Chapter10 SetupMenus

10-4 Items in the Extended Setup Menu

 

Menu items in the range 500 to 599, relating to tape protection

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item number

Item name

Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

501

STILL TIMER

Select the time delay from the tape transport stopping (either the “stop mode” or

 

 

 

the still playback mode in search mode) until the unit automatically switches to

 

 

 

the tape protection mode, in order to protect the video heads and the tape.

 

 

 

0.5S to [8M] to 30M: Set the value in the range 0.5 seconds to 30 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

502

TAPE PROTECTION

Select the operation of the protection mode to protect the video heads and tape

 

MODE FROM SEARCH

when in the still playback mode in search mode (jog/shuttle).

 

 

 

[STEP]: Step forward at 1/30 normal speed every 2 seconds.

 

 

 

STDBY: Switch to “Standby OFF mode” (the unit not on standby).

 

 

 

T.REL: Switch to tension release mode (the tape tension slackened).

503

TAPE PROTECTION

Select the operation of the protection mode to protect the video heads and tape

 

MODE FROM STOP

when stopped (the “stop mode”).

 

 

 

[STDBY]: Switch to “Standby OFF mode” (the unit not on standby).

 

 

 

T.REL: Switch to tension release mode (the tape tension slackened).

 

 

 

STEP: Step forward at 1/30 normal speed every 2 seconds.

504

DRUM ROTATION IN

Select whether the drum rotates in “Standby OFF mode”.

 

STANDBY OFF

[OFF]: Drum does not rotate.

 

 

 

ON: Drum rotates.

505

STILL TENSION

Select the tape tension state in the still playback mode.

 

 

 

[NORML]: Normal tape tension is maintained during still playback mode, ready for

 

 

 

playback.

 

 

 

LOOSE: Reduce the tape tension further from the NORML setting. (Select

 

 

 

“LOOSE” when the unit is on standby for a long period of still playback, for

 

 

 

example, in a library management system (LMS).)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

When LOOSE is selected and the tape tension is reduced, playback cannot be

 

 

 

guaranteed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu items in the range 600 to 650, relating to the time code generator

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item number

Item name

Settings

 

 

 

 

 

601

VITC POSITION SEL-1

In 59.94i, 29.97PsF mode

 

(Invalid in 24PsF or

Select a line to insert the VITC in. (For SD output)

 

23.98PsF mode)

12H to [16H] to 20H: Select any line from 12 to 20.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

You can insert the VITC signal in two places. To insert it in two places, set both

 

 

 

items 601 and 602.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 50i, 25PsF mode

 

 

 

Select a line to insert the VITC in. (For SD output)

 

 

 

9H to [19H] to 22H: Select any line from 9 to 22.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

You can insert the VITC signal in two places. To insert it in two places, set both

 

 

 

items 601 and 602.

 

 

 

 

 

(Continued)

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