Sony DNW-A50, DNW-A45P, DNW-A100P, DNW-A100, DNW-A45 User Manual

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DIGITAL VIDEO HYBRID RECORDER

DNW-A100/A100P DNW-A50/A50P DNW-A45/A45P

OPERATION MANUAL 1st Edition (Revised 4) Serial No. 10001 and Higher

[English]

WARNING

For the customers in the United Kingdom

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.

To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

WARNING: Using this unit at a voltage other than

120V may require the use of a different line cord or attachment plug, or both. To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

For the customers in the USA

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED

IMPORTANT

The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code:

Green-and-yellow: Earth Blue: Neutral

Brown: Live As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows: The wire which is coloured green-and-yellow must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the letter E or by the safety earth symbol Y or coloured green or green-and-yellow. The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black. The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured red.

For the customers in Europe

This product with the CE marking complies with both the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community. Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following European standards:

• EN60065: Product Safety

• EN55103-1: Electromagnetic Interference

(Emission)

• EN55103-2: Electromagnetic Susceptibility

(Immunity) This product is intended for use in the following Electromagnetic Environment(s): E1 (residential), E2 (commercial and light industrial), E3 (urban outdoors) and E4 (controlled EMC environment, ex. TV studio).

The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in order to comply with the limits for a digital device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Overview

Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts

Chapter 3 Preparations

1-1 Overview ......................................................................................... 1-1

1-2 Example System Configurations................................................... 1-4

2-1 Control Panels ................................................................................ 2-1

2-1-1 Upper Control Panel............................................................... 2-2

2-1-2 Lower Control Panel .............................................................. 2-8

2-1-3 Subsidiary Control Panel ..................................................... 2-19

2-2 Connector Panel .......................................................................... 2-22

3-1 Connections to External Devices................................................... 3-1

3-2 Reference Signals for Video Output and Servo System.............. 3-3

3-2-1 External Sync Signal for the Internal Reference Video Signal

Generator................................................................................ 3-3

3-2-2 Reference Signal for the Servo System.................................. 3-4

3-2-3 Connecting Reference Signals ............................................... 3-5

3-3 Setup ................................................................................................ 3-7

3-4 Superimposed Character Information ......................................... 3-8

3-5 Cassettes ........................................................................................ 3-10

3-5-1 Cassette Types...................................................................... 3-10

3-5-2 Inserting and Ejecting Cassettes .......................................... 3-10

3-5-3 Preventing Accidental Erasure of Recordings ..................... 3-11

Chapter 4 Recording and Playback

Chapter 5 Editing Using the Built-in Hard Disk

(Continued)

4-1 Recording ........................................................................................ 4-1

4-1-1 Preparations for Recording .................................................... 4-1

4-1-2 Recording Time Code and User Bit Values........................... 4-2

4-1-3 Recording Procedure.............................................................. 4-5

4-2 Playback .......................................................................................... 4-6

4-2-1 Preparations for Playback ...................................................... 4-6

4-2-2 Playback/Feed Play Procedures ............................................. 4-8

5-1 Overview ......................................................................................... 5-1

5-2 Basic Editing Operations ............................................................... 5-2

5-2-1 Control Modes........................................................................ 5-2

5-2-2 Sequence of Editing Operations............................................. 5-2

5-2-3 Switch Settings....................................................................... 5-3

5-2-4 Specifying Devices ................................................................ 5-4

5-2-5 Selecting the Editing Mode.................................................... 5-4

5-2-6 Setting Edit Points.................................................................. 5-7

5-2-7 Modifying and Deleting Edit Points ...................................... 5-8

5-2-8 Cue-up to Edit Points and Preroll .......................................... 5-9

5-2-9 Preview................................................................................. 5-10

5-2-10 Carrying Out Editing .......................................................... 5-11

5-2-11 Undoing an Editing Operation............................................ 5-12

5-2-12 Standalone Editing.............................................................. 5-13

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Chapter 5 Editing Using the Built-in Hard Disk

(continued)

Chapter 6 Editing Without Using the Built-in Hard Disk (TwoVTR Editing)

5-3 Multi-Event Editing ..................................................................... 5-14

5-3-1 Saving Event Specifications................................................. 5-14

5-3-2 Modifying and Deleting Events........................................... 5-15

5-3-3 Preview ................................................................................ 5-15

5-3-4 Carrying Out Multi-Event Editing....................................... 5-15

5-4 Special Nonlinear Editing Operations........................................ 5-17

5-4-1 Modifying Edit Points After Carrying Out Editing ............. 5-17

5-4-2 Deleting an Arbitrary Segment After Carrying Out Editing 5-18

5-4-3 Reordering Events After Carrying Out Editing ................... 5-18

5-4-4 Simultaneous Recording on Tape and the Hard Disk.......... 5-19

5-5 Summary of Editing operations .................................................. 5-20

5-6 Points to Remember About Editing............................................ 5-21

5-6-1 Automatic Previews in Tape Editing ................................... 5-21

5-6-2 Tape Editing Precision......................................................... 5-21

5-6-3 Preroll In Editing From Hard Disk to Tape ......................... 5-21

5-6-4 Limitations When Editing With MASTER as Player .......... 5-22

5-6-5 Control of the Audio and Video Recording Levels ............. 5-22

6-1 Automatic Editing .......................................................................... 6-1

6-1-1 Overview................................................................................ 6-1

6-1-2 Switch Settings....................................................................... 6-2

6-1-3 Setting Edit Points.................................................................. 6-3

6-1-4 Modifying and Deleting Edit Points ...................................... 6-4

6-1-5 Cue-up to Edit Points and Preroll .......................................... 6-5

6-1-6 Preview................................................................................... 6-6

6-1-7 Carrying Out Automatic Editing............................................ 6-7

6-2 Special Automatic Editing Methods ............................................. 6-9

6-2-1 Quick Editing ......................................................................... 6-9

6-2-2 Continuous Editing ................................................................ 6-9

6-2-3 Standalone Editing............................................................... 6-10

Chapter 7 Menu System

Chapter 8 Maintenance and Inspection

Appendix

2 Table of Contents

7-1 Menu System Configuration ......................................................... 7-1

7-2 Basic Menu...................................................................................... 7-1

7-2-1 Items in the Basic Menu......................................................... 7-1

7-2-2 Basic Menu Operations.......................................................... 7-4

7-3 Extended Menu............................................................................... 7-9

7-3-1 Items in the Extended Menu .................................................. 7-9

7-3-2 Extended Menu Operations.................................................. 7-24

7-4 Disk File Management Menu ...................................................... 7-25

7-4-1 Items in the Disk File Management Menu........................... 7-25

7-4-2 Operations in the Disk File Management Menu.................. 7-26

8-1 Removing a Cassette When Tape Slack Occurs .......................... 8-1

8-2 Head Cleaning ................................................................................ 8-1

8-3 Starting the Hard Disk Drive Under Cold Conditions ............... 8-1

8-4 Moisture Condensation.................................................................. 8-2

8-5 Digital Hours Meter ....................................................................... 8-3

Specifications......................................................................................... A-1

1-1 Overview

Chapter 1 Overview

The DNW-A100/A100P/A50/A50P/A45/A45P (also referred to simply as the unit in this manual) is a hybrid recorder, integrating a hard disk and VTR with editing functions, based on the Betacam SX format. The following table outlines the differences in the functions of the DNW-A100/A100P, DNW-A50/ A50P, and DNW-A45/A45P.

Model Hard disk (dual

DNWA100/ A100P

DNWA50/ A50P

DNWA45/ A45P

channel) Built-in: 2 units (1 pair); SCSI connection for external expansion units

Data capacity: 9 GB/disk Continuous recording

time: about 88 minutes (DNW-A100) or 92 minutes (DNW-A100P) per disk pair

Data capacity: 9 GB/disk Continuous recording

time: about 88 minutes (DNW-A50) or 92 minutes (DNW-A50P) per disk pair

Data capacity: 4 GB/disk Continuous recording

time: about 41 minutes (DNW-A45) or 43 minutes (DNW-A45P) per disk pair

Highspeed transfer function (FEED button)

Yes Yes (but

No No

SDDI I/O connectors

input is an option)

Betacam SX format

The Betacam SX format was developed as a digital version of the Betacam SP format, and is a digital VTR format supporting nonlinear editing systems and server systems. Compared with analog Betacam, the Betacam SX format reduces the tape speed to approximately one-half. The drum rotates at 75 revolutions per second, recording two frames of video data and four channels of digital audio in ten diagonal tracks. The longitudinal control and time code tracks are the same as in the analog Betacam format.

