a thum bnail scre en displayed.
57 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens To disp lay the Disc Menu To display t he Disc Menu, press the SUB C LIP/DISC MENU button with the SHIFT button h eld dow n in on e of the followi ng screens.
58 Overvi ew Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens GUI scr een oper ation s T o select items Do one of the followin g to select thum bnails, menu items, timecode dig its, and other items. • Turn the PU SH SET(S. SEL) knob. • Turn the jog or shuttle dial .
59 Thumbna il Operat ions Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens Thumbnail Operat ions You can use thumbnai l screens to displa y clip infor mation and to find, protec t, a nd dele te cli ps. The thum bnails provid e visual con firmation of t hese and oth er opera tions.
60 Thumbnai l Operat ions Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens first frame in each block. This is a qui ck and efficient way to review the selec ted clip and search for t arget scenes. You can spec ify 12, 144, or 1728 di visions. The maxi mum number of blocks may be smaller than 1728 when the recorded duration of the clip is short.
61 Thumbna il Operat ions Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens 2 Display the T humbnail Menu. 3 Sele ct Move Shot Mark. The M ove Shot Mark screen is displaye d. You can pe rform playba ck and searches in this screen. 4 Use th e PLA Y but ton or jo g dia l to di splay t he fra me you want.
62 Thumbnai l Operat ions Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens Return to Upper Menu : Return s to th e Thumbna il Menu The selected in formation will appear at the bottom of the th umbnails when y ou display a thumbnail scr een. Changing clip index pictures The clip t humbnail scre en displays thu mbnails as i ndex pictures fo r clips.
63 Thumbna il Operat ions Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens Clip No.: Clip num ber/total numb er of cl ips Name: Clip na me 1) Title: Title Title2: Titl e 2 1) TC: Timecode of first frame DUR: Recor.
64 Thumbnai l Operat ions Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens In step 1 , you can also perform a shortcut operat ion by pressing the ST OP bu tton wi th the S HIFT button h eld down . To u nlock a ll clip s 1 Display the Disc Menu. 2 Select “L ock or Dele te All Clips”, a nd then select “Unl ock All Clips ”.
65 Scene Select ion (Clip List Edi ting) Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens Scene Select ion (Clip List Editing) What is scene selection? Scene sele ction is a fu nction whic h allows yo u to select material (clips) from the material record ed on a disc and perform cu t editing.
66 Scene Selection (Clip List Editing ) Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens To play a cli p list, insert a disc in to the unit , load the clip list that yo u want to play, and press t he PLAY button. Clips are played according to the da ta in the clip list .
67 Scene Select ion (Clip List Edi ting) Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens To check the ad dition results Move the cursor. 6 Press the RE SET/RE TURN bu tton. This return s you to the Cl ip thumbn ail screen . 7 Repeat steps 1 to 6 as required to add more clips.
68 Scene Selection (Clip List Editing ) Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens To delete the In poin t or Out point Pres s the RESET/R ETUR N butto n with the B /IN or b /OUT button h eld down. 3 With the SHIFT butt on held down, press the P USH SET(S.S EL) knob.
69 Scene Select ion (Clip List Edi ting) Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens To cancel the In point or Out point setting Display the T humbnail Menu, select Reset Inp oint or Reset Outpoint , and then p ress the PUSH S ET(S.SEL) knob. The In poi nt or Out poi nt setting ret urns to the previous valu e.
70 Scene Selection (Clip List Editing ) Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens 2 Select Save Clip List As..., and then press the PUSH SET(S.S EL) knob. A li st of c lip li sts a ppears . To switch the informat ion disp layed for cl ip lists Press the b /OUT bu tton .
71 Scene Select ion (Clip List Edi ting) Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens 3 Select OK, a nd then press the P USH SET(S.SE L) knob. The current clip list returns to the unnamed state “(no name)”. T o delete c lip lists The foll owing procedur e deletes a clip list from t he disc.
