Sony SRW-5500 User Manual

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Features for ease of operation
Compact, lightweight, low power consumption
The VTR is small and light enough to be used in outside 
broadcast vans or in EFP (Electronic Field Production) 
assignments.
Remote control operation
The VTR has a serial RS-422A 9-pin connector to allow 
control of the VTR by an external control unit.
The VTR also comes with 9-pin REMOTE 1-IN(9P) and 
REMOTE 1-I/O(9P) connectors to support bridge 
connection of multiple SRW-5000/5500 units or other 
VTRs equipped with 9-pin remote connectors for 
simultaneous operation. Furthermore, you can control the 
VTR from an external control unit with a parallel (50-pin) 
interface. 
Digital hours meter
The meter can show the total elapsed time since the VTR 
was turned on, total drum revolution time, total tape 
running time and total number of threadings and 
unthreadings.
Self-diagnosis
This function allows the VTR to perform self diagnostics 
when a malfunction occurs. An error message is displayed 
and a history of all errors that have occurred is recorded.
Easy-to-maintain plug-in boards
The VTR uses plug-in circuit boards to simplify servicing 
and inspection.
Mountable in standard 19-inch rack
The unit can be mounted in an EIA-standard 19-inch rack.
For rack mounting, refer to the Installation Manual.
1-1-2 Features of the Control Panel
The control panel provides eight menu screens 
corresponding to different operation modes to allow fast 
and easy adjustment of necessary settings, as well as the 
ability to store menu settings to a memory stick for later 
recall.
Menu-driven operations for a variety of 
purposes
Eight menus are displayed on the 130 
× 95 mm 
(5 
1
/
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 inches 
× 3 
3
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 inches) color display and are set using 
the 10 function buttons.
You can register desired items to the menus other than the 
SET UP menu.
Pressing the [F4] (PF ASSIGN) button in the SET UP 
menu displays the menu items that can be registered.
HOME menu
Use this menu to make the basic settings for recording, 
playback, and editing operations, and to select channels to 
be edited during insert editing.
TC menu
Use this menu to make time code settings.
VIDEO menu
Use this menu to adjust the video signals. The VIDEO 
menu screen shows the VTR operation mode, current 
position time code, time code type, and so on.
AUDIO menu
Use this menu to adjust the audio signals. The AUDIO 
menu screen shows the VTR operation mode, current 
position time code, time code type, and so on.
CUE menu
Use this menu to set up to 100 cue points. In page mode, 
10 cue points per page can be set on a total of 10 pages. In 
the TELE FILE menu, you can change the setting for the 
memory label system Tele-File.
PF1/PF2 (Personal Function) menus
Use these menus to register up to 40 of the most frequently 
used items from the other menus (up to 10 items each can 
be registered to PF1, ALT/PF1, PF2 and ALT/PF2). 
SET UP menu
This menu enables the following settings.
• The VTR BANK menu allows up to eight pages of menu 
settings to be saved.
• Use the MEMORY CARD menu to store current settings 
of the VTR and up to eight pages of the contents of the 
VTR memory bank to a memory stick.
• Use the scrollable PF ASSIGN menu to display the items 
that can be registered, and to select and register the most 
frequently used menu items.
• Use the scrollable VTR SETUP menu to display the 
items necessary for making initial settings, and to 
directly change settings without registering them with 
the function buttons for each menu.
• Use the PANEL SETUP menu to set control panel 
operations, such as the keyboard sound output.
MAINTENANCE menu
Use this menu to access the maintenance functions.
For details, refer to the Maintenance Manual Volume 1.
A full complement of storage/recall 
functions
These functions allow you to use titles to store and recall 
menu settings in either the VTR’s internal memory banks 
or memory sticks.