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Instructions for Use

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PDW-75MD

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Page 1: ...3 270 633 13 1 Professional Disc Recorder Instructions for Use Before operating the unit please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference PDW 75MD 2007 Sony Corporation ...

Page 2: ...2001 Laserdiod Egenskaper Våglängd 400 till 410 nm Strålningens varaktighet Kontinuerlig Lasereffekt 135 mW max för pulstopp 65 mW max för kontinuerlig våg Standard IEC60825 1 2001 Egenskaper for laserdiode Bølgelengde 400 til 410 nm Strålingsvarighet Kontinuerlig Utgangseffekt for laser 135 mW maks stråletoppunkt 65 mW maks ved kontinuerlig stråling Standard IEC60825 1 2001 Laserdiodin ominaisuud...

Page 3: ... located on the top panel of the unit See Removing the Connector Covers of these instructions for details about how to attach the connector covers Important safeguards notices for use in the medical environments 1 All the equipments connected to this unit shall be certified according to Standard IEC60601 1 IEC60950 1 IEC60065 or other IEC ISO Standards applicable to the equipments 2 Furthermore al...

Page 4: ...d XLR 3 pin Cannon cable 5 m shielded RCC 5G cable 3 2 m shielded Analog RGB cable 2 m shielded RCA pin BNC cable 5 m shielded XLR 3 pin RCA pin cable 5 m shielded i LINK cable 1 5 m shielded Guidance and manufacturer s declaration electromagnetic emissions The PDW 75MD is intended for use in the electromagnetic environment specified below The customer or the user of the PDW 75MD should assure tha...

Page 5: ... mode 2 kV common mode 1 kV differential mode 2 kV common mode Mains power quality should be that of a typical commercial or hospital environment Voltage dips short interruptions and voltage variations on power supply input lines IEC 61000 4 11 5 UT 95 dip in UT for 0 5 cycle 40 UT 60 dip in UT for 5 cycles 70 UT 30 dip in UT for 25 cycles 5 UT 95 dip in UT for 5 sec 5 UT 95 dip in UT for 0 5 cycl...

Page 6: ...transmitters as determined by an electromagnetic site survey a should be less than the compliance level in each frequency range b Interference may occur in the vicinity of equipment marked with following symbol NOTE 1 At 80 MHz and 800 MHz the higher frequency range applies NOTE 2 These guidelines may not apply in all situations Electromagnetic propagation is affected by absorption and reflection ...

Page 7: ...as alcohol or thinners as these may cause discoloration or other damage to the finish of the unit Recommended separation distances between portable and mobile RF communications equipment and the PDW 75MD The PDW 75MD is intended for use in an electromagnetic environment in which radiated RF disturbances are controlled The customer or the user of the PDW 75MD can help prevent electromagnetic interf...

Page 8: ...DZ 1 over an i LINK Connection FAM Connection 29 External Synchronization 30 Setup 31 Setting the Date and Time 31 Adjusting the Brightness of the LCD Panel 31 Superimposed Text Information 33 Displaying Supplementary Status Information 34 Chapter 3 Recording and Playback Handling Discs 36 Discs Used for Recording and Playback 36 Notes on Handling 36 Write Protecting Discs 36 Loading and Unloading...

Page 9: ...lip List 54 Quick Scene Selection Adding Sub Clips during Recording Playback or Search 57 Editing Clip Lists 59 Basic Operations 59 Reordering Sub Clips 59 Modifying the In and Out Points of Sub Clips Trimming 60 Deleting Sub Clips 61 Setting the Start Timecode for the Current Clip List 61 Previewing the Edited Clip List 61 Saving the Current Clip List to Disc 62 Managing Clip Lists 63 Changing Di...

Page 10: ... 72 System Menu 74 Displaying the Setup and Disc Menus 74 Setup Menu 75 Setup Menu Items 76 Setup Menu Operations 81 Disc Menu 83 Disc Menu Operations 84 Appendix Important Notes on Operation 86 Condensation 86 Periodic Maintenance 87 Digital Hours Meter 87 Troubleshooting 88 Alarms 88 Error Messages 95 To Eject Discs with the Unit Powered Off 95 About i LINK 96 Specifications 97 Using UMID Data 1...

Page 11: ... You can select the appropriate video bitrate for your application from three video bitrate modes 35 Mbps HQ high quality mode 25 Mbps SP standard mode and 18 Mbps LP long play mode You can select 2 channel or 4 channel audio with the ability to record 120 minutes or more of audio If the audio channel modes are the same different video bitrates can be mixed on the same disc Long recording times Wh...

Page 12: ...ded on this unit Thumbnail expansion After selecting a clip in the thumbnail list you can divide the clip into 12 parts and show a list of thumbnails for the first frame in each part This makes it easy to find the scene you want within the clip This expansion can be repeated up to 3 times 1 728 divisions You can also expand the section between a selected essence mark and the next essence mark Scen...

