Sony HDW-F500 Preparing for Recording Selecting Audio Signals, Selecting the audio input signals

Chapter 5 Recording/Playback

5-1 Preparing for Recording

5-1-2 Selecting Audio Signals

This section describes how to select the audio signals for input and monitoring.

Selecting the audio input signals

Press the AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT buttons on the upper control panel as follows to select the audio input signal and channels.

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Selecting the audio input signals

1 Press the INPUT SELECT button so that it lights up.

The AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT button(s) light(s) up to indicate the audio input signal type and the currently selected audio channel.

2 Select the signals to be input and the channels by pressing the following buttons:

•HD SDI CH-1 to CH-4 buttons: Select audio input through HD SDI INPUT connector. (Channels 1 through 4)

•AES/EBU CH-1 to CH-4 buttons: Select audio channels 1 to 4 input through the AUDIO INPUT (AES/EBU) connectors.

•ANALOG CH-1 to CH-4 buttons: Select audio channels 1 to 4 through the AUDIO INPUT connectors.

This setting can also be made in the VTR SETUP menu using items 802.AUDIO INPUT SELECT channel CH-1 through 805.AUDIO INPUT select CH-4.

Note

If item 701.VIDEO INPUT select in the VTR SETUP menu is set to SDTI, the audio input signal on the SDTI (OPTION) IN connector will automatically be used as the input audio signal and AUDIO INPUT/ MONITOR SELECT buttons become unlit. The SDTI setting is operative only when the optional HKDV- 506A SDTI Board is installed.

Selecting audio signals to be monitored

Press the AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT buttons on the upper control panel as follows to select the audio signals output to the PHONES jack and the MONITOR OUTPUT L and R connectors.

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Selecting audio signals to be monitored

1 Press the MONITOR SELECT button so that it lights up.

The AUDIO INPUT/MONITOR SELECT button(s) light(s) up to indicate the audio input signal type and the channel(s) being monitored.

2 Press the button(s) for the audio signal and the channel(s) to be output to the PHONES jack and the MONITOR OUTPUT L and/or R connector(s).

This setting can also be made in the VTR SETUP menu using items 807.AUDIO MONITOR-L select and 808.AUDIO MONITOR-R select.

To adjust the audio output level of the PHONES jack

Rotate the PHONES level control on the upper control panel.

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