Sony PDW-1500 2 Audio settings section, 1 Audio level meter section

iSHIFT button

Use to switch the functions of various buttons.

jSET and RESET buttons Use these as follows.

SET button: Use for setup menu settings, scene selection settings, and so on.

RESET button: Press to reset the counter. This is also used to cancel setup menu settings and abandon scene selection (thumbnail search).

kTHUMBNAIL button

To carry out a thumbnail search or create a clip list, press this button turning it on. Thumbnail images representing each clip or sub-clip appear. Press once more to turn the button off, and return to a whole-screen display.

To display the thumbnails of essence mark frames (frames with an essence mark attached), hold down the SHIFT button, and press this button. The essence mark selection menu appears. Select the desired type of essence mark, and the corresponding essence mark frames appear in thumbnails. Press once more, turning the button off, to return to a whole-screen display.

lDisc slot and EJECT button

Insert a disc in the disc slot. To remove the disc, press the EJECT button.

1 Audio level meter section

1 Audio level meters

2Audio input display

SG DATA		SG DATA		SG DATA		SG DATA
ANA SDI		ANA SDI		ANA SDI		ANA SDI
AE8/EBU		AE8/EBU		AE8/EBU		AE8/EBU		OVER indicator
dB	OVER	dB	OVER	dB	OVER	dB	OVER
0		0		0		0
-12		-12		-12		-12		Reference level
-20		-20		-20		-20
-30		-30		-30		-30		indicator
-40		-40		-40		-40
-60		-60		-60		-60
CH-	15	CH-	26	CH-	37	CH-	48

Channel display

aAudio level meters

Depending on the setting of the AUDIO METER SEL button (see page 22), these show the audio recording levels (during recording) or audio playback levels (during playback) of channels 1 to 4 or channels 5 to 8. If an audio level exceeds 0 dB, the OVER indicator lights.

By means of a maintenance menu setting, you can display a reference level indicator (“-”) to the right of each meter when recording.

For details of the maintenace menu, see 8-4 “Maintenance Menu” on page 106.

bAudio input display

For each channel, the following indicators light to show the type of the selected audio input signal.

ANA: Analog audio signal

SDI: SDI audio signal

AES/EBU: AES/EBU format digital audio signal

SG: Audio test signal generated by the internal signal generator

DATA: Non-audio signal

Make the audio input signal selection with the AUDIO INPUT SEL button (see page 22).

2 Audio settings section

1 MONITOR switch

2AUDIO MONITOR SEL button

3 AUDIO METER SEL button

4 AUDIO INPUT CH button

5 AUDIO INPUT SEL button

MONITOR	40	40		40	40	MONITOR
	-60	-60	26	-60	-60	1/2	3/4
L	CH-	15 CH-		CH- 37	CH- 48	5/6	7/8 4
MIX
R	MONITOR SEL	AUDIO					VID
		METER SEL		INPUT CH INPUT SEL			INPUT
	VARIABLE	ALL/CH-1			CH-2	CH-3
	REC
	PRESET
	PB
PHONES	PREV		PLAY		NEXT		ST
	TOP	F REV		F FWD		END

6PHONES jack and volume control knob

aMONITOR switch

Of the two channels (left and right) selected by the AUDIO MONITOR SEL button (see next item), selects whether both or one is monitored.

L:The left channel audio is output from the PHONES jack

and the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector.

R:The right channel audio is output from the PHONES jack and the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector.

MIX: Stereo audio is output from the PHONES jack. Monaural audio, the left and right channels mixed, is output from the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector.

bAUDIO MONITOR SEL (selection) button

Of the up to eight audio signal channels, the audio of the two channels (left and right channels in the case of a stereo output) selected by this button can be monitored with the PHONES jack on the front panel and the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector on the rear panel.

Pressing this button cycles through the four of the following channel combinations.

•Channels 1 (left) and 2 (right)

•Channels 3 (left) and 4 (right)

•Channels 5 (left) and 6 (right)

•Channels 7 (left) and 8 (right)

Parts of Functions and Names 2 Chapter

2-1 Front Panel 21