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Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 1 Overview 1-3
Features for Ease of Operation
Compact, lightweight, low power consumption
The VTR is small and light enough to be used in
outside broadcast vans or in EFP (Electronic Field
Production) assignments.
Remote control operation
The VTR has a serial RS-422A 9-pin connector to allow
control of the VTR by an external control unit.
The VTR also comes with 9-pin REMOTE 1-IN(9P)
and -I/O (9P) connectors to support bridge connection
of multiple SRW-5000 units or other VTRs equipped
with 9-pin remote connectors for simultaneous
operation. Furthermore, you can control the VTR from
an external control unit with a parallel (50-pin)
interface.
Digital hours meter
The meter can show the total elapsed time since the
VTR was turned on, total drum revolution time, total
tape running time and total number of threadings and
unthreadings.
Self-diagnosis
This function allows the VTR to perform self
diagnostics when a malfunction occurs. An error
message is displayed and a history of all errors that
have occurred is recorded.
Easy-to-maintain plug-in boards
The VTR uses plug-in circuit boards to simplify
servicing and inspection.
Mountable in standard 19-inch rack
The unit can be mounted in an EIA-standard 19-inch
rack.
For rack mounting, refer to the Installation Manual.
1-1-2 Features of the Control
Panel
The control panel provides eight menu screens
corresponding to different operation modes to allow
fast and easy adjustment of necessary settings, as well
as the ability to store menu settings to a memory stick
for later recall.
Menu-driven operations for a variety of
purposes
Eight menus are displayed on the 130 × 95 mm (5
1
/8
inches × 3
3
/4 inches) color display and are set using
the 10 function buttons.
You can register desired items to the menus other than
the SET UP menu.
Pressing the [F4] (PF ASSIGN) button in the SET UP
menu displays the menu items that can be registered.
HOME menu
Use this menu to make the basic settings for recording,
playback, and editing operations, and to select
channels to be edited during insert editing.
TC menu
Use this menu to make time code settings.
VIDEO menu
Use the VIDEO menu to adjust the video signals. The
VIDEO menu screen shows the VTR operating mode,
current position time code, time code type, and so on.
AUDIO menu
Use the AUDIO menu to adjust the audio signals. The
AUDIO menu screen shows the VTR operating mode,
current position time code, time code type, and so on.
CUE menu
Use this menu to set up to 100 cue points. In page
mode, 10 cue points per page can be set on a total of
10 pages. In the TELE FILE menu, you can change
the setting for the memory label system Tele-File.
PF1/PF2 (Personal Function) menus
Use these menus to register up to 40 of the most
frequently used items from the other menus (up to ten
items each can be registered to PF1, ALT/PF1, PF2
and ALT/PF2).
SET UP menu
This menu enables the following settings.
• The VTR BANK menu allows up to eight pages of
menu settings to be saved.
•Use the MEMORY CARD menu to store current
settings of the VTR and up to eight pages of the
contents of the VTR memory bank to a memory stick.
•Use the scrollable PF ASSIGN menu to display the
items that can be registered, and to select and register
the most frequently used menu items.