COUNTER SELECT button and the TC SELECT menu item (see page 65).

Also used to display error messages, edit data, setup menu data, etc.

jRemote mode indicators

REMOTE: Lights when the Control mode selector is set to REMOTE to remote control the unit from either an editing control unit connected to the REMOTE IN (R)/ OUT (P) connectors or equipment connected to the S400(i.LINK) connector.

9P: Lights when the REMOTE I/F menu item (see page

69)is set to 9PIN.

i.LINK: Lights when the REMOTE I/F menu item (see page 69) is set to i.LINK.

kVITC indicator

Lights when VITC is being read or recorded regardless of the data shown in the time counter display.

lPB Fs (playback audio sampling frequency) display During playback, this indicates the playback audio mode in which the disk being played back was recorded.

48K indicator: Lights during playback of material recorded in 2-channel mode (48 kHz).

32K indicator: Lights during playback of material recorded in 4-channel mode (32 kHz).

mREC MODE (audio recording mode) display

This indicates the audio recording mode currently selected with the REC MODE menu item (see page 68).

2CH indicator: Lights in 2-channel mode (48 kHz).

4CH indicator: Lights in 4-channel mode (32 kHz).

2Video/audio input setting section

INPUT SELECT

 

CH1 1/2

CH2 3/4

3 CH2 3/4 button

2 CH1 1/2 button

1 VIDEO button

aVIDEO button

Each press of this button cycles through the following input video signal selection options.

•Composite video signal input to the VIDEO IN connector

•S-video (separated Y and C) signals input to the VIDEO IN connectors

•Y, R−Y and B−Y component video signals input to the VIDEO IN connectors

•SDI video signal input to the SDI IN connector

•Video test signal (selected with the INT VIDEO SG menu item (see page 66) generated by the internal signal generator

•Digital video/audio signal (DV format, complied with i.LINK) connected to theS400(i.LINK) connector

The selection made with this button is indicated by the i.LINK/VIDEO indicators in the INPUT signal display section (see page 14).

Note

When the video input is set to the i.LINK, pressing either the CH1 1/2 button or CH2 3/4 button changes the setting to COMPOSITE. Reset the video input.

bCH1 1/2 (audio channel 1 or 1/2) button

Each press of this button cycles through the following input audio signal selection options for audio channel 1 (when in 2-channel mode) or for audio channels 1 and 2

(when in 4-channel mode).

•Analog audio signal input to the AUDIO IN 1/3 connector

•Digital audio signal in AES/EBU format input to the AUDIO (AES/EBU) IN 1/2 connector

•SDI audio signal input to the SDI IN connector

•Audio test signal (selected with the INT AUDIO SG menu item (see page 69) generated by the internal signal

generator

The selection made with this button is indicated by the AUDIO CH-1 1/2 indicators in the INPUT signal display section (see page 14).

When analog audio is selected, the signal input to the AUDIO IN 1/3 connector is recorded either on channel 1 (when in 2-channel mode) or on channels 1 and 3 (when in 4-channel mode). That is, in 4-channel mode, the same analog audio signal is recorded on channels 1 and 3. Using the REC/PB LEVEL control knobs with the VARIABLE switch set to REC, it is possible to adjust the audio levels on the two channels separately.

You can switch the audio recording mode with the REC MODE menu item (see page 68). The selection is indicated by the REC MODE display on the front panel.

cCH2 3/4 (audio channel 2 or 3/4) button

Each press of this button cycles through the following input audio signal selection options for audio channel 2 (when in 2-channel mode) or for audio channels 3 and 4

(when in 4-channel mode).

•Analog audio signal input to the AUDIO IN 2/4 connector

•Digital audio signal in AES/EBU format input to the AUDIO (AES/EBU) IN 3/4 connector

•SDI audio signal input to the SDI IN connector

•Audio test signal (selected with the INT AUDIO SG menu item (see page 69) generated by the internal signal generator

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