Datavideo DN-400 Instruction Manual Download

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DV / HDV RECORDER

DN-400

Instruction Manual

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Page 1: ... DV HDV RECORDER DN 400 Instruction Manual www datavideo tek com ...

Page 2: ... Hard Disk Menu 17 Erase Track Menu 18 Convert DV to AVI Menu 19 Set Output Channel Menu 20 Scan HDD Surface Menu 20 Operation with a DV Camcorder Deck Vision Mixer 21 Recording a track 21 Playing a DV Track 22 Operation with a HDV Camcorder Deck 23 Recording a track 23 Playing a M2T HDV Track 24 Operation with an Analogue Video Source 24 Recording a Track 24 Connecting the removable HE 1 Caddy di...

Page 3: ...mes Datavideo Technologies will try to give correct complete and suitable information However Datavideo Technologies cannot exclude that some information in this manual from time to time may not be correct or may be incomplete This manual may contain typing errors omissions or incorrect information Datavideo Technologies always recommend that you double check the information in this document for a...

Page 4: ...res of all the units that are plugged into a single wall outlet do not exceed 15 amperes 11 Never push objects of any kind into this unit through the cabinet ventilation slots as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in risk of fire or electric shock Never spill liquid of any kind onto or into this unit 12 Except as specifically explained elsewhere in this ma...

Page 5: ...free one year extension to the standard Warranty providing the product is registered with Datavideo within 30 days of purchase For information on how to register please visit www datavideo tek com or contact your local Datavideo office or authorized Distributors Certain parts with limited lifetime expectancy such as LCD Panels DVD Drives Hard Drives are only covered for the first 10 000 hours or 1...

Page 6: ...can be ejected from the unit and connected to a PC or MAC via USB to transfer the video files Features Stand Alone DV HDV Hard Drive Recorder Player with Removable HE 1 Drive caddy Front Connections Headphone Mini Jack socket IEEE 1394 socket Rear Connections 2x IEEE 1394 ports YUV on BNC In and Out Black burst sync on BNC S Video Composite Video and Stereo Audio In Out 2 x Mini XLR Inputs and Out...

Page 7: ... the connections end of the HE 1 caddy then pull out the PCB 2 Push the 2 5 SATA drive into the socket side of the PCB turn the PCB over and use the 4 supplied screws to secure the drive to the PCB 3 Slide the PCB and hard drive module into the HE 1 caddy the right way up using the guide slots The USB and SATA connections should be just visible at the open end of the HE 1 caddy 4 Carefully replace...

Page 8: ...d on the Display Panel Also Starts Pauses a recording when unit is in Record mode Video Input Button Switches the DN 400 to Analogue Inputs Component YUV S Video Y C Composite CVBS NB Analogue Inputs can only be recorded to dv files Record Button Puts the DN 400 into Record Mode To start recording press the Record Button and Play Button simultaneously N B Unit will not record if no video signal is...

Page 9: ...e details NB These Inputs are only suitable for recording dv files It is not possible to record or playback HDV m2t files via these connections Mini XLR inputs and Outputs for Balanced Audio Connection Note XLR and RCA Phono inputs can not be used at the same time GPI socket Can be used for simple external control The DN 400 can accept pulse or level trigger inputs these can trigger record playbac...

Page 10: ...E This sets the DN 400 to HDD mode for drag and drop file transfers to a PC or MAC See HDD Mode Menu for more details SETUP LOOP PLAY Sets the DN 400 to loop play a track the track will continuously loop until stopped SET POWER ON AUTORUN Allows a chosen track to automatically start playing out at DN 400 power on RECORD FORMATS Sets the DN 400 record format to dv for DV recordings or m2t for HDV r...

Page 11: ...T CHANNEL Allows the output channel of the DN 400 to be switched to a different number if there is a conflict See Set Output Channel Menu for more details HDD SURFACE SCAN Checks the HDD for errors bad sectors Only used if your DN 400 is not performing correctly or you install a suspect HDD A result txt file is created in the root directory of the HDD this file can then be viewed from a PC REC 16 ...

