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Page 1: ...OPERATION MANUAL English 1st Edition Revised 1 Serial No 10001 and Higher DIGITAL VIDEOCASSETTE PLAYER DNW A30 A30P DNW 30 30P ...

Page 2: ...erates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense You are cautioned that any changes or modific...

Page 3: ...Cassettes 3 5 Chapter 4 Playback 4 1 Preparations for Playback 4 1 4 2 Playback Procedures 4 2 4 2 1 Normal Playback 4 2 4 2 2 Playback in Jog Mode 4 2 4 2 3 Playback in Shuttle Mode 4 3 4 2 4 Playback in Variable Mode 4 3 4 2 5 Playback Using the Capstan Override Function 4 4 Chapter 5 Menu System 5 1 Menu System Configuration 5 1 5 2 Basic Menu 5 1 5 2 1 Items in the Basic Menu 5 1 5 2 2 Basic M...

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Page 5: ...th a low data rate playback with high image quality and high audio quality is achieved The unit also has a powerful error correcting system Data compression by interframe encoding For the Betacam SX format data is compressed by MPEG 2 interframe encoding conforming to 4 2 2 Profile Main level The data rate is reduced by a factor of 10 Playback compatibility with Betacam Betacam SP DNW A30 A30P onl...

Page 6: ...monitoring computer a BVR 50 50P remote controller for the built in digital video processor and so forth Minimal maintenance The design needs minimal maintenance and requires no daily maintenance or checks The drum and other components have reduced maintenance costs Rack mounting The unit can be mounted in an EIA standard 19 inch rack For details of rack mounting refer to the Maintenance Manual Pa...

Page 7: ...assette Digital SDI Analog composite Analog audio Video monitor Audio monitor SNG a system Digital modulator Digital demodulator a SNG Satellite News Gathering Digital or analog DNW A30 A30P only cassette BVE series editora Tape control Analog composite Audio monitor On line editor for cut editing Analog composite component Analog composite DNW A30 A30P 30 30P DNW A30 A30P 30 30P Video monitor VTR...

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Page 9: ...nd Function of Parts There are three front control panels as follows Upper control panel Subsidiary control panel Lower control panel Lower control panel See page 2 4 Subsidiary control panel See page 2 9 Upper control panel See page 2 2 To reveal the subsidiary control panel pull the lower control panel forward DNW A30 A30P ...

Page 10: ...d OFF 2 Level meters These show the playback audio levels of channels 1 to 4 There are two modes for playback audio level indications FULL and FINE selected by the DISPLAY FULL FINE switch 5 3 AUDIO MONITOR SELECT buttons Press the buttons in the L and R rows to select the audio signal channels channels 1 to 4 identified as CH 1 to CH 4 output from the MONITOR OUTPUT L and MONITOR OUTPUT R connect...

Page 11: ...n lights When AUTO is selected the time code displayed is VITC with the tape transport speed up to half speed and LTC with the tape transport speed more than half speed DF NDF drop frame non drop frame switch and indicators In a 525 60 system this switch selects the mode of advancing the time code generator and CTL counter DF Drop frame mode 3 NDF Non drop frame mode 3 The indicator corresponding ...

Page 12: ...SET CTL TC UB 1 Menu display setting section 1 MENU button Use this button for setup menu operations Pressing this button turning it on displays setup menus in the fluorescent display of the display section 2 Press the button once more to exit from the menu display For details of setup menu operations see Chapter5 Menu System 2 SET button Use this button for setting time code and user bit values a...

Page 13: ...en a time code is displayed in the time data display area UB user bits indicator This lights when a user bit value is displayed in the time data display area VI VITC indicator When a VITC time code value or VITC user bit value is displayed in the time data display area this indicator lights together with the TC or UB indicator INTRP interpolation indicator This lights when a playback time code rea...

