Fostex dvd location recorder operation manual model no. pd-6 (150 pages)
Summary of Contents for Fostex DV40
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8288687000 DV40 Owner’s Manual <V1.1 Supplement> The DV40 software has been upgraded to Version 1.1. This owner’s manual supplement describes newly added and changed functions on the V1.1 software. For basic operations and functions, refer to the DV40 owner’s manual.
1. New UTILITY Menu “Edit Volume Lbl (Edit Volume Label)?” The “VOLUME LABEL” is a name which is used to identify a disk. It is normally named when formatting a disc. As mentioned in the DV40 Owner’s Manual page 1-5, the default name of VOLUME LABEL to be attached to the DVD-RAM disk is “DV40-DVD”.
6) Press the [EXIT/NO] key or [STOP] key. Pressing the [EXIT/NO] key or [STOP] key goes back to the normal display. CAUTION There is a limitation on the number of maximum alphanumeric characters on the VOLUME LABEL recognized by WINDOWS 98/NT, Macintosh computer and UDF standards as follow. WINDOWS 98/NT: 10 characters Macintosh:...
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4) Press the [MARGIN RESET / CLR] key several times to erase all the alphanumeric characters “DV40-DVD”. Regardless of flashing alphanumeric character position, pressing the [MARGIN RESET / CLR] key several times will erase all the VOLUME LABEL characters. Then, use the alphanumeric keys to rename the VOLUME NAME.
2. New UTILITY Menu “Set SCENE&REEL (Set SCENE & REEL No.)?” This UTILITY menu has been newly added so that the SCENE NUMBER as well as the REEL NUMBER on each file created on DV40 can be set. The SCENE / REEL NUMBERS set by this UTILITY menu can be sent out as a TC UBIT information when “SRNo.”...
3. Change on “TC UBIT SEL” TC SETUP Menu This menu allows to select the TIMECODE UBIT information attached to the TIMECODE output from DV40. In addition to the current selection “MDYf” (Month/Day/Year/File No.) and “DMYf” (Day/ Month/Year/File No.), “SRNo” (S: Scene, R: Reel) is newly added on the V1.1 software. The date information on “MDYf”...
3-2. Selecting “MDYf” as TC UBIT Information Rotate the jog dial and select “MDYf” in the “TC UBIT Sel?” menu. (“MDYf” is flashing.) Then, press the [ENTER/YES] key. Flashing If “MDYf” is selected, the following 8-digit TC UBIT information based on the date when the file is originally created will be output.
4. New SETUP Menu “F.Name MD (File Name Mode)?” The file on DV40 with a previous software version is named based on the DATE information such as “B09h51m29s14feb2002.wav” and “S09h53m25s14feb2002.sd2”. From the V1.1 software, the SETUP menu “F.Name MD?” has been newly added to DV40, which allows to select the file name as either DATE or TAKE.
5. New SETUP Menu “DefaultFileName (Default File Name)?” This is the SETUP menu newly added on DV40 with the V1.1 software. This menu should be used to name a file with 3-digit automatic incremental number every time it is newly created. This mode becomes valid when the “TAKE”...
6) Press the [ENTER/YES] key. Pressing the [ENTER/YES] key sets the default file name as “DV40-005”. SETUP Flashing 7) Press the [EXIT/NO] key or [STOP] key. “DefaultFileName?” appears again. Pressing the [EXIT/NO] key or [STOP] key goes back to the nor- mal display.
6-2. Confirming Linked Files Pressing the [SKIP/CURSOR >>|] or [SKIP CURSOR |<<] key allows to locate to the beginning of each linked file in the ascending / descending order respectively. When the files 001 ~ 006 are linked as shown in the drawing below, SongLink File No.
6-3. Reprogramming PLAY LIST If you find that there are unnecessary linked files exist, you can reprogram the PLAY LIST by deleting them. 1) Turn off the LIST PLAY mode. If the LIST PLAY LED is lit solid, press the [LIST PLAY] key to turn the mode off. 2) Recall the File you would like to delete.
7. Use of PS/2 Keyboard From the V1.00 software, a PS/2 keyboard can be used to input File Name, Volume Label, etc. Refer to the following explanation and the drawing for the correct usage of PS/2 keyboard. 7-1. Valid and Invalid keys On the current software version, the translucent keys (gray) in the drawing below cannot be used.
8. FTP SERVER FUNCTION Working as a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server, DV40 can send and receive BWF and SDII files to and from a client PC using TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). When sending and receiving data, a FTP client application is required. 8-1.
The following FTP commands cannot be used when DV40 works as a FTP server. APPE Instructing server to write data transferred through data connection into an existing file additionally. DELE Deleting designated file. RNFR Designating current file name for renaming. RNTO Changing current file name for renaming.
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By rotating the jog dial, the menu changes as shown below. SETUP Flashing Rotate jog dial CW. Rotate jog dial CCW. SETUP Flashing Rotate jog dial CW. Rotate jog dial CCW. SETUP Flashing Rotate jog dial CW. Rotate jog dial CCW. SETUP Flashing Rotate jog dial CW.
8-6. Changing the TCP/IP Setting There are cases that the TCP/IP settings must be changed. For example, if 2 x DV40s exist in a single network environment, the IP Address on one of the DV40s must be changed. This section describes how to change the TCP/IP settings.
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2) Press the [ENTER/YES] key. If the [ENTER/YES] key is pressed, the section “192” starts flashing. SETUP Flashing 3) Move the cursor and change the IP Address. Move the cursor by the [SKIP/CURSOR >>|] or [SKIP/CURSOR |<<] key and rotate the jog dial to change the Gateway.
2) Press the [ENTER/YES] key. Move the cursor by the [SKIP/CURSOR >>|] or [SKIP/CURSOR |<<] key and rotate the jog dial to change the Login Name to a desired one. The alphanumeric keys can be also used to change the Login Name.
10. LIST of SETUP / UTILITY / TC SETUP MENU There have been several changes in the SETUP / UTILITY / TC SETUP menu on DV40 with V1.1 software. To straighten up, the list of each menu is listed. 10-1. SETUP Menu SETUP SETUP SETUP...
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