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Digital Recorder  

 
 

DN-60 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Quick Start Guide 

 

 
 

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Summary of Contents for DN-60

Page 1: ...Digital Recorder DN 60 Quick Start Guide www datavideo tek com ...

Page 2: ...sal 5 Outline and Features 6 Packing List 7 Front Panel 8 CF Card Slot 10 Rear Panel 11 Operation Procedures 12 Menu Navigation 13 Remote Control of the DN 60 29 Connect CF Card to PC 30 APPENDIX A 32 APPENDIX B 33 Specifications 39 Service and Support 40 ...

Page 3: ...er source indicated on the marking label of the AC adapter If you are not sure of the type of power available consult your Datavideo dealer or your local power company 8 Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord Do not locate this unit where the power cord will be walked on rolled over or otherwise stressed 9 If an extension cord must be used with this unit make sure that the total of the am...

Page 4: ...ly those controls that are covered by the operating instructions in this manual improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage to the unit and may often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the unit to normal operation e When the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged f When the product exhibits a distinct change in performance indicating a need...

Page 5: ...ranty only valid within the country or region of purchase Your statutory rights are not affected Two Year Warranty All Datavideo products purchased after 01 Oct 2008 qualify for a free one year extension to the standard Warranty providing the product is registered with Datavideo within 30 days of purchase For information on how to register please visit www datavideo tek com or contact your local D...

Page 6: ...icates 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 ...

Page 7: ...internal power by 4 x AA batteries Enhanced VTR type features o External time code record o Time lapse animation recording o 99 Bins independent of each other o Automatic clip marking up to 97 per bin o Playback in fast or slow motion forward or reverse o RS232 control via the Sony 422 protocol o Selected bin is remembered when power is interrupted CF card features o Records popular avi mov mxf an...

Page 8: ...7 Packing List Items Description Q ty 1 DN 60 1 2 IEEE1394 6 4 50CM 1 3 IEEE1394 6 6 50CM 1 4 Switching Adaptor DC 12V 500mA 1 5 DN 60 Instruction Manual 1 ...

Page 9: ...d Time Remaining Signal type The second line will display the bin length While playing or recording it also displays the current clip number and the total number of clips in the bin The third and fourth line annotates the different recorder mode 2 Knob Switch Indicates unit is recording when lit red Flashes red when Mediapac is not inserted or when there is less than 2 minutes of capacity while re...

Page 10: ...put signal is different Slowly Glimmered 1 When DN 60 making media file 2 When DN 60 format media 3 When record pause 4 Power Switch The DN 60 has three kinds of power switch mode 5 External DC Power Input Connector DC In socket Connect the supplied 12V 500mA PSU to this socket 1 Power On A Power Auto switch synchronize by external IEEE 1394 device 0 Power Off ...

Page 11: ... Eject Button Press to eject the CF card When the slot is empty no CF card inserted this button is normally in the depressed position Upon inserting a CF card the button pushes out NOTE There is an orientation and key lock on the CF card If you put wrong orientation and force CF card into the slot it will damage the device ...

Page 12: ...2 hours power supply 2 DV HDV IN OUT Six pin IEEE1394B 400Mbps connector used to send and receive digital signals as well as to connect as an HDD to a computer Power is not accepted from this connector 3 RS 232 3 5mm 4 pin connector used to remotely control the DN 60 1 2 3 ...

Page 13: ...ame rates or NTSC DV DVCPro or PAL DV DVCPro If an unformatted CF card is inserted the DN 60 will recognize it and suggest it be formatted to its signal type If an CF card is inserted and is formated for a signal type different than that of the DN 60 the choice will be given to either re format the CF card or eject the CF card Organize your shoot A recorded length of video between its start point ...

Page 14: ...S Pressing the knob will bring up the next option down on the list and will return to the top option from the bottom Table 1 details the actions for each option Menu Option Action taken RECORD MODE This will take DN 60 into record mode At this mode the device checks input signal and ready for recording immediately Other options are to change to different bin or to return to HOME PLAY MODE At this ...

Page 15: ...f the signal type is correct it will also display either timecode or frame count on the second line User can select the Timecode display type from the system setup menu in SETUP Mode There is an icon displayed on the third line left side to show the current recording status stop record or record pause Three different options are available in RECORD MODE RECORD BINS HOME Menu Option Action taken RE...

