Fostex PD-6 operation manual Setup mode, Utility mode

PD-6DVD Location Recorder

Chapter 7: Setup mode

This chapter describes details about menus in the Setup mode. Using Setup mode menus, you can set preferences, etc. of the PD-6. The following menus are available in the Setup mode.

<Note>

The Setup mode menu may change when the PD-6 software is updated.

Real Time Clock menu	You can check or edit the internal real-time clock.
Digital Out menu	You can select the digital output signal format between AES/EBU and
	SPDIF.
Digital In menu	You can select the input channel sources between digital and analog.
Skip mode menu	You can select the function of the [SKIP/CURSOR] key.
Diagnoses menu	You can select whether logging errors during recording to the diagnoses
	file or not.
Reference level menu	You can select the PD-6 reference input level.
Peak hold time menu	You can set the peak hold time of the level meters.
Tone rec mode menu	You can set the recording duration and mode of the slate tone.
Auto cue menu	You can select whether automatically recording a cue point or not at
	the record start position.
Pause time menu	You can set the pause cancel time.
Error tone menu	You can select on or off of the error tone.
BATT warning menu	You can set the threshold of the battery power voltage for generating
	the error tone.
Speaker mute menu	You can select whether muting the monitor speaker or not except
	during recording.
Limiter parameter menu	You can set the limiter parameters.
Default File name menu	You can select the name form of an audio file when it is created between
	date information base and scene/take number information base.
Default track name menu	You can specify the default track name of audio files.
Next event menu	You can set the event number of audio files.
USB keyboard menu	You can select the USB keyboard type to be connected between US
	and JAPAN.
Pre rec time menu	You can set the pre-record time of audio pooled in the buffer.
User setup save menu	You can save the setup data to the user box.
User setup load menu	You can load the setup data from the user box.
Version menu	You can check the PD-6 software version.

Chapter 8: Utility mode

This chapter describes the Utility mode, in which you can make settings related with DVD-RAM disks to be used with the PD-6, as well as format a disk. The following menus are available in the Utility mode.

<Note>

The Utility mode menu may change when the PD-6 software is updated.

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