Sony PDW-F70 manual

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Professional Disc Recorder

Operating Instructions

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PDW-F70

© 2006 Sony Corporation

Contents

Operating Instructions PDW-F70 Important Safety Instructions WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED Page Page Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 Preparations Chapter 3 Recording and Playback Chapter 4 Scene Selection Chapter 5 File Operations Chapter 6 Menus Chapter 7 Using Option Boards Appendix Overview Features of This Unit Chapter1 Convenient disc-basedplayback and search functions IT friendly Features of the PDBK-101/102/103/104 Option Boards Front Panel Page 1Display and function menu section 00:00 Page 2Audio level adjustment section 3Arrow buttons 4Shuttle/jog/variable-speedplayback control block 5Recording/playback control block Rear Panel 2Analog audio signal input/output section 3Digital signal input/output section 4Digital audio signal input/output section 5 Timecode input/output section 6Power supply section 7External device connection section Infrared Remote Commander Using the infrared remote commander Preparations Chapter2 Connecting an External Monitor Using PDZ-1Over an i.LINK Connection (FAM Connection) Connecting to a Nonlinear Editing System (AV/C Connection) Connections for Cut Editing When using an editing control unit Page Editing Control Unit Settings Remote Control Unit Settings Using XLR Cables (Audio Cables) External Synchronization Setting the Date and Time Adjusting the Brightness of the LCD Panel 2,3,4,5 Selecting the Playback Mode (23.98PsF or 2-3Pulldown) Input and Output Signals in 24P (23.98P) Mode Recording in 24P (23.98P) Mode Playback in 24P (23.98P) 2-3Pulldown Mode Page Superimposed Text Information To turn superimposed text on and off Adjusting the text display Information displayed Displaying Supplementary Status Information Page Recording and Playback Chapter3 Discs Used for Recording and Playback Notes on Handling Write-ProtectingDiscs Loading and Unloading a Disc Formatting a Disc Handling of Discs When Recording Does Not End Normally (Salvage Functions) To restore clips with a full salvage Recording Timecode and User Bit Values To record timecode after setting an initial value (Internal Preset) 1 2 3,5 5 4,5 To set user bits Carrying Out Recording To specify the frame to use as the thumbnail image To adjust the audio recording levels To set shot marks Playback Operation Playback in jog mode 1 2,3 Playback in shuttle mode 3 1 2,3 Playback in variable-speedmode 3 2,3 Searching for Clips With Thumbnails (Thumbnail Search) Searching With the Expand Function Searching for Frames With Essence Marks Searching With the Chapter Function Clip List Playback Repeat Playback Locking (Write-protecting)Clips Deleting Clips Assigning Sequence Numbers to Thumbnails Scene Selection Chapter4 Flow of scene selection editing Clips Sub clips (clips in clip lists) Clip lists Clip list editing (current clip list) Clip list playback Assigning Clip Titles Assigning User-DefinedClip and Clip List Names Page Including Clips Selected in the Thumbnail Screen in the Clip List Page Page Quick Scene Selection (Adding Sub Clips During Recording, Playback, or Search) 2,3,4 Basic Operations Reordering Sub Clips Modifying the In and Out Points of Sub Clips (Trimming) Deleting Sub Clips Setting the Start Timecode for the Current Clip List Previewing the Edited Clip List Saving the Current Clip List to Disc Managing Clip Lists Displaying the CLIP menu Changing Displayed Items of Information on Sub Clips Loading a Clip List From a Disc Into the Current Clip List Deleting Clip Lists From a Disc Sorting Clip Lists Page Using the PDZ-1Proxy Browsing Software File Operations Chapter5 Directory Structure File Operation Restrictions Edit directory Sub directory General directory Making FAM Connections Operating on Files To disable FAM connections Menus Function Menu Operations Chapter6 Function Menu Settings Page P1 Page P2 Displaying the Setup and Disc Menus Setup Menu Page Setup Menu Items Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Setup Menu Operations Meanings of indications on the menu screen Displaying enhanced items Disc Menu Disc Menu Operations To delete all clips To format a disc Using Option Boards Chapter7 Option Boards for Enhanced Functionality Computer Connection Example (FTP Connection) HDV Connection Example Using the PDBK-103Analog HD Input Board Camcorder Connection Example Using the PDBK-104SD Input Upconverter Board Disc Recorder Connection Example Appendix Condensation Digital Hours Meter Alarms When a disc is inserted During front panel operations Page During recording and editing operations Page During playback During thumbnail search, scene selection, and clip list operations Alarms relating to audio and video signals Error Messages To Eject Discs With the Unit Powered Off About data transfer speed of i.LINK i.LINK operation with this unit Specifications General System Video performance Audio performance Input connectors Output connectors Remote control connectors Accessories supplied Accessories not supplied Using UMID Data What is a UMID Setting UMID ownership information About the UMID ownership information MPEG-4Visual Patent Portfolio License Glossary Page Index