For details, see 9-2 “Error Messages” (page 134) and 9- 3 “Alarms” (page 135).

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 124.

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 83), 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.

6Shuttle/jog/variable control block

1SHUTTLE button

2 JOG button

3 VAR button

4 Jog/shuttle transport indicators

 

 

 

 

 

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6Shuttle dial

5Jog dial

For details of playback operations with these buttons and dials, see 4-2-2 “Playback Operation” on page 57.

aSHUTTLE button

To play back in shuttle mode using the shuttle dial, press this button, turning it on. Pressing the JOG button or turning the jog dial switches to jog mode.

bJOG button

To play back in jog mode using the jog dial, press this button, turning it on. Pressing the SHUTTLE button or turning the shuttle dial switches to shuttle mode.

cVAR (variable) button

To play back in variable speed mode using the shuttle dial, press this button, turning it on.

dJog/shuttle transport indicators

These show the playback direction in jog, shuttle, or variable speed mode.

b(green): Lights during playback in the reverse direction. B (green): Lights during playback in the forward direction. x (red): Lights during still image display.

eJog dial

Turn this for playback in jog mode. Turn clockwise for forward direction playback, and counterclockwise for reverse direction playback. In jog mode, the playback speed varies in the range ±1 times normal speed, according to the rotation rate of the jog dial. There are no detents. Normally, you press the JOG button before turning the jog dial, but it is also possible to make a setting to enable jog

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