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Fostex PD204 User's Manual

1. SEL gt DA TO HP MON SP REPRO INPUT 7 P SEL OA gt ANALOG OUT oo S FROM RECORDER REPRO DATA ST BUS e TO RECORDER MASTER MITER 4 gt 2TRKFILE Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Input signal selection According to the analog audio signal fed to the ANALOG IN connector set the LINE MIC switch to LINE or MIC When you select MIC set the phantom power switch to 48V DM or T12 appropriately according to the microphone connected LINE MIC switches and phantom power switches High pass filter setting The PD204 is equipped with the high pass filter circuit The cutoff frequency can be adjusted within the range between 50 Hz and 300 Hz while the filter slope can be selected between 6 dB oct and 12 dB oct The filter is useful to eliminate the wind noise during location recording or unnecessary low frequency noise when recording voice or sound You can make filter setting for each channel individually m M oe HPF controls MPa Limiter setting By using the limiter when recording microphone sound the signal level is prevented from exceeding a certain level In result the signal level fluctuation is suppressed By default the threshold of the P
2. 134 SYS SETUP men did 136 Project name setting Set project NAME eee eeeeeee eese eene tette nntn etn tnt tnt ns ta sasenona 137 Default file name setting Default file name eese eeeeeees eene reete entente tn entnn 138 Default track name setting Default TrkName eerie eee eee ee reete tentent tntnonae 140 Next event number setting Next event NO ccccsssssscsscsssccsssssscsssessscssssssscsecesessecsecsssecsesseeees 141 Recording FS bit length setting Record FS amp Bit eere esent nntnn 142 Pull up down setting Pull up down eese eee eeeee eee ee eret tnnt tete tn trn tn etn tns tae ns tas astae 143 Digital output signal format selection Digital out eese reete tntnnnne 144 Diagnoses file setting Diagnoses eese eee eeeee eee ee tette tne tn tnn tn tnn tn teta ttn tns tn inen etnia se 145 Peak hold time setting Peak hold eene esee esee eee ee tette tatnen etnia onnorcononaonannos 146 Slate tone pop tone recording mode setting Tone rec mode sese 147 Pause cancel time setting Pause time e eeeeeeeeeee esses ee eene tn tnnt tn tnnt tne tntn stai nstn inan 149 USB keyboard type setting Keyboard eerie esee eese estne tn teta tnnt status tnttaenon 150 Pre recording time setting
3. cere ee eee ete nennen 61 INPUECONNECH ON ese 62 Analog audio input connection eerie esses eia a E a aaa 62 Digital audio input connection ce esseescessesseccsesseccecsssssseccssssseccecescsssecsscessessaceesssssnsecsasensemeces 63 Timecode input connection rr RE tada 63 Syne signal connection i i eR eee eed esee ia eaae aea eed 63 External audio signal connection for monitoring eese eese nete te entente tnt tntnot 63 OUTPUT COMMECHIONN Rl 64 Analog audio output connection eesesesesesesssessssssesesesesesesesesesesescssssosesosesesesesesesesesesesesesssssosese ss 65 Digital audio output connection coccccocconononncnnononannnnnononnonaononannnonorannonannon corno non cnon an on conan nora ines sang 65 Time code output connection 0 0 ee eeesessesscecscescessessessessessesececeeceessessessessessescesaeeseessesseesessessees 65 Word clock output connection ococcoccconoononncnnncononncnnnonnonnonnnoononncnn noo e e a cnn nnn non n cnc cnn onrrnn nro nono os 65 Other connections 2 00 A ee 66 USB keyboard ConnectiOn viii A A ii ii 66 PG COnBnection A A dd 68 External controller connection ccsssscecessecceccscsccsssscscsecsecsssssssceccsseescsasssscssssescsaseesscsneeesees 68 Power CONNECTION ii a 69 Location Recorder Model PD204 5 Safety Instructions Table of contents Connection examples 222 91 11 ld ia salada 70 Connection example for recording
4. 3 Use the MENU dial to select the File Info menu item and press the ENTER YES key The display changes to show the Edit descriptor screen on which you can view the current file information You can view the descriptor information on the next level screen while the other items are shown on this screen You can scroll the screen by rotating the MENU dial DISK UTILITY UTILITVRFile info Edit file namek O gt File info P Egit E a oe USSL LE Lor F Delete fileb is HL descrigstork Restore Del filer late Piikki kikk Format k EE imeri o Feel Ho xxu Start idee e t 4 While Edit descriptor is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display goes down to the next level screen of Edit descriptor and shows the BWF sound sequence information You can view and edit the recording area up to 265 characters of the description area specified by the BWF standard for the sound sequence information of a BWF file UTILIT kFile infa UTILITY File info qoe nat E EDBIT DESCEIPFTOE Edit descrirFtork A E ikRML descriptor BzLfSCEHE Ed Ekkeee ee Date Doo ASC TAKE asset amp t ime d ok 2 tok 2 tok Barr TAPES HEHEH Start tek eke F BSC fF EUEHT Sak 192 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu By rotating the MENU dial the sound sequence information is scrolled See the next page for details about the