Tape transport direction

System data

Audio channels 1 to 4

System data

Control (CTL) track

Time code track

Auxiliary track

Video

Head direction

Video

Chapter 1 Overview

For detailed specifications, see “Specifications” in the Appendix.

There are some functional and operational differences between units with a version number of

2.00 or later and units with a version number before

2.00. When necessary, this manual will provide separate explanations for version 2.00 or later units and units before version 2.00.

Control panel differences

Units before version 2.00 have AUDIO INPUT/ MONITOR SELECT buttons on the upper control panel. On version 2.00 or later units, these buttons are the AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR SELECT buttons (see figure on page 2-3). Version

2.00 or later units also have a MIXING indicator to the left of the buttons. This indicator is not found on units before version 2.00.

The following are some of the features of the system.

Head configuration

In addition to digital recording and playback heads for Betacam SX, the unit also has analog playback heads for Betacam SP. There are sixteen digital playback heads, allowing high-speed data transfer at four times normal speed (DNW-A100/A100P only), and CONFI playback (simultaneous playback) for checking recording.

Digital signal processing

This unit processes digital signals conforming to 4:2:2 component digital D-1 format.

High image quality, high audio quality, high reliability

Even with a low data rate, recording and playback with high image quality and high audio quality is achieved. The unit also has a powerful error-correcting system.

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1-1 Overview

Chapter 1 Overview

Data compression by interframe encoding

This is the first VTR to perform data compression by MPEG-2 interframe encoding conforming to 4:2:2 Profile @ Main level. The data rate is reduced by a factor of 10.

Playback compatibility with Betacam/ Betacam SP

This unit can play tapes recorded in Betacam/Betacam SP format. Simultaneously with this playback operation, you can copy the material to the hard disk for nonlinear editing. This makes for efficient use of existing material in Betacam/Betacam SP format.

Wide range of input and output signals

You can use the following wide range of input and output signals.

Signals Standard or option

Analog video Input Optionally either of

composite (BKDW-505 for DNW-A100/A50/A45 or BKDW-506 for DNW-A100P/ A50P/A45P) or component (BKNW-104)

Output Fitted as standard

Analog audio (4 channels)

AES/EBU digital audio

video/audio Input Fitted as standard

SDI

SDDI

video/audio (DNW-A100/A100P only)

Time code Input Fitted as standard

a) Serial Digital Interface b) Serial Digital Data Interface

Input Fitted as standard Output Input Available as option (BKNWOutput

Output Input Option (BKNW-103) Output Fitted as standard

Output

(composite and component)

105) to replace the standard analog audio inputs and outputs

Powerful editing functions

These include assemble editing using the built-in VTR, and nonlinear editing using the built-in hard disk. This unit can also be used as the player for two-unit editing. Further, by connecting an editor, you can carry out GUI-based editing.

High-speed data transfer (DNW-A100/ A100P only)

This unit can carry out the following high-speed data transfers:

•Copying from tape to hard disk at four times normal speed

•Transfer at four times normal speed to an audio/video server through the SDDI interface

•High-speed data transfer through the SDDI interface to an SNG (Satellite News Gathering) system Monitoring of video and audio is also possible during high-speed transfers.

Menu-based setup

Initial settings for the unit’s operating condition, the interfaces with connected equipment, and so forth can be made by menu operations on the front panel of the unit.

Wide range of indications

In addition to the LED display which shows the operating status and current settings of this unit and connected equipment, a fluorescent display displays numerical values including time code, user bits, editing IN and OUT points, editing durations, error messages, setup menu information, hard disk recorded amounts and remaining space, and event information.

Selection of external/internal time code

You can record using either an external time code or the output of the built-in time code generator. You can also synchronize the built-in time code generator to an external time code.

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Connection to external control devices

It is possible to connect a BVE-900/910/2000/9000/ 9000P/9100/9100P or other BVE-series editor, a control and monitoring computer, a BVR-50/50P remote controller for the built-in digital video processor, and so forth.

Economy

•You can use a variety of tapes, including low-priced tapes for UVW-series VTRs and tapes for Betacam SP or Betacam SX format. Using large cassettes, recording of 180 minutes or more is possible.

•The design needs minimal maintenance, and requires no daily maintenance or checks. The drum and other components have reduced maintenance costs.

Rack mounting

The unit can be mounted in an EIA standard 19-inch rack.

Chapter 1 Overview

For details of rack mounting, refer to the Maintenance Manual Part 1.

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1-1 Overview

1-2 Example System Configurations

The following conceptual diagrams show examples of use in an outside broadcast van or local station and within a broadcasting station.

•Operation in an outside broadcast van or local station

Betacam SX camcorder

Microphone

Digital cassette

Analog cassette

DNW-A100/A100P

Analog composite

Betacam SP camcorder

Video monitor

Audio monitor

•Operation in a broadcasting station

Portable editor

Analog audio

Digital (SDDI/SDI)

Analog composite

SNG a) system

Digital modulator

a) SNG: Satellite News Gathering

Digital demodulator

On-line editor (for cut editing)

Microphone

BVE-series editor

Digital/analog cassette

DNW-A100/A100P

Video monitor

Analog composite

Analog composite/component

Audio monitor

a) You cannot control this unit as a recorder using a BVE-series editor.

Tape control

SDDI

SDI

SCSI

Digital cassette

SDIAnalog audio

Audio/video server system

Additional hard disks

VTR with SDI connectors or analog VTR

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2-1 Control Panels

There are three front control panels, as follows:

•Upper control panel

•Subsidiary control panel

•Lower control panel

Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts

Upper control panel

(See page 2-2.)

Subsidiary control panel

(See page 2-19.)

Lower control panel

(See page 2-8.)

To reveal the subsidiary control panel, pull the lower control panel forward.

Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts 2-1

2-1 Control Panels

2-1-1 Upper Control Panel

1 POWER

Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts

POWER

OFF

PHONES

switch

-10

-20

-30

-40

-80

CH-1 CH-2 CH-3 CH-4 VIDEO

DISPLAY

FULL/FINE

PULL FOR VARIABLE

2 Level meters

3 REC controls

-10

-20

-30

-40

-80

REC

2 0

-20

-2

-30

-40

-4

-80

4 VIDEO INPUT SELECT switch and indicators

5 Audio selection function selector switch and indicators

6 AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT buttons

(Before Version 2.00) AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR SELECT buttons (Version 2.00 or later)

Cassette compartment

ANALOG /

HIGH SPEED

VIDEO INPUT SELECT AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT

(VIDEO&AUDIO)

COMPONENT

(Y-R,B)

COMPOSITE

SDDI

SDI

INPUT

MONITOR

7 VIDEO control 8 PB controls

CH-1 CH-2 CH-3 CH-4

SDI

ANALOG/ AES/EBU

AUTO

!¡ Time code setting section

!™ REMOTE/LOCAL switch and indicator 9 DISPLAY FULL/FINE switch 0 PHONES jack and control

DIGITAL

LTC

VITC

TC GENERATOR

FREE

INT

PRESET

EXT

REGEN

DEF

RUN REC

NDF

RUN

REMOTE

/LOCAL

VITC

1 POWER switch

This powers the unit on and off. When the unit is powered on, the level meters 2 and the fluorescent display in the lower control panel light. To power the unit off, press the side of the POWER switch marked “OFF”.

2 Level meters

These show the audio levels of channels 1 to 4

(recording levels in recording mode or E-E mode

and playback level in playback mode) and the video levels of input composite video signals. There are two modes for audio level indications: FULL and FINE, selected by the DISPLAY FULL/

Note

FINE switch 9.

After carrying out operations on this unit using the hard disk, before powering the unit off be sure to press the EJECT button (see page 2-17) to close the files on the hard disk. Powering off the unit with files left open may result in a loss of system data from the hard disk.

..........................................................................................................................................................................................................

