OPTIMUM CONTROL
T h i s c o n t r o l m a i n t a i n s t h e o p t i m u m p e r f o r m a n c e f r o m t h e d i g i t a l a d a p t o r even w h e n the
v i d e o cassette r e c o r d e r d e v i a t e s f r o m n o r m a l p e r f o r m a n c e f i g u r e s .
1. F i r s t , set t h i s k n o b t o t h e n o t c h e d " m i d d l e " p o s i t i o n .
2. O p t i m u m i n d i c a t o r s w i l l l i g h t u p w h e n a P C M T a p e is p l a y e d b a c k . Less t h a n :-vo
i n d i c a t o r s w i l l l i g h t u p i f t h e p l a y b a c k c o n d i t i o n is f a v o u r a b l e , w ^ e n
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• R e a d j u s t t h e k n o b each t i m e a v i d e o cassette r e c o r d e r / c a s s e t t e t a p e is c h a n g e d .
• S i n c e t h e p e r f o r m a n c e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f each v i d e o cassette r e c o r d e r m a y arv
m a y be cases w h e n t w o t o t h r e e i n d i c a t o r s l i g h t u p even if t h e play s a c k c o r d . :
cr.
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h o o k e d t o t h e d i g i t a l a d a p t o r . T h i s d o e s n o t i n d i c a t e the m a c h i n e in m a l f u n c f
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J u s t p l a y b a c k t n e P C M T a p e , a n d w a i t u n t i l t h e P C M T a p e i n d i c a t o r is o n c ^ f c r e
m a k i n g a n y a d j u s t m e n t .
R E C O R D I N G
R e f e r t o t h e o w n e r ' s m a n u a l f o r t h e o p e r a t i o n o f a v i d e o cassette r e c o r d e r .
1. M a k e c o n n e c t i o n s as i l l u s t r a t e d : see d i a g r a m [ T j - [ 2 ] .
2 . Push " o n " t h e p o w e r s w i t c h ( 1 ) .
3. S w i t c h m o d e s e l e c t o r ( 1 2 ) t o " r e c o r d " p o s i t i o n .
4 . A d j u s t t o p r o p e r r e c o r d i n g level b y t u r n i n g t h e L i n e i n p u t c o n t r o l ( 1 6 ) k n o b o r M I C
i n p u t c o n t r o l ( 1 7 ) k n o b . Set t h e level i n d i c a t o r ( 1 0 ) f o r visual c h e c k i n g o f i n p u t level.
5. L o a d t h e v i d e o t a p e . Clear t h e t a p e c o u n t e r t o zero o n t h e v i d e o cassette r e c o r d e r ,
Press t h e r e c o r d b u t t o n .
• S i n c e i t t a k e s several s e c o n d s f o r t h e v i d e o cassette r e c o r d e r t o be s t a b i l i z e d , .73<t
several seconds b e f o r e s t a r t i n g t o r e c o r d .
- W h e n t h e m i c r o p h o n e is n o t u s e d , t u r n t h e M I C i n p u t c o n t r o l k n o b t o " 0 " p o s i t i o n .
• A l w a y s use r e l i a b l e v i d e o cassette r e c o r d e r s i n an e x c e l l e n t w o r k i n g c o n d i t i o n s t o
o b t a i n m a x i m u m r e c o r d i n g p e r f o r m a n c e f r o m t h e d i g i t a l a d a p t o r . A l w a y s k e e p t h e
v i d e o heads c l e a n .
• W h e n r e c o r d i n g , P C M T a p e ( o p t i o n a l l y a v a i l a b l e ) is r e c o m m e n d e d .
• W h e n r e c o r d i n g is c o m p l e t e d , l e t t h e v i d e o cassette r e c o r d e r r u n f o r several s e c o n d s
b e f o r e d i s e n g a g i n g t h e r e c o r d b u t t o n .
• W h e n r e c o r d i n g r i g h t a f t e r t h e p r e v i o u s l y r e c o r d e d p r o g r a m m e s , let t h e v i d e o cassette
r e c o r d e r r u n i n p l a y b a c k m o d e f o r several s e c o n d s b e f o r e pressing t h e r e c o r d b u t t o n .
P r o p e r R e c o r d i n g Level
Set t h e average r e c o r d i n g level at a b o u t — 9 d 3 .
1. C h e c k the level i n d i c a t o r s a n d a d j u s t t h e L i n e i n p u t c o n t r o l ( 1 8 ) or M I C i n p u t c o n t r o l
( 1 7 ) t o set t h e average r e c o r d i n g level as close as possible t o - 9 d 3 f o r 3
n o r m a l r e c o r d i n g .
2 . S e t t i n g o f the average r e c o r d i n g level at m o r e t h a n — 9 d B p r o d u c e s g o o d P C M r e c o r d
i n g results. B u t N E V E R a l l o w the " O v e r " level i n d i c a t o r t o l i g h t u p
!
3. V a r y the average r e c o r d i n g level b e l o w o r o v e r —9dB d e p e n d i n g o n the t y p e o f r e c o r d
ing.
• Set peak r e c o r d i n g level b e l o w t h e " O V E R " l e v e l , b u t d o n o t set it t o o l o w ; o t h e r w i s e
a p o o r S / N r a t i o w i l l r e s u l t .
Summary of Contents for Optonica RX-1
Page 1: ...OPTONICA RX 1 PCM Digital Audio Adaptor ...
Page 5: ...M O D E L RX 1H OPTONICA PCM DIGITAL AUDIO ADAPTOR ...
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Page 14: ...or live recordings Diagram 1 s ...
Page 15: ...Recording from a record album F M broadcast or tape recorder and playback D i a g r a m 2 ...
Page 17: ...TV signal dubbing connection Diagram 4 ...
Page 18: ...Analog dubbing connection Diagram 5 ...
Page 19: ...Digital dubbing c o n n e c t i o n Diagram _6j ...