Page 13: ...evices and HDV editors and TS signals from HDV devices and HDV editors can be converted to MPEG HD compatible files for recording by this unit 1 HDV and are trademarks of Sony Corporation and Victor Company of Japan Limited 2 HDV1080i Refers to devices compliant with the HDV1080i Standard for recording HD signals on DV tape There are 1080 effective lines 3 TS MPEG 2 transport streams containing MP...

Page 14: ... If the on standby switch is pressed while this indicator is lit the unit waits until access to the disc is completed before switching to the standby state PHONES VAR JOG MARK1 MENU PAGE DISPLAY SUB CLIP F1 F5 F4 F3 F2 SHIFT CLIP MENU ESSENCE MARK SET THUMB NAIL RESET OUT IN MARK2 SHUTTLE TOP KEY INHI EXPAND CHAPTER F REV F FWD END PREV NEXT PLAY STOP STANDBY REC EJECT CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 NETWORK ...

Page 15: ...P MENU button This functions as a SUB CLIP button when pressed alone and as a CLIP MENU button when pressed together with the SHIFT button SUB CLIP button Press this button turning it on to perform playback of a clip list A clip list selection screen appears To play back the clips in the order they were recorded press this button again turning it off The clip list selection screen disappears This ...

Page 16: ...T button DISPLAY button Each press of this button switches the monitor video display section between its three display sizes KEY INH button Each press of this button turns key operation inhibit mode on or off d PAGE button This displays the function menu if it is not already visible The most recently accessed page appears If the function menu is visible this button switches between the function me...

Page 17: ...se display the audio recording levels during recording or audio playback levels during playback of channels 1 to 4 If an audio level exceeds 0 dB the red indicator bar at the top lights k Audio format During playback this displays the number of recording audio channels on the disc and the number of quantization bits During recording this displays the input signal format selected with A1 INPUT to A...

Page 18: ...IN button and OUT button When the setup or disc menu is visible use these buttons to change menu settings When the THUMBNAIL button is lit you can use these for thumbnail selection An In or Out point is set when you press the SET button with the IN or OUT button held down The In or Out point setting is deleted when you press the RESET button with the IN or OUT button held down b M MARK1 button and...

Page 19: ...g playback control block a PREV previous TOP button This functions as a PREV button when pressed alone and as a TOP button when pressed together with the SHIFT button PREV button Press this button turning it on to jump to the first frame of the current clip or the previous REC START essence mark 1 When pressed at the first frame of the current clip this button jumps to the first frame of the previ...

Page 20: ...his unit enters standby off mode automatically after a certain length of time passes e z REC record button Press this button together with the PLAY button to start recording Recording starts on the unrecorded part of the disc Press the STOP button to stop recording A clip is created from the recorded section Rear Panel When the unit is shipped from the factory connector covers are attached to some...

Page 21: ...al input output section a AUDIO INPUT analog audio signal input 1 3 and 2 4 connectors XLR 3 pin female These connectors input two channels of analog audio You can use the A1 INPUT to A4 INPUT items on the HOME page of the function menu see page 72 to assign the signals input to connectors 1 3 ANALOG1 and connectors 2 4 ANALOG2 to audio channels 1 to 4 You can set the reference input levels with t...

Page 22: ... audio signals The 1 2 connector corresponds to audio channels 1 and 2 and the 3 4 connector corresponds to audio channels 3 and 4 b DIGITAL AUDIO AES EBU OUTPUT 1 2 and 3 4 connectors BNC type These output AES EBU format digital audio signals The 1 2 connector corresponds to audio channels 1 and 2 and the 3 4 connector corresponds to audio channels 3 and 4 5 Timecode input output section a TIME C...

Page 23: ...connector 6 pin IEEE1394 compliant Connect a DV device or computer using an i LINK cable The following connection types are supported They are selected by setting INTERFACE SELECT i LINK MODE in the setup menu see page 80 AV C Audio Video Control connection Output DVCAM format digital video and audio signals i LINK MODE set to AV C Audio output signals are 2ch or 4ch as selected by AUDIO CONTROL D...

Page 24: ...t frame of the next clip or to the next REC START essence mark 1 x STOP key Press this to stop recording or playback 1 The setting of OPERATIONAL FUNCTION FIND MODE determines whether the unit jumps to clips or to REC START essence marks When you play back clips recorded with the Clip Continuous Rec function see page 40 you should set this menu item to REC START EM f SEARCH keys Press m to perform...

Page 25: ...ose of the battery you must obey the law in the relative area or country Battery lifetime When the lithium battery output falls even button presses may not operate The average lithium battery lifetime is about one year but this depends on the pattern of use If pressing the remote control buttons produces absolutely no effect on this unit replace the battery then check the operation again CAUTION ...

