Recording

This section describes video and audio recording on the unit.

See page 88 “Function Menu” in Chapter 6 for more information about function menu operations.

See page 105 “Setup Menu Operations” in Chapter 6 for more information about setup menu operations.

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is not possible to combine material recorded in different

 

 

Chapter

 

single disc (although different bit rates may be combined).

 

 

system frequencies and audio recording formats on a

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If you attempt to record material in a system frequency or

Recording

 

 

audio recording format that differs from that of existing

 

 

 

 

recorded material on the disc, “REC INH” appears on the

and

 

display and recording is inhibited.

 

 

 

Playback

 

Make the following settings and adjustments before

 

 

 

 

starting to record.

 

 

Recording format settings: See the next section “To set

 

 

the video and audio recording formats”.

 

 

Video input signal selection: Select with V INPUT on the

 

 

HOME page of the function menu.

 

 

Audio input signal selection: Select with A1 INPUT to

 

 

A4 INPUT on the HOME page of the function menu.

 

 

Timecode and user bits settings: See “Recording

 

 

Timecode and User Bit Values” (page 46).

 

 

Selection of time data to display: Select with CNTR SEL

 

 

on page P1 of the function menu.

 

 

Selection of audio channels to monitor: Select with

 

 

MONI CH and MONI SEL on page P1 of the function

 

 

menu.

 

 

Volume adjustment of the monitor audio: Adjust with

 

 

the LEVEL knob.

 

 

Remote/local setting: Set the remote control switch. If

 

 

you set it to REMOTE, also set the setup menu item

 

 

INTERFACE SELECT >REMOTE I/F (“REMOTE”

 

 

and the connector used appear on the display).

To set the video and audio recording formats

To set the video recording format

Set the video bit rate (compression method) by setting OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >REC FORMAT in the setup menu to one of the following.

Menu setting/display

Video bit rate

HQ

VBR 35 Mbps

 

 

Menu setting/display

Video bit rate

SP

CBR 25 Mbps

 

 

LP

VBR 18 Mbps

 

 

DVCAM a)

25 Mbps

a) Appears only when the PDBK-104 option board is installed.

To set the audio recording format

Set AUDIO CONTROL >REC MODE in the setup menu to one of the following.

Menu setting

Display

Audio recording

 

 

 

format

2ch×16bit

2CH 16BIT

2 channels/16 bits

 

 

 

4ch×16bit

4CH 16BIT

4 channels/16 bits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the video recording format is set to DVCAM, the audio recording format is always 4 channels/16 bits, regardless of the setting of this item.

Recording Timecode and User Bit Values

There are the following four ways of recording timecode: Internal Preset mode: This records the output of the

internal timecode generator, set beforehand to an initial value. The following run modes can be selected.

•Free Run: Timecode advances continually.

•Rec Run: Timecode advances only during recording.

Internal Regen mode: This records the output of the internal timecode generator, initialized to timecode following continuously upon the timecode of the last frame of the last clip on the disc.

External Regen mode: This records the output of the internal timecode generator, synchronized to an external timecode generator. As the external input, the timecode input to any of the following connectors can be selected.

•TIME CODE IN connector: TC

•HDSDI INPUT connector: LTC

•SD SDI INPUT connector or COMPOSITE INPUT connector (when PDBK-104 is installed): VITC

•SD SDI INPUT connector (when PDBK-104 is

installed): LTC

External Preset mode: This directly records the input of an external timecode generator. As the external input, the timecode input to any of the TIME CODE IN connector can be selected.

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