DigiDeck digital video recorder
Manual, Fast Forward Video, Inc. Revised 1/20/04
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POWER SWITCH: Turns the unit on / off.
PASS-THRU: The red LED above this button will light up indicating that it is in digital pass-thru mode, which
indicates it, is record ready. A corresponding message will be displayed in the mode indicator area located in the
center of the LCD touch-screen panel.
RECORD
1. PRESS AND HOLD THE RECORD BUTTON, THEN PRESS THE PLAY BUTTON.
2. PRESS STOP TO END THE RECORD SESSION.
A RECORD message should appear in the mode indicator display and the time code display will show that video
data is being recorded onto the storage media.
RECORDING IN NATIVE MODE: A recording in native mode will place the recorded material in the next
available free space on the disk. Native mode will not allow you to record over previously recorded or existing
material except when a loop record is specified. An error message will appear indicating that the disk is full when
all available space has been used at which time you will need to clear the disk to record.
RECORDING IN BVW-75 MODE: Recording in BVW-75 mode will allow you to record anywhere on the disk
regardless of whether or not it has previously recorded material. You can begin recording by cueing to the point
where you wish to begin and pressing stop to end the recording.
PLAY: To PLAY from the beginning in Native mode, press the REWIND << button (notice it is instantaneous, no
waiting for tape to shuttle back). The time code display will indicate that you are at 00:00:00:00 and the reference
monitor hooked up to the DigiDeck will jump to the beginning of the disks recorded video material. Press the play
button to view the recorded video material.
STOP: Terminates both the play and record functions.
CHASE LOCK: To enable this feature, simply press and hold the play and stop buttons simultaneously for 2
seconds. If feeding time code into the DigiDeck, that channel will lock to the incoming time code during playback.
SHUTTLE / SCAN SELECT: This allows you to choose between a variety of noise-free, slow motion, and scan
speeds.
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The orange LED places the DigiDeck in scan mode and the green LED in slow motion.
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Use the jog wheel to shuttle through the different speeds available on the DigiDeck (1/30- 30x).
STEP BACK: Use this button to step the DigiDeck backward one frame at a time.
STEP FORWARD: Use this button to step the DigiDeck forward one frame at a time.
<< REWIND (START POINT): Use this to set the DigiDeck back to the first frame of the entire disk or just the first
frame of a manually set clip. To get to the first frame of the last clip recorded, press the >> then the << button.
>> FAST FORWARD (END POINT): Used to go to the last frame of the recorded sequence.
JOG / SHUTTLE WHEEL: Similar to a traditional analog tape deck, this wheel acts and feels the same. In
addition to machine control, this wheel is also used for selecting various options in some of the menus accessed
from the front panel's touch screen.