Sony Betacam SX DNW-A65 Operation Manual page 63

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Item number Item name
401
FUNCTION MODE
AFTER CUE-UP
402
TIME REFERENCE FOR
PREROLL
403
AUTOMATIC PREROLL
REFERENCE ENTRY
405
CUEUP BY CTL
a) When controlled from an editor (BVE-2000/9100 etc.), selecting "REEL" allows high-speed cuing up.
Item number Item name
501
STILL TIMER
502
TAPE PROTECTION
MODE FROM SEARCH
503
TAPE PROTECTION
MODE FROM STOP
504
DRUM ROTATION IN
STANDBY OFF
STILL TENSION
505
Menu items in the 400s, relating to preroll
Settings
Select the state that the unit goes into after a cuing-up operation.
STOP : Stops (the "STOP mode").
STILL: Still playback (in search mode).
Note
When controlling this unit from an editor with the standard constants set, select
"STOP".
When prerolling a tape with timecode discontinuities, select whether or not to use
CTL pulses to count timecode from before a discontinuity.
CTL : Use CTL pulses to count timecode.
TC: Do not use CTL pulses to count timecode.
Select whether or not the Speed Variation start point is automatically set by
pressing the PREROLL button, when the Speed Variation start point is not set
before starting preroll.
DIS : Speed Variation start point is not set automatically.
ENA: Speed Variation start point is set automatically.
Select the tape transport mode when cuing. This setting is valid only when the
CTL/TC/UB button on the lower control panel is set to CTL.
CAP : During cuing up, the tape transport is in the "pinch ON" state (maximum
tape speed 10 times normal).
REEL : During cuing up, the tape transport is in the "pinch OFF" state. As the
tape approaches the cue up point and the tape speed drops, the tape transport
switches to the "pinch ON" state.
To give priority to editing accuracy, select "CAP".
Menu items in the 500s, relating to tape protection
Settings
Select the time delay from the tape transport stopping (either the "STOP mode"
or the still playback mode in search mode) until the unit automatically switches to
the tape protection mode, in order to protect the video heads and the tape.
0.5S ... 8M ... 30M: Set the value in the range 0.5 seconds to 30 minutes.
Select the operation of the protection mode to protect the video heads and tape
when in the still playback mode in search mode (jog/shuttle).
STEP : Step forward at 1/30 normal speed every 2 seconds.
STDBY: Switch to "Standby OFF mode" (the unit not on standby).
T REL: Switch to tension release mode (the tape tension slackened).
Select the operation of the protection mode to protect the video heads and tape
when stopped (the "STOP mode").
STDBY : Switch to "Standby OFF mode" (the unit not on standby).
T REL: Switch to tension release mode (the tape tension slackened).
Select whether the drum rotates in "Standby OFF mode".
OFF : Drum does not rotate.
ON: Drum rotates.
Select the tape tension state in the still playback mode.
NORM : Normal tape tension is maintained during still playback mode, ready for
playback.
LOOSE: Reduce the tape tension further from the NORM setting. (Select
"LOOSE" when the unit is on standby for a long period of still playback, for
example, in a library management system (LMS).)
Note
When LOOSE is selected, playback cannot be guaranteed.
a)
Chapter 6 Menu System
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