5. 1 PLAY 2 REWIND 3 PAUSE 4 STOP 5 FAST FORWARD 6 4 7 REC 8 CUE point entry 9 PP lt How it works gt Each operation is active by grounding the corresponding terminal see page 43 for details PARALLEL PLAY STOP REC GND SHIFT REW DC OUT FF CO N OD Aa BR ow Pp External controller 68 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 4 Basic connections Power connection The DC IN connector XLR 4 32 type on the left side panel is used for operating the unit on the optional AC adaptor or an external battery The PD204 also pro vides the DC OUT connector for supplying DC 12V to an external device External device DC OUT DC IN 1 GND 1 GND 2 NC 2 NC 3 NC 3 NC 4 DC12 24V 4 DC12 24V Optional AC adaptor etc lt Notes gt e The DC OUT connector can deliver up to 0 5 ampere electric current at DC 12V to 24V Only connect a device which meets this requirement We strongly recommend using the DC OUT connector while you are operating the PD204 on the AC adaptor or an external battery If you use the DC OUT connectors to supply the power to an external device while the PD204 runs on the battery the battery power is exhausted quickly Location Recorder Model PD204 EL NN Chapter 4 Basic connections Connection examples Connection example for recording 1 The following
6. Click on Audio Import Audio Select and click on Import Audio Select and click on DVD drive or partition on the desktop indicated by an arrow3 The disk volume label in the example shown on the next page shows the default tentative name If you edit the volume label Reel Number in the process of disk formatting the edited volume label is shown 118 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Import Aud CEASE 2 Adaptec Toast 4 1 10 1 4 Y PA LO DEdit 1 1 00 Z4 Y PA gt Jovao ovo C Fade28 a Select and click on DVD c TEEN A ZO ZA Y PA o drive or partition 5 Select and click on an audio file in the bwff directory on the disk indicated by an arrow 4 The selected audio file is shown in Region in current file 6 Click on Convert gt followed by Done indicated by an arrow 5 The display shows the window for saving a file Import Audio n bwit 200 50 we 20044 1A 168 REB 8 58 20044 1A 16B HB 6 35 Select bwff Type WAY Bit Depth 24 2004011521 3550 wav must be converted to be Length 0 58 581 Semple Rete 96000 He used because ProTools LE does not support sessions Size 65915 8k Channels 4 with mixed audio file types The selected audio Regions in current fie Regions currently chosen
7. IHO soon J is mi tod nn anor XQ 2 y 1 SaNOHd ug 8 m r Fal s i 3 LOSS gt Sw pas cC ly Ys ES c i o m e aa E ova gt 9018 nd9 sna 1s al HS i g3ounos gt Y indi o H a 5 Yul les gt oav B o a ena uai3w 1371 mje E E Sud iu AU us o i ia RAINS o i Walsvw d Loo ANo HH i sng Ls Y Fi A o s ova Nd 3o i uawod DIN 8 H 1 lt El 1 aav i lo NN eH TULO NIV Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 9 Specifications AG adaptor ise reete d 22 28 ALE file O mark AUTO COPY die dash 104 Auto copy A A 105 B ck light 2 2 m ne ue 30 Battery warning eene 166 Back ground mode ses 104 BATT indicator eene 29 Bar graphi ns rtis 26 Battery plate eene 19 Battery condition eene 26 Bitrate sets BWF Manager Chain play O tti Channel link Copy mode dicit reti ftre Controller connection 68 Cona uus o EN ee ee 30 Connection tiec winnie 61 Continuous recording sss 77 153 Cueing playback esee 97 Cue point setting see 93 Current drive eerie ness 57 84 Date ane EC ee 138 Per 28 DDR mode xen enitn 113 198 Deleting a file esses 196 Didi aiii 175 Diskewarnlrig tt 1
