Settings For Editing; Recorder Settings - Sony DVCAM DSR-70A Operating Instructions Manual

Settings for Editing

Settings for Editing
When using two units of the DSR-70A/70AP as a pair
of recorder and player in an editing system, set the
recorder and player as follows. Basically, the same
recorder settings and player settings apply when you
use a DSR 70A/70AP unit as a stand-alone recorder or
player.

Recorder Settings

Make settings as follows.
POWER indicator
Sub LCD
1 4
TC
LOCAL INT
REMOTE EXT
7
2
1
Set the REMOTE/LOCAL switch to LOCAL.
2
Set the POWER switch to ON, then make the
following checks.
When the unit is powered, the POWER indicator
lights and the sub LCD home page appears in the
sub LCD.
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Chapter 5 Editing
6
5
3
UP/DOWN buttons
Check Indication/What to do
Enough Check the remaining
battery battery power indication.
power
remaining? If "BATT" is flashing
Replace the battery.
No If "HUMID!" is displayed
condensation Leaving the unit powered,
in the unit? wait until the message
disappears.
(In this case, the alarm
message "MOISTURE
HAS BEEN DETECTED"
also appears on the LCD
monitor.)
3
Use the COUNTER SELECT button to select the
type of time data to be used.
Each press of the button cycles through three
options in the sub LCD: CNT, TC, and UB.
Selectable time data
Count in the counter
Timecode
User bit data
4
When the time data selected in step 3 is timecode
(TC), use the TC INT/EXT switch to select the
type of timecode.
Selectable timecode
Timecode
generated by the
internal timecode
generator
External timecode
input to the TC IN
connector
5
Select the formats of video and audio input signals
to be used.
If any signal not connected to the unit is selected,
the corresponding signal indication in the sub LCD
flashes.
To select an input video signal format
Press the sub LCD operation button F4,
highlighting the input video signal indication, then
press the UP button or the DOWN button
repeatedly until the input video signal indication
corresponding to the desired video signal appears
in the sub LCD.
See for details
" 6 Remaining
battery power
indication" (page
65)
"Condensation"
(page 135)
Time data indication in
the sub LCD
CNT
TC
UB
TC INT/EXT switch setting
INT
EXT