Page 12: ...a FAT32 file structure so large tracks are broken down into 2 GB files which are named in sequence For example if Track 02 is 1 hour in duration it will appear as follows dv02 dv 2 GB dv02 is the file name for Track 02 dv02_01 dv 2 GB Each 2 GB section is given a sequential _xx numeric extension dv02_02 dv 2 GB dv02_03 dv 2 GB dv02_04 dv 2 GB dv02_05 dv 2 GB dv02_06 dv 77 MB The last file in the s...

Page 13: ...M2T files can then be played back to the camcorder viewfinder monitor To select the Record Format Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the FWD Button to navigate the menus until RECORD FORMATS is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the RECORD FORMAT set up menu Press the FWD Button to select either RAW DV DV or M2T HDV To confirm your selection and exit the menu press the Next butto...

Page 14: ...monly used in the U S A and Canada and 0 IRE in far eastern countries such as Japan If you are unsure which to set please consult your dealer To select the NTSC Level Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the FWD Button to navigate the menus until NTSC SETUP LEVEL is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the NTSC level set up menu Press the FWD Button to select either 0 IRE or 7 5 IRE ...

Page 15: ...s displayed Press the Next Button to enter the VIDEO INPUT SOURCE set up menu Press the FWD Button to select either Composite Component or S Video To confirm your selection and exit the menu press the Next button Then press the Menu Button to leave menu mode GPI Mode Functions Menus The DN 400 can be set to receive either pulse or level GPI triggers which can be set to activate Play Pause or Rec P...

Page 16: ...n to select either Pulse Trigger or Level Trigger To confirm your selection and exit the menu press the Next button Then press the Menu Button to leave menu mode Set Date Time Menu To set the Date Time on the DN 400 Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the REW Button to navigate the menus until SET DATE TIME is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the SET Date Time menu You will see ...

Page 17: ...f by the other Set Full Syt will overcome conflicts of this type so if you have a conflict with another DV device switch Set Full Syt to Enable See also Set Channel Output menu Press the Menu Button and use the REW Button to navigate to SET FULL SYT Press the Next Button to select Enable and then press it again to exit the menu Then press the Menu Button to leave menu mode Format Hard Disk Menu Fo...

Page 18: ...nu Button to enter menu mode Press the REW Button to navigate the menus until ERASE TRACK is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the ERASE TRACK menu Use the FWD or REW Button to select the track that you want to erase Track 01 in this case Press the Next Button to erase the selected track The track duration will return to 00 00 00 00 Then press the Menu Button to leave menu mode ...

Page 19: ...to a computer for editing etc The conversion takes about 60 real time i e A 1 hour track will take around 36 minutes to convert N B You can convert files more quickly using the DV File Converter program that is supplied with the DN 400 see page 33 for more details Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the REW Button to navigate the menus until CONVERT DV TO AVI is displayed Press the Next...

Page 20: ... outputs until the connected DV device camera mixer etc is switched off or disconnected Press the Menu Button to enter menu mode Press the REW Button to navigate the menus until SET OUTPUT CHANNEL is displayed Press the Next Button to enter the SET OUTPUT CHANNEL menu Use FWD or REW to change the output channel number in this case we have selected 1 Press the Next Button to confirm the setting The...

Page 21: ...n connecting disconnecting the IEEE 1394 cable Rear Mounted DV 6 Pin Ports Front mounted DV 6 Pin Port Use the Next Previous Buttons to select an empty track from the DN 400 track list one that shows a duration of 00 00 00 00 in the LCD display Not suitable Track has been recorded Suitable Track is empty Press both the Record and Play Pause Buttons simultaneously and the DN 400 should start record...

Page 22: ...d to switch the camcorder into recorder edit mode so that it is receiving a signal from the DV port Please consult your camcorder instruction manual for more details Use the Previous Next Buttons to select the track you want to play and then press the Play II Button It is also possible to set the DN 400 to loop play In loop play the track will loop until stopped To set up loop play press the Menu ...