8. eee anneni astana teen einen ttn tns tne tn tts tn essen etae ases eastae 84 Recording analog audio signals 1 e nen nnn nnen nn 85 Starting TecOrding 2 us aee tertiis e da dadas 85 Canceling recording False Start 4 eee a ettet ente einen tn tns aidin aia esaea cos 86 Recording in Pre rec MOGE 4s ee steed eese da idad 87 Recording a slate tone slate mic signal eese esee esee tette ente tnnt tn tns entia tts tn etae astae 88 Recording digital audio signals ccce ereeeeeeeenenee 89 Selecting the sampling frequency bit length eese esee sete teste enne tn tnn tetas tn sinn 89 Selecting the system nai A din 89 Recording time COJO sisi A A AAA cL weis VEG 90 Selecting the TC frame Tri A idad 90 Selecting the TC generate mode TC recording mode eese eene tnter 90 Automatic record start by external time code eee eese eeeee teen ettet tate tatnen e tntnot 91 Setting the time code output eese eee eee eee ee enne ennt tn entia tns tn etat nt tae tn ensis estne ane ss tne tn estne ast ae 9 Force jamming to external time code Jam function ree 92 Guepolnt selling E ita 93 Setting a cue point on the fly during audio recording esee eene eene tntnen 93 Viewing tbe cue point list ee A d eee teet
9. eene 39 Left side panel inputs outputs eere rn 40 Right side panel inputs outputs eere erre 42 diner es PR ERLA 44 A hea ete kde Aaaa NAANA NA aAa ERSE S RSNA 52 RA EED E E EEEE E EO 54 LCD display deta dia 55 ANI AA RRE RAN 55 Time Gis plays tn e n e ean a e ere ici 55 Status ABfOrmlatiOTi nete oc etre Peces hii ee esee e deae ee ead ea e uda Cea ERES ED Eee go 56 Eilemame Next file mate aiii dd dad 57 Disk remailiig x iren A tete ee oie ete eiie Feel beaded ces eda ie dre Roo dE ee Ra ta SEEN ed eh dis 57 Current drive file number 2 econtra ee deae ve kel Miata ech saedev elven adea Ped eda DO ce setas 57 PrOte CE ICOB SS 1 1 cootra o hd coco Code rd a e ac eccl 57 Screen examples eei ATEO 58 MENUS SEA cias Ss 58 SYS SETUP Menu Sree es ses srna k Aeaaeai aaae e ataia EEE Eeee a aiai eaaa 58 BATTERY SETUP MEUS OA a ci 58 TGSETUP MENU SCREEN id 58 DISK UTILITY Ment SCT and 58 USBTO PG MENU O rte etuer tropa esse ted evade e ee He elects Os 58 EDIT EDL FILE Menu STE aio 59 Audio file select Screen iude periere a ek EE ea ehh ed 59 DriveselectSCteen uae deett tonta eee der ede dace a bue ada Ree ta aan 59 CUE EIST Eur 59 Contrast adjustment screen ceeesesssscessseccescesscssseccesssecesssessesceessessessesseeseesesssesseesessenssasees 59 Chapter 4 Basic connections
10. zy sk SYStlimiter Parameter Pre rec timetl sec Max file lenath zh Auto Fart link ff Threshold False startiFename Bde Limi ter Parameterbk Ratio 1 5 Stereo out leusl 4 Grouping setting Use the MENU dial to select the Grouping and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing EVSkLimiter Parameter SVUSkLimiter Parameter Brourina Flashing Threshold Threshold dB Bde Katia 1 5 Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Selectable between Mono and 1 4 the default is Mono Mono The limiter for each channel works independently Channels 1 through 4 are grouped and limiters for channels 1 through 4 work the same according to the input levels of channels 1 through 4 The limiter for the stereo buss is always L R linked Threshold level setting Use the MENU dial to select the Threshold and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing SVvSkLimiter rarameter SWYSPLimiter Parameter arourina RHr aurins Hana E Moric Threshold Ratio 1 5 Flashing Ratio 1 5 EL Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Selectable between
11. 20040115213550 Casa Bj 20040115213550 Add all gt _ Conveft An J D Start 0 00 000 gi gt 00 000 T 5 file is shown Click on Done End 0 58 581 al Length 0 58 581 uu l Convert gt Click on Convert _ gt 7 Select a saving file and click on Select indicated by an arrow 6 The computer starts saving the file to the selected file 233 S ORR 2 0 0 b y Audio Files b GQ Fade Files Processing Audio D Ej Video Files Choose a destination folder Cancel Select Click on Select Location Recorder Model PD204 119 Chapter 6 Advanced operations The saved file is added to the audio region list indicated by an arrow 7 20040115213550 L 20040115213550 C 20040115213550 R 20040115213550 S The saved file is shown 8 After making Spot active drag and drop the audio region list to the track area indicated by an arrow 8 The Spot Dialog setting window appears Spot Dialog Current Time Code E Time Scale Min Secs Start E25 Sync Point 6 14 491 End 6 28 934 Duration 0 14 442 Use Subframes Original Time Stamp 60 00 000 4 User Time Stamp 60 00 000 AM x 9 Click on UP
