Sony PDW-1500 VCR User Manual


 
Chapter 8 Menus
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8-2 Basic Setup Menu
8-2 Basic Setup Menu
8-2-1 Items in the Basic Setup Menu
The basic menu items (excluding the items related to the
digital hours meter) are listed in the following table.
In the Settings column of the table, underlined values
indicate the factory default settings.
Item number Item name Settings
001 PREROLL TIME 0S... 5S
...30S: Set the preroll time to between 0 and 30 seconds in steps of 1
second.
A preroll time of at least 5 seconds is recommended when using this unit for
editing.
002 CHARACTER H-
POSITION
Adjust the horizontal screen position (as a hexadecimal value) of the text
information output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) connector and SDI OUT 2
(SUPER) connector for superimposed display on the monitor.
00... 0A
...2A (525(U)/525(J)-line modes) /00... 09 ...29 (625-line mode): The
hexadecimal value 00 is for the far left of the screen. Increasing the value
moves the position of the characters to the right.
When setting this item, watch the monitor screen, and adjust to the required state.
003 CHARACTER V-POSITION Adjust the vertical screen position (as a hexadecimal value) of the text information
output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) connector and SDI OUT 2 (SUPER)
connector for superimposed display on the monitor.
00... 2E
...38 (525(U)/525(J)-line modes)/00... 37 ...43 (625-line mode): The
hexadecimal value 00 is for the top of the screen. Increasing the value lowers
the position of the characters.
When setting this item, watch the monitor screen, and adjust to the required state.
005 DISPLAY INFORMATION
SELECT
Determine the kind of text information to be output from the VIDEO OUT 2
(SUPER) connector and SDI OUT 2 (SUPER) connector.
off: Do not output text information.
T&sta
: Time data and the units status.
T&UB: Time data and user bit data. (When UB is selected with the COUNTER
SELECT button, the user bit data and time data arranged in that order are
displayed.)
T&CNT: Time data and counter count. (When COUNTER is selected with the
COUNTER SELECT button, the counter count and time data arranged in that
order are displayed.)
T&T: Time data and time code (TC or VITC).
T&clp: Time code and clip name
time: Time code (TC or VITC) only.
006 LOCAL FUNCTION
ENABLE
Determine which recording and playback control buttons on the control panel are
enabled when this unit is controlled from external equipment.
dis: All buttons and switches are disabled.
st&ej
: Only the STOP button and EJECT button are enabled.
ena: All buttons and switches are enabled.
007 TAPE TIMER DISPLAY Determine whether to display the counter in 12-hour mode or 24-hour mode.
+ –12H
: 12-hour mode
24H: 24-hour mode
009 CHARACTER TYPE Determine the type of characters such as time code output from the VIDEO OUT
2 (SUPER) connector and SDI OUT 2 (SUPER) connector for superimposed
display on the monitor.
white
: White letters on a black background.
black: Black letters on a white background.
W/out: White letters with black outline.
B/out: Black letters with white outline.
When setting this item, watch the monitor screen, and adjust to the required state.