Sony HVR1500A Product Manual (HVE-1500A Operating Manuals) - Page 48

Chapter 3 Recording and Playback Note A tape recorded in HDV format cannot be played back in reverse frame-by-frame or reverse slow mode. To set the maximum speed for fast forward and rewind when the F FWD or REW button is pressed Set the MAX SRCH SPEED >F.FWD/REW menu item to the desired maximum speed. Operation from an external device You can control this unit using a controller or editor equipped with an RS-422A interface connected to the REMOTE connector on the rear panel, a device connected to the HDV/DV connector, or a remote control unit (such as the DSRM-10) with SIRCS support connected to the CONTROL-S connector on the front panel. Note When controlling this unit from an external device, set the remote control switch on the front panel as follows. External device Setting of the remote control switch on this unit Editing unit connected to 9PIN REMOTE connector Remote control unit with LOCAL SIRCS support connected to CONTROL-S connector Device connected to i.LINK HDV/DV connector Variable speed playback when controlling from an external device When using an external controller or a remote control unit with SIRCS supports, the speed for variable speed playback corresponds to the tape format. Supported playback speeds for HDV format For a tape recorded in HDV 1080i format, the supported playback speeds and output image quality are shown in the following table. YES: output possible, NO: output not possible Playback speed ×24 ×8 ×1 ×1/5 ×1/10 ×1/30 Image quality Coarse Coarse Normal Normal Normal Normal Video output i.LINK output YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES NO YES NO Playback speed Forward frame-byframe STILL ×-1 ×-8 ×-24 Image quality Normal Normal Coarse Coarse Coarse Video output i.LINK output YES NO YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES Note Audio cannot be played back at variable speed for HDV format. Supported playback speeds for DV/DVCAM/ DVCPRO format The possible playback operations for DV/DVCAM/ DVCPRO format, and supported playback speeds are as follows. Playback operation Shuttle playback Frame-by-frame playback Digital slow-motion Still Playback speed -60 to +60 times normal speed (search audio can be checked in range of -10 to +10 times normal speed.) Low speed search, frame units -1/2 to +1/2 times normal speed (noiseless playback: audio slow playback possible using the digital jog sound function) Jog audio -1/2 to -1/30, +1/30 to +1/2 times normal speed Still image of desired field For details of how to carry out a search operation on an external device, refer to the operating instructions for the particular device. Repeat playback - automatic cyclical playback Proceed as follows to perform automatic cyclical playback of recording (repeat playback) between selected start and end points. 1 Set the desired repeat start and end points with the REPEAT FUNCTION menu item (see page 75). You can set points A and B as start and end points by following the procedure described in the next section. 2 Set the REPEAT FUNCTION >REPEAT MODE menu item (see page 75) to ON. 48 Playback