Sony MKS-2010 User Manual

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Controlling External Devices
Disk Recorder/Extended VTR File 
Operations
Internally, disk recorders and Extended VTRs manage 
recorded material in units of files.
When using disk recorders and Extended VTRs for 
playback and recording, you need to perform the following 
file operations.
Loading file lists: Before you can play a file from a disk 
recorder or Extended VTR, you need to display a list 
of the files stored on the device.
Loading files: With the file list visible, you need to select 
a file from the list to load.
Creating files: To record to a disk recorder, you need to 
create the file to record.
Note 
When using an MAV-555A/777 disk recorder to carry out 
file operations, the operation mode must be set to panel 
mode on the disk recorder side.
Loading file lists
1
From the top menu, select Misc >DDR/VTR >File 
List.
The File List menu appears. The upper part of the 
status area shows the device number of the currently 
selected device, and the currently loaded file. The 
lower part of the status area shows the names, data 
length (in timecode format), and dates of updating of 
files contained in the currently loaded file list.
Disk recorder used as player
Notes
• File update dates are not displayed for disk recorders 
using the Video Disk Communications Protocol.
• File lengths and update dates are not displayed for 
Extended VTRs, and register numbers are shown in 
place of file names.
2
Turn the knob to select a player device.
Note
File lists cannot be loaded from disk recorders which 
are being used as recorders.
3
Press [List Update].
Loading of the file list starts, and a progress bar 
appears in a popup window. The popup window 
disappears when loading of the file list finishes 
successfully. An error message appears if an error 
occurs.
To sort file lists
1
Press [Sort].
A popup window appears.
2
Select the sort conditions.
File No: Sort by file number (smallest first).
File Name: Sort alphabetically by file name.
Date: Sort by file update date (newest first).
Notes
• File lists cannot be sorted by date when using the 
Video Disk Communications Protocol.
• File lists cannot be sorted when using an Extended 
VTR. (Extended VTR files are shown in register 
order (1 to 99).)
This sorts the file list in the selected order.
File list sharing
You can share loaded file lists across serial ports 
connected to the same disk recorder.
For more information about how to share file lists, see “To 
share file lists” (page 189).
Loading files
Proceed as follows to load a file from a file list.
1
From the top menu, select Misc >DDR/VTR >File 
List.
The File List menu appears.
2
Turn the knob to select the player device which has the 
file you want to load.
Knob
Description
Setting values
1 (DEV)
Device number
1 to 6
Knob
Description
Setting values
1 (DEV)
Device number
1 to 6