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Front Panel

Chapter 2

Names and Functions of Parts

A

Input signal display:

Displays the audio input signal.

.

B

Data indication:

Appears when the input signals are

non-audio signals.

C

Mixing:

Displays the input channels used for

audio mixing. (These channels are selected with setup

menu item 819 AUDIO INPUT ARRANGE.)

D

Monitor channel:

Displays the audio monitoring

channels set with MONITR L and MONITR R on

page P2 AUDIO of the function menu

(see page 49)

.

E

Audio channel:

Displays the audio channels.

Also indicates preset or variable mode by its color

(see page 18)

.

White:

Preset mode

Green:

Variable mode

F

Reference level:

Displays the reference level for

recording as set in the maintenance menu.

G

Level bars:

Display the audio recording or playback

levels of channels 1 to 8. The OVER indicators light

when the audio level exceeds 0 dB.

H

Meter display mode:

Displays the audio level meter

display mode selected with AU METER on page P4

AUDIO of the function menu

(see page 50)

.

b

Function menu

Use the PAGE/HOME button to display this menu, and to

switch between the pages (HOME, P1 to P7, (P8)

1)

,

(HOME2)

1)

) of the menu. Each page has three to six

setting items. Press the corresponding button to change a

setting.

1) If a menu item is assigned using maintenance menu item M38: F-KEY

CONFIG

For details, see page 48 “Basic Operations of the

Function Menu” in Chapter 3.

c

Clip information

Displays clip information.

Clip names are displayed according to the setting of

Settings >Display Title in the Disc Menu

(see page 74)

.

However, clip names are always displayed during

playback.

The following characters can be displayed as clip names in

this area.

•

Digits: 0 to 9

•

Alphabetic characters: a to z, A to Z

•

The following symbols: !, ", #, $, %, &, ', (, ), *, +, ,

(comma), -, . (period), /, : (colon), ; (semicolon), <, =, >,

?, @, [, ], ^, _, {, |, }, ~

• Space

d

Recording format

Displays the system frequency and the video and audio

formats.

e

Time data display area

A

Remaining disc recording capacity:

Displays the

amount of recording capacity remaining on the disc.

B

Rec Run/Free Run:

Displays the timecode run mode.

The run mode is set with RUN MODE on page P5 TC

of the function menu

(see page 51)

.

Display

Input signal

ANA-1

Analog audio

signal

Channel 1, 3

ANA-2

Channel 2, 4

MIC-1

Input signal from

the microphone

connected to

ANALOG

AUDIO INPUT

connector

Channel 1, 3

MIC-2

Channel 2, 4

AES/EBU

AES/EBU format digital audio signal

(flashes when there is no input signal)

HD-SDI

HDSDI audio signal (flashes when

there is no input signal)

SD-SDI

SDSDI audio signal (flashes when

there is no input signal)

