Sony SRW-5500 VCR User Manual


 
12
1-1 Features
Chapter 1 Overview
VTR memory banks
These memory banks allow you to store up to eight pages
of VTR settings in addition to the current VTR settings.
Factory settings are also stored here, allowing the VTR to
be reset to these values at any time.
Memory sticks
Each memory stick can hold the current VTR settings as
well as up to eight pages of settings. A single memory stick
thus allows you to store and recall the entire contents of the
VTR memory banks.
Title function
This function allows you to add titles when storing data to
the VTR memory bank or memory stick, thus facilitating
data retrieval and management.
Write protect function
Setting pages stored in VTR memory banks or memory
sticks can be write protected on an individual basis.
A full range of editing functions
Two SRW-5000/5500 units can be connected allowing
automatic or manual assembe and insert editing. The VTR
also features a full range of editing functions, including
preview, review, preroll, and the setting or changing of edit
points.
Quick access to edit points
The following methods are provided for the setting of edit
points:
Multi-cuing for up to 100 edit points
Search dial with shuttle and jog functions
Direct input through numeric buttons
DMC (Dynamic Motion Control) editing
Using the DT
®
(Dynamic Tracking) heads, you can play
back a section of an edit at speeds between –1 and +2 times
normal speed and store the speed variation in memory for
later use in automatic editing.
Split editing
In insert mode, audio and video edit points can be set
separately.
Preread editing
Video and audio signals that have been pre-read can be
externally processed and simultaneously re-recorded.
A variety of audio editing modes
You can select cut-in editing, cross-fade editing, and fade
in/out editing for the audio signals.
Display of duration between edit points
The duration between any two of IN, OUT, AUDIO IN, or
AUDIO OUT points can be displayed by simultaneously
pressing two buttons corresponding to those edit points.
Digital time counter
The time counter display shows CTL and time codes
(LTC/VITC
1)
), or user bits data for precise setting of edit
points.
1) LTC (Longitudinal Time Code):
Time code recorded on a longitudinal track
VITC (Vertical Interval Time Code):
Time code recorded on a video track during the vertical blanking interval