Sony PDW-1500 3Audio level adjustment section, 4Recording and playback control section

Parts of Functions and Names 2 Chapter

In the status display section, the MONITOR display (see page 23) changes to reflect the selection.

The factory default is for channels 1 (left) and 2 (right) to be selected.

You can select whether to monitor both of the selected channels or only one, using the MONITOR switch (see page 21).

cAUDIO METER SEL (selection) button

When using MPEG IMX format in eight-channel mode, select whether the audio level meters should display channels 1 to 4 or channels 5 to 8.

Pressing this button toggles the selection, and the audio level meter channel display also changes.

The factory default is for channels 1 to 4 to be selected.

dAUDIO INPUT CH (channel) button

This selects the channel to which the audio input signal selection applies.

Pressing this button cycles through the following states of the audio level meter channel display.

•Channel 1 flashing

•Channel 2 flashing

•Channel 3 flashing

•Channel 4 flashing

•Channels 1 to 4 lit

When a channel is flashing, you can select the audio input signal using the AUDIO INPUT SEL button.

When audio is in eight-channel mode

On channels 5 to 8, you can input only the audio signals embedded in an SDI signal.

Note

After completing the selection of the audio input signals with the AUDIO INPUT SEL button, return the audio level meters to the state in which all channel indications are lit.

eAUDIO INPUT SEL (selection) button

This selects the input signal to the channel with a flashing display, that has been selected with the AUDIO INPUT CH button described above.

Pressing this button cycles the selection of the audio input signal, and the audio input display above the audio level meter changes to reflect this.

ANA: Analog audio signal input to the AUDIO IN connector

SDI: SDI audio signal input to the SDI IN connector

AES/EBU: AES/EBU format digital audio signal input to the DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) IN connector

SG: Audio test signal generated by the internal signal generator

fPHONES jack and volume control knob The jack is a standard stereo jack. Connect stereo headphones with an impedance of 8 ohms, to monitor the audio during recording, playback, and editing. The

monitored channel is selected by the AUDIO MONITOR SEL button (see page 21) and MONITOR switch (see page 21).

Non-audio signals are muted.

Adjust the volume with the knob. You can also cause this to simultaneously adjust the output volume from the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector on the rear panel. To do this, in the setup menu, set extended menu item 114 “AUDIO MONITOR OUTPUT LEVEL” to “var.”

3Audio level adjustment section

ALL indicator

ALL/CH-1 CH-2 CH-3 CH-4

VARIABLE

REC

PRESET

PB

2 ALL/CH-1, CH-2 to CH-4 adjustment knobs

1 VARIABLE switch

aVARIABLE (audio level adjustment selector) switch

This selects which of the input audio and playback audio has the level adjusted by the ALL/CH-1, and CH-2 to CH- 4 adjustment knobs.

REC: Adjust the input audio levels. The playback audio levels are fixed at their preset values.

PRESET: Do not adjust the audio levels.

PB: Adjust the playback audio levels. The input audio levels are fixed at their preset values.

bALL/CH-1, CH-2 to CH-4 (audio level) adjustment knobs

Depending on the setting of the VARIABLE switch, these adjust the input audio or playback audio levels of channels 1 to 4.

By the setting of extended menu item 131 “AUDIO VOLUME,” you can enable the ALL/CH-1 knob to simultaneously adjust all eight channels. When this simultaneous adjustment is enabled the ALL indicator lights.

4Recording and playback control section

1PREV button

2PLAY button

		3 NEXT button
PHONES PREV	PLAY	NEXT STOP REC
TOP F REV	F FWD	END

4STOP button

5REC button

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