Fostex DV824 owner manual

DVD MULTITRACK RECORDER

Owner’s Manual

Contents

Main DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824 DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824 DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824 CAUTION CAUTION: SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Important Safety Instructions Table of contents Chapter-2: Preparation before using the DV824 ..............................................15 Page Page Chapter-7: Creating and editing ALE files (EDIT EDL FILE menu) ................99 DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824 DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824 DVD Multitrack Recorder DV824 About this manual Precautions <About replacing the lithium battery> Precautions on installation Notes on moisture condensation Page Main features/functions What is in the box DV824 options and related Fostex products http://www.fostex.com Options Related products Page Chapter-2: Preparation before using the D V824 Connect the supplied AC adaptor as shown below. Power connection [DC IN 12V] connector AC adaptor (Model AD-15C) AC outlet [POWER] switch Realtime clock setting DVD-RAM disks used with the DV824 pages 83 ~ 91 Advanced operations Inserting/removing a disk About recommended disks Important notice for setting an uncovered disk to the tray Unformatted disk Unused formatted disk Recorded disk CD-DA format audio CD Initial format of a DVD-RAM disk Advanced operations Page Adjusting display contrast Chapter-3: Names and functions Front panel - Rear panel + Front panel + ] key (See page 51 for details). 1234 5 6 6) LCD display 7) Time mode indicators 11) [LIST PLAY/5, J, K, L/ 10) [FILE SEL/2, A, B, C/ 8) [QUICK SET/1, Space] key 12) [PRE REC/3, D, E, F] key 13) [CHASE/6, M, N, O] key 14) [ 15) [EXIT/NO] key 16) [MENU] dial/[ENTER/YES] key 18) [SAFE/RDY/9, W, X, Y, Z] key 19) [CLEAR/ 22) [TIME SEL/7, P, Q, R, S/ 20) [ALL INPUT/8, T , U, V] key 21) [LOCATE/ 23) [MARK/CUE/0, symbol] key 24) Transport control keys The maximum cueing speed depends on the FS and the number of tracks of a file. 25) [OPEN/CLOSE] key 26) [PHONES] section 27) [USB (KYBD ONLY)] port The maximum cueing speed depends on the FS and the number of tracks of a file. 2) [PARALLEL REMOTE] connector Rear panel 8 1234567 69 1011 13 12 1) [ANALOG INPUT BALANCED] connectors TR 4) Terminate switch (100, ON/OFF) 5) [P2/ES BUSS/THRU] connector 6) Blank panels 7) Cooling fan 11) [DIGITAL I/O AES/EBU] connector 13) [ANALOG OUTPUT B ALANCED] connector s 10) [WORD IN]/[WORD OUT] connector 12) [WORD IN] terminate switch 9) [ETHERNET] port Display Home screen File name Next file name Disk remaining Status information Screen examples 7-segment LED time indicator HMS F Chapter-4: Connection Table of contents Analog audio connection Basic connection Digital audio connection Sync signal (word clock) connection External video editor connection Ethernet connection External parallel controller connection see pages 47 and 117 respec- tively Connection for optional cards Time code input/output connection (for the optional TC/SYNC card) Connection to a film machine (for the optional TC/SYNC card) Connection to a personal computer (for the optional IEEE1394/USB card) ~` Other connection USB keyboard connection see page 123 for details F1 key F2 key F3 key F4 key USB port USB keyboard Page Chapter-5: Recording/pla ybac k Before making basic analog or digital audio recording, you need to make some set- tings. Basic audio recording [STOP/HOME] indicator is lit. Status information area ), as well as set the CD stop mode for audio CD playback ( In the quick setup mode, you can also set the next file name ( Entering the quick setup mode CLK FRAME INPUT FS/BIT TC GEN TC frame rate selection (" " of the status information area) Sampling frequency and bit length selection FS/BIT 22/16 22.05kHz/16bit 44/16 44.1kHz/16bit 48/16 48kHz/16bit 44/24 44.1kHz/24bit 48/24 48kHz/24bit 88/24 88.2kHz/24bit 96/24 96kHz/24bit System clock reference selection Clock pull up/pull down setting UP/DW Recording track selection TRACK see page 132 for details Next file name setting NEXT Recording level setting Reference level setting Other settings Digital input channel selection Time display mode selection LTC TC IN ABS GEN When the optional TC/SYNC card is not installed, "--H --M --S --F" is shown. Headphone monitor selection You can select the headphone monitor source using the rotary switches in the PHONES section. Starting recording 2) Press the [RECORD] key to start recording. see page 142 