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RECORDING
Recording with SERIAL REMOTE terminals
Recording can be turned ON/OFF with a serial remote controller or foot switch connected to the serial
remote terminal located at the rear panel of BR-HD50.
The serial remote controller can be connected to the SERIAL
REMOTE terminal located on the rear panel of BR-HD50.

To use the SERIAL REMOTE terminal, set REMOTE

SEL SER in the REMOTE [1/2] Menu screen to ON or

LOC+REM. Then, set the REMOTE/LOCAL switch on

the front panel accordingly.

zREMOTE SEL SER
ON :When the REMOTE/LOCAL switch is set to
REMOTE, operations can be performed via the
SERIAL REMOTE terminal.
LOC+REM:With the REMOTE/LOCAL switch is set either way,
operations can be performed via the SERIAL
REMOTE terminal. With this setting, the buttons
and switches of the unit can be used too.

SetFOOT SW in the REMOTE [2/2] Menu screen accord-

ing to how the SERIAL REMOTE terminal is used.

OFF :Set to OFF when the serial remote controller is
used. The footswitch cannot be used.
L EDGE :Recording and recording pause is switched at the
LOW edge of the footswitch signal.
H EDGE :Recording and recording pause is switched at the
HIGH edge of the footswitch signal.
L LEVEL:Recording is performed at the LOW edge and
paused at the HIGH edge of the footswitch signal.
Before using the foot switch, set BR-HD50 to the RECORDING or
RECORDING PAUSE mode using the relevant buttons of the unit.
(Only with L EDGE and H EDGE)
Memo
zThe foot switch can only be used to switch between RECORD-
ING ON and OFF.
zThe foot switch can be operated regardless of the setting of the
REMOTE/LOCAL switch.
Connection
Setting
Operation
REMOTE/LOCAL switch
SERIAL
REMOTE
•Serial remote controller
•Foot switch
–––
REMOTE[1 / 2 ]
–––
REMOTE SEL 9P ON
REMOTE SEL SER ON
REM SEL HDV/DV ON
LOCAL FUNCTION STP+EJT
PREROLL 7SEC
NEXT PAGE
PAGE BACK
–––REMOTE[2/2]–––
REM FF/REW MODE FF / REW
REM STOP SEL. EE
PB START DELAY 0 F
SYNCHRONIZA T I ON ON
CONTROLL ER S E L TYPE1
FOOT SW L EDGE
PAGE BACK
Foot switch
Serial IN
H
400ms
L
Memo
zBesides recording, the serial
remote controller can per-
form other functions.
z
If the REMOTE SEL SER is set
to ON, unit buttons that can be
operated can be selected from
LOCAL FUNCTION in the
REMOTE [1/2] Menu screen.
REMOTE[1/2] M
enu screen
REMOTE [2/2] Menu screen
terminal
Signal
Min
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PLAYBACK
Playback settings
This unit plays back tapes recorded in HDV, DV,
or DVCAM format. (SP mode only)
When playing back tapes recorded in HDV or
DVCAM format, the front panel HDV or DVCAM
indicator is lit.

Selecting playback video format

Set whether to automatically detect the video
format for playback, or to select a specific for-
mat, using PB TAPE FORMAT on the SYS-
TEM [2/2] Menu screen.
[Settings: AUTO, DV, HDV, DVCAM]
(Details: XPage69)

Setting IEEE1394 terminal output

video format

Set the IEEE1394 terminal output video format
to HDV or DV.
Set the IEEE1394 switch on the front panel,
according to the playback video format.
HDV:Use this setting when the playback tape
video format is HDV.
DV :Use this setting when the playback tape
video format is DV or DVCAM.
Memo
zWhen playing back a tape recorded in HDV
format, match the unit HD signal format (60Hz
or 50Hz) to the playback signal format.
(XPage40 “Selecting HD signal format”)
zPlayback output signal format: XPage34

Selecting video format for HDMI OUT

terminal and COMPONENT OUT terminal

zOUT FORMAT [60]/[50]
Select the playback image format to output
from the HDMI OUT terminal and the COMPO-
NENT OUT terminal. (Cross converter video)
[Settings [60]:NATI VE, 480I, 480P, 1080I, 720P]
[Settings [50]:NATI VE, 576I, 576P, 1080I, 720P]

Automatic selection of HDMI OUT ter-

minal video output

zMONITOR SELECT
To automatically match the playback image
format output from the HDMI OUT terminal to
the video format of the connected display, set
this menu item to HDMI[A].
[Settings: HDMI[A]/OUT FRMT]

Screen display style for up/down-con-

verter video

zDOWN CONV. MODE
The HDV signal is a wide-screen video signal.
When playing a tape recorded in HDV format,
the output from the LINE OUT terminal and Y/
COUT terminal will be down-converted play-
back images (480i/576i).
Set the style for displaying the down-con-
verted playback image on a display with a 4:3
aspect ratio.
This will also apply to down-converted play-
back images (480i/576i) output from the COM-
PONENT OUT terminal.
[Settings: SQUEEZE/LETTER BOX/SIDECUT]
zUP CONV. MODE
Up-converts DV/DVCAM recorded tape play-
back signals, and sets the video mode for out-
put from the COMPONENT OUT terminal.
[Settings: FULL/SIDE P.]

Setting analog signal setup (U model

only)

zSET UP [60]: DV
Set enabling or disabling the application of set-
ups to analog video signals (composite, Y/C
separate, and SD component).
Video settings

Setting VIDEO Menu screen

VIDEO menu details: XPage73 to 75