AVideo/audio input selection section

i.LINK

INPUT SELECT

VIDEO CH1 1/2 CH2 3/4

1Chapter

d CH2 3/4 button

 

Overview

c CH1 1/2 button

2 VIDEO button

 

1 i.LINK button

INPUT SELECT buttons

ai.LINK button

At the same time as selecting the i.LINK input, this button selects the recording format for i.LINK input recording. When pressed, the button itself lights, indicating that the i.LINK input (from the HDV/DV connector) is selected. Each time you press, the signal format to be recorded on the tape cycles through the followings:

•HDV format

•DVCAM or DV format 1)

Depending on the selection with this button, the corresponding signal format is shown in the input signal display (see page 17).

1)Make the DVCAM/DV recording format selection with the REC FORMAT menu item (see page 74).

bVIDEO button

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

•Composite video signal input to the VIDEO IN connectors (optional HVBK-1505 board required)

•S-video (separated Y and C) signals input to the VIDEO IN connectors (optional HVBK-1505 board required)

•Y, R-Y and B-Y component video signals input to the VIDEO IN connectors (optional HVBK-1505 board required)

•SDI video signal input to the SDI IN connector

•Video test signal (selected with the INT VIDEO SG menu item (see page 79)) generated by the internal

signal generator

The selection made with this button is indicated in the input signal display (see page 17).

cCH1 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 (optional HVBK-1505 board required)

•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 82)) generated by the internal signal generator

The selection made with this button is indicated in the input signal display (see page 17).

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.

dCH2 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 (optional HVBK-1505 board required)

•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 82)) generated by the internal signal generator

The selection made with this button is indicated in the input signal display (see page 17).

When analog audio is selected, the signal input to the AUDIO IN 2/4 connector is recorded either on channel 2 (when in 2- channel mode) or on channels 2 and 4 (when in 4-channel mode). That is, in 4-channel mode, the same analog audio signal is recorded on channels 2 and 4.

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 81).

Notes

•The video/audio input selection with buttons 2 to 4 is only valid for recording signals in DVCAM/DV format.

•Signals in HDV format can be input through the i.LINK interface only. Only the 2-channel mode is supported for signals in HDV format.

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