User manual SONY DSR-1800P

[. . . ] 3-204-675-12(2) Digital Videocassette Recorder Operating Instructions Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference. DSR-1800/1800P © 2000 Sony Corporation Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Serial No. WARNING: THIS WARNING IS APPLICABLE FOR USA ONLY. [. . . ] the EDIT PRESET command set on an editing control unit CH-3 [>> CH-3]: Assign to channel 3. (such as the PVE-500) for A2 is assigned to. CH-4 [>> CH-4]: Assign to channel 4. CH-3 & CH-4 [>> CH-3&4]: Assign to channel 3 and channel 4. SEARCH ENABLE [>Search ENA]: Select how the unit enters *DIAL DIRECT [>> DIAL]: Press the SEARCH button or, the search mode. except during recording or editing, turn the search dial. VIA SEARCH KEY [>> via KEY]: Press the SEARCH button. MAX SRCH SPEED [>Max SRCH]: Specify the maximum tape speed in search mode (shuttle) and F. FWD (fast forward)/REW (rewind) mode. SHUTTLE [>>SHUTTLE]: Specify the maximum tape speed in search mode (shuttle). F. FWD/REW [>>F. FWD/ REW]: Specify the maximum tape speed in F. FWD/REW mode. X60 [>>> X60]: Maximum 60 times normal speed *X32 [>>> X32]: Maximum 32 times normal speed X16 [>>> X16]: Maximum 16 times normal speed MAX [>>> MAX]: No maximum tape speed is specified. *X85 [>>> X85]: Maximum 85 times normal speed X60 [>>> X60]: Maximum 60 times normal speed X32 [>>> X32]: Maximum 32 times normal speed Note When this item is set to MAX, the playback video signal is muted. Menu Contents 57 Chapter 4 Menu Settings OPERATIONAL FUNCTION [Operational]: Operation settings Description of settings JOG RESPONSE [>JOG dial]: Select the tape speed *TYPE1 (-1 to +1) [>> type 1]: Tape speed varies linearly characteristics for the search dial rotation rate in jog mode. TYPE2 (-3 to +3) [>> type 2]: Tape speed varies stepwise as shown in the figure below over the range -3 to +3. (Characterized by a zone around -1 and +1 where the tape speed is independent of the rotation rate) TYPE3 (-3 to +3) [>> type 3]: Tape speed varies linearly over the range -3 to +3, as shown in the figure below. TYPE2 Speed +3 +1 RVS -1 RVS -3 FWD +3 TYPE3 Speed FWD Rotation rate FWD RVS -3 Rotation rate FWD RVS PREROLL TIME [> Preroll]: Set the preroll time. 0 SEC [>> 0 sec] to 15 SEC [>> 15 sec]: The preroll time can be set in one-second increments to between 0 and 15 seconds. A preroll time of at least 5 seconds is recommended when using this unit for editing. When an editing control unit such as the PVE-500 has been connected, this setting is disabled and the setting on the editing control unit is in effect. Operations such as the preroll time setting and the time data switching operation are also performed on the editing control unit. Factory default setting: 5 SEC [>> 5 sec] *STOP [>> STOP]: Stop mode STILL [>> STILL]: Output still pictures in search mode. AFTER CUE-UP [> After CUE]: Select the operating mode following cue-up. Chapter 4 Menu Settings PLAY START [> PLAY start]: Set the timing for switching from 16 FRAME DELAY [>> 16 delay] to 4 FRAME DELAY stop mode to playback mode. [>> 4 delay]: The larger the numerical value, the In an editing system including an editing control unit such as longer the delay. By adjusting this setting, it is the PVE-500, you can adjust this setting so that the delay possible to reduce the phase synchronization time before switching to playback mode is the same on all the decks and preroll time during editing. It is then no longer necessary to Factory default setting: 5 FRAME DELAY [>> 5 delay] (for synchronize the decks for editing, and the preroll time can be DSR-1800) or 4 FRAME DELAY [>> 4 delay] (for DSRshortened. 1800P) AUTO REW [>Auto REW]: Select whether to rewind the tape DISABLE [>> DISABLE]: Do not rewind the tape automatically when recording or playback reaches the end automatically. [. . . ] R-Y signal - A chrominance signal determined by subtracting the Y (luminance) signal from the R (red) signal. Reference video signal A video signal consisting of a sync signal or sync and burst signals, used as a reference. Setup (for DSR-1800) The difference between the reference black level and the blanking level of a composite signal. SMPTE Abbreviation of Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, a professional association established in the USA. Glossary 109 Appendixes S/N Abbreviation of Signal-to-Noise (ratio). [. . . ]