12. Power PrioritauiDC 1H Active batters BATT Active batteru BATT1I BATT Fenain then BATT Remain thet ATT status bk BATT status Fk Available options for a BMS battery 12 0V 12 3V 12 6V 12 9V 13 2V default 13 5V and 13 8V 12 9V or higher is recommended Available options for a non BMS battery 10 5V 11 0V 11 5V 12 0V 12 3V 12 6V 12 9V 13 2V default 13 5V and 13 8V we recommend the following setting depending on the battery type For NiCd battery 10 5V For Lithium lon battery 12 9V or higher Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Note When you make recording using a BMS battery if the remaining time until the battery drops down to the threshold voltage becomes less than one minute the warning message appears on the display And after a minute passes the unit auto matically stops recording When you make recording using a non BMS battery if the battery voltage reaches the threshold voltage the warning message appears on the display And after a minute the unit automatically stop recording If another spare battery is also mounted the unit automatically switches the power source to it after the warning message appears on the display When you make recording using a lithium ion battery we recommend setting the threshold voltage to around 12 9V because
13. Time code input connection The TIME CODE IN connector balanced XLR 3 31 accepts SMPTE EBU time code To record external time code set the TC generator mode to Ext Run Ext By default the TC generator mode is set to Rec Run however you can select the desired mode via the quick setup mode or the Gen mode item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 76 and 177 When the PD204 receives valid external time code from the TIME CODE IN con nector and the time display mode on the display is set to LTC IN you can view the incoming time code value as well as the frame rate you can switch the time display mode using the TIME TC SET key When incoming time code satisfies the following conditions it is valid 1 Time code runs in normal direction and value is continuous 2 Sync word matches the frame rate 3 Time code is not dropped out e For details about how to jam to external time code see Chapter 5 Recording playback described later Sync signal connection The PD204 provides the WORD VIDEO IN connector BNC type which is used to lock the PD204 to an external word or video reference The connector accepts a word or video clock from an external device the clock type is automatically detected which makes the PD204 locked to the external de vice External audio signal connection for monitoring The signal fed to the AUX IN L R connectors are routed to the monitor circuit Using
14. 2 Use the MENU dial to select the EDIT EDL FILE menu and press the ENTER YES key The unit enters the EDIT EDL FILE menu and the display now shows the ALE screen for selecting an ALE file On the example screen below ALL TAKE ale is shown MEHL MENU HALE P Sys SETUP d BATTERY SETUP F s TC SETUP d m Hew file DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC 3 While ALL TAKE ale is highlighted press the ENTER YES key After showing Please wait the display shows the screen for editing an ALE file on which Remake ALE is highlighted 4 Use the MENU dial to select the Delete ALE file and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for deleting the selected ALE file on which Are you sure flashes WMEMURALEREdit ALE MEMURALEREdit ALE HLL THKE ale Telete file glelete ALE filer ALL TAKE ale Save ALE filer ERE ee Flashing Remake ALEP Edit ALE namer WestENTER key Midea Format HTSC Ho Exit keg 5 Press the ENTER YES key to delete the file The ALE file is deleted and the display returns to show the screen for selecting an ALE file 6 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the EDIT EDL FILE menu Location Recorder Model PD204 BEN Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu 132 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Chapter 8 MENU mode
15. Pull up down setting Pull up down The Pull up down menu item makes clock pull up down when the unit is referenced to the internal clock You can also make the setting via the quick setup mode on the Home screen The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit 1 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHO F SV Set project namek Default file namek Default Trk Hamer Hext event Ro 66d 1 Record FSiB1t145k 24 Pull uredownt 8 8 BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC Fr e a Use the MENU dial to select the Pull up down menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option SS SyS PUll uer doun Record FS amp EBittrdBk 24 Record FS amp Bit 4B82k 24 Pull ur doun E Full ue dc EEE Flashing Auto corps Ott Auto corauiDff Disital out AES EBU Disital out AES EELU DiasnosesitOff Diasnozes t ff Feak hold Ige Feak hold sec You can select from among 0 1 0 0 and 0 1 the default is 0 0 0 096 0 196 0 196 23 97 FPS 24 FPS 23 97 FPS The TC frame changes only when the clock is pulled up 24 FPS 24 FPS 23 97 FPS The TC frame change
