Sonosax Stelladat II, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 32 Last revision October 24 2000 This PDF document has been made exclusively for printing Thus the links from the online user manual have not been transposed as Acrobat links SAS S A Ch de la Naz 38...

Page 2: ...in Page 19 Modulation Page 19 Filters Page 19 Limiter Page 19 Overload LED Page 20 Panpots Page 20 Digital source Page 20 Time Code Page 20 WordClock Page 21 RS 422 Page 21 Accessory Socket Page 21 Mo...

Page 3: ...IONS ACCESSORIES Page 54 8 MAINTENANCE Page 56 9 TROUBLESHOOTING Page 57 Software Reset Page 57 Powering Software Reset Page 57 Error Messages Page 59 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ Page 64 10 PROM RE...

Page 4: ...requency stability better that 0 1 PPM Unique circuit design allows Stelladat II to achieve unheard of power efficiency in a DAT recorder Stelladat II uses only 10 to 15 watts depending on the configu...

Page 5: ...r Menu Battery select This precaution allows to select the correct battery manager program controlling the switching off of Stelladat II whenever the battery is exhausted Always turn Stelladat II off...

Page 6: ...6 2a Description Top...

Page 7: ...PLAYBACK KEY FUNCTION 3 FF F2 FAST FORWARD KEY FUNCTION 2 REW F1 REWIND KEY FUNCTION 1 LINK LINK CHANNELS 3 AND 4 KEY OVD OVERLOAD LED FOR CHANNELS 1 4 LINK LINK CHANNELS 1 AND 2 KEY LEVEL CHANNEL LEV...

Page 8: ...8 2b Description Front...

Page 9: ...3 4 MAIN CONTROL CHANNELS 3 4 MON DIRECT TAPE KEY DISP STATUS DISPLAY LEVEL METER SWITCHING KEY FOR 4 TRACKS MODE PRG BLANK SEARCH ON OFF KEY REWIND INDEX SEARCH BACK KEY FAST FORWARD INDEX SEARCH FO...

Page 10: ...10 2c Description Left...

Page 11: ...UT RIGHT CHANNEL 2 3 IN ANALOG INPUT CHANNEL 3 3 OUT ANALOG OUTPUT CHANNEL 3 4 IN ANALOG INPUT CHANNEL 4 4 OUT ANALOG OUTPUT CHANNEL 4 L 1 R 2 3 4 ST 1 2 3 4 MONITORING SELECTOR PHONES HEADPHONE SOCKE...

Page 12: ...12 2d Description Right...

Page 13: ...1 2 3 4 DIGITAL OPTICAL SPDIF STEREO OUTPUTS TRACKS 1 2 AND TRACKS 3 4 TC IN SMPTE AES EBU TIMECODE XLR INPUT TC OUT SMPTE AES EBU TIMECODE XLR OUTPUT AES ST 1 2 IN DIGITAL AES EBU STEREO INPUT TRACKS...

Page 14: ...14 2e Description Rear...

Page 15: ...15 BATTERY LITHIUM ION 14 4 V RECOMMENDED CONTROL LOUDSPEAKER...

Page 16: ...RY TO THE GROUND OF THE DEVICE Powered with a 46 Wh Lithium Ion battery Stelladat II provides e g more then 3 hours of continuous recording Note By wrongly inserting the cable of the external power su...

Page 17: ...necessary to initialize different functions Power Off Stelladat II is turned off with the STAND BY key page 6 The STOP key page 8 can also be used for powering off As a safety measure switching off by...

Page 18: ...guration is carried out by software Configuration Menu Audio Routing Connecting Audio Sources Stelladat II was designed to support all types of analog and digital audio signals The selection of audio...

Page 19: ...d audio routing Configuration Menu Audio routing In four tracks configuration the main controls have effect on the input channels 2 by 2 1 2 and 3 4 In stereo or double stereo configuration or for oth...

Page 20: ...The sockets are the optical inputs for tracks 1 2 and 3 4 and the sockets are the outputs In order to save energy the optical digital in and output s default configuration is OFF They can be turned O...