Page 14: ...tor When playing back a tape recorded in Betacam SX format this indicator lights 2 1 Control Panels 3 Tape transport control section 1 STANDBY button When a cassette is inserted and this button is off to put the VTR in standby mode press the button turning it on In standby mode the drum is rotating and the tape is in contact with the drum As a result playback can start immediately To end standby m...

Page 15: ... control section 1 SHUTTLE button To use the search dial for playback in shuttle mode press this button turning it on For details of playback in shuttle mode see the item for the search dial 4 2 JOG button To use the search dial for playback in jog mode press this button turning it on For details of playback in jog mode see the item for the search dial 4 3 VAR variable button To use the search dia...

Page 16: ...50 times normal speed Using an analog Betacam tape 35 to 35 times normal speed for DNW A30 or 42 to 42 times normal speed for DNW A30P The search dial has detents at the still position and at 10 times normal speed Jog Press the JOG button or the search dial so that the JOG button lights then turn the search dial Playback is carried out at a speed determined by the speed of rotation of the search d...

Page 17: ...or playback of an analog Betacam oxide tape The factory default setting is OFF 4 PROCESS CONTROL switch This selects the method of control of the internal digital video processor REMOTE Select this position to use an optional BVR 50 50P Remote Control Unit for remote control of the internal digital video processor MENU Select this position to use setup menus to change the settings for the internal...

Page 18: ...AL switch DNW A30 A30P only The switch is effective only for playback of video recorded in Betacam or Betacam SP format It makes the selection described immediately below When it is set to MANUAL you can use the knob to adjust the Y C delay PRESET Regardless of the position of the knob the Y C delay is set to the reference value MANUAL You can adjust the Y C delay in the range 100 ns 9 CHROMA chro...

Page 19: ...s Select this position for editing and playback of composite signals when video phase continuity at edit points is required or for A B roll editing 8FD 625 50 This position is not normally used in a 525 60 system If you select this position in a 625 50 system the tape playback output is subject to virtual color framing frame locked to the reference signal selected by the OUT REF switch This unit i...

Page 20: ... analog audio signals for channels 1 to 4 2 TIME CODE OUT connector XLR 3 pin male During playback this outputs the playback time code 3 SDI Serial Digital Interface DIGITAL OUTPUT connectors BNC type These output D1 format digital video audio signals 4 REF reference VIDEO INPUT connectors BNC type and 75 Ω termination switch Input a reference video signal Input a video signal with chroma burst VB...

Page 21: ...g VIDEO CONTROL connector D subminiature 15 pin For remote control of the internal digital video processor connect an optional BVR 50 50P Remote Control Unit or similar Always power off this unit before connecting the remote control unit 9 MONITOR OUTPUT connectors XLR 3 pin male According to the setting of the AUDIO MONITOR SELECT buttons on the upper control panel two L and R audio monitor signa...

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Page 23: ...ing to editing operations Items relating to preroll Items relating to tape protection Items relating to video control Items relating to audio control For detailed information about the items except for the basic menu items relating to the hours meter of these menus and how to use them see Chapter 5 Menu System For details of the basic menu items relating to the hours meter see Section 6 4 Digital ...

Page 24: ...n no signal is input to the REF VIDEO INPUT connector the internal reference video signal generator is not synchronized to any external signal The output from the internal reference video signal generator is supplied to the output video signal and servo circuits as a reference signal Connecting Reference Signals Connect reference signals as shown below Reference signal Serial monitor SDI DIGITAL O...

Page 25: ...rimposed characters using the basic menu For details of the basic menu see Section 5 2 Basic Menu page 5 1 Information displayed Note The display shown above corresponds to the factory default settings of the unit Changing the setting of basic menu item 005 allows different time data to be displayed in the bottom line of the display For details of basic menu item 005 see Section 5 2 1 Items in the...

Page 26: ...k status or tape speed 3 3 Superimposed Character Information A B Display Block A Block B Operation mode TAPE UNTHD Cassette is not loaded STDBY OFF Standby off mode T RELEASE Tape tension released STOP Stop mode F FWD Fast forward mode REW Rewind mode PREROLL Preroll mode PLAY Playback mode servo unlocked PLAY Playback mode servo locked LOCK PLAY Deviation from normal speed Capstan override mode ...

