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DSR-45/45P
3-073-885-13(1)
Digital
Videocassette
Recorder
GB
Operating Instructions
FR
Mode d’emploi
DSR-45/45P
2002 Sony Corporation
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WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not Important Safety Instructions expose the unit to rain or moisture. • Read these instructions. • Keep these instructions. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the • Heed all warnings. • Follow all instructions. cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified • Do not use this apparatus near water. personnel only. • Clean only with dry cloth. • Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. THIS APPARATUS M
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English For customers in the U.S.A. If you have any questions about this product, you may CAUTION call: Sony’s Business Information Center (BIC) at 1-800- 686-SONY (7669) You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority or Write to: Sony Customer Information Services Center to operate this equipment. 6900-29 Daniels Parkway, PMB 330 Fort Myers, Florida 33912 Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the Declara
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For DSR-45P For customers in Europe This product with the CE marking complies with both the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community. Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following European standards: • EN60065: Product Safety • EN55103-1: Electromagnetic Interference (Emission) • EN55103-2: Electromagnetic Susceptibility (Immunity) This product is intended for use in the following Electromagneti
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Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview Features .................................................................... 9 (GB) DVCAM Format ........................................................ 9 (GB) Other Features .......................................................... 11 (GB) Location and Function of Parts ............................ 12 (GB) Front Panel ............................................................... 12 (GB) Rear Panel ......................................
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Chapter 4 Setting the Time Code and User Bits ................... 58 (GB) Setting the Time Using the Internal Time Code Generator ................. 58 (GB) Code and Synchronizing the Time Codes ............................. 62 (GB) Adjusting the Connecting to the Time Code Generator .................. 62 (GB) Video Signals Notes on the Time Codes ......................................... 64 (GB) Adjusting the Sync and Subcarrier Phases of the Video Signals ......................................
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Table of Contents Appendix Compatibility of DVCAM and DV Format ........... 101 (GB) Notes on Wide-screen Aspect Ratio Information .................................................. 103 (GB) Specifications ....................................................... 104 (GB) Glossary ................................................................ 106 (GB) Index ...................................................................... 108 (GB) Submenu Index ..............................................
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Chapter 1 Overview Chapter1 Overview Features The DSR-45/45P is a digital videocassette recorder High picture quality, high stability 1 using /4-inch tape. Offering the DVCAM™ digital recording format, the DSR-45/45P produces stable, Video signals are separated into color difference superior picture quality by digitally processing and signals and a luminance signal, which are encoded and separating image signals into color difference signals compressed to one-fifth size before being recorded t
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Chapter 1 Overview Features DV format compatibility Digital slow playback The unit can perform recording and playback in the The unit has a frame memory function that allows slow 1 DV-format (SP mode only). (Recording/playing an playback without noise. This is available only at + /3- 1 image in LP mode is not available.) time speed and – /3-time speed. Choice of two cassette sizes TBC (Time Base Corrector) The unit can use both standard-size and mini-size The unit has a digital TBC that provid
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Chapter 1 Overview Easy maintenance functions Other Features • Self-diagnostics/alarm functions: The system automatically detects an invalid operation, an invalid Built-in color LCD monitor connection or a malfunction, and displays a description, a cause and a recovery method on the The unit has a 2-type color LCD (liquid crystal LCD monitor and outputs the data from the display) monitor that lets you verify images on the MONITOR VIDEO connector. spot. You can see the setup menus, audio levels
