Sony PDW-70MD User Manual

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3-990-975-14 (1)

Professional Disc Recorder

Instructions for Use

Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference.

PDW-70MD

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WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

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

THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED.

CAUTION

The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing. No objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.

CAUTION

The unit is not disconnected from the AC power source (mains) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the unit itself has been turned off.

IMPORTANT

The nameplate is located on the bottom.

Laser diode properties

Wave length: 403 to 410 nm Emission duration: Continuous Laser output power: 65 mW (max. of pulse peak), 35 mW

(max. of CW)

Tekniska data för laserdiod

Våglängd: 403 till 410 nm Emissionslängd: Kontinuerlig Laseruteffekt: 65 mW (max. för pulstopp), 35 mW (max. för kontinuerlig våg)

Spesifikasjoner laserdiode

Bølgelengde: 403 til 410 nm Strålingens varighet: Kontinuerlig Laserens effekt: 65 mW (maks stråletoppunkt), 35 mW (maks ved kontinuerlig stråling)

Laserdiodin ominaisuudet

Aallon pituus: 403 - 410 nm Välityksen kesto: Jatkuva Laserlähdön teho: 65 mW (sykehuipun maks.), 35 mW (jatkuvan aallon maks.)

This label is located on the top panel of the drive unit.

Denna etikett finns på ovansidan av driftenheten.

Denne mærkat sidder på drevenhedens øverste panel.

Tämä kyltti sijaitsee ajurilaitteen yläpinnalla.

Dette merket er plassert på oversiden av driverenheten.

This Professional Disc Recorder is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT.

CAUTION

The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard.

CAUTION

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

VAROITUS!

LAITTEEN KÄYTTÄMINEN MUULLA KUIN TÄSSÄ KÄYTTÖOHJEESSA MAINITULLA TAVALLA SAATTAA ALTISTAA KÄYTTÄJÄN TURVALLISUUSLUOKAN 1 YLITTÄVÄLLE NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE LASERSÄTEILYLLE.

VARNING

OM APPARATEN ANVÄNDS PÅ ANNAT SÄTT ÄN I DENNA BRUKSANVISNING SPECIFICERATS, KAN ANVÄNDAREN UTSÄTTAS FÖR OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING, SOM ÖVERSKRIDER GRÄNSEN FÖR LASERKLASS 1.

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

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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.

All interface cables used to connect peripherals must be shielded in order to comply with the limits for a digital device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

For customers in Canada

This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-

003.

Symbols on the products

accordance with the instruction manual, it may cause interference to other equipment. If this unit causes interference (which can be determined by unplugging the power cord from the unit), try these measures: Relocate the unit with respect to the susceptible equipment. Plug this unit and the susceptible equipment into different branch circuit.

Consult your dealer. (According to standard EN60601-1-2 and CISPR11, Class B, Group 1)

WARNING on power connection

Use a proper power cord for your local power supply.

1. Use the approved Power Cord (3-core mains lead) / Appliance Connector / Plug with earthing-contacts that conforms to the safety regulations of each country if applicable.

2. Use the Power Cord (3-core mains lead) / Appliance Connector / Plug conforming to the proper ratings (Voltage, Ampere). If you have questions on the use of the above Power Cord / Appliance Connector / Plug, please consult a qualified service personnel.

This symbol indicates the equipotential terminal which brings the various parts of a system to the same potential.

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

Important safeguards/notices for use in the medical environments

1. All the equipments connected to this unit shall be certified according to Standard IEC60601-1, IEC60950-1, IEC60065 or other IEC/ISO Standards applicable to the equipments.

2. Furthermore all configurations shall comply with the system standard IEC60601-1-1. Everybody who connects additional equipment to the signal input part or signal output part configures a medical system, and is therefore, responsible that the system complies with the requirements of the system standard IEC60601-1-1. If in doubt, consult the qualified service personnel.

3. The leakage current could increase when connected to other equipment.

4. For this particular equipment, all accessory equipment connected as noted above, must be connected to mains via an additional isolation transformer conforming with the construction requirements of IEC60601-1 and providing at least Basic Insulation.

5. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy. If it is not installed and used in

WARNING on power connection for medical use

Please use the following power supply cord. With connectors (plug or female) and cord types other than those indicated in this table, use the power supply cord that is approved for use in your area.

United States and Canada

Plug Type HOSPITAL GRADE* Cord type Min.Type SJT

Maximum Rating for Plug and Appliance Couplers

Safety approval UL Listed and CSA *Note: Grounding reliability can only be achieved when the equipment is

connected to an equivalent receptacle marked ‘Hospital Only’ or ‘Hospital Grade’.

Min.18 AWG 10A/125V

Caution

When you dispose of the unit or accessories, you must obey the law in the relative area or country and the regulation in the relative hospital.

For the customers in Canada

This unit has been certified according to Standard CSA C22.2 NO.601.1.

WARNING

Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss. In order to use this product safely, avoid prolonged listening at excessive sound pressure levels.

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For the State of California, USA only

Perchlorate Material - special handling may apply, See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate Perchlorate Material : Lithium battery contains perchlorate.

For the customers in Taiwan only

Voor de Klanten in Nederland

• Gooi de batterij niet weg maar lever deze in als klein chemisch afval (KCA).

• Dit apparaat bevat een vast ingebouwde batterij die niet vervangen hoeft te worden tijdens de levensduur van het apparaat.

• Raadpleeg uw leverancier indien de batterij toch vervangen moet worden.De batterij mag alleen vervangen worden door vakbekwaam servicepersoneel.

• Lever het apparaat aan het einde van de levensduur in voor recycling, de batterij zal dan op correcte wijze verwerkt worden.

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Chapter 1 Overview

Features............................................................................................8

Names and Functions of Parts .....................................................11

Chapter 2 Preparations

Setting the System Frequency .....................................................22

Removing the Connector Covers.................................................23

Connections and Settings ............................................................24

External Synchronization..............................................................27

Setup...............................................................................................27

Superimposed Text Information...................................................29

Features of This Unit............................................................................. 8

Features of the PDBK-101/102/103/104 Option Boards ...................... 9

Front Panel .......................................................................................... 11

Rear Panel............................................................................................ 17

Infrared Remote Commander .............................................................. 20

Connecting an External Monitor ......................................................... 24

Using PDZ-1 Over an i.LINK Connection (FAM Connection) .......... 25

Using XLR Cables (Audio Cables) ..................................................... 26

Setting the Date and Time ................................................................... 27

Adjusting the Brightness of the LCD Panel ........................................ 28

Displaying Supplementary Status Information ................................... 30

Chapter 3 Recording and Playback

Handling Discs...............................................................................32

Discs Used for Recording and Playback ............................................. 32

Notes on Handling............................................................................... 32

Write-Protecting Discs ........................................................................ 32

Loading and Unloading a Disc............................................................ 32

Formatting a Disc ................................................................................ 33

Handling of Discs When Recording Does Not End Normally (Salvage

Functions) .................................................................................. 33

Recording .......................................................................................35

Carrying Out Recording ..................................................................... 35

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Playback .........................................................................................36

Playback Operation ............................................................................. 36

Searching for Clips With Thumbnails (Thumbnail Search)................ 36

Searching With the Expand Function.................................................. 38

Searching for Frames With Essence Marks ........................................ 39

Searching With the Chapter Function ................................................. 40

Clip List Playback ............................................................................... 40

Locking (Write-protecting) Clips ........................................................ 41

Deleting Clips...................................................................................... 42

Assigning Sequence Numbers to Thumbnails..................................... 43

Chapter 4 Scene Selection

Overview.........................................................................................44

Assigning Clip Titles........................................................................... 47

Assigning User-Defined Clip and Clip List Names ............................ 47

Creating Clip Lists .........................................................................49

Including Clips Selected in the Thumbnail Screen in the Clip List .... 49

Quick Scene Selection (Adding Sub Clips During Recording, Playback,

Editing Clip Lists ...........................................................................54

Basic Operations.................................................................................. 54

Reordering Sub Clips .......................................................................... 54

Modifying the In and Out Points of Sub Clips (Trimming)................ 55

Deleting Sub Clips............................................................................... 56

Setting the Start Timecode for the Current Clip List .......................... 56

Previewing the Edited Clip List .......................................................... 56

Saving the Current Clip List to Disc ............................................57

Managing Clip Lists.......................................................................58

Changing Displayed Items of Information on Sub Clips .................... 59

Loading a Clip List From a Disc Into the Current Clip List ............... 59

Deleting Clip Lists From a Disc.......................................................... 59

Sorting Clip Lists................................................................................. 59

Using the PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software ................................61

or Search) ................................................................................... 52

Chapter 5 File Operations

Overview.........................................................................................62

File Operations in File Access Mode ...........................................62

Table of Contents

Making FAM Connections.................................................................. 62

Operating on Files ............................................................................... 63

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Chapter 6 Menus

Recording Continuous Timecode Over FAM Connections .......64

Function Menu ...............................................................................65

Function Menu Operations.................................................................. 65

Function Menu Settings....................................................................... 65

System Menu..................................................................................67

Displaying the Setup and Disc Menus ................................................ 67

Setup Menu.......................................................................................... 68

Setup Menu Items................................................................................ 68

Setup Menu Operations ....................................................................... 71

Disc Menu ........................................................................................... 74

Disc Menu Operations......................................................................... 74

Appendix

Important Notes on Operation......................................................76

Condensation ....................................................................................... 76

Periodic Maintenance....................................................................77

Digital Hours Meter............................................................................. 77

Troubleshooting ............................................................................78

Alarms ................................................................................................. 78

Error Messages .................................................................................... 85

To Eject Discs With the Unit Powered Off......................................... 85

About i.LINK ..................................................................................85

Specifications ................................................................................86

Using UMID Data............................................................................89

MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License .....................................91

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Chapter 1 Overview

Overview

Features

The PDW-70MD is a professional disc recorder supporting HD playback and recording with Professional

Disc

media. When you use this unit in combination with a nonlinear editing system, the FAM transfers between the unit and computers over the i.LINK interface, allowing the unit to be used like an external hard drive. The unit can be connected to Sony nonlinear editors, monitors, and video equipment with HDSDI interfaces via its standard HDSDI I/O connectors. It incorporates a color LCD display, allowing you to check video and use the menu system without connecting an external monitor.

function enables data file

Chapter

Video bitrates and audio channels selectable according to application

You can select the appropriate video bitrate for your application from three video bitrate modes: 35 Mbps (HQ: high quality mode), 25 Mbps (SP: standard mode), and 18 Mbps (LP: long-play mode). You can select 2-channel or 4-channel audio. If the audio channel modes are the same, different video bitrates can be mixed on the same disc.

Rich selection of recording and playback functions

Support for multiple frame frequencies

The unit can record and play back four different frame frequencies: 1080/59.94i (displayed as 60I), 50i (displayed as 50I), 29.97PsF (displayed as 30P), and 25PsF.

1) Professional Disc is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

2) FAM: File access mode

Features of This Unit

The principal features of this unit are as follows.

MPEG HD

High-quality video and audio recording and playback

The MPEG HD codec provides video compression compliant with the MPEG-2 MP@HL standard. It enables HD 4:2:0 digital component file recording in the 1080i (1,080 effective scanning lines, interlaced) format currently in use by many broadcast facilities. Uncompressed PCM recording of 16-bit 48 kHz audio delivers a wide dynamic range with a high signal-to-noise ratio.

1) MPEG HD is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

codec

HD downconvert function

The unit is provided with a downconvert function. HD disc playback signals can be downconverted to SD signals and then output as SDSDI or composite signals, or output via the i.LINK (DV) interface. This allows you to shoot and record masters in an HD environment, and to use SD nonlinear editors and monitors for editing and program output.

DVCAM upconvert function

The unit features an upconvert function, with the ability to upconvert to HD and output HDSDI signals when playing back DVCAM discs.

Recording of proxy AV data

Proxy AV data is a low-resolution (1.5 Mbps video, 64 kbps per audio channel), MPEG-4 based version of a fullresolution data stream. Whenever this unit records fullresolution MPEG HD data, it simultaneously generates and records low-resolution proxy AV data. Because of its small size, proxy AV data can be transferred quickly over computer networks, easily edited in the field with laptop computers, applications, such as content management on small-scale servers.

and readily used in a wide variety of

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1) The supplied PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software can be used to create

simple EDLs (Edit Decision Lists).

Supports a variety of interfaces

This unit supports the following interfaces. HDSDI: This enables input and output of HD digital video

and embedded audio signals (4 channels).

SDSDI: This enables output of SD component digital

video and embedded audio signals (4 channels).

AES/EBU: This enables input and output of AES/EBU

serial digital audio signals (4 channels).

i.LINK(AV/C): This enables output of DV-format digital

video and audio signals (4 channels).

Analog video: This enables output of HD analog

component (RGB or YPbPr) and SD composite signals.

Analog audio: This enables input of 2 channels and output

of 2 channels (1/2 or 3/4) of analog audio.

Convenient disc-based playback and search functions

1) XDCAM allows you to record various kinds of information about the video and audio data, such as the date of shooting, the editor, the recording format, and comments. This data can be used in the following ways.

• The supplied PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software can add titles,

comments, and other text data to discs and clips.

• The ability to search metadata for the required audio and video scenes

brings greater efficiency to various stages of the video production process (editing, archiving).

Other features

High-speed searches by the jog and shuttle dials

Like conventional VTRs, this unit features jog and shuttle dials for searching for specific scenes within clips. The jog/variable mode supports –1 to +2 times normal speed searching in field units. The shuttle mode enables highspeed searching at up to ±20 times normal speed.

Variety of remote control units

• Infrared remote commander (supplied)

• RS-232C 9-pin remote control

• RS-422A 9-pin remote control

• Mini-jack 4-pin remote control

Chapter 1 Overview

Thumbnail searches

An independent clip file is generated whenever recording starts and stops. The first frame of each clip is used as the thumbnail for that clip. You can display a list of thumbnails on the color LCD or an external monitor, and cue up a desired scene by selecting the corresponding thumbnail.

Essence mark searches

You can record essence marks at any scene during video recording, or at the recording stop position. You can display a list of essence mark scenes on the color LCD or an external monitor. Essence marks can also be added after recording with the supplied PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software.

Thumbnail expansion

After selecting a clip in the thumbnail list, you can divide the clip into 12 parts and show a list of thumbnails for the first frame in each part. This makes it easy to find the scene you want within the clip. This expansion can be repeated up to 3 times (1,728 divisions).

Scene selection

You can create and play back clip lists of selected clips from the disc, arranged in any order. One disc can store up to 99 clip lists.

IT friendly

Computer access to files (file access mode)

Video and audio clip data are recorded as files. The FAM function enables quick random access by computers to the video, audio, and metadata Discs, with the ability to display thumbnail lists on the computer screen and perform file-based reads and writes.

files stored on Professional

Color LCD display

The unit is equipped with a 16:9, 3.5-inch color LCD which allows you to check the contents of the disc and use the menu system without connecting an external monitor.

Features of the PDBK-101/102/103/ 104 Option Boards

The following option boards provide expanded functions and interfaces for the unit.

Notes

• Contact your Sony service representative for more information about purchasing and installing option boards.

• Up to two option boards may be installed. Some combinations are not supported.

• Option slot 1: PDBK-101

• Option slot 2: One of the PDBK-102, PDBK-103, and PDBK-104 boards

PDBK-101 Network Board (Gigabit Ethernet)

Installation of this board provides a gigabit Ethernet connector, which can be used to transfer disc files over LAN networks and to record MXF (Material eXchange Format) files from external devices to discs. It also allows this unit to be controlled remotely by FTP commands.

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PDBK-102 MPEG-TS (Transport Stream) Input/Output Board

Installation of this board enhances the functionality of the standard i.LINK connector, allowing it to be used as an I/O interface for HDV

Chapter 1 Overview

signals.

1080i

format compatible TS

HD files recorded on the disc can be converted to TS signals compatible with the HDV1080i format for transfer to HDV devices and HDV editors, and TS signals from HDV devices and HDV editors can be converted to MPEG HD compatible files for recording by this unit.

1) HDV and are trademarks of Sony Corporation and Victor Company of Japan, Limited.

2) HDV1080i: Refers to devices compliant with the “HDV1080i Standard” for recording HD signals on DV tape. There are 1080 effective lines.

3) TS: MPEG-2 transport streams containing MPEG video, MPEG audio, and control information. This is the standard interface for HDV equipment.

PDBK-103 Analog HD Input Board

Installation of this board provides analog HD component input connectors, to enable recoding of analog HD component input signals (RGB and YPbPr, Sync) to discs.

PDBK-104 SD Input Upconverter Board

Installation of this board provides SD input connectors , to allow SD input signals (SDSDI and composite) to be upconverted to HD signals for recording on discs.

Note

This unit cannot record non-standard composite signals, for example the output of VTRs that are not equipped with time base correctors.

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Names and Functions of Parts

Front Panel

1 On/standby 1

switch and indicator

2 ACCESS indicator

3 Remote control switch

4 LEVEL knob

5 PHONES jack

6 SHIFT button

7 MENU button

8 SUB CLIP/CLIP MENU button

9 THUMBNAIL/ESSENCE MARK button

1 Display and function menu section

ACCESS

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

PAGE DISPLAY

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

CHAPTER

SUB

EXPAND

CLIP

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

KEY INHI

SHIFT

TOP

THUMB

SET

NAIL

ESSENCE

MARK

F REV F FWD

RESET

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q; Disc slot and EJECT button

EJECT

MARK1

MARK2

END

STANDBY

VAR

OUTIN

JOG

REC

SHUTTLE

qa Infrared sensor

qs RESET button

qd SET button

3 Arrow buttons

ACCESS

Handle

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

2 Audio level adjustment section

a On/standby 1 switch and indicator

When the POWER switch (see page 19) on the rear panel is in the * (on) position, this switches the unit between the operating state (the indicator is lit green) and the standby state (the indicator is lit orange). When the indicator is lit orange, pressing this switch puts the unit into the operating state. The indicator initially flashes green and then lights green when the unit enters the operating state. When the indicator is lit green, pressing this switch puts the unit into the standby state. The indicator initially flashes green, and then lights orange when the unit enters the standby state.

EJECT

4 Shuttle/jog/

variable-speed playback control block

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

CHAPTER

EXPAND

PAGE DISPLAY

KEY INHI

SHIFT

SUB

THUMB

SET

NAIL

ESSENCE

MARK

F REV F FWD

RESET

END

CLIP

CLIP MENU

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

TOP

STANDBY

MARK1

MARK2

VAR

OUTIN

JOG

REC

SHUTTLE

5 Recording/playback control block

When using the unit, normally leave the rear panel POWER switch in the * (on) position, and use this switch to switch the unit between the operating and standby states.

b ACCESS indicator

This lights blue while a disc is being accessed and while a file is open by a FAM or FTP connection. If the on/standby switch is pressed while this indicator is lit, the unit waits until access to the disc is completed before switching to the standby state.

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Note

Do not turn off the POWER switch on the rear panel or disconnect the power cord while the ACCESS indicator is lit. Doing so can result in a loss of data on the disc.

Chapter 1 Overview

c Remote control switch

Different positions of the switch allow different operations, as follows. NETWORK: Enables access to the network. Operation

from the front panel of the unit is disabled during access to a network device.

LOCAL: Enables operation from the front panel of the

unit.

REMOTE: Enables remote control of this unit from a

device connected to an external device connector on the rear of the unit or from a remote control panel (not supplied) connected to the unit. Use the setup menu item INTERFACE SELECT >REMOTE I/F to select which of the connectors is used for remote control (see page 71).

d LEVEL (audio level adjustment) knob

This adjusts the volume of the audio output from the PHONES jack. At the same time, it also adjusts the volume of the output from the AUDIO MONITOR connector on the rear panel.

e PHONES jack (stereo phone jack)

Connect stereo headphones with an impedance of 8 ohms to monitor audio during recording, playback, and editing. The monitored channel is selected by the MONI CH and MONI SEL items on page P1 of the function menu (see page 66).

f SHIFT button

When pressed together with a button having two functions, switches between the functions of the button. Function button names are displayed in white when the buttons are pressed alone, and in yellow when they are pressed together with the SHIFT button.

screen appears. To play back the clips in the order they were recorded, press this button again, turning it off. The clip list selection screen disappears.

Note

This button does not light, and pressing it has no effect, when no clip lists are registered.

CLIP MENU button: Press this button, turning it on, to

load, save, or delete a clip list. A clip list menu appears. To erase the clip list screen from the display, press the button again, turning it off.

For details about clip lists, see Chapter 4 “Scene Selection” (page 44).

i THUMBNAIL/ESSENCE MARK button

This functions as a THUMBNAIL button when pressed alone, and as an ESSENCE MARK button when pressed together with the SHIFT button. THUMBNAIL button: Press this button, turning it on, to

search for a frame by specifying a thumbnail (see page 36), and to create a clip list. A thumbnail selection screen appears on the display. To erase the selection screen from the display, press the button again, turning it off.

ESSENCE MARK button: Press this button, turning it

on, to search for a frame by specifying an essence mark (see page 39), and to record an essence mark. An essence mark selection list appears. To erase the selection list from the display, press the button again, turning it off.

j Disc slot and EJECT button

Insert discs into the disc slot. The indicator flashes in orange, and lights in blue when the disc is completely loaded. Press the EJECT button to eject a disc. The indicator flashes in blue, and goes off when the disc is completely ejected.

g MENU button

Use this for system menu operations. The system menu appears in the display when this button is pressed. The same information is also superimposed on the display of a monitor connected to the unit. Press once more to exit the menu.

For more information about the system menu, see Chapter 6 “Menus” (page 65).

h SUB CLIP/CLIP MENU button

This functions as a SUB CLIP button when pressed alone, and as a CLIP MENU button when pressed together with the SHIFT button. SUB CLIP button: Press this button, turning it on, to

perform playback of a clip list. A clip list selection

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k Infrared sensor

This receives signals from the supplied remote commander.

l RESET button

Press this button to reset counters. This button is also used to cancel setup menu settings and abandon scene selections (thumbnail search), and to cancel other operations.

m SET button

Press this button to confirm menu and scene selection (thumbnail search) settings, and to execute operations.

For details about scene selection, see Chapter 4 “Scene Selection” (page 44).

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1 Display and function menu section

1 Display

PAGE DISPLAY

Chapter 1 Overview

2 F1 to F5 buttons

3 DISPLAY/KEY INH button

q; Audio level meters

qa Audio format

qs Recording/playback format

qd Time data type

qf Time data display section

qg System line number

qh Clip number

qj System frequency

qk Audio monitor channels

-12

-20

-30

-40

-60

4 CH

MPEG HD SP

VITC REM:077

00:00.00:00

a Display

Normally this displays the audio level meters, timecode, monitor pictures, and current settings. It also displays menus and scene selection (thumbnail search) setting screens.

-12

-20

-30

-40

-60

16 BIT 3+4

1080 60I INPUT

COOO1

DISPLAY button: Each press of this button switches the

monitor video display section between its three display sizes.

KEY INH button: Each press of this button turns key

operation inhibit mode on or off.

4 PAGE button

5 Monitor video display section

TCG EXT

TC MODE PRESET

RUN MODE REC RUN

KEY INH

REC INH

REMOTE

RS422A

TC/VITC VITC

DF/NDF NDF

7 Operation modes

8 Remaining disc capacity

9 Reference signal

6 Function

b F1 to F5 (Function 1 to Function 5) buttons

These buttons are enabled when the function menu (see page 65) is visible. Each press of a button changes the

setting of the corresponding item in the menu. When the SUB CLIP and THUMBNAIL buttons are lit, the F4 button functions as a CHAPTER button, and the F5 button functions as an EXPAND button.

c DISPLAY/KEY INH (key operation inhibit mode)

button

This functions as a DISPLAY button when pressed alone, and as a KEY INH button when pressed together with the SHIFT button.

d PAGE button

This displays the function menu, if it is not already visible. (The most recently accessed page appears.) If the function menu is visible, this button switches between the function menu pages (HOME, P1, P2).

e Monitor video display section

This displays monitor video and the system menu. You can press the DISPLAY button to switch the display of monitor video between three sizes. The largest size occupies the full display screen.