16. BATT1 is active standby Pop up window POWER CHANGE BATT1 gt gt BATT2 BATT2 indicator is lit Clear CLEAR keu l l Status information display BATT POLIER 1 A battery is AP Dou BATTE being replaced BATT2 indicator is lit Status information display BATT1 BATT2 is active Oo battery P i Ll E E replacement HATTE finished Pop up window F WER CHANGE BHTT2 gt gt BATT BATT1 indicator is lit CleartCLEAR kes Status information display m BATT2 F i Ll E E battery S BATT1 is active beng BATT replaced Location Recorder Model PD204 171 Chapter 8 MENU mode BATTERY SETUP menu Battery remaining time BATT Remain When you use a battery with BMS Battery Management System the BATT Remain item shows the remaining time until the battery voltage reaches the threshold low voltage set by the BATT warning item in one minute steps You can also see the remaining time via the BATT status item see the next page 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key followed by the ENTER YES key 2 Use the MENU dial to select the BATTERY SETUP menu and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for battery related settings MEL BATTER SYS SETUP BATT Warning 13 21 DC IM warning 13 68 Power Priority DC IH Active batters BATT BATT Femain they BATT status Fk TC SETUP DISK
17. Chapter 8 Table of contents ADOUTMENU MOG e DEC 134 SYS TETU duree J 136 Projectname SAA noaa SA NARA 137 Default Mle AA REC 138 Default track name setting 140 Next event number setting Recording FS bit length setting Pull up down setting 143 Digital output setting Diagnoses file setting Peak hold time setting sss 146 Slate tone pop tone recording mode setting 147 Pause cancel time Setting P 149 USB K yboard type setting ns edet a cias 150 Pre rec time setting Maximum file length SENS t 152 Continuous a PANA Ee CERE Ire det ere Rebel eMe eden CERE oraaa ed oen ee erret bin 153 False start mode setting 155 Limiter parameter setting 156 ANALOG OUT nominal level setting 158 Monitor speaker mute setting 159 Error tone output setting Chain play mode setting 163 ROM versio checking a Eu Nee ee 164 BATTERY SET duce 165 Battery low voltage warning setting DC IN low voltage warning setting Power supply priority setting Battery Priory uc MD H 169 Battery remaining time Ce soot A DAR ANVE Nee eee aee PRA VERNA eee Seen aM EYE 172 Battery inb c RI MEE 173 TC SETUP ur E
18. Sets the LTC start time of a playback file Rep TC Ubit Sets userbit of playback time code Rep Pause TC Selects On Off of time code output while paused Recln via ExtTc Selects on off of automatic recording mode when receiving external time code TC PWR Timer Timer off setting of the internal TC generator after the unit is powered off Note You can bring up the TC SETUP menu by the following procedure as well as the procedure described on the next page 1 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters MENU mode and brings up the MENU list screen for selecting the desired main menu MEHL s TUP SETUP TC SETUP PISE UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USE to PC Use the MENU dial to select the TC SETUP menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen MEHL fm Mm aro BATTERY SET DISK UTILI EDIT EDL F USE to FC TC SETUP Sync clock IHT Frame rater 2s jen mode Free Run Set Gen TCF Set Gen llbitk JAM mode BOTH SETUP 174 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu System clock selection Sync clock Using the Sync clock menu item you can select the system clock reference If you connect the PD204 to an external digital or video machine which does not have sync clock output facility us
19. clearsciear kes BATTE BATT1 indicator is unlit Status information display Pop up window BATT is on power change MA standby DC IN is restored BATTI gt gt DC IH S II Clear CLEAR key Dc iM lt Example 2 gt The battery mounted on battery mount 1 is normally used while the DC IN is on standby for backup Power priority BATT Active battery BATT1 BATT1 indicator is lit Status information display BATT1 is active DC IN i tandb P ul LJ Fi IN is on standby BATT Status information display BATT1 indicator is unlit BATT1 battery is Pop up window being replaced PONER CHANGE ned BATT1 gt gt DC IH lt Clear CLEAR key DC IN is active BATT 1 indicator is lit A BATT1 battery Pop up window display replacement Pnl __ m finished pc QMeR CHANGE JIM al M Clear CLEAR kes iuum DC IN is on standby 170 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode BATTERY SETUP menu Example 3 gt Batteries are mounted on both battery mounts and can be used continuously Power priority BATT If no power is supplied to DC IN this item has no effect Active battery BATT1 You may select BATT1 or BATT2 whichever you like Each time battery is replaced the active battery automatically changes though you can manually select it BATT1 indicator is lit Status information display Si BATT2 is on