Page 27: ...ea Check that there is no slack in the tape The cassette is drawn into the unit and the STANDBY and STOP buttons light If message ERROR 10 appears in the time data display area there is moisture condensation in the unit For steps to take when ERROR 10 is displayed see Section 6 3 Moisture Condensation page 6 2 Removing slack from the tape Press in one of the reels with a finger and turn gently in ...

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Page 29: ... necessary switch settings For details of the settings of each of the switches refer to the pages indicated in parenthesis TC switch setting Displayed data LTC LTC recorded on tape VITC VITC recorded on tape AUTO LTC or VITC automatically switched AUDIO MONITOR SELECT buttons see page 2 2 select the audio channel s to be monitored POWER switch ON TC switch see page 2 3 select the time code to be d...

Page 30: ...tor lights To stop playback Press the STOP button If you play back to the end of the tape The tape is automatically rewound and stops When using the Dolby noise reduction system When using an analog Betacam cassette you can use Dolby C noise reduction for audio playback To activate the Dolby noise reduction system set the DOLBY NR switch on the subsidiary control panel to ON 4 2 2 Playback in Jog ...

Page 31: ...nd shuttle mode playback Set the search dial to the position corresponding to the desired shuttle playback speed then switch between normal speed playback and shuttle playback by pressing the PLAY and SHUTTLE buttons alternately For intermittent shuttle mode playback press the STOP and SHUTTLE buttons alternately 4 2 4 Playback in Variable Mode In variable mode you can finely control 47 steps the ...

Page 32: ...s of 1 This function is convenient for playback phase synchronization with another VTR playing back the same program 1 Hold down the PLAY button and turn the search dial in the desired direction to adjust the playback speed The SERVO indicator goes off 2 When the adjustment is completed release the PLAY button The tape transport returns to normal speed and the SERVO indicator comes on again 2 1 4 ...

Page 33: ...OSITION Adjust the horizontal screen position of the character information output from the COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT 3 SUPER connector for superimposed display on the monitor 00 14 24 525 mode 00 12 24 625 mode The hexadecimal value 00 is for the far left of the screen and 24 decimal 36 for the far right Increasing the value moves the position of the characters to the right 003a b CHARACTER V POSITIO...

Page 34: ... Note Switching the system resets all menu items to their factory default settings For information on how to switch the system see the section Switching between 525 625 line systems menu item 013 page 5 5 B01 RECALL BANK 1 Set to ON to recall menu settings from menu bank 1 B02 RECALL BANK 2 Set to ON to recall menu settings from menu bank 2 B03 RECALL BANK 3 Set to ON to recall menu settings from ...

Page 35: ...splay the full item name Hold down the F FWD button To display the item group name Items in the menu are arranged in groups by the 100 s digit of the item number To display the name of the group to which the currently selected item belongs hold down the VAR button Output from COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT 3 SUPER connector If the CHARACTER switch on the subsidiary control panel is set to ON then when you...

Page 36: ...nging a menu item setting value To change the setting value of the currently displayed menu item use the following procedure 1 Holding down the SHUTTLE button or JOG button turn the search dial The setting value changes at a rate depending on the search dial position when the SHUTTLE button is lit or on the search dial rotation rate when the JOG button is lit 2 When the desired setting value is di...

Page 37: ...5 SYSTEM SELECT to ON and then switch between 525 NTSC and 625 PAL Note Before carrying out this operation consult the person responsible for the installation Switching the system resets all menu items to their factory default settings The following procedure shows by way of example how to switch from a 525 NTSC system to a 625 PAL system SET button Time data display 1 Select menu item 013 The tim...