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Chapter 1 Overview Location and Function of Parts Location and Function of Parts Front Panel 1 Cassette compartment 4 Display window (see page 19 (GB)) 2 REMOTE/LOCAL switch qa EJECT button 3 ON/STANDBY switch and 1 lamp CH-1 4 TIMER selector CH-2 CH- CH- 1/2 3/4 3 Audio control section 5 AUDIO MONITOR (see page 18 (GB)) CH-3 selector MIN MAX CH-4 6 PHONE LEVEL control knob 7 PHONES jack 2 Tape transport control section (see page 16 (GB)) 8 RESET button 0 INPUT SELECT 1 Monitor display section
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Chapter 1 Overview • In addition to the Remote Commander supplied with 5 AUDIO MONITOR selector the unit, the unit accepts signals from any Sony Use to select the audio track you want to listen to Remote Commander whose command mode is set to through the PHONES jack 7 or MONITOR AUDIO VTR4. When this switch is set to REMOTE, the jack. Remote Commander functions depending on the CH-1/2: channels 1/2 only setting of LOCAL ENBL on the REMOTE menu. If MIX: channels 1/2 and channels 3/4 you want to
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Chapter 1 Overview Location and Function of Parts – Audio recording level adjustment mode (AUTO/ qa EJECT (OPEN/CLOSE) (open/close the cassette MANU) compartment) button – Audio mode (32 kHz/48 kHz) Press this button to open or close the cassette – Audio limiter compartment. If you press this button while a cassette – Color bars (Cannot be displayed) is inside the unit, the compartment opens and the • If you change this selector, the screen may cassette is ejected. momentarily become bright or
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Chapter 1 Overview Notes 5 J / j buttons • To choose whether or not the tape label, title, or data When the DISPLAY SELECT selector 3 is set to codes are displayed, use the menu items. Also, you MENU, you can select a menu item by pressing these can select the data code items to be displayed by buttons. For details on the menu, see “Operating the Menus” on pressing the DATA CODE button on the Remote page 76 (GB). Commander. When the DISPLAY SELECT selector 3 is set to • To adjust the menu item
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Chapter 1 Overview Location and Function of Parts 2 Tape transport control section 7 AUDIO DUB button/indicator 8 DUP button/indicator 6 REC button/indicator 5 PAUSE button/indicator 4 FF button/indicator 3 PLAY button/indicator 2 REW button/indicator 1 STOP button 1 STOP button 3 PLAY button/indicator Press this button to stop the current tape transport When you press this button, the indicator lights and operation. playback begins. Notes 2 REW (rewind) button/indicator • If the unit is playi
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Chapter 1 Overview • If you set FF/REW SPD on the VTR SET menu to 8 DUP (duplicate) button/indicator SHUTTLEMAX, you can display the picture while Use to duplicate a tape, including the time code. fast-forwarding the tape. During duplication, the indicator lights. For details on the tape transport speed of the For details on the duplicate function, see “Duplication SHUTTLEMAX setting, see “FF/REW SPD” in the “VTR (generating a work tape with the same time code)” on page SET menu” on page 90 (G
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Chapter 1 Overview Location and Function of Parts 3 Audio control section 1 AUDIO INPUT switch CH-1 CH-2 2 AUDIO REC LEVEL control knobs CH-3 CH-4 1 AUDIO INPUT (AUTO/MANU) switch • If LIMITER on the AUDIO SET menu has been set to ON while you are manually adjusting the audio Switches the audio recording level adjustment mode. AUTO: Adjusts the recording level automatically. level, you can record the sound without clipping even if the audio input level is high as long as the level is The AUDIO
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Chapter 1 Overview 4 Display window 1 END SEARCH button 2 INDEX button 8 RESET button 3 q (cassette) indicator 7 COUNTER SELECT selector 4 DVCAM indicator 6 Time counter display 5 Remote control detector Drop frame indicator 1 END SEARCH button 5 Remote control detector When you press this button, the unit searches the tape 6 Time counter display and plays back the last five-second recorded picture. Displays time data (count value of the counter / time After playback, the unit turns to the sto
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Chapter 1 Overview Location and Function of Parts 7 COUNTER SELECT selector – A tape recorded using the NTSC color system is Selects the time data to be indicated on the time being used in the DSR-45P. counter display. Selected time data is also displayed on – You are using an external time code. the LCD monitor or on the counter display of a – TC RUN on the TC/UB SET menu is set to FREE monitor connected to the MONITOR VIDEO jack. RUN. COUNTER: Count value of the counter (seven • If you inten
