Operation From An External Device; Repeat Playback - Automatic Cyclical Playback - Sony HVR-1500A Operating Instructions Manual

Note
A tape recorded in HDV format cannot be played back in
reverse frame-by-frame or reverse slow mode.
To set the maximum speed for fast forward and
rewind when the F FWD or REW button is pressed
Set the MAX SRCH SPEED >F.FWD/REW menu item to
the desired maximum speed.

Operation from an external device

You can control this unit using a controller or editor
equipped with an RS-422A interface connected to the
REMOTE connector on the rear panel, a device connected
to the HDV/DV connector, or a remote control unit (such
as the DSRM-10) with SIRCS support connected to the
CONTROL-S connector on the front panel.
Note
When controlling this unit from an external device, set the
remote control switch on the front panel as follows.
External device
Editing unit connected to
REMOTE connector
Remote control unit with
SIRCS support connected
to CONTROL-S connector
Device connected to
HDV/DV connector
Variable speed playback when controlling
from an external device
When using an external controller or a remote control unit
with SIRCS supports, the speed for variable speed
playback corresponds to the tape format.
Supported playback speeds for HDV format
For a tape recorded in HDV 1080i format, the supported
playback speeds and output image quality are shown in the
following table.
YES: output possible, NO: output not possible
Playback Image
speed quality
×24 Coarse
×8 Coarse
×1 Normal
×1/5 Normal
×1/10 Normal
×1/30 Normal
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Playback
Setting of the remote control
switch on this unit
9PIN
LOCAL
i.LINK
Video output i.LINK
output
YES YES
YES YES
YES YES
YES NO
YES NO
YES NO
Playback Image
speed quality
Forward Normal
frame-by-
frame
STILL Normal
×–1 Coarse
×–8 Coarse
×–24 Coarse
Note
Audio cannot be played back at variable speed for HDV
format.
Supported playback speeds for DV/DVCAM/
DVCPRO format
The possible playback operations for DV/DVCAM/
DVCPRO format, and supported playback speeds are as
follows.
Playback operation Playback speed
Shuttle playback –60 to +60 times normal speed
(search audio can be checked in
range of –10 to +10 times normal
speed.)
Frame-by-frame Low speed search, frame units
playback
Digital slow-motion –1/2 to +1/2 times normal speed
(noiseless playback: audio slow
playback possible using the
digital jog sound function)
Jog audio
–1/2 to –1/30, +1/30 to +1/2
times normal speed
Still Still image of desired field
For details of how to carry out a search operation on an
external device, refer to the operating instructions for the
particular device.
Repeat playback — automatic
cyclical playback
Proceed as follows to perform automatic cyclical playback
of recording (repeat playback) between selected start and
end points.
1
Set the desired repeat start and end points with the
REPEAT FUNCTION menu item (see page 75).
You can set points A and B as start and end points by
following the procedure described in the next section.
2
Set the REPEAT FUNCTION >REPEAT MODE
menu item (see page 75) to ON.
Video output i.LINK
output
YES NO
YES NO
YES YES
YES YES
YES YES