Features for ease of operation

Compact, lightweight, low power consumption The VTR is small and light enough to be used in outside broadcast vans or in EFP (Electronic Field Production) assignments.

Remote control operation

The VTR has a serial RS-422A 9-pin connector to allow control of the VTR by an external control unit.

The VTR also comes with 9-pin REMOTE 1-IN(9P) and REMOTE 1-I/O(9P) connectors to support bridge connection of multiple SRW-5000/5500 units or other VTRs equipped with 9-pin remote connectors for simultaneous operation. Furthermore, you can control the VTR from an external control unit with a parallel (50-pin) interface.

Digital hours meter

The meter can show the total elapsed time since the VTR was turned on, total drum revolution time, total tape running time and total number of threadings and unthreadings.

Self-diagnosis

This function allows the VTR to perform self diagnostics when a malfunction occurs. An error message is displayed and a history of all errors that have occurred is recorded.

Easy-to-maintain plug-in boards

The VTR uses plug-in circuit boards to simplify servicing and inspection.

Mountable in standard 19-inch rack

The unit can be mounted in an EIA-standard 19-inch rack.

For rack mounting, refer to the Installation Manual.

1-1-2 Features of the Control Panel

The control panel provides eight menu screens corresponding to different operation modes to allow fast and easy adjustment of necessary settings, as well as the ability to store menu settings to a memory stick for later recall.

Menu-driven operations for a variety of purposes

Eight menus are displayed on the 130 ⋅ 95 mm

(5 1/8 inches ⋅ 3 3/4 inches) color display and are set using the 10 function buttons.

You can register desired items to the menus other than the SET UP menu.

Pressing the [F4] (PF ASSIGN) button in the SET UP menu displays the menu items that can be registered.

HOME menu

Use this menu to make the basic settings for recording, playback, and editing operations, and to select channels to be edited during insert editing.

TC menu

Use this menu to make time code settings.

VIDEO menu

Use this menu to adjust the video signals. The VIDEO menu screen shows the VTR operation mode, current position time code, time code type, and so on.

AUDIO menu

Use this menu to adjust the audio signals. The AUDIO menu screen shows the VTR operation mode, current position time code, time code type, and so on.

CUE menu

Use this menu to set up to 100 cue points. In page mode, 10 cue points per page can be set on a total of 10 pages. In the TELE FILE menu, you can change the setting for the memory label system Tele-File.

PF1/PF2 (Personal Function) menus

Use these menus to register up to 40 of the most frequently used items from the other menus (up to 10 items each can be registered to PF1, ALT/PF1, PF2 and ALT/PF2).

SET UP menu

This menu enables the following settings.

•The VTR BANK menu allows up to eight pages of menu settings to be saved.

•Use the MEMORY CARD menu to store current settings of the VTR and up to eight pages of the contents of the VTR memory bank to a memory stick.

•Use the scrollable PF ASSIGN menu to display the items that can be registered, and to select and register the most frequently used menu items.

•Use the scrollable VTR SETUP menu to display the items necessary for making initial settings, and to directly change settings without registering them with the function buttons for each menu.

•Use the PANEL SETUP menu to set control panel operations, such as the keyboard sound output.

MAINTENANCE menu

Use this menu to access the maintenance functions.

For details, refer to the Maintenance Manual Volume 1.

A full complement of storage/recall functions

These functions allow you to use titles to store and recall menu settings in either the VTR’s internal memory banks or memory sticks.

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