Rosendahl bonsaiDRIVE - Manual (Page 15)

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The menu appearing on screen can be activated by pressing the
[MENU] key. The menus can be navigated by using the [
► ] and [ ◄ ]
buttons and parameters changed by using the [+] and [–] buttons. In
some menus the stop [
■ ] key is used to validate an entry and the
[ ◄ ] + [RECORD] buttons are used to confirm erase and format
commands. Use [LOC 1] and [LOC 2] keys for menu navigation.
MENU 001 SELECT CLIP
Press the [+] and [–] keys to select the clips from 001 to 255. The
machine goes to the selected clip and shows the length of the clip,
TC start value, TC standard and the record format. Hold down the [+]
or [–] key to get to the automatic decrement [–]/increment [+] mode.
This mode counts the clips slowly up or down depending on which
key is pressed and changes to a fast count after holding down the
respective key for more than 5 seconds.
MENU 002 DELETE CLIP
To erase a clip use the [+] and [–] keys to select the appropriate clip
as in menu SELECT CLIP. The size of the clip will be shown (SIZE
XX GBYTE). Hold down the [RECORD] key and then press the [
◄ ]
key to delete the selected clip. An erased clip will be shown on a
black background and size "0 GBYTE" indicated. If menu 019
RECORD MODE is set to WRITE PROTECTED DISK it is not
possible to erase or modify clips.
MENU 003 SET CURRENT TC POSITION
MENU 004-7 SET TC HOURS, MINUTES, SEC, FRM
Time code in bonsaidrive is not recorded on a separate track, but is
regenerated from a fixed offset. At the beginning of a recording the
time code of the first frame is stored as offset. During playback time
code is generated depending on the clip position and the recorded
offset.
In the menu SET CURRENT TC POSITION it is possible to redefine
the offset in a freely selected position. For example a clip can be
positioned on the start mark of a film and the time code offset at this
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positon changed to 01:00:00:00. The offset of the first frame of the
selected clip is then automatically calculated.
Use the normal transport functions to locate the clip at the required
position.
Press the menu key and go to menu SET CURRENT TC POSITION.
Press the stop key [
■ ] to go to menu SET TC HOURS. Using the [+]
and [–] keys set the hours. Using the play key [ ► ] go to the menus
SET TC MINUTES, SECONDS, FRAMES in order to set minutes,
seconds and frames.
Press the [
► ] key again to reach the menu SAVE CLIP INFO TO
DISK to store the values entered on the hard disk.
Note: If the values are not saved then they will only be retained until
the clip is changed.
It is also possible during active CHASE TC mode to trim the offset
"on the fly" in order to sync picture and sound empirically.
MENU 008 RESET RECORDED TC
As already described under SET CURRENT TC POSITION, at the
start of recording the time code value of the first frame is stored as
offset. The original offset value can be restored at any time by going
to menu RESET RECORDED TC and pressing the stop [
■ ] key.
To store this value as present offset on the harddrive use the menu
SAVE CLIP INFO TO DISK. Otherwise the original offset will only
remain till the next time the clip is changed.
MENU 009 SAVE CLIP INFO TO DISK
For every clip on the harddrive there is a so called clip info sector. In
this section such data as clip length, TC offset and format, original
record offset, locator points, clipname and metadata are stored.
When selecting a new clip this data is read into the system and for
this reason the changed working data such as offset or locator points
must be stored before changing to another clip.
Go to menu SAVE CLIP INFO TO DISK and press the stop [
■ ] key to
store the (new) clipdata to the harddrive.