Page 26: ...ve processing finishes If you have selected 60I or 30P When you press the SET button with 60I or 30P selected in step 2 the following screen appears Press the M MARK1 and m MARK2 buttons to select UC for areas outside Japan or J for Japan then press the SET button PHONES VAR JOG MARK1 MENU PAGE DISPLAY SUB CLIP F1 F5 F4 F3 F2 SHIFT CLIP MENU ESSENCE MARK SET THUMB NAIL RESET OUT IN MARK2 SHUTTLE T...

Page 27: ...he unit is shipped from the factory connector covers are attached to the following connectors AUDIO OUTPUT 1 3 and 2 4 connectors HDSDI INPUT connector HDSDI OUTPUT connectors SDSDI OUTPUT connector RS232C connector To use one of these connectors remove the cover as follows 1 Press the POWER main power switch to power the unit off 2 Remove the screw s of the connector cover using a screwdriver tha...

Page 28: ...ony dealer or a Sony sales representative Connecting an External Monitor You can connect a video monitor to this unit s video output connectors or to the MONITOR connector The following figure shows an example using a Sony multi format LCD monitor You can also superimpose character information such as timecode and the unit s operating status on output video For details see Superimposed Text Inform...

Page 29: ...POWER ANALOG HD INPUT DIGITAL AUDIO AES EBU AUDIO MONITOR 1 3 2 4 AUDIO OUTPUT 1 3 2 4 R L IN OUT Y G PB R SYNS RS232C REMOTE 9P PB B 1 2 INPUT OUTPUT CONTROL 3 4 1 2 3 4 S400 MONITOR COMPOSITE OUTPUT AC IN HDSDI OUTPUT MONITOR PDW 75MD this unit SDI signal input connector a MEU WX2 Multi Format Engine LMD 172W 232W Multi Format LCD Monitor Y PB PR connectors a To input HDSDI signals a BKM 243HS n...

Page 30: ...ge 72 There is no external synchronization for file operations by FAM connection see page 67 On the computer On this unit Install PDZ 1 Set the setup menu item INTERFACE SELECT REMOTE I F to i LINK see page 80 Set the setup menu item INTERFACE SELECT i LINK MODE to FAM PC REMOTE see page 80 SDSDI OUTPUT HDSDI INPUT AUDIO INPUT HDSDI OUTPUT 1 2 REF VIDEO INPUT TIME CODE POWER ANALOG HD INPUT DIGITA...

Page 31: ...se or decrease the values of the flashing digits Use the arrow buttons M MARK1 m MARK2 or jog dial To return the settings to the initial values Press the RESET button 4 When you have made the necessary settings press the SET button The message NOW SAVING appears the settings are saved and the menu closes To clear the menu from the screen without saving settings Press the MENU button twice in succe...

Page 32: ...ase or decrease the values of the flashing digits Use the arrow buttons M MARK1 m MARK2 or jog dial To return the settings to the factory defaults Press the RESET button 6 When you are finished making adjustments press the SET button The message NOW SAVING appears the settings are saved and the menu closes To clear the menu from the screen without saving adjustments Press the MENU button twice in ...

Page 33: ... 60I 30P a Type of time data If the time data or user bits cannot be read correctly they will be displayed with an asterisk For example T R U R T R or U R b Timecode reader drop frame mark for system frequency 60I 30P only Indicates drop frame mode Indicates non drop frame mode c Timecode generator drop frame mark for system frequency 60I 30P only Indicates drop frame mode factory default Indicate...

Page 34: ... mode servo locked REC Record mode servo unlocked REC LOCK Record mode servo locked JOG STILL A still picture in jog mode JOG FWD Jog mode in forward direction JOG REV Jog mode in reverse direction SHUTTLE STILL A still picture in shuttle mode SHUTTLE Speed Shuttle mode VAR Speed Variable speed mode TOP 0001 xxxx Cuing up to the first frame of the first clip END xxxx xxxx Cuing up to the last fram...

Page 35: ...as those of the external timecode regeneration EXT DVIN T U The internal timecode generator is in synchronization with the external timecode input to the unit via the S400 connector and is generating the same timecode values and user bit values as those of the external timecode regeneration EXT DVIN V T U The internal timecode generator is in synchronization with the external VITC input to the uni...

Page 36: ... to a severe shock for example by dropping it this can result in damage or scratching of the disc If the disc is scratched it may be impossible to record video audio or to play back the content recorded on the disc The discs should be handled and stored carefully Do not touch the surface of the disc itself within the cartridge Deliberately opening the shutter may cause damage Do not disassemble th...

Page 37: ...en press the OUT button The menu item QUICK FORMAT is selected 5 Press the OUT button The message QUICK FORMAT OK appears To cancel a disc format Press the RESET button to return to the state of step 3 To clear the menu from the screen carry out step 7 6 Press the SET button The format starts The message FORMAT COMPLETED appears when formatting of the disc is completed If you want to continue by f...

