Grass Valley Turbo iDDR v.2.3 - Manual (Page 66)

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Chapter 3 Operation: Front Panel Control
Using IEEE 1394 Record mode
The IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ports can be used for importing and recording media from
a digital recording device that uses DV or MPEG2 format. After selecting the IEEE
1394 input for the Record channel, you can use the iDDR transport controls to control
the IEEE 1394 device remotely through the 1394 connection.
NOTE: The rear panel port 2 (top) and the front panel 1394 port are shared. If a
device is already connected to port 2 you cannot connect a device to the front panel
port, or vice versa.
To use IEEE 1394 Record mode:
1. Connect and power-on the IEEE 1394 device.
2. Press on the iDDR front panel to view recorder display.
3. Press IEEE 1394 . The record channel input switches to the 1394 input.
The status bar shows “Connecting to device”, then “Connected”. Initially, both the
monitor pane and the thumbnail in the Recorder display shows a IEEE 1394
symbol.
Timecode from the device is also displayed in the Recorder pane. If xx:xx:xx:xx is
displayed, the timecode from the device is not valid.
Use the following step to cue the IEEE 1394 device.
4. You can control the IEEE 1394 device remotely (play, rewind, fast-forward and
stop) in one of the following ways:
• Use the iDDR front panel controls (transport control buttons, Shuttle/Jog Knob).
• Use the record channel on-screen transport controls in AppCenter.
• Use iDDR keyboard shortcuts (see Appendix A, Keyboard Shortcuts on
page 281 ).
• Press Menu , then choose Seek. Enter enter a specific timecode for the IEEE
1394 device to seek.