SG

Test signal from the internal signal

generator

No indication

Undefined audio signal, or no audio

input

F1600

PDW-HD1500

001/001 000:00

All remaining clips or clip list playback time

Total number of clips recorded on disc

Clip name

Number of current clip

8CH-24BIT

59.94i HD422-1080 50Mbps

System frequency

Video format

Audio format

A

Remaining disc recording capacity

B

Rec Run/Free Run

C

Timecode generator mode

D

VITC

E

Time data type

F

Time data

G

Recording mode indication

Section	Page
Table of Contents	6
Chapter 1 Overview	11
Marks for Model-Specific Functions	11
Features	11
Features of this unit	11
System Configurations	15
Using the CD-ROM Manual	16
Preparations	16
Reading the CD-ROM manual	16
Chapter 2 Names and Functions of Parts	17
Front Panel	17
Display window	23
Rear Panel	28
Chapter 3 Preparations	32
Preparing Power Sources	32
Supplying power	32
Attaching a battery pack	32
Initial Setup	33
Front Panel Tilt Mechanism	35
Connections and Settings	36
Connections for using PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software	36
Connections for cut editing	37
Using the editing functions of the recorder (controlling through REMOTE(9P) connector)	41
Connections for pool coverage	41
Synchronization Reference Signals	42
Setting System Frequency	43
Setting Timecode	43
Superimposed Text Information	45
Basic Operations of the Function Menu	48
Function menu operations	48
Function menu settings	48
Handling Discs	52
Discs used for recording and playback	52
Notes on handling	52
Write-protecting discs	53
Loading and unloading a disc	53
Formatting a disc	53
Chapter 4 Recording and Playback	54
Recording	54
Mixed recording of clips in different formats on the same disc	54
Preparations for recording	54
Carrying out recording	55
Continuing recording while exchanging discs (disc exchange cache function)	56
Recording with the HDSDI remote control function	57
Recording with the Clip Continuous Rec function	57
Using the Live Logging function	58
Handling of discs when recording does not end normally (salvage functions)	58
Linear Editing	60
Overview	60
Connections	61
Preparations for editing	61
Editing operations	62
Playback	63
Playback operation	64
Playback operations using thumbnails	66
Chapter 5 Operations in GUI Screens	68
Overview	68
Switching between GUI screens	68
Information and controls in thumbnail screens	69
Displaying menus	72
GUI screen operations	75
Thumbnail Operations	76
Selecting thumbnails	76
Searching with thumbnails	77
Playing the scene you have found	79
Selecting clips by type (Filter Clips function)	79
Selecting the information displayed on thumbnails	81
Changing clip index pictures	81
Checking clip properties	82
Setting clip flags	84
Locking (write-protecting) clips	85
Deleting clips	85
Scene Selection (Clip List Editing)	87
What is scene selection?	87
Creating and editing clip lists	88
Managing clip lists	92
Disc Operations	94
Checking disc properties	94
Using planning metadata	94
Checking user-defined essence marks	96
Formatting discs	96
Displaying disc and clip properties in a web browser	96
Transferring Clips (Direct FTP Function)	99
Preparations for clip transfers	99
Uploading clips	100
Downloading clips	103
Copying clips directly between XDCAM devices	104
Shortcut List	105
Chapter 6 File Operations	106
Overview	106
Directory structure	106
File operation restrictions	107
Assigning user-defined clip titles	110
Assigning user-defined clip and clip list names	111
File Operations in File Access Mode (for Windows)	113
Making FAM connections	113
Operating on files	114
Exiting file operations	114
File Operations in File Access Mode (for Macintosh)	115
Making FAM connections	115
Operating on files	115
Exiting file operations	116
FTP File Operations	116
Making FTP connections	116
Command list	117
Recording Continuous Timecode with FAM and FTP Connections	122
Chapter 7 Menus	123
Menu System Configuration	123
Setup Menu	123
Items in the basic menu	124
Basic menu operations	128
Items in the extended menu	131
Extended menu operations	146
Maintenance Menu	148
Items in the maintenance menu	148
Maintenance menu operations	152
Chapter 8 Planning Metadata	155
Overview	155
Manipulating planning metadata	155
Setting clip names by using planning metadata	155
Setting essence mark names by using planning metadata	156
Setting volume labels by using planning metadata	157
Appendix	158
Important Notes on Operation	158
Condensation	158
About the LCD panel	158
Periodic Maintenance	159
Digital hours meter	159
Troubleshooting	161
Alarms	161
Error messages	172
To eject discs with the unit powered off	172
Specifications	172
Using PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software	175
Using UMID Data	176
Ancillary Data	178
Ancillary data in HDSDI/SDSDI signals	178
Ancillary data in MXF files	178
General MXF metadata	178
Closed caption data	179
Correspondence between Setting Items of the HKDV-900 and Setup Menu of This Unit	184
List of Supported USB Keyboards	185
Trademarks and Licenses	188
MPEG-4 visual patent portfolio license	188
MPEG-2 video patent portfolio license	188
About IJG (Independent JPEG Group)	188
Character display software “iType”	188
About net-snmpd	188
About libupnp	191
Glossary	192

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