Page 38: ...ess the SET button The displays change as follows 6 Turn the POWER switch off momentarily then on again This switches from a 525 NTSC to 625 PAL system the 525 indicator goes off and the 625 indicator lights The menu settings disappear from the time data display which returns to the normal indications Time data display Monitor screen Time data display Monitor screen Time data display Monitor scree...

Page 39: ...UB button you can jump directly to menu item B01 or H01 The recalled menu item toggles between B01 and H01 every time you press the CTL TC UB button Saving the current active menu settings Set one of menu items B11 SAVE BANK 1 to B14 SAVE BANK 4 to ON depending on which of the menu banks you wish to save in then press the SET button Recalling settings from a menu bank Set one of menu items B01 REC...

Page 40: ... rewind and fast forward and the maximum speed setting of the search dial in shuttle mode is 24 times normal Note When using a digital cassette regardless of this setting the maximum speed is 50 times normal 104 AUDIO MUTING TIME Select the length of time for which audio muting occurs when the unit switches to playback either from stopped or from still playback in the search mode for Betacam compa...

Page 41: ...ing operations are disabled ENA All switches and buttons are enabled 119 VARIABLE SPEED LIMIT IN KEY PANEL CONTROL Select the playback speed range when carrying out playback in variable mode from the control panel of this unit OFF 1 to 1 times normal speed ON 0 to 1 times normal speed 120 CTL LOCK IN VAR SHTL Select whether the tape transport should be phase locked to the CTL signal during playbac...

Page 42: ... ON state Note Select CAP when the tape contains discontinuous time code and the preroll will span a discontinuity The tape is prerolled by extrapolating the time code signal from the CTL signal before the discontinuity 405 CUEUP BY CTL Select the tape transport mode when cuing This setting is valid only when the CTL TC UB button on the lower control panel is set to CTL CAP During cuing up the tap...

Page 43: ...tandby OFF mode the unit not on standby T REL Switch to tension release mode the tape tension slackened 503 TAPE PROTECTION MODE FROM STOP Select the operation of the protection mode to protect the video heads and tape when stopped the STOP mode STDBY Switch to Standby OFF mode the unit not on standby T REL Switch to tension release mode the tape tension slackened 504 DRUM ROTATION IN STANDBY OFF ...

Page 44: ...anking for lines 9 to 22 BLANK Carry out blanking THROU Switch off blanking EDGE SUBCARRIER REDUCER MODE During playback of a tape on which a composite signal has been recorded in the playback circuit the edge subcarrier reducer ESR is automatically switched on or off according to the VTR operation When recording a Non Standard signal for example if the color edges are not as good as with a proper...

Page 45: ...VTR operates normally CB100 100 color bar signal CB75 75 color bar signal CB75R 75 color bar signal reverse BOW Bowtie signal PLSBR Pulse bar signal MLTBS Multi burst signal HSWP H sweep signal 5STEP 5 step signal RAMP Ramp signal SH Shallow ramp signal RED Red signal GRAY 50 flat signal WHITE 100 flat signal BB Black burst signal SDI SDI check field signal NTC7 NTC 7 test signal selectable only i...

Page 46: ...e Settings 713 VIDEO SETUP REFERENCE LEVEL When operating in 525 mode Set the video setup amounts to be removed from a Betacam playback signal and to be added to a composite output signal There are independent settings for a Betacam signal and a composite output signal referred to below as an output signal Note The setup amounts specified in this menu item have no connection with the SETUP DNW A30...

Page 47: ...ed to the MONITOR OUTPUT connector ADD Simple addition RMS Root mean square AVE Simple average 806 LEVEL METER SCALE Select the mode in which digital audio levels are displayed PEAK0 Displays the audio level as negative values with the maximum level set to 0 dB REF0 Displays the audio level as positive and negative values with the reference level set to 0 dB The CUE channel digital Betacam analog ...

Page 48: ...enu you can carry out the same operations as in the basic menu For details of basic menu operation see Section 5 2 2 Basic Menu Operations page 5 3 Note To access the extended menu a setting on the internal SS 63 board is required For details refer to the Maintenance Manual Part 1 5 3 Extended Menu ...

