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How to prepare to record from an analogue input
Wired Connections
Connect the video source to the Composite [CV] BNC input on the rear of the recorder. If you are also
recording audio choose between the RCA Phono or Balanced XLR audio wired inputs. If the audio
source needs to be delayed to be in step with the video consider using the
Datavideo AD-100,
Audio
Delay box,
in between the recorder and the audio source.
Set the unit to record from an analogue source [ANA]
Press the
MENU
button and use the right hand soft key to navigate
to the
SELECT SOURCE
option. Use the left hand soft key to
ENTER
the menu option. Use the left hand soft key to select the
ANA
source setting. An asterix symbol will be displayed next to
ANA
when selected. Press the
MENU
button to exit the option.
The top line of the LCD panel should now display
ANA
also.
See
Set the signal type
on page 17 also.
Choose the file type for video editing
The recording should be made in a file type that your editing software can handle. The choices for
recording are
Microsoft .AVI type II, Canopus .AVI
, both commonly used in
Windows based
computers.
QuickTime .MOV
files used in Macs and
.MXF [OP1a]
a file format which can be
supported by a growing number of editing software packages. Avid being the most well known.
Note
: The file format started with one bin will apply to all subsequent recordings in that bin and can
only be changed after the bin is erased or emptied.
Press the
MENU
button and use the right hand soft key to navigate to the
RECORD SETUP
option.
Use the left hand soft key to
ENTER
the menu option. Use the right hand soft key to navigate to the
SET RECORD FILE TYPE
option. Use the left hand soft key to
ENTER
the menu option. Use the
right hand soft key to navigate to the file type required. Use the left hand soft key to select file setting.
An asterix symbol will be displayed next to file type when selected. Press the
MENU button to exit
the option. The second line of the LCD panel should now display the recording file type chosen.
Select the audio sampling rate
This option will set the audio sampling rate to 48 KHz [16bit] or 32 KHz [12bit] when the video source
is analogue [ANA]. An audio sampling rate of 48 KHz [16bit] is preferred by most users.
Note:
Only
one type of audio sampling rate can be used within a recording bin.
Press the
MENU
button and use the right hand soft key to navigate to the
RECORD SETUP
option.
Use the left hand soft key to
ENTER
the menu option. Use the right hand soft key to navigate to the
SET DEFAULT DV AUDIO
option. Use the left hand soft key to
ENTER
the menu option. Choose
between 48 KHz [16bit] or 32 KHz [12bit] audio sampling. An asterix symbol will be displayed next to
selected option. Press the
MENU button to exit
the option.
Set the record date
The date attribute of the created file is set to this date value when the source is analogue. Each file
representing a clip gets it own date. If the source is digital then the record date is taken from the
source digital stream. If that date is invalid or corrupt then the current record date set by this option is
used instead.
Press the
MENU
button and use the right hand soft key to navigate to the
RECORD SETUP
option.
Use the left hand soft key to
ENTER
the menu option. Use the right hand soft key to navigate to the
SET RECORD DATE
option. Use the left hand soft key to
ENTER
the menu option. Use the left hand
soft key to
ENTER
the
SET YEAR
option. Use the right hand soft key to navigate to the
SET MONTH
or
SET DAY
option. Once an option is selected use the soft keys to change the value to the date
required. Once correctly set press the
MENU button twice to exit
the
SET RECORD DATE
option.
