DNF Controls ST304-Edit User Manual

12843 Foothill Blvd. Suite C

Sylmar, California 91342
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Model No. ST304-Edit

and ST304-Edit-T

for

BVW Protocol

SLOW MOTION CONTROLLER

With

AUTO-EDIT and

A/B CUTS ONLY EDIT

USER MANUAL

Revision 1.32

Table of Contents

I. REVISION HISTORY 2
GETTING STARTED . . . 3
II. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 3
III. INSTALLATION 4
IV. CONNECTION DIAGRAM 4
V. OPERATION 5

A. LCD DISPLAY- 5
B. TRANSPORT CONTROL 5
C. CUE POINTS 5
D. GOTO/PREROLL TO A MANUALLY ENTERED TIME 6
E. RECORD MODE SELECTION 6
F. TIME CODE GENERATOR PRESET 7
G. AUTO-EDIT FUNCTION 7
H. EDITING FUNCTIONS 8

REFERENCE . . . 10
VI. SETUP MENU 10
VII. FUNCTION TABLE 13
VIII. SPECIFICATIONS 16
IX. KEY LAYOUT 17
X. DNF CONTROLS LIMITED WARRANTY 19

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I. REVISION HISTORY

071704 Rev. 1.0 Original document.
091504 Rev. 1.1 Corrected typos and manual errors.
111804 Rev. 1.2 Updated function list & Setup Menu list.
120304 Rev. 1.3 Minor reformatting.
110106 Rev. 1.31 Added AUTO-EDIT function.
062111 Rev 1.32 Noted that AUTO-EDIT works with Insert Edit

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Getting Started . . . II. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

The ST304-EDIT Slow Motion Controller combines the power of the ST300 Slow Motion
Controller with a larger 4-line display and simple machine-to-machine editing.

Controls up to 4 VTRs using SONY BVW protocol.
T-BAR or detented Wheel for Fast and Easy slomo-ing:
0-200% or –100% to + 200% of Play speed.
Quickly and easily store and recall 400 Cue Points - 100 per VTR. All Cue Points are retained

when power is off.
Fast and easy to search to a cue point or manually entered time code entry.
Set pre-roll duration from one frame to one hour.
On the ST304 front panel, pressing the EDITOR key will enable EDITING functions.
Fast, easy to use, machine-to-machine editing.
Easy to read 4-line display quickly shows in, out and duration.
Numeric keypad provides quick and easy entry of in and out points.
Video Reference input provides frame accurate edits.

DEFINITIONS

Throughout this document VTR, DDR, VDR & Video Server will be referred to collectively as
“VTR.”

The ST304-EDIT will be referred to as “ST304.”
Words surrounded by brackets, for example, [ENTER], are keys on the ST304.
[XXX] + [XXX] means hold the two keys down simultaneously.

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