Setup menus (continued)

<TAPE PROTECT>

No./Item

 

Description of setting

 

 

400

For selecting the duration of the time taken

 

after the VTR is left standing in the STOP or

STILL TIMER

search STILL mode (JOG, SLOW or SHTL)

 

before the tape protection mode is established.

 

(Units: s = seconds, min = minutes)

 

0000

0.5s

 

0001

5s

 

0002

10s

 

0003

20s

 

0004

30s

 

0005

40s

 

0006

50s

 

0007

1min

 

0008

2min

 

<Note>

 

 

When a DV or DVCAM tape is used, the time is set

 

to 10 seconds even when a setting of 2 (10s) or

 

longer is selected.

 

 

401

When the time set in Setup Menu No. 400 (STILL

 

TIMER) elapses in the Search Still (JOG/SLOW/

SRC

SHTL) state, the unit automatically returns to

PROTECT

the tape protection mode. This is for selecting

 

the types of tape protection mode.

 

0000

STEP

 

STEP FWD

 

0001

HALF

 

Half-loading

 

0002

T-REL

 

Tension release

 

<Notes>

 

z When STEP FWD is selected, the VTR is

 

automatically transferred to the standby OFF

 

(half-loading) mode after it has been left standing

 

in the STILL status for a total of 30 minutes (or 1

 

minute in the case of a DV or DVCAM tape).

 

z When, after tension release has been selected

 

and the VTR has been transferred to the tension

 

release mode, the VTR has been left standing in

 

this mode for a total of 2 hours, it is automatically

 

transferred to the standby OFF (half-loading)

 

mode. However, in the case of a DV or DVCAM

 

tape, the transfer to the tension release mode is

 

inhibited, and the VTR operates as if STEP FWD

 

has been selected.

 

z For an unused tape (except for a DV/DVCAM

 

tape), the mode forcibly moves to the tension

 

release mode 0.5 seconds after the STILL state.

 

 

402

For selecting whether the drum is to operate in

 

the standby OFF (half-loading) mode.

DRUM STDBY

0000

OFF

 

 

The drum stops rotating.

 

0001

ON

 

The drum continues to rotate.

 

 

 

<Precaution for STILL TIMER item setting>

The cumulative total standby time passed in the same location increases at such times when the same material is repeatedly used as is the case when programs are transmitted, for example.

To protect the tape, it is recommended to set the standby time at the same position as short as possible.

No./Item

 

Description of setting

 

 

403

When the time set in Setup Menu No. 400 (STILL

 

TIMER) elapses in the STOP state, the unit

STOP

automatically returns to the tape protection

PROTECT

mode. This is for selecting the types of tape

 

protection mode.

 

0000

STEP

 

STEP FWD

 

0001

HALF

 

Half-loading

 

0002

T-REL

 

Tension release

 

<Notes>

 

z When STEP FWD is selected, the VTR is

 

automatically transferred to the standby OFF

 

(half-loading) mode after it has been left standing

 

in the STOP mode for a total of 30 minutes (or 1

 

minute in the case of a DV or DVCAM tape).

 

z When, after tension release has been selected

 

and the VTR has been transferred to the tension

 

release mode, the VTR has been left standing in

 

this mode for a total of 2 hours, it is automatically

 

transferred to the standby OFF (half-loading)

 

mode. However, in the case of a DV or DVCAM

 

tape, the transfer to the tension release mode is

 

inhibited, and the VTR operates as if STEP FWD

 

has been selected.

 

z For an unused tape (except for a DV/DVCAM

 

tape), the mode forcibly moves to the tension

 

release mode 0.5 seconds after the STILL state.

 

z For the DVCPRO HD-SP, DVCPRO50, or

 

DVCPRO tapes, the mode forcibly moves to the

 

tension release mode 0.5 seconds after the

 

STILL state during the EE mode.

 

 

 

The underlining (__) denotes the factory setting mode.

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