Parts of Functions and Locations 2 Chapter

fSD OUT COMPOSITE (MONITOR) connector (BNC)

Outputs an analog composite signal for a video monitor. When the ALT/[F6] (CHARA SUPER) setting in the TC menu is on, character signals such as time codes are superimposed on the output.

gHD REF. OUT connectors (BNC)

Output an HD tri-level sync signal during tape playback.

hTIME CODE OUT connector (XLR 3-31, male) Outputs the following time codes according to the VTR operation mode.

In playback mode: Playback time code

In recording mode: Time code generated by the internal time code generator, or time code input to the TIME CODE IN connector.

To select the output signal, use the VTR SETUP menu item 613 “TC OUTPUT SIGNAL IN REGENE MODE.”

Setting

Description

off tape

In playback mode, playback time code signal

 

is output. In recording mode, TCG time code

 

signal is output.

 

 

regene

Only when the servo is locked in playback

 

mode, playback time code signal is

 

regenerated and output. In all other cases,

 

output is the same as for the “off tape” setting.

 

 

through

The time code signal from the TIME CODE IN

 

connector is output as it is. (Used for cascade

 

connections.)

 

(For more information about cascade

 

connections, see “3-1-3 Cascade

 

Connection” on page 31.)

 

 

iTIME CODE IN connector (XLR 3-32, female) Accepts external time code for recording to tape. Connect to the time code output connector of the external equipment.

jCUE OUT (cue output) connector (XLR 3-31, male)

Outputs cue track audio during HDCAM or Digital Betacam playback.

Note

There is no cue track on an HDCAM-SR tape, and therefore no output.

kCUE IN (cue input) connector (XLR 3-31, female)

(SRW-5500 only)

Enabled only during HDCAM format recording.

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