Preparations 3 Chapter

the disc in the direction of the arrow, as shown in the following figure.

Lower surface of the disc Write-protect tab

SAVE

Slide in the direction of the arrow

Write-protect tab settings

SAVESAVE

Recording enabled

Recording disabled

3-5-4 Loading and Unloading a Disc

When the on/standby switch indicator is lit green, you can load and unload a disc as shown in the following figure.

On/standby switch and indicator

To unload

Press the EJECT button.

To load

Insert a disc face up.

The disc is drawn in.

The disc loaded mark (see page 24) flashes while the disc is being inserted, and while it is being ejected. Lights when loading finishes, and goes out when eject finishes.

3-5-5 Formatting a Disc

An unused disc requires no formatting operation. The disc is automatically formatted when loaded into this unit.

To format a recorded disc, load the disc into the unit, then do as follows.

Note

When a recorded disc is formatted, all the data on the disc is erased.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,6

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EJECT

ACCESS

SG DATA

SG DATA

SG DATA

SG DATA

 

 

EDIT REMOTE [9P iLINK]

 

KEY INH

ALARM

 

 

 

ANA SDI

ANA SDI

ANA SDI

ANA SDI

INPUT

VITC VIUB COUNTER VITC

REC INH

 

 

 

 

AE8/EBU

AE8/EBU

AE8/EBU

AE8/EBU

 

 

 

 

 

dB OVER

dB OVER

dB OVER

dB OVER

i.LINK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

0

0

0

 

SDI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NETWORK

-12

 

-12

-12

-12

 

CMPST

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

JOG

VAR

 

 

Y-R,B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL

-20

 

-20

-20

-20

 

SG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TTL

 

 

REMOTE

-30

 

-30

-30

-30

 

 

 

HOURS

MINUTES

SECONDS

FRAMES

HU

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

MONITOR

-40

 

-40

-40

-40

 

MONITOR

 

 

IMX[50 40 30]

 

 

 

 

-60

 

-60

-60

-60

 

1/2

3/4

AUDIO

625

 

 

 

 

L

CH-

15

CH- 26

CH- 37

CH- 48

5/6

7/8

48CH

1824BIT

525

DVCAM

 

 

 

 

MIX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHIFT

 

 

R

 

 

AUDIO

 

INPUT SEL

VIDEO

COUNTER

HOLD

SYS MENU

 

 

MONITOR SEL

METER SEL

INPUT CH

INPUT SEL

SELECT

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

ALL/CH-1

CH-2

CH-3

CH-4

SUB

THUMB

SET RESET

 

 

 

VARIABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLIP

NAIL

 

 

 

REC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLIP

 

ESSENCE

S.SEL

MARK1

 

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

 

MARK

 

 

 

PREV

PLAY

NEXT

 

 

STOP

REC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

OUT

 

 

 

TOP

F REV

F FWD

END

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARK2

 

 

52,3,4

1Holding down the SHIFT button, press the MENU button.

The system menu appears on the monitor screen.

2Select “DISC MENU” using the F button or f button, then press the g button.

The menu item “FORMAT” is displayed.

3Select “FORMAT” using the F button or f button, then press the g button.

The menu item “QUICK FORMAT” is selected.

4Press the g button.

The message “QUICK FORMAT OK?” appears.

To return to the previous menu page without formatting the disc

Press the RESET button.

5Press the SET button.

Formatting is completed and the message “FORMAT COMPLETED.” appears.

6Press the MENU button. This exits the menu.

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