Page 38: ...eseen accident but 100 restoration cannot be guaranteed Even when these functions are used it is not possible to recover data from immediately before the interruption of recording The amount of data lost is as follows Quick salvage From 2 to 4 seconds of data before the interruption of recording Full salvage From 4 to 6 seconds of data before the interruption of recording More data may be lost whe...

Page 39: ... installed To set the audio recording format Set AUDIO CONTROL REC MODE in the setup menu to one of the following When the video recording format is set to DVCAM the audio recording format is always 4 channels 16 bits regardless of the setting of this item Carrying Out Recording One recording segment from the start to the end of recording 1 is called a clip 1 In recording with the Clip Continuous ...

Page 40: ...etup menu Power the unit off To turn the function off Set OPERATIONAL FUNCTION CLIP CONT REC in the setup menu to OFF Playback This section describes playback of video and audio on the unit Before starting playback make the following settings and adjustments Remote local setting Set the remote control switch If you set it to REMOTE also set the setup menu item INTERFACE SELECT REMOTE I F REMOTE an...

Page 41: ...ages index pictures of all clips on the disc and use them to cue up a desired clip To display a list of thumbnail images With the SUB CLIP button off press the THUMBNAIL button turning it on A list appears showing thumbnails of 12 clips on the disc including the clip being currently played back In the following description this is referred to as the thumbnail screen a When a title has been assigne...

Page 42: ...NFORMATION 3 Press the SET button A list of CLIP INFORMATION items appears DATE Date and time of recording TIME CODE Timecode of the first frame in the clip DURATION Recording time SEQUENCE NUMBER Thumbnail sequence number See To select a thumbnail image and start playback page 42 for more information about sequence thumbnail numbers TIME CODE is selected when the unit is shipped from the factory ...

Page 43: ...d clip or chapter and to search efficiently for a target scene You can repeat the expand operation up to three times t 12 blocks t 144 blocks t 1 728 blocks The maximum number of blocks may be larger than 1 728 when the recorded duration of the clip is short In this case the frame interval of expanded thumbnails is fixed at 1 frame This allows you to view expanded thumbnails at equal intervals To ...

Page 44: ...ppears showing selected essence mark frame If you press the PLAY button playback starts from the selected essence mark frame Searching with the Chapter Function When a clip contains shot marks you can display them as chapter thumbnails See To set shot marks page 41 about how to set shot marks 1 With the thumbnail list visible select the thumbnail of the clip that contains the scenes you want An S ...

Page 45: ...ars in the upper left of the screen 3 Select the thumbnail image of the shot mark position to delete 4 Press the SET button A message appears asking for confirmation of the deletion 5 Press OK to execute the deletion or CANCEL to cancel it and then press the SET button Clip List Playback You can play back clips in the same order as in a clip list created using the scene selection function See Chap...

Page 46: ...ps cannot be locked or unlocked when the Write Inhibit tab of the disc is set to the recording disabled position or when REC INH on page P1 of the function1 menu is set to ON 1 With the SUB CLIP button off press the THUMBNAIL button turning it on The thumbnails of the clips on the disc appear 2 Select the clip to lock you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of To select a thumbnail imag...

Page 47: ... when the Write Inhibit tab of the disc is set to the recording disabled position or when REC INH on page P1 of the function menu is set to ON Locked clips cannot be deleted When the target clip is referenced in a clip list the clip list that references the clip will also be deleted If the deletion target clip is referenced by the current clip list all of the referenced sub clips and only those su...

Page 48: ...en press the b OUT button A sub menu appears 3 Select DELETE ALL CLIPS and then press the SET button A deletion confirmation screen appears 4 To execute the deletion use the V MARK1 button to select OK and then press the SET button All clips are deleted However locked clips are not deleted If all clips have been deleted you return from the thumbnail screen to the original screen Assigning Sequence...

Page 49: ...ene selection function you create clip lists edit data The clips themselves are not changed so you can repeat the operation as often as you like Clip lists created with the scene selection function can be played back on this unit The scene selection function makes it easy to carry out operations such as adding material in clip units adding parts of clips adding by chapter reordering the playback o...

Page 50: ...LAY STOP STANDBY REC EJECT CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 NETWORK LOCAL REMOTE ACCESS LEVEL REC VARIABLE PRESET PB Record material or insert disc containing recorded material into this unit PDW F335 F355 To edit a clip list on the disc Load a clip list see page 64 Including a sub clip in the current clip list see page 54 Reordering sub clips see page 59 Changing sub clip In and Out points trimming see page 6...

Page 51: ...part of clip 3 Therefore when clip list E0001 is played back clip 4 is played after clip 2 and then the part of clip 3 shown in gray color is played Clip list editing current clip list To edit a clip lists you need to load the clip from the disc into the internal unit memory The clip list which is currently loaded into the unit memory is called the current clip list The current clip list is always...

