Basic Setup Menu; Items In The Basic Setup Menu - Sony XDCAM PDW-1500 Operation Manual

8-2 Basic Setup Menu

8-2-1 Items in the Basic Setup Menu

The basic menu items (excluding the items related to the
digital hours meter) are listed in the following table.
• Item names are the names which appear on an external
monitor, when the input signals to the monitor are the
video signals output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER)/
SDI OUT 2 (SUPER) connector.
Item number Item name
001 PREROLL TIME
002 CHARACTER H-POSITION
003 CHARACTER V-POSITION
005 DISPLAY INFORMATION
SELECT
006 LOCAL FUNCTION ENABLE
007 TAPE TIMER DISPLAY
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8-2 Basic Setup Menu
• An abbreviated name appears in the time data display
section when you press the NEXT button.
• The values in the Settings column are the values which
appear in the time data display section. (The values may
appear in a different format on an external monitor. In
this case, the external monitor values are shown in
parentheses.) Underlined values are the factory defaults.
Settings
0 s (0 sec)... 5 s (5 sec)... 30 s (30 sec): Set the preroll time to between 0
and 30 seconds in steps of 1 second.
A preroll time of at least 5 seconds is recommended when using this
unit for editing.
Adjust the horizontal screen position (as a hexadecimal value) of the text
information output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) connector and SDI
OUT 2 (SUPER) connector for superimposed display on the monitor.
00... 0A ...2A (525(U)/525(J) line modes) /00... 09 ...29 (625 line mode):
The hexadecimal value 00 is for the far left of the screen. Increasing the
value moves the position of the characters to the right.
Set this item by adjusting to the required position while viewing the monitor.
Adjust the vertical screen position (as a hexadecimal value) of the text
information output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) connector and SDI
OUT 2 (SUPER) connector for superimposed display on the monitor.
00... 2E ...38 (525(U)/525(J) line modes)/00... 37 ...43 (625 line mode):
The hexadecimal value 00 is for the top of the screen. Increasing the
value lowers the position of the characters.
Set this item by adjusting to the required position while viewing the monitor.
Determine the kind of text information to be output from the VIDEO OUT 2
(SUPER) connector and SDI OUT 2 (SUPER) connector.
off (display off): Do not output text information.
T&sta (time data & status): Time data and the units status.
T&UB (time data & UB): Time data and user bit data. (When UB (user bit
data) is selected with the COUNTER SELECT button, the user bit data
and time data arranged in that order are displayed.)
T&CNT (time data & CNT): Time data and counter count. (When
COUNTER is selected with the COUNTER SELECT button, the counter
count and time data arranged in that order are displayed.)
T&T (time data & time data): Time data and time code (TC or VITC).
T&clp (time data & clip name): Time code and clip name
time (time data only): Time data only.
Determine which recording and playback control buttons on the control
panel are enabled when this unit is controlled from external equipment.
dis (all disable): All buttons and switches are disabled.
st&ej (stop & eject): Only the STOP button and EJECT button are enabled.
ena (all enable): All buttons and switches are enabled.
Determine whether to display the counter in 12-hour mode or 24-hour mode.
+ –12H (+ –12H): 12-hour mode
24H: 24-hour mode