Sony DSR-1800 User Manual

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High-Speed and Low-Speed Search—Quickly and Accurately Determining Editing Points
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High-Speed and Low-
Speed Search—Quickly 
and Accurately 
Determining Editing 
Points
Use the search function to easily locate the desired scene 
and to quickly and accurately determine edit points.
When F. FWD/REW under the AUTO EE SELECT menu 
item (see page 57) is set to PB (factory default setting), you 
can use the F FWD and REW buttons on this unit or 
external equipment for high-speed search.
Search Operations via External 
Equipment 
You can control the unit in the following operation modes 
from an editing control unit (ES-7, PVE-500, etc.) 
connected to the REMOTE connector on the rear panel or 
from a SIRCS-compatible remote control unit such as the 
DSRM-10 connected to the CONTROL S connector on the 
front panel.
Shuttle: Use this mode to view color video playback at 
speeds ranging from 0 to 60 times normal speed in 
both directions.
Note
When controlling the unit from the DSRM-10 for 
shuttle-mode search, the maximum search speed is 16 
times normal speed in both directions.
Jog: Use this mode for low-speed search and frame-by-
frame search.
Digital slow: Use this mode for noise-free color video 
playback at speeds ranging from 0 to 
1
/
2
 times normal 
speed in both directions.
Still: Use this mode to view a still picture of any field.
Jog audio: Use this mode to monitor the audio at speeds 
ranging from 1 to 
1
/
30
 times normal speed in both 
directions.
Note
When controlling this unit from external equipment, be 
sure to turn on or off the buttons in the remote control 
setting section on the front panel of the unit as shown in the 
following table.
For description on how to carry out search operations via 
external equipment, see the operating instructions for the 
equipment.
External equipment Buttons in the remote control 
setting section
Editing control unit 
connected to the 
REMOTE connector
Turn on both the REMOTE and 9PIN 
buttons.
SIRCS-compatible 
remote control unit 
connected to the 
CONTROL S 
connector
Turn off the REMOTE button.
Equipment 
connected to the i.DV 
IN/OUT connector
Turn on both the REMOTE and 
i.LINK buttons.