Page 52: ...NG screen appears PREFIX Prefix up to 5 alphanumeric characters and symbols NUMERIC Initial value of the number 00001 to 99999 2 Enter the prefix and initial number To select the item to set and the character to set it flashes Use the arrow buttons To select a character to enter at the selected position Turn the jog dial To return the settings to the factory defaults Press the RESET button 3 When ...

Page 53: ...nge clip list names execute the Rename command for a file in the Edit folder with the extension SMI The extension SMI cannot be changed To check clip names Press the THUMBNAIL button to display the thumbnail screen and select the clip whose name you want to check The name of the selected clip appears at the upper left of the screen However when a title has been assigned to a clip display of the ti...

Page 54: ...o use while viewing the video quick scene selection Before starting Insert a disc containing recorded clips into the unit Including Clips Selected in the Thumbnail Screen in the Clip List Proceed as follows 1 With the SUB CLIP button unlit press the THUMBNAIL button lighting it Thumbnails of the clips on the disc appear In the following description this is referred to as the thumbnail screen PHONE...

Page 55: ...te and time when the clip list was created or last modified TITLE Title assigned to the clip list NAME Name of the clip list or a user defined name You can use the supplied PDZ 1 Proxy Browsing Software to assign titles to clip lists 4 Use the M MARK1 or m MARK2 button to select a clip list number such as E0001 and then press the SET button This returns to the thumbnail screen 5 Press the SUB CLIP...

Page 56: ...XT button Moves the cursor to the previous or next sub clip Press the PREV or NEXT button with the SHIFT button held down Moves the cursor to the first or last sub clip Press M MARK1 or m MARK2 button Moves to the 4th previous or 4th next sub clip 11With the SHIFT button held down press the SET button All the clips selected in step 8 are added to the current clip list as sub clips and the scene se...

Page 57: ...included as a sub clip 3 Save the current clip list to disc For details see Saving the Current Clip List to Disc page 62 Even if you select several thumbnails they are added to the clip list as one continuous sub clip To add sub clips using the chapter function The chapter function allows a thumbnail to be displayed for each shot mark recorded within a clip For details see Chapter 3 Searching for ...

Page 58: ...ge of the In point is cued up if you hold down the IN button and press the PREV button or NEXT button An image of the Out point is cued up if you hold down the OUT button and press the PREV button or NEXT button To check the duration Hold down the IN button and the OUT button at the same time The duration appears on the screen To reset an In point or Out point With the IN button or OUT button held...

Page 59: ...pages Reordering sub clips Page 59 Trimming sub clips Page 60 Deleting sub clips Page 61 Setting the timecode Page 61 7 Save the edited current clip list to disc For details see Saving the Current Clip List to Disc page 62 Reordering Sub Clips Proceed as follows 1 Carry out steps 1 to 5 of the procedure in Basic Operations see page 59 select MOVE in step 2 The I shaped cursor indicating the move d...

Page 60: ...n point or Out point of the selected sub clip 3 At the scene where you want to set a new In or Out point hold down the IN button to change the In point or the OUT button to change the Out point and press the SET button Depending on the button that you pressed a new In or Out point is set The IN and OUT indicators flash if you set an Out point with timecode smaller than the In point If this occurs ...

Page 61: ...ist Continuous timecode is used in clip lists regardless of the timecode of the parent clips of sub clips Therefore you can set the start timecode for each clip list By default the start timecode LTC for the current clip list is set to 00 00 00 00 To set this to a different value proceed as follows 1 Carry out steps 1 to 4 of the procedure in Basic Operations see page 59 select TC PRESET in step 2...

Page 62: ...CLIP LIST and then press the SET button A list of clip lists appears The date of creation or the title is displayed for each clip list NEW FILE is displayed for clip lists without any saved data To switch between title display and date of creation display Press the OUT button For details see To select the type of clip list information to display page 55 3 Use the M MARK1 or m MARK2 button or jog d...

Page 63: ...T button and press the SUB CLIP button Item Operation reference page CLIP INFORMATION Select the information displayed beneath thumbnails see page 64 LOAD CLIP LIST Load a clip list from the disc into the current clip list see page 64 SAVE CLIP LIST Save the current clip list to disc see page 62 DELETE CLIP LIST Delete a clip list from the disc see page 64 SORT CLIP LISTS BY You can sort the clip ...

Page 64: ... button A list of clip lists appears see page 55 3 Use the M MARK1 or m MARK2 button to select the desired clip list and then press the SET button The selected clip list is loaded into the unit as the current clip list To display thumbnails of the loaded current clip list Press the THUMBNAIL button and SUB CLIP button turning them on If an unsaved clip list exists in current clip list memory A war...

Page 65: ...t the type of sorting NAME Sort in ascending order by clip list name DATE Sort by date of creation with the newest clip list first 4 Press the IN button Sorting starts on LOAD CLIP LIST screen and so on Unused clip lists are excluded from the sort If you selected NAME If you selected DATE You can jump to the first clip or last clip by pressing the PREV or NEXT button with the SHIFT button held dow...

