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VTC-4000

MULTIPLE VTR EDITING CONTROL SYSTEM

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

VERSION:  100505

Содержание VTC-4000

Страница 1: ... o r l d T r a d e D r i v e S u i t e 1 1 S a n D i e g o C A 9 2 1 2 8 T e l e p h o n e 8 5 8 4 5 1 1 3 5 0 w w w b u f t e k c o m F a x 8 5 8 4 5 1 6 5 8 9 VTC 4000 MULTIPLE VTR EDITING CONTROL SYSTEM INSTRUCTION MANUAL VERSION 100505 ...

Страница 2: ...E VALUES 8 GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS GPI 8 GPI BACKSPACE EDITING 8 GENERAL PURPOSE OUTPUTS GPO 9 SWITCH OPTION 9 COLD BOOT 9 MENU 10 EVENT MANAGEMENT 10 CHANGE THE EVENT NUMBER 10 SET THE EDIT IN POINT CUE POINT 10 SET IN POINTS CUE POINTS FOR A SERIES OF EVENTS WITH AUTOINCREMENT 10 COPYING IN POINTS 10 SET THE EDIT OUT POINT 10 SET THE EDIT DURATION 11 TRIMMING TIMECODE VALUES 11 MARKING CURRENT VT...

Страница 3: ...EE MODE 18 F7 F8 TRIM TIME switch option only 18 TIME CODE ITEMS 18 TC SOURCE 18 SET TAPE TIMER 18 PRESET TIMECODE GENERATOR 18 TC GENERATOR MODE 18 PLAY REC DISP 18 OPER PREFS 19 SYNC PLAYBACK 19 AUTO RESYNCH 19 JOG FROM PLAY 19 STILL AFTER CUE 19 KNOB SENSITIVITY 19 JOG USE VP CMD 19 JOG MAX SPEED 19 JOG SENSITIVITY 19 STOP KEY FUNCTION 20 SHUTTLE FORWARD AND REVERSE LIMITS 20 MISCELLANEOUS MENU...

Страница 4: ...ng Control System provides a user friendly vehicle for the remote control of professional and broadcast videotape recorders DDRs servers digital audio decks and other devices Any VTR or other device that conforms to the SONY P2 remote control protocol can be controlled Up to ten devices can be controlled separately or together in groups of any organization Separate VTR select keys provide fast and...

Страница 5: ...ctors 2 3 4 7 and 8 are used and should be connected pin for pin Use shielded cable to meet FCC RF emissions standards The DB15F GPI connector on the RM 4000 accepts 10 separate GPI inputs that send play or edit commands to each VTR and 4 GPO outputs that can be programmed to fire relative to edit IN points PANEL CONNECTION TO THE RM 4000 L Connect the VTC 4000 panel to the RM 4000 L PANEL connect...

Страница 6: ...RD will go into record as soon as REC PLAY is hit while VTRs set to edit or playback modes are cued to the preroll point To abort a ganged edit in any mode even if the involved VTRs are not selected hold the REC key and tap the STOP key Auto tagging will not occur if recording is aborted in this manner Any VTR involved in a ganged edit can be taken out of the edit by selecting that VTR and pressin...

Страница 7: ...rt flash to make it the master long flash and therefore display its TC and status Exit the gang mode by tapping an F key with its green LED off or by double tapping the gang s F key RE SYNCH AND AUTO RE SYNCH All ganged VTRs can be restored to frame accurate synchronization with respect to the current event at any time by double tapping the STOP key To accomplish this the offset between the master...

Страница 8: ...ity register and name it as you desire You can recall a register anytime in the future to restore operation to the way you like it See the PERSONALITY REGS menu for more information SETTING TIMECODE VALUES Timecode values for events and menu settings are entered using the numeric keypad When you first begin setting a register its existing value is shown on the display As you enter the first digit ...

Страница 9: ... VTR 1 through VTR 6 connectors are toggled between the VTC 4000 and the controllers connected to the CONT 1 through CONT 6 connectors by holding F10 while tapping F1 F6 respectively When control of a device is released to an external controller the red right LED above the device s F key flashes at a medium rate While released using F10 attempts to control the VTR will be ignored Control is auto r...

Страница 10: ...the index number There are 500 events in the system that are referenced by index numbers 000 to 499 Tapping the RIGHT or LEFT arrow keys increment or decrement the current event The numeric keypad keys select events randomly taking effect only after the ENTER key is tapped SET THE EDIT IN POINT CUE POINT After tapping the HOME key tap the IN UP arrow key to change the MENU display to the SET IN mo...

Страница 11: ...N register MARK ALL VTRS TIMECODE Double tapping the MARK key when IN is being marked leaves the current event unaffected and instead increments to the next event and marks all VTRs timecode into each ones IN point register for that event MARK A VTR S IN POINT WHILE MAINTAINING THE CURRENT SYNCH RELATIONSHIP Sometimes it is desirable to maintain the synch relationship between two or more VTRs Once...

Страница 12: ...ly Edit on commands are sent to edit enabled VTRs at the appropriate time just before the IN point is reached and edit off commands are sent just before the OUT point IN plus DURATION One second after the OUT point post roll a stop command is sent to all VTRs involved in the edit except those enabled for HARD RECORD which remain in record until STOP is tapped VTRs set to RECORD INHIBIT synch and r...