for details ). You can also change the file name later ( see page 115 for de- tails Page Recording in Pre rec mode Canceling recording (False Start) Recording the slate tone Cue point setting Setting a cue point on the fly during audio recording Viewing the cue point list Editing a cue point Editing a cue label <Notes for editing a label> <Note> Deleting a cue point Adding a new cue point to the cue point list Editing cue point data Basic playback Normal playback <Selecting a file from the FILE SEL screen> <Selecting a file using the [SKIP/CURSOR key> Cueing playback Skip/locate functions Skipping through files Skipping through cue points Locating to the beginning or end of a file Locating to the last located point Locating to a desired time point Locating to a desired cue point Chapter-6: Adv anced operations Audio CD playback Setting CD stop mode List play function There are four "link modes" for playing back linked audio files continuously, as be- low. List play in "LTC-Link" mode List play in "Song-Link" mode List play in "List-Link" mode Setting list play mode/Executing list play ] key. 2) While "<All Link>" is highlighted, press the [ENTER/YES] key. 3) Select the desired link track and link mode. "Link Track (max)" setting "Link Mode" setting <About "Stop Mode"> Viewing linked audio files Locating to the beginning of the play list Locating to the end of the play list Controlling the unit from a video editor Word Audio signal Digital Mixer HOUSE SYNC Video Editor VTR Device type setting Sync play setting Editor preset setting File data transfer using FTP server function <Connecting with a personal computer> <FTP client applications> <Where audio files are stored?> Setting example of PC connection Connecting DV824 directly to PC 2) Make TCP/IP setting on the PC. 3) Start up the FTP application of the PC, and make setting for connection. <Setting of WS-FTP> <Setting of Fetch> Connecting DV824 to LAN FTP command details The following shows usable and unusable FTP commands when you can use the DV824 as the FTP server. Only a single user can log in. More than one user cannot log in at the same time. Sub net mask setting TCP/IP SETUP menu setting IP address setting 3) Use the [MENU] dial to select a desired menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key. Anonymous on/off setting Login name/password setting TCP/IP Enable mode on/off setting Mac address checking File transfer example between the DV824 and a PC Page Time code recording/playback Frame rate setting TC generator mode setting 24H Run Rec Run Free Run EXT Run You can make settings for time code recording/playback via the "TC SETUP" menu on the MENU mode. Jam function Playing back time code Time code output setting <Menu items which affect time code output> Executing jam function Auto copy function Selecting auto copy mode Page Making auto copy 2) Press the [RECORD] key to start recording to the partition. 3) Press the [STOP/HOME] key to stop recording. 1) Press the [SAFE/RDY] key to make the unit record ready (the [SAFE/RDY] indicator flashes). Disk copy function Making disk copy File copy function Making file copy Page Dual drive recording (*) About "mirror" disk Formatting in the "DDR" mode Page 8) Press the [STOP/HOME] key to exit the MENU mode. Making dual drive recording 1) Start recording to partition 2 ("PTO2"). 2) After completing recording, press the [STOP/HOME] key to stop recording. Chasing external TC Preparations Chasing Data export to PC Connecting PC to the unit How to unmount the DV824 from the PC Example of copying data to a computer hard disk Example of exporting data to a computer application 7) Select a saving file and click on "Select" (indicated by an arrow 6). The computer starts saving the file to the selected file. The saved file is added to the audio region list (indicated by an arrow 7). The "Spot Dialog" setting window appears. 9) Click on " " in the "Spot Dialog" setting window, followed by "OK" (indicated by an arrow 9). Page Chapter-7: Creating and editing ALE files About an ALE file Creating a new ALE file 2) While "<New file>" is highlighted, press the [ENTER/YES] key. 3) Use the [MENU] dial (or the alphanumeric keys) to enter the desired name. 4) After entering the desired name, press the [ENTER/YES] key to confirm your setting. 