Page 16: ...RD Menu Option Action taken STOP Select STOP to stop recording PAUSE Select PAUSE to pause recording MARK Press MARK to drop a marker in the current location Table 3 RECORD BINS Turning the knob to select the target BINS and press the knob to confirm the selection and exit from the BINS menu MARK Press the knob to drop a mark This will create a video clip when you Make Media File ...

Page 17: ...timecode display type either timecode or frame count through the system setup in the SETUP MODE The third line will show the current play status STOP PLAY or PAUSE There are three options in PLAY MODE PLAY BINS HOME Menu Option Action taken PLAY Press play knob will play the selected BINS immediately BINS Allow user to playback different BINS folder HOME Return to HOME mode Table 4 PLAY MODE ...

Page 18: ...NS Any time during PLAY user can use the knob to select one of the five play options to achieve the function they want There are five different options available during PLAY PAUSE STOP FF REW CLIP Frm Menu Option Action taken PAUSE Pause playing STOP Stop playing FF REW Play Fast Forward or Fast Rewind CLIP Pause for Clip search Frm Pause for Frame stepping Table 5 PLAY ...

Page 19: ...fore removing CF card to connect to PC and is done for all the recorded content EMPTY CURRENT BINS Empties or erases the content within the presently selected BINS this step is irrevocable once the final question has been asked CHANGE BIN Change the content within the presently selected BIN FORMAT MEDIA Empties or erases the content in ALL of the bins This step is irrevocable once the final questi...

Page 20: ...cable hooked to DN 60 during upgrade process SETUP There are four different setup menu options available in SETUP mode PLAY SETUP RECORD SETUP SYSTEM SETUP SAVE SETUP RECALL SETUP Menu Option Action taken PLAY SETUP Enters the PLAY Setup Menu group detailed in the named section RECORD SETUP Enters the Record Setup Menu group detailed in the named section SYSTEM SETUP Enters the System Setup Menu g...

Page 21: ...e the choice of file type is made for all unrecorded bins File types cannot be mixed within a bin Choices are m2t only SET SYNC TO TAPE Where the recorder will look to the time code changing to indicate the need to record If the time code pauses then the recording is paused With this setting turned off the record process will continue regardless of the time code behavior Note that the current sele...

Page 22: ...s a 2GB file size limitation so clips longer than 2GB are split into approximately 2GB files with no frames dropped Note that the current selection will be marked with an asterisk SET VOLUME ID When connecting to a computer in the HDD mode the disk will have for volume name DATAVIDEOxx This option sets the xx value A useful feature when connecting multiple volumes at the same time as from a multi ...

Page 23: ...u Option Action taken USER 1 Recall USER setup 1 to be loaded into current setup USER 2 Recall USER setup 2 to be loaded into current setup FACTORY HDV 50 60HZ Recall FACTORY HDV 50 60HZ to be loaded into current setup FACTORY DV NTSC Recall FACTORY DV NTSC to be loaded into current setup FACTORY DV PAL Recall FACTORY DV PAL to be loaded into current setup Table 11 RECALL SETUP ...

Page 24: ...ays the selected recording signal type recording file format recording file system and the selected recording media type It also displays the recording setup such as sync to tape is ON or OFF time lapse recording information pre trigger and power on auto recording feature setup ...

Page 25: ...eated by DN 60 the volume name is DATAVIDEO xx If your application calls for multiple CF card to be connected to the computer at the same time it becomes helpful to have the volume name be different for each CF card This option allows xx to be set between 00 and 99 Select which time code to display With DV while recording or playing the time code displayed can be either the externally generated ti...

Page 26: ...ed DO NOT turn power off until the firmware has been updated If the update is prematurely ended the recorder will be made inoperable Recording Normal Record Checklist A few parameters must be set properly for a standard recording and they are mostly grouped in the menu level RECORD SETUP Select the DV or HDV video source Use system setup to select the target recording signal type And FORMAT MEDIA ...

Page 27: ...tarting to record are 1 by entering the record mode manually by pressing the knob in the RECORD MODE Or 2 the camera or device connected to the 1394 port sends a record command A third way is to issue a record command from the remote serial interface See the command protocol in Appendix B Pausing The DN 60 will pause recording if time code is not moving and ST ON is set otherwise it will record Wh...

Page 28: ...in each bin Note Recording is done in a bin A clip is automatically started at the beginning of the bin if the bin is empty or appended to the last clip in the bin A clip is never inserted between other clips in a bin Note The minimum length of a clip is 2 seconds Stopping It is best to stop a recording by selecting Stop and then press the knob before turning power off Special Record Setups Do ela...

