Sony DVCAM DSR-60, Service Manual

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Playback
Chapter 2 Recording and Playback
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Chapter 2 Recording and Playback
For this purpose: Do this:
Stop playback Press the STOP button.
The unit enters stop mode, and will automatically
switch to standby off mode after 8 minutes.
Adjust the audio playback
level Use the audio level control on the monitor.
Search while viewing Press and hold either F FWD or REW button to
search at 32 times normal speed in forward or
reverse direction. To return to normal playback
mode, press the PLAY button.
Note
The search picture will not be displayed unless “F.
FWD/REW” under the AUTO EE SELECT menu
item is set to “PB”.
Inhibit the unit from
outputting text information
(time data, operation mode
indications, etc.) to the
video monitor. Change the menu settings.
See “CHARA. DISPLAY” (page 43) in Chapter 4
“Menu Settings”.
Change the time period
before the unit switches to
standby off mode from stop
mode Change the menu settings.
See “TAPE PROTECTION” (page 46) in Chapter 4
“Menu Settings”.
Remove the cassette Press the EJECT button.
After a few seconds, the tape is unwound from the
head drum and the cassette is automatically ejected.
If a CNT value is shown on the time counter display
(assuming the time data type indicator “COUNTER”
is lit), the CNT value is reset.
Disable the automatic
rewind function Change the menu settings.
See “AUTO REW” (page 42) in Chapter 4 “Menu
Settings”.
Chapter 3 Convenient Functions for Editing Operation
Chapter 3 Convenient Functions for Editing Operation
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When you set “SUB STATUS” under the DIS-
PLAY CONTROL menu item to other than
“OFF”, you can also display supplementary status
information on the monitor screen about the
editing mode settings, recording format of play-
back tape, and/or time code generator’s operating
mode.
For details of supplementary status information, see
“Displaying Supplementary Status Information” (page 55).
Monitor screen contents
The contents of the monitor screen are shown below.
A
Time data type
The following time data type indications are displayed.
B
Drop frame indication for time code reader
(on DSR-80 only)
Setting the Time Data
This unit is provided with the following functions
related to time data.
• Display and reset CNT value
• Set, display, record, and play back SMPTE/EBU time
code and user bit data
When the unit is equipped with an optional DSBK-
130/130P Time Code Input/Output Board, it can
output the time code read from the tape as an analog
(LTC) signal while in normal-speed playback mode,
and receive an external analog time code (LTC) signal.
Note
Even when the unit is equipped with the DSBK-130/
130P, it outputs no signal from the TIME CODE OUT
connector unless it is in normal-speed playback mode.
The following explains how to use these functions.
Displaying Time Data and
Operation Mode Indications
Time data and operation mode indications can be
displayed on the monitor screen.
Time data can also be displayed in the time counter
display on this unit.
To view time data and operation mode
indications on the monitor screen
Select the DISPLAY CONTROL menu item and set
“CHARA. DISPLAY” to “ON” (factory default
setting).
The time data and the indication of the unit’s current
operation mode are superimposed on the composite
video signal that is being output from the VIDEO OUT
2 (SUPER) connector, and can be viewed on the
monitor screen.
Use the DISPLAY CONTROL menu item to select the
information displayed and the character type and
position of the indications.
For details of these menu settings, see Chapter 4 “Menu
Settings”.
Chapter 3 Con
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or Editing Operation
B
Drop frame indication
for time code reader a)
C
Drop frame indication for
time code generator
a)
D
DSR-80/80P operation mode
a) This character can appear on the DSR-80 only. The
character to appear in these two columns is always a colon
( : ) on the DSR-80P.
A
Time data type
Time data
Indication Description
Count value of the time counter
TCR Time code data from time code reader
(factory default setting)
UBR User bit data from time code reader
CNT
TCG Time code data from time code generator
UBG User bit data from time code generator
T
∗
R Time code data from time code reader. The
asterisk indicates an interpolation by the time
code reader to make up for the time code
data not correctly read from the tape.
U
∗
R User bit data from the time code reader. The
asterisk indicates that last data is retained by
the time code reader, as the new data has not
been read correctly from the tape.
. Drop frame mode (factory default setting)
: Non-drop frame mode