Sony PDW-R1 manual

PROFESSIONAL DISC RECORDER

PDW-R1

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

Contents

Page Important Safety Instructions WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED Page Page Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 Names and Functions of Parts Chapter 3 Preparations Chapter 7 Menus Chapter 8 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Appendixes Before Using the Unit Setting the Line Mode Page Overview Chapter 1-1Features Flexible metadata recording Equipped with network connector Color LCD built-in Supports a variety of interfaces Equipped with i.LINK connector Names and Functions of Parts 2-1Configuration 2-2Control Panel 1 Time data settings section 2Operating mode selection/menu setting section 3 Jog/shuttle control block 4Audio settings section 5Recording and playback control section 6Arrow buttons 2-3LCD Panel 1 Status display 2Audio and video settings section 3 Display settings section Page 2-4Connectors 1 Digital audio signal inputs/outputs 2 Analog audio signal inputs/outputs 3 Analog video signal inputs/outputs 4 SDI signal inputs/outputs 5 Time code inputs/outputs 6Power supply section Preparations Chapter 3-1Connections and Settings 3-1-1Connecting an External Monitor 3-1-2Connections for Using PDZ-1Proxy Browsing Software Using the (network) connector (FTP connection) Using the S400 (i.LINK) connector (FAM connection) 3-1-3Connecting to a Nonlinear Editing System 3-1-4Connections for Recording in Parallel With a Camcorder Page 3-1-5Connections for Cut Editing When using the editing functions of the recorder 3-1-6Using the RM-280Editing Controller 3-1-7Editing Control Unit Settings 3-2PowerPreparations 3-2-1Using AC Power 3-2-2Using DC Power 3-2-3Using a Battery Pack 3-3Setup 3-4Settingthe Date and Time 3-5SuperimposedText Information Page Playback condition displays 3-6HandlingDiscs 3-6-1Discs Used for Recording and Playback 3-6-2Notes on Handling 3-6-3 Write-ProtectingDiscs 3-6-4Loading and Unloading a Disc 3-6-5Formatting a Disc 3-6-6To Eject Discs With the Unit Powered Off 3-6-7Handling of Discs When Recording Does Not End Normally (Salvage Function) Page Recording/Playback Chapter 4-1Recording 4-1-1Preparations for Recording To set the video recording format To set the audio recording format Making thumbnail image settings To adjust the audio recording levels Manually adjusting the audio recording levels 4-1-2Recording Time Code and User Bit Values Page To record time code that follows sequentially upon the last recorded time code To record external time code directly 4-1-3Recording Operation 4-1-4Auto Clip List Recording for Automatic Inclusion of Recorded Clips in Clip Lists 4-2Playback 4-2-1Preparations for Playback Page 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 5-3-4Presetting the Initial Time Code of the Current Clip List 5-3-5Sorting Clip Lists 5-4Using PDZ-1Proxy Browsing Software File Operations Chapter 6-1Overview 6-1-1Directory Structure 6-1-2File Operation Restrictions Edit directory Sub directory 6-1-3Assigning User-DefinedClip Titles 6-1-4Assigning User-DefinedClip and Clip List Names Page 6-2FileAccess Mode File Operations 6-2-1Making FAM Connections 6-2-2Operating on Files 6-2-3Exiting File Operations 6-3FTPFile Operations 6-3-1Making FTP Connections To log out 6-3-2Command List Page Page Page Extended commands Page 6-4RecordingContinuous Time Code With FAM and FTP Connections Menus 7-1MenuSystem Configuration 7-2Basic Setup Menu 7-2-1Items in the Basic Setup Menu Page Page Page 7-2-2Basic Menu Operations 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) 7-3Extended Menu 7-3-1Items in the Extended Menu Page Page External synchronization to reference signal generators Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 7-3-2Extended Menu Operations 7-3-3Using UMID Data What is a UMID Setting UMID ownership information About UMID ownership information 7-4Maintenance Menu 7-4-1Items in the Maintenance Menu Page 7-4-2Maintenance Menu Operations To change network settings Page 7-5System Menu 7-5-1Items in the System Menu 7-5-2System Menu Operations To display disc status and clip status To delete clips To format discs To set the date and time Maintenance and Troubleshooting 8-1PeriodicMaintenance 8-1-1Digital Hours Meter 8-2Condensation 8-3ErrorMessages 8-4Alarms 8-4-1Alarm List Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Appendixes Specifications Video performance Processor adjustment range Audio performance Input connectors Output connectors Power input/output connectors Others Accessories supplied Accessories not supplied Related products Using the Shoulder Belt Notice Concerning the Software License of This Unit Page Page Page GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Page Page Page Page Page The BSD Copyright Page Page MPEG-4Visual Patent Portfolio License Glossary Page Index