1) E-E mode: Abbreviation of “Electric-to-Electric mode.” In this mode, video and audio signals input to the VTR are output after passing through internal electric circuits, but not through magnetic conversion circuits such as heads and tapes. This can be used to check input signals and for adjusting input signal levels.

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3 REC (recording level) controls

These adjust individually the recording levels on channels 1 to 4. To set the recording level, put the unit in E-E mode, pull out the control knobs and adjust the level while watching the audio level meters 2. When the control knobs are pushed in, the recording levels return to the preset levels (0 dBm reference level for an input of +4 dBm), and cannot be adjusted. These controls do not function in the following cases.

•When SDDI video input is selected.

•When signals recorded on digital tape are being

copied to the hard disk (including recording during editing operation).

For details of selecting the E-E mode, see the description of the REC button in the tape/disk transport control section (see page 2-16) and the PB. EE button in the monitor/menu/ display setting section (see page 2-9).

4 VIDEO INPUT SELECT switch and indicators

When an external device (EXT) is selected as the player by the device specification buttons (see page 2-

12), this switch selects the video input signal in the

following sequence. (When the player is other than an external device, this switch and the indicators have no function.) SDDI n SDI n COMPONENT or COMPOSITE

(SDDI input is an option for the DNW-A100/A100P. Only one of the component and composite video input options can be installed. It is not possible to use the input of the type which is not installed.)

SDDI (DNW-A100/A100P only): SDDI video signal

input to the SDDI DIGITAL INPUT connector (In this case the SDDI audio signals are simultaneously selected.)

SDI: SDI video signal input to the SDI DIGITAL

INPUT connectors

COMPONENT: Analog component video signal

input to the COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT connectors.

COMPOSITE: Analog composite video signal

input to the COMPOSITE VIDEO INPUT

connectors. The indicators light according to the selection. If there is a fault on the selected input (such as no input signal), the indicator flashes.

Note

When you have used the device specification buttons (see page 2-12) to set this switch to SDDI with EXT selected as the player and TAPE selected as the recorder, the REC INHIBIT indicator lights automatically and recording on tape is prohibited. Recording on the hard disk is not prohibited.

Using a video test signal

Holding down the VIDEO INPUT SELECT switch for at least three seconds lights all four of the indicators, and causes an internal signal generator to produce a video test signal. To stop the production of the video test signal, press this switch and release within three seconds. When the VIDEO INPUT SELECT switch is set to SDDI, you cannot use the video test signal.

It is only possible to use this function when extended menu item 710 is set to select a video test signal.

5 Audio selection function selector switch and indicators (Before Version 2.00)

Pressing this switch lights the INPUT indicator and MONITOR indicator alternately, and selects the function of the AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT buttons.

When the INPUT indicator is lit: You can use the

AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT buttons to select the audio input signals.

When the MONITOR indicator is lit: You can use

the AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT buttons to select the audio output channels.

(Version 2.00 or later)

Pressing this switch lights the INPUT indicator, MONITOR indicator and MIXING indicator cyclically, and selects the function of the AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR SELECT buttons.

AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR SELECT

MIXING

INPUT

MONITOR

CH-1 CH-2 CH-3 CH-4

PLAYER SDI

RECORDER

ANALOG/ AES/EBU

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Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts 2-3

2-1 Control Panels

When the INPUT indicator is lit: You can use the

AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR SELECT

buttons to select the audio input signals.

When the MONITOR indicator is lit: You can use

the AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR

SELECT buttons to select the audio output

Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts

channels.

When the MIXING indicator is lit: You can use the

AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR SELECT

buttons to select the audio channels for recording

from the player to the recorder selected with the

device specification buttons (see page 2-12). It is

possible to mix the audio signals from two player

audio channels and record the mixed signal to a

recorder audio channel.

Using an audio test signal (Before Version 2.00)

Holding down the audio selection function selector switch for at least 3 seconds lights both of the INPUT and MONITOR indicators, and causes an internal signal generator to produce an audio test signal. To stop the production of the audio test signal, press this switch and release within 3 seconds.

(Version 2.00 or later)

Press the audio selection function selector switch several times until the INPUT indicator lights. Then press the CH-1 button in the SDI row or the ANALOG/AES/EBU row and keep it pressed for 3 seconds or longer. When you release the button, all of the AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR SELECT buttons light and an internal signal generator produces an audio test signal. During production of the audio test signal, the INPUT indicator remains lit even if you use the audio selection function selector switch to select MIX or MONITOR. To stop the production of the audio test signal, press the audio selection function selector switch so that only the INPUT indicator is lit. Then press any of the AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR SELECT buttons, releasing the button within 3 seconds. When the VIDEO INPUT SELECT switch is set to SDDI, you cannot use the audio test signal.

It is only possible to use this function when extended menu item 808 is set to select an audio test signal.

6 AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT buttons (Before Version 2.00) AUDIO INPUT/MIXING/MONITOR SELECT buttons (Version 2.00 or later)

The function of these buttons depends on the setting of the audio selection function selector switch as follows.

When the INPUT indicator is lit

For each channel, press the button in the SDI row or the ANALOG/AES/EBU row. The pressed button lights and the corresponding audio input signal is selected. However, when the video input signals selected with the VIDEO INPUT SELECT switch are SDDI, the audio input signals for all channels are also set to SDDI.

Note

Only one of the ANALOG inputs and AES/EBU digital inputs can be installed. The ANALOG inputs are installed as standard.

When the MONITOR indicator is lit

Press the buttons in the L and R rows to select the audio signal channels (channels 1 to 4, identified as CH-1 to CH-4) output from the MONITOR OUTPUT L and MONITOR OUTPUT R connectors. You can press two or more buttons simultaneously in each row, turning them on, to monitor an output produced by mixing the selected channels.

When the MIXING indicator is lit (Version 2.00 or later)

To select a player channel to record on a recorder channel, press one of the buttons (CH-1 to CH-4) in the PLAYER side row while pressing one of the buttons (CH-1 to CH-4) in the RECORDER side row. For example, if you press the CH-2 button in the PLAYER side row while pressing the CH-1 button in the RECORDER side row, signals from player channel 2 are recorded in recorder channel 1. If you press two PLAYER side buttons simultaneously, signals from the corresponding two channels are mixed and recorded in the recorder channel.

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Note

Before selecting signals from two player channels for recording in one recorder channel, check to be sure that the emphasis settings (ON or OFF) of the two player channels are the same. Recording and playback of mixed signals cannot be carried out correctly if the emphasis settings are different. You can check the settings in the channel display section of the level meters. [EMPH] is displayed for channels with the emphasis setting on.

The RECORDER side button that was pressed remains lit after you have finished making the settings. When you press the lit RECORDER side button, the PLAYER side buttons that were pressed when you made the settings light up again. This allows you to check the settings. To cancel the settings, press the corresponding button on the RECORDER side while pressing the button for the same channel on the PLAYER side.

Note

The channel copy and mixing settings described above are disabled during the following types of editing.

•Automatic editing in feed mode (see page 5-11) when

TAPE has been selected as the player and MASTER or PROGRAM has been selected as the recorder.

•Automatic editing when MASTER or PROGRAM

has been selected as the player and PROGRAM has been selected as the recorder.

Adjusting the recording level when the MIXING indicator is lit

Adjust by rotating the REC knob for the PLAYER side channel while viewing the level meter for the RECORDER side channel. For example, when recording PLAYER side channel 1 signals in RECODER side channel 2, rotate the CH-1 REC knob while viewing the level meter for CH-2.

7 VIDEO control

This adjusts the level of a composite video signal input to the COMPOSITE VIDEO INPUT connectors. Pull out the control knob and adjust the level. When the control knob is pushed in, the automatic gain control (AGC) function comes into effect.

8 PB (playback level) controls

These adjust individually the playback levels on channels 1 to 4. During playback, pull out the control knobs and adjust the level while monitoring the audio level indication on the level meters 2. When the control knobs are pushed in, the playback levels return to the preset levels, and cannot be adjusted.

9 DISPLAY FULL/FINE switch

This switches the audio level meter 2 display as follows:

FULL: The display covers the range –60 dB to 0 dB

or –40 dB to +20 dB as selected using extended menu item 806. In this mode the segment of the display corresponding to the current audio level and all lower segments light.