72 Disc Oper ations Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screens Disc Opera tions Checking disc pr operties See page 58 for more information about thumbn ail screen operatio ns. 1 Display the Disc Menu . 2 Select Disc Propert ies, and then press the PUSH SET(S.
73 Shortc ut Li st Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens Shortcut List You can access many functi ons from the buttons, with out displaying a menu (shortc ut operations).
74 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Operat ions Chapter 6 File Operations Overvi ew A remote computer can b e connected t o this unit and used to operat e on recorded data which ha s been saved in data files, such as video a nd audio data f iles. There are two ways to connect a remote co mputer.
75 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Oper ations File operation restrict ions This section explains which operations ar e possible on files stored in each directory. When requi red, the foll owing operati on tables dist inguish reading and writin g from parti al reading an d writing.
76 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Operat ions Directories canno t be created in the Clip directory. Edit dir ect or y a) The “ E*” part can be chan ged to a u ser-def ined nam e. b) Only files which ca n be written by XD CAM. Part ial writing is not possible.
77 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Oper ations • File names and directory names can use let ters, numbers, and symbols from the Unicode 2.0 (UTF-8) character set.
78 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Operat ions The title of the select ed clip appears at t he upper left of the screen. See “Thumbna il Operations ” (pag e 59) for more informatio n about t he thumbnai l screen. • The value of the serial number is in cremented by 1 every time a title is generated.
79 Overvi ew Chapter 6 File Oper ations 5 Turn the PUSH SET( S.SEL) knob to select “free”, and press the knob. You are now able to use clips and clip li sts with user- defined names. 6 Turn the P USH SET(S .SEL) knob to mo ve the “*” to the left of “AUTO NAMING”, and press the kno b.
80 File Operati ons in File Acces s Mode (for Windows) Chapter 6 File Operat ions File Opera tions in File Access M ode (for Windows) File acce ss mode ope rating en vironm ent Operating system requi rements for file operations by file access mode (c alled FAM below) are as fol lows.
81 File Operation s in File Access Mode (for Win dows) Chapter 6 File Oper ations Check that a drive letter has been assigned to this unit. (The dri ve letter will dif fer dependi ng on the nu mber of other peripheral s connected to the r emote computer.
82 File Operati ons in File Acc ess Mode (for Mac intosh) Chapter 6 File Operat ions File Opera tions in File Access M ode (for Macintosh) File acce ss mode ope rating en vironm ent Operating system requi rements for file operations by file access mode are as fol lows.
83 FTP Fil e Operat ions Chapter 6 File Oper ations Do not disco nnect the cable before perf orming steps 1 and 2 . 1 Eject the di sc by clicking the eject bu tton to the rig ht of the icon for t his unit in the Fin der, or by drag ging the icon for this unit fr om the F inder to the Tr ash.
84 FTP File Operat ions Chapter 6 File Operat ions T o log in If this unit is connected to a remote compu ter with a FAM connec tion, first exit file opera tions on the FAM connecti on (see page 81) . 1 Load a disc in to this un it and put th e unit into th e following stat e.
85 FTP Fil e Operat ions Chapter 6 File Oper ations PASV This c ommand re quests th is unit to “liste n” on a d ata po rt (which is no t its default da ta port). (It pu ts this unit into passive mode, waiting f or the remote compute r to make a data connec tion.
86 FTP File Operat ions Chapter 6 File Operat ions STOR Begins transfer o f a copy of a fi le in the speci fied path on the remote c omputer t o the current director y on this u nit. Depending o n the type of file transfer red, th e following files are created.
87 FTP Fil e Operat ions Chapter 6 File Oper ations NOOP Does nothing ex cept return a response. (Used to check whether thi s unit i s running.) Command sy ntax: NOOP <CRLF> PWD Disp lays t he cu rren t dire cto ry (“ /” if t he di recto ry i s the root dir ectory).
88 FTP File Operat ions Chapter 6 File Operat ions One of the foll owin g st atus c ode s is s ent. • 0: Initial state, or no disc is loa ded. • 1: File system mount is OK. • 3: F ile syste m moun t is not O K. Command sy ntax: SITE FSTS <CRLF > SITE MEID Acquires the medi a ID of the disc load ed in this unit.
