Before Using The Unit; Setting The Line Mode - Sony PDW-1500 Operation Manual

Before Using the Unit

Setting the Line Mode

This unit is shipped with the line mode still unset.
Therefore you need to set the line mode before using the
unit. (The unit cannot be used unless the line mode is set.)
Once it is set, the line mode is retained even when the unit
is powered off.
Setting procedure
Use the following procedure to set the line mode.
1
POWER switch (rear panel)
SG DATA SG DATA SG DATA SG DATA
ACCESS
ANA SDI ANA SDI ANA SDI ANA SDI
AE8/EBU AE8/EBU AE8/EBU AE8/EBU
dB dB dB dB
OVER OVER OVER OVER
0 0 0 0
NETWORK -12 -12 -12 -12
LOCAL -20 -20 -20 -20
REMOTE -30 -30 -30 -30
-40 -40 -40 -40
MONITOR
-60 -60 -60 -60
CH- 15 CH- 26 CH- 37 CH- 48
L
MIX
R AUDIO
MONITOR SEL METER SEL INPUT CH INPUT SEL
ALL/CH-1 CH-2
VARIABLE
REC
PRESET
PB
PHONES NEXT
PREV PLAY
TOP F REV F FWD END
5
1
Power the unit on.
"Select ----" appears in the time data display.
2
With the SHUTTLE button held down, rotate the jog
dial.
When you rotate the jog dial in the forward direction,
the "----" part of the display changes in the sequence
525U > 525J > 625. When you rotate it in the reverse
direction, the display changes in the sequence 625 >
525J > 525U.
Setting Line mode
525U 525(U): NTSC (areas outside Japan)
525J 525(J): NTSC (Japan)
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Before Using the Unit
2,3
Time data display
EJECT
REMOTE [9P iLINK]
EDIT KEY INH ALARM
INPUT
VITC VIUB COUNTER VITC REC INH
i.LINK
SDI
CMPST
Y-R,B
SG
HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES
MONITOR
1/2 3/4 AUDIO 625 IMX[50 40 30]
5/6 7/8 4 8 CH 18 24 BIT 525 DVCAM
SHIFT
VIDEO COUNTER SYS MENU
INPUT SEL SELECT HOLD MENU
SUB THUMB
CH-3 CH-4
CLIP NAIL SET RESET
CLIP ESSENCE S.SEL
MARK1
MENU MARK
STOP REC
IN OUT
MARK2
4
Setting Line mode
625 625: PAL
3
When the desired setting appears, release the
SHUTTLE button.
"Push SET !!" appears.
To redo the selection
Repeat step 2.
4
Press the SET button.
"Turn OFF !!" appears.
5
Power the unit off, and then power it on again.
The selected line mode becomes available for use.
You can change the setting made with this procedure
by using basic menu item 013 "525/625 SYSTEM
SELECT." See 8-2-2 "Basic Menu Operations" (page
88) for more information about how to make basic
menu settings.
Note
The line mode is not set, or is cleared, in the following
situations. Reset the line mode.
• The unit is powered off before performing step 4 in the
previous procedure.
• The "RESET ALL SETUP" command in the
maintenance menu (see page 106) is executed.
Settings affected by the line mode
The following settings are affected when the line mode is
changed.
• Alarm message language
525(J): Japanese
525(U)/625: English
• The following menu item names, setting values, or initial
setting values
Item No. Item name
Basic menu
002 CHARACTER H-POSITION
003 CHARACTER V-POSITION
Extended menu
601 VITC POSITION SEL-1
602 VITC POSITION SEL-2