Page 66: ...re required to use PDZ 1 Computer PC with Intel Pentium M CPU at least 1 GHz installed memory at least 512 MB Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 or higher Windows Vista Ultimate Business 32bit or Mac OS X v10 4 11 or higher Web browser Internet Explorer 6 0 SP1 or higher DirectX DirectX 8 1b or higher To install PDZ 1 Insert the supplied CD ROM XDCAM Application into the CD ROM...

Page 67: ...irements for file operations by file access mode are as follows Computer operating system Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 or higher or Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Business 32bit Preparations Do the following on the remote computer and this unit Install the FAM driver on the remote computer see the next item In the setup menu set INTERFACE SELECT i LINK MODE to FAM PC REMOTE see page 80 ...

Page 68: ...g on the number of other peripherals connected to the remote computer 2 Use Explorer to perform file operations on the disc loaded in this unit You can operate in the same way that you operate on local drives and files on network computers If you power this unit off during an FAM connection the data transferred thus far is discarded All file operations are not possible for some types of files To e...

Page 69: ...access mode operating environment Operating system requirements for file operations by file access mode are as follows Computer operating system Mac OS X v10 4 11 or higher Preparations Do the following on the remote computer and this unit Install the FAM driver on the remote computer see the next item To install the FAM driver Insert the supplied CD ROM XDCAM Application into the CD ROM drive of ...

Page 70: ... 2 Operate from the Finder on the files on the disc in this unit You can operate in the same way that you operate on local drives and files on network computers If you power this unit off during a FAM connection the data transferred thus far is discarded All file operations are not possible for some types of files To eject discs from a remote computer Click the eject button to the right of the ico...

Page 71: ...over a FAM connection you can record so that the timecode is continuous with the timecode of the last frame of the last clip recorded on the disc To record continuous timecode Before you start recording set TCG on page P2 of the function menu to INT and set TC MODE to REGEN Then write clip files to this unit from a connected computer or other device ...

Page 72: ...he size of the monitor video section increases To change the setting of a function menu item Use the F1 to F5 buttons Press the button to the right of each setting item to change the value of the item Keep pressing the button until the value you want appears Function Menu Settings The following tables list the setting items on each page and describe their setting values HOME page 12 0 30 20 60 1 4...

Page 73: ...put one of the channels selected with MONI CH MONO R monaural R channel Output one of the channels selected with MONI CH MIX Output monaural audio mixed from the channels selected with MONI CH F4 REC INH recording inhibit Turns recording inhibit mode on and off ON Recording inhibit mode on OFF Recording inhibit mode off Setting item Description F5 CHAR SEL Character information display Turns the d...

Page 74: ...menu appears in the monitor video section and on the external monitor F2 TC MODE timecode mode When TCG is set to INT Selects whether the count value advances from a preset initial value or advances consecutively from the timecode of the last frame recorded on the disc PRESET Advance from a preset initial value REGEN regenerate Advance consecutively from the timecode of the last frame recorded on ...

Page 75: ...al classification of the setting items in the menu Except for MENU GRADE the actual setting items are found on the second or third level Setting items are divided into basic items which are needed for normal operations and enhanced items which are needed for enhanced operations In the figures basic items are shown in bold characters When the unit is shipped from the factory the setup menu is confi...

Page 76: ...EMOTE I F BAUDRATE i LINK MODE INDEX POSITION STORE OWNER AUTO TITLE TITLE NAMING FORM AUTO NAMING SYSTEM FREQ UC J SELECT CONV MODE LETTER BOX H CROP POSIT DETAIL GAIN CROSS COLOR REF LEVEL CH1 IN LEVEL CH2 IN LEVEL OUTPUT LEVEL SETUP MENU Top level Second level Third level OPERATIONAL FUNCTION Operational Operation settings Description LOCAL ENABLE Local ENA Select the buttons that can be operat...

Page 77: ...equency and area of use Note After changing any of the sub items press the on standby switch to power the unit off put it into standby and then press it again to power the unit on The initial settings of the setup menu as a whole will change to reflect the settings made here SYSTEM FREQ Sys Freq Select the system frequency 60I 60i 59 94i 50I 50i 50i 30P 30P 29 97P 25P 25P 25P UC J SELECT UC J sel ...

Page 78: ...essages OFF OFF In general do not display alarm messages However do display some important alarm messages ON LIMITED ON Limit Display a minimum number of alarm messages ON ON Display all alarm messages HD CHARA HD char Specifies the HD output connector s to which superimposed text information is output when CHAR SEL in page P1 of the function menu is set to ON HDSDI2 HDSDI2 Superimposed text is ou...

