Sony HDW-1800 User Manual
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2-1 Control Panels
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current level lights. If the audio level is out of the
displayable range, the top or bottom segment flashes.
The audio level of an analog track is indicated in the form
of a bar graph with 18 segments. A peak program
indication appears for digital tracks in audio indication
modes other than “FINE”.
Example of “REF.0” level indication
Example of “FINE” level indication
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Time data information
• Time data display
This displays values such as timecode values, user bit
values, and CTL counts.
Error messages are displayed as up to 10 alphanumeric
characters.
• Tape load mark
This appears when a cassette tape is currently loaded.
The abbreviations show information about the tape format.
a) Cleaning mode is activated automatically when a cleaning tape is loaded
(the tape is ejected after playback for 10 seconds).
b) Tapes in formats that are not supported for playback are ejected
automatically.
• Channel condition
This indicates the playback status of a tape.
The playback status is indicated by a square (x) in green,
yellow, or red, from the left. When no signal is being
played back, all squares are gray.
• Ancillary message display
This shows ancillary messages according to occasion.
Normally, it displays the remaining time on the tape
(REMAIN) or the total time of the tape (TOTAL) in units
of minutes, such as “REM : 020min” and “TOTL :
020min”.
For changing the content of tape information to display,
see the F6 (T-INFO) setting in function menu page P04:
MISC-1.
• Setup menu state
The following indications appear when the state of the
setup menu matches the state of a setup menu bank or the
factory default state.
“DEFLT”: The setup menu state matches the factory
default state.
“BANK1”: The setup menu state matches the state of user
bank 1.
“BANK2”: The setup menu state matches the state of user
bank 2.
“BANK3”: The setup menu state matches the state of user
bank 3.
“BANK4”: The setup menu state matches the state of user
bank 4.
“ ” (blank): Other than the above.
• Preroll indication
This indicates whether a preroll is in progress or not.
“PROLL”: Preroll is in progress.
“ ” (blank): Other than preroll in progress.
Note
Tape format
Abbreviations
Color
HDCAM
HD
Orange
IMX
IMX
Green (HDW-D1800
only)
1
2
-40
-20
-10
0
10
20
dB
3
4
-2
-1
0
1
2
dB
12 34
:
47 12
:
:
LTC
D F
LTC
EXT-LTC
R-RUN
PROLL
BANK3
R E M : 2 0 m i n
PARARUN
H D
C O N D
VITC
Time data display
Tape load mark
Preroll indication
Setup menu state
Ancillary message display
Channel condition
D-BETA
DB
Blue (Dark blue) (HDW-
D1800 only)
CLEAN
CL
Red (flashing)
a)
Other
Not displayed
Not displayed
b)
Tape format
Abbreviations
Color