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DigiDeck digital video recorder

 Manual, Fast Forward Video, Inc. Revised 1/20/04   

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DigiDecK 

DigiDecK 

digital video recorder

digital video recorder

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CONTROLLER SOFTWARE

CONTROLLER SOFTWARE 

 

 

VERSION 3.3 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

18200 West McDurmott, Suite B, Irvine, CA 92614 

(949) 852-8404   Fax:  (949) 852-1226 

http://www.ffv.com 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Summary of Contents for DigiDecK

Page 1: ...o o o or r r rd d d de e e er r r r U US SE ER R S S M MA AN NU UA AL L 18200 West McDurmott Suite B Irvine CA 92614 USA Phone 949 852 8404 FAX 949 852 1226 http www ffv com The design of the DigiDeck...

Page 2: ...e fan and power supply Operation and Storage Environment Due to the nature of the hard drives used with this device THE UNIT MUST BE USED IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA Do not cover or block the ventilatio...

Page 3: ...re 7 5 Firmware Updating Procedure 8 6 Front Panel Buttons and Functions 9 7 Main Display 10 8 Native Mode Versus BVW 75 Mode 11 9 Main Menu 12 9 1 SETTINGS MENU 12 9 2 RECORD MENU 13 9 3 PLAYBACK MEN...

Page 4: ...ite inputs and outputs 60 fld sec 30 frm sec NTSC or 50 fld sec 25 frm sec PAL Motion JPEG compression settings as low as 4 1 Internally maintains the digital video industry standard CCIR 601 4 2 2 fo...

Page 5: ...or is for controlling the DigiDeck from an external RS 422 device or via PC utilizing supplied RS 232 to RS 422 converter 4 TIME CODE IN AND OUT RCA connectors for longitudinal time code LTC 5 AUDIO I...

Page 6: ...Deck DigiDeck HOOK DigiDeck HOOK UP DIAGRAM UP DIAGRAM PRODUCTION SWITCHER PERSONAL COMPUTER RUNNING OPTIONAL PLAYBACK CONTROL SOFTWARE RS 422 CONTROLLER REFERENCE MONITOR VTR RS 422 Y C or Composite...

Page 7: ...et for installing the hard drive for each channel depending on whether you own a single channel or a dual channel DigiDeck Each bracket has two screws that hold the drives in from the top of the brack...

Page 8: ...minal now prompts you for Port Settings Set Bits per second data bits parity and stop bits to the same format indicated below 1 CONNECTION DESCRIPTION FFV choose an Icon OK 2 PHONE NUMBER Enter any ph...

Page 9: ...g PLAY To PLAY from the beginning in Native mode press the REWIND button notice it is instantaneous no waiting for tape to shuttle back The time code display will indicate that you are at 00 00 00 00...

Page 10: ...on mark in the upper left hand corner of the screen Pressing this icon will reveal which version of the firmware is currently installed NOTE That the front panel and each of the video channels have th...

Page 11: ...e 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 ins...

Page 12: ...de your material will not be available to you when you switch to BVW 75 Mode as the information in Native Mode is all related to a record index UNDERRUN If you are running a compression ratio which is...

Page 13: ...ied which means that if you set the DigiDeck at 5 1 it may record some frames at 4 1 and less complex ones at 8 1 but will maintain an image quality level of approximately 5 1 TOTAL TIME This number r...

Page 14: ...lows you to select the desired speed for playback Genlock Genlock Genlock can be enabled to use with an external or internal generator The internal Genlock will lock to the time code of the recorded v...

Page 15: ...e main menu There should be a list of untitled clips in the sourcelist based on the material just recorded Choose a clip by turning the knob and highlighting your selection then press trim to edit the...

Page 16: ...o 32 characters per clip Note the box in the left corner of the playlist screen with the words untitled playlist Touch the box and the screen changes to the naming screen the words untitled playlist h...

Page 17: ...ING A CLIP AND OR A PLAYLIST Select DISK from the main menu CLEAR DISK Used to clear the entire hard drive and or format a brand new hard drive DELETE CLIPS OR FRAMES To delete clips contained in the...

Page 18: ...AL DAC Resolution 10 bits x 3 S N Ratio 60 dB VIDEO COMPRESSION Method JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group Compression Ratio Variable down to 4 1 MEMORY Multi port Frame Buffer 8 MB DRAM Aggregate B...

Page 19: ...on should be 4 1or above VIDEO No Signal Scrambled or Distorted Composite Out Is B W Signal Go to PLAYBACK Menu switch OUTPUT from RGB to COMPONENT LOOP PLAY Not Functioning Properly The Sequence Play...

Page 20: ...eck controller software expands the control capabilities of the DigiDeck beyond that of the front panel including Pre naming of clips Set clip notes Trim clips in source list Build edit and save multi...

Page 21: ...recorder CONTROLLER SOFTWARE CONTROLLER SOFTWARE VERSION 3 3 18200 West McDurmott Suite B Irvine CA 92614 949 852 8404 Fax 949 852 1226 http www ffv com FAST FORWARD VIDEO INC 2000 THE DESIGN OF THE D...

Page 22: ...ns for editing the in point On the right side of the screen the Current length box contains similar controls for editing the length of the clip In both of these boxes Mark saves the current frame as t...

Page 23: ...t you put it on The software also sets up the communications parameters for the port Just attach the deck to your PC and you re set If the software doesn t find your DigiDeck even though you have it h...

Page 24: ...you can right click on it and select Change location Features Insert source clip add source clip play list If you right click on a play list entry the first two menu items that appear are Insert sour...

Page 25: ...o to out point Delete Remove clip from playlist F9 Clear out point Ctrl G Go to offset within current playlist F10 Turn on shuttle mode Ctrl Alt G Go to offset within current clip ESC Turn off shuttle...

Page 26: ...IS WARRANTY SHALL NOT APPLY IF THIS PRODUCT a IS DAMAGED BY NEGLIGENCE ACCIDENT MISUSE OR BY OTHER CAUSES UNRELATED TO DEFECTIVE MATERIALS OR WORKMANSHIP OR b HAS HAD THE SERIAL NUMBER ALTERED DEFACED...

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