Sony PDW-1500 Table of Contents, Chapter 1 Overview, Chapter 2 Names and Functions of Parts, Chapter 3 Preparations, Chapter 4 Recording/Playback, Chapter 5 Scene Selection

Table of Contents

Before Using the Unit ............................	14
Setting the Line Mode ..............................	14

Chapter 1 Overview

1-1 Features .............................................		16
1-2 Using the CD-ROM Manual ..............		18
1-2-1	CD-ROM System Requirements .....	18
1-2-2	Preparations .....................................	18
1-2-3	Reading the CD-ROM Manual........	18

Chapter 2 Names and Functions of Parts

2-1	Front Panel ........................................	19
2-2	Rear Panel .........................................	27

Chapter 3 Preparations

3-1 Connections and Settings................	31
3-1-1 Connecting an External Monitor .....	31
3-1-2 Connections for Using PDZ-1 Proxy
Browsing Software ..........................	32
3-1-3 Connecting to a Nonlinear Editing
System..............................................	34
3-1-4 Connections for Cut Editing ............	35
3-1-5 Connections for Clip Audio Insert
Editing..............................................	37
3-1-6 Editing Control Unit Settings ..........	41
3-2 Setup ..................................................	42
3-3 Setting the Date and Time................	42
3-4 Superimposed Text Information......	43
3-5 Handling Discs ..................................	45
3-5-1 Discs Used for Recording and Playback
45
3-5-2 Notes on Handling ...........................	45
3-5-3 Write-Protecting Discs ....................	45
3-5-4 Loading and Unloading a Disc ........	46
3-5-5 Formatting a Disc ............................	46
3-5-6 To Eject Discs With the Unit Powered
Off....................................................	47
3-5-7 Handling of Discs When Recording
Does Not End Normally (Salvage
Function)..........................................	47

Chapter 4 Recording/Playback

4-1 Recording ..........................................		48
4-1-1	Preparations for Recording ..............	48
4-1-2	Recording Time Code and User Bit
	Values ..............................................	50
4-1-3	Recording Operation........................	53

4-1-4 Auto Clip List Recording for Automatic Inclusion of Recorded Clips in Clip Lists 54

4-2 Playback ............................................		55
4-2-1	Preparations for Playback ................	55
4-2-2	Playback Operation..........................	56
4-2-3	Thumbnail Search............................	58
4-2-4	Clip List Playback............................	60

Chapter 5 Scene Selection

5-1 Overview............................................	61
5-2 Basic Operations ..............................	62
5-2-1 Creating Clip Lists...........................	62
5-2-2 Editing Clip Lists.............................	64
5-3 Clip List Operations..........................	67
5-3-1 Displaying the CLIP Menu..............	67
5-3-2 Saving the Current Clip List to Disc67
5-3-3 Loading a Clip List From Disc Into the
Current Clip List ..............................	68
5-3-4 Deleting Clip Lists From Disc.........	68
5-3-5 Clearing the Current Clip List .........	69
5-3-6 Setting the Start Timecode of the
Current Clip List ..............................	69
5-4 Using PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software
70

Chapter 6 Insert Editing

6-1 Clip Audio Insert Editing ..................		71
6-1-1	Preparations for Editing...................	71
6-1-2	Editing Operations ...........................	72

Chapter 7 File Operations

7-1	Overview............................................		74
	7-1-1	Directory Structure ..........................	74
	7-1-2	File Operation Restrictions ..............	75
7-2	File Access Mode File Operations...		77
7-3	FTP File Operations..........................		78
	7-3-1	Command List .................................	80

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