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Note

Use the largest size to display the system menu and view superimposed information.

f Function menu

Chapter 1 Overview

Use the PAGE button to display this menu, and to switch between the pages (HOME, P1, P2) of the menu. Each page has five setting items, which correspond to the F1 to F5 buttons. Press the corresponding button to change a setting.

k Audio format

During playback, this displays the number of recording audio channels on the disc and the number of quantization bits. During recording, this displays the input signal format selected with A1 INPUT to A4 INPUT on the HOME page of the function menu (see page 65). During display of E-

video, this displays 2CH/16BIT (two channels, 16 bits) or 4CH/16BIT (four channels, 16 bits), according to the setting of AUDIO CONTROL >REC MODE in the setup menu (see page 70). Always displays 4CH/16BIT when the DVCAM format is being used.

For details, see page 65 “Function Menu” in Chapter 6.

g Operation modes

This displays the current operation modes. KEY INH (key operation inhibit mode): Key operation

inhibit mode has been turned on with the KEY INH button.

REC INH (recording inhibit mode): Recording inhibit

mode has been turned on by setting REC INH on page P1 of the function menu to “ON” (see page 66), or the currently loaded disc is write protected.

Note

Recording inhibit mode is also turned on when the settings of the recorded part of the currently loaded disc do not match the current settings (number of recording audio channels, system frequency) of the unit.

REMOTE/interface name (remote mode): The remote

control switch is set to “REMOTE”. (The interface name corresponds to the setting of INTERFACE SELECT >REMOTE I/F in the setup menu (see page

71).)

h Remaining disc capacity

This displays the remaining capacity on the currently loaded disc.

i Reference signal

This displays the type of reference signal to which this unit is synchronizing. When there is no display, the unit is synchronizing to the internal reference signal.

INPUT: Input video HD REF: HD-format reference signal SD REF: SD-format reference signal

j Audio level meters

These display the audio recording levels (during recording) or audio playback levels (during playback) of channels 1 to 4. If an audio level exceeds 0 dB, the red indicator bar at the top lights.

1) E-E: Abbreviation of Electric to Electric. A mode in which input video and

audio signals are output after passing through electric circuits only.

l Recording/playback format

This displays the following.

During playback: Recording format of the loaded disc During recording/E-E screen display/FAM connection:

Signal format Compression method (video

bit rate)

MPEG HD HQ

SP LP

DVCAM –

a) Selected with OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >REC FORMAT in the

setup menu (see page 68).

m Time data type

This displays the type of the time data that appears in the time data display section. The time data type is set with CNTR SEL on page P1 of the function menu (see page 66).

COUNTER: Elapsed recording/playback time TC/VITC: Timecode UB/VIUB: User bits

When TC or UB is selected, and VITC is selected under TC/VITC on page P2 of the function menu (see page 67), a VITC indicator appears, TC changes to VITC, and UB changes to VIUB.

n Time data display section

Normally this displays the time data selected with CNTR SEL on page P1 of the function menu (see page 66). Messages appear here when an error occurs and when the unit enters a different mode.

o System line number

This displays 1080, 525, or 625 depending on the signal format during recording, playback, FAM connection.

p Clip number

This displays the clip number of the clip being monitored.

q System frequency

This displays the system frequency being used by this unit (60I, 50I, 30P, or 25P) (see page 22).

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r Audio monitor channels

This displays the audio monitor channels, as set with MONI CH and MONI SEL on page P1 of the function menu (see page 66). When you are monitoring channels 1 and 2 (MONI CH is set to “CH 1/2”), the display changes as follows, depending on the setting of MONI SEL.

MONI SEL setting Display

MONO L (monaural L) 1 1 MONO R (monaural R) 2 2 STEREO 1 / 2 MIX 1 + 2

2 Audio level adjustment section

MARK1

MARK2

1 </IN button and ,/OUT button

OUTIN

2 M/MARK1 button and m/MARK2 button 3 IN indicator and OUT indicator

a </IN button and ,/OUT button

When the setup or disc menu is visible, use these buttons to change menu settings. When the THUMBNAIL button is lit, you can use these for thumbnail selection. An In or Out point is set when you press the SET button with the </IN or ,/OUT button held down. The In or Out point setting is deleted when you press the RESET button with the </IN or ,/OUT button held down.

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1 CH 1 to CH 4 knobs

2 VARIABLE switch

CH 1

CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

VARIABLE

PRESET

REC

a CH 1 to CH 4 (audio level) knobs

Depending on the setting of the VARIABLE switch, these adjust the input audio or playback audio levels of CH 1 to CH 4.

b VARIABLE (audio level adjustment selector)

switch

This selects whether the input audio or the playback audio has the levels adjusted by the CH 1 to CH 4 knobs. REC: Adjust the input audio levels. The playback audio

levels are fixed at their preset values.

PRESET: All of the audio levels are fixed at preset values. PB: Adjust the playback audio levels. The input audio

levels are fixed at their preset values.

3 Arrow buttons

The four arrow buttons are also used as the MARK1 button, MARK2 button, IN button, and OUT button, as follows.

M button: MARK1 button m button: MARK2 button < button: IN button , button: OUT button

You can use these buttons for menu setting operations, thumbnail selection, setting or deleting In/Out points, and so on.

b M/MARK1 button and m/MARK2 button

When the setup or disc menu is visible, use these buttons to change menu settings. When the THUMBNAIL button is lit, you can use these for thumbnail selection. During recording and playback, the M/MARK1 or m/ MARK2 button can be pressed with the SET button held down to record a SHOT MARK1 or SHOT MARK2 as an essence mark.

To delete or change essence marks, use the supplied PDZ1 Proxy Browsing Software.

c IN indicator and OUT indicator IN indicator: This lights when an In point exists. It flashes

if an attempt is made to set an In point after a recorded Out point.

OUT indicator: This lights when an Out point exists. It

flashes if an attempt is made to set an Out point before a recorded In point.

4 Shuttle/jog/variable-speed playback control block

4 Jog/shuttle transport indicators

VAR

1 VAR button

JOG

2 JOG button

SHUTTLE

3 SHUTTLE

button

5 Jog dial

6 Shuttle dial

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a VAR (variable) button

To play back in variable-speed mode using the shuttle dial, press this button, turning it on.

b JOG button

To play back in jog mode using the jog dial, press this

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button, turning it on.

c SHUTTLE button

To play back in shuttle mode using the shuttle dial, press this button, turning it on.

d Jog/shuttle transport indicators

These show the playback direction in jog, shuttle, or variable-speed mode.

b (green): Lights during playback in the reverse direction. B (green): Lights during playback in the forward

direction.

x (orange): Lights during still image display.

e Jog dial

Turn this for playback in jog mode. Turn clockwise for forward direction playback, and counterclockwise for reverse direction playback. In jog mode, the playback speed varies in the range ±1 times normal speed, according to the rotation rate of the jog dial. The dial has no detents.

f Shuttle dial

Turn this for playback in shuttle mode or variable-speed mode. Turn clockwise for forward direction playback, and counterclockwise for reverse direction playback.

• In shuttle mode, the playback speed varies in the range ±20 times normal speed according to the angular position of the shuttle dial.

• In variable-speed mode, you can finely adjust the playback speed from –1 to +2 times normal speed, according to the angular position of the shuttle dial.

The shuttle dial has a detent at the center position, for still image playback.

5 Recording/playback control block

1 PREV/TOP button

2 PLAY button

3 NEXT/END button

a PREV (previous)/TOP button

This functions as a PREV button when pressed alone, and as a TOP button when pressed together with the SHIFT button. PREV button: Press this button, turning it on, to jump to

the first frame of the current clip. When pressed at the first frame of the current clip, this button jumps to the first frame of the previous clip.

TOP button: Press this button to jump to the first frame of

the first clip. You can perform a high-speed search in the reverse direction by pressing the PREV button together with the PLAY button.

b PLAY button

Press this button, turning it on, to start playback. Press the STOP button to stop playback. You can perform a high-speed search in the forward or reverse direction by pressing this button together with the NEXT button or PREV button.

c NEXT/END button

This functions as a NEXT button when pressed alone, and as an END button when pressed together with the SHIFT button. NEXT button: Press this button, turning it on, to jump to

the first frame of the next clip. END button: Press this button to jump to the last frame of

the last clip. You can perform a high-speed search in the forward direction by pressing the NEXT button together with the PLAY button.

d STOP/STANDBY button

This functions as a STOP button when pressed alone, and as a STANDBY button when pressed together with the SHIFT button. STOP button: Press this button, turning it on, to stop

recording or playback. The frame at the stop position

is displayed. STANDBY button: Press this button to put the unit into

standby-off mode (the STOP button lights, and the

STANDBY indicator off). Press it again to return to

the original state (the STOP button lights, and the

STANDBY indicator lights).

This unit enters standby-off mode automatically after a certain length of time passes in disc stop mode.

4 STOP/STANDBY button

5 REC button

Names and Functions of Parts

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP REC

TOP

F REV F FWD

END

STANDBY

e REC (record) button

Press this button together with the PLAY button to start recording. Recording starts on the unrecorded part of the disc. Press the STOP button to stop recording. A clip is created from the recorded section.

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Rear Panel

Note

When the unit is shipped from the factory, connector covers are attached to some of the connectors on the rear

1 Analog video signal

input/output section

2 Analog audio signal

input/output section

3 Digital signal input/

output section

REF VIDEO INPUT

1/3 2/4

COMPOSITE OUT AUDIO MONITOR

AUDIO INPUT

HDSDI OUTPUT 12

AUDIO OUTPUT

1/3 2/4

SDSDI OUTPUTHDSDI INPUT

1 Analog video signal input/output

section

panel. The explanations in this section assume that all covers have been removed.

For details, see “Removing the Connector Covers” (page

23).

4 Digital audio signal input/output

section

5 Timecode input/output section

DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU)

OUTPUT

INPUT

CONTROL

TIME CODE

1/2 3/4

1/2

R L IN OUT

MONITOR

RS232C REMOTE(9P)

3/4

ANALOG HD INPUT

Y/G P

PB /B

SYNS

B /R

AC IN

POWER

6 Power supply

S400

7 External device connection

section

When CHAR SEL on page P1of the function menu is set to “ON” (see page 66), information such as timecode, menu settings, and error messages is superimposed on the output signals.

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section

1 REF VIDEO INPUT connectors

2 COMPOSITE OUT connectors

REF VIDEO INPUT COMPOSITE OUT

3 MONITOR

connector

MONITOR

a REF VIDEO INPUT (reference video signal input)

connectors (BNC type)

The two connectors form a loop-through connection; when a reference video signal is input to the left connector, the same signal is output from the right connector ( ) to a connected device. When no connection is made to the right connector, the left connector is automatically terminated with an impedance of 75 ohms.

b COMPOSITE OUT connectors (phono jack, BNC

type)

These output composite video signals.

c MONITOR connector (D-sub 15-pin)

This outputs HD analog video signals. The output signals can be switched with INTERFACE SELECT >D-SUB OUTPUT in the setup menu (see page 70).

2 Analog audio signal input/output

section

1 AUDIO INPUT 1/3 and 2/4 connectors

2 AUDIO OUTPUT 1/3 and 2/4

connectors

3 AUDIO MONITOR

connectors

AUDIO MONITOR

AUDIO INPUT

1/3 2/4

a AUDIO INPUT (analog audio signal input) 1/3 and

2/4 connectors (XLR 3-pin, female)

AUDIO OUTPUT

1/3 2/4

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These connectors input two channels of analog audio. You can use the A1 INPUT to A4 INPUT items on the HOME page of the function menu (see page 65) to assign the signals input to connectors 1/3 (ANALOG1) and connectors 2/4 (ANALOG2) to audio channels 1 to 4. You can set the reference input levels with the setup menu

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item AUDIO CONTROL >LEVEL SELECT (the factory default settings are INPUT: +4 dB, REF LEVEL:

b AUDIO OUTPUT(analog audio signal output) 1/3

and 2/4 connectors (XLR 3-pin, male)

These output two channels of analog audio. For 4-channel audio, you can use the INTERFACE SELECT >AUDIO OUTPUT item of the setup menu (see page 70) to select whether to output channels 1 and 2, or channels 3 and 4 (factory default setting: channels 1 and

2). You can set the output level with the setup menu item AUDIO CONTROL >LEVEL SELECT (factory default setting: +4 dB) (see page 70).

–20 dB).

menu settings, and error messages is superimposed on the output signals.

4 Digital audio signal input/output

section

1 DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) INPUT

1/2 and 3/4 connectors

DIGITAL

1/2 3/4

AUDIO (AES/EBU)

INPUT

1/2

OUTPUT

3/4

2 DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) OUTPUT

1/2 and 3/4 connectors

c AUDIO MONITOR connectors (phono jack)

These output audio signals for monitoring. You can select the channels to monitor with MONI CH and MONI SEL on page P1 of the function menu (see page 66).

3 Digital signal input/output section

1 HDSDI INPUT connector

2 HDSDI OUTPUT connectors

3 SDSDI OUTPUT

connector

HDSDI INPUT

HDSDI OUTPUT

a HDSDI (HD serial digital interface) INPUT

connector (BNC type)

This inputs HD format video and audio signals.

b HDSDI (HD serial digital interface) OUTPUT

connectors (BNC type)

These output HD format video and audio signals. When CHAR SEL on page P1 of the function menu is set to “ON” (see page 66), information such as timecode, menu settings, and error messages is superimposed on the output signals.

c SDSDI OUTPUT connector (BNC type)

This outputs SDSDI signals downconverted from HD video input signals, or the SDSDI signals being played back or being recorded. When CHAR SEL on page P1 of the function menu is set to “ON” (see page 66), information such as timecode,

SDSDI OUTPUT

a DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) INPUT 1/2 and 3/4

connectors (BNC type)

These input AES/EBU format digital audio signals. The 1/2 connector corresponds to audio channels 1 and 2, and the 3/4 connector corresponds to audio channels 3 and 4.

b DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) OUTPUT 1/2 and

3/4 connectors (BNC type)

These output AES/EBU format digital audio signals. The 1/2 connector corresponds to audio channels 1 and 2, and the 3/4 connector corresponds to audio channels 3 and 4.

5 Timecode input/output section

1 TIME CODE IN connector

2 TIME CODE OUT connector

TIME CODE

IN OUT

a TIME CODE IN connector

Inputs SMPTE timecode generated by an external device.

b TIME CODE OUT connector

Outputs the following timecode, depending on the operating state of the unit.

During playback: Playback timecode During recording: The timecode from the internal

timecode generator or the timecode input to the TIME

CODE IN connector.

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6 Power supply section

1 - AC IN connector

2 POWER switch

-AC IN

a -AC IN (AC power input) connector

Connect to an AC power supply with the power cord (not supplied).

b POWER (main power) switch

Press the + side to power on the unit. Press the a side to power off. When using the unit, normally leave the POWER switch in the + (on) position, and use the on/standby switch on the front panel to switch the unit between the operating state and standby state.

Note

If you press the on/standby switch on the front panel while the unit is in the operating state, the unit saves its data and then enters the standby state (the on/standby indicator lights orange). Before turning the main power off, always check to be sure that the unit is in the standby state, and then push the main power switch to the a side.

c (equipotential ground) terminal

Use to make an equipotential ground connection.

POWER

3 terminal

b RS232C (serial interface) connector (D-sub 9-pin,

male)

Connect a computer or other device with a serial interface to control this unit from that device. When you use this connector, set the remote connector selector switch to the RS232C side, and set INTERFACE SELECT >REMOTE I/F in the setup menu to “9PIN/RS232C” (see page 71).

c REMOTE(9P) (remote control 9-pin) connector

(D-sub 9-pin, RS-422A compliant, female)

To control this unit from a controller or VTR supporting the RS-422A Sony 9-pin VTR protocol, connect the device to this connector. When you use this connector, set the remote connector selector switch to the REMOTE(9P) side, and set INTERFACE SELECT > REMOTE I/F in the setup menu to “9PIN/RS232C” (see page 71).

d Remote connector selector switch

Push this switch to the side of the remote control connector you are using, either the RS232C connector or the REMOTE (9P) connector.

e S400 connector (6-pin, IEEE1394 compliant)

Connect a DV device or computer using an i.LINK cable. The following connection types are supported. They are selected by setting INTERFACE SELECT >i.LINK MODE in the setup menu (see page 71). AV/C (Audio/Video Control) connection: Output

DVCAM format digital video and audio signals

(i.LINK MODE set to “AV/C”).

Audio output signals are 2ch or 4ch, as selected by

AUDIO CONTROL >DV OUT MODE in the setup

menu (see page 70). FAM (file access mode) connection: Input and output

files between this unit and a computer (i.LINK

MODE set to “FAM (PC REMOTE)”).

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7 External device connection section

1 CONTROL connector

2 RS232C connector

3 REMOTE(9P) connector

CONTROL

Remote connector selector switch

5 S400 connector

6 U terminal

RS232C REMOTE(9P)

a CONTROL connector (minijack 4-pole)

Connect the optional RM-LG2 Remote Control Unit.

S400

Notes

• If video or audio signals from an external device

connected to the S400 connector fail to be output, disconnect the i.LINK cable and connect it again, pushing it straight in.

• Before connecting or disconnecting an i.LINK cable

between this unit and a device with a 6-pin i.LINK connector, power off the device and disconnect its power cord from the electrical outlet. If the i.LINK cable is connected or disconnected with the device’s power plug still connected, high voltage (8 to 40 V) from the device’s i.LINK connector can flow into this unit, possibly damaging the unit.

• When connecting this unit to a device with a 6-pin

i.LINK connector, connect to the 6-pin i.LINK connector of the other device first.

• Except in playback modes (jog and shuttle modes, etc.),

audio signals output from this connector and monitored

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on another device may sound different from the audio

signals played back on this unit.

f U (signal ground) terminal

Connect to the system ground.

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Infrared Remote Commander

The corresponding functions are executed when you point the remote commander at the infrared sensor of the main unit and press the keys and setting pad.

1 Setting pad

2 THUMBNAIL key

3 CHARACTER key

4 SUB CLIP key

5 Recording/playback

control keys

6 SEARCH keys

THUMBNAIL

CHARACTER

PREV PLAY

PUSH SET

SUB CLIP

NEXT STOP

e Recording/playback control keys PREV (previous) key: Press this to jump to the first frame

of the current clip. When pressed at the first frame of

the current clip, this button jumps to the first frame of

the previous clip. PLAY key: Press this to start playback. Press the STOP

key to stop playback. NEXT key: Press this to jump to the first frame of the next

clip. STOP key: Press this to stop recording or playback.

f SEARCH keys

Press m to perform –5 times normal speed shuttle playback in the reverse direction. Press M to perform +5 times normal speed shuttle playback in the forward direction.

Using the infrared remote commander

Before use

Pull out the insulation sheet.

Insulation sheet

a Setting pad

Positions on the pad correspond to functions of the main unit, as follows.

Press the top side: M/MARK1 button Press the bottom side: m/MARK2 button Press the left side: </IN button Press the right side: ,/OUT button Press the middle: SET button

b THUMBNAIL key

This has the same function as the THUMBNAIL button on the main unit.

c CHARACTER key

Each press of this key turns the character information superimposed on the monitor screen on and off, or switches to the LCD.

d SUB CLIP key

This has the same function as the SUB CLIP button on the main unit.

Note

Pressing this key has no effect when no clip list is registered.

To replace the lithium battery in the remote commander

The remote commander uses a CR2025 Lithium Battery. Do not use a battery other than the CR2025.

Hold down the lock lever 1, and then pull out the

battery holder 2.

Insert a new battery with the + symbol facing upward (1), and then push the battery holder until it clicks (2).

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Face the + symbol upward.

WARNING

Battery may explode if mistreated. Do not recharge, disassemble or dispose of in fire.

CAUTION

Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Battery lifetime

When the lithium battery output falls, even button presses may not operate. The average lithium battery lifetime is about one year, but this depends on the pattern of use. If pressing the remote control buttons produces absolutely no effect on this unit, replace the battery, then check the operation again.

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Preparations

Chapter 2 Preparations

Chapter

When installing the installation space must be secured in consideration of the ventilation and service operation.

• Do not block the ventilation slots at the left side and right side panels, and vents of fans.

• Leave a space around the unit for ventilation.

• Leave more than 10 cm of space in the rear of the unit to secure the operation area.

When the unit is installed on the desk or the like, leave at least 5 cm of space in the left and right sides.

Setting the System Frequency

This unit is shipped with the system frequency still unset. Therefore, you need to set the system frequency before using the unit. (The unit cannot be used unless the system frequency is set.) Once it is set, the system frequency is retained even when the unit is powered off.

To set the system frequency

Use the following procedure.

Rear panel

POWER

ACCESS

NETWORK

MPEG HD SP

LOCAL

REMOTE

00:00.00:00

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

-12

-20

-30

-40

-60

4 CH

16BIT 3+4

VITC REM:077

1080 60I

switch

TCG EXT

TC MODE PRESET

RUN MODE

REC RUN

TC/VITC

VITC

COOO1

CHAPTER

DF/NDF NDF

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

PAGE DISPLAY

EXPAND

SUB

THUMB

CLIP

NAIL

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

KEY INHI

SHIFT

TOP

F REV F FWD

MARK1

SET

RESET

OUTIN

JOG

MARK2

REC

SHUTTLE

END

STANDBY

EJECT

VAR

Power the unit on.

“SYSTEM SEL” appears in the time data display section.

SYSTEM SEL

SYSTEM FREQ: 60I 50I 30P 25P

SELECT : ( )( )KEY DATA SET : SET KEY

Press the M/MARK1 button or the m/MARK2 button to select the system frequency to use.

Press the SET button.

“NOW SAVING...” appears in the time data display section, and the modified setting is saved in the unit’s memory. “COMPLETE ! !” appears when save processing finishes.

If you have selected 60I or 30P

When you press the SET button with 60I or 30P selected in step 2, the following screen appears.

SYSTEM SEL

SYSTEM FREQ : 601 UC/J SELECT : UC UCP J

SELECT : ( )( )KEY DATA SET : SET KEY

Time data display section

Setting the System Frequency

Press the M/MARK1 and m/MARK2 buttons to select “UC” (for areas outside Japan) or “J” (for Japan), then press the SET button.

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Note

Be sure to carry out step 3 before powering the unit off. The new system frequency setting will not be saved if you power off without carrying out step 3.

Press the on/standby switch to put the unit into standby, and then press it again to power the unit on.

The selected system frequency becomes available for use.

You can change the system frequency setting by using the setup menu item OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >SYSTEM SEL >SYSTEM FREQ. For details about the setup menu, see page 67 “System Menu” in Chapter 6.

Removing the Connector Covers

When the unit is shipped from the factory, connector covers are attached to the following connectors.

• AUDIO OUTPUT 1/3 and 2/4 connectors

• HDSDI INPUT connector

• HDSDI OUTPUT connectors

• SDSDI OUTPUT connector

• RS232C connector

To use one of these connectors, remove the cover as follows.

Chapter 2 Preparations

REF VIDEO INPUT

AUDIO INPUT

1/3 2/4

COMPOSITE OUT AUDIO MONITOR

HDSDI OUTPUT 12

R L IN OUT

AUDIO OUTPUT

1/3 2/4

SDSDI OUTPUTHDSDI INPUT

MONITOR

DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU)

INPUT

OUTPUT

1/2 3/4

1/2

CONTROL

TIME CODE

ANALOG HD INPUT

Y/G P

PB /B

3/4

RS232C REMOTE(9P)

SYNS

-AC IN

POWER

B /R

S400

Press the POWER (main power) switch to power the

unit off.

