Sony J30SDI - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 2
Location and Function of Parts
2-2
Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts
2-1-1 Display Section
1 LTC/VITC button
2 SET/MENU button
3 AU MON SEL/DOLBY C NR button
4 SHIFT button
5 CTL/TC/UB button
2-1 Control Panel
3 Cassette compartment
Insert an S or L cassette.
4 Remote control detector
Receives the infrared signal from the supplied Remote
Commander.
For details on the Remote Commander, see section 4-3
“Using the Remote Commander” on page 4-6.
5 PF (programmable function)-1/2 buttons
When using the Betacam SX or MPEG IMX format
and settting this unit into noiseless mode, use these
buttons to perform frame step playback (see page 4-3).
To the PF-2 button, you can assign functions that are
set in basic menu item 022, PF2 KEYSELECT.
Function “tape remain time” is assigned to the PF-2
button as the factory default settings. While you are
pressing the button, the remaining tape time are
displayed in the display section.
For details on function assignment, see the section “Menu
bank operations (basic menu items B01 to B12) “ on page
7-5.
6 PHONES (headphones) jack and control knob
Connect stereo headphones with an impedance of
8 ohms to monitor the sound during playback.
The control knob adjusts the volume.
It is possible to make a setting so that the output
volume from the AUDIO MONITOR connectors is
controlled simultaneously.
Set AUDIO MONITOR OUTPUT LEVEL, extended
menu item 114, to VAR to enable the above feature.
1 LTC/VITC button
This selects the time code displayed in the FL display
in the following sequence: LTC
1) , VITC 2) . The
underline for the LTC or VITC time code setting
indicators lights corresponding to the selection.
Note
In this unit, VITC may not be displayed correctly
except during normal playback.
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1) LTC: abbreviation of Longitudinal Time code. This
time code is recorded on a longitudinal track on the tape.
Reading is unreliable at low speeds, and not possible at
all during still playback.
2) VITC: abbreviation of Vertical Interval Time code.
This time code is inserted in the vertical blanking
interval and recorded on the video tracks.
6 CTL RESET button
7 FL (Fluorescent) display and indicators