20. 1Vrms Reference level 20dBFS ANALOG INPUT CH1 4 Connectors LINE Input impedance Input level Maximum input level MIC Input impedance Input level Maximum input level AUX INPUT L R Connectors Input impedance Input level Maximum input level ANALOG OUTPUT L R Connectors Output load impedance Reference output level MENU mode Maximum output level 24dBu PHONES Connector 6mm dia stereo phone jack Applicable load impedance More than 32 Q Maximum output level 200mW at 32 Q DIGITAL IN Connectors XLR 3 31 type balanced pin 2 hot Format IEC60958 Part2 S P DIF or IEC 60958 Part3 AES EBU auto selection DIGITAL OUT Connectors XLR 3 32 type balanced pin 2 hot Format IEC60958 Part2 S P DIF or IEC 60958 Part3 AES EBU The format of an output signal is selected in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode TIME CODE IN Connector XLR 3 31 type balanced pin 2 hot Format SMPTE EBU Input impedance More than 20k Q Reference input level 2V p p Minimum input level 0 25V p p TIME CODE OUT Connector XLR 3 32 type balanced pin 2 hot Format SMPTE EBU Output impedance Less than 1k Q Reference output level 2V p p Output load impedance More than 600 Q VIDEO WORD IN Connector Reference input level XLR 3 31 type balanced pin 2 hot More than 10k Q 4dBu 32dBu 24dBu More than 2k Q 84dBu 70dBu 14dBu XLR 3 31 type balanced pin 2 hot
21. Delete flashing Select the edit point using the m gt gt keys edit the value using the MENU dial and confirm the setting by pressing the ENTER YES key the display re turns to the CUE LIST screen Note Regardless of the cursor position pressing the CLEAR key resets the time data to 00h 00m OOs OOsf 94 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Deleting a cue point To delete an unnecessary cue point select lt Delete gt using the MENU dial and press the ENTER YES key Sure flashes CUE LISTFEdit CLTC CUE LISZTkEditkb LTC CUE Ho 44 Edit CHE Ho M2 Edit Label BCFEND Label CBCEENE AA is Position Position 6651m28514f last G6h3im24s16f lest Delete flashing flashing Press the ENTER YES key again to delete the cue point from the list The display returns to the home screen To exit the CUE LIST screen press the EXIT key Adding a new cue point to the cue point list While the CUE LIST screen is shown you can add a new cue point to the list Select a desired cue number which does not hold data By pressing the ENTER YES key time data of the current recorder position is set as the cue point In the example below Cue 05 is set when the current recorder position is 01h 58m 20s f sf LTC time CUE LISTE CLTC CUE LISTE CLTC Bi BCSSTART B anz2ms4 Bi B
22. FhasicalFormati Off tins and delete pu CEXECUTE J E PTOZ HD area data C mt time Akhiksi Flashing 7 If you are sure press the ENTER YES key to execute formatting The display now shows the formatting progress indication When formatting completes Completed is shown UTILITY Format UTILITY Forma FORMATTIHG Drive DUDRFTSS Tine eb HaekppekS Frit Come let ed 0 5h Inn 114 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 6 Advanced operations 8 Pressing the EXIT key repeatedly to exit the MENU mode After exiting the MENU mode the display returns to the Home screen of the formatted partition PTO2 in this procedure example while the unit scans the mirror disk On the Home screen of a DDR formatted partition HE flashes Making dual drive recording The following procedure is assumed that the selected partition PTO2 is DDR formatted and a mirror disk is set to the DVD multi drive Note To execute dial drive recording you must set a mirror disk to the DVD RAM disk drive If a wrong disk is set to the DVD RAM disk drive or no disk is set the PD204 detects an error when scanning the mirror disk and shows a caution message Difference DDR mirror disk etc When it scans a correct mirror disk Presence DDR mirror disk is shown Note When starting dual drive recording if the current drive is Normal formatted switch to a DDR formatted