89 Recording Continu ous Timecode With FAM and FTP Connec tions Chapter 6 File Oper ations Recording Contin uous Timecode With FAM and FTP Connectio ns When you ar e connec ted to the un it by FAM o r FTP, yo u can create new clips with timecode that is continuo us with the tim ecode of the last fr ame of the last clip on th e disc.
90 Menu Syste m Configuratio n / Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus Chapter 7 Menus Menu System Configurat ion The setti ngs for this u nit use th e followin g menu s. Setup m enu The setup menu system of this unit comprises the basic setup menu an d extended set up menu.
91 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us Items in the basic men u The basic m enu items ( excluding th e items relat ed to the digital hours me ter) are list ed in the fo llowing table.
92 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus 005 DISPLA Y INFORMA TION SELECT Determine the k ind of te xt inf ormation to be o utput from the COMPOS ITE OUTPUT 2 (SU PER) connecto r , the SD SDI OUTPUT 2 (SUPER) connector , or the HDSDI OUTPUT 2 (SUPER) connector .
93 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 016 ALARM DISPLA Y Select wh ether to di spla y alarm mes sages . off : Do not dis pla y al arm messages . (Ho w ev er , certain important alarms a re displa y ed.) limit (on (li mited)) : Di spla y o nly a mi nim um num ber of alarm mess ages.
94 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus 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 that monitor.
95 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us T o di splay the setup me nu Press the MENU button . A setup menu appears on the video monitor d isplay, and a cursor “*” indicat es the currently selected menu item.
96 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus 3 Use the PUSH S ET(S.SEL) k nob or th e +/– funct ion butto n (F3 or F4) to change the se tting. 4 To chang e other sett ings, pr ess the PUSH SET (S.SEL) knob or t he SELECT fu nction butto n (F2) to return to the previous sc reen, then repeat steps 1 to 3.
97 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us • Item names are the names which appear on an external 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 input.
98 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus 131 A U DIO V OLUME Select w hether e ach of the CH-1/AL L CH, CH-2 to CH-4 ad justment knobs on the co ntrol p anel is eff ectiv e to contro l the a udio reco rding le v.
99 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 344 ASSEMBLE A UT O EDIT POSTROLL RECORDING Set whether to record 2 s econds of postrol l when a n addition al clip is reco rded by sendin g the AUT O EDIT comman d (9- pin pr otoc ol 2 0·42) from a non linear edi ting sys tem conn ected to t he REMO TE(9P) connecto r on the rear pa nel.
100 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus 602 VITC POSITION SEL-2 In 59.94i m ode Select the line i nto which t o inse r t VITC si gnals (SD ou tput) 12H ... [18 H] ... 20H: A ny lin e from lin e 12 th rough lin e 20. Notes • Y ou can ins er t VITC si gnals in two p laces .
101 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 653 UMID HD V AN C LINE Specify the HD SDI signal V ANC l ine into which the UMID should be inser ted. 9H to 17H to 20H Note The outp ut V ANC l ine during pla y bac k f ollows the setti ng f or rec ording. See “Us ing UMID Data” (pa ge 127) f or more inf ormation abo ut UMID .
102 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus Menu items in the 700s, relating to vide o contr ol Item nu mber Ite m na me Settings 703 B LANK LIN E SELECT Switch blank ing of th e video o utput s ignal on or off f or i ndividua l lines i n the v ertical b lanking interval .
103 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 713 VIDEO SETUP REFERENCE LEVEL Set the video setup am ount to be added to the co mposi te output signa l (in 59.94i m ode on ly). Sub-item OUTPUT LEVEL In 59 .94i mod e (UC) Add the se tup le vel sele cted b y this item to th e outpu t signal.