Remove the screw(s) of the connector cover, using a screwdriver that matches the grooves of the screw(s).

Remove the connector cover.

Save the screw(s) and cover, so that you can reattach the cover if necessary.

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Caution

These connectors are designed to allow direct contact with conductive circuits. Weak voltage may be present because of a failure in this unit. To prevent patients from touching these connectors accidentally, attach the connector covers when the connectors are not being used to connect to other devices.

Chapter 2 Preparations

Connections and Settings

Note

Production of some of the peripherals and related devices described in this chapter has been discontinued. For advice about choosing devices, please contact your Sony dealer or a Sony sales representative.

Connecting an External Monitor

You can connect a video monitor to this unit’s video output connectors or to the MONITOR connector. The following figure shows an example using a Sony multi-format LCD monitor.

You can also superimpose character information such as timecode and the unit’s operating status on output video. For details, see “Superimposed Text Information” (page

29).

To view HD video

Connect an HD video monitor using method 1 or 2 in the following figure. When you connect a monitor with method 2, set the setup menu item INTERFACE SELECT >D-SUB OUTPUT to “YPbPr” (see page 70).

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REF VIDEO INPUT

AUDIO INPUT

1/3 2/4

HDSDI OUTPUT

COMPOSITE OUT AUDIO MONITOR

R L IN OUT

AUDIO OUTPUT

1/3 2/4

SDSDI OUTPUTHDSDI INPUT

MONITOR

HDSDI OUTPUT

SDI signal input connector

TIME CODE

DIGITAL

1/2 3/4

AUDIO (AES/EBU)

INPUT

1/2

OUTPUT

CONTROL

MONITOR

PDW-70MD (this unit)

-AC IN

ANALOG HD INPUT

Y/G P

B /R

PB /B

SYNS

3/4

RS232C REMOTE(9P)

Y/P

B/PR

connectors

POWER

AUDIO INPUT

HDSDI OUTPUT 12

COMPOSITE OUT AUDIO MONITOR

R L IN OUT

AUDIO OUTPUT

1/3 2/4

SDSDI OUTPUTHDSDI INPUT

MONITOR

DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU)

INPUT

OUTPUT

CONTROL

1/2 3/4

1/2

PDW-70MD (this unit)

TIME CODE

-AC IN

ANALOG HD INPUT

Y/G P

B /R

PB /B

SYNS

3/4

RS232C REMOTE(9P)

POWER

S400

COMPOSITE OUT

REF VIDEO INPUT

S400

1/3 2/4

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SDSDI OUTPUT

MEU-WX2 Multi-Format Engine

LMD-172W/232W Multi-Format LCD Monitor

a) To input HDSDI signals, a BKM-243HS (not supplied) is required.

Connection method and connection cables

Connection method Connection cables (not

supplied)

1 HDSDI 75Ω coaxial cable 2 Component

B/PR

)

(Y/P

D-Sub 15-pin – analog component cable, phono plug – stereo miniplug cable

To view SD video

Connect an SD video monitor using method 1 or 2 in the following figure.

COMPOSITE IN connector

SDI signal input connector

MEU-WX2 Multi-Format Engine

LMD-172W/232W Multi-Format LCD Monitor

a) To input SDSDI signals, a BKM-220D (not supplied) is required.

Connection method and connection cables

Connection method Connection cables (not

1 SDSDI 75Ω coaxial cable 2 Composite 75Ω coaxial cable, phono

supplied)

plug – stereo miniplug cable

Using PDZ-1 Over an i.LINK Connection (FAM Connection)

You can use the supplied PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software to do simple editing of proxy AV data. The following explains how to make an i.LINK connection between this unit and a computer with PDZ-1 installed, and how to access this unit by FAM (file access mode).

Notes

• The required FAM driver is also installed when you install the PDZ-1 software.

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• This unit’s S400 connector has 6 pins. Check the number of pins on the i.LINK connector of your notebook computer, and use an appropriate i.LINK cable.

XLR cable

Ferrite core (supplied)

See “Using PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software” in Chapter 4 (page 61) for more information about installing the PDZ-1 software. See the online help of PDZ-1 for more information about using PDZ-1.

Some limitations apply to FAM connections.

Chapter 2 Preparations

PDW-70MD (this unit)

REF VIDEO INPUT

COMPOSITE OUT AUDIO MONITOR

AUDIO INPUT

1/3 2/4

HDSDI OUTPUT 12

AUDIO OUTPUT

1/3 2/4

SDSDI OUTPUTHDSDI INPUT

Laptop computer

R L IN OUT

MONITOR

DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU)

INPUT

OUTPUT

CONTROL

TIME CODE

1/2 3/4

1/2

-AC IN

ANALOG HD INPUT

Y/G P

B /R

PB /B

SYNS

3/4

RS232C REMOTE(9P)

i.LINK cable (not supplied)

i.LINK (IEEE1394) connector

POWER

S400

120 to 150 mm

When the diameter of the XLR cable is too large to loop

If the diameter of the XLR cable is so large that is difficult to loop the cable through the ferrite core, simply pass it through the core without looping. In this case, use a binding strap (not supplied) to at the specified position, as shown in the figure below.

S400

120 to 150 mm

XLR cable

Binding strap (not supplied)

On the computer On this unit

Install PDZ-1. Set the setup menu item

INTERFACE SELECT >i.LINK MODE to “FAM(PC REMOTE)” (see page 71).

Using XLR Cables (Audio Cables)

Before connecting XLR cables to this unit's analog audio input and output connectors, always attach the supplied ferrite cores to the XLR cables. Attach as shown below.

To attach the ferrite core

Loop the XLR cable one time through the ferrite core, on the side closest to the connector that is connected to this unit, and fix the ferrite core at the specified position.

Ferrite core (supplied)

Note

This unit will not meet the requirements of the CISPR 22 Class B electromagnetic interference standards if ferrite cores are not attached to XLR cables.

Connections and Settings

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External Synchronization

Setup

This unit synchronizes as shown in the following table, according to the presence or absence of signals input to the HDSDI INPUT connector, the presence or absence of signals input to the REF VIDEO INPUT connector, and the setting of the V INPUT item on the HOME page of the function menu (see page 65).

Signal input to HDSDI INPUT connector

Yes Yes HDSDI Synchronize to REF

Yes No HDSDI Synchronize to

No Yes HDSDI Synchronize to REF

No No HDSDI No external

Note

Signal input to REF VIDEO INPUT connector

V INPUT setting

External synchronization

VIDEO input

SG Synchronize to REF

VIDEO input

HDSDI input

SG No external

synchronization

VIDEO input

synchronization

There is no external synchronization for file operations by FAM connection.

The principal setup operations before operating this unit are carried out using setup menus. This section explains how to set the date and time and how to adjust the brightness of the LCD panel.

See Chapter 6 “Menus” (page 65) for more information about menu operations and menu items.

Setting the Date and Time

When using this unit for the first time, you should set the date and time as follows.

Note

Before starting, press the DISPLAY button to set the monitor video section to its largest size. Or connect an external video monitor to this unit and superimpose menus (see page 29) on the monitor screen.

SUB

THUMB

SET

RESET

CLIP

NAIL

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

TOP

F REV F FWD

END

STANDBY

2,3

MARK1

OUTIN

MARK2

REC

EJECT

VAR

JOG

SHUTTLE

ACCESS

NETWORK

MPEG HD SP

LOCAL

REMOTE

00:00.00:00

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

-12

-20

-30

-40

-60

4 CH

16BIT 3+4

VITC REM:077

1,4

TCG

EXT

TC MODE PRESET

RUN MODE

REC RUN

TC/VITC

VITC

1080 60I

COOO1

CHAPTER

DF/NDF NDF

EXPAND

PAGE DISPLAY

KEY INHI

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

SHIFT

Chapter 2 Preparations

Press the MENU button.

The system menu appears on the monitor screen (see page 67).

Select DATE/TIME PRESET using the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button, then press the ,/OUT button.

The DATE/TIME PRESET screen appears on the monitor.

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DATE/TIME PRESET

YEAR MONTH DAY TIME TIME ZONE

INC/DEC : JOG DIAL SHIFT : ( )( )KEY

2006 04 08 10:09:17 UTC_00:00

ACCESS

NETWORK

MPEG HD SP

LOCAL

REMOTE

00:00.00:00

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

-12

-20

-30

-40

-60

4 CH

16BIT 3+4

VITC REM:077

TCG

EXT

TC MODE PRESET

RUN MODE

REC RUN

TC/VITC

VITC

1080 60I

COOO1

CHAPTER

DF/NDF NDF

EXPAND

PAGE DISPLAY

KEY INHI

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

SHIFT

SUB

THUMB

SET

RESET

CLIP

NAIL

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

TOP

F REV F FWD

END

2,3,4,5

MARK1

OUTIN

JOG

MARK2

REC

SHUTTLE

STANDBY

EJECT

VAR

DATE SAVE : SET KEY TO MENU : MENU KEY

Chapter 2 Preparations

This screen allows you to set the following items.

YEAR: Calendar year

MONTH: Month DAY: Day TIME: Time TIME ZONE: Time zone (difference from UTC)

Set the date, time and time zone.

You can change the setting of the flashing digits.

To change the flashing digits

Use the arrow buttons (</IN, ,/OUT).

To increase or decrease the values of the flashing digits

Use the arrow buttons (M/MARK1, m/MARK2) or jog dial.

Press the MENU button.

The system menu appears on the monitor screen (see page 67).

Select SETUP MENU using the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button, then press the ,/OUT button.

The setup menu appears on the monitor screen (see page 68).

Select DISPLAY CONTROL using the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button, then press the ,/OUT button.

The DISPLAY CONTROL menu appears on the monitor screen (see page 69).

To return the settings to the initial values

Press the RESET button.

When you have made the necessary settings, press the SET button.

The message “NOW SAVING...” appears, the settings are saved, and the menu closes.

To clear the menu from the screen without saving settings

Press the MENU button twice in succession.

Adjusting the Brightness of the LCD Panel

Proceed as follows to adjust the brightness of the LCD panel.

Note

Select BRIGHTNESS using the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button, then press the ,/OUT button.

The LCD BRIGHTNESS screen appears on the monitor.

SETUP MENU

LCD BRIGHTNESS preset :55H

(HEX)

SHIFT : ( )( )KEY INC/DEC : JOG DIAL TO MENU : MENU KEY

Adjust the brightness while viewing the screen.

You can change the values of digits which flash in the settings screen. Setting values are hexadecimal (00 to 7F (HEX)).

To change the flashing digits

Use the arrow buttons (</IN, ,/OUT).

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To increase or decrease the values of the flashing digits

Use the arrow buttons (M/MARK1, m/MARK2) or jog dial.

To return the settings to the factory defaults

Press the RESET button.

When you are finished making adjustments, press the SET button.

The message “NOW SAVING...” appears, the settings are saved, and the menu closes.

To clear the menu from the screen without saving adjustments

Press the MENU button twice in succession.

Superimposed Text Information

The HDSDI signals output from the HDSDI OUTPUT 1 and 2 connectors and the MONITOR connector, the SDSDI signals output from the SDSDI OUTPUT connector, and the composite signals output from the COMPOSITE OUT connector can contain superimposed text information, including timecode, menu settings, and alarm messages.

To turn superimposed text on and off

Set the CHAR SEL item on page P1 of the function menu.

ON: Display superimposed text. OFF: Do not display superimposed text. LCD: Display superimposed text on the LCD panel of this

unit, but do not display it on an external video monitor connected to this unit.

Note

Chapter 2 Preparations

Even when ON is selected, you can forcibly turn off the superimposition of character information in HD output by setting the SETUP MENU >DISPLAY CONTROL >HD CHARA item.

Information displayed

1 Type of time data

2 Timecode reader drop

frame mark

Time data

TCR 00:04.47.07*

PLAY LOCK

5 Operation mode

3 Timecode generator drop

frame mark

4 VITC field mark

a) Only when the system frequency is 60I/30P.

a Type of time data

Display Meaning

CNT Counter data TCR TC reader timecode data UBR TC reader user bits data

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Display Meaning

TCR. VITC reader timecode UBR. VITC reader user bits data TCG TC generator timecode UBG TC generator user bits data IN In point time data OUT Out point time data DUR Duration between In point and Out point

Chapter 2 Preparations

Note

If the time data or user bits cannot be read correctly, they will be displayed with an asterisk. For example, “T*R”, “U*R”, “T*R.” or “U*R.”.

b Timecode reader drop-frame mark (for system

frequency 60I/30P only) “.”: Indicates drop-frame mode “:”: Indicates non-drop-frame mode

c Timecode generator drop-frame mark (for system

frequency 60I/30P only) “.”: Indicates drop-frame mode (factory default) “:”: Indicates non-drop-frame mode

d VITC field mark “ ” (blank): Fields 1 and 3 (for system frequency 60I/30P)

or fields 1, 3, 5 and 7 (for system frequency 50I/25P)

“*”: Fields 2 and 4 (for system frequency 60I/30P) or

fields 2, 4, 6 and 8 (for system frequency 50I/25P)

e Operation mode

The field is divided into two blocks as shown below.

• Block A displays the operation mode.

• Block B displays the servo lock status or playback speed.

Display Operation mode

Block A Block B

PREV Cuing up to the first

frame of the current

clip. F.FWD Fast forward search F.REV Fast reverse search PLAY Playback mode

(servo unlocked) PLAY LOCK Playback mode

(servo locked) REC Record mode

(servo unlocked) REC LOCK Record mode

(servo locked) JOG STILL A still picture in jog

mode JOG FWD Jog mode in

forward direction JOG REV Jog mode in

reverse direction SHUTTLE STILL A still picture in

shuttle mode SHUTTLE (Speed) Shuttle mode VAR (Speed) Variable speed

mode TOP 0001/xxxx Cuing up to the first

frame of the first

clip. END xxxx/xxxx Cuing up to the last

frame of the last

clip. PREROLL Cuing up during

preroll

Display Operation mode

Block A Block B

DISC OUT Disc is not loaded. LOADING Disc is being

UNLOADING Disc is being

STANDBY OFF Standby-off mode STOP Stop mode NEXT Cuing up to the first

Superimposed Text Information

loaded.

unloaded.

frame of the next clip.

Displaying Supplementary Status Information

When you set the setup menu item DISPLAY CONTROL >SUB STATUS to other than “OFF” (see page 69), you can view supplementary status information on the monitor screen below the operating mode display area.

TCR

00:04 47.07

PLAY

IN V A1 342TCS

Supplementary status information

The following items of supplementary status information are displayed depending on the setting of the menu item SUB STATUS.

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Setting of menu item SUB STATUS

TC MODE Operating mode of the internal

REMAIN Amount of free capacity on the

CLIP NO Clip number

Items of supplementary information displayed

timecode generator

disc (in minute units).

The following tables show the on-screen indications of supplementary information and their meaning.

When the menu item SUB STATUS is set to “TC MODE”:

Chapter 2 Preparations

On-screen indication

INT PRST FREE The internal timecode generator is

INT PRST REC The internal timecode generator is

INT REGEN-T&U The internal timecode generator is in

EXT LTC-T&U The internal timecode generator is in

EXT VITC-T&U The internal timecode generator is in

EXT DVIN-T&U The internal timecode generator is in

EXT DVIN.V-T&U The internal timecode generator is in

Meaning

operating in FREE RUN mode.

operating in REC RUN mode.

synchronization with the playback timecode (LTC) read from disc.

synchronization with the external timecode (LTC) input to the unit and is generating the same timecode values and user bit values as those of the external timecode (regeneration).

synchronization with VITC present in the external video signal input to the unit and is generating the same timecode values and user bit values as those of the external timecode (regeneration).

synchronization with the external timecode input to the unit via the

S400 connector and is generating the same timecode values and user bit values as those of the external timecode (regeneration).

synchronization with the external VITC input to the unit via the S400

connector interface and is generating the same timecode values and user bit values as those of the external timecode (regeneration).

When the menu item SUB STATUS is set to “REMAIN”:

On-screen indication

REMAIN 120 min Remaining capacity of the disc in

Meaning

minutes. When the remaining capacity has not been calculated, “REMAIN --min” appears.

Superimposed Text Information

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Recording and Playback

Chapter 3 Recording and Playback

Handling Discs

Discs Used for Recording and Playback

This unit uses the following disc for recording and playback:

PFD23 Professional Disc

(capacity 23.3 GB)

Chapter

• Do not leave cartridges where dust may get inside.

• Store cartridges in their cases.

Care of the discs

• Remove dust and dirt on the outside of a cartridge using a soft dry cloth.

• If condensation forms, allow ample time to dry before use.

Write-Protecting Discs

1) Professional Disc is a trademark of Sony Corporation

Note

It is not possible to use the following discs for recording or playback:

• Blu-ray Disc

• Professional Disc for Data

Notes on Handling

Handling

The Professional Disc is housed in a cartridge, and is designed to allow handling free of risk from dust or fingerprints. However, if the cartridge is subjected to a severe shock, for example by dropping it, this can result in damage or scratching of the disc. If the disc is scratched, it may be impossible to record video/audio, or to play back the content recorded on the disc. The discs should be handled and stored carefully.

• Do not touch the surface of the disc itself within the cartridge.

• Deliberately opening the shutter may cause damage.

• Do not disassemble the cartridge.

• The supplied adhesive labels are recommended for indexing discs. Apply the label in the correct position.

Storage

• Do not store discs where they may be subjected to direct sunlight, or in other places where the temperature or humidity is high.

To protect the content recorded on the disc from accidental erasure, move the Write Inhibit tab on the lower surface of the disc in the direction of the arrow, as shown in the following figure.

Lower surface of the disc

Write Inhibit tab settings

SAVE SAVE

Recording enabled

You can also write protect individual clips. For details, see “Locking (Write-protecting) Clips” (page 41).

Write Inhibit tab

Slide in the direction of the arrow

Recording disabled

Loading and Unloading a Disc

When the on/standby switch indicator is lit green, you can load and unload a disc as shown in the following figure.

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On/standby switch and indicator

To unload

Press the EJECT button.

Select “DISC MENU” using the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button, then press the ,/OUT button.

Select “FORMAT” using the m/MARK2 button, then press the ,/OUT button.

The menu item QUICK FORMAT is selected.

Press the ,/OUT button.

The message “QUICK FORMAT OK?” appears.

To cancel a disc format

Press the RESET button to return to the state of step 3. To clear the menu from the screen, carry out step 7.

To load

Insert a disc face up. The disc is drawn in.

The disc slot indicator flashes orange when you insert a disc, and lights blue when the disc is completely loaded. The indicator flashes blue when you eject a disc, and goes out when the disc is completely ejected.

Formatting a Disc

Unused discs are formatted automatically when they are loaded into this unit. To format a recorded disc, load the disc into the unit, then proceed as follows.

Note

When a recorded disc is formatted, all the data on the disc is erased. (Locked clips (see page 41) are also erased.)

162,7 3,4,5

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

PAGE DISPLAY

CHAPTER

EXPAND

SUB

THUMB

CLIP

NAIL

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

KEY INHI

SHIFT

TOP

F REV F FWD

MARK1

SET

RESET

OUTIN

JOG

MARK2

REC

SHUTTLE

END

STANDBY

ACCESS

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

Press the DISPLAY button to maximize the monitor video section.

Press the MENU button.

The system menu appears on the display.

EJECT

VAR

Press the SET button.

The format starts. The message “FORMAT COMPLETED.” appears when formatting of the disc is completed.

If you want to continue by formatting another disc

When the message “FORMAT COMPLETED.” appears, press the EJECT button to eject the disc. Insert the next disc to format, and press the SET button when the message “QUICK FORMAT OK?” appears.

Press the MENU button to clear the menu from the screen.

Handling of Discs When Recording Does Not End Normally (Salvage Functions)

Recording processing does not end normally if, for example, the POWER switch on the rear panel is turned off during recording, or if the power cord is disconnected during recording. Because the file system is not updated, video and audio data recorded in real time is not recognized as files and clip contents recorded up to that point are lost. However, this unit has salvage functions which can hold losses to the minimum by reconstructing clips on such discs. There is a quick salvage function which executes automatically and a full salvage function which you can execute as required. Quick salvage: Clips are reconstructed on the basis of

backup data stored in nonvolatile memory and markers recorded on the disc. Processing time is about 5 seconds. Quick salvage executes automatically if the unit is powered on with a disc still loaded after recording was interrupted by power off.

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Full salvage: Clips are reconstructed on the basis of

markers recorded on the disc. Nonvolatile memory cannot be used, so processing takes longer than for a quick salvage (about 30 seconds, although it depends on the state of the disc). You are prompted to execute a full salvage whenever you insert a disc that was removed manually from a powered off device after interruption of recording by power off.

Note that no recorded clip contents are lost when the on/ standby switch on the front panel is set to standby during recording, because the unit does not enter standby mode until after the end of recording processing.

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Notes

• Even after recording finishes, do not set the POWER switch on the rear panel to off until the ACCESS indicator has gone out.

• These functions salvage as much recorded material as possible after an unforeseen accident, but 100% restoration cannot be guaranteed.

• Even when these functions are used, it is not possible to recover data from immediately before the interruption of recording. The amount of data lost is as follows. Quick salvage: From 2 to 4 seconds of data before the

interruption of recording.

Full salvage: From 4 to 6 seconds of data before the

interruption of recording.

• You are prompted to execute a full salvage every time you insert a disc that has not been salvaged, or power the unit on with such as disc loaded.

• No recording is possible on discs containing clips that have not been salvaged, although it is possible to play back the normally recorded sections. Recording becomes possible if you perform a quick format, but this erases all of the original recorded content.

• This operation cannot be cancelled once it begins.

Press the SET button.

Processing begins and the message “Executing.” appears. When processing finishes, a message appears to display the results. If the message reads “Incomplete!”, the clips that failed were lost.

To restore clips with a full salvage

Insert the disc on which recording did not end normally.

The message “Salvage ?” appears on the display.

To cancel the clip salvage

Press the RESET button.

Notes

• The message “EJECT?” appears when “REC INH” is displayed in the operation modes section of the display. If the disc is write protected, eject the disc, set the Write Inhibit tab to enable recording, and then insert the disc again. If REC INH on page P1 of the function menu is set to “ON”, set it to “OFF” (see page 66).

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Recording

This section describes video and audio recording on the unit.

See page 65 “Function Menu” in Chapter 6 for more information about function menu operations.

See page 71 “Setup Menu Operations” in Chapter 6 for more information about setup menu operations.

Note

It is not possible to combine material recorded in different system frequencies and audio recording formats on a single disc (although different bit rates may be combined). If you attempt to record material in a system frequency or audio recording format that differs from that of existing recorded material on the disc, “REC INH” appears on the display and recording is inhibited.

Carrying Out Recording

One recording segment (from the start to the end of recording) is called a “clip”.

See Chapter 4 “Scene Selection” for more information about clips.

EJECT

VAR

ACCESS

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

CHAPTER

EXPAND

PAGE DISPLAY

SUB

THUMB

CLIP

NAIL

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

KEY INHI

SHIFT

TOP

F REV F FWD

MARK1

SET

RESET

OUTIN

JOG

MARK2

REC

SHUTTLE

END

STANDBY

Insert a disc.

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Make the following settings and adjustments before starting to record. Recording format settings: See the next section “To set

the video and audio recording formats”.

Video input signal selection: Select with V INPUT on the

HOME page of the function menu.

Audio input signal selection: Select with A1 INPUT to

A4 INPUT on the HOME page of the function menu.

Remote/local setting: Set the remote control switch. If

you set it to REMOTE, also set the setup menu item INTERFACE SELECT >REMOTE I/F (“REMOTE” and the connector used appear on the display).

To set the video and audio recording formats

To set the video recording format

Set the video bit rate (compression method) by setting OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >REC FORMAT in the setup menu to one of the following.

