Sony XDCAM PDW-1500 - Manual (Page 14)

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2-1 Front Panel
h MENU button
Use for setup menu and system menu operations. Pressing
this button displays the setting of a setup menu item in the
status display section. The same information is also
superimposed on the display on a monitor connected to the
PDW-1500 (see page 95). Press once more to return to the
original display.
The system menu (see page 119) appears in the status
display section and on an external monitor when you press
this button with the SHIFT button held down. Press this
button again to escape from the system menu.
i SHIFT button
Use to switch the functions of various buttons.
j SET and RESET buttons
Use these as follows.
SET button: Use for setup menu settings (see page 96),
scene selection (thumbnail search) settings, and so on.
The scene selection window or a menu for sub clip
operations appears when you press this button with the
SHIFT button held down with either of the following
displayed. The window or menu appears in the status
display section, and on an external monitor.
When a thumbnail screen is displayed: The scene
selection window (see page 60) appears.
When a sub clip thumbnail is displayed: A sub clip
operation menu (see page 62) appears.
RESET button: Press to reset the counter. This is also
used to cancel or abandon setup menu settings and
scene selection (thumbnail search).
k THUMBNAIL button
To carry out a thumbnail search or create a clip list, press
this button turning it on. Thumbnail images representing
each clip or sub-clip appear. Press once more to turn the
button off, and return to a whole-screen display.
To display the thumbnails of essence mark frames (frames
with an essence mark attached), hold down the SHIFT
button, and press this button. The essence mark selection
menu appears. Select the desired type of essence mark, and
the corresponding essence mark frames appear in
thumbnails. Press once more, turning the button off, to
return to a whole-screen display.
l Disc slot and EJECT button
Insert a disc in the disc slot. To remove the disc, press the
EJECT button.
1 Audio level meter section
a Audio level meters
Depending on the setting of the AUDIO METER SEL
button (see page 15), these show the audio recording levels
(during recording) or audio playback levels (during
playback) of channels 1 to 4 or channels 5 to 8. If an audio
level exceeds 0 dB, the OVER indicator lights.
By means of a maintenance menu setting, you can display
a reference level indicator (“-”) to the right of each meter
when recording.
For details of the maintenace menu, see 8-4 “Maintenance
Menu” on page 114.
b Audio input display
For each channel, the following indicators light to show
the type of the selected audio input signal.
ANA: Analog audio signal
SDI: SDI audio signal
AES/EBU: AES/EBU format digital audio signal
SG: Audio test signal generated by the internal signal
generator
DATA: Non-audio signal
Make the audio input signal selection with the AUDIO
INPUT SEL button (see page 15).
OVER dB
-12
-20
-30
-40
-60
0
CH- 15
SG DATA
ANA SDI
AE8/EBU
OVER dB
-12
-20
-30
-40
-60
0
CH- 26
SG DATA
ANA SDI
AE8/EBU
OVER dB
-12
-20
-30
-40
-60
0
CH- 37
SG DATA
ANA SDI
AE8/EBU
OVER dB
-12
-20
-30
-40
-60
0
CH- 48
SG DATA
ANA SDI
AE8/EBU
1 Audio level meters
2 Audio input display
OVER indicator
Reference level
indicator
Channel display