Страница 13: ... ASSEMBLE EDIT see above except the INSERT EDIT mode see below is used INSERT EDIT When editing onto a tape that already has video recorded on it the insert edit mode allows you to make edits with clean IN and OUT points The insert edit modes allow you to define which tracks video audio timecode etc should be replaced with the edit After selecting this mode use the numeric keypad keys to toggle th...

Страница 14: ...k command color framer off is sent prior to any synching process so the VTR s color framer does not fight the synching process Synching is performed using the same timecode reference relationship that was established during the last color framed playback This results in color framed edits but only for the VTR that is selected as the master when the edit is begun In multiple record edits it is impo...

Страница 15: ...low a multitude of operational settings to be modified according to the users preferences Two operational items are also accessed in MENU ITEMS The submenus available in MENU ITEMS are PERSONALITY REGS SLO MO ITEMS CUEING ITEMS TIME CODE ITEMS OPER PREFS MISCELLANEOUS MENU ITEMS Menu items are scrolled using the UP and DOWN arrow keys A menu item is selected by tapping either the ENTER or RIGHT ar...

Страница 16: ... numeric keypad to calculator style 7 8 9 on the top row 1 2 3 on the bottom The default is telephone style with 1 2 3 on top and 7 8 9 on bottom It is necessary physically to remove these keycaps and swap their positions when changing this menu item The keypad style is stored separately in protected memory and is never erased or changed except by using this menu item SLO MO ITEMS A submenu contai...

Страница 17: ...ecording the speed is ramped down to a still frame Each time an event is recalled and used it s record protect register is also recalled and used Any time a cue or preroll is executed that has a record protect register assigned subsequent marking or setting of other events provided the timecode is between the beginning and end of the recorded segment also are assigned the record protect register f...

Страница 18: ...RESET TIMECODE GENERATOR Presets numbers into the TC generator on some VTRs This is useful if you want an edit or hard record to start the tape timecode at a particular number Some VTRs don t support this command TC GENERATOR MODE Allows control of the timecode generator on some VTRs Many VTRs do not support the TCG mode commands so this setting may have no effect Default is VTR LOCAL CONT which i...

Страница 19: ...M PLAY Enables disables automatic Jog when knob is turned in the Play mode default is disabled If enabled when the knob is turned while in Play mode Jog mode is automatically entered This is normally disabled to prevent an accidental bump of the knob from stopping important playback such as play to air STILL AFTER CUE Enables disables the still after cue feature When enabled default after a cue is...

Страница 20: ...d performs a test of the program PROM If the PROM test fails a PROM FAILED message appears along with a checksum error number the program PROM needs replacement The unused stack space MEM FREE is also displayed and should be a non zero number if not please call the factory Tap any key to start the LED and keyboard test All 24 LED indicators light and characters are written to the VTR STATUS displa...

Страница 21: ...ONSE FORMAT COMMAND DESCRIPTION T TYPsHH MM SS FF CR LF Request Upper VTR Status Display Line TYP is a three character indicator of the type of timecode reported by the master VTR LTC Longitudinal Audio TC VTC VITC Vertical Interval TC CTC Corrected TC usually updated from Control Track or a tach wheel HVT D1 equivalent of VITC TT1 TT2 are tape timer responses Reference type is indicated by s n fo...

Страница 22: ...ystroke R r Simulates Rec keystroke E E toggle P P Simulates Play keystroke W W Simulates Rewind keystroke F F Simulates Fast Forward keystroke S s Simulates Shuttle keystroke V V Simulates Slow keystroke J J Simulates Jog keystroke C C Simulates Cue keystroke P p Simulates Preroll keystroke U u Simulates Stand By keystroke l lowercase L l Simulates double Play keystroke for Synced Loop Play M m S...

Страница 23: ...WITCH OPTION The switch option is enabled by connecting the VTC 4000 panel to an optional RM 4000 S or RM 4000 S L switch type Remote Processor The number of devices that can be controlled is reduced from ten to six Six additional RS 422 ports can be connected to additional external controllers Control of each device is switched between the VTC 4000 and the external controllers by holding F10 or F...

Страница 24: ... Preset TC Generator command so you may have to preset the timecode at the VTR 9 Make sure the blank tape in the secondary recorder is rewound Hold REC and tap PLAY The secondary recorder should begin recording Black and silence starting at timecode 00 58 00 00 10 When the timecode passes 00 58 30 00 tap STOP Tap REW STOP to roll back into the recording 11 Route Bars Tone into both record VTRs 12 ...

Страница 25: ...its on VTR 2 before executing a non sequential edit on that VTR you must change its record mode to INSERT and only edit where there is already video recorded If you don t want the event incremented after an edit disable AUTO TAG in the RECORD SETUP menu EXAMPLE 2 LIVE TO TAPE RECORDING This is a step by step example of using the VTC 4000 system to record a typical live to tape production The end r...

Страница 26: ...ording four channels you want OEI V1234 You do not want to see TC as timecode is already recorded on the tapes NOTE Many analog recording formats have superior audio quality only on audio 3 4 due to AFM recording and these channels can t be insert edited In these cases it is best to use only assemble editing and there is no advantage to Black Coding the tapes although you should still make a short...

Страница 27: ...ding to begin at the IN point even if frame accurate synching was not successful This option should be used when inaccurate recording is preferable to no recording WILD ROLL IN 1 After step 8 above while editing select the playback VTR by tapping its F key the green LED should light without flashing Cue the playback tape to the desired roll in location 2 On the Director s order tap PLAY to roll it...

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