Menu setting/display Video bit rate

HQ VBR 35 Mbps SP CBR 25 Mbps LP VBR 18 Mbps

Hold down the REC button, and press the PLAY button.

Recording starts.

To stop recording, press the STOP button.

If the disc becomes full

Recording stops and the message “ALARM DISC END.” appears on the monitor.

Notes

• The shortest clip that can be recorded is 2 seconds long. Even if recording start and stop operations are performed within 2 seconds, a 2-second clip is recorded.

• The maximum number of clips that can be recorded is

300. If the loaded disc already contains 300 clips, recording with the REC button is not possible. (The message “Disc Full!” appears in the time data display section.)

• During recording, do not turn off the POWER switch on the rear panel or disconnect the power cord. This could cause the clip being recorded to be lost. For details, see

“Handling of Discs When Recording Does Not End Normally (Salvage Functions)” on page 33.

To set the audio recording format

Set AUDIO CONTROL >REC MODE in the setup menu to one of the following.

Menu setting Display Audio recording

format

2ch×16bit 2CH 16BIT 2 channels/16 bits 4ch×16bit 4CH 16BIT 4 channels/16 bits

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Playback

This section describes playback of video and audio on the unit.

ACCESS

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

CHAPTER

EXPAND

PAGE DISPLAY

KEY INHI

SHIFT

SUB

THUMB

SET

RESET

CLIP

NAIL

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

TOP

F REV F FWD

END

STANDBY

EJECT

VAR

MARK1

OUTIN

JOG

MARK2

REC

SHUTTLE

Before starting playback, make the following setting. Remote/local setting: Set the remote control switch. If

you set it to REMOTE, also set the setup menu item INTERFACE SELECT >REMOTE I/F (“REMOTE” and the connector used appear on the display).

Disc playback start position

Chapter 3 Recording and Playback

Although this unit uses optical discs, it is designed to offer the most convenient features of tape playback by VTRs.

After playback stop

The unit stops at the position where the STOP button was pressed. Press the PLAY button to resume playback at the stop position.

After recording

The unit stops at the position where recording ended. To play back a clip, press the PREV button to move to the start frame of any clip, or press the PREV button with the PLAY button held down to move to any position.

After disc insertion

The unit stops at the position of the disc when it was most recently ejected. Press the PLAY button to resume playback at the most recent position. The playback position is saved to the disc when the disc is ejected, which allows playback to start at that position whenever it is loaded into any XDCAM player.

Note

This function is not available when the Write Inhibit tab of the disc is set to the recording disabled position, and when REC INH on page P1 of the function menu is set to “ON”.

PREV button

PLAY button

NEXT button

STOP button

M/MARK1 button and m/MARK2 button

Jog dial Shuttle dial

To start playback

Press the PLAY button. Playback starts. When two or more clips are recorded on the disc, they are played back continuously.

To jump to the next or previous clip, then start playback

Use the PREV button, NEXT button, jog dial, or shuttle dial.

To stop playback

Press the STOP button. If you play back to the end of the last clip, playback automatically stops. If, in this state, you press the PLAY button, the message “ALARM DISC END.” appears on the display. To carry out playback again, move back to the desired clip using the PREV button, jog dial or shuttle dial.

To set shot marks

While playing back a disc, you can set essence marks such as SHOT MARK1 and SHOT MARK2 in desired frames. To set a SHOT MARK1 or SHOT MARK2, hold down the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button and press the SET button.

Note

Playback Operation

First insert a disc.

Playback

To erase or change essence marks, use the supplied PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software.

Searching for Clips With Thumbnails (Thumbnail Search)

You can display thumbnail images (index pictures) of all clips on the disc, and use them to cue up a desired clip.

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To display a list of thumbnail images

With the SUB CLIP button off, press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it on. A list appears showing thumbnails of 12 clips on the disc, including the clip being currently played back. (In the following description, this is referred to as the “thumbnail screen”. )

Name of currently selected clip

Sixth clip is selected from a total of 34 clips.

• Press the arrow buttons.

• Turn the jog or shuttle dial.

• Press the PREV or NEXT button: Move to the previous or next thumbnail.

• Press the TOP (SHIFT + PREV) or END (SHIFT + NEXT) button: Move to the first or last thumbnail.

• Holding down the SHIFT button, press the M/ MARK1 or m/MARK2 button: Display the previous or next page.

Press the SET button or the PLAY button.

Thumbnail (index picture) of currently selected clip

Recording date and

Total length of selected clip

time of selected clip

Clip information (recording date and time, initial timecode, total length, and so on)

a) When a title has been assigned to a clip (see page 47), the title is enclosed

in double quotation marks, for example “TITLE00001”.

b) A mark is shown to indicate that the thumbnail (index picture) is not the

first frame of the clip. (See “To change a thumbnail image (index picture)” (see page 38).)

To return to the original screen

Press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it off. In any of the following screens, you can press the THUMBNAIL button to return to the original screen.

If you press the SET button, a still image appears showing the first frame of the selected clip. If you press the PLAY button, playback starts from the first frame of the selected clip.

Note

The factory default setting for the clip thumbnail is such that the first frame of the clip is used as the thumbnail but you can change this setting so that any desired frame is used as the clip thumbnail see “To change a thumbnail image (index picture)” (page 38). However, clip list playback always starts from the first frame, regardless of the thumbnail.

To change the clip information displayed in the thumbnail list

With the thumbnail list displayed, proceed as follows.

Press the CLIP MENU (SHIFT + SUB CLIP) button or the MENU button to display the clip menu.

Press the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button to select CLIP INFORMATION.

Press the SET button.

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To select a thumbnail image and start playback

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

PAGE DISPLAY

CHAPTER

EXPAND

SUB

THUMB

CLIP

NAIL

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

KEY INHI

SHIFT

TOP

F REV F FWD

SET

RESET

OUTIN

JOG

MARK2

REC

SHUTTLE

END

STANDBY

VAR

MARK1

ACCESS

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

11 11

Do one of the following to select the thumbnail of the clip you want to cue up.

A list of CLIP INFORMATION items appears.

DATE: Date and time of recording TIME CODE: Timecode of the first frame in the clip DURATION: Recording time SEQUENCE NUMBER: Thumbnail sequence

number

EJECT

See “To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (page 37) for more information about sequence thumbnail numbers.

“TIME CODE” is selected when the unit is shipped from the factory.

Press the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select an item that you want to display as part of the clip information, and then press the SET button.

The selected item is displayed as clip information under the thumbnail image.

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To change a thumbnail image (index picture)

With the thumbnail list displayed, proceed as follows.

Press the CLIP MENU (SHIFT + SUB CLIP) button or the MENU button to display the clip menu.

Press the M/MARK1 button, m/MARK2 button , </ IN button, or ,/OUT button to select SET INDEX PICTURE.

Press the SET button.

Mark indicating that the thumbnail is not the first frame

“SET INDEX” appears in the upper left of the screen.

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Select the clip whose thumbnail you want to change (you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of

“To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (see page 37)).

Press the SET button.

Note

When you press the SET button or the PLAY button after selecting a clip with this mark displayed, the clip is not cued up to the position of the thumbnail. It is always cued up to the first frame.

Searching With the Expand Function

An enlargement of the current thumbnail image appears.

Press the PLAY button or use the jog or shuttle dial to play back the clip and display the frame that you want to use as the thumbnail image.

The expand function allows you to divide a selected clip into 12 blocks, and to display thumbnails of the first frame in each block in the thumbnail list. This function is available whenever the thumbnail list is displayed. This function allows you to quickly review the content of the selected clip, and to search efficiently for a target scene. You can repeat the expand operation up to three times (

t 12 blocks t 144 blocks t 1,728 blocks).

To cancel the thumbnail image change

Press the RESET button.

Press the SET button.

This returns you to the thumbnail list. The specified image appears as the thumbnail of the selected clip. A mark is shown to indicate that the thumbnail is not the first frame of the clip.

Playback

Note

The maximum number of blocks may be larger than 1,728 when the recorded duration of the clip is short. In this case, the frame interval of expanded thumbnails is fixed at 1 frame. This allows you to view expanded thumbnails at equal intervals.

To execute the expand function

With the thumbnail list displayed, select the clip that contains the scene that you want to find.

Press the EXPAND (F5) button.

The selected clip is divided into 12 blocks, and the first frame of each block appears in the thumbnail list.

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As required, repeat step 2 once or twice.

Number of blocks

The essence mark selection screen appears.

Essence marks not recorded on the disc are displayed in gray.

Note

Thumbnails cannot be further divided once their duration reaches 1 frame.

To return to the thumbnail list screen of the previous level

Hold down the SHIFT button and press the EXPAND button.

To return to the thumbnail list screen

Press the RESET button.

When you find the thumbnail of the target scene, press the SET button or the PLAY button.

If you press the SET button, a still image appears showing the selected frame. If you press the PLAY button, playback starts from the selected frame.

Searching for Frames With Essence Marks

To return to the thumbnail list screen

Press the RESET button.

Press the PREV or NEXT button, or press the M/ MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button, to select the desired essence mark.

Press the SET button.

A list appears showing the frames which contain the selected essence mark.

Indicates that this is a list of frames containing the essence mark (SHOT MARK1)

Frame information (recording date and time, timecode, or total length)

Sixth frame is selected from a total of 36 SHOT MARK1 frames

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Proceed as follows.

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

PAGE DISPLAY

CHAPTER

EXPAND

SUB

THUMB

CLIP

NAIL

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

KEY INHI

SHIFT

TOP

F REV F FWD

SET

RESET

OUTIN

JOG

MARK2

REC

SHUTTLE

END

STANDBY

VAR

MARK1

ACCESS

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

With the SUB CLIP button off, press the ESSENCE MARK (SHIFT + THUMBNAIL) button, turning it on.

Currently selected SHOT MARK1 frame

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Recording date and time of the clip containing the selected frame

Select the clip whose thumbnail you want to change

Time from selected shot mark to next shot mark

(you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of

“To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (see page 37)).

Press the SET button or the PLAY button.

If you press the SET button, a still image appears showing selected essence mark frame.

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If you press the PLAY button, playback starts from the selected essence mark frame.

Searching With the Chapter Function

When a clip contains shot marks, you can display them as chapter thumbnails.

To delete shot marks at chapter positions

You can delete shot marks (SHOT MARK1 and SHOT MARK2) at chapter positions in the CHAPTER screen. (REC START essence marks cannot be deleted.)

With the CHAPTER screen visible, press the CLIP MENU (SHIFT + SUB CLIP) button or MENU button to display the clip menu.

Select DELETE SHOT MARK.

See “To set shot marks” (page 36) about how to set shot marks.

With the thumbnail list visible, select the thumbnail of

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the clip that contains the scenes you want.

An “S” mark appears in the upper right of the thumbnails of clips which have shot marks set.

“S” mark

Press the CHAPTER (F4) button.

The CHAPTER screen appears, showing thumbnails of the frames where the shot marks are set. “S1” and “S2” marks on thumbnails indicate frames where SHOT MARK1 and SHOT MARK2 marks are set. Thumbnails without a mark are frames where REC START marks are set.

“DELETE SHOT MARK” appears in the upper left of the screen.

Select the thumbnail image of the shot mark position to delete.

Press the SET button.

A message appears, asking for confirmation of the deletion.

Press OK to execute the deletion or CANCEL to cancel it, and then press the SET button.

Clip List Playback

You can play back clips in the same order as in a clip list created using the scene selection function.

See Chapter 4 for more information about scene selection.

Playing back in clip list order

Proceed as follows.

Select the clip whose thumbnail you want to change (you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of

“To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (see page 37)).

Press the SET button or the PLAY button.

If you press the SET button, a still image appears showing selected shot mark frame. If you press the PLAY button, playback starts from the selected shot mark frame.

If the clip list that you want to play exists on the disc, load it into the current clip list.

Press the SUB CLIP button, turning it on.

Press the PLAY button.

Playback begins from the first sub clip in the current clip list.

Notes

• Stop the unit before using the SUB CLIP button. Press the STOP button if a message appears telling you to stop the unit.

• Depending on the length of sub clips in the clip list and their arrangement on the disc, playback may freeze momentarily between sub clips.

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To cue up with sub clip thumbnail images

With the desired clip list loaded in the current clip list, proceed as follows.

Press the SUB CLIP button and the THUMBNAIL button, turning them on.

Thumbnails of the first frames in the sub clips appear.

Sixth frame is selected from

Name of current clip list

Sub clip information (date and time of creation, initial timecode, playback time)

a total of 34 sub clips

• Deletion

• Renaming by FAM or FTP

• Changing the thumbnail image (index picture)

• Adding and deleting shot marks

Notes

• Locked clips are deleted along with other clips.

• Clips cannot be locked or unlocked when the Write Inhibit tab of the disc is set to the recording disabled position, or when “REC INH” on page P1 of the function menu is set to “ON”.

With the SUB CLIP button off, press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it on.

The thumbnails of the clips on the disc appear.

Select the clip to lock (you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of “To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (see page 37)).

Clip to be locked

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Currently selected sub clip

Recording date and time of clip list

a) When a title has been assigned to a clip list, the title is enclosed in double

quotation marks, for example “SAKURA”.

Total playback time of sub clips in the clip list

To return to the previous screen

Press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it off.

Select the clip whose thumbnail you want to change (you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of

“To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (see page 37)).

Press the SET button or the PLAY button.

If you press the SET button, a still image appears showing the first frame of the selected sub clip. If you press the PLAY button, playback starts from the first frame of the selected sub clip.

Note

In clip lists, the first frame of the sub clip (the In point frame) is always displayed as the thumbnail.

Press the MENU button.

The CLIP menu appears.

Use the V/MARK1 or v/MARK2 button to select “LOCK/UNLOCK CLIP”, and then press the SET button.

Locking (Write-protecting) Clips

In the thumbnail screen, you can lock them so that they cannot be deleted or altered. Locking prevents the following operations on clips.

A lock confirmation screen appears. This screen displays clip names and clip titles.

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To cancel the lock operation and return to the THUMBNAIL screen

Select “CANCEL”, and then press the SET button. Press the RESET or MENU button.

Deleting Clips

You can delete selected clips while checking their content.

With OK selected, press the SET button.

You return to the thumbnail screen, and a lock icon appears on the thumbnail of the selected clip to show that it is locked.

Lock icon

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Locked clips cannot be deleted or set the thumbnail image (index picture) and so on. Unlock the clip if you want to perform any of these operations.

To lock clips with a shortcut operation

After carrying out step 2 in the procedure, press the STOP button with the SHIFT button held down (shortcut operation). You can lock clips without displaying the CLIP MENU.

To unlock clips

Carry out step 2 of “Locking Clips” to select a locked clip (one with the lock icon displayed on its thumbnail). Then do one of the following.

• Carry out steps 3 and 4 of “Locking Clips”.

• Press the STOP button with the SHIFT button held down (shortcut operation).

Notes

• Clips cannot be deleted when the Write Inhibit tab of the disc is set to the recording disabled position, or when “REC INH” on page P1 of the function menu is set to “ON”.

• Locked clips cannot be deleted.

• When the target clip is referenced in a clip list, the clip list that references the clip will also be deleted.

• If the deletion target clip is referenced by the current clip list, all of the referenced sub clips, and only those sub clips, are deleted simultaneously.

With the SUB CLIP button off, press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it on.

The thumbnails of the clips on the disc appear.

Select the clip to delete. (you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of “To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (see page 37)).

Clip to be deleted

To lock all clips

Carry out steps 1 and 3 of “Locking Clips” to display the CLIP MENU.

Use the V/MARK1 or the v/MARK2 button to select LOCK OR DELETE ALL CLIPS, and then press the b/OUT button.

A submenu screen appears.

Select “LOCK ALL CLIPS”, and then press the SET button.

A confirmation screen appears.

With “OK” selected, press the SET button.

All clips are locked.

To unlock all clips

Carry out the procedure in “To lock all clips”, selecting UNLOCK ALL CLIPS in step 2.

Press the MENU button.

The CLIP menu appears.

Use the V/MARK1 or the v/MARK2 button to select “DELETE CLIP”, and then press the SET button.

A deletion confirmation screen appears and then thumbnails of four frames (the first frame, intermediate frame 1, intermediate frame 2, and the last frame) in the target clip appear. At the same time, the clip name, title, date and time of creation, and duration appear. One of the following messages appears, depending on whether the target clip is referenced in a clip list.

• When the target clip is not referenced in a clip list: “DELETE CLIP?”

• When the target clip is referenced in a clip list: “DELETE CLIP & CLIP LIST?” (The clip list that references the clip will also be deleted.)

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To cancel the deletion and return to the CLIP MENU

Select “CANCEL”, and then press the SET button. Press the RESET or MENU button.

Use the V/MARK1 button to select “OK”, and then press the SET button.

The clip is deleted and you return to the thumbnail screen.

To go to the clip deletion screen without displaying the CLIP MENU

After step 2, press the RESET button with the SHIFT button held down (shortcut operation). The clip deletion screen appears directly, without displaying the CLIP MENU.

To delete all clips

With the SUB CLIP button off, press the THUMBNAIL button, turning it on.

Thumbnails of the clips on the disc appear.

Press the MENU button.

The CLIP menu appears.

Use the V/MARK1 button to select “CLIP INFORMATION”, and then press the SET button.

A sub menu appears.

Use the v/MARK2 button to select “SEQUENCE NUMBER”, and then press the SET button.

As shown in the following figure, sequential numbers are assigned to thumbnails.

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Carry out steps 1 and 3 of “Deleting Clips” to display the CLIP MENU.

Use the V/MARK1 or the v/MARK2 buttons to select “LOCK OR DELETE ALL CLIPS”, and then press the b/OUT button.

A sub menu appears.

Select “DELETE ALL CLIPS”, and then press the SET button.

A deletion confirmation screen appears.

To execute the deletion, use the V button to select “OK”, and then press the SET button.

All clips are deleted. However, locked clips are not deleted. If all clips have been deleted, you return from the thumbnail screen to the original screen.

Assigning Sequence Numbers to Thumbnails

You can assign sequence numbers to displayed thumbnails.

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Scene Selection

Overview

What is scene selection?

Scene selection is a function which allows you to select

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material (clips) from the material recorded on a disc and perform cut editing. You can do this by operating on this unit only.

• Scene selection is a convenient way to perform cut editing in the field and in other offline situations.

• With the scene selection function, you create clip lists (edit data). The clips themselves are not changed, so you can repeat the operation as often as you like.

• Clip lists created with the scene selection function can be played back on this unit.

• The scene selection function makes it easy to carry out operations such as adding material in clip units, adding parts of clips, adding by chapter, reordering the playback order, modifying In and Out points, and deletion, all on this unit.

• Clip lists (edit data) created with the scene selection function can be used on XPRI and other full-feature nonlinear editing systems.

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Flow of scene selection editing

Disc

Record material or insert disc containing recorded material into this unit

To edit a clip list on the disc

Create and edit a clip list

• Including a sub clip in the current clip list (see page 49)

• Reordering sub clips (see page 54)

• Changing sub clip In and Out points (trimming) (see

page 55)

• Deleting sub clips (see page 56)

PDW-F330/F350

Load a clip list (see page 59)

Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4

Recorded material

ACCESS

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

Select clips

CHAPTER

SUB

THUMB

EXPAND

SET

RESET

CLIP

NAIL

PAGEDISPLAY

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

KEY INHI

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

SHIFT

TOP

END

F REV F FWD

PDW-70MD

Sub

clip 1

clip 2

Clip list 1

EJECT

VAR

MARK1

OUTIN

JOG

MARK2

REC

SHUTTLE

STANDBY

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Sub clip 3

Save the clip list to disc (see page 57)

Play back the clip list (see page 40)

ACCESS

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

PHONES

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

Clip 1

Clip 2 Clip 3

CHAPTER

SUB

EXPAND

CLIP

PAGEDISPLAY

CLIP MENU

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

KEY INHI

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

SHIFT

TOP

PDW-70MD

F REV F FWD

Clip list 1

Disc

EJECT

VAR

MARK1

OUTIN

THUMB

SET

RESET

NAIL

JOG

ESSENCE

MARK2

MARK

REC

SHUTTLE

END

STANDBY

Sub clip 1

Sub clip 2

Play back clip list

Sub clip 3

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Clips

Material recorded with this unit is managed in units called “clips”. A clip contains the material between a recording start point and a recording end point. Clips have numbers beginning with C, for example C0001.

Recording

start point of

clip 2

Recording end

point of clip 2

Sub clips (clips in clip lists)

The specified clips (or parts of clips) in a clip list are called “sub clips”. Sub clips are virtual data specifying ranges in the original clips. Clip data in the original clips is not overwritten. The following figure shows the relation between clips and sub clips.

Clips on disc

Clip 1

(C0001)

Clip 2 (C0002)

Clip 3

(C0003)

Clip 4

(C0004)

Clip 1

(C0001)

Clip number

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Clip 2

(C0002)

Clip 3

(C0003)

Clip 4

(C0004)

Instead of using clip numbers, you can manage clips by assigning clip titles. For details, see “Assigning Clip Titles” (page 47).

Clip lists

Data called a “clip list” is created when you use the scene selection function to select desired clips from the clips stored on a disc. Clip lists have numbers beginning with E, for example E0001. Up to 99 clip lists can be saved on a disc.

Clip list number

Clip list (E0001)

Sub clip 1 Sub clip 2 Sub clip 3

In the above example, the whole of clip 2 has been added as sub clip 1, and the whole of clip 4 has been added as sub clip 2. Sub clip 3 is part of clip 3. Therefore, when clip list E0001 is played back, clip 4 is played after clip 2, and then the part of clip 3 shown in gray color is played.

Clip list editing (current clip list)

To edit a clip lists, you need to load the clip from the disc into the internal unit memory. The clip list which is currently loaded into the unit memory is called the “current clip list”. The current clip list is always the target of sub clip creation and editing. Clip list playback also uses the current clip list. After creating and editing a clip list, you need to save it to disc.

Unit memory

Current clip list

Can be edited (adding, deleting, and reordering sub clips)

SAVE Mm LOAD

t Clip list playback

and thumbnail display

Overview

Thumbnails of sub clips in the selected clip list

Disc

C0001 (Clip 1) C0002 (Clip 2) C0003 (Clip 3)

•

E0001 (Clip list 1) E0002 (Clip list 2) E0003 (Clip list 3)

•

E0099 (Clip list 99)

Clip list playback

Clips and clip lists are saved together on a disc. Clips are played back according to clip list data.

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Assigning Clip Titles

CLIP AUTO TITLING

When the setup menu item OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >CLIP TITLE >AUTO TITLE (see page 68) is set to “ENABLE”, titles are displayed instead of clip numbers for all clips recorded after the setting is made.

Clip title

Titles are made up of a prefix of up to 10 characters and a 5-digit number. The factory default prefix is “TITLE”, and the initial value of the number is 00001. Therefore, the title of the first clip created with the “ENABLE” setting is “TITLE00001”. The number is incremented for each subsequent clip.

See “System Menu” (page 67) in Chapter 6 for more information about the setup menu.

To switch to clip number display

Set CLIP TITLE >AUTO TITLE to “DISABLE”. Clip numbers are displayed for all clips recorded after the setting is made.

PREFIX NUMERIC

SHIFT: ( )( )( )( )KEY INC/DEC: JOG DIAL TO MENU: MENU KEY

PREFIX: Prefix (up to 5 alphanumeric characters and

symbols)

NUMERIC: Initial value of the number (00001 to

99999)

Enter the prefix and initial number.

To select the item to set and the character to set (it

flashes): Use the arrow buttons.

To select a character to enter at the selected

position: Turn the jog dial.

To return the settings to the factory defaults: Press

the RESET button.

When you are finished entering the prefix and initial number, press the SET button.

The message “NOW SAVING...” appears, the title is saved, and the menu disappears from the screen.

To clear the menu from the screen without saving a title

Press the MENU button twice.

_ TITLE _ 00001

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Notes

• Titles are displayed instead of clip numbers for clips that have titles.