23. LOCATION RECORDER Model PD204 FILE SEL LIGHT PREREC JAM ACCESS HDD DVO PD204 LOCATION RECORDER Owner s Manual Fostex Safety Instructions Table of contents RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE SEIT INSTRUCTIONS Read Instructions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated 2 Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference 3 Heed Warnings All warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions should be adhered to 4 Follow Instructions All operating and use instructions should be followed 5 Water and Moisture The appliance should not be used near water for example near a bathtub washbowl kitchen sink laundry tub in a wet basement or near a swimming pool and the like 6 Carts and Stands The appliance should be used only with a cart or stand that is recommended by the manufacturer LAY An appliance and cart combination should be moved with care Quick stops excessive force and uneven surfaces may cause the appliance and cart combination to overturn 7 Wallor Ceiling Mounting The applian
24. The current setting starts flashing SY5FTone rec mode SYSkTone pec mode Ione pec mode Tone rec made Tone rec time asec Tone rec tine RSET Flashing Tone reciOff Tone rect ff End For tone ff End For tone ff Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Selectable between 1sec and 30sec in one second steps the default is 10sec Tone rec On Off setting Use the MENU dial to select the Tone rec and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing SYSkTone pec mode SySk one pec mode Tone pec mode Tone pec mode Tone rec times lBsec Tone rec time lAsec Tone reci ff Tone rec Flashing End For tone ff End For tone ff Location Recorder Model PD204 147 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu 4 Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Selectable between Off TONE and 4POP TONE the default is Off Off No slate or pop tone is recorded TONE The slate tone at 1kHz is recorded for the duration set by Tone rec time The pop tone at 1kHz is recorded The cycle of 0 5 sec tone and 0 5 sec mute recording 4POP TONE is made four times repeatedly End pop tone setting Use the MENU dial to select the End pop tone and
25. dual recording takes priority to auto copy Note Editing the name or meta data of the file on the partition does not reflect to the data on the DVD RAM disk Note Auto copy cannot be canceled by False start Selecting a partition Select a partition to which audio data is recorded 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the FILE SEL DRV PAT key The display shows the DRIVE SEL screen On this screen DVD represents the DVD multi drive while PTO1 through PT16 represent the hard disk partition DRIWE SEL O pecan CORWIC REEL pla Note You can also bring up the DRIVE SEL screen by the procedure below 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 Use the MENU dial to select DRV PAT SEL and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DRIVE SEL screen KUN Location Recorder Model PD204 2 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Use the MENU dial to select the desired partition and press the ENTER YES key The display changes to show the Home screen for the selected partition The following shows the screen example when you select unused partition 2 PO2 Selecting auto copy mode You can make setting of the auto copy mode via the Auto copy item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode The following proced
26. of the current name flashes EMURALEREdit ALE MEHLIIFHLEREdit ALE BHLL THKE ale Edit file name Gelete ALE filer Save ALE filer ERE TAR Sale Remake ALEP HEdit HLE namek Wideo format PAL Flashing Use the H4 e p gt gt keys to move the cursor position and use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter a desired character By pressing the CLEAR key repeat edly when the cursor is pointing the leftmost character you can clear the whole name The file extension ale is automatically added to the name so you do not need to enter it After completing editing the name press the ENTER YES key The new name is confirmed and the display returns to the screen on which you can select an editing item Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the EDIT EDL FILE menu Location Recorder Model PD204 129 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu Remaking an ALE file If you edit the start time end time or the description information of an audio file which is listed in the ALE file the ALE file must be remade You can also remake the ALE file which contains only audio files whose Circle take is set to On The following procedure describes how to remake the ALE file named ALL TAKE ale assuming that any of audio files listed in the ALE file has been edited after it was added to the ALE file 1 2 3 4 5 While the unit