Page 21: ...II can be synchronized with an external WordClock or video NTSC and PAL signal which is to be connected on the BNC type socket page 12 The recorder recognizes automatically the type of signal used and...

Page 22: ...Monitoring The monitoring selector page 10 shown above is used to select one two tracks to be monitored with the headphones and with the control loudspeaker The MONO STEREO selector specifies the list...

Page 23: ...TOP and REC modes Its level depends of the selected dB scale On the 12 dB and 18 dB scales its level is at the scale s zero i e 12 dB FS and 18 dB FS respectively On the 0 dB DSP scale its level is 9...

Page 24: ...the tape scanner The LED turns off In Power ON and STOP mode holding the key during 3 sec turns the recorder off MON key In REC mode A press on this key switches the monitoring to TAPE mode the record...

Page 25: ...lighting conditions A backlighting whom intensity is software set Power Menu Backlight allows reading in the darkness The main function of the display is for checking the record and playback levels Th...

Page 26: ...r previously stored tape locations ESC Key The first function of the ESC key is to cancel the last choice while navigating in the menus It is also the enter and exit key for the LOCATOR Menu in STOP m...

Page 27: ...synchronizes the internal Time Code generator to an external reference provided via the Aaton or the XLR TC socket Set from external is only a punctual setting of the internal generator and shouldn t...

Page 28: ...me Code activate the Internal option External no jam and Ext jam sync are two useful options when the Time Code used is external TC XLR or Aaton sockets with this difference If the external Time Code...

Page 29: ...Video USA Film Europe Video Europe are another way to define TC format based on the applications and taking existing standards in account Chase offset sub menu The user can manually enter an offset va...

Page 30: ...ART ID If the AUTO OFF option of the sub menu PNO is selected no number will be associated to the START ID Next PNO sub menu Allows to associate a number to the next START ID to be written on tape Res...

Page 31: ...the manufacturer only Timecode time Timecode us bits user bits Delta TCext vs tape which indicates in Chase mode Configuration Menu Chase Mode the offset between Stelladat II and an external Time Code...

Page 32: ...When the SUBCODE ONLY option is selected the ID status screen accessible via the DISP key changes look and displays the subcodes modification options SUB MODIFICATION START ID WRITE START ID ERASE RE...

Page 33: ...See Applications Monitoring Auto option unchanged functioning compared to the previous software versions In PLAY mode the audio on the analog outputs is identical to what can be heard in the headphone...

Page 34: ...disables OFF the use of emphasis by recording Tapes recorded with emphasis will playback correctly regardless of the option selected here Autodetection Source select sub menu Let s you select the audi...

Page 35: ...ey mode sub menu RECORD mode can be launched either by a single press on the REC key or by holding down the PLAY key and pressing the REC key In this sub menu the user decides which way is more approp...

Page 36: ...holding the joystick Locator mem 1 4 If tape location have been stored See Locator Menu and Stelladat II s modes Locator the allocation of the keys to these functions allow to access a location immed...

Page 37: ...de after Loc sub menu This sub menu allows to define in which mode the recorder is set after an ID or Locator address search The choices are PLAY Mode STOP Mode See Stelladat II s modes Locator on pag...

Page 38: ...st manually via the joystick Backlight sub menu To select the LCD screen backlight s intensity OFF LOW MEDIUM HIGH Optical sub menu To activate ON or inhibit OFF the powering of the digital optical in...

Page 39: ...of time defined by the user after having turned the recorder off in order to maintain the internal Time Code Generator s alignment with an external reference e g common to several equipment Off immedi...

Page 40: ...hasis Key combination to start recording REC key only or REC and PLAY key simultaneously Automatic recording of START ID and END ID Mode after loc Rotating time of the tape scanner in STOP mode Activa...

Page 41: ...n type LCD screen type standard or High Contrast Pic version Auxilliary software version Power Information sub menu This screen displays various electrical values present in the device useful for the...

Page 42: ...pressure on the joystick starts instantly the search of the selected location on tape Another faster way to access Locator stored locations is to assign one or several memory registers to the functio...