104 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus 743 P R LEVEL (HD) Adjust th e PR le v el of th e high-def inition v ideo signal outpu t from the HDSDI OUTPUT 1, 2 (SUPER) connectors . –2048 to 0 to 846 745 S ETUP LEVEL (HD) Adjust th e setup le vel of th e high-def initio n video sign al out put from th e HDSDI OUTPUT 1, 2 (SUPER) connectors .
105 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 827 AES/EBU A UDIO OUTPUT SELECT Select the audio signals to assign to AES/EBU aud io output c hannels . Sub-item 1 CH1/CH2 tr1/2 : T r ack s 1 and 2 assign ed to audi o outpu t channe ls 1 a nd 2. tr3/4 : T r ack s 3 and 4 assign ed to audi o outpu t channe ls 1 a nd 2.
106 Setup Menu Chapter 7 Menus Extended men u operations The exte nded menu c an be used with the same proce dures as in the basi c menu. However, sin ce with th e factory de fault se ttings the extended men u is not di splayed, it is first necessary to enable di splay of the extende d menu.
107 Setu p Menu Chapte r 7 Men us 2 Turn the PUSH SET(S .SEL) knob t o selec t “M4 SETUP MAINTENANCE”, then press the PUS H SET(S.SE L) knob or the SELECT fu nction but ton (F2). The sub-items of M4: SETUP MAINTENANCE appears. 3 Turn the PUSH SET(S .
108 Maintenan ce Menu Chapter 7 Menus Main tenance Men u Item s in t he ma intenanc e me nu The following tabl es show the items in the maintenance menu.
109 Maintenan ce Menu Chapte r 7 Men us M3B: V ANC RX PA R A M E T E R M3BD: HD V ANC INPUT For settin g HD SDI ANC data in put para meters LINE Specifica tion of the HDSDI li ne n umber tha t contain.
110 Maintenan ce Menu Chapter 7 Menus a) A jumbo fra me is a f rame l arger tha n the maximum 15 14 bytes ( not including FCS) of the standard Ethernet fra me.
111 Maintenan ce Menu Chapte r 7 Men us Meanings of indica tions on the menu screen T o chang e a menu item se tting Carry out t he foll owing operat ions to cha nge the sett ing. For information about how to change network settin gs see next section “To chan ge network se ttings”.
112 Maintenan ce Menu Chapter 7 Menus 3 Set the IP address. To select a different d igit to be changed Use the B /IN and b /OUT buttons. To chan ge the value o f a digit Turn the PUSH SET(S.SE L) knob. Turning clo ckwise increases the value, and turning countercl ockwise decreases t he value.
113 Important Notes on Opera tion Appendix Appendix Important No tes on Opera tion Use and sto rage 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 c over th e un it while o peratin g Doing so will cause temperatures to rise inside th e unit, possibly resu lting in fai lure.
114 Periodic Ma intenanc e Appendix This phen omenon is not a malfuncti on. Such pixels hav e no effect on the recorded data, and t he unit may be used with confidence eve n if they are p resent.
115 Periodic Maintena nce Appendix H15: LOADING COUNT ER mode (resettable) Display th e total nu mber of time s disc has be en loaded in the unit. T he count i s resettabl e. H17: SE EK RUNNING 1 mode (resettable) Same as H13. Of the two optical heads, this shows t he cumulative seek operati on time for t he other opt ical head in units of hours.
116 Trouble shooting Appendix Troubleshoot ing Alarms An alarm (warning message) ap pears in the time dat a display a rea when an operati on is attempted which is inapp ropri ate for t he set tings on this un it or the state of the disc.
117 Troubleshoo ting Appendix When a disc is inserted During front panel operations Alarm me ssage in time data displa y area Alarm mes sage i n video monitor s creen Description/ac tion Unknow n FS! UNKNO WN FILE SYSTEM. PLEASE FORMA T DISC OR EJECT .
118 Trouble shooting Appendix REC INHI.! AU T 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 dis c’ s Write I nhibit tab to ena bl e recordin g (see page 43) . THE DISC WRITE PR O TECT T AB IS SET T O SA VE.
