Setup menus

USER menu <AUDIO>

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

734

This selects whether the operation of the

 

MONITOR SELECT button on the front panel

MONI SEL INH

is to be enabled or disabled.

 

0000

OFF : Operation is enabled.

 

0001

ON : Operation is disabled.

 

0002

ON1 :

 

Operation is disabled in the FULL display

 

mode and enabled only in the FINE display

 

mode.

 

 

 

735

Although CUE is automatically output to the

 

monitor output in accordance with the

MON AUTO

operation mode when a setting AUTO has

SEL

been selected by setup menu item No. 721

 

(MONI CH SEL), the MON AUTO SEL setup

 

menu item is used to select the monitor

 

channel which is to be automatically switched

 

to CUE.

 

 

0000

L/R :

 

CUE is output to both the left and right

 

channels.

 

0001

L :

 

CUE is output to the left channel only.

 

0002

R :

 

CUE is output to the right channel only.

 

 

 

The underlined items indicates the initial setting.

<Concerning the CUE output in the search mode>

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

750

This selects the audio output level during DV

 

playback.

 

DV PB ATT

 

 

 

0000

OFF : The audio output level is not

 

 

attenuated.

 

0001

ON : The audio output level is

 

 

attenuated (reduced).

 

 

751

This selects whether to mute the sound where

 

recordings are joined during DV/DVCAM

REC PT MUTE

playback.

 

 

0000

OFF : The sound is not muted.

 

0001

ON : The sound is muted.

 

 

 

The table below shows how the CUE output to the monitor and main signal system outputs differs according to how the setup menu item (No. 721, No. 731 and No. 735) settings are combined.

731

721

735

Monitor output

 

Main signal system output

 

CUE OUT

MONI CH

MON AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEL

SEL

SEL

Lch

Rch

CH1

CH2

CH3

CH4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANU

----------

PCM 21

PCM 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L/R

CUE

CUE

PCM 21

PCM 21

PCM 21

PCM 21

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

AUTO

L

CUE

PCM 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

PCM 21

CUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM

----------

PCM 22

PCM 22

PCM 22

PCM 22

PCM 22

PCM 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANU

----------

PCM 21

PCM 21

PCM 21

PCM 21

PCM 21

PCM 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L/R

CUE

CUE

CUE

CUE

CUE

CUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

AUTO

L

CUE

PCM 21

CUE

PCM 21

CUE

PCM 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

PCM 21

CUE

PCM 21

CUE

PCM 21

CUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM

----------

PCM 22

PCM 22

PCM 22

PCM 22

PCM 22

PCM 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<Notes>

21: PCM audio signal output is muted when the VTR is played outside the –0.43 to +1 normal speed.

22: PCM audio signal output is muted when the VTR is played outside the –10 to +10 normal speed.

When either AUTO is selected, the PCM audio signal is output within –0.43 to +1 normal speed even in the automatic CUE output mode.

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