C
Input selection
—
Press these buttons to select inputs associated with the rear panel
input connections.
•
Channel A
– Press the corresponding button to select HDMI input 1 or 2. If analog
audio (instead of embedded audio) is selected for an input, Channel A analog audio
is output with the video.
•
Channel B
– Press the corresponding button to select composite/component
input 3, HDMI input 4, and (optional) SDI input 5. If analog audio is selected for
input 4, Channel B analog audio is output with the selected video input.
The currently selected Channel A input button and currently selected Channel B input
button light solid amber.
NOTE:
Input 5 lights only when the optional SDI input card is installed and the input
is selected.
D
Record controls with LED indicators
– Press the Record, Stop, Pause, and Mark
buttons to perform the operation. The buttons light to indicate the current state of
record operation.
•
Record
– Press
to record the selected inputs. The record button lights solid red
during active recording.
•
Stop
– Press
to stop the active recording. When pressed during a recording,
the stop button blinks green while the recorded file is being finalized, then lights
solid green when the file is finalized.
•
Pause
– Press
to pause recording. When pressed, the
Pause
button blinks
green to indicate recording is paused. Press
Record
or press
Pause
again to
resume recording, or press
Stop
to halt the recording.
•
Mark
– Press
MARK
to place a chapter marker in the recorded file. When pressed
during recording, the button illuminates green momentarily to indicate a chapter
marker is inserted. The button also illuminates when JPEG thumbnails are
automatically created at 5 minute internals.
E
Audio level indicators
– Two stacks of eight green LEDs track the audio level of the
left and right audio channels from -60 dBFS (one LED) to 0 dBFS (eight LEDs). The
LEDs indicate both signal presence and active input signal levels.
•
Input Configuration Mode
– When input gain is adjusted, the meters display the
currently selected input left and right channel audio levels to assist setting audio
gain (see
Audio level
on page 38).
•
Normal Mode
– The meters display the left and right encoder input levels.
F
Layout Preset and Swap
– Press
LAYOUT
PRESET
to select one of the 16 capture
presets (see
Layout Presets
on page 21). The button illuminates green. Use the
ADJUST
knobs (
I
) to select the desired output layout. Press
NEXT
(
H
) to activate it.
Press
SWAP
to switch Channel A and B inputs between the two layout windows. The
button illuminates green for 1 second to indicate the input swap.
G
Menu display
– Displays configuration menus and status information. Use the
MENU
and
NEXT
buttons (
H
) and
ADJUST
knobs (
I
) to navigate the menu. During normal
operation, a default display cycle is presented. If there is an active alarm (see
Alarms
on
page 45), it is listed instead.
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