DigiDeck digital video recorder
Manual, Fast Forward Video, Inc. Revised 1/20/04
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8. HOME ICON
This Omega symbol is the home icon located in the upper right hand corner of each screen except main display
(See p.11, fig. 8). Pressing the home icon will return you to the main display from any other screen.
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NATIVE MODE
Native mode is the most natural state for the DigiDeck to operate in, as it utilizes the random access
capabilities of the hardware most effectively.
As you record material to the DigiDeck, it stores the material in the available space on the storage
media. When it gets to the time code point you have selected for the inserted material, it jumps to that
point on the drive--wherever that may be--plays it, then returns to the original section.
Note: Playlist functionality is only available in native mode.
BVW-75 MODE
Linear mode is a simulation of a video tape deck. The DigiDeck, in linear mode, is forced to adhere to
strict record guidelines as if it actually were a tape deck. If you would like to operate the deck as a VTR,
make sure you have selected BVW-75 mode (linear) on the personality menu of the front panel. You can
then record over existing material as you would with a VTR.
The main feature of this mode is the ability to insert edit material over previously recorded material. The
DigiDeck, in BVW-75 mode, assumes that it has a 24 hour tape of “black” attached to itself which has
time code assigned from 00:00:00:00. If you were to tell the deck to record a 10 second clip at
00:01:00:00 for 10 seconds, it would record this and the machine would then assume it had 1 minute of
black, 10 seconds of video from the 1 minute time code mark, and then 23:58:50:00 of black after this. If
you want to record over this clip and add new information, it will insert the video at the same points and
over write the data on the drive in the same way, always maintaining the 24 hours of time code as the
master reference. Note: Playlist functionality is NOT available in BVW-75 mode.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you record material in BVW-75 mode, the DigiDeck uses the 24-hour time code as
reference, which is still visible to the deck when you switch to native mode. However,
when you record material in native mode, and then switch to BVW-75 mode, the deck
will not recognize the native source list. You should always record in BVW-75 mode if
you intend to switch between personalities.