Configuring A Shooting And Recording System; Tally And Call Indicators - Sony PXW-X500 Manual

Configuring a Shooting and Recording System

You can mount a CA-FB70/TX70 HD Camera Adaptor to the camcorder and connect a Camera Control
Unit (CCU).
This allows you to configure a shooting and recording system consisting of multiple camcorders with
camera extension units connected to a remote control unit.
For more information about the CA-FB70 and CA-TX70, refer to their respective operation manuals.
Notes
• When using the camcorder in this system, do not connect a video light to the camcorder.
• Supported only for XAVC and MPEG HD recording.
• Not supported for proxy recording and wireless LAN connection function.

Tally and Call Indicators

The tally and call indicators configured for a system are as follows.
Data received from system
Tally Green CA call Non-CA
Tally
OFF OFF OFF
OFF OFF OFF
OFF OFF ON
OFF OFF ON
OFF ON OFF
OFF ON OFF
OFF ON ON
OFF ON ON
ON OFF OFF
ON OFF OFF
ON OFF ON
ON OFF ON
ON ON OFF
ON ON OFF
ON ON ON
ON ON ON
Note
Alarm indications using the tally indicator in the warning display are not displayed while a CA-FB70/TX70 camera
adaptor is connected.
HDVF LED
indicators
REC/ GREEN
call TALLY TALLY
LED LED
OFF Not lit Not lit
ON On Not lit
OFF Not lit Not lit
ON On Not lit
OFF Not lit On
ON On On
OFF Not lit On
ON On On
OFF On Not lit
ON Not lit Not lit
OFF On Not lit
ON Not lit Not lit
OFF On On
ON Not lit On
OFF On On
ON Not lit On
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Text display on viewfinder screen
"z" (red) "z" (green)
indicator indicator
No display No display
"z" (red) No display
No display No display
"z" (red) No display
No display "z" (green) No display
"z" (red) "z" (green) "CALL" (red)
No display "z" (green) "CALL" (red)
"z" (red) "z" (green) "CALL" (red)
"z" (red) No display
No display No display
"z" (red) No display
No display No display
"z" (red) "z" (green) No display
No display "z" (green) "CALL" (red)
"z" (red) "z" (green) "CALL" (red)
No display "z" (green) "CALL" (red)
"CALL"
indicator
No display
"CALL" (red)
"CALL" (red)
"CALL" (red)
No display
"CALL" (red)
"CALL" (red)
"CALL" (red)