Sony PDW-1500 - Manual (Page 22)

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2-1 Front Panel
Pressing this button toggles the selection, and the audio
level meter channel display also changes.
The factory default is for channels 1 to 4 to be selected.
d AUDIO INPUT CH (channel) button
This selects the channel to which the audio input signal
selection applies.
Pressing this button cycles through the following states of
the audio level meter channel display.
• Channel 1 flashing
• Channel 2 flashing
• Channel 3 flashing
• Channel 4 flashing
• Channels 1 to 4 lit
When a channel is flashing, you can select the audio input
signal using the AUDIO INPUT SEL button.
When audio is in eight-channel mode
On channels 5 to 8, you can input only the audio signals
embedded in an SDI signal.
Note
After completing the selection of the audio input signals
with the AUDIO INPUT SEL button, return the audio level
meters to the state in which all channel indications are lit.
e AUDIO INPUT SEL (selection) button
This selects the input signal to the channel with a flashing
display, that has been selected with the AUDIO INPUT
CH button described above.
Pressing this button cycles the selection of the audio input
signal, and the audio input display above the audio level
meter changes to reflect this.
ANA: Analog audio signal input to the AUDIO IN
connector
SDI: SDI audio signal input to the SDI IN connector
AES/EBU: AES/EBU format digital audio signal input to
the DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) IN connector
SG: audio test signal generated by the internal signal
generator
f PHONES jack and volume control knob
The jack is a standard stereo jack. Connect stereo
headphones with an impedance of 8 ohms, to monitor the
audio during recording, playback, and editing. The
monitored channel is selected by the AUDIO MONITOR
SEL button (see page 21) and MONITOR switch (see page
21).
Adjust the volume with the knob. You can also cause this
to simultaneously adjust the output volume from the
AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector on the rear panel. To
do this, in the setup menu, set extended menu item 114
“AUDIO MONITOR OUTPUT LEVEL” to “VAR.”
3 Audio level adjustment section
a VARIABLE (audio level adjustment selector)
switch
This selects which of the input audio and playback audio
has the level adjusted by the ALL/CH-1, and CH-2 to CH-
4 adjustment knobs.
REC: Adjust the input audio levels. The playback audio
levels are fixed at their preset values.
PRESET: Do not adjust the audio levels.
PB: Adjust the playback audio levels. The input audio
levels are fixed at their preset values.
b ALL/CH-1, CH-2 to CH-4 (audio level) adjustment
knobs
Depending on the setting of the VARIABLE switch, these
adjust the input audio or playback audio levels of channels
1 to 4.
By the setting of extended menu item 131 “AUDIO
VOLUME,” you can enable the ALL/CH-1 knob to
simultaneously adjust all eight channels. When this
simultaneous adjustment is enabled the ALL indicator
lights.
4 Recording and playback control section
a PREV (previous) button
Press this button, turning it on, to show the first frame of
the current clip. While the first frame of a clip is shown,
pressing this button jumps to the beginning of the previous
clip.
This button is also used together with other buttons for the
following operations.
REC
VARIABLE
PRESET
PB
ALL/CH-1 CH-2 CH-3 CH-4
ALL indicator
2 ALL/CH-1, CH-2 to CH-4 adjustment knobs
1 VARIABLE switch
PHONES
TOP F REV F FWD END
PREV NEXT PLAY STOP REC
1 PREV button
2 PLAY button
3 NEXT button
4 STOP button
5 REC button