FINE: The display is enlarged, with a step of 0.25

dB. A segment indicating the reference level lights. In this mode only the segment of the display corresponding to the current audio level lights. If the audio level exceeds the maximum display level, the top segment flashes, and if the audio level goes below the minimum display level, the bottom segment flashes.

0 PHONES jack and control

Connect stereo headphones with an impedance of 8 ohms, to monitor the sound during recording, playback and editing. The control knob adjusts the volume. It is possible to make a setting so that the output volume from the MONITOR OUTPUT connectors is controlled simultaneously.

In order that the output volume from the MONITOR OUTPUT connectors can be controlled simultaneously, an internal board switch setting is required. For details, refer to the Maintenance Manual Part 1.

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Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts 2-5

2-1 Control Panels

!¡ Time code setting section

TC switch and indicators

INT/EXT switch and indicators

Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts

LTC

AUTO

VITC

FREE RUN/REC RUN switch and indicators

TC (time code) switch and indicators

This switch selects the time code displayed in the lower control panel in the sequence: LTC

n VITC

. The indicator corresponding to the selection lights. When AUTO is selected, the time code displayed is as follows:

•For playback from tape

VITC when the tape transport speed is up to halfspeed, and LTC when it is more than half-speed.

•For playback from hard disk

File time code (see the section “Displayed time data value,” page 4-7).

PRESET/REGEN switch and indicators

TC GENERATOR

INT

PRESET

EXT

REGEN

DF/NDF switch and indicators

FREE

RUN REC

RUN

NDF

VITC switch and indicator

VITC

n AUTO

PRESET/REGEN (preset/regenerated) switch and indicators

This switch makes the following selection for the internal time code generator:

PRESET: The initial value of the time code

produced by the internal time code generator can be preset by a control panel operation or by remote control from a device connected to the REMOTE-IN(9P) connector.

REGEN: The internal time code generator is

synchronized to the playback time code read by the internal time code reader.

The indicator corresponding to the selection lights.

FREE RUN/REC RUN switch and indicators

This switch selects the time code run mode of the internal time code generator.

FREE RUN: Regardless of the operating mode of

this unit, the time code value advances continuously while the power is on.

REC RUN: The time code value advances only

during recording. When this mode is selected, set the INT/EXT switch to INT, and the PRESET/ REGEN switch to PRESET.

The indicator corresponding to the selection lights.

INT/EXT (internal/external) switch and indicators

This switch selects the time code used:

INT: The time code produced by the internal time

code generator.

EXT: The external time code selected as follows.

•When the TC switch is set to LTC or AUTO The external time code input to the TIME CODE IN connector.

•When the TC switch is set to VITC The VITC time code included in the input video signal.

1) LTC: abbreviation of Longitudinal Time code. This time code is recorded on a longitudinal track on the tape. Reading is unreliable at low speeds, and not possible at all during still playback.

2) VITC: abbreviation of Vertical Interval Time code. This is inserted in the vertical blanking interval and recorded on the video tracks. It can be read at low speeds and during still playback, but not during highspeed playback.

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DF/NDF (drop-frame/non-drop-frame) switch and indicators

In a 525/60 system, this switch selects the mode of advancing the time code generator and CTL counter.

DF: Drop-frame mode. NDF: Non-drop-frame mode.

The indicator corresponding to the selection lights.

Note

When the PRESET/REGEN switch is set to REGEN, since the time code generator is synchronized to the playback time code, this switch has no effect.

VITC switch and indicator

To record the time code produced by the internal time code generator as a VITC, press this switch, lighting the ON indicator. When the ON indicator is off, internally generated time code is not recorded as VITC, but VITC present in the input video signal is recorded unchanged.

!™ REMOTE/LOCAL switch and indicator

To control this unit from a device connected to the REMOTE-IN(9P) connector, press this switch, turning the 9P indicator on.

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1) Drop-frame/non-drop-frame mode: In the NTSC system, the actual frame rate is 29.97 frames per second. There is therefore a cumulative discrepancy between the actual frame rate and the 30 frames per second rate on which time code is based. In drop-frame mode, except once every 10 minutes, the first two frames are skipped at the beginning of each minute to keep the time code values in step with actual elapsed time. In non-dropframe mode, the correction is not carried out, and there is a discrepancy of about 86 seconds per day between actual elapsed time and time code values.

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2-1 Control Panels

2-1-2 Lower Control Panel

1 Editing mode setting section

2 Monitor/menu/display setting section

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ASSEMBLE/

PREVIEW/

1 Editing mode setting section

1 ASSEMBLE/ALL button

2 VIDEO button

VIDEO

ALL

INS OVL

CH-1

CH-2 CH-3 CH-4

UNDO RECALL DELETE

AUTO EDIT

REVIEW

EDITING

AUDIO

MODE

IN OUT

AUDIO

3 Device specification and display section

CAPSTAN

CONDITION

VI TC UB

INTRP A IN DF LTC VITC 8F 4F 2F

PB EE PB MENU SET HOLD RESET

EVENT

FEED

ENTRY

INDEX

LOCK

A OUT

STANDBY PREROLL

EJECT REW PLAY F FWD STOP

CONFI ON

TCG TOTAL REMAIN 525 625

CTL/TC/UB TOTAL/REMAIN

REC

5 Tape/disk transport control section4 Editing control section

SHUTTLE JOG VAR

DISK

BUSY

REVERSE FORWARD

BETACAM

ALARM

EVENT

)

FULL

EDIT

SIMPLE

DOLBY

EDIT REC

INHIBIT

KEY

INHIBIT

SERVO

PLAYER RECORDER

DISK

PROGRAM

DISK

MASTER

TAPE

EXT

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signals, time code signals, and so forth) are recorded together.

2 VIDEO button

For insert editing on the hard disk, to select the video signal, press this button, turning it on.

ASSEMBLE/

ALL

VIDEO

CH-1

EDITING

MODE

INS

OVL

AUDIO

CH-2 CH-3 CH-4

3 EDITING

MODE button and indicators

3 EDITING MODE button and indicators

This button switches the mode used for nonlinear editing insertion between insert mode (INS indicator lit) and overlay mode (OVL indicator lit).

For details of nonlinear editing, see Chapter5, “Editing Using the Built-in Hard Disk”.

4 AUDIO CH-1 to CH-4 buttons

4 AUDIO CH-1 to CH-4 (channel 1 to channel 4)

buttons

For insert editing on the hard disk, to select audio

1 ASSEMBLE/ALL button

Press this button, turning it on, in the following cases:

•To carry out assemble editing

•To carry out all-channel insert editing

using tape.

using the hard

channels 1 to 4, press these buttons, turning them on. You can select any number of the channels.

disk.

In both of these cases, all signals (video signals, audio

1) Assemble editing: Editing in which new video/audio is added in sequence to the end of existing recorded video/ audio.

2) Insert editing: Editing in which new video/audio is added into the middle of existing recorded video/audio.

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2 Monitor/menu/display setting section

1 PB.EE button

2 PB button

3 MENU button

4 SET button

5 HOLD button

PB EE PB MENU SET HOLD RESET

CTL/TC/UB TOTAL/REMAIN

5 HOLD button

To stop updating of the time code or user bit value in the fluorescent display (that is, to hold the display), press this button, turning it on. To set a time code or user bit value, first press this button to hold the value.

6 CTL/TC/UB button

This selects the value displayed in the fluorescent display in the following sequence: CTL, TC, UB. As the display changes, the corresponding indicators over the fluorescent display also show the status.

Time code display value selection and display contents

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6 CTL/TC/UB button 7 TOTAL/REMAIN button

8 RESET button

1 PB.EE (playback E-E) button

To select E-E mode input signals for the video/audio signals output during fast forward, rewind, still, and standby, press this button, turning it on. Either one of this button and the PB button 2 is always lit.

2 PB (playback) button

To select playback signals for the video/audio signals output during fast forward, rewind, still, and standby, press this button, turning it on. Either one of this button and the PB.EE button 1 is always lit.

3 MENU button

Use this button for setup menu operations. Pressing this button, turning it on, displays setup menus in the fluorescent display of the device specification and display section 3. Press the button once more to exit from the menu display.