• Use the CLIP STATUS screen of the disc menu (see page 74) if you want to check the clip number of a clip that has a title.

To assign clip titles

You can set the clip title prefix and the initial clip title number to arbitrary values. For example, if you set the prefix to “SCENE” and the initial number to 00100, the next clip to be created will have the title “SCENE-00100”.

Select OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >CLIP TITLE >TITLE in the setup menu, and then press the ,/ OUT button.

The CLIP AUTO TITLING screen appears.

Note

If you return the initial number to the default value after creating several clips, and then continue recording, clips with the same titles may be created.

Assigning User-Defined Clip and Clip List Names

The following standard format names are assigned automatically to clips and clip lists that are created or recorded by XDCAM devices. Clips: C0001 to C0300 Clip lists: E0001E01 to E0099E01 You can use the supplied PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software to assign user-defined names instead of the standard format names. You can assigned user-defined names instead of the standard format names. Assigning meaningful names to clips and clip lists can facilitate file management. You can also use this unit's “AUTO TITLING” function to assign user-defined names to clips.

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To assign clip names on this unit

The title assigned to clip becomes its clip name (file name).

Note

When the first letter of the title setting on the CLIP TITLE menu is a space or period (.), the clip name is the title string minus the first letter.

C0001.MXF

To enable clip and clip list renaming by FAM

Carry out step 2 of “To assign clip names on this unit”. It is now possible to write, transfer, and rename clips and clip lists with user-defined names over file access mode

TITLE00001

When sub item “AUTO NAMING” is set to “C****”

(FAM) connections (see page 62). To change clip names, execute the “Rename” command for a file in the Clip folder with the extension “.MXF”. The extension “.MXF” cannot be changed.

TITLE00001.MXF

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TITLE00001

When sub item “AUTO NAMING” is set to “title”

To change clip list names, execute the “Rename”

Clip renaming by FAM is enabled

Fuji.MXF

command for a file in the Edit folder with the extension “.

Set OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >CLIP TITLE >AUTO TITLE in the setup menu to “ENABLE” (see

SMI”. The extension “. SMI” cannot be changed.

page 68).

Set OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >FILE NAMING >AUTO NAMING to “free”.

Sakura.SMI

You are now able to use clips and clip lists with userdefined names.

Set OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >FILE NAMING >AUTO NAMING to “title”.

C****: Assign standard format clip names

automatically.

title: Assign clip titles as clip names.

OPERATIONAL FUNCTION FILE NAMING AUTO NAMING .title * C****

title

SETUP MENU

The same name will now be given to newly recorded clips.

Clip list renaming by FAM is enabled

To check clip names

Press the THUMBNAIL button to display the thumbnail screen, and select the clip whose name you want to check. The name of the selected clip appears at the upper left of the screen. However, when a title has been assigned to a clip, display of the title takes priority. Titles are displayed enclosed in double quotation marks (“ ”).

See “To display a list of thumbnail images” (page 37) for more information about the thumbnail screen.

Note

Clip names, clip list names, and titles are converted as follows for display in the thumbnail screen and the CLIP menu.

• If the names are longer than 15 characters, only the first 9 characters and the last 5 characters are displayed. Other characters are converted into s.

• Lowercase characters are converted into uppercase.

• Kanji and other multibyte characters, and some alphabetic symbols, are converted into s characters.

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Sequences of multiple s characters is converted into single s characters. The following alphabetic symbols can be displayed. : . ? ! # * / ( ) + - & @ = < > % " ; _

Creating Clip Lists

Display example

JumpingDolphin_No103

JUMPINGDOsNO103

Select the desired clip, to include it in the current clip list as a sub clip. There are two ways to select clips.

• Select from the thumbnail screen. You can select the desired clips from the thumbnail screen. You can also select continuous clips at a time. In addition, you can use the Expand function to specify a range to add in a clip or to load and add a clip with a chapter registered.

• Select while playing back and searching. You can select the scene to use while viewing the video (quick scene selection).

Before starting

Insert a disc containing recorded clips into the unit.

Including Clips Selected in the Thumbnail Screen in the Clip List

SUB CLIP button

CHAPTER button

EXPAND button

THUMBNAIL button

MENU button

SET button

RESET button

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ACCESS

NETWORK

LOCAL

REMOTE

LEVEL

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PHONES

SHIFT button

CHAPTER

EXPAND

PAGE DISPLAY

KEY INHI

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

SHIFT

TOP

PREV button

PLAY button

NEXT button

SUB

THUMB

SET

RESET

CLIP

NAIL

CLIP

ESSENCE

MARK

PREV NEXTPLAY STOP

END

F REV F FWD

STANDBY

STOP button

VAR

MARK1

OUTIN

JOG

MARK2

REC

SHUTTLE

Jog dial

Arrow buttons (M/MARK1, m/ MARK2, </IN button, ,/OUT button)

Proceed as follows.

With the SUB CLIP button unlit, press the THUMBNAIL button, lighting it.

Thumbnails of the clips on the disc appear. (In the following description, this is referred to as the “thumbnail screen”. )

EJECT

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+NAME: Name of the clip list, or a user-defined name You can use the supplied PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software to assign titles to clip lists.

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select a clip list number such as E0001, and then press the SET button.

This returns to the thumbnail screen.

Press the SUB CLIP button.

Press the MENU button.

The CLIP menu appears (see page 58). (If no clip list is loaded in the current clip list, a screen as shown in step 3 appears.)

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The clip list window appears. If you selected NEW FILE in step 4, the display shows the state with no clips loaded as shown below. Select NEW FILE to create a new clip list.

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select LOAD CLIP LIST, and then press the SET button.

A clip list selection screen appears. For an already created clip list, the details including the creation date appear, and for an empty clip list, “NEW FILE” appears.

Display item types

Press the ,/OUT button to switch the display.

To select the type of clip list information to display

Press the b/OUT button. Each press of the button switches the display in the order Date >Title >Name. The following informantion is displayed for display item types: +DATE: Date and time when the clip list was created

or last modified

+TITLE: Title assigned to the clip list

Press the MENU button.

The CLIP menu appears.

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select “ADD”, and then press the SET button.

The scene selection window appears. (Subsequently, this entire screen is called the “scene selection window”.)

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Use the arrow buttons or jog dial to select the desired clip.

You can also select clips with the following operations. Press the PREV or NEXT button: Moves to the

previous or next clip.

Press the PREV or NEXT button with the SHIFT

button held down: Moves to the first or last clip.

Press the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button with the

SHIFT button held down: Switches to the

previous or next page. Does not switch when there is only one page.

Press the </IN button or ,/OUT button with the

SHIFT button held down: Selects continuous

multiple clips.

To display the total duration of the current clip list after the addition of the selected clips

When you press the SHIFT button, the total duration of the selected clips is displayed, along with the total duration of the clip list after the addition of the selected clips. This allows you to check the new total duration before making the addition.

Press the SET button.

An I-shaped cursor appears in the lower part of the scene selection window. Press the RESET button to return to the state of step 8.

Total duration of sub clips in the current clip list

Cursor (shows insertion position of next sub clip)

Thumbnails of the sub clips already added to the current clip list

Repeat steps 8 to 11 until you have added all of the desired clips to the current clip list.

You can add the same clip as a sub clip any number of times.

When you have finished selecting all the clips you want, press the SET button without pressing the SHIFT button.

This closes the scene selection window, and the screen returns to the CLIP menu.

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Use the arrow buttons or jog dial to move the cursor to the desired position.

You can also move the cursor with the following operations. Press the PREV or NEXT button: Moves the cursor

to the previous or next clip.

Press the PREV or NEXT button with the SHIFT

button held down: Moves the cursor to the first

or last clip.

Press M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button with the

SHIFT button held down: Switches to the

previous or next page.

With the SHIFT button held down, press the SET button.

All the clips selected in step 8 are added to the current clip list as sub clips and the scene selection window shows thumbnails of registered sub clips. At the same time, the cursor disappears and you can select a new clip.

To close the CLIP menu

Press the RESET button.

Save the current clip list to disc.

See “Saving the Current Clip List to Disc” (page 57).

Notes

• Unless the current clip list has been saved to disc, its contents will be lost when the unit is powered off or the disc is ejected. After creating a clip list, be sure to save it. An asterisk (*) appears after the date and time of creation when a clip list has not been saved to disc.

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Note

Even if you select several thumbnails, they are added to the clip list as one continuous sub clip.

To add sub clips using the chapter function

The chapter function allows a thumbnail to be displayed for each shot mark recorded within a clip.

Asterisk appears when clip list has not been saved to disc.

• Even when a clip whose thumbnail is not the first frame is added to a clip list, the thumbnail displayed in the clip list is always the first frame as a thumbnail.

To add sub clips using the expand function

You can include a part of a sub clip in the current clip list

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by dividing the content of the sub clip into parts and displaying thumbnails of the parts.

For details, see Chapter 3 “Searching With the Expand Function” (page 38).

Proceed as follows.

After carrying out step 8 of the procedure in “Including Clips Selected in the Thumbnail Screen in the Clip List” (page 49), press the EXPAND (F5) button.

Thumbnails of the target clip divided into eight equal parts appear in the upper portion of the scene selection window.

To vary the expansion ratio

Each time you press the EXPAND button changes the ratio through the sequence ×8 t ×64 t ×512. To return to the previous setting, hold down the SHIFT button and press the EXPAND button.

To cancel the expand display

Press the RESET button. You return to the scene selection window.

For details, see Chapter 3 “Searching for Frames With Essence Marks” (page 39).

Carry out step 8 of the procedure in “Including Clips Selected in the Thumbnail Screen in the Clip List” (page 49). An “S” mark appears in the upper right of thumbnails where short marks have been set. Select one of these thumbnails and press the CHAPTER button.

This displays thumbnails of chapters of the specified clip in the upper portion of the scene selection window.

Carry out steps 8 to 12 of the procedure in “Including Clips Selected in the Thumbnail Screen in the Clip List” (page 49) to include thumbnails of the scenes you want to include in the clip list.

The section from the selected thumbnail to the next thumbnail is included as a sub clip.

Save the current clip list to disc.

For details, see “Saving the Current Clip List to Disc” (page 57).

Carry out steps 8 to 12 of the procedure in “Including Clips Selected in the Thumbnail Screen in the Clip List” (page 49) to include thumbnails of the portions you want to include in the clip list.

The section from the selected thumbnail to the next thumbnail is included as a sub clip.

Save the current clip list to disc.

For details, see “Saving the Current Clip List to Disc” (page 57).

Creating Clip Lists

When you select several chapter thumbnails, they are added to the clip list as a single sub clip.

Quick Scene Selection (Adding Sub Clips During Recording, Playback, or Search)

Before starting, load the clip list to which you want to add a sub clip into the current clip list (see page 59).

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You can use a trimming operation (see page 55) to change In and Out points set by the quick scene selection function.

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To reset an In point or Out point

With the </IN button or ,/OUT button held down, press the RESET button.

Holding down the SHIFT button, press the SET button.

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With the SUB CLIP button off, and the clip displayed in full-screen mode, play back the clip or conduct a search to find the point that you want to set as the In point.

To display the desired clip in full-screen mode

If the thumbnail screen is displayed, use the arrow buttons or jog dial to select the clip to display in fullscreen mode, and then press the SET button.

To search

Use the jog and shuttle dials.

At the point you want to set as the In point, hold down the </IN button and press the SET button.

An In point is set, and the IN indicator lights. If the unit is set up to superimpose character information on the display (see page 29), the In point timecode appears.

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The section between the In point and Out point is added to the end of the current clip list as a sub clip.

When you set In and Out points stretching across several clips

One sub clip is created for each of the clips.

Clips recorded on the disc

Clip 1

In point Out point

Sub clip 1

Repeat steps 1 to 4 until you have added all of the clips you want to the current clip list.

Save the current clip list to disc.

For details, see “Saving the Current Clip List to Disc” (page 57).

Clip 2 Clip 3

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Sub clip 2 Sub clip 3

In the same way, search for the point you want to set as the Out point, and then hold down the ,/OUT button and press the SET button.

An Out point is set, and the OUT indicator lights. If the unit is set up to superimpose character information on the display (see page 29), the Out point timecode appears.

To check the In point or Out point

The timecode of the In or Out point that you have set appears when you press the </IN button or the ,/ OUT button. An image of the In point is cued up if you hold down the </IN button and press the PREV button or NEXT button. An image of the Out point is cued up if you hold down the ,/OUT button and press the PREV button or NEXT button.

To check the duration

Hold down the </IN button and the ,/OUT button at the same time. The duration appears on the screen.

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Editing Clip Lists

You can select items from CLIP menus, and perform simple editing operations on clip lists and on sub clips registered in clip lists.

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You can also select clips with the following operations. Press the PREV or NEXT button: Moves to the

previous or next clip.

Press the PREV or NEXT button with the SHIFT

button held down: Moves to the first or last clip.

Press M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button with the

SHIFT button held down: Switches to the

previous or next page. Does not switch when there is only one page.

Press an </IN button or ,/OUT button with the

SHIFT button held down: Selects continuous

multiple clips.

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If you selected “TRIM”, you can select only one sub clip.

Press the SET button.

This allows you to carry out the editing operation selected from the CLIP menu for the selected sub clip.

In the clip list screen, hold down the MENU button.

The CLIP menu appears.

Carry out the selected editing operation.

For details, see the following pages.

Reordering sub clips: Page 54 Trimming sub clips: Page 55 Deleting sub clips: Page 56 Setting the timecode: Page 56

Save the edited current clip list to disc.

For details, see “Saving the Current Clip List to Disc” (page 57).

Press the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select the edit item you want.

You can carry out the following edit operations.

CLIP menu Item Description

MOVE Reorder sub clips. TRIM Change the In and Out points of

DELETE Delete unnecessary sub clips. TC PRESET Set the first timecode of the

Press the SET button.

sub clips.

current clip list to any value.

Reordering Sub Clips

Proceed as follows.

Carry out steps 1 to 5 of the procedure in “Basic Operations” (see page 54) (select “MOVE” in step 2).

The I-shaped cursor indicating the move destination appears in the clip list window.

Use the arrow buttons or jog dial to move the I-shaped cursor to the desired position.

You can also move the cursor with the following operations. Press the PREV or NEXT button: Moves the cursor

A screen appears to allow you to select the target sub clip of the operation. (A timecode setting screen appears if you have selected TC PRESET.)

to the previous or next sub clip.

Press the PREV or NEXT button with the SHIFT

button held down: Moves the cursor to the first

or last sub clip.

Use the arrow buttons or jog dial to select the desired sub clip.

Press M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button with the

SHIFT button held down: Switches to the

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previous or next page. Does not switch when there is only one page.

Indicates that 2nd sub clip will be moved to position of 7th sub clip.

I-shaped cursor showing position to which selected sub clip will be moved.

To return to the clip list window without moving any sub clip

Press the RESET button.

Press the SET button.

The CLIP MENU appears after the sub clip order changes. If you press the SHIFT + SET buttons instead of the SET button, you return to the state after step 4 in “Basic Operations”, allowing you to move another sub clip.

To cancel the trim and return to the previous screen

Press the m/MARK2 button to display “OK” (the background color changes into yellow), and press the RESET button.

Carry out playback and search to find the new location of the In point or Out point of the selected sub clip.

At the scene where you want to set a new In or Out point, hold down the </IN button (to change the In point) or the ,/OUT button (to change the Out point) and press the SET button.

Depending on the button that you pressed, a new In or Out point is set.

Note

The IN and OUT indicators flash if you set an Out point with timecode smaller than the In point. If this occurs, set the correct timecode.

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Save the current clip list to disc.

See “Saving the Current Clip List to Disc” (page 57).

Modifying the In and Out Points of Sub Clips (Trimming)

Proceed as follows.

Carry out steps 1 to 5 of the procedure in “Basic Operations” (see page 54) (select TRIM in step 2).

The first frame (In point frame) of the selected sub clip appears. In this state, you can carry out playback and search all clips on the disc.

To change both the In and Out points

Carry out steps 2 and 3 for both the In and Out points.

To reset the In or Out point

Hold down the </IN button or ,/OUT button, and press the RESET button. The In or Out point is restored to the value it had before the sub clip trim screen opened.

To cue up the In or Out point

The In point is cued up when you hold down the </ IN button and press the PREV button or the NEXT button. The Out point is cued up when you hold down the ,/ OUT button and press the PREV button or the NEXT button.

Once you have set the new In point or Out point, press the m/MARK2 button to select “OK”.

The background color of the OK button changes to yellow.

Press the SET button.

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The CLIP MENU appears after the trim is executed. If you press the SHIFT + SET buttons instead of the SET button, you return to the state after step 4 in “Basic Operations”, allowing you execute another trim.

Save the current clip list to disc.

By default, the start timecode (LTC) for the current clip list is set to “00:00:00:00”. To set this to a different value, proceed as follows.

Carry out steps 1 to 4 of the procedure in “Basic Operations” (see page 54) (select TC PRESET in step

2).

For details, see “Saving the Current Clip List to Disc” (page 57).

Deleting Sub Clips

Proceed as follows.

Carry out steps 1 to 5 of the procedure in “Basic Operations” (see page 54) (select DELETE in step 2).

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To display the total duration of the current clip list after the addition of the selected clips

When you press the SHIFT button, the total duration of the selected clips is displayed, along with the total duration of the clip list after the deletion of the selected clips. This allows you to check the new total duration before making the deletion.

Press the SET button.

The deletion confirmation screen appears.

To return to the clip list window without deleting any sub clip

Press the RESET button.

Use the </IN or ,/OUT button to select “OK”, and then press the SET button.

The CLIP MENU appears after the deletion is executed. If you press the SHIFT + SET buttons instead of the SET button, you return to the state after step 4 in “Basic Operations”, allowing you to execute another deletion.

The timecode setting screen appears.

The timecode shown in this screen is the current initial timecode of the current clip list. If a clip list has been loaded from disc, and timecode has already been set for that clip list, then that value is displayed.

Use the </IN and ,/OUT buttons to select the digit (HOUR, MIN, SEC or FRAME) you want to set.

Use the M/MARK1 and m/MARK2 buttons or jog dial to display the value you want to set.

To cancel the timecode setting

Press the RESET button.

When you have finished setting all the digits you want, press the SET button.

The starting timecode for the current clip list is set to the specified LTC value. The count starts from that value when playback starts.

Save the current clip list to disc.

For details, see “Saving the Current Clip List to Disc” (page 57).

Save the current clip list to disc.

For details, see “Saving the Current Clip List to Disc” (page 57).

Setting the Start Timecode for the Current Clip List

Continuous timecode is used in clip lists, regardless of the timecode of the parent clips of sub clips. Therefore, you can set the start timecode for each clip list.

Editing Clip Lists

The drop-frame or non-drop-frame setting of the current clip list reflects the setting of the unit at the time when one of the following operations is performed.

• Adding the first sub clip

• Setting the start timecode

Previewing the Edited Clip List

With the SUB CLIP button lit, press the PLAY button. If you are in the thumbnail screen (the THUMBNAIL button is lit), playback starts from the beginning of the selected sub clip.

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However, if you press the SUB CLIP button to turn it off, and then press it again to light it, the playback start position is reset to the start of the clip list. With the SUB CLIP button lit, press the PLAY button. You can repeat playback of the current clip list by setting SET UP >OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >REPEAT MODE to ON.

Saving the Current Clip List to Disc

Notes

• Edited clip list data is not saved unless you carry out this operation. If you are going to use the created or edited clip list data later on, be sure to save it to disc.

• If the Write Inhibit tab on the disc is set to the recording disabled position, you cannot save the current clip list to the disc.

• It may not be possible to record because of some other reason, for example not enough free capacity on the disc.

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Proceed as follows.

Display the CLIP menu.

See “Displaying the CLIP menu” (page 58).

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to move the cursor to “SAVE CLIP LIST”, and then press the SET button.

A list of clip lists appears. The date of creation or the title is displayed for each clip list. “NEW FILE” is displayed for clip lists without any saved data.

To switch between title display and date of creation display

Press the ,/OUT button.

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For details, see “To select the type of clip list information to display” (page 50).

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button or jog dial to select the desired clip list, and then press the ,/OUT button.

The current clip list is saved to disc.

To cancel the save

Press the MENU button.

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To assign a title to a clip list

Use the supplied PDZ-1 proxy browsing.

Managing Clip Lists

For details, see the PDZ-1 online help.

After you create or edit a clip list, you can use the CLIP menu to save it to disc, load it from disc into unit memory, and delete it from the disc.

Displaying the CLIP menu

Hold down the SHIFT button and press the SUB CLIP button. In the thumbnail list screen and the clip list screen, you can display the CLIP menu by pressing the MENU button.

The CLIP menu items you can display and select vary with the operating state of the unit (see the following table).

Item Operation (reference page)

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CLIP INFORMATION Select the information displayed

beneath thumbnails (see page

59)

LOAD CLIP LIST Load a clip list from the disc into

SAVE CLIP LIST Save the current clip list to disc

DELETE CLIP LIST Delete a clip list from the disc

SORT CLIP LISTS BY You can sort the clip lists by

SET INDEX PICTURE

ADD

MOVE

TRIM

DELETE

TC PRESET

DELETE CLIP Delete a clip LOCK/UNLOCK CLIP Lock or unlock a clip LOCK OR DELETE ALL

CLIPS DELETE SHOT MARK Delete a shot mark

a) Displayed only in operating thumbnail list screen b) Displayed only in operating the clip list screen

the current clip list (see page

59)

(see page 57)

(see page 59)

name or date and time of creation (see page 59).

Change the thumbnail image (index picture) of a clip (see

page 38)

Add sub clips to the current clip list (see page 49)

Reorder sub clips (see page 54)

Change the In point or Out point of a sub clip (see page 55)

Delete unnecessary sub clips

(see page 56)

Change the start timecode for the current clip list to a desired value (see page 56)

Lock or delete all clips

To clear the CLIP menu from the screen

Press the MENU button (or hold down the SHIFT button and press the SUB CLIP button).

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The CLIP menu can handle up to 99 clip lists.

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select the desired clip list, and then press the SET button.

The selected clip list is loaded into the unit as the current clip list.

Changing Displayed Items of Information on Sub Clips

You can change information displayed in the lower portion of each thumbnail in the clip list window. Proceed as follows.

Display the CLIP menu.

See “Displaying the CLIP menu” (page 58).

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select “CLIP INFORMATION”, and then press the SET button.

A screen appears allowing you to select information items to display.

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select the items you want to display, and then press the SET button.

DATE: Date and time of creation TIME CODE: Timecode of the start of the sub clip DURATION: Playback time SEQUENCE NUMBER: Thumbnail sequence

number

See “Assigning Sequence Numbers to Thumbnails” (page 43) for more information about sequence thumbnail numbers.

When the clip list window is displayed, the information of the selected items appears in the lower portion of each thumbnail.

To display thumbnails of the loaded current clip list

Press the THUMBNAIL button and SUB CLIP button, turning them on.

If an unsaved clip list exists in current clip list memory

A warning message like the following appears. “CLIP LIST IS NOT SAVED. OVERWRITE CLIP LIST?” Press the </IN button or ,/OUT button to select “OK” (overwrite) or “CANCEL” (do not overwrite), and then press the SET button.

Deleting Clip Lists From a Disc

Proceed as follows.

Display the CLIP menu.

See “Displaying the CLIP menu” (page 58).

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select “DELETE CLIP LIST”, and then press the SET button.

A list of clip lists appears (see page 50).

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select a clip list to delete, and then press the SET button.

A deletion confirmation screen appears.

Press the </IN button or the ,/OUT button to select OK, and then press the SET button.

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Loading a Clip List From a Disc Into the Current Clip List

Before you can play back or edit a clip list, you need to load it from the disc into the current clip list. Proceed as follows.

Display the CLIP menu.

See “Displaying the CLIP menu” (page 58).

