Recording; Recording Timecode And User Bit Values - Sony 3-270-589-12 (1) Operating Instructions Manual

Recording

This section describes video and audio recording on the
unit.
See page 88 "Function Menu" in Chapter 6 for more
information about function menu operations.
See page 105 "Setup Menu Operations" in Chapter 6 for
more information about setup menu operations.
Note
It is not possible to combine material recorded in different
system frequencies and audio recording formats on a
single disc (although different bit rates may be combined).
If you attempt to record material in a system frequency or
audio recording format that differs from that of existing
recorded material on the disc, "REC INH" appears on the
display and recording is inhibited.
Make the following settings and adjustments before
starting to record.
Recording format settings: See the next section "To set
the video and audio recording formats".
Video input signal selection: Select with V INPUT on the
HOME page of the function menu.
Audio input signal selection: Select with A1 INPUT to
A4 INPUT on the HOME page of the function menu.
Timecode and user bits settings: See "Recording
Timecode and User Bit Values" (page 46).
Selection of time data to display: Select with CNTR SEL
on page P1 of the function menu.
Selection of audio channels to monitor: Select with
MONI CH and MONI SEL on page P1 of the function
menu.
Volume adjustment of the monitor audio: Adjust with
the LEVEL knob.
Remote/local setting: Set the remote control switch. If
you set it to REMOTE, also set the setup menu item
INTERFACE SELECT >REMOTE I/F ("REMOTE"
and the connector used appear on the display).
To set the video and audio recording
formats
To set the video recording format
Set the video bit rate (compression method) by setting
OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >REC FORMAT in the
setup menu to one of the following.
Menu setting/display
HQ
46
Recording
Video bit rate
VBR 35 Mbps
Menu setting/display
SP
LP
a)
DVCAM
a) Appears only when the PDBK-104 option board is installed.
To set the audio recording format
Set AUDIO CONTROL >REC MODE in the setup menu
to one of the following.
Menu setting Display
2ch×16bit 2CH 16BIT
4ch×16bit 4CH 16BIT
Note
When the video recording format is set to DVCAM, the
audio recording format is always 4 channels/16 bits,
regardless of the setting of this item.
Recording Timecode and User Bit
Values
There are the following four ways of recording timecode:
Internal Preset mode: This records the output of the
internal timecode generator, set beforehand to an
initial value. The following run modes can be
selected.
• Free Run: Timecode advances continually.
• Rec Run: Timecode advances only during
recording.
Internal Regen mode: This records the output of the
internal timecode generator, initialized to timecode
following continuously upon the timecode of the last
frame of the last clip on the disc.
External Regen mode: This records the output of the
internal timecode generator, synchronized to an
external timecode generator. As the external input, the
timecode input to any of the following connectors can
be selected.
• TIME CODE IN connector: TC
• HDSDI INPUT connector: LTC
• SD SDI INPUT connector or COMPOSITE INPUT
connector (when PDBK-104 is installed): VITC
• SD SDI INPUT connector (when PDBK-104 is
installed): LTC
External Preset mode: This directly records the input of
an external timecode generator. As the external input,
the timecode input to any of the TIME CODE IN
connector can be selected.
Video bit rate
CBR 25 Mbps
VBR 18 Mbps
25 Mbps
Audio recording
format
2 channels/16 bits
4 channels/16 bits