Page 29: ... is then captured to disk Power on auto record When this option is enabled DN 60 will begin recording immediately after power up Playback Playing Play mode can be entered by one of three ways the most common is to press the knob in PLAY MODE the other two are by issuing a PLAY command through the IEEE 1394 interface or the serial port interface if it is enabled When playing the time displayed is c...

Page 30: ...lace at the beginning of each clip Note The acquisition of video in the DN 60 is instantaneous so requires to pre roll This limits the random access of an early frame in a batch capture by an editor that is setup to ask for a minimum pre roll greater than zero That limit is equal to the number of frames in the minimum pre roll time RS232 INTERFACE This option is enabled through the System Setup Me...

Page 31: ...t files are strung on the time line of an NLE no frame is lost over the transition In addition FAT32 has a clip boundary has a resolution of 2 seconds so the beginning of a clip other than the first in a bin is most likely to contain the end of the previous clip up to 2 seconds worth Conversely the end of a clip is most likely to be found in the first file of the next clip For an accurate correlat...

Page 32: ...m 01 to 99 Inside each folder each clip will be represented as a file with an extension name avi mov e g depending on the type chosen prior to recording Each file will be named xxCnnyyy in FAT32 and BxxCnn in NTFS where xx again represents the bin number nn represents the Clip number ranging from 01 to 97 The number yyy is the number of the spilt file caused by the FAT32 limitation ...

Page 33: ...32 APPENDIX A I O CONNECTORS PIN OUT ...

Page 34: ...f all preceding bytes The most significant nibble of the CMD 1 byte represents the command group The least significant nibble represents the number of data bytes to follow the CMD 2 byte Command Protocol CMD1 CMD2 DATA bytes Checksum Byte Response ACK Other than the sense command the unit will respond to all commands affirmatively by sending the three byte acknowledge ACK if the checksum is valid ...

Page 35: ...20h 40h Fast Rewind 10h 01h 11h ACK 20h 14h 34h Frame Step Forward 10h 01h 11h ACK 20h 24h 44h Frame Step Reverse 10h 01h 11h ACK 21h 11h nnh csum Jog Forward 10h 01h 11h ACK 21h 12h nnh csum Variable Forward 10h 01h 11h ACK Command Name Response Name 21h 13h nnh csum Shuttle Forward 10h 01h 11h ACK 21h 21h nnh csum Jog Reverse 10h 01h 11h ACK 21h 22h nnh csum Variable Reverse 10h 01h 11h ACK 21h ...

Page 36: ...ture is disabled Loop Play is where the the last play command is repeated from its beginning when the end is reached 00h F4h Enable Loop Play When this command is issued from the Idle state the Loop Play feature is enabled Loop Play is where the the last play command is repeated from its beginning when the end is reached 01h F0h XXh Select Bin XX When this command is issued from the Idle state bin...

Page 37: ...nds JOG VARIABLE or SHUTTLE the unit will play forward or backward according to the speed data The first data byte may only be a maximum of 80 Play Speed 10 nn 32 2 Note that setting nn to 0 will result in pausing the unit 21h 11h nnh Jog Forward 21h 12h nnh Variable Forward 21h 13h nnh Shuttle Forward A Play state where video is played at the commanded play speed as described above in the forward...

Page 38: ... be requested by specifying the offset O byte within this map and the length L of bytes wanting to be return The offset ranges from 0 to F and the length ranges from 1 to F The sum of O and L cannot exceed 15 The map is bit significant and is tabulated below Data 8 is the present Bin Number binary encoded Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 Data 0 Busy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Local Enable Data 1 0...

Page 39: ...rent Frame Offset number Unit responds with 4 bytes indicating the present frame offset in Binary Coded format with the least significant byte first 61h F1h 01h Current Bin Requests the current bin number The single byte answer is in Binary Coded format ...

Page 40: ...1A HDV m2t Operating File System Compatibility FAT32 NTFS Input Voltage Requirement 12V typical 8V min 24V max Power Consumption 12V Idle 4 3W Play Record 6W HDD mode 5 3W Size W x H x D 4 0 x 1 9 x 7 0 101 6mm x 48 3mm x 177 8mm Weight DN 60 oz 500g CF card 6oz 170g Temperature Operating 40 F to 104 F 4 C to 40 C Non Operating 40 F to 149 F 40 C to 65 C Vibration Operating 1 0G 5 500 Hz Non Opera...

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