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select “LOAD CLIP LIST”, and then the press the SET button.

A list of clip lists appears (see page 50).

To cancel the clip list deletion

Press the RESET button.

The selected clip list is deleted from the disc.

To continue deleting other clip lists

After selecting “OK”, press the SET button while holding down the SHIFT button. The selected clip list is deleted, and you return to step 3 and can continue deleting clip lists.

Sorting Clip Lists

Proceed as follows to sort the list of existing clip lists by clip list name or by date of creation.

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Display the CLIP menu.

See “Displaying the CLIP menu” (page 58).

Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select “SORT CLIP LISTS BY...”, and then press the SET button.

A screen like the one shown below appears.

You can jump to the first clip or last clip by pressing the PREV or NEXT button with the SHIFT button held down.

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Use the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select the type of sorting.

NAME: Sort in ascending order by clip list name. DATE: Sort by date of creation, with the newest clip

list first.

BY DATE: Indicates sorting by date

Press the </IN button.

Sorting starts on LOAD CLIP LIST screen and so on. Unused clip lists are excluded from the sort.

If you selected “NAME”:

BY NAME: Indicates sorting by name

If you selected “DATE”:

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Using the PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software

When a computer with the PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software installed is connected to this unit, you can transfer the proxy AV data and metadata files recorded on a disc to the computer. On the computer side, PDZ-1 enables you to browse the proxy AV data, add or modify metadata (titles, comments, essence marks, etc.), or create a clip list. The modified metadata and the created clip list can then be written back to the disc loaded in this unit.

System requirements to use the PDZ-1

The following are required to use PDZ-1.

• Computer: PC with Intel Pentium III CPU, at least 1 GHz (installed memory: at least 512 MB)

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or higher, or Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or higher

• Web browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 or higher

• DirectX: DirectX 8.1b or higher

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To install PDZ-1

Insert the supplied CD-ROM (PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software) in the CD-ROM drive of the computer and execute the Setup.exe file, then follow the installation instructions.

For details, refer to the ReadMe file on the CD-ROM.

Note

Make sure that the work folder to store the material transferred from this unit is on a hard disk drive with adequate free space. The amount of proxy AV data transferred is up to 2.8 GB per disc (when recording in the LP format).

For details, see “File Operations in File Access Mode” (page 62).

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File Operations

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A remote computer can be connected to this unit and used to operate on recorded data which has been saved in data files, such as video and audio data files. Use FAM (file access mode) for the computer connection.

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File Operations in File Access Mode

File access mode operating environment

Operating system requirements for file operations by file access mode are as follows.

• Computer operating system: Microsoft Windows

2000 Service Pack 4 or higher, or Microsoft Windows XP

Preparations

Do the following on the remote computer and this unit.

• Install the FAM driver on the remote computer (see the next item).

• In the setup menu, set INTERFACE SELECT >i.LINK MODE to “FAM (PC REMOTE)” (see page 71).

To install the FAM driver

Insert the supplied CD-ROM (PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software) in the CD-ROM drive of the computer and execute the Setup.exe file, then follow the installation instructions.

Overview / File Operations in File Access Mode

For details, refer to the ReadMe file contained on the CDROM disc.

Making FAM Connections

Proceed as follows.

If there is a disc loaded in this unit, put the unit into the following state.

• Recording, playback, search and other disc operations: Stopped

• THUMBNAIL button (see page 12): Off

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• Disc access by DELETE LAST CLIP, DELETE ALL CLIPS, QUICK FORMAT in the DISC menu, and so on: Stopped

• MENU button: OFF

• Unsaved current clip list: Save or clear

Connect the S400 connector on this unit to the i.LINK (IEEE1394) connector on the remote computer, using an i.LINK cable.

File data

Transfer of files

Disc recorder (this unit) Laptop computer, etc.

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• All file operations are not possible for some types of files.

To eject discs from a remote computer

Right click the icon representing this unit in Explorer, and select “Eject” from the menu which appears.

To exit file operations

Proceed as follows.

Note

Do not disconnect the cable before performing steps 1 to 3.

Do one of the following on the or icon displayed in the remote computer’s taskbar.

Windows recognizes this unit as a removable disc, and displays one of the following icons on the remote computer’s task bar:

• Windows 2000:

• Windows XP:

The remote computer is now able to perform file operations when a disc is inserted into this unit.

Operation limitations during FAM connections

• With the exception of the EJECT button, recording buttons and playback control buttons are disabled.

• This unit cannot be controlled from any device connected to an external device connector.

• There is no signal output from this unit, and the message “PC REMOTE!” appears in the display of this unit and on the external monitor.

Operating on Files

Proceed as follows.

Start Explorer.

• Double click.

• Right click, and select one of the following commands from the menu which appears.

Windows 2000: Unplug or eject hardware Windows XP: Safely Remove Hardware

The “Unplug or Eject Hardware” dialog box (Windows 2000) or the “Safety Remove Hardware” dialog box (Windows XP) appears.

Select “Sony XDCAM PDW-70MD IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device” and click “Stop”.

The “Stop a Hardware device” dialog appears.

Select “Sony XDCAM PDW-70MD IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device” and click “OK”.

In Windows 2000, a confirmation message appears. In Windows XP, “Sony XDCAM PDW-70MD IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device” is deleted from the list of “hardware devices”.

This unit can now resume normal operations. (The limitations described in “Operation limitations during FAM connections” (see page 63) no longer apply.)

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Check that a drive letter has been assigned to this unit. (The drive letter will differ depending on the number of other peripherals connected to the remote computer.)

Use Explorer to perform file operations on the disc loaded in this unit.

You can operate in the same way that you operate on local drives and files on network computers.

Disconnect the i.LINK cable as required.

To make a reconnection

To reconnect after exiting file operations, do one of the following, depending on whether an i.LINK cable is connected. i.LINK cable is not connected: Connect this unit and a

remote computer with an i.LINK cable.

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i.LINK cable is connected: Disconnect the i.LINK cable

from either this unit or the remote computer, wait for at least 10 seconds, and then reconnect the disconnected cable.

The unit is powered off and an i.LINK cable is

connected: Power the unit on.

Recording Continuous Timecode Over FAM Connections

To disable FAM connections

Execute one of the procedures described in the previous section “To make a reconnection” to make a FAM connection between this unit and the remote computer. To disable FAM connections, in the setup menu, set INTERFACE SELECT >i.LINK MODE to “AV/C” (see page 71).

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For clips created over a FAM connection, you can record so that the timecode is continuous with the timecode of the last frame of the last clip recorded on the disc.

To record continuous timecode

Before you start recording, set TCG on page P2 of the function menu to “INT” and set TC MODE to “REGEN”. Then write clip files to this unit from a connected computer or other device.

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Menus

Function Menu

Chapter

To clear the function menu from the screen

Press the DISPLAY button. The size of the monitor video display size increases.

The function menu provides access to frequently used settings, such as input video signal selection and timecode settings. Menu settings are stored in nonvolatile memory and are preserved even after the unit is powered off.

Function Menu Operations

The function menu appears on the LCD panel of this unit. The following figure shows the buttons used in function menu operations.

Monitor video section

PAGE DISPLAY

F1 to F5 buttons

DISPLAY button

PAGE button

Function Menu

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TCG EXT

TC MODE PRESET

RUN MODE REC RUN

TC/VITC VITC

DF/NDF NDF

-12

-20

-30

-40

-60

4 CH

16 BIT 3+4

MPEG HD SP

1080 60I

COOO1

VITC REM:077

00:00.00:00

Display

To display the function menu

The function menu is made up of the HOME page and pages P1 and P2. If the function menu is not already visible, press the PAGE button to display it. The most recently accessed function menu page appears. The size of the monitor video section changes to the smallest size when the function menu appears.

To change the setting of a function menu item

Use the F1 to F5 buttons. Press the button to the right of each setting item to change the value of the item. Keep pressing the button until the value you want appears.

Function Menu Settings

The following tables list the setting items on each page and describe their setting values.

HOME page

Setting item Description F1: V INPUT (video input) Selects the video input signal.

F2: A1 INPUT (audio input

F4: A3 INPUT (audio input

HDSDI: HDSDI signal SG: Test signal from the

internal signal generator

Selects the audio input signals assigned to audio channels 1 and 3. HDSDI: Audio signal

multiplexed into HDSDI

signal

ANALOG1: Analog 1 audio

signal

AES/EBU: Signals input to

DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/ EBU) INPUT 1/2 and 3/4 connectors

SG: Test signal from the

internal signal generator

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To display a different page

Each press of the PAGE button displays the next function menu page in the order HOME

t P1 t P2 t HOME…

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Setting item Description F3: A2 INPUT (audio input

F5: A4 INPUT (audio input

1) Only when HDSDI is selected as the video input.

Selects the audio input signals assigned to audio channels 2 and 4. HDSDI: Audio signal

multiplexed into HDSDI

signal

ANALOG2: Analog 2 audio

signal

AES/EBU: Signals input to

DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/ EBU) INPUT 1/2 and 3/4 connectors

SG: Test signal from the

internal signal generator

Setting item Description F5: CHAR SEL (Character

information display)

Turns the display of character information on the monitor video section of the LCD panel on and off.

ON: Character information on OFF: Character information off LCD: Character information on

for the LCD panel Even when ON is selected, you can forcibly turn off the superimposition of character information in HD output by setting the SETUP MENU >DISPLAY CONTROL >HD CHARA item.

Note

The signal name display flashes when the selected signal is not being input. Input the selected signal, or select another signal.

Page P1

Setting item Description F1: CNTR SEL (counter

selection)

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F2: MONI CH (monitor

channel)

F3: MONI SEL (monitor

selection)

F4: REC INH (recording

inhibit)

Selects the time data to display in the time data display section.

TC: Timecode UB: User bits COUNTER: Elapsed recording

or playback time

Selects the audio channels to monitor.

CH 1/2: Channels 1 and 2 CH 3/4: Channels 3 and 4

Selects the audio monitor signal output from the AUDIO MONITOR connector and the PHONES jack. STEREO: Assign the channels

selected with MONI CH to left and right.

MONO L (monaural L

channel): Output one of

the channels selected with MONI CH.

MONO R (monaural R

channel): Output one of

the channels selected with MONI CH.

MIX: Output monaural audio

mixed from the channels selected with MONI CH.

Turns recording inhibit mode on and off.

ON: Recording inhibit mode on OFF: Recording inhibit mode

off

Page P2

Setting item Description F1: TCG (timecode

generator)

Sets the operation of the internal timecode generator. INT (internal): The count value

advances from a preset

initial value, or advances

consecutively from the

timecode of the last frame

recorded on the disc. EXT (external): Synchronize

to the timecode input to the

TIME CODE IN connector. SDI: Synchronize to the

timecode of the signal

input to the HDSDI

connector.

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Setting item Description F2: TC MODE (timecode

mode)

When TCG is set to “INT”

Selects whether the count value advances from a preset initial value, or advances consecutively from the timecode of the last frame recorded on the disc. PRESET: Advance from a

preset initial value.

REGEN (regenerate):

Advance consecutively from the timecode of the last frame recorded on the disc.

When TCG is set to “EXT”

Selects whether to record timecode synchronized to external timecode from a preset initial value, or record the external timecode itself. PRESET: Record external

timecode.

REGEN (regenerate): Record

timecode synchronized to external timecode from a preset initial value.

System Menu

Use the system menu to set up the unit for specific purposes and conditions. Menu settings are stored in nonvolatile memory and are preserved even after the unit is powered off.

The system menu is made up of the following five menus.

• Setup menu (SETUP MENU)

• TC preset menu (TC PRESET)

• Disc menu (DISC MENU)

• Date and time preset menu (DATE/TIME PRESET)

• Digital time display menu (HOURS METER)

This section explains the setup menu and the disc menu.

See page 27 “Setting the Date and Time” in Chapter 2 for more information about the date and time preset menu.

See page 77 “Periodic Maintenance” in the appendixes for more information about the digital time display menu.

Note

When TCG is set to “SDI”, the external timecode itself is always recorded.

F3: RUN MODE When TCG is set to “INT”, and

F4: TC/VITC Selects the type of timecode

F5: DF/NDF

(only when the system frequency is 60I/30P/24P (pulldown))

TC MODE is set to “PRESET”, selects the run mode of the internal timecode generator. REC RUN: The timecode

generator runs only during recording.

FREE RUN: The timecode

generator runs as long as the unit is powered on.

display in the time data display section (TC or VITC).

Use this item to select dropframe mode (DF) or non-dropframe mode (NDF).

Displaying the Setup and Disc Menus

Menus appear in the monitor video section and in the time data display section. If you have connected an external monitor, they are also superimposed over the picture shown on that monitor.

Press the MENU button.

The system menu appears.

SETUP MENU

TC PRESET DISC MENU DATE/TIME PRESET HOURS METER

The entire system menu appears in the monitor video section and on the external monitor. An uppercase and lowercase abbreviation of the selected line only (the line in reverse video) appears in the time data display section.

SYSTEM MENU

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Press the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select SETUP MENU or DISC MENU.

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Press the ,/OUT button.

The setup menu (see page 68) or the disc menu (see page 74) appears.

OPERATIONAL FUNCTION

DISPLAY CONTROL SETUP BANK OPERATION

MENU GRADE :BASIC

SETUP MENU

Setup Menu Items

Setup Menu

The setup menu has three levels. The top level shows a general classification of the setting items in the menu. Except for MENU GRADE, the actual setting items are found on the second or third level. Setting items are divided into basic items, which are needed for normal operations, and enhanced items, which are needed for enhanced operations. When the unit is shipped from the factory, the setup menu is configured to display basic items only. To display enhanced items as well, change the setting of the MENU GRADE item.

The purpose and settings of the setup menu items are described below.

• Brackets [ ] indicate characters and symbols that appear in the time data display section.

OPERATIONAL FUNCTION [Operational]: Operation settings

LOCAL ENABLE [> Local ENA]: Select the buttons that can

be operated on this unit even when the remote control switch is set to REMOTE.

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REC FORMAT [> REC format]: Select the recording format

(MPEG-2 compression rate).

DISC END [> Disc End]: Select what the unit should do when

the free disc capacity is exhausted during recording.

CLIP TITLE [> Clip Title]:

Specify how to assign clip titles.

FILE NAMING [> File Name]:

Specify the clip and clip list name format

AUTO TITLE [>> AT Title]:

Select whether to assign clip titles automatically.

TITLE [>> Title]: Assign

arbitrary titles.

NAMING FORM [>> Name

Form]: Specify the clip

and clip list name format.

AUTO NAMING [>> AT

Naming]: Specify the

format of the file names generated when clips are recorded.

• An asterisk (*) (for example *EE) indicates that a setting is the factory default.

Description

ALL DISABLE [>> All DIS]: The EJECT button and the

buttons in the recording/playback control block cannot be operated.

*STOP & EJECT [>> STOP&EJ]: Only the STOP button and

EJECT button can be operated.

ALL ENABLE [>> All ENA]: The EJECT button and all of the

buttons in the recording/playback control block can be operated. The preroll time can be set and time data can be selected on this unit.

HQ [>> HQ]: 35Mbps

*SP [>> SP]: 25Mbps LP [>> LP]: 18Mbps

GOTO TOP [>> GOTO TOP]: Move to the top of the disc. END STOP [>> END STOP]: Stop at the end of the disc. *EJECT [>> EJECT]: Eject the disc automatically.

*DISABLE [>>> DISABLE]: Do not assign. ENABLE [>>> ENABLE]: Assign.

The CLIP AUTO TITLING screen appears.

For details, see “To assign clip titles” (page 47) in Chapter 4.

*C**** [>>> C****]: Standard format free [>>> free]: Enable free format.

*C**** [>>> C****]: Standard format title [>>> title]: Assign the same name as clip title.

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OPERATIONAL FUNCTION [Operational]: Operation settings

SYSTEM SEL [> System

Sel]: Select the system

frequency and area of use.

Note

After changing any of the subitems, power the unit off and then power it on again. The initial settings of the setup menu as a whole will change to reflect the settings made here.

VAR SPD LIMIT [> VAR limit]: Specify whether to limit the

speed of variable speed playback

ASM POSTROLL [> Postroll]: Specify whether to record

postroll when executing assemble editing

SYSTEM FREQ [>> Sys

Freq]: Select the system

frequency.

UC/J [>> UC/J]: Select the

area of use.

Description

*60I [>>> 60i]: 59.94i 50I [>>> 50i]: 50i 30P [>>> 30P]: 29.97P 25P [>>> 25P]: 25P

UC [>>> UC]: For areas outside Japan

*J [>>> J]: For Japan

*OFF [>> OFF]: –1 to +2 times normal speed

ON [>> ON]: 0 to +1 times normal speed OFF [>> OFF]: Do not record postroll.

*ON [>> ON]: Record postroll.

DISPLAY CONTROL [Display]: Settings related to display on the LCD panel of this unit and on an external monitor

SUB STATUS [> Sub status]: Select the supplementary

status information shown in the monitor video section and on an external monitor.

BRIGHTNESS [> Brightness]: Adjust the brightness of the

display.

ALARM [> ALARM]: Select whether to display alarm

messages.

HD CHARA [> HD cha]: Specify whether, when CHAR SEL

on page P1 of the function menu is set to “ON”, to forcibly turn off superimposition of text information on HD output.

Description

*OFF [>> OFF]: No supplementary status information TC MODE [>> TC mode]: Indications of the operating mode of

internal timecode generator

REMAIN [>> Remain]: Free capacity on the disc (in minute

units)

CLIP NO [>> Clp No]: Clip number PLAYBACK REMAIN [>> PB remain]:Time from the current

playback position to the recording end position, displayed in time data format

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For details of supplementary status information displayed on the monitor when a setting other than OFF is selected, see “Displaying Supplementary Status Information” (page 30) in Chapter 2.

The LCD BRIGHTNESS screen appears. Factory default setting: *55

See page 28 “Adjusting the Brightness of the LCD Panel” for more information about how to adjust the brightness.

OFF [>> OFF]: In general, do not display alarm messages.

However, do display some important alarm messages.

ON(LIMITED) [>> ON(Limit)]: Display a minimum number of

alarm messages.

*ON [>> ON]: Display all alarm messages. OFF [>> OFF]: Forcibly turn off superimposition of text

information.

*FUNCTION MENU [>> F-MENU]: Do not forcibly turn off

superimposition of text information. (The setting of CHAR SEL in the function menu takes priority.)

VIDEO CONTROL [Video]: Settings related to video control

FRAME PB [> Frame PB]: Select whether to output fields or

frames as still images of video.

Description

*AUTO [>> AUTO]: Output a field image when the format is

interlaced, and output a frame image when the format is progressive.

FRAME[>> FRAME]: Always output a frame image.

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VIDEO CONTROL [Video]: Settings related to video control

DOWN CONVERTER [>

Down conv]: Set up the

down converter.

CONV MODE [>> Conv

mode]: Select the

conversion mode.

Note

“SQEEZE” (squeeze mode) is selected automatically during recording.

DETAIL GAIN [>> Detail]:

Select the gain level of the down converter image enhancer.

CROSS COLOR [>> Cross

col]: Turn cross color

adjustment on or off.

Description

*EDGE CROP [>>> Edge Crop]: Edge crop mode LETER BOX [>>> LetterBox]: Letter box mode SQEEZE [>>> Squeeze]: Squeeze mode

*LOW [>>> Low]: Low MID [>>> Mid]: Mid HIGH [>>> High]: High

*OFF [>>> OFF]: The image enhancer uses default settings

for cross color.

ON [>>> ON]: The image enhancer adjusts so that there are

fewer cross colors.

AUDIO CONTROL [Audio]: Settings related to audio control

REC MODE [> REC mode]: Select the audio recording mode. *4ch×16bit [>> 4ch/16bit]: 4-channel, 48-kHz mode

LEVEL SELECT [> Level Sel]

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DV OUT MODE [> DV out mod]: Select the audio output

mode of the S400 connector.

REF LEVEL [>> REF Level]:

Specify the reference level (headroom) for audio signals recorded to disc.

CH1 IN LEVEL [>> CH1

input]: Select the audio

level setting according to the audio level of the signal input to the AUDIO INPUT 1/3 connector.

CH2 IN LEVEL [>> CH2

input]: Select the audio

level setting according to the audio level of the signal input to the AUDIO INPUT 2/4 connector.

OUTPUT LEVEL [>> Out

Level]: Select the analog

audio output reference level.

Description

2ch×16bit [>> 2ch/16bit]: 2-channel, 48-kHz mode

*–20dB [>>> –20dB] –18dB [>>> –18dB] –16dB [>>> –16dB] –12dB [>>> –12dB]

*+4dB [>>> +4dB] 0dB [>>> 0dB] –3dB [>>> –3dB] –6dB [>>> –6dB]

4ch [>> 4ch]: 12 bit/32 kHz/4ch *2ch [>> 2ch]: 16 bit/48 kHz/2ch

INTERFACE SELECT [Interface]: Settings related to interfaces

D-SUB OUTPUT [> D-SUB Out]: Select the format of the

signal output from the MONITOR connector.

AUDIO OUTPUT [> Audio Out]: Select the channels for audio

output from the AUDIO OUTPUT 1/3 and 2/4 connectors.

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Description

XGA(SYSTEM) [>> XGA(SYS)]: Set to XGA monitor output

(according to system frequency).

*XGA(60Hz) [>> XGA(60Hz)]: Set to XGA monitor output

(fixed at 60 Hz).

YPbPr [>> YPbPr]: Y/R–Y/B–Y component video signals *CH1/CH2 [>> CH1/CH2]: Output channel 1 to the AUDIO

OUTPUT 1/3 connector and channel 2 to the AUDIO OUTPUT 2/4 connector.

CH3/CH4 [>> CH3/CH4]: Output channel 3 to the AUDIO

OUTPUT 1/3 connector and channel 4 to the AUDIO OUTPUT 2/4 connector.

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INTERFACE SELECT [Interface]: Settings related to interfaces

REMOTE I/F [> Remote I/F]: Select how to perform remote

control, when the remote control switch is set to REMOTE.

BAUDRATE [> BaudRate]: Select the communications speed

(bps) of the RS232C connector.

i.LINK MODE [> i.LinkMode]: Select the type of connection

for the S400 connector.

METADATA [Metadata]: Metadata settings Description INDEX POSITION [> Index Pos]: Specify which frame to use

as the thumbnail image (index picture) when recording.

STORE OWNER [> Ownership]: Create UMID owner

information.

Description

i.LINK [>> i.LINK]: Use the S400 connector.

*9PIN/RS-232C [>> 9P/232C]: Use either the REMOTE(9P)

connector or the RS232C connector, depending on the setting of the remote connector selector switch.

9PIN(PARA)[>> Para Run]: Use the REMOTE(9P) connector

to connect several PDW-70MD units and perform remote control from one of them specified as the parent.

*9600 [>> 9600] 19200 [>> 19200] 38400 [>> 38400] 57600 [>> 57600] 115200 [>> 115200]

*AV/C [>> AV/C]: AV/C connection. FAM(PC REMOTE) [>> FAM]: FAM connection.

0SEC [>> 0 sec] to 10SEC [>> 10 sec]: The frame at 0

seconds to 10 seconds from the top of the clip, specified in units of 1 second.

Factory default setting: *0SEC The STORED OWNERSHIP screen appears.

For details, see Appendix “Setting UMID ownership information” on page 90.

MENU GRADE [Menu grade]: Selection of menu items to be displayed

Determine whether to display basic items only or both basic and enhanced items on the monitor screen and in the time data display section when using the setup menu.

Setup Menu Operations

This section explains how to change menu settings.

Buttons used to change settings

Use the following buttons to change menu settings.

Menu control buttons Functions

MENU button • Display and hide the menu.

• Return to the menu from setting screens.

M/MARK1 and m/MARK2 buttons

These buttons move the highlighted cursor up and down within the current level to select an item or setting. Hold down one of these buttons to make the highlighted cursor move continuously.

