Sony 3-270-589-12 (1) Manuel D’Utilisation

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This section describes video and audio recording on the 
unit.

See page 88 “Function Menu” in Chapter 6 for more 
information about function menu operations.

See page 105 “Setup Menu Operations” in Chapter 6 for 
more information about setup menu operations.

It is not possible to combine material recorded in different 
system frequencies and audio recording formats on a 
single disc (although different bit rates may be combined). 
If you attempt to record material in a system frequency or 
audio recording format that differs from that of existing 
recorded material on the disc, “REC INH” appears on the 
display and recording is inhibited.

Make the following settings and adjustments before 
starting to record.
Recording format settings: See the next section “To set 

the video and audio recording formats”.

Video input signal selection: Select with V INPUT on the 

HOME page of the function menu.

Audio input signal selection: Select with A1 INPUT to 

A4 INPUT on the HOME page of the function menu.

Timecode and user bits settings: See “Recording 

Timecode and User Bit Values” (page 46).

Selection of time data to display: Select with CNTR SEL 

on page P1 of the function menu.

Selection of audio channels to monitor: Select with 

MONI CH and MONI SEL on page P1 of the function 
menu.

Volume adjustment of the monitor audio: Adjust with 

the LEVEL knob.

Remote/local setting: Set the remote control switch. If 

you set it to REMOTE, also set the setup menu item 
INTERFACE SELECT >REMOTE I/F (“REMOTE” 
and the connector used appear on the display).

To set the video recording format
Set the video bit rate (compression method) by setting 
OPERATIONAL FUNCTION >REC FORMAT in the 
setup menu to one of the following.

a) Appears only when the PDBK-104 option board is installed.

To set the audio recording format
Set AUDIO CONTROL >REC MODE in the setup menu 
to one of the following.

When the video recording format is set to DVCAM, the 
audio recording format is always 4 channels/16 bits, 
regardless of the setting of this item.

There are the following four ways of recording timecode:
Internal Preset mode: This records the output of the 

internal timecode generator, set beforehand to an 
initial value. The following run modes can be 
selected.
• Free Run: Timecode advances continually.
• Rec Run: Timecode advances only during 

recording.

Internal Regen mode: This records the output of the 

internal timecode generator, initialized to timecode 
following continuously upon the timecode of the last 
frame of the last clip on the disc.

External Regen mode: This records the output of the 

internal timecode generator, synchronized to an 
external timecode generator. As the external input, the 
timecode input to any of the following connectors can 
be selected.
• TIME CODE IN connector: TC
• HDSDI INPUT connector: LTC
• SD SDI INPUT connector or COMPOSITE INPUT 

connector (when PDBK-104 is installed): VITC

• SD SDI INPUT connector (when PDBK-104 is 

installed): LTC

External Preset mode: This directly records the input of 

an external timecode generator. As the external input, 
the timecode input to any of the TIME CODE IN 
connector can be selected.

HQ

VBR 35 Mbps

SP

CBR 25 Mbps

LP

VBR 18 Mbps

DVCAM

 a)

25 Mbps

2ch×16bit

2CH 16BIT

2 channels/16 bits

4ch×16bit

4CH 16BIT

4 channels/16 bits