hMENU button

Use for setup menu and system menu operations. Pressing this button displays the setting of a setup menu item in the status display section. The same information is also superimposed on the display on a monitor connected to the PDW-1500 (see page 105). Press once more to return to the original display.

The system menu (see page 129) appears in the status display section and on an external monitor when you press this button with the SHIFT button held down. Press this button again to escape from the system menu.

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 (see page 106), scene selection (thumbnail search) settings, and so on. The scene selection window or a menu for sub clip operations appears when you press this button with the SHIFT button held down with either of the following displayed. The window or menu appears in the status display section, and on an external monitor.

When a thumbnail screen is displayed: The scene selection window (see page 69) appears.

When a sub clip thumbnail is displayed: A sub clip operation menu (see page 71) appears.

RESET button: Press to reset the counter. This is also used to cancel or abandon setup menu settings and 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 124.

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).

Parts of Functions and Names 2 Chapter

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