Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DV Bank Datavideo
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1 Important Notice of Safety Instructi on and Radio & TV Int erfere nce 1. R ead all of these instructi ons a nd sav e them f or later referen ce. 2. Follow all warnings and instructio ns marked on the produc ts. 3. Unplug this prod uct from the w all outlet b efore cleaning.
2 D. If the product does not operate normally when the operating instr uctions are followed . Adjust only tho se controls that are covered by the operating instructio ns since improper adjustment of other contro ls may result in damage and will often require extens ive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal operation.
3 Warranty Support one y ear limited w arr anty . Radio & Televi sion Interfer ence UNITED ST A TES: The equipme nt described in this guide gene rates and uses radi o frequ ency en ergy .
4 Note: Changes or Modific ations not expressly appro ve d by the party respon sib le for com pli ance coul d voi d the u ser s ri ght to op erate th is equipment. P eripherals used in conjunction w ith this equipment must be connected via s hie ld ed inte r fa ce ca ble s.
5 Table of C ontents Importan t Notice 1 Service , Support an d Warranty 2 Radio & Tel evision Int erference 3 Precautio ns 6 Overview 8 Packing List 9 Key Feat ures 10 Front Pane l Control & .
6 Precautions o Hand ling P roper a ttention s hould be giv en when hand ling the unit. Oper atio nal H andli ng T ry to a vo id mo v ing t he un it w hi le it is be ing o p er at e d; n or mal b o dy mo tio n is a cc e pta ble . A v o id m ov ing the un it w ith qu ick , ha rd d isr up tio ns .
7 o Transpo rting Care should be ex ercised when tr ansporting the unit. o Elect rica l Pow er Conn ect the u ni t to elect ric al p ower s ourc es u til izi ng t he pow er c ord supplied or to the Datavideo NMH Battery Pack (D VB-126) usi ng its conne cto r cabl e.
8 Overview Smart, Easy and Depen dable Video Disc Drives DV Bank is the i ndustry -standard, stand-alone solution that allows video professionals to capture digi tal v ideo (DV) co ntent directly to a high perf orma nce d isk dri ve-ba sed s ystem whi le sh oot in g or anyt im e after ward s.
9 Packing List DV Bank s ystem Main Powe r Cord and AC /DC 12 V Adaptor IEEE1394 “Firewire” Cab le Free Dow nload from ww w.datavide o-tek.
10 Key Features o Loss l ess Captu re The DV B ank allow s y ou to r ec or d liv e to dis k wh ile sh oo ting. o Rand om Acce ss Instant nav igation from clip to clip; yo u no longer need to shuttle through hours of unwante d tape footage.
11 r eviewing it on a monitor of yo ur choice. Now there’ s no need to squint at the t iny LC D sc reen on y our d igi cam o r ban g h eads wit h your DP whil e you both try to see what y ou’re shooting.
12 Front Panel Control 1. POWER : T oggles the unit on and off . 2. FireWire ( IEEE139 4) 4-pin con nector 3. SOFT KEY : Dep endi n g on th e M ENU m ode chos en, w hen pre ssed , th i s key has th e fol lowing function s: Faster, Next, Forward . Your Sof t K ey cho ice appears di rect ly above the key on the display panel (see Item 13 below).
13 6. STOP : Pressin g thi s key wil l hal t all play and re cord acti ons. 7. SEARCH : Th is k ey w ill c yc le t hro ugh a cho ice of des tinat ions with in th e curre nt file. Ev ery press on the SEARCH key will se a rch the f ile in increments of 25% of the file si ze.
14 Rear Panel 14 RS-232 to PC : C onnect a propr i etary Datav ideo RS-232 Adapter to PC for firm ware up grade. Or conn ect a n ext erna l D atavi deo DV B ank rem ote box wi th exten sion key p ad t.
15 System Func tions Press on t he “ “ butto n to s witch the f unction items: FILE F REE SPACE ERASE FILE SETUP LOOP P LAY TOTAL SPACE displays FILE: The def ault, and mos t o.
16 FREE SPAC E T o determine the amount o f FREE SP ACE availab le for you to store additional DV files on y our DV Bank , press the MENU key until the w ord FREE appears in the top left corner of the LCD, then press the Soft Ke y bel ow the w ord ENTER .
17 SETUP LOOP PLAY D V Bank is a versati l e tool. N ot on ly can it b e used to transf er , store and edit DV files, it can also be used as a robust, tamper -resistant DV player enabling the user to .
18 TOTAL SPACE T o verify th e total capaci ty of you r DV Ba nk , pre ss th e MENU button until T O T AL SPACE ap pears in the upper le ft corner of t he LCD .
19 Operation Record “ “ + “ “ Pressi ng th e RECORD+PLA Y/PAUSE buttons to start a n ew video file reco rdi ng, i t wi ll record from the very firs t fram e.
20 Play Forward “ “ Pressi ng th e PLAY FORWARD butto n when a file is no t pla ying ( STOP or PAUSE w as pre vio usly sele cted ) st arts play ing th e s elec ted f ile in the for wa rd direction at 2X s peed. If the file wa s playing in rev erse direc ti on, the n pressing PLAY FORWARD swit ches pl ayback to forward di rection .
21 Play / Pause “ “ Pressi ng the PLAY/PAUSE button to play back the selecte d file. Pressing again to paus e the pl ay function a nd the current fr ame will remain visible o n your monitor , being continuously updated by the microprocessor .
22 Slow Moti on On the DV Bank you can also easi ly redu ce the speed of the rep lay of you r DV file by pressing the Soft K ey under the word SLOWER (on the LCD) during PLAY FORWARD or PLAY REVERSE . Ea ch ti me you p res s th e Sof t K ey t he speed of replay is halved, up to a maximum of 1/32 the original speed of your DV .
23 Optional Accessories YUV to DV & DV to YUV Bi-Dir ectional C onverter (DAC- 10 ) Datavideo’s DAC-10 bridges the gap between digital and analog video editing syste ms by providing instantaneous cro ss-format compatibility .
24 Interval ometer/Transcorde r (TL-1) Th is un ique ly pr of ess ion al de vice allo ws y ou to c ho ose spe cific time inte rv als for recording yo ur DV data in both NTSC an d P AL. Allows you to choose betwe en i nterval s of h ours , mi nut es or sec on ds for t im e-l apse, s ecuri ty , medi cal, sci enti fic and cr eati ve recordi ng.
25 Composite/ S-Video Input-Output (DAC- 100 ) Datav ideo ’s D AC-1 00 bridges the gap between digita l and analog video editi ng syst ems by p rovidi ng inst antan eous cross- form at conversi ons. Using the DAC -100 to convert analog to DV let’ s you maintain the quality of your analog tape without gener ation loss.
26 Specifications Video For mat NTSC -DV 25Mbps, 8-bi t Y .U.V 4:1:1 P AL -DV 25Mbps, 8-bit Y .U. V 4:2:0 V ideo Dat a DV25 (25Mbps) Audio For mat Embe dded 2-ch (16-bit, 48kHz) or 4-ch (12-bit, 32kHz) Inputs/Out puts 2 X 6-pin FireWire (IEEE-1394) Power Supp ly Input 100 – 240VAC /1.
27 P/N: 082060325E1.
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