Page 79: ...put CONV MODE Conv mode Select the conversion mode Note During recording SQUEEZE squeeze mode is selected automatically for output from the i LINK connector EDGE CROP Edge Crop Edge crop mode LETTER BOX LetterBox Letter box mode SQUEEZE Squeeze Squeeze mode LETTER BOX LetterBox Specify the aspect ratio of down converter output when LETTER BOX is selected under CONV MODE Note When INTERFACE SELECT ...

Page 80: ...r output according to system frequency XGA 60Hz XGA 60Hz Set to XGA monitor output fixed at 60 Hz YPbPr YPbPr Y R Y B Y component video signals AUDIO OUTPUT Audio Out Select the channels for audio output from the AUDIO OUTPUT 1 3 and 2 4 connectors CH1 CH2 CH1 CH2 Output channel 1 to the AUDIO OUTPUT 1 3 connector and channel 2 to the AUDIO OUTPUT 2 4 connector CH3 CH4 CH3 CH4 Output channel 3 to ...

Page 81: ...eate UMID owner information The STORED OWNERSHIP screen appears For details see Appendix Setting UMID ownership information on page 101 MENU GRADE Menu grade Selection of menu items to be displayed Description Determine whether to display basic items only or both basic and enhanced items in the monitor video section and the time data display section when using the setup menu BASIC Basic Display ba...

Page 82: ...utton after making the settings Meanings of indications on the menu screen Displaying enhanced items The factory default setting is not to display enhanced items To display enhanced items set the menu item MENU GRADE to ENHANCED following the procedure in SETUP MENU DISPLAY CONTROL SUB STATUS BRIGHTNESS ALARM HD CHARA SD CHARA OFF 55 ON ALL ALL SETUP MENU OFF DISPLAY CONTROL SUB STATUS OFF TC MODE...

Page 83: ...ep 5 then with the current setting displayed in the example if the factory default setting has been changed the current setting will be TC MODE proceed as follows 1 Press the RESET button OFF factory default setting is selected 2 Press the SET button The setting returned to its factory default is saved in memory as the current setting To return all settings to their factory default settings 1 Disp...

Page 84: ...ect STATUS 3 Press the OUT button 4 Select DISC or CLIP and press the OUT button If you selected DISC the status of the loaded disc appears If you selected CLIP the status of the current clip appears When playback or search reaches a new clip the display changes to the status of the new clip To return to the next highest level Press the MENU button To clear the menu from the screen Press the MENU ...

Page 85: ...see page 74 2 Press the M MARK1 button or the m MARK2 button to select DELETE 3 Press the OUT button 4 Select ALL CLIP then press the OUT button 5 When the message ALL DELETE OK appears press the SET button All of the clips on the disc are deleted To return to the next highest level without deleting the clips Press the RESET button To clear the menu from the screen Press the MENU button To format ...

Page 86: ...ly exceed 50 C 122 F In damp or dusty locations Locations where the unit may be exposed to rain Locations subject to violent vibration Near strong magnetic fields Close to radio or TV transmitters producing strong electromagnetic fields In direct sunlight or close to heaters for extended periods To prevent electromagnetic interference from portable communications devices The use of portable teleph...

Page 87: ...play the digital hours meter proceed as follows 1 Press the MENU button to display the system menu see page 74 2 Press the M MARK1 button or m MARK2 button select the HOURS METER Hours Meter in the time data display section and then press the OUT button Display of the digital hours meter Any of the items can be reset during periodic maintenance or parts replacement Resetting items allows you to ro...

Page 88: ...isplays a cumulative count of the number of outputs from the optical heads with adjustments for operating mode and operating temperature H3 SEEK RUNNING Seek This shows the cumulative seek operation time for optical head in units of hours H4 SPINDLE RUNNING Spdl This shows the cumulative spindle rotation time in units of hours H5 LOADING COUNTER Load Display the total number of times discs have be...

Page 89: ...CONTROL REC MODE in the setup menu see page 80 2CHx16 Clip a DISC HAS 2CHx16 BIT CLIP S CHANGE RECORD FORMAT IN SETUP MENU Change the setting of AUDIO CONTROL REC MODE in the setup menu see page 80 No Support FORMAT NOT SUPPORTED RECORDING AND PLAYBACK IS NOT POSSIBLE A disc in an unsupported recording format is loaded Use a disc formatted in the MPEG HD or DVCAM format ILL Index INDEX FILE ERROR ...

Page 90: ... MAX SB CLP b NO MORE SUB CLIPS CAN BE ADDED TO CLIP LIST This appears when an attempt is made to add sub clips when 300 sub clips have already been registered Limit the creation of sub clips to 300 or fewer CL OVER DUR b DURATION OF ONE CLIP LIST MUST BE LESS THAN 24 HOURS This appears when you try to add a sub clip when the total duration of sub clips in a clip list has already reached 24 hours ...

