Sony PDW-1500 manual

PROFESSIONAL DISC RECORDER

PDW-1500

The supplied CD-ROM includes operation manuals for the PDW-1500 Professional Disc Recorder (English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese versions) in PDF format. For more details, see 1-2 “Using the CD-ROM Manual” on page 17.

OPERATION MANUAL [English] 1st Edition (Revised 4)

Contents

Page Important Safety Instructions WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED Page AVERTISSEMENT CET APPAREIL DOIT ÊTRE RELIÉ À LA TERRE WARNUNG DIESES GERÄT MUSS GEERDET WERDEN Page ATTENZIONE QUESTO APPARECCHIO DEVE ESSERE MESSO A TERRA ADVERTENCIA ESTE APARATO DEBE CONECTARSE A TIERRA Page Page Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 Names and Functions of Parts Chapter 4 Recording/Playback Chapter 3 Preparations Chapter 7 File Operations Chapter 8 Menus Chapter 9 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Appendixes Before Using the Unit Setting the Line Mode Page Overview Chapter 1-1Features Flexible metadata recording Supports a variety of interfaces Equipped with i.LINK connector Equipped with network connector Supporting SNMP for service and maintenance 1-2Usingthe CD-ROM 1-3MPEG-4Visual Patent Manual Portfolio License 1-2-1Preparations Page Names and Functions of Parts 2-1Front Panel Page 1 Audio level meter section 2 Audio settings section 3Audio level adjustment section 4Recording and playback control section 5Status display section 6Shuttle/jog/variable control block 7Arrow buttons 2-2Rear Panel 1Analog audio signal inputs/outputs 2Digital audio signal inputs/outputs 3Analog video signal inputs/outputs 4 Time code inputs/outputs 5 Power supply section 6 SDI signal inputs/outputs Page Preparations Chapter 3-1Connections and Settings 3-1-1Connecting an External Monitor 3-1-2Connections for Using PDZ-1Proxy Browsing Software Using the S400 (i.LINK) connector (FAM connection) 3-1-3Connecting to a Nonlinear Editing System 3-1-4Connections for Cut Editing When using the editing functions of the recorder 3-1-5Connections for Clip Audio Insert Editing Using the ANALOG IN connectors Using the DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) IN connectors Using the SDI IN connector 3-1-6Editing Control Unit Settings 3-2Setup 3-3Settingthe Date and Time 3-4SuperimposedText Information Page Playback condition displays 3-5HandlingDiscs 3-5-1Discs Used for Recording and Playback 3-5-2Notes on Handling 3-5-3 Write-ProtectingDiscs 3-5-4Loading and Unloading a Disc 3-5-5Formatting a Disc 3-5-6To Eject Discs With the Unit Powered Off 3-5-7Handling of Discs When Recording Does Not End Normally (Salvage Function) Quick salvage Full salvage Recording/Playback Chapter 4-1Recording 4-1-1Preparations for Recording Setting the recording format To adjust the audio recording levels To set the video recording format To set the audio recording format Making thumbnail image settings 4-1-2Recording Time Code and User Bit Values To record time code that follows sequentially upon the last recorded time code Page 4-1-3Recording Operation 4-1-4Auto Clip List Recording for 4-2Playback Preparations for Playback 4-2-2Playback Operation 4-2-3Thumbnail Search Cuing up a frame including an essence mark 4-2-4Clip List Playback 4-2-5Repeat Playback 4-2-6Locking and Deleting Clips Deleting clips Page Scene Selection Chapter 5-1Overview Flow of scene selection editing Clips Clip lists Sub clips (clips in clip lists) Clip list editing (current clip list) 5-2CreatingClip Lists 5-2-1Selecting Clips To select while playing back and searching (quick scene selection) 5-2-2Reordering Sub Clips Page 5-2-3Trimming Sub Clips 5-2-4Deleting Sub Clips 5-2-5Previewing the Current Clip List 5-2-6Saving the Current Clip List to Disc Page 5-3ManagingClip Lists (CLIP Menu) 5-3-1Loading a Clip List From Disc Into Unit Memory 5-3-2Deleting Clip Lists From a Disc 5-3-3Clearing the Current Clip List From the Unit Memory 5-3-5Sorting Clip Lists 5-4Using PDZ-1Proxy Browsing Software Insert Editing Chapter 6-1ClipAudio Insert Editing 6-1-1Preparations for Editing 6-1-2Editing Operations Page Page File Operations Chapter 7-1Overview 7-1-1Directory Structure 7-1-2File Operation Restrictions Edit directory Sub directory 7-1-3Assigning User-DefinedClip Titles 7-1-4Assigning User-DefinedClip and Clip List Names Page 7-2FileAccess Mode File Operations 7-2-1Making FAM Connections 7-2-2Operating on Files 7-2-3Exiting File Operations 7-3FTPFile Operations 7-3-1Making FTP Connections To log out 7-3-2Command List Page Page Page Extended commands Page 7-4RecordingContinuous Time Code With FAM and FTP Connections Page Menus 8-1MenuSystem Configuration 8-2Basic Setup Menu 8-2-1Items in the Basic Setup Menu Page Page 8-2-2Basic Menu Operations Changing the currently displayed menu item Changing a menu item setting value Resetting the menu settings to their factory default values Switching between 525(U) line, 525(J) line and 625 line modes (menu item 013) Menu bank operations (menu items B01 to B13) Page 8-3Extended Menu 8-3-1Items in the Extended Menu Page Page External synchronization to reference signal generators Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 8-3-2Extended Menu Operations 8-3-3Using UMID Data Setting UMID ownership information About UMID ownership information 8-4Maintenance Menu 8-4-1Items in the Maintenance Menu Page 8-4-2Maintenance Menu Operations To change network settings Page 8-5System Menu 8-5-1Items in the System Menu 8-5-2System Menu Operations To format discs To set the date and time Page Maintenance and Troubleshooting 9-1PeriodicMaintenance 9-1-1Digital Hours Meter 9-2ErrorMessages 9-3Alarms 9-3-1Alarm List Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Appendixes Specifications Video performance Processor adjustment range Audio performance Input connectors Output connectors Remote control connectors Accessories supplied Accessories not supplied Glossary Page Index