Page 49: ...lean the video heads and audio heads always use the special purpose Sony BCT 5CLN cleaning cassette Follow the instructions with the cleaning cassette carefully as inappropriate use of the cleaning cassette can damage the heads To carry out head cleaning use the following procedure 1 Insert the cleaning cassette 2 Press the EJECT button and PLAY button simultaneously Head cleaning starts 3 After a...

Page 50: ...sation occurs Erro 10 appears in the time data display If this happens the drum and capstan motors stop and the cassette is automatically ejected Then the durm starts to rotate again to dry its surface In this state the unit is not operable When the moisture has evaporated the error message disappears and the ALARM indicator goes off If Erro 10 appears and the ALARM indicator lights immediately af...

Page 51: ... units of 1 hour H03 TAPE RUNNING mode Displays the total number of hours the unit has been in fast forward rewind playback search or editing except for stop and still mode in units of 1 hour H04 THREADING mode Displays the total number of times tape has been threaded H12 DRUM RUNNING mode resettable Same as H02 except that the count is resettable This can be used as a guide in determining when to...

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Page 53: ... Search speed Shuttle mode Betacam SX Still to approx 50 times normal playback speed Betacam playback Still to 35 times normal playback speed DNW A30 30 Still to 42 times normal playback speed DNW A30P 30P Variable mode 1 to 1 times normal playback speed Jog mode Still to 1 times normal playback speed Servo lock time 0 5 seconds or less from standby on Load unload time 6 seconds or less Cassette t...

Page 54: ...between any two channels Analog Betacam playback DNW A30 only Video Audio LNG a Reference level 4 dBm 51 dB or more 48 dB or more LF non linearity 20 ns or less Metal tape Oxide tape Bandwidth Y 30 Hz to 4 5 MHz 0 5 dB 4 0 dB 30 Hz to 4 1 MHz 0 5 dB 6 0 dB R Y B Y 30 Hz to 1 5 MHz 0 5 dB 3 0dB 30 Hz to 1 5 MHz 0 5 dB 3 0 dB S N ratio Y R Y B Y 48 dB or more 45 dB or more 2 or less 3 or less K fact...

Page 55: ...etal tape Oxide tape Frequency response at 20 dB below peak levela 50 Hz to 15 kHz 1 5 dB 3 0 dB 50 Hz to 15 kHz 3 0dB S N ratio at 3 distortion level CCIR 468 3 weighted 68 dB or more 62 dB or more Distortion THD at 1kHz reference levelb 1 or less 2 or less Wow and flutter DIN45507 weighted 0 1 rms or less Processor adjustment range Video level 3 dB to 3 dB selectable Chroma level 3 dB to 3 dB se...

Page 56: ...mpedance balanced PHONES JM 60 stereo phone jack to 12 dBu at 8 Ω load unblanced AUDIO AES EBU optional connectors with optional BKNW 105 AES EBU INPUT BNC 2 AES EBU OUTPUT BNC 2 Note You cannot use the AUDIO AES EBU optional connectors with optional BKNW 105 and the AUDIO OUTPUT CH 1 2 3 4 connectors at the same time Remote connectors REMOTE 9P D sub 9 pin female RS232C D sub 25 pin female VIDEO ...

Page 57: ...des acquéreurs de l équipement décrit dans ce manuel Sony Corporation interdit formellement la copie de quelque partie que ce soit de ce manuel ou son emploi pour tout autre but que des opérations ou entretiens de l équipement à moins d une permission écrite de Sony Corporation Das in dieser Anleitung enthaltene Material besteht aus Informationen die Eigentum der Sony Corporation sind und ausschli...

Page 58: ...Sony Corporation Broadcasting Professional Systems Company DNW A30 A30P DNW 30 30P SY 3 859 751 02 1 Printed in Japan 1998 04 13 1997 ...

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