Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Overview

Chapter 2

Location and Function of

Parts

Chapter 3

Preparations

Chapter 4

Recording and Playback

Chapter 5

Editing

1-1 Features ...........................................................................................

1-1

1-2 Example System Configuration ....................................................

1-3

2-1 Control Panels ................................................................................

2-1

2-1-1

Upper Control Panel ..............................................................

2-2

2-1-2 Lower Control Panel ..............................................................

2-3

2-1-3

Switch Panel ........................................................................

2-14

2-2 Connector Panel ...........................................................................

2-15

3-1 Connections to External Devices...................................................

3-1

3-1-1

Connections to Digital Devices .............................................

3-1

3-2 Reference Sync Signals ..................................................................

3-2

3-2-1

Selecting Reference Signal Depending on

 

 

Operational Status ..................................................................

3-2

3-2-2

Connecting Reference Signals ...............................................

3-3

3-3 Setup

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3-5

3-4 Superimposed Character Information .........................................

3-6

3-5 Cassettes ..........................................................................................

3-8

3-5-1

Cassette Types........................................................................

3-8

3-5-2

Inserting and Ejecting Cassettes ............................................

3-8

3-5-3

Preventing Accidental Erasure of Recordings .......................

3-9

3-6 Using a Memory Stick ..................................................................

3-10

3-6-1 Notes on Memory Stick .......................................................

3-10

4-1 Recording ........................................................................................

4-1

4-1-1

Preparations for Recording ....................................................

4-1

4-1-2 Recording Time Code and User Bit Values ...........................

4-2

4-1-3

Recording Procedure .............................................................

4-4

4-2 Playback ..........................................................................................

4-5

4-2-1

Preparations for Playback ......................................................

4-5

4-2-2

Playback Procedures ..............................................................

4-6

4-2-3 Dynamic Motion Control (DMC) Playback ........................

4-10

5-1 Automatic Editing ..........................................................................

5-1

5-1-1 Overview ...............................................................................

5-1

5-1-2 Switch and Menu Settings .....................................................

5-2

5-1-3

Selecting the Editing Mode ...................................................

5-3

5-1-4

Setting Edit Points .................................................................

5-3

5-1-5

Modifying and Deleting Edit Points ......................................

5-6

5-1-6

Cue-up to Edit Points and Preroll ..........................................

5-7

5-1-7 Preview ..................................................................................

5-7

5-1-8

Carrying Out Automatic Editing ............................................

5-8

5-2 DMC Editing.................................................................................

5-11

5-2-1 Overview of DMC Editing ..................................................

5-11

5-2-2 Carrying Out DMC Editing .................................................

5-12

5-3 Special Automatic Editing Methods ...........................................

5-13

5-3-1

Quick Editing .......................................................................

5-13

5-3-2

Continuous Editing ..............................................................

5-13

5-3-3

Standalone Editing ...............................................................

5-14

5-3-4 Manual Editing ....................................................................

5-14

5-3-5

Preread Editing ....................................................................

5-14

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