Sony SRW-9000PL Operation Manual page 27

When no Mark In data has been set,
"IN: --:--:--:--" appears. When TC Setup
>OTHERS(MAIN) >LTC Delay and/or TC Setup
>OTHERS(MAIN) >VITC Delay in the VTR
menu are set to something other than "NO
Delay", "IN DLY:" appears beneath (to the left
side) the time data of the current position and the
LTC and/or VITC indicators light to indicate the
item(s) set to something other than "NO Delay".
1) CTL signal: This is a control signal consisting of a
pulse signal recorded longitudinally on the tape for
every frame of video.
d Status
Displays the unit's control status (LOCAL), the
POWER mode (EE), and the real time.
Upper row: Unit's control status
Middle row: POWER mode
Lower row: Real time
e Signal format
Displays the format of recording signals.
f Channel condition/RF indicator
During playback, "CH.COND" appears and one
of three bars (green, yellow, and red) lights to
indicate the playback signal condition.
Green bar: Playback signal quality is good.
Yellow bar: Playback signal quality is degraded,
but playback is possible.
Red bar: Playback signal quality is degraded. If
this continues, head cleaning or internal
inspection is needed.
During playback with manual tracking control,
the "CH.COND" indication flashes in yellow (see
page 95). "CH.COND" flashes during auto
tracking operation.
During recording, "RF" appears and a green bar
or a red bar lights to indicate the recording signal
condition. Normally the green bar lights. If a
recording problem occurs, the red bar lights.
Green bar: Recording signal quality is good.
Red bar: Recording signal quality is degraded. If
this continues, head cleaning or internal
inspection is needed.
g Remaining tape time
Displays the time remaining on the tape. "TOP" is
displayed at the start of the tape, and "END" is
displayed at the end.
The time display flashes when the tape is within
three minutes of the end.
h Battery level/external power supply
voltage and current
Displays the current power level of the battery
pack. When the battery pack is fully charged, all
seven segments light up. As the battery pack
discharges, the segments go out from left to right.
When the battery pack is almost exhausted, the
voltage indication and the tally indicator flash,
and a warning tone sounds intermittently. When
the battery pack is completely exhausted, the tally
indicator flashes at a higher rate and the warning
tone sounds continuously.
For details, see "Warning System" (page 200).
The voltage actually used by the unit (slightly
lower than the input voltage) is shown.
For details on battery voltage and so on, see
"Checking the Power and Voltage" (page 30).
i Signal formats
When you press the HOME button with the
FUNC button held down, displays the system
(SYS), playback (PB), and monitor (MON)
output signal formats, in that order from the top
row.
When the unit is in one of the following modes,
an alphabetic character indicating the mode
appears before the number of lines.
T: Auto Timer Rec
M: Manual Timer Rec
C: Cache Rec
When SR Motion is used, "S" appears before the
system frequency. When you play a tape that was
recorded with SR Motion, the FPS value in SR
Motion recording is shown in the playback
frequency position (see page 103).
See Chapter 6 "SR Motion (With HKSR-9002
Installed)" (page 101) for more information about
the SR Motion function.
j HDSDI output
When the optional HKSR-9001 is installed,
displays the signal formats of monitor output
(MON) and the output of the HD SDI OUT A/B
connectors (OUT). The display switches when
you press the HOME button with the FUNC
button held down.
See "What Are Dual Link and 3G?" (page 212) for
more information about HDSDI output.
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