Page 23: ...rding The counter should start counting and the REC symbol should appear If it does not start recording check the following There is a HDV signal from the HDV device Some camcorders have options to put out DV or HDV via their IEE 1394 iLink ports make sure the output is set to HDV The Video Input Button is not illuminated The DN 400 Record Format is set to M2T HDV See Record Formats Menu The track...

Page 24: ... track display When you press play the selected track will start playing and will loop until the Stop Button is pressed To cancel loop playback follow the above procedure but select disable instead of enable Operation with an Analogue Video Source The DN 400 can only record DV files from analogue video sources Composite CVBS S Video Y C or Component Video YUV YPbPr It is not possible to record M2T...

Page 25: ...and check that the DN 400 is not full N B When the DN 400 is set to output channel 63 you cannot playback a track to analogue outputs until the connected DV device camera mixer etc is switched off or disconnected See Set output channel menu During record you can pause the DN 400 by pressing the Play Pause button the counter on the LCD display will stop The counter should stop counting and the REC ...

Page 26: ...u may feel some resistance as the drive disconnects internally this is normal The HE 1 drive caddy is fitted with a mini USB connector on its rear this can provide power to the HDD as well as allow the exchange of data N B With some PCs and Laptops the USB bus power may not be sufficient to power the drive If the drive does not power up correctly please connect the second USB lead to another USB p...

Page 27: ...cture so large tracks are broken down into 2 GB files which are sequentially named For example if Track 02 is 1 hour in duration it will appear as follows dv02 dv 2 GB dv02 is the file name for Track 02 dv02_01 dv 2 GB Each 2 GB section is given a sequential _xx numeric extension dv02_02 dv 2 GB dv02_03 dv 2 GB dv02_04 dv 2 GB dv02_05 dv 2 GB dv02_06 dv 77 MB The last file in the sequence is likel...

Page 28: ...nnect the thicker lead to your MAC If the drive does not power up correctly connect the second USB connector as well as the first to another USB socket on your MAC A Datavideo drive will appear on the desktop If you access the drive you will see the dv files are available for copying across to a local drive or direct access ...

Page 29: ...29 To safely remove the drive from your MAC either select Eject from the Finder File Options Fig 1 or select Eject from the drive window options Fig 2 Fig 1 Fig 2 ...

Page 30: ...hat it is illuminated You will see the display change to the HDD Mode Menu Press the Next Button to select ENTER and the display will show the HDD Enable Confirmation Screen Press the Next Button again to confirm after a few seconds HDD Mode will be enabled The PC should recognise that an external IEEE 1394 Firewire HDD has been connected Select Open Folder to View Files The drive should also appe...

Page 31: ... will appear select the Datavideo HDD IEEE SBP2 Device and click on Stop A second dialog box will appear Select Datavideo HDD IEEE SBP2 Device and click on OK After a few seconds a Safe To Remove Hardware message should appear above the Taskbar You can then disconnect the DN 400 Once un mounted from the PC the DN 400 display will leave HDD Mode and return to Track Display ...

Page 32: ...ay change to the HDD Mode Menu Press the Next Button to select ENTER and the display will show the HDD Enable Confirmation Screen Press the Next Button again to confirm after a few seconds HDD Mode will be enabled The MAC should see the DN 400 as a HDD and the files will appear in the root directory of the drive You can select the required files and drag and drop them to the required destination T...

Page 33: ...stration The CD contains the Datavideo DV File Converter trial software This allows the user trial access to the software for evaluation and any video files converted will show watermark text in the video playback An activation code allows the software to produce files without the watermark text Datavideo will provide one FREE activation code per unit via the following web link http www datavideo ...

Page 34: ...TA COUNT nibble is not 0 the number of DATA bytes transmitted must correspond with the DATA COUNT These bytes are inserted between the CMD 2 byte and CHECKSUM byte The data communication between the controller and the device is performed as follows Name CMD 1 Data Count CMD 2 Data 0 15 per Data Count Checksum Nibble MSN LSN Size 1 Byte 1 Byte 1 Byte MSN stands for Most Significant Nibble 4 bits an...

