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Chapter 1
Overview
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Location and Function of Parts
• The unit is only compatible with standard video
signals. If you input the types of video signals shown
below, recorded picture and sound may be distorted.
– Signals from some home game machines
– Blue background screen or gray background screen
images from a consumer VCR
– Pictures played at a speed other than normal by a
VCR that does not have TBC (Time Base Corrector)
– Video signals in which the sync signals are distorted
– Signals from a defective cassette (tape or recording
condition is bad) played by an analog VCR that does
not have TBC
• To absorb the jitter of input video signals, the
distortion of video signals are processed in the
underscan portion. You may see this procedure on an
underscan monitor, but this is not a malfunction. Also,
the picture recorded on the tape will not be affected.
• During recording or in EE mode, the subcarrier of the
color signal to be output from the unit is not
synchronized with the horizontal sync signal. The
color of the picture or the horizontal position of the
picture may be distorted depending on the type of
monitor connected to the unit.
• To output video signals to the VIDEO, S VIDEO, or
COMPONENT OUT jacks without text data, set the
DISPLAY OUTPUT switch to OFF, or press the
DATA CODE or SEARCH SELECT button on the
remote commander.
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RESET button
If you press this button with the tip of a ballpoint pen or
similar tool, the following settings are initialized.
– [CLOCK SET]
and [60i/50i SEL]
in the [OTHERS] menu.
– The settings on the unit other than the menu settings.
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HD/SD SDI OUT jack
Outputs digital video and audio signals in SDI format
(SD/HD). To connect a device equipped with an SDI
input jack, use the HD/SD SDI OUT jack on the unit.
The HD/SD SDI OUT jack outputs high-quality video
with even less signal deterioration in quality than the
COMPONENT OUT jacks.
You can set the output video format by using [SDI/
CMPNT] of [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/OUT REC]
menu.
• Signals are output to the HD/SD SDI OUT jack and
COMPONENT OUT jack simultaneously. The setting
of [SDI/CMPNT] of [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/OUT
REC] menu is effective for both the HD/SD SDI OUT
jack and the COMPONENT OUT jack.
• Only signals of EE pictures in HDV format during tape
playback or during signal input from the HDV/DV
jack are output from the HD/SD SDI OUT jack.
Signals of EE pictures during S VIDEO/VIDEO input
or EE pictures in DV/DVCAM format during signal
input from the HDV/DV jack are not output.
• When signals are input from the HDV/DV jack, the
output signals from the HD/SD SDI OUT jack and the
AES/EBU OUT jacks do not satisfy the SDI signal
standard and the AES/EBU signal standard.
• Depending on the i.LINK signal quality of the device
connected through the HDV/DV jack or the signal
performance/type of the SDI input jack or AES/EBU
input jack of the device connected, the picture and
sound may be distorted. Make sure no problem will
occur before you use the HD/SD SDI OUT jack.
• When output resolution is set to 480p or 576p, no
signal is output from the HD/SD SDI OUT jack.
• When an internal color bar is generated or no signal is
input, signals are output from the HD/SD SDI OUT
jack.
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LANC jack
Use this jack when controlling the tape transport
operation of the unit using a device that has a LANC
1)
jack.
• The LANC jack on the unit has only LANC-S
functions. The unit has no LANC-M functions. A
device that is set to LANC-S mode cannot be
connected to the unit. Either the unit or the other
device may not operate properly.
• When using the unit as a player, set LANC mode on
the recorder to M. A VCR that does not have an M/S
switching function cannot be used to operate the unit.
• When the device to be connected to the unit has a
LANC-M function to switch between SHUTTLE A/ B,
select SHUTTLE A for an HDV-formatted tape, and
SHUTTLE B for a DVCAM/DV (SP)-formatted tape.
Notes
Notes
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1) LANC (Local Application Control bus system):
Bidirectional interface used to control a consumer VCR
