OPERATIONAL CONVENIENCE
Built-in 2.7-inch LCD Monitor
The HVR-1500 is equipped with a 2.7-inch*13color LCD monitor with a high resolution of 211 K dots. This allows operators to view the input source during recording and check the playback picture in a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. It can also display the 4-channel audio level meters and time code, as well as setup menus for video, audio, and VTR settings. Three different display modes can be selected, as shown below.
Full Screen Display Mode | Status Display Mode |
Small Screen Display Mode
The monitor images are simulated.
*13 Viewable area, measured diagonally.
Auto Repeat
The HVR-1500 has a convenient auto repeat function. This enables the VTR to automatically rewind the tape to either the beginning of the tape or to a user-defined index point, and to start playback again from there. Repeat start and stop index points can also be defined by setting time code values.
Assign Button
Functions frequently used for VTR operations can be assigned to an ASSIGN button located on the front panel of the HVR-1500.
Digital Slow Motion and Jog Sound (in DVCAM mode)
When used with an editing controller, such as the Sony RM-280 Editing Controller, the HVR-1500 can provide excellent digital slow motion and jog sound for DVCAM recordings. It offers variable speed playback within the range of -0.5 to +0.5 times normal play speed. This allows operators to locate editing points quickly and accurately using noiseless slow-motion playback pictures.
Picture Search (in HDV mode)
With an editing controller, such as the Sony RM-280 Editing Controller, the HVR-1500 provides a convenient color picture search function for HDV recordings. *14
| Playback speed | Image quality |
| x24 | Coarse |
| x8 | Coarse |
| x1 | Normal |
| x1/5 | Normal |
| x1/10 | Normal |
| x1/30 | Normal |
| Forward | Normal |
| frame-by-frame |
| |
| | |
| STILL | Normal |
| x-1 | Coarse |
| x-8 | Coarse |
| x-24 | Coarse |
*14 In HDV mode, audio jog search is not supported and video jog search is sup- ported in forward mode only.
Picture Search Using Menu Keys
The HVR-1500 provides a picture search function via the menu keys on its front panel. By pressing the 
/ B and / A buttons, forward and reverse search of 8 and 10 times normal play speed is available in HDV and DVCAM/DV modes, respectively. The 
and 
buttons allow frame-by-frame picture search, as well as slow-motion playback.
| Button operation | Slow motion playback | Recording format |
| HDV | DVCAM/DV |
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| | | | / | B | FWD search | x8 | x10 |
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| | | | | | / | A | REV search | x-8 | x-10 |
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| | | | | | | | | FWD frame-by-frame | Yes | Yes |
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| | (held down) | x1/5 | x1/2 |
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| | | | | | | | | REV frame-by-frame | No | Yes |
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| | (held down) | x-1 | x-1/2 |
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Audio Level Control
Audio levels can be adjusted via the control knobs on the front panel. In recording mode, the input audio level of the analog XLR, SD-SDI, AES/EBU, and i.LINK*15 interfaces can be adjusted.
In playback mode, the analog XLR, SD-SDI, HD-SDI, AES/EBU, and i.LINK*15 output audio levels can be controlled.
*15 In HDV mode, the input/output audio levels cannot be adjusted.
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