Description

*BASIC [>> Basic]: Display basic items only. ENHANCED [>> Enhanced]: Display both basic and

enhanced items.

Menu control buttons Functions

</IN and ,/OUT buttons Press the ,/OUT button to go

down one level. Press the </IN button to go up one level. Hold down one of these buttons to make the highlighted cursor move continuously.

RESET button • Returns the setting to the

factory default setting.

• Answer “No” to the question.

SET button • Saves the new setting in

memory.

• Answer “Yes” to the question.

Changing the settings of basic items

The factory default setting is to display only the basic items. To change the settings of basic items, proceed as follows.

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Press the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select the required item.

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Example: Screen display when DISPLAY

CONTROL is selected

This displays all possible settings for the item selected in step 3.

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DISPLAY CONTROL

SETUP BANK OPERATION

MENU GRADE :BASIC

Press the ,/OUT button.

SETUP MENU

This displays menu level 2 for the menu item selected in step 1. Example: Screen display of the second level of the

DISPLAY CONTROL menu

DISPLAY CONTROL SUB STATUS BRIGHTNESS ALARM

SETUP MENU

:OFF

:55% :ON

DISPLAY CONTROL SUB STATUS * OFF TC MODE REMAIN CLIP NAME

Press the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to change

SETUP MENU

:OFF

the setting of the item.

DISPLAY CONTROL SUB STATUS * OFF

TC MODE

REMAIN CLIP NAME

SETUP MENU

:OFF

To change other settings, press the </IN button to

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return to the previous screen, then repeat steps 3 to 5 as required.

Current setting

Press the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select

When you have completed the settings, press the SET button.

the required item.

The message “NOW SAVING...” appears on the

For menu items on level 3, press the ,/OUT button to go to level 3, then press the M/MARK1 or m/ MARK2 button to select the item whose setting you wish to change.

monitor screen, and “Saving...” appears in the time counter display, while the new settings are saved in memory. When the saving operation is completed, the monitor screen and time data display section return to their

Example: Screen display when SUB STATUS is

normal indications.

selected

Notes

• If you power off the unit before a save operation is completed, settings may be lost. Wait until the save is completed before powering off the unit.

DISPLAY CONTROL SUB STATUS BRIGHTNESS ALARM

SETUP MENU

:OFF

:55% :ON

• If, instead of pressing the SET button, you press the MENU button, the new settings are not saved. The message “ABORT !” appears on the monitor screen and “Abort !” in the time counter display for about

0.5 second, and the system exits the menus. To change more than one setting, be sure to press the SET button after making the settings.

Press the ,/OUT button.

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Meanings of indications on the menu screen

On-screen indication Meaning

Right-pointing arrow (c) at the right of a menu item

See step 1 of the foregoing operating procedure (see page 71).

Left-pointing arrow (C) at the left of a menu item

See step 2 of the foregoing operating procedure (see page 72).

Character string at the right of a menu item

An * (asterisk) in a complete list of settings

See step 4 of the foregoing operating procedure (see page 72).

Pressing the ,/OUT button switches to the next lower menu level or to a setting selection screen.

Pressing the </IN button returns to the previous (higher) menu level.

Current setting of the menu item When shown with a colon (:):

the current setting is the same as the factory default setting.

See step 2 of the foregoing operating procedure (see page 72).

When shown with a raised

dot (·): the current setting

is different from the factory default setting.

See the next item, “Displaying enhanced items”.

Factory default setting

OPERATIONAL FUNCTION DISPLAY CONTROL TIME CODE DISC PROTECTION VIDEO CONTROL AUDIO CONTROL INTERFACE SELECT METADATA SETUP BANK OPERATION

MENU GRADE

SETUP MENU

ENHAN

Current setting

Changing the settings of enhanced items

To change the settings of enhanced items, first carry out the procedure in the previous section “Displaying enhanced items” then proceed as follows.

In the setup menu screen, repeat steps 2 to 7 of “Changing the Settings of Basic Items”, and then use the </IN, ,/OUT, M/MARK1, m/MARK2 buttons to select a menu item and change the setting.

When you have completed the settings, press the SET button.

The message “NOW SAVING...” appears on the monitor screen, and “Saving...” appears in the time counter display, while the new settings are saved in memory. When the saving operation is completed, the monitor screen and time data display section return to their normal indications.

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Displaying enhanced items

The factory default setting is not to display enhanced items. To display enhanced items, set the menu item MENU GRADE to “ENHANCED”, following the procedure in the previous section “Changing the settings of basic items”. In step 1, first select “MENU GRADE”, and next select “ENHANCED”, then press the SET button to save the setting in memory. With this done, when you press the MENU button and the ,/OUT button to display the setup menu, all basic and enhanced items on menu level 1 appear.

Returning menu settings to their factory default settings

After making menu setting changes, to return settings to their factory default settings (setting initialization), use the following procedure.

To return a particular setting to its factory default setting

In the section “Changing the settings of basic items” (page

71), carry out the procedure up to step 5, then with the

current setting displayed (in the example, if the factory default setting has been changed, the current setting will be TC MODE), proceed as follows.

Press the RESET button.

“OFF” (factory default setting) is selected.

Press the SET button.

The setting returned to its factory default is saved in memory as the current setting.

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To return all settings to their factory default settings

Display the setup menu.

Press the RESET button.

A message appears, to confirm whether or not you wish to return all settings to their factory default settings.

The disc menu contains the following items. Characters and symbols inside the brackets [ ] appear in the time data display section.

STATUS [Status]

Displays disc or clip status.

DISC [> Disc]: Displays the DISC STATUS screen. CLIP [> Clip]: Displays the CLIP STATUS screen.

Note

Monitor screen message

Message in the time data display

Initialize all items to factory preset values?

Init setup?

The PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software allows you to write TITLE1 and TITLE 2 to the disc, but only TITLE1 appears here.

DELETE [Delete]

Deletes clips from the disc.

Press the SET button.

The message “NOW SAVING...” appears on the monitor screen, and “Saving...” appears in the time data display, while the settings of all items are returned to their factory default settings. These factory default settings are saved in memory.

LAST CLIP [> Last Clip]: Deletes the most recently

recorded clip.

ALL CLIP [> All Clip]: Delete all clips. (Clips in the

General directory are not deleted.)

FORMAT [Format]

Formats a disc.

QUICK FORMAT [>Quick Format]: Deletes all

Note

If you power off the unit while settings are being

data on the disc, including the contents of the General directory.

saved, settings may not be correctly returned to their factory default settings. Wait until the saving is

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completed before powering off the unit.

To abandon the resetting operation

Instead of pressing the SET button, press the RESET button. The display returns to the top level of setup menu,

Disc Menu Operations

To display the status of the current disc or clip

Insert a disc, and then proceed as follows.

leaving the settings unchanged.

Display the disc menu (see page 67).

Disc Menu

Use the disc menu to delete data on discs and to format discs.

For the method of displaying the disc menu, see “Displaying the Setup and Disc Menus” (page 67).

DISC MENU

STATUS

DELETE FORMAT

System Menu

Press the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button to select STATUS.

Press the ,/OUT button.

Select DISC or CLIP and press the ,/OUT button.

If you selected DISC, the status of the loaded disc appears.

DISC STATUS

USER ID: TITLE :

REMAIN REWRITE SALVAGE FILE SYSTEM

TO MENU

: 029 min : 0002 times : OK : OK

: MENU KEY

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If you selected CLIP, the status of the current clip appears.

CLIP STATUS

Proceed as follows.

Display the disc menu (see page 67).

CLIP LIST MODE

CLIP LIST NEME TITLE: RECORD DEVICE SERIAL DATE TIME

TO MENU

When playback or search reaches a new clip, the display changes to the status of the new clip.

To return to the next highest level

Press the MENU button.

To clear the menu from the screen

Press the MENU button twice.

: E0001 E0001 : PDW-F70 : 10001 : 06/3/02 : 19:54:38

: MENU KEY

To delete the most recent recorded clip

Note

If the clip is locked, it cannot be deleted.

Press the M/MARK1 button or the m/MARK2 button to select DELETE.

Press the ,/OUT button.

Select ALL CLIP, then press the ,/OUT button.

When the message “ALL DELETE OK?” appears, press the SET button.

All of the clips on the disc are deleted.

To return to the next highest level without deleting the clips

Press the RESET button.

To clear the menu from the screen

Press the MENU button.

To format a disc

See “Formatting a Disc” (page 33) in Chapter 3.

Proceed as follows.

Display the disc menu (see page 67).

Press the M/MARK1 button or the m/MARK2 button to select DELETE.

Press the ,/OUT button.

The name of the clip to be deleted appears.

Press the SET button.

The clip is deleted, and the number of the deleted clip appears.

To return to the next highest level without deleting the clip

Press the MENU button.

To clear the menu from the screen

Press the MENU button twice.

To delete all clips

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Note

Carrying out the following procedure deletes all clips that are not locked.

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Appendix

Important Notes on Operation

Use and storage

Do not subject the unit to severe shocks

The internal mechanism may be damaged or the body warped.

Do not cover the unit while operating

Doing so will cause temperatures to rise inside the unit, possibly resulting in failure.

After use

Turn off the on/standby switch. If you plan not to use the unit for a long time, turn off the POWER switch on the rear panel as well.

Shipping

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• Remove the disc before transporting the unit.

• If sending the unit by truck, ship, air or other transportation service, pack it in the shipping carton of the unit.

Care of the unit

If the body of the unit is dirty, clean it with a soft, dry cloth. In extreme cases, use a cloth steeped in a little neutral detergent, then wipe dry. Do not use organic solvents such as alcohol or thinners, as these may cause discoloration or other damage to the finish of the unit.

In the event of operating problems

If you should experience problems with the unit, contact your Sony dealer.

Use and storage locations

Store in a level, ventilated place. Avoid using or storing the unit in the following places.

• In excessive heat or cold (operating temperature range: 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F)) Remember that in summer or in warm climates the

temperature inside a car with the windows closed can easily exceed 50°C (122°F).

• In damp or dusty locations

• Locations where the unit may be exposed to rain

• Locations subject to violent vibration

• Near strong magnetic fields

• Close to radio or TV transmitters producing strong electromagnetic fields.

• In direct sunlight or close to heaters for extended periods

To prevent electromagnetic interference from portable communications devices

The use of portable telephones and other communications devices near this unit can result in malfunctions and interference with audio and video signals. It is recommended that the portable communications devices near this unit be powered off.

About the LCD panel

LCD panels are manufactured with extremely high precision technology that yields effective pixel rates of

99.99% or higher. However, very rarely, one or more

pixels may be permanently dark or permanently lit in white, red, blue, or green. This phenomenon is not a malfunction. Such pixels have no effect on the recorded data, and the unit may be used with confidence even if they are present.

Condensation

If you move the unit from a very cold place to a warm place, or use it in a damp location, condensation may form on the optical pickup. Then, if the unit is operated in this state, recording and playback may not be performed properly. Do the following to prevent this from happening.

• When you move or operate the unit in an environment where condensation may form, be sure to insert a disc in advance.

• Whenever you turn on the On/standby switch, check that the HUMID indicator does not appear on the LCD panel,

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If it appears, wait until it disappears before inserting a disc.

Periodic Maintenance

Digital Hours Meter

The digital hours meter can provide information about the operational history of the unit. Use the information as a guide in scheduling periodic maintenance. For periodic maintenance, contact your Sony dealer.

To display digital hours meter

The digital hours meter appears in both the monitor video section and time data display section as the digital hours meter menu of the system menu. It can also be superimposed on the screen of the external video monitor connected to the unit (see page 29).

To display the digital hours meter, proceed as follows.

Press the MENU button to display the system menu.

Press the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button, select the HOURS METER (Hours Meter in the time data display section), and then press the SET button.

HOURS METER

H1 H2 H3 H4 H5

317/ 22 92 92

114 H1:OPERATION H2:LASER PARAMETER H3:SEEK RUNNING H4:SPINDLE RUNNING H5:LOADING COUNTER

317

HOURS HOURS HOURS TIMES

Display of the digital hours meter

Any of the items can be reset during periodic maintenance or parts replacement. Resetting items allows you to roughly determine the timing of next periodic maintenance.

For display resetting, contact your Sony dealer.

Item name (name between [ ] is name in the time data display section)

H1: OPERATION [Opr] Displays the total number of

H2: LASER PARAMETER

[Lasr]

Description

hours the unit has been powered on in units of hours.

This shows the cumulative light output time for optical head in units of hours.

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Item name (name between [ ] is name in the time data display section)

H3: SEEK RUNNING[Seek] This shows the cumulative

H4: SPINDLE

RUNNING[Spdl]

H5: LOADING

COUNTER[Load]

Description

seek operation time for optical head in units of hours.

This shows the cumulative spindle rotation time in units of hours.

Display the total number of times discs have been loaded in the unit.

To exit from the digital hours meter

Press the MENU button.

Troubleshooting

Alarms

An alarm (warning message) appears in the time data display section when an operation is attempted which is inappropriate for the settings on this unit or the state of the disc. Both the alarm message and the action to take to resolve the problem appear in the monitor video section and on the screen of the external video monitor connected to the unit.

Example alarm in time data display section

ALARM

REMOTE MODE IS SELECTED.

SET REMOTE/LOCAL/NETWORK SWITCH TO LOCAL.

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When the unit is powered on

Alarm message in time data display section

MENU Ver. UP THE SETUP MENU SOFTWARE HAS BEEN

ILL. SETUP! INVALID SETTINGS SELECTED IN SETUP

Exchg batt! BATTERY NEEDS REPLACING. PLEASE

Alarm message in monitor video section Description/action

UPGRADED. SET THE SETUP MENU ITEMS TO THE DESIRED SETTINGS.

MENU. SET ITEMS IN THE SETUP MENU TO THE APPROPRIATE VALUES. CONTACT SERVICE IF THIS ALARM APPEARS AGAIN AFTER ABOVE PROCEDURE.

CONTACT SERVICE.

Example alarm in monitor video section

When an alarm is displayed, remove the alarm cause by following the action to take. If the alarm display does not disappear, contact your Sony dealer. Please note that there are some alarms which do not appear depending on the setting of DISPLAY CONTROL >ALARM in the setup menu (see page 69).

See “System Menu” (page 67) for more information about setup menu operations.

Reset the settings in the setup menu (see page

68).

Reset the settings in the setup menu (see page

68). If the same message appears after you

reset the settings, contact your Sony dealer.

The NVRAM battery is exhausted. Contact your Sony dealer.

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When a disc is inserted

Alarm message in time data display section

Unknown FS! UNKNOWN FILE SYSTEM.

Alarm message in monitor video section

Description/action

Format the disc, or eject it (see page 33).

PLEASE FORMAT DISC OR EJECT. No FS! NO FILE SYSTEM.PLEASE EJECT DISC. Eject the disc. ILL. Disc! IRREGULAR DISC IS USED.

Use a Professional Disc.

USE PROFESSIONAL DISC. Salvage NG! CLIP SALVAGE WAS NOT COMPLETED. See “Handling of Discs When Recording Does Not

End Normally (Salvage Functions)” (page 33).

525/60 Clip

625/50 Clip

4CHx16 Clip

IRREGULAR DISC IS USED. DVCAM

525/60 CLIP(S) EXIST.

IRREGULAR DISC IS USED. DVCAM

625/50 CLIP(S) EXIST.

DISC HAS 4CHx16 BIT CLIP(S).

CHANGE RECORD FORMAT IN SETUP

Use another disc.

Change the setting of AUDIO CONTROL >REC MODE in the setup menu (see page 70).

MENU.

2CHx16 Clip

DISC HAS 2CHx16 BIT CLIP(S).

CHANGE RECORD FORMAT IN SETUP

Change the setting of AUDIO CONTROL >REC MODE in the setup menu (see page 70).

MENU. No Support! FORMAT NOT SUPPORTED.

RECORDING AND PLAYBACK IS NOT

POSSIBLE. ILL. Index! INDEX FILE ERROR.

A disc in an unsupported recording format is loaded. Use a disc formatted in the MPEG HD or DVCAM format.

Format the disc, or eject it (see page 33).

PLEASE FORMAT DISC OR EJECT. FORMAT NG! AUTO FORMATTING WAS NOT

COMPLETED.

Eject the disc and insert it again, or insert another

disc. DI read err CANNOT READ DISC Read err

INFORMATION.PLEASE EJECT DISC.

DRV ADJ err CANNOT PERFORM AUTO DRIVE

ADJUSTMENT.

a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >ALARM is set to “ON” or

“LIMITED”.

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During front panel operations

Alarm message in time data display section

KEY INHI.!

REMOTE!

No Disc!

REC INHI.! THE DISC WRITE PROTECT TAB IS SET

No Clip!

Alarm message in monitor video section

KEY INHIBIT MODE IS SELECTED. This appears when the KEY INH (SHIFT + DISPLAY)

REMOTE MODE IS SELECTED. SET REMOTE/LOCAL/NETWORK SWITCH TO LOCAL.

NO DISC. Insert a disc and try again.

TO SAVE. REC INHIBIT MODE IS SELECTED. This appears when REC INH on page P1 of the

NO CLIP. This appears when a playback, search or delete

Description/action

button is on.

Turn the KEY INH button off.

Set the remote control switch to “LOCAL”.

Set the disc’s Write Inhibit tab to enable recording

(see page 32).

function menu is set to “ON”.

Set REC INH to “OFF” (see page 66).

operation is attempted on a disc with no clips

recorded on it.

Insert a disc with clips recorded on it.

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Alarm message in time data display section

Disc Top!

Alarm message in monitor video

Description/action

section

DISC TOP. This appears if you press the PREV button or conduct

a high-speed reverse search when the unit is stopped

at the start of the disc.

Use forward search or playback instead.

Disc End!

DISC END. This appears if you press the NEXT button or conduct

a forward high-speed search when the unit is stopped

at the end of the disc.

Use reverse search or playback instead. MAX # Files DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED TO.

Delete clips or GENERAL files.

FOR MORE RECORDING SPACE, DELETE CLIPS OR NON-AV DATA. (GENERAL FILES)

DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED TO.FOR MORE RECORDING SPACE, DELETE

Delete unneeded clips, or insert a disc with enough

free space.

OTHER CLIP LISTS.

Disc Full! DISC FULL.FOR MORE RECORDING,

DELETE SOME CLIPS.

MAX# SB CLP

NO MORE SUB CLIPS CAN BE ADDED TO CLIP LIST.

Delete unneeded clips, or insert a disc with enough

free space.

This appears when an attempt is made to add sub

clips when 300 sub clips have already been

registered.

Limit the creation of sub clips to 300 or fewer.

CL OVER DUR

DURATION OF ONE CLIP LIST MUST BE LESS THAN 24 HOURS.

This appears when you try to add a sub clip when the

total duration of sub clips in a clip list has already

reached 24 hours.

Create clip lists so that the total duration is within 24

hours. Run Salvage EXECUTE SALVAGE PROGRAM. This appears when recording, E-E display, essence

mark recording, or sub clip addition for quick scene

selection is attempted on a disc that needs to be

salvaged.

Try again after salvaging the clips on the disc (see

page 33).

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CNT mode!

COUNTER MODE IS SELECTED. SET COUNTER SELECT SWITCH TO TC OR UB.

This appears when CNTR SEL on page P1 of the

function menu is set to “COUNTER”, and you try to

preset timecode or user bits.

To use timecode or user bits, set CNTR SEL to “TC”

or “UB” (see page 66).

TC EXT!

TC EXTERNAL IS SELECTED. SET TC INTERNAL MODE IN FUNCTION MENU.

This appears when TCG on page P2 of the function

menu is set to “EXT”, and you try to preset timecode

or user bits by setting TC MODE to “PRESET”.

Set TCG to “INT” (see page 66).

REGEN mode!

TCG REGEN MODE IS SELECTED. SET TC PRESET MODE IN FUNCTION MENU.

This appears when TC MODE on page P2 of the

function menu is set to “REGEN”, and you try to

preset timecode or user bits.

Set TC MODE to “PRESET” (see page 67).

REC RUN!

TCG RUN MODE IS SET TO REC RUN. SET TC FREE RUN MODE IN FUNCTION MENU.

This appears when RUN MODE on page P2 of the

function menu is set to “REC RUN”, and you try to

preset timecode or user bits.

Set RUN MODE to “FREE RUN” (see page 67).

REC mode!

THUMBNAIL(S) CANNOT BE DISPLAYED DURING RECORDING.

Stop recording and try again.

CANNOT EXECUTE IN REC MODE. DRIVE MAINTENANCE MENU CANNOT

BE EXECUTED WHILE IN REC MODE.

No SEL List

CLIP LIST IS NOT SELECTED. This appears when you press the SUB CLIP button

while the clip list on the disc is not loaded into the

current clip list.

Load the clip list (see page 49) and try again.

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Alarm message in time data display section

No SUB CLIP

SB CLP mode

SUB CLIP NG

No List!

STOP ONCE!

Alarm message in monitor video section

CLIP LIST CANNOT LOCATE SPECIFIED SUB CLIP(S).

TO ADD AN ESSENCE MARK, EXIT FROM SUB CLIP MODE FIRST.

SUB CLIP IS INVALID. SET APPROPRIATE IN/OUT POINTS.

NO CLIP LIST. This appears when you try to delete a clip list when

STOP ONCE, THEN EXECUTE. This appears when you press the SUB CLIP button

No EM space ESSENCE MARK NOT RECORDED.

NO SPACE AVAILABLE TO RECORD ESSENCE MARK.

EM Full! NO MORE ESSENCE MARKS CAN BE

RECORDED.

Disc Damage DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED TO.

USE ANOTHER DISC FOR RECORDING.

NON-AV Full DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED TO.

FOR MORE RECORDING SPACE, DELETE CLIPS OR NON-AV DATA. (GENERAL FILES)

Index File! UNSUPPORT INDEX FILE.

DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED TO.

File System CURRENT VERSION OF THE

SOFTWARE SETS THE DISC WRITE PROTECTED.

FILE SYSTEM ON THE DISC INHIBITS WRITING.

Loading!

Unloading!

LOADING. This appears if you press a button while a disc is

UNLOADING. This appears if you press a button while a disc is

Description/action

This appears when a playback button is pressed with

no sub clips in the current clip list.

Playback is not possible when there are no sub clips

in the current clip list.

This appears when you press the ESSENCE MARK

(SHIFT + THUMBNAIL) button with the SUB CLIP

button lit.

Try again after pressing the SUB CLIP button to turn it

off.

Set the In and Out points again.

there is no clip list saved on the disc.

Load the disc that contains the clip list you want to

delete.

during clip list playback.

Stop the playback and try again.

Use the PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software to delete

unneeded essence marks.

Use another disc.

Delete unneeded clips or GENERAL files.

Use another disc.

This appears when you insert a disc that can be

played back but not recorded.

Exchange the disc for one with a file system

supported by this unit. Or format the disc (see page

33).

loading. Wait until the disc has finished loading and

try again.

unloading.

Wait until the disc has finished unloading and try

again.

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a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >ALARM is set to “ON”. b) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >ALARM is set to “ON” or

“LIMITED”.

During recording and editing operations

Alarm message in time data display section

Input Sig!”

Alarm message in monitor video section

INPUT SIGNAL FREQUENCY IS NOT THE SAME AS THE SYSTEM SETUP.

Description/action

This appears when an input signal does not match

the system frequency of this unit.

Input a signal that matches the system frequency, or

change this unit's system frequency setting (see page

22).

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Alarm message in time data display section

HD 60I/30P

HD 50I/25P

HD 23P Disc

ILL. REF!

Alarm message in monitor video section

DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED. HD 60I or HD 30P CLIP(S) EXIST.

DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED. HD 50I or HD 25P CLIP(S) EXIST.

DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED. HD

23.98P CLIP(S) EXIST. INPUT VIDEO SIGNAL DOES NOT

SYNCHRONIZE WITH REF VIDEO

Description/action

This appears when the system frequency of this unit

does not match that of the loaded disc.