Page 43: ...EMBLE audio or SUBCODES ONLY STATUS 2 Lim Limiter enabled ON or disabled OFF Tape Cassette unlocked WRITEABLE or locked WRITE PROT NO TAPE No cassette in the tray Copy Copy ALLOWED or PROHIBITED NO TA...

Page 44: ...nt or Ext Out Outgoing Time Code format 30d 30 29d 29 25 or 24 and source Int or Ext Gen Running mode of the TC generator Record run or Free run Ubits Content of the TC user bits Date Date auto inc Fr...

Page 45: ...s Holding the stick to the left activates reverse playback in the same way A press on the STOP key exits the JOG mode SHUTTLE Mode This mode permits fast manual navigation in both directions on tape b...

Page 46: ...ing the ESC key exits the Locator menu In PLAY or REC mode pressing this key clears the memory registers and makes them available for new locations Chase Mode This mode allows to synchronize Stelladat...

Page 47: ...he recorder in Chase mode The Mute chase option mutes the audio while Stelladat II is searching a Time Code to synchronize to it The Soft chase option dims the audio down 12 dB The Hard chase option i...

Page 48: ...1 2 X X RIGHT 3 4 X X STEREO Link TRACKS 1 2 Input 1 P P Input 2 P P Input 3 P P Input 4 P P LEFT ST 1 2 X X RIGHT 3 4 1 2 STEREO 3 4 direct TRACKS 1 2 3 4 Input 1 P P Input 2 P P Input 3 X Input 4 X...

Page 49: ...st let s respect it The solution is quiet simple All that is necessary is to use during the recording a sampling frequency 1 higher 48 048 KHz instead of 48 00 KHz and so a tape played back for the te...

Page 50: ...t allows the user to select the audio signal type to be recorded Analog or Digital In the schematics above the analog source was selected Switch 2 Gives the choice to send to the analog digital conver...

Page 51: ...e analog outputs Power Menu Analog Power Outputs ON Select the Monitor option of the Output select function Setup Menu Output select Monitor At this point the four analog inputs of Stelladat II are di...

Page 52: ...1 supported Tape Configurations 2 tracks 4 tracks Emphasis 50 s 15 s Phase Difference Between Channels 10 20 kHz Signal Delay Time 100 ms read after write Level Meter Peak and VU meters TIME CODE opt...

Page 53: ...ible Impedance 75 Connector BNC Output Format Standard Selection of Square Wave Rising or Falling Edge TTL Compatible Impedance 75 Connector BNC VIDEO SYNC SIGNAL Input Format NTSC PAL SECAM Level 0 3...

Page 54: ...tape is necessary Time Code provides a mean to identify uniquely every frame on a tape i e every 25ieth or 30ieth of a second depending of the standard used It consists of a time marking on tape allow...

Page 55: ...ll controls and connections of the device A battery in particular can be exchanged rapidly without extracting Stelladat II from the case The latter moreover offers a good protection against shocks dus...

Page 56: ...assette We recommend to play it back few seconds only Keep in mind that the tape scanner rotates with 2000 turns per minute Replacing The Heads The Information Screen Menu displays the number of hours...

Page 57: ...g carry out a software reset You ll resume to the default configuration corresponding to the installed software version To reset press simultaneously ESC MON and the joystick down A reset clears your...

Page 58: ...4 track board 072101 back again checking carefully that the contacts are well inserted Close the bottom plate of Stelladat II screwing back the 2 screws and the 4 feet Reconnect the external power su...

Page 59: ...mpatibility between Stelladat II s configuration at 96 kHz and an external sync refe rence at 44 1 kHz AES EBU or wordclock Change Stelladat II s configuration BAT LO Message The battery has reached i...

Page 60: ...Oscillator only Warns that the oscillator has not been powered after Stelladat II s powering off LOW TEMP HEATER ON Message The tape scanner heater switches auto matically on if Stelladat II s interna...

Page 61: ...OUT Message Command reception error on the RS422 port RS422 REPLY TIME OUT Message Data transmission error on the RS422 port START OF TAPE Message Self explanatory TAPE ERROR Alarm Transport error the...