Page 91: ... when there is no clip list saved on the disc Load the disc that contains the clip list you want to delete STOP ONCE b STOP ONCE THEN EXECUTE This appears when you press the SUB CLIP button during clip list playback Stop the playback and try again No EM space ESSENCE MARK NOT RECORDED NO SPACE AVAILABLE TO RECORD ESSENCE MARK Use the PDZ 1 Proxy Browsing Software to delete unneeded essence marks D...

Page 92: ...r change this unit s system frequency setting see page 26 HD 50I 25P a DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED HD 50I or HD 25P CLIP S EXIST HD 23P Disc a DISC CANNOT BE RECORDED HD 23 98P CLIP S EXIST ILL REF a INPUT VIDEO SIGNAL DOES NOT SYNCHRONIZE WITH REF VIDEO SIGNAL USE COMMON REFERENCE SIGNAL OR CONNECT RECORDER REF OUT TO PLAYER REF IN Input a reference signal synchronized with this unit s system frequen...

Page 93: ...USE DISC WITH HD 60I or HD 30P RECORDING DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK USE DISC WITH DVCAM 525 60 RECORDING HD 23P Disc a DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK USE DISC WITH HD 60I or HD 30P RECORDING DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK USE DISC WITH HD 50I or HD 25P RECORDING DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK USE DISC WITH DVCAM 525 60 RECORDING DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED BACK USE DISC WITH DVCAM 625 50 RECORDING Disc Error DISC E...

Page 94: ...equires recording while the disc is write protected DISC FULL The disc is full This appears when an attempt is made to execute an operation that requires recording while the disc is full SHOT MARK DOES NOT EXIST The specified shot mark has not been recorded This appears when an attempt is made to execute a DELETE SHOT MARK operation on a clip when the specified shot mark has not been recorded for ...

Page 95: ...ith the unit powered off This operation should always be done by a trained service technician Alarm message in time data display section Alarm message in monitor video section Description action FAN Stopped FAN MOTOR STOPPED Contact your Sony dealer Note The unit will not stop operating but if you continue to use it in this state temperatures inside the unit or the drive will rise possibly resulti...

Page 96: ...fined by IEEE the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc The unit can be connected to one device with the i LINK cable DV cable When you connect with a device that has two or more i LINK connectors refer to the operating instructions supplied with the connected device About data transfer speed of i LINK i LINK defines maximum data transfer speeds of approximately 100 200 and 400 Mbp...

Page 97: ...G HD HQ35 SP25 LP18 Mbps DVCAM 25 Mbps Proxy video MPEG 4 1 Audio MPEG HD 16 bits 48 kHz 4 2 channels DVCAM 16 bits 48 kHz 4 channels Proxy audio A law 8 bits 8 kHz 4 channels 1 The MPEG 4 Codec is a product of Ingenient Technologies Inc Recording playback times 23 3 GB discs 50 0 GB discs The recording and playback times listed above are approximate Maximum recording times may vary depending on r...

Page 98: ... inputs AUDIO INPUT 1 3 2 4 XLR 3 pin female 2 4 0 3 6 dBu selectable 10 kΩ balanced Digital audio inputs DIGITAL AUDIO AES EBU INPUT BNC type 2 1 2ch 3 4ch complying with AES 3id 1995 Timecode input TIME CODE IN BNC type 1 SMPTE timecode 0 5 to 18 Vp p 3 3 kΩ unbalanced Output connectors Digital video outputs HDSDI OUTPUT BNC type 2 complying with SMPTE 292M SDSDI OUTPUT BNC type 1 complying with...

Page 99: ...og HD Input Board PDBK 104 SD Input Upconverter Board Medical Specifications Protection against electric shock Class I Protection against harmful ingress of water Ordinary Degree of safety in the presence of a flammable anesthetic mixture with air or with oxygen or nitrous oxide Not suitable for use in the presence of a flammable anesthetic mixture with air or with oxygen or nitrous oxide Mode of ...

Page 100: ...n code and user code Set the country code referring to the table in ISO 3166 and set the organization code and user code according to the guidelines of your organization For details see Setting UMID ownership information page 101 Functions of UMID data UMID data enables the following Addition of a globally unique ID to every clip of audio visual material The unique ID is used to detect the materia...

Page 101: ...ntering an abbreviated alphanumeric string 4 byte alphanumeric string according to the values defined in ISO 3166 1 There are about 240 country codes Find your own country code on the following web page Refer to ISO 3166 1 http www din de gremien nas nabd iso3166ma codlstp1 en_listp1 html When the country code is less than 4 bytes the active part of the code occupies the first part of the 4 bytes ...

Page 102: ...PEG 4 Visual video information in any manner such as online video distribution service internet broadcasting TV broadcasting Other usage of this product may be required to obtain license from MPEGLA Please contact MPEG LA for any further information MPEG LA L L C 250 STEELE STREET SUITE 300 DENVER COLORADO 80206 http www mpegla com MPEG 2 Video Patent Portfolio License ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT OTHE...

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