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A
Input signal indicator: Displays the audio input
signal.
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a) When maintenance menu item M374 ANALOG I/O is set to “4ch”
only.
B
Data indicator: Appears when the input signals are
non-audio signals.
C
Monitor channel: Displays the audio monitoring
channels set with MONITR L and MONITR R on the
HOME page of the function menu
(see page 39) .
D
Audio channel: Displays the audio channels.
Also indicates preset or variable-speed mode by its
color
(see page 12) .
White: Preset mode
Green: Variable-speed mode
E
Reference level: Displays the reference level for
recording as set with maintenance menu item M370
HEAD ROOM.
For details on setting the reference level, see
maintenance menu item M37 (page 105).
F
Level bars: Displays the audio recording or playback
levels of channels 1 to 8. The OVER indicators light
when the audio level exceeds 0 dB.
G
Meter display mode: Displays the audio level meter
display mode selected with AU METER on page P3
AUDIO of the function menu
(see page 41) .
c
System information
A
Reference signal: Displays the type of reference
signal to which this unit is synchronizing.
When there is no display, the unit is synchronizing to
the internal reference signal.
INPUT: Input video
HD REF: HD-format reference signal
SD REF: SD-format reference signal
B
Video input indicator: Displays the selected video
input signal.
HD-SDI: HDSDI video input
SD-SDI: SDSDI video input
SG: Test video signal from the internal signal
generator
The video signal input is selected with V INPUT on
page P1 INPUT of the function menu
(see page 40) .
The display blinks when there is no video input signal,
and when the video input signal does not match the
system frequency of this unit.
d
Disc status indicator
Displays an icon indicating the status of the disc or
external storage.
The PFD128QLW disc status indicator changes with the
remaining capacity of the recordable resource space (for
writing the disc management data, etc.).
Display Input signal
ANA-1
(MIC-1) Analog audio signal Channel 1, 3, 5, 7 or
Channel 1, 5
a)
ANA-2
(MIC-2) Channel 2, 4, 6, 8 or
Channel 2, 6
a)
ANA-3
Channel 3, 7
a)
ANA-4
Channel 4, 8
a)
HD-SDI HDSDI audio signal (flashes when there is
no input signal)
SD-SDI SDSDI audio signal (flashes when there is no
input signal)
AES/
EBU AES/EBU audio signal (flashes when there is
no input signal)
SG Test signal from the internal signal generator
A
Reference signal
B
Video input indicator
Note
Icon Status
Professional Disc
PFD23A/
PFD50DLA/
PFD100TLA PFD128QLW External
storage
Not loaded
— Mounting
Displays a
mounting progress
bar.
Normal status
Warning level error
has occurred.
(Finalizing is not
possible.)
Error has occurred.
(Restoring is not
possible.)
— — Finalized
— Ejecting