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POWER SWITCH: Turns the unit on / off. Please allow at least 30 seconds after turning the unit on for it to boot-
up and recognize the disk. IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE USING EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES YOU MUST TURN
ON THE Omega Deck FIRST AND ALLOW IT TO WARM UP FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN TURN ON THE
DRIVES.
PASS-THRU: The red LED above the record button will light up indicating that it is in digital pass-thru mode,
which indicates it is record ready. A corresponding message will be displayed in the mode indicator area located
in the center of the LCD touch-screen panel.
RECORD
1. PRESS THE RECORD BUTTON, HOLD, PRESS THE PLAY BUTTON.
2. PRESS STOP TO END THE RECORD SESSION.
A RECORD message should appear in the mode indicator display and the time code display will show that video
data is being recorded onto the storage media.
RECORDING IN NATIVE MODE: Recording in native mode will place the recorded material in the next available
free space on the disk. Native mode will not allow you to record over previously recorded or existing material. An
error message will appear indicating that the disk is full when all available space has been used at which time you
will need to clear the disk to record.
RECORDING IN BVW-75 MODE: Recording in BVW-75 mode will allow you to record anywhere on the disk
regardless of whether or not it has previously recorded material. You can begin recording by cueing to the point
you wish to begin and pressing stop to end the recording.
PLAY: To PLAY from the beginning, press the "<<" button (notice that in NATIVE mode, it is instantaneous, no
waiting for tape to shuttle back). The time code display will indicate that you are at 00:00:00:00 and the reference
monitor hooked up to the Omega Deck will jump to the beginning of the disks recorded video material. Press the
play button to view the recorded video material. In BVW-75, the "<<" will rewind to the beginning of the hard drive
at 30X speed.
STOP: Terminates both the play and record functions but will not clear the screen.
CHASE LOCK: To enable this feature, simply press and hold the PLAY and STOP buttons simultaneously for 2
seconds. If feeding time code into the Omega Deck, that channel will lock to the incoming time code during
playback.
SHUTTLE / SCAN SELECT: This allows you to choose between a variety of noise-free slow motion speeds as
well as fast motion scans.
1. Press this button to select the corresponding LED to change modes. The orange light places Omega
Deck in scan mode and the green light in slow motion.
2. Once you have selected the desired mode use the forward and reverse buttons located to the left and
right of the select button.
STEP BACK <: Press to step the Omega Deck backward one frame. Each subsequent press equals one frame.
STEP FORWARD >: Press to step the Omega Deck forward one frame.
REWIND (START POINT): Press to jump back to the first frame of a selected clip. Press and hold to jump back
to the first frame of video on the hard drive.
FAST FORWARD (END POINT): Press to jump forward to the last frame of a clip. Press and hold to jump to the
last frame of video on the hard drive.
JOG / SHUTTLE WHEEL: Similar to a traditional analog tape deck, this wheel acts and feels the same. In
addition to machine control, this wheel is also used for selecting various options in some of the menus accessed
from the front panel's touch screen.
Omega Deck Manual, Fast Forward Video, Inc. – Revised 1/06/04
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