Display selection

CTL Tape running time (hours,

TC Playback time code read by

UB User bit value inserted in the

Value displayed

minutes, seconds, frames) computed from the CTL (control) signal recorded on the tape during playback, or a count of the CTL signal pulses during recording.

the internal time code reader or time code during recording.

playback time code or time code during recording.

Indicator status

TC and UB indicators are both off.

The TC indicator lights and the UB indicator goes off.

The UB indicator lights and the TC indicator goes off.

a) The selection of LTC or VITC is made by the TC switch.

When VITC is selected, the VITC indicator over the TC switch lights.

7 TOTAL/REMAIN button

Press this button to switch between a TOTAL indication or REMAIN (remaining) indication on the fluorescent display. According to the selection, the TOTAL indicator or REMAIN indicator above the fluorescent display lights. The TOTAL and REMAIN indications vary according to that on which operations are being carried out.

For details of setup menu operations, see Chapter7, “Menu System”.

4 SET button

Use this button for setting time code and user bit values and in setup menu operations.

For details of setup menu operations see Chapter7, “Menu System”, and for details of setting time code and user bit values see Section 4-1-2 “Recording Time code and User Bit Values” (page 4-2).

For details of the TOTAL and REMAIN indications, see the table “TOTAL/REMAIN indications” (page 2-10).

8 RESET button

To reset a CTL, time code (TC) or user bit (UB) value displayed in the fluorescent display, hold this button down. Resetting the CTL value erases all edit points.

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3 Device specification and display section

1 Fluorescent display and indicators 2 Device specification buttons and indicators

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VI TC UB

1 Fluorescent display and indicators

This comprises a time data display area 1, a time data display area 2, and an event display area provided by the fluorescent display, and also a number of indicators.

3 Indicators

CAPSTAN

LOCK

INTRP A IN DF LTC VITC 8F 4F 2F

A OUT

4 PLAYER button and RECORDER button

Indicator area

CONDITION

TCG TOTAL REMAIN 525 625

CONFI ON

EVENT

Time data display area 2

This shows a TOTAL time indication or REMAIN (remaining) time indication according to the setting of the TOTAL/REMAIN button in the monitor/menu/ display setting section 2. Depending on the display, the corresponding one of the TOTAL and REMAIN indicators immediately above lights.

DOLBY

FULL

EDIT

SIMPLE

EDIT

REC

INHIBIT

KEY

INHIBIT

SERVO

PLAYER RECORDER

DISK

PROGRAM

DISK

MASTER

TAPE

EXT

DISK BUSY

BETACAM

ALARM

CAPSTAN

CONDITION

VI TC UB

INTRP A IN DF LTC VITC 8F 4F 2F

LOCK

A OUT

TCG TOTAL REMAIN 525 625

CONFI ON

EVENT

DOLBY

Event display area

Time data display area 2

Time data display area 1

Normally this displays a CTL count, time code value, or user bit value according to the setting of the CTL/ TC/UB button in the monitor/menu/display setting section 2 and the setting of the TC switch in the upper control panel. It is also used to display an IN point (or audio IN point), a duration, error messages, setup menus, and so forth.

For details of the selection of CTL count, time code value, or user bit value see the description of the CTL/TC/UB button (previous page).

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TOTAL/REMAIN indications

Device subject to operations

DISK MASTER

REMAIN selection

TOTAL

REMAIN

DisplayTOTAL/

Total number of frames recorded on disk.

Number of frames of remaining unrecorded capacity of disk.

DISK PROGRAM

TOTAL

REMAIN

Total length (frames) of program created by editing.

Remaining length (frames) of program during playback.

TAPE TOTAL Time value representing the total

tape length.

REMAIN Time value representing the

remaining tape length.

a) In the following description, “DISK MASTER” is also

referred to simply as “MASTER”.

b) In the following description, “DISK PROGRAM” is also

referred to simply as “PROGRAM”.

c) This is an approximate value calculated on the basis of

the detected tape diameter. It is not precise to units of seconds.

In the following cases, “---------” appears as the TOTAL/REMAIN indication.

•When TAPE has been specified as the device subject to operations and either no cassette has been loaded or the loaded cassette has not started running, or when the remaining tape length has not yet been calculated because the tape started running only seconds before.

•When there is no edited program with PROGRAM specified as the device subject to operations

•INTRP (interpolation) indicator: This lights

when a playback time code reading error is interpolated using the CTL signal.

•DF (drop-frame) indicator: This lights when a

displayed time code value is in drop-frame mode.

•LTC, VITC indicators: Regardless of the display

in the time data display area 1, these indicators light when the corresponding time code values are being read or recorded (during recording).

•CAPSTAN LOCK 8F/4F/2F (8 fields/4 fields/2 fields) indicators: The indicator lights

For details of the device subject to operations, see the item about the device specification buttons (page 2-12).

corresponding to the mode selected by the CAPSTAN LOCK switch on the subsidiary control panel or in setup menu item 106.

This area is also used to display an OUT point (or audio OUT point), a time code value produced by the time code generator, a duration, error messages, setup menus, and so forth.

•CH (channel) CONDITION indicator: A threecolor indicator shows the state of the playback signal.

Green: The state of the playback signal is good. Yellow: The playback signal is somewhat

Event display area

This normally displays the number of events registered during multi-event editing. This is also used to display setup menu settings and feed speeds.

For details of multi-event editing, see Section 5-3, “MultiEvent Editing” (page 5-14).

Indicator area

This includes the following indicators.

•A (audio) IN indicator: When an IN point is

displayed in time data display area 1, the IN indicator lights, and when an audio IN point is displayed, the A indicator lights in addition to the IN indicator.

•TC (time code) indicator: This lights when a time

code is displayed in the time data display area 1.

•UB (user bits) indicator: This lights when a user

bit value is displayed in the time data display area

•VI (VITC) indicator: When a VITC time code

value or VITC user bit value is displayed in the time data display area 1, this indicator lights together with the TC or UB indicator.

deteriorated, but playback is possible.

Red: The playback signal is deteriorated.

When this indicator remains on, head cleaning or an internal inspection is necessary.

•CONFI (confidence) ON indicator: This indicates

the state of the VTR CONFI playback

function. When the CONFI playback function is enabled, the CONFI indicator lights, and when CONFI playback is actually being carried out the ON indicator also lights. CONFI playback settings are carried out using extended menu item 316.

•A (audio) OUT indicator: When an OUT point is

displayed in time data display area 2, the OUT indicator lights, and when an audio OUT point is displayed, the A indicator lights in addition to the OUT indicator.

•TCG (time code generator) indicator: This lights

when a time code generated by the internal time code generator is displayed in the time data display area 2.

•TOTAL, REMAIN indicators: When the

“TOTAL” time is displayed in time data display area 2 the TOTAL indicator lights, and when the “REMAIN” time is displayed in time data display area 2 the REMAIN indicator lights.

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1) CONFI playback: This refers to playback of the audio and video signals immediately after recording, using the confidence heads, the signal being output to all intents and purposes simultaneously with recording. This is used to check recording.

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•525, 625: The indicator showing the number of

scan lines for the television standard selected using basic menu item 013 lights (NTSC: 525 scan lines, field frequency 60 Hz; PAL: 625 scan lines, field frequency 50 Hz).

•DOLBY NR indicator: This lights when the Dolby

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noise-reduction

•EVENT indicator: This lights when an event is

displayed in the event display area.

2 Device specification buttons

DISK PROGRAM buttons

DISK MASTER buttons

TAPE buttons

EXT button

circuit is functioning.

Player side Recorder side

DISK

PROGRAM

DISK

MASTER

TAPE

EXT

DISK MASTER buttons

When using the hard disk of this unit for recording or playing back material before editing, specify the hard disk as player or recorder. According as you wish to specify the hard disk as player or recorder, hold down the PLAYER or RECORDER button and press the DISK MASTER button on the PLAYER side or RECORDER side, turning it on. The device selected by pressing these buttons is also referred to simply as “MASTER”.

TAPE buttons

To specify the VTR of this unit as player or recorder, hold down the PLAYER or RECORDER button and press the TAPE button on the PLAYER side or RECORDER side, turning it on.

EXT (external) button

To specify the device connected to the REMOTEIN(9P) connector as player, hold down the PLAYER button and press this button, turning it on.

