High-Speed And Low-Speed Search-Quickly And Accurately Determining Editing Points; Search Operations Via External Equipment; Search Operations On This Unit - Sony DSR-1800A Operating Instructions Manual

High-Speed and Low-
Speed Search—Quickly
and Accurately
Determining Editing
Points
Use the search function to easily locate the desired scene
and to quickly and accurately determine edit points.
When F. FWD/REW under the AUTO EE SELECT menu
item (see page 56) is set to PB (factory default setting), you
can use the F FWD and REW buttons on this unit or
external equipment for high-speed search.
Search Operations via External
Equipment
You can control the unit in the following operation modes
from an editing control unit (PVE-500, etc.) connected to
the REMOTE connector on the rear panel or from a
SIRCS-compatible remote control unit such as the DSRM-
10 connected to the CONTROL S connector on the front
panel.
Shuttle: Use this mode to view color video playback at
speeds ranging from 0 to 60 times normal speed in
both directions.
Note
When controlling the unit from the DSRM-10 for
shuttle-mode search, the maximum search speed is 16
times normal speed in both directions.
Jog: Use this mode for low-speed search and frame-by-
frame search.
Digital slow: Use this mode for noise-free color video
playback at speeds ranging from 0 to
speed in both directions.
Still: Use this mode to view a still picture of any field.
Jog audio: Use this mode to monitor the audio at speeds
1
ranging from 1 to / times normal speed in both
30
directions.
Note
When controlling this unit from external equipment, be
sure to turn on or off the buttons in the remote control
setting section on the front panel of the unit as shown in the
following table.
External equipment Buttons in the remote control
Editing control unit
connected to the
REMOTE connector
SIRCS-compatible
remote control unit
connected to the
CONTROL S
connector
Equipment
connected to the
DV IN/OUT
connector
For description on how to carry out search operations via
external equipment, see the operating instructions for the
equipment.

Search Operations on This Unit

When you perform searching on this unit, be sure to turn
off the REMOTE button on the front panel.
Playing back in jog mode
In jog mode, you can control the speed of playback by the
speed of turning the search dial. The playback speed range
is ±1 times normal speed by factory default. The speed
variation range and pattern can be changed with the JOG
RESPONSE menu item (see page 57).
To carry out playback in jog mode, use the following
procedure.
1
/ times normal
2
1
Press the SEARCH button or search dial so that the
JOG indicator in the display section is lit.
High-Speed and Low-Speed Search—Quickly and Accurately Determining Editing Points
setting section
Turn on both the REMOTE and 9PIN
buttons.
Turn off the REMOTE button.
Turn on both the REMOTE and
i.LINK buttons.
dB OVER dB dB OVER dB dB OVER dB dB OVER dB
INPUT V:SDTI SDTI i.LINK
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
VIDEO COMPOSITE Y-R,B S VIDEO SDI SG
-12 1 -12 1 -12 1 -12 1
CH11/2
-20 0 -20 0 -20 0 -20 0 ANALOG AES/EBU SDI SG
AUDIO
-1 -1 -1 -1
-30 -30 -30 -30 ANALOG AES/EBU SDI SG
CH23/4
-40 -2 -40 -2 -40 -2 -40 -2
48k44.1k32k 2CH4CH
-60 1 -60 2 -60 3 -60 4 PB FS REC MODE
JOG indicator
1 1,2,3
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