Sony DSR-70 - Manual (Page 11)

Chapter 1
Overview
Chapter 1 Overview
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Internal timecode generator and reader
An internal timecode generator and reader enables
timecode compliant with SMPTE/EBU format to be
recorded and played back. This allows editing to single
frame precision.
Outputting or inputting timecode (LTC) to or from an
external device is also possible.
High-speed search function
You can carry out a picture search while playing back
in color within the range +32 to –32 times normal
speed
1) .
When controlling the unit in shuttle mode from an
editor or remote control unit, you can search at any
speed in the range +32 to –32 times normal speed. In
jog mode a frame by frame search is possible. During
playback in the range +10 to –10 times normal speed,
high-speed audio playback is also possible.
Digital slow motion playback
Using the frame memory function, noiseless slow
motion playback is possible at any speed in the range
+
1 /
2
to – 1 /
2
times normal speed.
Jog audio function
When searching in jog mode at speeds between +1 to
+
1 /
30
and – 1 /
30
to –1 times normal speed, you can
monitor the audio playback. The audio signal is saved
in temporary memory, and replayed according to the
search speed. This allows searching on the sound
track.
Internal TBC (time base corrector)
This unit has an internal digital TBC, providing a
jitter-free video output even for analog editing. There
are also video output level, chroma signal output level,
setup level (for DSR-70), black level (for DSR-70P),
and chroma phase adjustments.
Other Features
Two-Input Video Recording
With the optional DSBK-180/180P Dual Video Input
Board installed, you can record, switching between the
composite video input to the VIDEO INPUT connector
and the composite video input to the REF. VIDEO IN
connector.
The ease of switching video inputs when recording
helps improve later editing efficiency.
Menu operations for functions and
operating settings
To make it easier to use this unit for any particular
purpose, various functions and operating settings are
provided in the menu system.
Superimposing function
Timecode, operating mode, error messages, and other
text information, can be superimposed on the color
liquid crystal display and the analog composite video
signal output.
Functions for easy maintenance
• Self-diagnosis and alarm function: This
automatically detects incorrect operations or
connections, operating faults, and so forth, and
displays details of the problem, the cause, and the
action to be taken, in the color liquid crystal display
and the time data display.
• Digital hours meter: This keeps four cumulative
counts of the powered on time, the drum rotation
time, the tape transport time, and the number of tape
threadings and unthreadings, and displays them in the
color liquid crystal display and the time data display.
1) The positive direction refers to forward movement of the
tape, and the negative direction to reverse movement.
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