Page 62: ...C TIME OUT Alarm For recorders outfitted with the Time Code module only Time Code CPU error TC PGA1 ERROR Alarm For recorders outfitted with the Time Code module only Time Code CPU error TC PGA2 ERROR...

Page 63: ...lays this message This message also appears if the external reference is of type WordClock other than 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz UP 1 SELECTED Alarm By Stelladat II s power on only Reminds that the sampling f...

Page 64: ...CODE ONLY mode Place the cursor facing the operation to be executed START ID WRITE START ID ERASE or RENUMBER Press the REC key to start the operation Note To erase a START ID the tape must be placed...

Page 65: ...eads We advise to clean the head with a cleaning cassette 5 I can t turn on Stelladat II at all This type of breakdown happens sometimes with the first Stelladat II units in particular with recorders...

Page 66: ...estroy some electronic circuits Avoid touching the circuits and before the next stage touch the chassis of Stelladat II so as to discharge yourself Using a PROM extractor delicately remove the MASTER...

Page 67: ...release from their slot Store the lid where it cannot be scratched Using a 2 mm hex wrench unscrew the four outside screws of the transport plate WARNING An electrostatic discharge can destroy some el...

Page 68: ...68 Using a PROM extractor delicately remove the TRSP identified PROM Continued...

Page 69: ...ful not to trap or squeeze wires Screw back the four transport plate screws To put the lid back in place grab one hinge with each hand holding it upright and insert gently the hinges into their slot P...

Page 70: ...e from their slot Store the lid where it cannot be scratched Using a 2 mm hex wrench unscrew the four outside screws of the transport plate WARNING An electrostatic discharge can destroy some electron...

Page 71: ...ttle effort to pull it out Using a PROM extractor delicately remove the TC identified PROM Insert the new TC PROM watching that its 45 bevelled angle matches with the one on the socket Put the transpo...

Page 72: ...hinge with each hand holding it upright and insert gently the hinges into their slot Push down softly until you hear a click Once the PROM has been replaced please let us know which version has been i...

Page 73: ...er bits Set manual Set time Set User bits Running mode Free run Record run User bits mode Date Date auto inc Free Free auto inc Input format 30 non drop 30 drop Autodetect 24 25 29 97 non drop 29 97 d...

Page 74: ...ter 2 Timecode time Timecode us Bits Delta TC ext vs tape Absolute time Program time Index time Rec date display Date display off Date display on dB scale 1 DSP nominal 0 DAT standard 18 DAT standard...

Page 75: ...Select Analog Digital If Working mode 96KHz Analog Digital Digital transfer Reference clock If Source Select Analog Internal Ref Digital Ref External Ref If Source Select Digital Digital Ref Audio ro...

Page 76: ...OFF F2 FF Original Tone Tone mute Tone toggle Tone mute toggle burst Mic Mic mute Shuttle mode Jog mode Locator mem 1 Locator mem 2 Locator mem 3 Locator mem 4 Go to last rec TC chase ON OFF F3 PLAY O...

Page 77: ...OFF F5 REC Original Tone Tone mute Tone toggle Tone mute toggle burst Mic Mic mute Shuttle mode Jog mode Locator mem 1 Locator mem 2 Locator mem 3 Locator mem 4 Go to last rec TC chase ON OFF Remote c...

Page 78: ...POWER MENU Input channels 1 ON OFF Input channels 2 ON OFF Input channels 3 ON OFF Input channels 4 ON OFF Outputs ON OFF Time out TIME OUT MENU Drum in stop mode 15 min 30 sec High Osc Off immediate...

Page 79: ...ion Power Information U Lithium XX 0 10 V U V XX 0 33 V U DV XX 0 10 V I Brut XX 0 10 A U Brut XX 0 55 V Reset buttons Press ESC MON DOWN joystick simultaneously back to default configuration LOCATOR...