3 Indicators

FULL EDIT/SIMPLE EDIT indicators

PLAYER RECORDER

DISK PROGRAM buttons

When using the hard disk of this unit for nonlinear

REC INHIBIT indicator

KEY INHIBIT indicator

SERVO indicator

DISK BUSY indicator

editing, specify the hard disk as player or recorder. According as you wish to specify the hard disk as player or recorder, hold down the PLAYER or RECORDER button and press the DISK PROGRAM button on the PLAYER side or RECORDER side, turning it on. The device selected by pressing these buttons is also referred to simply as “PROGRAM”.

FULL

EDIT

SIMPLE

EDIT

REC

INHIBIT

KEY

INHIBIT

SERVO

DISK

PROGRAM

DISK

MASTER

TAPE

EXT

BETACAM SX indicator

DISK BUSY

BETACAM

ALARM

ALARM indicator

1) Dolby noise-reduction: Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. “ DOLBY” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

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DISK BUSY indicator

This lights in the following cases:

•When the hard disk is being readied for operation

immediately after power-on

•When the hard disk is being accessed.

When the hard disk is being warmed up, this indicator slowly flashes. In this case, wailt until the indicator goes off.

Note

While this indicator is lit, do not power off the unit. There is a possibility of data on the hard disk being damaged or destroyed.

ALARM indicator

This lights when a hardware error is detected on the unit, and goes off when the error is resolved. When this indicator is lit, an error message appears in the fluorescent display. If you are using the COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT 3 (SUPER) connector, then when the CHARACTER switch in the subsidiary control panel is set to ON, the error message also appears on the monitor screen.

FULL EDIT/SIMPLE EDIT indicators

When full edit mode is specified as the editing mode for the disk, the FULL EDIT indicator lights, and when simple edit mode is specified as the editing mode for the disk, the SIMPLE EDIT indicator lights. In the full edit mode, split editing for each of the video and audio channels is possible. In the simple edit mode, split editing is not possible. When you are carrying out nonlinear editing with an editor connected to this unit, select full edit mode. In the simple edit mode the maximum possible speed of data transfer to the built-in hard disk is four times normal speed, and in the full edit mode it is three times normal speed. You can select simple edit mode or full edit mode using the disk file management menu.

For more information, see Section 7-4, “Disk File Management Menu” (page 7-25).

KEY INHIBIT indicator

This indicator lights when the KEY INHIBIT switch on the subsidiary control panel is set to ON.

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BETACAM SX indicator

When recording in Betacam SX format or playing back a tape recorded in Betacam SX format, this indicator lights.

REC (recording) INHIBIT indicator

This indicator is on or off according to the combination of the setting of the REC INHIBIT switch on the subsidiary control panel and the record inhibit plug on the cassette, as shown in the following table. When this indicator is on, recording on tape is prohibited.

REC INHIBIT indicator indications

REC INHIBIT switch position

ON Record inhibit/permit Lit OFF Record inhibit Lit

a) It is possible to make a setting (extended menu item 107)

so that in this case the indicator flashes.

State of the record inhibit plug on the cassette

Record permit Off

REC INHIBIT indicator state

SERVO indicator

When the drum servo and capstan servo are locked

this indicator lights.

1) Servo lock: This refers to the synchronization of the phase of the drum rotation and the reference signal for the tape transport position, so that the video heads can trace the same pattern on the tape for playback or recording.

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2-1 Control Panels

4 PLAYER button and RECORDER button

When carrying out editing using a player and recorder, select each of the devices.

•To select the player: press the PLAYER button,

turning it on. (PLAYER mode)

•To select the recorder: press the RECORDER button,

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turning it on. (RECORDER mode)

•To select both the recorder and the player: press the

RECORDER button and the PLAYER button simultaneously, turning both of them on. (“PARA RUN” mode) In this case, extended menu item 201 must already

have been set to PARA RUN ENABLE. When an external device (EXT) is specified as the player and if it is not in the remote mode, neither of the buttons lights. In this case, operations apply to the device specified as the recorder.

4 Editing control section

1 UNDO button

2 RECALL button

UNDO RECALL DELETE

3 DELETE button

AUDIO

IN OUT

4 EVENT button

5 FEED button

EVENT

FEED

2 RECALL button

During playback of a program (DISK PROGRAM) or when playback is stopped, pressing this button while holding down the EVENT button recalls the IN and OUT points of the event being played back, causing the IN and OUT buttons to light. Use this button when you wish to modify the IN and OUT points.

3 DELETE button

This deletes an edit point or event. Hold down this button and press the IN, OUT, AUDIO IN, AUDIO OUT, or EVENT button according to the what you wish to delete. If the button (IN, OUT, AUDIO IN, or AUDIO OUT) which you pressed to make the deletion flashes, it is necessary to set the deleted edit point again.

4 EVENT button

Use this button when you wish to save two or more player editing segments (each segment being between an edit IN point and OUT point) as an “event”, and carry out automatic editing of all the events together (multi-event editing). To save events, after setting each editing segment, hold down this button and press the ENTRY button. This is also used for other operations relating to events.

PREVIEW/

REVIEW

AUTO EDIT

9 AUTO EDIT button

0 PREVIEW/REVIEW button

IN OUT

8 Edit point setting buttons

ENTRY

INDEX

6 INDEX button

7 ENTRY button

1 UNDO button

Use this in nonlinear editing to undo the effect of the immediately previous automatic editing operation, and return to the previous state. This button lights, and the AUTO EDIT button flashes. To return to the state before the immediately previous automatic editing operation, press the AUTO EDIT button. To cancel the undo operation, press this button again, turning it off.

For details of operations relating to events, see Section 5-3, “Multi-Event Editing” (page 5-14) and Section 5-4, “Special Nonlinear Editing Operations” (page 5-17).

5 FEED button (DNW-A100/A100P only)

Use this button when you wish to carry out dubbing from tape or the hard disk to an external device or high-speed automatic editing from tape to the hard disk at any speed from 0.1 to 4 times normal. To play back in feed mode, hold down this button and press the PLAY button.

For details of operations in feed mode, see the section “Carrying out playback in feed mode” (page 4-10) and the section “Carrying out high-speed editing in feed mode” (page 5-11).

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6 INDEX button

Use this in the following cases:

•During playback of a Betacam SX format tape

For cuing up to the point where index information

(good shot marker or recording start marker) is

recorded on a Betacam SX camcorder tape

•During playback from the hard disk

For cuing up to a particular event

For details, see the items for the F FWD button and REW button (see page 2-17).

7 ENTRY button

Use this for setting edit points, saving events and so forth.

•To set a video IN point or OUT point: Hold down

the IN button or OUT button, and press this button.

•To set an audio IN point or OUT point: Hold down

the AUDIO IN button or AUDIO OUT button, and

press this button.

•To save an event: Hold down the EVENT button,

and press this button.

For details of operations relating to events, see Section 5-3, “Multi-Event Editing” (page 5-14) and Section 5-4, “Special Nonlinear Editing Operations” (page 5-17).

8 Edit point setting buttons

AUDIO

IN OUT

AUDIO IN button and AUDIO OUT button

In insert editing of the program, to set an audio IN point or audio OUT point separate from the corresponding video edit point, hold down the AUDIO IN button or AUDIO OUT button, and press the ENTRY button. After you have made the setting, pressing the AUDIO IN button or AUDIO OUT button displays the audio IN point or audio OUT point set on the fluorescent display.

9 AUTO (automatic) EDIT button

After edit point setting, to carry out automatic editing (recording), press this button, turning it on. If the IN point is not set, the automatic editing is carried out with the point where you pressed this button as the IN point. If you pressed the PREVIEW/REVIEW button to carry out a preview, when the preview ends it flashes.

0 PREVIEW/REVIEW button

After edit point setting, to preview the editing results on the monitor before recording, press this button, turning it on. If the IN point is not set, the preview is carried out with the point where you pressed this button as the IN point. During the preview it is lit, and when the preview ends it flashes. Use this button also to carry out a review of the editing results after carrying out automatic editing.

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IN OUT

IN button and OUT button

To set a video IN point or OUT point, hold down the IN button or OUT button, and press the ENTRY button. After you have made the setting, pressing the IN button or OUT button displays the IN point or OUT point set on the fluorescent display.

