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Operation Manual - Page 3

... Lower Control Panel (Time Code Section) 2-12 2-2. Connecting Digital Signals 3-2 3-1-2. External Sync Signal for Video Output and Servo System 3-4 3-2-1. Connecting Reference Signals 3-6 3-3. Recommended Cassettes 3-16 3-5-2. Preventing Accidental Erasure 3-19 Table of Parts and Controls Chapter 3 Setting Up the VTR About This Manual 5 1-1. Chapter 1 Overview Chapter...
Operation Manual - Page 18

... tapes recorded on the Betacam SP VTRs, so that together provide superb video and audio quality. 1-2. Internal time code generator and reader The internal time code generator allows you to record LTC/VITC time codes and user's bits together with advanced error correction and concealment system that Betacam users can perform noiseless playback at any...
Operation Manual - Page 30

... VTR is released, and the drum stops rotating. Control Panel III 2-1-3. For details of Parts and Controls Setup Menu" on page 3-8. 2-8 Chapter 2 Location and Functions of changing the preroll time, ...mode makes it off, the VTR exits standby mode, the tape tension is set to standby mode, the VTR automatically exits standby mode to the IN point...for broadcast or manual editing. 2-1.
Operation Manual - Page 31

... starts recording or manual editing. When the monitor mode is set to monitor the E-E video and audio. Setup Menu" in stop...Parts and Controls Resets the display when CTL codes appear in the Installation Manual. O EJECT button Ejects the cassette. Setup Menu" in the time counter display. • REW (rewind) button Rewinds the tape. This button flashes when the input video...
Operation Manual - Page 37

..." in the Installation manual. INPUT VIDEO: Selects the input video signal to be input to be synchronized with the setup menu. LOCAL: The video processor is set the chrominance signal output level to ON turns on the KEY INHIBIT indicator of the upper control panel and inhibits all or some key inputs of the REMOTE, VIDEO INPUT SELECT, AUDIO...
Operation Manual - Page 38

...any mode. For DVW-A500/500 2FD: Capstan ...CODE IN connector is used. Optimum composite frequency response can be obtained by shifting the video phase (picture shift) while referring to 2FD for component signal editing/playback. This switch is shifted. 2-16 Chapter 2 Location and Functions of the control setting. (1) SYNC control Adjusts the output sync phase by using the setup...
Operation Manual - Page 40

... recorded. For details of Parts and Controls ON: Dolby NR system is factory set to "1-10. Note that VITC signals in the Installation Manual. This switch is recorded. O ID PRESET switch Sets the user's bits generated by the built-in time code generator is factory set to ON. O DOLBY NR switch (for DVW-A500/500 only) Selects whether...
Operation Manual - Page 46

... Signals The diagram below shows how to connect digital signals from another DVW-A500/500 series VTR, used as a player, and to a DVR-2100 D-1 component digital VTR, used as a recorder. in remote cabl Input COMPONENT or COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT a 0 0 O O O z z'a z'a Video monitor DVW-A500 series and DVW-500 series (player) OOO Q (0 O O-O ou 6° O 0 O OO 664 04...
Operation Manual - Page 52

...). 4: Time code (LTC or VITC) only. 5: "R" (replay) is displayed during DT playback mode. 3-8 Chapter 3 Setting Up the VTR Increasing the value moves the position of 22 the characters to "1-10. Setup Menu" in the listed table. The hexadecimal value 00 is recommended 05 when using the VTR for editing. 15 002 (DVW-A500/500...
Operation Manual - Page 56

... switch on the system set-up panel to ON, messages indicating the time codes and operation modes are superimposed on page 3-8. Information displayed 0 Types of time data Time data 0 Drop frame mode of time code reader (for DVW-A500/500 only) 0 Drop frame mode of the superimposed characters by using the setup menu. For details...
Operation Manual - Page 98

... condition. Video, digital audio, cue audio and time code signals can also use time codes as they are breaks in the Installation Manual. 6-2 ...codes recorded during automatic editing During automatic editing, time codes recorded on the tape always follow immediately from the time codes recorded immediately before edit start point, regardless of the setting of these two edit modes support...
Operation Manual - Page 106

... out/fade in editings in the setup menu. video IN/OUT points and AUDIO IN/OUT points for split editing. 6-10 Chapter 6 Editing Note that, regardless of whether it was set manually or automatically, any edit point can set , regardless of eight edit points; 6-1. In the example shown in the Installation Manual. For details, refer to "1-10...
Installation Manual - Page 8

...the VTR. • Installation Manual (Supplied with the VTR) This manual describes the periodic maintenance and servicing information necessary for the principal block and board replacement. • Maintenance Manual Part 2 (available on request) PROTOCOL OF REMOTE-1 (9Pin) CONNECTOR This Manual describes the protocol information necessary for general parts replacement and includes alignments...
Installation Manual - Page 18

... the EL panel. Confirm the destroyed bank data or cue set data and copy normal data. Error Message 2-4-1. Operation when Checksum Error of the destroyed bank data is displayed on the control panel was destroyed for some trouble, message "CURRENT setup DATA ERROR" is displayed as "DAMAGED" (for some trouble, message "Data DAMAGED" is displayed as "DAMAGED." 2-4-3.
Installation Manual - Page 23

... pressing the SFT key. When starting the VTR maintenance menu directly from the control panel, be sure to set the switch S100-7 on the SS board to Part 1, "Maintenance Mode" of the DVW-A500 Series Maintenance Manual. To terminate the maintenance mode Press the HOME key. For more details of the VTR maintenance menu...

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