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To safely remove the drive from your MAC, either select Eject from the Finder File Options (Fig 1), or select
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Summary of Contents for DN-500

Page 1: ...DN 500 HDV DV Hard Disk Recorder Instruction Manual www datavideo tek com Rev 201109 ...

Page 2: ...ack 20 Playing a DV Track 21 Operation with a HDV Camcorder Deck 22 Recording a track 22 Playing a M2T HDV Track 23 Operation with an Analogue Video Source 23 Recording a Track 23 Connecting the HDD Caddy Enclosure directly to a PC 25 Connecting the HDD Caddy Enclosure directly to a MAC 27 Connection to PC when Caddy is still inside DN 500 29 Connecting to a MAC when caddy is still in DN 500 31 DV...

Page 3: ...res of all the units that are plugged into a single wall outlet do not exceed 15 amperes 11 Never push objects of any kind into this unit through the cabinet ventilation slots as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in risk of fire or electric shock Never spill liquid of any kind onto or into this unit 12 Except as specifically explained elsewhere in this ma...

Page 4: ...y WEEE Marking This symbol on the product indicates that it will not be treated as household waste It must be handed over to the applicable take back scheme for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment For more detailed information about the recycling of this product please contact your local Datavideo office Packing List The following items should be included in the box If any items a...

Page 5: ...ve caddy Front Connections Headphone Mini Jack socket IEEE 1394 socket Rear Connections 2xIEEE 1394 ports YUV on BNC In and Out Black burst sync on BNC S Video Composite Video and Stereo Audio In Out and 2 x XLR Inputs and Outputs for Balanced Audio Connection Records DV files from IEEE 1394 iLink FireWire port or Analogue Video Inputs Records HDV m2t files via IEEE 1394 iLink FireWire port only F...

Page 6: ...e 1 Carefully remove the two screws from the the 2 5 removable caddy end then pull out the PCB 2 Push the 2 5 hard drive into the socket side of the PCB Turn the PCB over and use 4 supplied screws to secure 3 Slide PCB and hard drive module into removable caddy the right way up using the guide slots The USB and SATA connections should be visible at the rear of the caddy 4 Carefully replace the two...

Page 7: ...with an analogue video source for more details Previous Next Buttons These buttons navigate up and down between recorded tracks and menu options Record Button Puts the DN 500 into Record Mode To start recording press the Record Button and Play Button simultaneously N B Unit will not record if no video signal is present Play Pause Button Starts playback of a track or pauses playback of a track stat...

Page 8: ...monitor could be connected to the output for simple record playback monitoring of DV recordings See Video Input Source Menu for more details N B Analogue Inputs Outputs are only suitable for RAW DV DV operation It is not possible to record or playback M2T HDV files via the Analogue Inputs Outputs The GPI socket can be used for simple external control The DN 500 can accept pulse or level trigger in...

Page 9: ... for drag and drop file transfers to a PC or MAC See HDD Mode Menu for more details SETUP LOOP PLAY Sets the DN 500 to loop play a track the track will continuously loop until stopped RECORD FORMATS Sets the DN 500 record format to dv for DV recordings or m2t for HDV recording See Record Formats Menu for more details FREE SPACE Displays how much HDD space is available on the DN 500 TOTAL SPACE Dis...

Page 10: ...re any conflicts between DV Devices See Set Output Channel Menu for more details HDD SURFACE SCAN Checks the HDD for errors bad sectors This is only necessary if your DN 500 is not performing correctly or you install a new HDD A result txt file is created in the root directory of the HDD this can be viewed from a PC REC 16 9 DV STREAM Allows the user to enable or disable 16 9 recording from a DV s...

Page 11: ...a FAT32 file structure so large tracks are broken down into 2 GB files which are named in sequence For example if Track 02 is 1 hour in duration it will appear as follows dv02 dv 2 GB dv02 is the file name for Track 02 dv02_01 dv 2 GB Each 2 GB section is given a sequential _xx numeric extension dv02_02 dv 2 GB dv02_03 dv 2 GB dv02_04 dv 2 GB dv02_05 dv 2 GB dv02_06 dv 77 MB The last file in the s...

Page 12: ...M2T files can then be played back to the camcorder viewfinder monitor To select the Record Format Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the FWD Button to navigate the menus until RECORD FORMATS is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the RECORD FORMAT set up menu Press the FWD Button to select either RAW DV DV or M2T HDV To confirm your selection and exit the menu press the Next butto...

Page 13: ...monly used in the U S A and Canada and 0 IRE in far eastern countries such as Japan If you are unsure which to set please consult your dealer To select the NTSC Level Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the FWD Button to navigate the menus until NTSC SETUP LEVEL is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the NTSC level set up menu Press the FWD Button to select either 0 IRE or 7 5 IRE ...