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5 Tape/disk transport control section

1 STANDBY button

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STANDBY PREROLL

EJECT REW PLAY F FWD STOP

8 EJECT button

1 STANDBY button

Use this as follows, depending on the currently selected device.

For TAPE

When a cassette is inserted and this button is off, to put the VTR in standby mode, press the button, turning it on. In standby mode, the drum is rotating and the tape is in contact with the drum. As a result, recording or playback can start immediately. To end standby mode, press the STANDBY button, turning it off. If 8 minutes (value can be varied using extended menu item 501) elapse in standby mode, the unit automatically switches out of standby mode to protect the tape.

2 PREROLL button

3 REC button

REC

7 REW button

)

5 F FWD button

6 PLAY button

4 STOP button

2 PREROLL button

Press this button to cue up to the preroll point (before the IN point by the time set as the preroll time) on the tape or hard disk. You can change or select the preroll time and the state of the unit at the end of preroll

(“stop mode”

or still playback mode) using basic

menu item 001 or extended menu item 401.

Cuing up edit points

Hold down the IN, OUT, AUDIO IN, or AUDIO OUT button while pressing this button to cue up to the corresponding edit point.

3 REC (record) button

To start recording, press this button together with the PLAY button, turning it on.

Monitoring in E-E mode

When the unit is in stop mode, when you press this button it lights, and you can monitor the video and audio in E-E mode. To return to the original state, press the STOP button. During playback, search, fast forward, or rewind, while this button is held down you can monitor the video and audio in E-E mode. In this case the button does not light.

4 STOP button

To stop recording or playback, press this button, turning it on. When you stop playback, the unit switches either to still playback or to E-E mode according to setup menu settings, and the settings of the PB.EE button and PB button.

For MASTER or PROGRAM

Pressing this button has no effect. When a file on the hard disk is open for recording or playback, this button lights.

1) Stop mode: the state in which the device currently the

subject of operation is stopped, and the STOP button is lit.

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Fault display function

This flashes in the following cases related to reference signals:

•When the player is EXT.

– When the OUT REF switch on the subsidiary

control panel is set to INPUT VIDEO, and there is no input video signal.

– When the OUT REF switch on the subsidiary

control panel is set to REF, and there is no external reference signal input or the input external reference signal is not synchronized to the input video signal.

•When the player is other than EXT (when the player

is an internal device)

There is no external reference signal input, regardless

of the setting of the OUT REF switch on the

subsidiary control panel. You can disable this function using extended menu item 105.

5 F FWD (fast forward) button

To use this button, press it, turning it on. Its function depends on the currently selected device, as follows.

For TAPE

This fast forwards the tape. While the INDEX button is lit, this cues up to index information detected during the fast forwarding operation.

For MASTER or PROGRAM

The effect in this case depends on whether the INDEX button is lit or off, as follows:

•When the INDEX button is off:

Skips to the end of the last file or event.

•When the INDEX button is lit:

Skips to the beginning of the next file or event.

If the current file or event is the last one, skips to its

end. When events are being manually recorded on the hard disk (MASTER), the event currently being recorded is regarded as the last event.

For information about the relationship between files and events, see Section 5-1, “Overview” (page 5-1).

6 PLAY button

To start playback, press this button, turning it on.

To operate in capstan override mode (when using tape)

Hold down this button, and turn the search dial.

For details of capstan override mode, see the item relating to the search dial (page 2-18).

7 REW (rewind) button

To use this button, press it, turning it on. Its function depends on the currently selected device, as follows.

For TAPE

This rewinds the tape. While the INDEX button is lit, this cues up to index information detected during the rewinding operation.

For MASTER or PROGRAM

The effect in this case depends on whether the INDEX button is lit or off, as follows:

•When the INDEX button is off:

Skips to the beginning of the first file or event.

•When the INDEX button is lit:

Skips to the beginning of the current file or event. When the unit is in record mode, recording ends. If the current position is at the beginning of a file or event, skips to the beginning of the previous file or event.

8 EJECT button

Use this as follows, depending on the currently selected device.

For TAPE

Press this button to eject the cassette. While the cassette is being ejected, this button lights.

For MASTER or PROGRAM

Press this button to close a file. This aborts the current operation, and closes the file. The STANDBY button goes off, and the EJECT button lights.

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1 SHUTTLE button

To use the search dial for playback in shuttle mode, press this button, turning it on.

For details of playback in shuttle mode, see the item for the search dial 4.

2 JOG button

To use the search dial for playback in jog mode, press this button, turning it on.

For details of playback in jog mode, see the item for the search dial 4.

3 VAR (variable) button

To use the search dial for playback in variable speed mode, press this button, turning it on.

1 SHUTTLE button

2 JOG button

3 VAR button

SHUTTLE JOG VAR

REVERSE FORWARD

4 Search dial

You can carry out noiseless playback over the whole playback speed range from the hard disk, and in the range of ±1 times normal speed from a Betacam SX format tape.

Playback modes using the search dial

Playback mode Operations and functions

Shuttle Press the SHUTTLE button or the search

Jog Press the JOG button or the search dial

Variable speed Press the VAR button, turning it on, then

Capstan override (using a tape)

dial so that the SHUTTLE button lights, then turn the search dial. Playback is carried out at a speed determined by the position of the search dial. The playback speed range is as follows:

•Using a Betacam SX tape: –50 to +50 times normal speed

•Using an analog Betacam tape: –35 to +35 times normal speed for DNW-A100/ A50/A45 or –42 to +42 times normal speed for DNW-A100P/A50P/A45P

•Using the hard disk: –100 to +100 times normal speed

The search dial has detents at the still position and at ±10 times normal speed. The maximum shuttle mode playback speed can be changed by changing the setting of item 102 in the extended menu

(see page 7-9)

so that the JOG button lights, then turn the search dial. Playback is carried out at a speed determined by the speed of rotation of the search dial. The playback speed range is –1 to +1 time normal speed:

The search dial has no detents.

turn the search dial. You can control the playback speed finely (47 steps) in the range of ±1 times normal speed. The search dial has detents at the still position and at ±1 times normal speed.

Hold down the PLAY button and turn the search dial to adjust the playback speed in the range of ±15%. Use this for phase adjustment between this unit and an external connected device.

For details of playback in variable mode, see the item for the search dial 4.

4 Search dial

Turn this to carry out playback in the modes shown in the following table. Turn the dial clockwise for forward playback and counterclockwise for reverse playback. Pressing the dial toggles between shuttle and jog modes or between variable and jog modes.

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Changing the setting of extended menu item 101 enables you to use the search dial alone to select shuttle/jog/variable speed modes, without using the SHUTTLE, JOG, and VAR buttons.

2-1-3 Subsidiary Control Panel

Pull out the lower control panel to reveal the subsidiary control panel.

1 EMPHASIS switch

2 CHARACTER switch

3 DOLBY NR switch

4 OUT REF switch

5 PROCESS

CONTROL switch

VIDEO

EMPHASIS CHARACTER DOLBY

ON OFF OFF ON OFF ON

OUT REF

INPUT

REF REMOTE LOCAL

VIDEO

PROCESS CONTROL

CHROMA SET UP Y/C DELAY CHROMA PHASE SYNC SC

PRESET

MANUAL

6 VIDEO knob and PRESET/MANUAL switch

MANUAL

7 CHROMA knob and PRESET/MANUAL switch

1 EMPHASIS switch

Set this to ON to apply emphasis to an analog input audio signal or analog playback audio signal to convert the analog audio signal to a digital audio signal.

2 CHARACTER switch

Select whether or not to superimpose text information such as time code, menu settings, and alarm messages on the video signal output from the COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT 3 (SUPER) connector.

ON: Superimposed text. OFF: No superimposed text.

The factory default setting is ON.

3 DOLBY NR (noise reduction) switch

When using an oxide tape, switch the Dolby noisereduction system for analog audio on or off. When using metal tape, the Dolby noise-reduction system is automatically switched on, regardless of the setting of this switch.

ON: Enable the Dolby noise-reduction system for

playback of an analog Betacam oxide tape.

