Before Using the Unit

Setting the Line Mode

This unit is shipped with the line mode still unset. Therefore you need to set the line mode before using the unit. (The unit cannot be used unless the line mode is set.) Once it is set, the line mode is retained even when the unit is powered off.

Setting procedure

Use the following procedure to set the line mode.

Time data display

 

DATA

DATA

DATA

DATA

VITC VIUB COUNTER HOLD

VITC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PB NDF EXT-LK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOURS

MINUTES

SECONDS

FRAMES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISC

E

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH- 15

CH- 26

CH- 37

CH- 48

BATT

E

 

 

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

PROCESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT CH INPUT SEL

INPUT SEL STATUS

CHARACTER

LIGHT

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

WARNING

KEY INHI

REC INHI

OFF

ON

OFF ON

OFF L

H

 

 

 

 

1

AC power switch (rear panel) a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TC

 

 

COUNTER

 

 

SUB

THUMB

SHUTTLE

JOG

 

 

KEY INHI

 

 

 

 

 

SHIFT

 

 

NETWORK

ON

 

INT

PRESET

F-RUN

SEL

HOLD

 

CLIP

NAIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL

 

 

EXT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCESS

REMOTE

OFF

 

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REGEN

R-RUN

 

 

 

CLIP

ESSENCE

 

 

ALL/CH-1

CH-2

CH-3

CH-4

 

 

 

 

MENU

MARK

 

 

 

METER

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

VARIABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

SET

RESET

 

REC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEL

SEL

 

 

PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L/ST/R

SYSTEM

S.SEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

MARK1

 

PREV

PLAY

NEXT

 

STOP

 

REC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

OUT

 

TOP

F REV

F FWD

END

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARK2

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

2,3

a)If you are using DC power or a battery pack, connect the DC power or mount the battery pack on the battery pack shoe beforehand.

1Power the unit on.

“Select ----” appears in the time data display.

Setting

Line mode

 

 

525U

525(U): NTSC (areas outside Japan)

 

 

525J

525(J): NTSC (Japan)

 

 

625

625: PAL

 

 

3 When the desired setting appears, release the SHUTTLE button.

“Push SET !!” appears.

To redo the selection

Repeat step 2.

4 Press the SET button.

“Turn OFF !!” appears.

5 Power the unit off, and then power it on again.

The selected line mode becomes available for use.

You can change the setting made with this procedure by using basic menu item 013 “525/625 SYSTEM SELECT.” See 7-2-2 “Basic Menu Operations” (page

94)for more information about how to make basic menu settings.

Note

The line mode is not set, or is cleared, in the following situations. Reset the line mode.

•The unit is powered off before performing step 4 in the previous procedure.

•The “RESET ALL SETUP” command in the maintenance menu (see page 112) is executed.

2 With the SHUTTLE button held down, rotate the jog dial.

When you rotate the jog dial in the forward direction, the “----” part of the display changes in the sequence 525U > 525J > 625. When you rotate it in the reverse direction, the display changes in the sequence 625 > 525J > 525U.

Settings affected by the line mode

The following settings are affected when the line mode is changed.

•Alarm message language 525(J): Japanese 525(U)/625: English

•The following menu item names, setting values, or factory default setting values

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