nMonitor area Displays the monitor video.

oSuperimposed text information

Displays the text information and supplementary status information set in the menu.

For details of superimposed text information, see “Superimposed Text Information” (page 29).

4Remote control switch/indicator section

 

2 Remote control switch

 

LOCAL

1 Format indicators

9PIN

 

i.LINK

 

HDV DVCAM

 

(DV)

3 i.LINK format indicators

aFormat indicators

Indicates the tape format or input signal format during recording or playback.

Indicator

During playback

During recording/E-E

 

 

mode

HDV

Lights when a

Lights when the selected

 

tape recorded in

input is i.LINK:HDV.

 

HDV format is

 

 

 

played back.

 

 

 

 

 

DV

Lights when a

Lights when the REC

 

tape recorded in

FORMAT menu item is set

 

DV (SP) format is

to DV (SP), and one of the

 

played back.

following input is selected.

 

 

•

Input other than i.LINK

 

 

•

i.LINK:DV/DVCAM

 

 

 

DVCAM

Lights when a

Lights when the REC

 

tape recorded in

FORMAT menu item is set

 

DVCAM format is

to DVCAM, and one of the

 

played back.

following input is selected.

 

 

•

Input other than i.LINK

 

 

•

i.LINK:DV/DVCAM

 

 

 

 

Note

When a tape recorded in DVCPRO (25 Mbps) format is played back, no indication appears here.

bRemote control switch

Select whether operation of this unit is controlled from the front panel, or from an external device (using i.LINK or RS-422A (9PIN) interface).

LOCAL: Operate from the front panel or a remote control unit connected to the CONTROL-S connector (SIRCS-compatible).

9PIN: Operate from an external device connected to the REMOTE connector (9PIN) on the rear panel.

i.LINK: Operate from an external device connected to the HDV/DV connector on the rear panel.

Note

When the remote control switch is set to 9PIN or i.LINK, no tape transport control buttons other than the EJECT and STOP buttons will work.

This can be changed with the LOCAL ENABLE menu item (see page 74).

ci.LINK format indicators

These indicate the i.LINK input/output signal format. HDV: Lights when an HDV 1080i format signal is input/

output through the i.LINK interface.

DVCAM (DV): Lights when a DVCAM/DV format signal is input/output through the i.LINK interface.

5Arrow buttons

M, m, </A, ,/B buttons

A

B

M, m, </A, ,/B buttons

Use these buttons to move around the menu items, and also to set the initial timecode value and user bit data.

They can be used for search/variable-speed playback/ timecode display as follows.

•High-speed search playback

•Frame-by-frame playback

•Slow playback

For details of search playback operations, see “Variable Speed Playback” (page 46).

• When points A and B are set for repeat playback:

Timecode display

Operation to carry out

Display the timecode of point

Press the ,/B button.

B in the time counter display

 

 

 

Display the timecode of point

Press the </A button.

A in the time counter display

 

 

 

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