Insert a disc that matches the system frequency, or

change this unit's system frequency setting (see page

22).

Input a reference signal synchronized with this unit’s

system frequency.

SIGNAL. USE COMMON REFERENCE SIGNAL OR CONNECT RECORDER REF OUT TO PLAYER REF IN.

ILL. REC!

ILL. PLAY!

MEM. Full!

MEM. Empty!

ENCODING DOES NOT SYNCHRONIZE

Check the signals being input to this unit.

WITH REF VIDEO. ILLEGAL PLAYBACK. Check the disc being played by this unit.

MEMORY FULL !! Check the disc being recorded by this unit.

MEMORY EMPTY !!

Recording NOW RECORDING ... Wait for recording to finish.

a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >ALARM is set to “ON” or

“LIMITED”.

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Troubleshooting

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During playback

Alarm message in time data display section

525/60 Disc

Alarm message in monitor video section

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK. USE DISC WITH HD 50I or HD 25P RECORDING.

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK. USE DISC WITH DVCAM 625/50

Description/action

This appears when the system frequency of this unit does not match that of the loaded disc. Insert a disc that matches the system frequency, or change this unit's system frequency setting (see page 22).

RECORDING.

625/50 Disc

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK. USE DISC WITH HD 60I or HD 30P RECORDING.

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK. USE DISC WITH DVCAM 525/60 RECORDING.

HD 60I/30P

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK. USE DISC WITH HD 50I or HD 25P RECORDING.

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK. USE DISC WITH DVCAM 625/50 RECORDING.

HD 50I/25P!

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK.USE DISC WITH HD 60I or HD 30P RECORDING.

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK.USE DISC WITH DVCAM 525/ 60 RECORDING.

HD 23P Disc

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK. USE DISC WITH HD 60I or HD 30P RECORDING.

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK.USE DISC WITH HD 50I or HD 25P RECORDING.

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK.USE DISC WITH DVCAM 525/ 60 RECORDING.

DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK.USE DISC WITH DVCAM 625/ 50 RECORDING.

Disc Error! DISC ERROR DETECTED. Use another disc.

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a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >ALARM is set to “ON” or

“LIMITED”.

During thumbnail search, scene selection, and clip list operations

Alarm message in monitor video section

CANNOT EXPAND CLIP ANY FURTHER.

SELECTED ESSENCE MARK DOES NOT EXIST.

SUB CLIP IS INVALID. SET APPROPRIATE IN/OUT POINTS.

Description/action

The clip cannot be expanded into more blocks. This appears when the EXPAND button is pressed when the number of block is maximum, or when the duration of an expanded thumbnail is 1 frame.

The selected essence mark does not exist. This appears in the essence mark selection screen when the specified essence mark does not exist on the disc.

The temporal relationship between the specified In and Out points in a TRIM operation (see page 58) is not correct. Reset so that the value of the Out point timecode is larger than the value of the In point timecode.

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Alarm message in monitor

Description/action

video section

DURATION OF ONE CLIP LIST MUST BE LESS THAN 24 HOURS.

NO MORE SUB CLIPS CAN BE ADDED TO THE CLIP LIST.

SUB CLIP DOES NOT EXIST.

The total duration of the current clip list is greater than 24 hours. This appears when the total duration of the current clip list exceeds the upper limit of 24 hours as the result of a sub clip ADD operation or a TRIM operation (see page 58).

The upper limit of sub clips in the current clip list has been exceeded. This appears when the upper limit of 300 clips in a clip list has been exceed as the result of a sub clip ADD operation. (see page 58).

There are no sub clips in the current clip list. This appears when an attempt is made to execute a MOVE, TRIM, DELETE, or TC PRESET operation (see page 58) with no sub clips in the current clip list.

CLIP LIST DOES NOT EXIST.

There are no clip lists on the disc. This appears when an attempt is made to execute a DELETE CLIP LIST operation (see page

58) when there are no clip lists on the disc.

MOVE IS INVALID. The sub clip cannot be moved.

This appear hen an attempt is made to execute a MOVE operation (see page 58) when there are no sub clip in the current clip list, or when there is only 1.

REC INHI! The disc is write protected.

This appears when an attempt is made to execute an operation that requires recording while the disc is write protected.

DISC FULL! The disc is full.

This appears when an attempt is made to execute an operation that requires recording while the disc is full.

SHOT MARK DOES NOT EXIST.

The specified shot mark has not been recorded. This appears when an attempt is made to execute a DELETE SHOT MARK operation on a clip when the specified shot mark has not been recorded for that clip.

REC START CANNOT BE DELETED.

REC START cannot be deleted. This appears when an attempt is made to delete a REC START with a DELETE SHOT MARK operation. DELETE SHOT MARK can delete only SHOT MARK1 and SHOT MARK2 marks.

CLIP IS LOCKED. The clip is locked.

This appears when an attempt is made to delete a clip, set the clip thumbnail, or delete a shot mark when the clip is locked.

ALL CLIPS ARE LOCKED. All clips are locked.

This appears when an attempt is made to execute a LOCK ALL CLIPS operation when all clips

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ALL CLIPS ARE UNLOCKED.

are already locked. All clips are unlocked.

This appears when an attempt is made to execute an UNLOCK ALL CLIPS operation when all clips are already unlocked.

Alarms relating to audio and video signals

Alarm message in time data display section

No INPUT!

EMPHASIS!

a) Displayed only when DISPLAY CONTROL >ALARM is set to “ON”.

Troubleshooting

Alarm message in monitor video section

INPUT VIDEO IS NOT DETECTED. CHECK THE VIDEO INPUT MODE AND SUPPLY A VIDEO SIGNAL TO VIDEO INPUT.

INPUT AUDIO EMPHASIS IS NOT SUPPORTED. CHECK THE EMPHASIS OF THE AUDIO INPUT SIGNAL.

Action

• Check the setting of V INPUT on the HOME page of the function menu (see page 65).

• Input an HDSDI signal.

Check the emphasis of the audio input signal.

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Alarms relating to sensors and drives

Alarm message in time data display section

FAN Stopped FAN MOTOR STOPPED. Contact your Sony dealer. DR-FAN Stop DRIVE FAN MOTOR STOPPED. High TEMP! HIGH TEMPERATURE.

Alarm message in monitor video section

HIGH TEMPERATURE IN DRIVE.

Description/action

Note

The unit will not stop operating, but if you continue to use it in this state temperatures inside the unit or the drive will rise, possibly resulting in failure or fire.

Error Messages

About i.LINK

Error codes appear in the time data display when an error (usually a hardware problem) occurs. In addition, both error messages and error codes appear in the monitor video section and on the video monitor connected to the unit. When an error message appears, follow the instructions in the error message to resolve the problem.

Error code

Error code in time data display section

ERROR

AN ERROR HAS BEEN DETECTED. INFORM SERVICE OF FOLLOWING CODE:

50-010

PRESS EJECT KEY TO EJECT DISC.

Error code in monitor video section

To Eject Discs With the Unit

This section explains the specifications and features of i.LINK.

What is i.LINK?

i.LINK is a digital serial interface designed to integrate devices equipped with i.LINK connectors. i.LINK allows your device to:

- Perform two-way transmission and reception of data such as digital audio and digital video signals.

- Control other i.LINK devices.

- Easily connect multiple devices with a single i.LINK cable.

Your i.LINK device is capable of connecting to a wide range of digital AV devices for data transfer and other operations. Other advantages include the following feature. When connected to multiple i.LINK devices, your i.LINK device can perform data transfer and other operations not only with the directly connected devices but also with any of the devices that are connected to those devices. Therefore, you do not need to be concerned with device connection order. However, depending on the features and specifications of the connected devices, you may need to use certain functions differently, and you may not be able to transfer data or perform certain operations.

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Powered Off

As an emergency measure, disc cartridges can be removed with the unit powered off. This operation should always be done by a trained service technician.

i.LINK, a nickname for IEEE 1394 proposed by Sony, is a trademark supported by many companies worldwide. IEEE 1394 is an international standard defined by IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

Note

The unit can be connected to one device with the i.LINK cable (DV cable). When you connect with a device that has two or more i.LINK connectors, refer to the operating instructions supplied with the connected device.

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About data transfer speed of i.LINK

i.LINK defines maximum data transfer speeds of approximately 100, 200 and 400 Mbps to as S100, S200 and S400 respectively. The maximum data transfer speed that an i.LINK device supports is identified on the specifications page of the operating instructions supplied with the device or near its i.LINK connector. When you connect a device that supports different data transfer speeds, the actual data transfer speeds may be different from those indicated on the i.LINK connectors.

1) What is Mbps?

Megabits per second. A measure of the rate at which data is transmitted per second. In case of 100 Mbps, 100 Megabits of data can be transmitted per second.

that are referred

i.LINK operation with this unit

For details on operation when other equipment with an i.LINK (DV) connector is connected, see Chapter 2 (page

22). For details on connection with an i.LINK cable and the necessary software, refer to the operating instructions supplied with the connected device.

Use Sony i.LINK cables

Use Sony i.LINK cables to connect the i.LINK devices. 6 pins y 4 pins (For DV dubbing) 6 pins y 6 pins (For DV dubbing)

i.LINK and are trademarks.

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Specifications

General

External dimensions (w/h/d, excluding projections)

307 × 100 × 411 mm

(12

/8 × 4 × 161/4 inches)

)

100(4) 411(16

307(121/8)

Mass 7.2 kg (15 lb 13 oz) Power requirements

100 V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz 200 V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz (For

customers in Europe)

Power consumption

0.79-0.33 A

Operating temperature

5ºC to 40ºC (41ºF to 104ºF)

Storage and transport temperature

–20ºC to +60ºC (–4ºF to +140ºF)

Operating relative humidity (no condensation allowed)

25% to 80% (RH) Storage and transport relative humidity (no condensation allowed)

20% to 90%

in mm (inches)

Specifications

System

Recording format

Video MPEG HD: HQ35/SP25/LP18 Mbps Proxy video MPEG-4 Audio MPEG HD: 16 bits, 48 kHz, 4/2 channels Proxy audio A-law 8 bits, 8 kHz, 4 channels

Playback format

Video MPEG HD: HQ35/SP25/LP18 Mbps

DVCAM: 25 Mbps Proxy video MPEG-4

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Audio MPEG HD: 16 bits/48 kHz, 4/2 channels

DVCAM: 16 bits/48 kHz, 4 channels

Proxy audio A-law 8 bits, 8 kHz, 4 channels

1) The MPEG-4 Codec is a product of Ingenient Technologies, Inc.

Recording/Playback time (when PFD23 is used)

MPEG HD

Mode 4-channel audio 2-channel audio

HQ mode (VBR 35 Mbps)

SP mode (CBR 25 Mbps)

LP mode (VBR 18 Mbps)

65 minutes or more

Approx. 85 minutes

112 minutes or more

68 minutes or more

Approx. 90 minutes

122 minutes or more

DVCAM (playback only)

85 minutes

Search speed

Jog mode –1 to +2 times normal speed Variable-speed mode

–1 to +2 times normal speed Shuttle mode –20 to +20 times normal speed Fast forward mode

+20 times normal speed Fast reverse mode

–20 times normal speed

Video performance

Sampling frequency

Y: 74.25 MHz, R–Y/B–Y: 37.125 MHz Quantization 8 bits/sample Compression MPEG-2 MP@HL

Composite output (DV)

Frequency response

50I: 0 to 4.8 MHz +1.0/–3.0 dB

60I: 0 to 4.2 MHz +1.0/–3.0 dB S/N (Y) 53 dB or more Y/C delay ±25 ns or less K-factor (K2T) 2% or less

Audio performance

Sampling frequency

48 kHz Quantization 16 bits/2 channels or 16 bits/4 channels Headroom 20/18/16/12 dB (selectable) Frequency response

20 Hz to 20 kHz +0.5/–1.0 dB (0 dB at

1kHz) Dynamic range 90 dB or more Distortion 0.05% or less (at 1 kHz)

Input connectors

Digital video inputs

HDSDI INPUT

BNC type (×1), complying with SMPTE

292M

SDSDI INPUT (with PDBK-104 option board installed)

BNC type (×1), complying with SMPTE

259M

i.LINK (HDV 1080i) (with PDBK-102 option board

installed)

6-pin type (×1), complying with IEEE

1394

Analog video inputs

REF VIDEO INPUT

BNC type (×2, loop-through) HD Tri-level sync or SD composite sync

(0.3 Vp-p/75Ω/sync negative)

COMPOSITE VIDEO INPUT (with PDBK-104 option

board installed)

BNC type (×1)

HD COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT (with PDBK-103

option board installed)

BNC type (×4)

Analog audio inputs

AUDIO INPUT 1/3, 2/4

XLR 3-pin, female (×2), +4/0/–3/–6 dBu

(selectable), 10 kΩ, balanced

Digital audio inputs

DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) INPUT

BNC type (×2), 1/2ch, 3/4ch complying

with AES-3id-1995

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Timecode input

TIME CODE IN

BNC type (×1), SMPTE timecode, 0.5 to

18 Vp-p, 3.3 kΩ, unbalanced

Output connectors

Digital video outputs

HDSDI OUTPUT

BNC type (×2), complying with SMPTE

292M

SDSDI OUTPUT

BNC type (×1), complying with SMPTE

259M

i.LINK (HDV 1080i) (with PDBK-102 option board

installed)

6-pin type, complying with IEEE 1394

Analog video outputs

COMPOSITE OUT

BNC type (×1), 1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω, sync

negative

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Phono jack (×1), 1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω, sync

negative MONITOR OUT

D-sub 15-pin (RGB or YPbPr)

Analog audio outputs

AUDIO OUTPUT 1/3, 2/4

XLR 3-pin, male (×2), +4/0/–3/–6 dBu

(selectable), 600 Ω, balanced AUDIO MONITOR

Phono jack (×2) –∞ to +1 dBu/

47 kΩ/unbalanced (L, R, L+R) PHONES Stereo phone jack (×1), –∞ to –14 dBu,

8 Ω, unbalanced

Digital audio outputs

DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) OUTPUT

BNC type (×2), 1/2 ch, 3/4 ch complying

with AES-3id-1995

Timecode output

TIME CODE OUT

BNC type (×1), SMPTE timecode, 2.2

Vp-p ±3 dB, 600 Ω, unbalanced

Remote control connectors

REMOTE(9P) D-sub 9-pin, female (×1), complying

with RS-422A RS232C D-sub 9-pin, male (×1)

S400 6-pin (×1), complying with IEEE 1394

CONTROL Minijack 4-pole (×1), for connection of

RM-LG2

Network (with PDBK-101 option board installed)

RJ-45 type (×1)

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1000Base-T: complying with IEEE

802.3ab

100Base-TX: complying with IEEE

802.3u

10Base-T: complying with IEEE 802.3

Accessories supplied

Vertical installation stand (2) Instructions for Use

English version (1) Japanese version (1)

CD-ROM manual (1) Infrared remote commander (1) Ferrite core (part number 1-500-824-2X) (4) PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software (1) Warranty Booklet (1)

Accessories not supplied

AC power cord

• For the customers in the U.S.A. and Canada

Part number 1-556-813-31 (125 V, 10 A, about 2.4 m)

• For the customers in the United Kingdom Part number 1-777-823-12 (250 V, 10 A, about 2.0 m)

• For the customers in European countries other than the United Kingdom Part number 1-551-631-15 (250 V, 10 A, about 2.0 m)

Protocol Manual (part number 9-968-084-0X) PDBK-101 Network Board PDBK-102 MPEG-TS Input/Output Board PDBK-103 Analog HD Input Board PDBK-104 SD Input Upconverter Board

Medical Specifications

Protection against electric shock:

Class I

Protection against harmful ingress of

water: Ordinary

Degree of safety in the presence of a

flammable anesthetic mixture with air or with oxygen or nitrous oxide: Not suitable for use in the presence of a flammable anesthetic mixture with air or with oxygen or nitrous oxide

Mode of operation:

Continuous

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Notes

• Always make a test recording, and verify that it was recorded successfully. SONY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATION OR REIMBURSEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF FAILURE OF THIS UNIT OR ITS RECORDING MEDIA, EXTERNAL STORAGE SYSTEMS OR ANY OTHER MEDIA OR STORAGE SYSTEMS TO RECORD CONTENT OF ANY TYPE.

• Always verify that the unit is operating properly before use. SONY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATION OR REIMBURSEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF PRESENT OR PROSPECTIVE PROFITS DUE TO FAILURE OF THIS UNIT, EITHER DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD OR AFTER EXPIRATION OF THE WARRANTY, OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER.

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Using UMID Data

Metadata is additional information recorded on discs along with audio-visual data. It is used to bring greater efficiency to the flow of operations from material acquisition through editing, and to make it easier to find and reuse material. As one of application of metadata, the UMID has been internationally standardized.

Extended UMID (64 bytes)

Basic UMID (32 bytes) Source Pack (32 bytes)

Instance No.

3 bytes

Material Number

16 bytes

Universal label L

12 bytes

A globally unique ID is automatically recorded for every clip.

What is a UMID?

A UMID (Unique Material Identifier) is a unique identifier for audio-visual material defined by the SMPTE 330M2003 standard. A UMID may be either as a 32-byte Basic UMID or an Extended UMID, which includes an additional 32 bytes of Source Pack to make a total 64 bytes.

For details, refer to SMPTE 330M.

Time/Date

8 bytes 12 bytes

The Extended UMID is metadata that provides additional information such as location, time/date, company ID and so on. The UMID is applied as follows.

Spatial Coordinates

Country

4 bytes 4 bytes 4 bytes

Org User

Material No.

Instance No.

Original material: 00 00 00 Copied material: generation number (1 byte)

+ random number (2 byte)

Distinguish between the original material and copied material

ID generated when shooting Same as the above

Material source ID/ detecting material

Using the Extended UMID

You have to enter a country code, organization code and user code. Set the country code referring to the table in ISO 3166, and set the organization code and user code according to the guidelines of your organization.

For details, see “Setting UMID ownership information” (page 90).

Source Pack Shooting information (when, where and who) Same as the above

Metadata pack that identifies the source of material unit by defining the when, where and who of the material unit with which it is associated.

Functions of UMID data

UMID data enables the following:

• Addition of a globally unique ID to every clip of audiovisual material. The unique ID is used to detect the material source and to link it with the original source material.

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• Distinguishing between original material and copied material. 00 is added to the Instance Number for original material.

• Recording with UTC time. UTC (coordinated universal time) is used when recording the UMID. Use of a universal time system enables uniform management of source material recorded all over the world.

• Calculation of date differences. Source material is recorded using modified Julian dates (MJD), which enables easy calculation of date differences between different source material items.

About the UMID ownership information

COUNTRY (country code)

Set the country code by entering an abbreviated alphanumeric string (4-byte alphanumeric string) according to the values defined in ISO 3166-1. There are about 240 country codes. Find your own country code on the following web page.

Refer to ISO 3166-1: http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/ codlstp1/en_listp1.html

Setting UMID ownership information

Proceed as follows.

Select METADATA >STORE OWNER in the setup

menu (page 71).

The STORED OWNERSHIP (UMID ownership information setting) screen appears.

STORED OWNERSHIP

COUNTRY ORGANIZATION USER

SHIFT: ( )( )( )( )KEY INC/DEC: JOG DIAL TO MENU: MENU KEY

COUNTRY: Sets the country code.

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ORGANIZATION: Sets the organization code. USER: Sets the user code

See the next item “About the UMID ownership information” for more information about these codes.

Set the ownership information using the arrow buttons and jog dial.

Arrow buttons: Select the item to set and the

character input location (it blinks).

Jog dial: Selects characters to input at the selected

location.

RESET button: Deletes all input data.

To cancel the ownership information setting

Press the MENU button.

Press the SET button.

The message “NOW SAVING...” appears, and the ownership information set in step 2 is saved.

See “System Menu” (page 67) in Chapter 6 for more information about system menu operations.

_ _ _

When the country code is less than 4 bytes, the active part of the code occupies the first part of the 4 bytes and the remainder must be filled with the space character (20h).

Example: Japan

For Japan, the country code is JP, which is 2 bytes, or JPN, which is 3 bytes. Thus, enter the following:

JP_ _ or JPN _ where _ represents a space.

ORGANIZATION (organization code)

Enter a 4-byte alphanumeric string for the organization code.

Notes

• There are no problems in recording or playing back audio-video signals, even if the ORGANIZATION is not set.

• Organization codes must be acquired by applying to the SMPTE registration office. When no organization code has been acquired, it is forbidden to enter an arbitrary string. As a rule, the code “00” must be entered. Freelance operators who do not belong to an origination should enter “~”.

USER (user code)

Enter a 4-byte alphanumeric string to identify the user. The user code is registered with each organization locally. It is usually not centrally registered. When the user code is less than 4 bytes, enter the user code at the beginning of the 4 bytes and fill the remainder of the string with the space character (20H). This user code is determined by the organization. The methods used depend on the organization.

Note

User code cannot be entered when no organization code has been entered.

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MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License

This product is licensed under the MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License for the personal and non-commercial use of a consumer for (i) encoding video in compliance with the MPEG-4 Visual Standard (“MPEG-4 Video”) and/or (ii) decoding MPEG-4 Video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and non-commercial activity and/or was obtained from a video provider licensed by MPEG LA to provide MPEG-4 Video. No license is granted or shall be implied for any other use. Additional information including that relating to promotional, internal and commercial uses and licensing may be obtained from MPEG LA, LLC.

See http://www.mpegla.com

Appendix

MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License

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Sony Corporation

Sony PDW-70MD User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Overview

Features

Features of This Unit

Features of the PDBK-101/102/103/ 104 Option Boards

Names and Functions of Parts

Front Panel

Rear Panel

Infrared Remote Commander

Chapter 2 Preparations

Setting the System Frequency

Removing the Connector Covers

Connections and Settings

Connecting an External Monitor

Using PDZ-1 Over an i.LINK Connection (FAM Connection)

Using XLR Cables (Audio Cables)

External Synchronization

Setup

Setting the Date and Time

Adjusting the Brightness of the LCD Panel

Superimposed Text Information

Displaying Supplementary Status Information

Chapter 3 Recording and Playback

Handling Discs

Discs Used for Recording and Playback

Write-Protecting Discs

Notes on Handling

Loading and Unloading a Disc

Formatting a Disc

Handling of Discs When Recording Does Not End Normally (Salvage Functions)

Recording

Carrying Out Recording

Playback

Playback Operation

Searching for Clips With Thumbnails (Thumbnail Search)

Searching With the Expand Function

Searching for Frames With Essence Marks

Searching With the Chapter Function

Clip List Playback

Locking (Write-protecting) Clips

Deleting Clips

Assigning Sequence Numbers to Thumbnails

Overview

Chapter 4 Scene Selection

Assigning Clip Titles

Assigning User-Defined Clip and Clip List Names

Creating Clip Lists

Including Clips Selected in the Thumbnail Screen in the Clip List

Quick Scene Selection (Adding Sub Clips During Recording, Playback, or Search)

Editing Clip Lists

Basic Operations

Reordering Sub Clips

Modifying the In and Out Points of Sub Clips (Trimming)

Deleting Sub Clips

Setting the Start Timecode for the Current Clip List

Previewing the Edited Clip List

Saving the Current Clip List to Disc

Managing Clip Lists

Changing Displayed Items of Information on Sub Clips

Deleting Clip Lists From a Disc

Loading a Clip List From a Disc Into the Current Clip List

Sorting Clip Lists

Using the PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software

Overview

Chapter 5 File Operations

File Operations in File Access Mode

Making FAM Connections

Operating on Files

Recording Continuous Timecode Over FAM Connections

Function Menu

Function Menu Operations

Function Menu Settings

Chapter 6 Menus

System Menu

Displaying the Setup and Disc Menus

SETUP MENU