Sony RM-E700 - Timing Adjustment Flowchart

Timing Adjustment Flowchart
Preparation Insert the supplied demonstration
tape in the video equipment for
playback.
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1 Designate IN and OUT points for 5 Cuts.
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2 Perform the program editing.
Buttons and Controls for Timing
Adjustment
Display window <= PGM/PGM = buttons Honpiadiner
CUT IN button
TIMING ADJ
(adjustment)
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[3 Playback the recorded tape and check the
lag at the IN point.
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4 Compensate for the lag at the IN point.
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5 Playback the recorded tape and check the
lag at the OUT point.
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6 Compensate for the lag at the OUT point.
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this tape. Check whether the IN and OUT
points have been recorded accurately.
7 Perform the program editing again using
Check that the connections of RM-E700/RM-E500, the
unit for playback and the unit for recording are made
properly. Insert a blank tape in the unit for recording.
Make sure that the tape is ready to be recorded on.
Insert the demonstration tape in the unit for playback and
prepare the unit to playback. Press the [> (playback)
button of the PLAYER section on the RM-E700/RM-E500.
Playback the entire tape to get an idea of what data
screen will appear on your TV or monitor for the Timing
Adjustment.
Rewind the tape to the beginning of the Timing
Adjustment section.
Have a pen or something to write with.
PGM (program)
EDIT button ENTRY button
PLAYER operating PGM (program) button
section
The illustration shows the RM-E700.
Designate the IN and OUT points for
5 Cuts.
Press the > button of the PLAYER section.
1 The playback starts.
2 Press the PGM button at once.
You can start designating the Cuts.
3 Using the operating
buttons of the PLAYER | “U
section, locate the
right data screen, and
press the ENTRY CIMT Ke “ADS
button. CUT IN 00s00F
The IN point of Cut 1 is
designated.
4 Using the operating
buttons of the PLAYER | “U
section, locate the
right data screen, and
press the ENTRY fiwiwexauy
button. CUT OUT —-00s00F
The OUT point of Cut 4 is
designated.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to designate the IN
and OUT points for 5 Cuts.
6 After designating the OUT point of Cut 5,
press the PGM button again.
Operation 1
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felel1¢-1 lead Perform the program editing.
Set the recorder in the recording pause
mode.
2 Press the PGM EDIT button.
The RM-E700/RM-E500 performs the program
editing.
Note
Record on the tape for 15 seconds and then set the
recorder to the recording pause mode. After that, press
the PGM EDIT button. You can make the timing
adjustment more accurately.
Playback the recorded tape and
TTR check the lag at the IN point
Playback the recorded tape and write down
the counter reading for the IN point (the
scene where the recording actually starts)
of each Cut. Convert them into frames*.
Cutt __
Write down this counter reading
Obtain the average of the 5 readings by
adding them up and dividing by 5.
Average reading. __F=__S__F
*1 second = 30 frames (NTSC)
1 second = 29 frames (PAL)
Operation 4 Compensate for the lag at the IN point.
Press the TIMING ADJ CUT IN button.
The following indication appears in the display
window.
Display window
Press the ~ PGM/PGM = button until the
average reading for the IN POINT appears.
Example: The average reading is 01 S 22 F.
—————____________ Display window
Press the TIMING ADJ CUT IN button.
The CUT IN and TIMING ADJ indications
disappear from the display window.
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Rewind and playback the recorded
tape and check the lag at the OUT
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Playback the recorded tape and write down
the reading for the OUT point (the scene
where the recording actually stops) of
each Cut. Convert them into frames*.
Cut1 __S_ _F
Cut2 _ _Fe__F
Cut3 _ _Fe__F
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Cut4 __S__F=__F
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Cut5 _ _Fe__F
—— TIMING ADJ
TV or monitor |_CUT OUT
Write down this counter reading.
(It may show a minus reading.)
2 Obtain the average of the 5 readings.
Average reading. _ F=__S__F
if the lag at the OUT point is more than 02SO0F.
1 Perform Operation 6 and set the OUT point to O3SO0F.
2 Perform Operation 5.
3 Add 03S00F and the average reading obtained in step 2.
4 Perform Operation 6 and set the OUT point to the data
obtained in step 3.
; Compensate for the lag at the OUT
UE point.
Press the TIMING ADJ CUT OUT button.
The following indication appears in the display
Display window
Press the <> PGM/PGM = button until the
average reading for the OUT point appears.
Example: The average reading is 01 S 14 F.
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Display window
Press the TIMING ADJ CUT OUT button.
The CUT IN and TIMING ADJ indications
disappear from the display window.
Operation 7
Perform program editing again using this tape.
Check whether the IN and OUT points have
been recorded accurately.