Parts of Functions and Names 2 Chapter

dIndicators above the time data display There are the following indicators.

EDIT indicator: This lights when an “Audio Edit Preset” command is received from an external editor.

REMOTE (9P/i.LINK) indicator: This shows “9P” or “i.LINK” as follows.

•9P: When extended menu item 214 “REMOTE INTERFACE” is set to “9PIN.”

•i.LINK: When extended menu item 214 “REMOTE

INTERFACE” is set to “i.LINK.” COUNTER indicator: This lights when a counter value

(hours, minutes, seconds, and frames, resettable) is displayed in the time data display.

TC/VITC (time code type) indicator: This lights when the COUNTER SELECT button (see page 20) is set to TC. The time data display shows the time code.

When extended menu item 629 “TC SELECT” is set to “TC,” this shows “TC,” and when “VITC” is selected, it shows “VITC.”

UB/VIUB (user bit type) indicator: This lights when the COUNTER SELECT button is set to UB. The time data display shows the user bits.

When extended menu item 629 “TC SELECT” is set to “TC,” this shows “UB,” and when “VITC” is selected it shows “VIUB.”

VITC indicator: This lights in the following cases.

•In playback mode, when VITC is being read. (Regardless of what the time data display is showing.)

•When VITC is being recorded, or in E-E mode 1) when VITC is recorded due to one of the following conditions.

-Extended menu item 619 “VITC” is set to “on.”

-There is VITC in the selected video input signal, and that line has been set to “thru” with extended menu item 723 “INPUT VIDEO BLANK.”

REC INH (recording inhibited) indicator: This lights in the following cases.

•When a disc with recording inhibited is loaded.

•When extended menu item 310 “REC INHIBIT” is set to “on.”

•The format of the recorded part of the disc does not match the settings of the PDW-1500 (number of recorded channels, TV system (525/625 selection), and recording format (DVCAM/IMX50/IMX40/

IMX30 selection)).

KEY INH (key inhibit) indicator: This lights when “MON./INPUT SEL” or “CONTROL PANEL” is set to “on” with extended menu item 118 “CONTROL PANEL.”

ALARM indicator: This lights when condensation within the PDW-1500, a laser diode fault, or another hardware error is detected. It goes off when the error state is cleared. When this indicator is lit, the time data display shows an error message.

For details, see 9-2 “Error Messages” (page 114) and 9- 3 “Alarms” (page 115).

1)E-E mode: Abbreviation of Electric to Electric mode. The mode in which input video and audio signals are output after passing only through the electrical circuits.

eAUDIO indicators

During playback, these show the number of channels recorded on the disc and the number of quantizing bits. During E-E mode display, the number of recorded channels and number of data bits set by the maintenance menu item “AUDIO CONFIG” are shown.

Number of recorded channels:

•4ch: 4 channels

•8ch: 8 channels

Number of quantizing bits:

•16bit: 16 bits

•24bit: 24 bits

When the DVCAM format is used, these are always 4 channels and 16 bits.

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

f525/625 (TV system) indicator

This shows the TV system selected in basic menu item 013 “525/625 SYSTEM SELECT.”

525 (U): NTSC, 525 scan lines, field frequency 59.94 Hz

525 (J): NTSC (for Japan), 525 scan lines, field frequency

59.94Hz

625:PAL, 625 scan lines, field frequency 50 Hz

gIMX/DVCAM (recording/playback format) indicator

During playback, this shows the recording format of the inserted disc. During E-E display, including recording mode, and during FAM and FTP connections (see page 74), this shows the recording format set by basic menu item 031 “RECORDING FORMAT.”

IMX50: MPEG IMX 50 format

IMX40: MPEG IMX 40 format

IMX30: MPEG IMX 30 format

DVCAM: DVCAM format

hDisc loaded mark

This lights while a disc is loaded in the PDW-1500. It flashes as the disc is inserted, and while it is being ejected.

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