Page 35: ...n the following table Signal Pin Controller DN 400 1 Frame Ground Frame Ground 2 Receive A RX Transmit A TX 3 Transmit B TX Receive B RX 4 Transmit Common Receive Common 5 Spare Spare 6 Receive Common Transmit Common 7 Receive B RX Transmit B TX 8 Transmit A TX Receive A RX 9 Frame Ground Frame Ground Communication Protocol 1 All communications between the CONTROLLER and the DEVICE DN 400 will be ...

Page 36: ... 01h ACK 20h 01h Play 10h 01h ACK 20h 02h Record 10h 01h ACK 20h 10h Fast Forward 10h 01h ACK 2xh 13h Shuttle Forward 10h 01h ACK 21h 13h 00h Pause 10h 01h ACK 20h 20h Fast Rewind 10h 01h ACK 2xh 23h Shuttle Rewind 10h 01h ACK 40h 50h Next Track 10h 01h ACK 40h 51h Previous Track 10h 01h ACK 40h 54h Delete Current Track 10h 01h ACK 41h 52h nnh Select Track Track 01 99 10h 01h ACK 42h 52h nnh mmh S...

Page 37: ...100h 84h quotient MM 384h 100h 03h Send 42h 52h 84h 03h 1Bh Select Track 900 Return 10h 01h 11h Set track number to 168 A8h NN A8h 100h A8h quotient MM A8h 100h 00h Send 42h 52h A8h 00h 3Ch Select Track 168 Return 10h 01h 11h 41h 53h NNh SELECT VIDEO INPUT SOURCE NN Video Source 0 YPbPr 1 S Video 2 CVBS 3 DV eg 41h 53h 00h 94h YPbPr input eg 41h 53h 01h 95h S Video input eg 41h 53h 02h 96h CVBS in...

Page 38: ... command as not acknowledgment BIT 7 to BIT 0 of DATA 1 will be set in accordance with the contents DATA 1 BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0 TIME OUT FRAMING ERROR OVERRUN ERROR PARITY ERROR INHIBIT CHECKSUM ERROR SOFTWARE OVERRUN UNDEFINED COMMAND 12h 11h DEVICE TYTPE The 00h 11h DEVICE TYPE REQUEST command is used for asking the specifications of the DN 400 used as DEVICE When the ...

Page 39: ...Hardware Error Local Enable Data 1 Stop Eject Rewind Fast Forward Record Play Data 2 Shuttle Fast Reverse Still Data 6 Lamp Still Lamp Forward Lamp Reverse Data 8 Disk Full Track is not Empty Rec Inhibit Data 9 GPI Mode GPI Function Loop Play Data 10 Tens of Track Number BCD Track Numbers BCD ...

Page 40: ...ch off the DN 400 in the normal way and unlock the removable drive caddy 2 Remove the caddy from the DN 400 and connect it to the computer using the USB 2 0 cable 3 Unzip the file called DN 400 500_2011 03 02 to the desktop so the files are easy to locate 4 Within this folder there will be two folders MB_1_3_0 and KB_1_7_0 MB refers to mother board and KB refers to Front Panel or Key Board 5 Open ...

Page 41: ...nent BNC Y R Y B Y 75Ω Bandwidth 5 0 mHz Noise Ratio 50dB DA DP 3 3 Digital Audio Embedded 2 Ch 16 bit 48 kHz or 4 Ch 12 bit 32 kHz via IEEE1394 2 Ch 16 bit 48 kHz via Analogue Input Analogue Audio Unbalanced Balanced Audio In Out 10 dB Maximum Phono RCA plugs Bandwidth 20 20 kHz Noise Ratio 65dB THD 0 3 RS 422 GPI Control Interface Sony Standard RS 422 Interface GPI via 3 5mm Jack Pulse or Level ...

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