!∞ CAPSTAN LOCK switch

!¢ KEY INHIBIT switch

!£ REC INHIBIT switch

!™ SC knob

!¡ SYNC knob

PRESET

MANUAL

8 SET UP (DNW-A100/A50/A45)/BLACK LEVEL (DNW-A100P/A50P/

MANUAL

9 Y/C DELAY knob and PRESET/MANUAL switch

A45P) knob and PRESET/MANUAL switch

PRESET

MANUAL

SYSTEM PHASE

0 CHROMA PHASE knob and PRESET/MANUAL

switch

REC

INHIBIT

ON OFF ON OFF 2FD 8FD

KEY

INHIBIT

CAPSTAN

LOCK

4FD

(625/50)

OFF: Disable the Dolby noise-reduction system for

playback of an analog Betacam oxide tape.

The factory default setting is OFF.

4 OUT REF (reference) switch

When the device specification buttons (see page 2-12) are set to select an external device (EXT) as the player, this switch selects the reference signal for this unit depending on the combination of the setting of extended menu item 309 and the operating state of the unit. (If other than an external device is specified as the player, then regardless of the setting of this switch, the signal input to the REF. VIDEO connector is always selected as the reference signal.)

REF: Use the signal input to the REF. VIDEO

connector as the reference signal. During recording input digital audio and video signals must be synchronized with this signal.

INPUT VIDEO: Use the input video signal selected

by the VIDEO INPUT SELECT switch as the reference signal.

Note

Operating this switch during playback may cause a momentary interruption of the playback sound.

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5 PROCESS CONTROL switch

This selects the method of control of the internal digital video processor.

REMOTE: Select this position to use an optional

BVR-50/50P Remote Control Unit for remote control of the internal digital video processor.

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MENU: Select this position to use setup menus to

change the settings for the internal digital video processor.

LOCAL: Select this position to use the subsidiary

control panel to change the settings for the internal digital video processor.

6 VIDEO knob and PRESET/MANUAL switch

The switch makes the selection described immediately below. When it is set to MANUAL, you can use the knob to adjust the video signal output level.

PRESET: Regardless of the position of the knob,

the video signal output level is set to the reference value.

MANUAL: You can adjust the video signal output

level in the range ±3 dB. You can change the adjustment range using extended menu item 714.

7 CHROMA (chrominance) knob and PRESET/ MANUAL switch

The switch makes the selection described immediately below. When it is set to MANUAL, you can use the knob to adjust the chrominance signal output level.

PRESET: Regardless of the position of the knob,

the chrominance signal output level is set to the reference value.

MANUAL: You can adjust the chrominance signal

output level in the range ±3 dB. You can change the adjustment range using extended menu item 714.

8 SET UP (DNW-A100/A50/A45) / BLACK LEVEL (DNW-A100P/A50P/A45P) knob and PRESET/MANUAL switch

The switch makes the selection described immediately below. When it is set to MANUAL, you can use the knob to adjust the (black) setup level (525/60 system) or black level (625/50 system).

PRESET: Regardless of the position of the knob,

the setup level (525/60 system) or black level (625/50 system) is set to the reference value.

MANUAL: You can adjust the setup level (525/60

system) in the range ±30 IRE

, or the black level

(625/50 system) in the range ±210 mV.

9 Y/C DELAY knob and PRESET/MANUAL switch

The switch is effective only for playback of video recorded in Betacam or Betacam SP format. It makes the selection described immediately below. When it is set to MANUAL, you can use the knob to adjust the Y/ C delay.

PRESET: Regardless of the position of the knob,

the Y/C delay is set to the reference value.

MANUAL: You can adjust the Y/C delay in the

range ±100 ns.

0 CHROMA (chrominance) PHASE knob and PRESET/MANUAL switch

The switch makes the selection described immediately below. When it is set to MANUAL, you can use the knob to adjust the chrominance phase (the phase difference from a burst signal).

PRESET: Regardless of the position of the knob,

the chrominance phase is set to the reference value.

MANUAL: You can adjust the chrominance phase

in the range ±30°.

!¡ SYNC knob

This adjusts the output signal sync phase with respect to the input reference signal to this unit, in a range of ±15 µs. Use this adjustment when the output phase of this unit is not accurately aligned with the reference signal phase, or when carrying out special effects editing with this unit and other VTRs connected to a switcher or other equipment.

1) IRE: A unit for representing a video level laid down by the IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers). The IRE is now the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers).

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!™ SC (subcarrier) knob

This adjusts the output signal subcarrier phase with respect to the input reference signal to this unit, in a range of ±200 ns. For editing with composite signals, use this adjustment when the output phase of this unit with respect to the phase of the reference signal is not accurately aligned with the subcarrier phase. This adjustment does not affect the output SCH (subcarrier - sync) phase, which remains constant.

!£ REC (record) INHIBIT switch

When this switch is in the ON position, the REC INHIBIT indicator in the lower control panel lights, and recording on tape is no longer possible. (Recording to the hard disk is not inhibited.)

!¢ KEY INHIBIT switch

When this switch is in the ON position, the KEY INHIBIT indicator in the lower control panel lights, and the buttons in the upper control panel and lower control panel specified by the setting of extended menu item 118 are disabled.

!∞ CAPSTAN LOCK switch

For playback and editing from tape, this switch selects the capstan lock mode.

For DNW-A100/A50/A45

2FD: The capstan servo locks every two fields.

•There may be a color framing difference between the tape playback output and the reference signal selected by the OUT REF switch.

•For assemble editing, there may be a color framing discontinuity at edit points.

During playback of a tape recorded with a composite signal as source, there may be a horizontal shift (H shift) of the image. (When extended menu item 712 is set to ON.)

4FD: The capstan servo locks every four fields.

•There is no color framing difference between the tape playback output and the reference signal selected by the OUT REF switch.

•For assemble editing, color framing continuity at edit points is assured.

During playback of a tape recorded with a composite signal as source, no horizontal shift (H shift) of the image occurs. Select this position for editing and playback of composite signals when video phase continuity at edit points is required, or for A/B roll editing.

8FD (625/50): This position is not normally used in

a 525/60 system.

If you select this position in a 625/50 system, the tape playback output is subject to virtual color framing, frame-locked to the reference signal selected by the OUT REF switch. (This unit is not subject to color frame locking to the reference signal.)

Note

When the unit is set to operate in the 625/50 (PAL) system using basic menu item 013, you cannot use composite input signals. (The BKDW-505 composite input option is for 525/60 systems only.)

For DNW-A100P/A50P/A45P

2FD/4FD: The capstan servo locks every two fields

(2FD)/four fields (4FD).

•There may be a color framing difference between the tape playback output and the reference signal selected by the OUT REF switch.

•For assemble editing, there may be a color framing discontinuity at edit points.

During playback of a tape recorded with a composite signal as source, there may be a horizontal shift (H shift) of the image. (When extended menu item 712 is set to ON.)

8FD: The capstan servo locks every eight fields.

•There is no color framing difference between the tape playback output and the reference signal selected by the OUT REF switch.

•For assemble editing, color framing continuity at edit points is assured.

Note

When the unit is set to operate in the 525/60 (NTSC) system using basic menu item 013, you cannot use composite input signals. (The BKDW-506 composite input option is for 625/50 systems only.)

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1 Analog (digital: option) audio input/output section

BREAKER

AC IN

6 Power supply section

2-23.)

2 Analog video input/output section

2-23.)

3 Digital input/output section

page 2-24.)

DIGITAL INPUT

(OPTION)

SDDI

CH1

CH2

LEVEL

LOW HIGH

OFF ON

600Ω

CH1 CH2 CH3

SDI SDDI SDI

AUDIO INPUT

LEVEL

600Ω

AUDIO OUTPUT

SCSI REMOTE(9P) RS-232C VIDEO CONTROL

CH4

CH3

LEVEL

LOW HIGH

OFF ON

600Ω

CH4 R L

LEVEL

5 External device connectors

(See page 2-25.)

600Ω

(See page

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(See

DIGITAL OUTPUT

TIME CODE

IN OUT

MONITOR OUTPUT

REF.VIDEO COMPOSITE COMPONENT

VIDEO INPUT VIDEO OUTPUT

(OPTION) (OPTION)

75Ω

OFF

ALTERNATIVE

COMPOSITE 1

R-Y

(SUPER)

B-Y

COMPONENT

(OPTION)

R-Y

B-Y

4 Time code input/output section and audio monitor signal

output section

(See page 2-24.) (See page 2-25.)

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