119 Troubleshoo ting Appendix TC EXT! b) TC EXTERNAL IS SELECTED . SET TC INTERNAL MODE IN FUNCTION MENU. This ap pears when TCG on page P4 TC of the functio n menu is set to “EXT”, and y ou try to pres et timeco de or use r bits b y setti ng PRST/RGN to “PRESET”.
120 Trouble shooting Appendix a) D isplayed o nly when setup m enu item 016 ALAR M DISPLA Y is set t o “on”. b) Displaye d only when setup menu item 016 ALARM DI SPLAY is set to “on” or “limi t”. During recording and editing operations a) D isplayed o nly when setup m enu item 016 ALAR M DISPLA Y is set t o “on” or “limi t”.
121 Troubleshoo ting Appendix During thumbnail sear ch, sc ene se lection, and c lip list operations Alarms rela ting to a udio and video signals Alarm me ssage in GUI screen Description/a ction Cannot Expand C lip an y Further . The cli p cannot be e xpan ded into m ore b loc ks .
122 Trouble shooting Appendix a) Displayed onl y when setup m enu item 016 A LARM DISPLAY is set to “on”. Alarms relating to sensors and drives Alarms rela ted to syst em frequenc y REF NON-STD A NON-ST AND ARD REF SIGNAL IS BEING USED FOR REF VIDEO .
123 Specific ations Appendix Err or mess ages Error codes a ppear in the time data displa y when an error (usually a hardware problem) occurs. In addition, both error messages a nd erro r codes appear in th e monitor vid eo section an d on the vi deo monito r connected t o the unit.
124 Specific ations Appendix Proxy vi deo M PEG-4 Audio MPEG HD 422: 24 bits, 4 8 kHz, 8 channels Proxy au dio A-law 8 b its, 8 kHz, 8 channels Recor ding/ playb ack ti mes PFD23A discs Approx. 43 minut es PFD50DLA discs Approx. 95 minutes The recording and playback t imes listed ab ove are approximat e.
125 Specific ations Appendix PHONES Stereo ph one jack (×1), – ∞ to –13 dBu, 8 Ω , unbalanc ed Digital au dio outputs DIGITAL AUDIO (A ES/EBU) OUT PUT 1/2, 3/4 BNC type ( ×2), 1/2 ch, 3/ 4 ch complyi ng with AES-3i d-1995 Timec ode outpu t TIME CODE OUT BNC ty pe (×1), SM PTE ti mecode, 1.
126 Using PD Z-1 Proxy Browsi ng Softwa re Appendix Using PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software When a computer wi th the PDZ-1 Pro xy Browsing Software inst alled i s connected t o this un it, you can transfer t he prox y AV data an d metadat a file s recorded on a disc to th e computer.
127 Using UMID Data Appendix Using UMID Data Metadata i s additional information r ecorded on discs al ong with audio-visual data. It is u sed to bring greater effi ciency to the flow of operations fro m material acqui sition th rough editing, and t o make it easier to find and reuse material.
128 Using UMID Data Appendix • Recording with UTC time. UTC (coordinated universal time) is used when recording the UMID. Use of a universal time syst em enables uniform man agement of source material rec orded all over the worl d. • Calculation of date differences.
129 Tradema rks and Licens es Appendix 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 PERSO.
130 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.
131 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 .
132 Index Inde x Index A AC IN connector 22 ACCESS indicator 12 Accessories not su pplied 125 supplied 125 Add Sub C lip screen 66, 67 Alarms 116 Analog audio sign al input/ output secti on 22 ANALOG .
133 Index Inde x maki ng FAM conn ectio ns 82 operating on files 82 reconnecting 83 File Operations in F ile Access Mode (for Wi ndows) 80 exiting file operations 81 maki ng c onne ctio ns 80 operatin.
134 Index Inde x S Salva ge fu nction 46 Scene finding 59, 60, 61 Scene Selection 65 Scrollbar 53 SDSDI OUTPUT 1, 2 (SUPER) connectors 22 Select Essence Mark screen 61 Select Index screen 62 Set Start.
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