Chapter 1

Overview

Features of This System

The Sony DFS-700/700P DME Switcher is a Digital Multi Effects system, offering high-performance effects at high image quality. The system consists of a processor unit and control panel.

Support for fully digital component systems with SDI inputs and outputs

This system provides SDI interfaces as standard equipment. This allows it to be incorporated in fully digital linear editing systems using DVCAM-series, Betacam SX-series, and other digital VCRs.

Advanced special effects

This system is equipped with advanced special effects, including trail, lighting effects, ripple, swirl, and explosion.

Installing the optional BKDF-711 board adds a second DME channel, and the optional BKDF-712 board enables 3D mapping effects to be used.

For details of option boards, see page 1-3.

Support for wide range of input/output signal formats

•There are eight inputs as standard (VIDEO INPUT 1 to 8).

VIDEO INPUT 1 to 4: SDI (serial digital interface) signals

VIDEO INPUT 5 to 8: analog component signals. VIDEO INPUT 8 can also be used as an analog RGB signal input.

Installing the optional BKDF-701 board allows all eight inputs to be used as either SDI or analog component inputs.

Installing the optional BKDF-702/702P board allows four inputs to be used as either Y/C (S-video) or analog composite inputs.

For details of option boards, see page 1-3.

•The standard outputs are two each of SDI, analog component, analog composite, and Y/C, for a total of eight outputs.

Comprehensive title key functions

Luminance keys, chroma keys, and downstream keys are all provided as standard functions.

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