Page 80: ...10 J9 J4 J1 J4 J1 J2 J1 J2 J1 SX072141 24 SX072146 13 3 J1 861013 J9 861003 J8 861003 J7 861003 J6 861003 SX072022 J11 J10 J21 S862010 J9 J8 J15 S862016 J3 S862016 SX072093 JW2 JW3 JW5 JW4 JW1 J9 S862...

Page 81: ...uP uP uP POWER POWER POWER POWER OVD OVD OVD OVD LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL 0 TO 72dB 0 TO 72dB 0 TO 72dB 0 TO 72dB GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN 0 80 120Hz 0 80 120Hz 0 80 120Hz 0 80 120Hz LF CUT LF CUT LF CUT L...

Page 82: ...r 20 PLAY 19 FWD 18 PAUSE 17 STOP 10 REC 9 MON 8 RWD 7 PRG 14 GND 5 GND 4 GND 16 5V 100mA max 15 U LED 100 mA max 11 SDA 13 SCL 12 INT 6 PRESENT 1 MON L 2 MON GND 3 MON R PLAY FWD PAUSE STOP REC MON R...

Page 83: ...SONOSAX DATE DATE DATE AP BY CH BY DR BY AUDIO EQUIPMENT CH 1162 ST PREX NAME SCALE FINISH MATERIAL PART NR 072082 DAT2_ACCESSORY FR4 __ JS JS JS 20 2 1997 28 02 1997 22 02 1999 J3 072082 SONOSAX nr 0...

Page 84: ...P BY CH BY DR BY SCALE FINISH MATERIAL DATE DATE DATE NAME PART NR CH 1162 ST PREX AUDIO EQUIPMENT 28 02 1997 28 02 1997 28 02 1997 JS JS JS __ __ __ 072082 DAT2_ACCESSORY PAUSE PAUSE FWD FWD STOP STO...

Page 85: ...P BY CH BY DR BY AUDIO EQUIPMENT CH 1162 ST PREX NAME SCALE FINISH MATERIAL PART NR 072112 DAT2_DISTRIBUTION_PCB FR4 __ FR JS JS 09 10 1996 3 3 1997 29 07 1997 J 2 1 J9 J8 J3 J6 072112 TO J12 TO J11 T...

Page 86: ...ART NR CH 1162 ST PREX AUDIO EQUIPMENT DAT2_DISTRIBUTION_PCB 072112 __ __ __ FR JS JS 29 07 1997 22 04 1997 07 01 1997 48VM 12V 12V EARTH DV DV 12V 12V DGND DGND LV DVP DVP AGND AGND DGNDP DGNDP GND G...

Page 87: ...4 tracks board which is held on the main board by two connectors 3 Short circuit on the main board the two Pic reset contacts two soldering points 4 Put the 4 tracks board back in its place 5 Screw t...

Page 88: ...DAT II SX S EXTENSION BOX SX S EXTENSION BOX STELLADAT II 20 p ACC connector MON L MON GND MON R REC STOP PAUSE PLAY Mon L GND Mon R Record Stop Pause Play 1 2 3 10 17 18 20 3 2 4 8 9 7 5 9 p male sub...

Page 89: ...tion or Address flashing in the display Press the set key to store To properly position the Time Code within the Video frame you must provide Video to the rear panel connector do NOT set the front pan...

Page 90: ...0sec 00fr Ecc 001 _ _ _ _ _ _ tApe tcF OPtion Hour t SONY 7030 with V5 0A Software FOR DATS recorded at 48048 Hz with 30 FPS Sony 7030 DAT Version 5 0A Menu settings Sony 7030s with 5 0A will PULL DOW...

Page 91: ...ailable set front panel sync Switch to INT most 7030s are accurate enough for transfering production takes Without sync use analog audio outputs or a rate converter To determine the T C type be sure t...

Page 92: ...PEn sync Pb LocAL inPut S PAnEL S EnAbLE SEt dSP cLoSE SEt SP cLoSE SEt Ed cLoSE inPt 00hr 00min 00sec 00fr outPt 00hr 00min 00sec 00fr GAin rnG 12 db inPGain 00db 00db croSFAdE 10 Error cAution Au rE...

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