Fostex APPENDIX Operation Manual

This appendix is the operation manual for the recorder with the Model 8345 TC/SYNC card installed. If you use the recorder with the Model 8345 installed, read this appendix, instead of the operation manual included in the Model 8345 package.
<Installation of the optional card>
The TC/SYNC card should be installed into the recorder at a FOSTEX service station. Do not try to install the card by yourself. Ask your local FOSTEX dealer for the installation after purchasing the Model 8345.
<Notes when requesting the installation>
There is the possibility of damaging the hard disk when transporting the re­corder. Before transporting the recorder to our service department for the installation of the TC/SYNC card, remove the hard disk from the recorder. Be sure to keep the removed hard disk carefully.
APPENDIX
<Operation manual for the recorder with the Model 8345 TC/SYNC card installed>
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APPENDIX (Operation manual for the recorder with the Model 8345 TC/SYNC card installed)
Contents of Appendix
Names and Functions.........................................................................3
Introduction..........................................................................................4
Additional features..............................................................................4
Operations for the additional SETUP menu......................................4
“Ref. TC ?” menu setting.......................................................................4
“Clock Sel ?” menu setting....................................................................5
“Sync Preset ?” menu setting................................................................5
“Virtual LTC ?” menu setting................................................................6
“Offset Disp ?” menu setting................................................................6
Generator Setup..................................................................................7
How to enter the Generator Setup mode............................................7
Setting the timecode recording mode.................................................7
Editing the internal generator timecode............................................8
Force jamming to external timecode...................................................8
Selecting the output timecode.............................................................8
Editing the chase offset.........................................................................9
Erasing the recorded timecode............................................................9
Chase sync to external timecode.....................................................10
Synchronization to word clock or video signal...............................11
Connection to a digital mixing console...........................................11
Contorl from a video editor (RS-422)...............................................13
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Names and Functions
1. VIDEO IN termination switch
(75-ohmtermination ON/OFF)
Used to terminate the VIDEO INPUT signal and usually set to ON.
2. VIDEO IN connector (BNC connector)
Receives an external video sync signal (inter­lace or composite) when synchronizing the recorder to a video sync signal.
3. VIDEO THRU connector (BNC connector)
Outputs the video sync signal received from the VIDEO INPUT connector.
4. TIME CODE INPUT connector
(XLR-3-31 or equivalent, balanced, pin #2 hot)
Receives external time code (LTC).
5. TIME CODE OUTPUT connector
(XLR-3-32 or equivalent, balanced, pin #2 hot)
Outputs an LTC from the recorder (equiva­lent to the MTC displayed on the panel) or time code from the internal TC generator.
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APPENDIX (Operation manual for the recorder with the Model 8345 TC/SYNC card installed)
The Model 8345 is a TC/SYNC card designed as an option for digital multitrack recorders. By installing the TC/SYNC card into the recorder, the recorder can synchronize to external LTC or video signal, as well as an external word clock. So you can use the recorder synchronized with video machines in video post production studios where the synchronization between audio and video is in­dispensable, or make digital sound recordings in a system using a digital mixing console.
By installing the Model 8345 into the recorder, the following SETUP menus and GEN setup function are added. These SETUP menus are used when the re­corder is synchronized to an external LTC or locked to a video signal.
1. SETUP mode “Ref. TC ?” menu
This menu selects the reference time code used as a mas­ter time code for the recorder. The reference time code can be selected between MTC (MIDI time code) and LTC according to the incoming time code. The default setting after formatting a disk is “LTC”.
2. SETUP mode “Clock Sel ?” menu
This menu selects the reference clock of the recorder with the 8345. If the 8345 is not installed, you can select the reference clock from “Int”, “Auto” and “Word”. If the 8345 is installed, “Video” also can be the reference clock in addition to the three options above.
3. SETUP mode “Sync Preset ?” menu
This menu is effective when the recorder with the 8345 installed is used in sync with a digital mixing console. You can select from some preset options according to your system to get the best synchronization performance.
4. SETUP mode “Virtual LTC ?” menu
This menu selects whether recording/playback of the vir­tual LTC is enabled or disabled. The default setting is [Ena.] (Enabled).
5. SETUP mode “Offset Disp ?” menu
This menu selects whether or not displaying the real off­set between the incoming reference time code (LTC or MTC) and the displayed MTC (output LTC). The real offset is displayed instead of REMAIN when dis­playing the MTC.
6. GENERATOR setup functions
The GENERATOR setup functions allows recording/eras­ing an external or internal (generator) time code, force­jamming to external time code, setting the LTC output, and setting the chase offset value between incoming time code and the MTC.
Operations for the additional SETUP menu
"Ref. TC ?" menu setting
Introduction
Additional features
1. Turn on the power of the recorder.
2.Press the [SETUP] key while the recorder is stopped to show the SETUP menu.
3.Select the “Ref. TC?” menu by using the [JOG] dial and press the [EXECUTE/YES] key.
The reference time code currently selected starts flash­ing (the default reference time code setting when the Model 8345 is installed is “LTC”). The outlined box surrounds the flashing item on the display.
4.Select the reference time code by using the [JOG] dial.
You can select between “LTC” and “MTC” (MIDI time code).
5. After selecting the reference time code, press the [EXECUTE/YES] key.
The selected reference time code is confirmed (set) and the display changes to the similar one to the upper example in step 3 above where “?” flashes.
6. Press the [EXIT/NO] key (or the [STOP] button) to exit the SETUP mode.
You can check the time information of the incoming reference time code in the front panel display of the recorder. See "Chase sync to external time code" below for details.
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