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General Setup

Before using your DN-600, there are a few basic operational conditions that must be set. These are found
under the System Setup Level of the menu tree (see table 4).

Set the signal type

Select HDV or DV If DV, select between NTSC or PAL. If the format chosen is NTSC, then a choice of setup
level is given. This level can be 0.0 or 7.5 IRE units and can be set under the

NTSC SETUP LEVEL

menu.

Note:

Changing between signal types will erase the content in all bins.

Set up the HDD partitions to 1 or 2

The storage space can be broken into 2 partitions; the second partition reserves 6GB and is not seen by the
recorder. The second partition will appear as a second drive to the computer and the user is then free to use
this drive to store any data including spreadsheets, metadata and/or finished work. The DN-600 is
guaranteed not to overwrite data in this partition. Deleting all bins will not erase the data in the partition.

Note:

Changing partition count will erase the content in all bins.

Choose operating system file system, FAT32 or NTFS

This option will set up the file system type seen by the computer in the HDD mode. NTFS does not have the
2GB file size limitation imposed by the FAT32 file system. With NTFS a recorded clip becomes one file no
matter its length. Although this choice can be done at any time before the making media file process it is
best to simply make it once.

Set the HDD volume ID

When connecting as an HDD the DN-600 volume name is

Datavideo xx

. If your application calls for multiple

DN-600s to be connected to the computer at the same time, it becomes helpful to have the volume name be
different for each DN-600. This option allows

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 time
code or the internally generated one. If the signal is analog and no time code is connected then the External
is generated the DN-600 and is in the dropped-frame format. The internal time code referred to here is the
absolute frame number of the recording in the selected bin and is in the non-dropped-frame format.  The
absolute frame number starts at 00:00:00:00 in each bin.  When the content is changed to files, the time
code presented to the NLE starts with the External value of the first frame of the content; if this value is
invalid then 00:00:00:00 is substituted.  For HDV, the time code displayed is always the External time code.

Empty the current or all bins

The DN-600 is primarily a capture device, as opposed to an archiving device, and it is best to start out with a
fresh DN-600. Emptying (erasing) ALL bins will not only clear the DN-600 at once but it will also conveniently
reset the file system.

Updating the Firmware

To update the DN-600’s firmware, take a DN-600 that has undergone the MAKE MEDIA FILES process and
connect it to your computer. Copy the firmware update file to the root directory, level where all bin folders
appear, and rename it

flash.bin

. Next, insert the DN-600 in the DN-600 and select the UPDATE FIRMWARE

option and follow the instructions.

WARNING: Once the ERASE FLASH option has been selected, 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 video source

For DV recordings select the signal source in the Main menu level. It can be from the analog port (ANA) or
the 1394 port (DIG). Note that the output analog ports, Composite and S-video, are always live, regardless
of the signal source, ANA or DIG. When the source is analog, the signal is converted to DV digital and output
on the 1394 port at all times.
If Composite and S-video are connected to the analog input port simultaneously, the S-video signal is given
precedence. In HDV, the input and output are always the 1394 port and the analog section is made invalid.