Page 14: ...be recorded from a HDV source via the IEEE 1394 iLink FireWire port To select the Video Input Source Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the FWD Button to navigate the menus until VIDEO INPUT SOURCE is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the VIDEO INPUT SOURCE set up menu Press the FWD Button to select either Composite Component or S Video To confirm your selection and exit the men...

Page 15: ...s the FWD Button to select either Pulse Trigger or Level Trigger To confirm your selection and exit the menu press the Next button Then press the Menu Button to leave menu mode Select the GPI Function Press the Menu Button to enter the menu mode Press the FWD Button to navigate the menus until SET GPI FUNCTION is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the SET GPI FUNCTION menu Press the FWD Butt...

Page 16: ...Moves the cursor to the right Moves the cursor to the left Once you have set the date time press the Next Button to exit the menu Then press the Menu Button to leave menu mode Set Full Syt Menu DV devices can sometimes conflict with one another it is not a common occurrence but it can happen When conflicts occur one DV device may not recognize the other or the output from one is switched off by th...

Page 17: ... disk After a few seconds the DN 500 will reboot and the display will return to normal Erase Track Menu Erase Track is used for deleting individual tracks from the DN 500 Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the REW Button to navigate the menus until ERASE TRACK is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the ERASE TRACK menu Use the FWD or REW Button to select the track that you want to...

Page 18: ...uter for editing etc The conversion takes about 60 realtime i e A 1 hour track will take around 36 minutes to convert N B You can convert files more quickly using the DV File Converter program that is supplied with the DN 500 see page 32 for more details Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the REW Button to navigate the menus until CONVERT DV TO AVI is displayed Press the Next Button to...

Page 19: ... outputs until the connected DV device camera mixer etc is switched off or disconnected Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the REW Button to navigate the menus until SET OUTPUT CHANNEL is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the SET OUTPUT CHANNEL menu Use FWD or REW to change the output channel number in this case we have selected 1 Press the Next Button to confirm the setting The...

Page 20: ...rts Front mounted DV 4 Pin Port Use the Next Previous Buttons to select an empty track from the DN 500 track list one that shows a duration of 00 00 00 00 in the LCD display Not suitable Track has been recorded Suitable Track is empty Press both the Record and Play Pause Buttons simultaneously and the DN 500 should start recording The counter should start counting and the REC symbol should appear ...

Page 21: ...switch the camcorder to recorder edit mode so that it is receiving a signal from the DV port Please consult your camcorder instruction manual for more details Use the Previous Next Buttons to select the track you want to play and then press the Play II Button It is also possible to set the DN 500 to loop play In loop play the track will seamlessly looped until stopped To set up loop play press the...

Page 22: ...ng and the REC symbol should appear If it does not start recording check the following There is a HDV signal from the HDV device Some camcorders have options to put out DV or HDV via their IEE 1394 iLink ports make sure the output is set to HDV The Video Input Button is not illuminated The DN 500 Record Format is set to M2T HDV See Record Formats Menu The track you have selected on the DN 500 is e...

Page 23: ...u Button to return to track display When you press play the selected track will start playing and will loop until the Stop Button is pressed To cancel loop playback follow the above procedure but select disable instead of enable Operation with an Analogue Video Source The DN 500 can only record DV files from analogue video sources Composite CVBS S Video Y C or Component Video YUV YPbPr It is not p...

Page 24: ...and check that the DN 500 is not full N B When the DN 500 is set to output channel 63 you cannot playback a track to analogue outputs until the connected DV device camera mixer etc is switched off or disconnected See Set output channel menu During record you can pause the DN 500 by pressing the Play Pause button the counter on the LCD display will stop The counter should stop counting and the REC ...

Page 25: ...some resistance as the drive disconnects internally this is normal The HDD Enclosure is fitted with a mini USB connector this can provide power to the HDD as well as exchange data Connect USB connector on the thicker wire first N B With some PCs and Laptops the USB bus power may not be sufficient to power the drive If the drive does not power up correctly please connect the second USB lead to anot...

Page 26: ...cture so large tracks are broken down into 2 GB files which are sequentially named For example if Track 02 is 1 hour in duration it will appear as follows dv02 dv 2 GB dv02 is the file name for Track 02 dv02_01 dv 2 GB Each 2 GB section is given a sequential _xx numeric extension dv02_02 dv 2 GB dv02_03 dv 2 GB dv02_04 dv 2 GB dv02_05 dv 2 GB dv02_06 dv 77 MB The last file in the sequence is likel...

Page 27: ... and connect the thicker lead to your MAC If the drive does not power up correctly connect the second USB connector to another USB socket as well as the first A Datavideo drive will appear on the desktop If you access the drive you will see the dv files are available for copying across to a local drive or direct access ...

Page 28: ...28 To safely remove the drive from your MAC either select Eject from the Finder File Options Fig 1 or select Eject from the drive window options Fig 2 Fig 1 Fig 2 ...