5) While "Video format" is highlighted, press the [ENTER/YES] key. 7) After making necessary settings, press the [EXIT/NO] key. 8) Press the [ENTER/YES] key. Adding audio file entries to an ALE file Page Viewing audio file entries Viewing and editing audio file entries Adding an audio file entry to an existing ALE file Deleting an audio file entry Editing an ALE file Editing an ALE file name Remaking an ALE file Deleting an ALE file Page Chapter-8: MENU mode Table of contents About MENU mode Menu item Details of settings Default SYS SETUP menu Basic procedure for using the "SYS SETUP" menu 2) While "SYS SETUP" is highlighted, press the [ENTER/YES] key. 3) Use the [MENU] dial to select the desired menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key. Default file name (SCENE NAME/TAKE NUMBER) setting Default file name setting [Default file name] Default track name setting [Default track name] Next event number setting [Next event No.] Recording track setting [Record tracks] Recording FS/bit length setting [Record FS&Bit] Pull up/down setting [Pull Up/Down] Maximum file length setting [Max file length] Input selection [Select input] Digital input channel setting [Setup digital in] Digital output signal format selection [Digital out] Pre recording time setting [Pre rec time] Tone rec time setting Tone rec On/Off setting Auto EE mode selection [Auto EE mode] Slate tone/pop tone recording mode setting [Tone rec mode] Peak hold time setting [Peak hold] Reference level setting [Reference level] End pop tone On/Off setting Skip mode setting [Skip mode] Diagnoses file setting [diagnoses] USB keyboard type setting [Keyboard] Startup disk selection [Startup disk] ROM version checking [Version] Menu item Setting/function Default TC SETUP menu . Details of the "Force JAM" menu item are described in "Advanced operations". See page 81 for details 1) While the unit is stopped, press the [ENTER/YES] key. Basic procedure for using the "TC SETUP" menu The basic procedure for using the "TC SETUP" menu is as described below. System clock selection [Sync clock] TC frame rate selection [Frame rate] Internal TC generator setting [Set Gen TC] 1) Select the "Set Gen TC" menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key. Generator mode selection [Gen mode] 2) Press the [ENTER/YES] key. <User> MMDDYY00 DDMMYY00 User bit setting [Gen Ubit] BOTH TC UBIT Jam mode setting [JAM mode] Repro Gen Time code output source selection [Sel. TC Out] Default LTC start time setting [Default LTC start] 1) Select the "Default LTC start" menu item and press the [ENTER/YES key. 2) Press the [ENTER/YES] key again. LTC start time editing [Edit LTC start] UBIT setting of playback time code [RepTC Ubit] 1) Select the "RepTC Ubit" menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key. On Off Time code output while paused [Rep pause TC] LTC BiPhase Reference time code selection [Ref TC sel] Once Continue Frame Sync Chase mode selection [Chase mode] Chase offset setting [Chase offset] 1) Select the "Chase offset" menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key. 2) Press the [ENTER/YES] key again. Chase offset editing Chase offset trimming Catch offset Synchronization to a film machine [Bi-Phase setup] 1) Select the "Bi-Phase setup" menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key. Resetting the current film position to the start time 1) While "ResetCounter" is highlighted, press the [ENTER/YES] key. Editing the film start time Setting the number of pulses per frame Setting the film leader length and film size DISK UTILITY menu Basic procedure for using the "DISK UTILITY" menu Editing a file name [Edit file name] Viewing a file information and editing descriptor information [File info.] 1) Select the "File Info." menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key. Viewing file information Viewing descriptor information 1) Select "Edit descriptor" and press the [ENTER/YES] key. Line No. Contents Details Editing descriptor information Adding descriptor information Deleting descriptor information Deleting an unnecessary audio file [Delete file] Restoring a deleted audio file [Restore Del. file] Optimizing a disk [Optimize disk] Formatting a disk [Format] Drive selection: Volume label setting: Format mode selection: Physical format on/off setting 1) While "[EXECUTE]" is highlighted, press the [ENTER/YES] key. 2) Press the [ENTER/YES] key. 3) Press the [STOP/HOME] key to exit the MENU mode. Editing the reel number (Volume label) [Reel No.] Record protection On/Off setting [Rec protect] Resume function On/Off setting [Resume] Partition protection On/Off setting [Part. protect] LOAD SETUP menu SAVE SETUP menu Page Inputs/Outputs Recording/playback General Physical dimensions + - 430 88 Declaration of EC Directive The Affect of Immunity on This Equipment FOSTEX DISTRIBUTORS LIST IN EUROPE