Page 29: ...is illuminated You will see the display change to the HDD Mode Menu Press the Next Button to select ENTER and the display will show the HDD Enable Confirmation Screen Press the Next Button again to confirm after a few seconds HDD Mode will be enabled The PC should recognise that an external IEEE 1394 Firewire HDD has been connected Select Open Folder to View Files The drive should also appear in M...

Page 30: ... will appear select the Datavideo HDD IEEE SBP2 Device and click on Stop A second dialog box will appear Select Datavideo HDD IEEE SBP2 Device and click on OK After a few seconds a Safe To Remove Hardware message should appear above the Taskbar You can then disconnect the DN 500 Once un mounted from the PC the DN 500 display will leave HDD Mode and return to Track Display ...

Page 31: ...e to the HDD Mode Menu Press the Next Button to select ENTER and the display will show the HDD Enable Confirmation Screen Press the Next Button again to confirm after a few seconds HDD Mode will be enabled The MAC should see the DN 500 as a HDD and the files will appear in the root directory of the drive You can select the required files and drag and drop them to the required destination To un mou...

Page 32: ...n your PC so it requires no additional disk space on the DN 500 It is a PC based program with minimal system requirements Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz processor or faster Windows 98 ME 2000 XP DirectX 128MB of RAM You can find more in depth operating instructions for DV File Converter under the About tab of the program Installation Insert the DV File Converter Disk into your PC and find the file ddvf...

Page 33: ...33 Registration Once installed open the program and select the Registration Tab Enter your name organisation and key the key can be found on the disc or disc sleeve and then click on the Register button ...

Page 34: ... the operation button to select the required file type In this example we have chosen QuickTime Now click on Output Folder and select the destination to which you want the files to be delivered In this example we have chosen our F Media Folder ...

Page 35: ...the DN 500 drive in this example it is drive G Use Shift Left Mouse Click to highlight all the files that you want to convert then click on Open The selected files will appear in the Files window Click on Start Processing to start the conversion You will see the progress in the Files Window ...

Page 36: ...also be useful as you may wish to convert them to a different file format in the future N B With certain file formats the flagging of 16 9 Widescreen Aspect Ratio needs to be manually corrected Although file converter delivers correctly proportioned 16 9 files some programs do not recognise that they are 16 9 and will display them as 4 3 Most NLE applications allow you to set the aspect ratio of a...

Page 37: ... main groups which indicates the function and direction of commands as follows CMD 1 Function Initiator 0 System Control Controller 1 System Control Return Device DN 500 2 Transport Control Controller 4 Preset And Select Control Controller 6 Sense Request Controller 7 Sense Return Device DN 500 Data Count DATA COUNT indicates the number of data words attached to the command 0 to FH CMD 2 CMD 2 is ...

Page 38: ...OMMAND blocks to a DEVICE DN 500 prior to response to a previous COMMAND block 3 The CONTROLLER must transmit of bytes in a COMMAND block for with intervals less than 10 milliseconds If a DEVICE DN 500 detects an interruption of a byte in a COMMAND block that exceeds 10 milliseconds it executes a TIME OUT error sequence voids the receiving COMMAND block and transmit a NAK TIME OUT 4 When a DEVICE ...

Page 39: ...s Sense 7xh 20h Status Data Detailed Description of Commands without Checksum byte 00h 11h DEVICE TYPE REQUEST 20h 00h STOP 20h 01h PLAY 20h 02h RECORD 20h 10h FAST FORWARD 2xh 13h SHUTTLE FORWARD 21h 13h 00h PAUSE 20h 20h FAST REWIND 2xh 23h SHUTTLE REWIND 40h 50h INREASE TRACK NUMBER 40h 51h DECREASE TRACK NUMBER 41h 52h nnh SET TRACK NUMBER nn Track Number eg 41h 52h 01h 94h Select Track 1 eg 4...

Page 40: ...d as DEVICE When the DEVICE receives this command it attaches 2 bytes specification data to 12h 11h DEVICE TYPE and sends the information to the CONTROLLER NTSC 12h 11h 20h 41h PAL 12h 11h 21h 41h Status Return Data BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0 Data 0 Busy Local Enable Data 1 Standby On Stop Rewind Fast Forward Record Play Data 2 Shuttle Tape Reverse Still Data 6 Lamp Still Lamp...

Page 41: ...onent BNC Y R Y B Y 75Ω Bandwidth 5 0 mHz Noise Ratio 50dB DA DP 3 3 Digital Audio Embedded 2 Ch 16 bit 48 kHz or 4 Ch 12 bit 32 kHz via IEEE1394 2 Ch 16 bit 48 kHz via Analogue Input Analogue Audio Unbalanced Balanced Audio In Out 10 dB Maximum Phone RCA plugs Bandwidth 20 20 kHz Noise Ratio 65dB THD 0 3 RS 422 GPI Control Interface Sony Standard RS 422 Interface GPI via 3 5mm Jack Pulse or Level...

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