27. 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHIJ p yk TET Project namek Default file namek m Default Trk Hamer Mext event Mo hee 1 Record FS52B1t145k lt 24 Full ur doun 4 8 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Digital out menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option 545 SETUP BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC FF F RR SSP SySkDisital aout Hest event Ho AAAH 1 Hext event Ho Bad i Record FS amp Bitr4Bk4 24 Record FSt Biti4ok 24 Full ur amp doun ALA gt E a B Bx Aut tort Lito carus HERE OEE AES EBU Disital out Ea Flashing Diasnases 0ff Diasnozsest ff You can select from among AES EBU and S P DIF the default is AES EBU AES EBU IEC 60958 Part3 AES EBU format digital signal is output S P DIF IEC 60958 Part2 S P DIF format digital signal is output 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 144 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Diagnoses file setting Diag
28. HLE file entriss Samele FRG 4SkHz Hei entras TAFE Sei TC frame 25 Dror frame Dff 3 While New entry gt is highlighted press the ENTER YES key After showing Please wait the display changes to show the screen for selecting audio files If you select Entry all gt all audio files on the current disk which can be added to the ALE file are added You can also select from individual files shown below Entry all gt HEHLIKHLEKEditkEntr3kH 5el new entriez Entra all oap SEO bat eee LL pee EHE Ling EGRE EHE EG ERE E LL Location Recorder Model PD204 125 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu 4 5 6 7 8 Note We recommend setting an audio file you want to add to an ALE file later as Circle Take When the file is set as Circle Take is added to the beginning of the file name so that you can distinguish the file easier see below for details How to set a file as Circle Take gt To set a file as Circle Take press the CIRCLE TAKE key while a desired audio file is loaded When the file is set as Circle Take O is added to the beginning of the file name Pressing the CIRCLE TAKE key again removes 0 is not shown on the Home screen however you can see it on the file select screen To bring up the file select screen press the FILE SEL key In the following screen e
29. IHT Frame Pater 25 mode Free Run Gen TCk Gen Ubit mode BOTH Use the MENU dial to select the Recln via ExtTC menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select On or Off TC SETUP Default LTC starter Edit LT start Rer TC Ubit EEEEERRR Fer pause ToIOft SRecIn via ExticiDrf TC PUE Timer omirn Te SETUPRREecIn via Ex Default LT startk Edit LTC start Fer TC llbi tt EEEEEFFFE Rer Pause TC ff RecIn via ExtT cH TC PWE Timer Smin Flashing Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select from among On and Off the default is Off When the unit receives external time code whose frame rate matches the frame setting of the unit the unit automatically starts recording Off When the unit receives external time code whose frame rate matches the frame setting of the unit the unit does not automatically start recording Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu Internal TC generator power off timer TC PWR Timer Using the TC PWR Time item you can set the time until the TC generator turns off after turning off the main unit It is set to five minutes by default so after the PD204 is turned off the internal TC generator
30. Location Recorder Model PD204 179 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu 3 Jamming the time code value in Free run mode If you press the TIME key while the editing screen the Set Gen TC screen where an editing point is flashing is shown the LTC start time is jammed to the internal realtime clock data Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode User bit setting Set Gen Ubit You can set the time code user bit and user bit mode of the time code which is output from the TIME CODE OUT connector when the Sel TC Out item is set to Gen 1 2 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen TC SETUPR Frame rate 25 Gen mode Free Run Set Ger TCh Set Gen llbitk JAM mode BOTH Use the MENU dial to select the Set Gen Ubit menu item and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the Set Gen Ubit screen on which you can set the user bit mode and the user bit value TC SETUP TC SETUP Set Gen Ubit EL t Gen TCP Ubit MD nuin Set Gen Ubitk ser nh Ba 06 B JAM mode BOTH biti aa 66 Be 66 Sel TC aout eee Select MENU dial Default LTC start Edit ENTER kes Edit LTC ztartk Exit ESIT key Sets the user bit mode See the Shows the current table below for details about the user bit You
31. More than 10k Q 4dBu 24dBu XLR 3 32 type balanced pin 2 hot More than 10k Q 4dBu 10dBu 60dBu The reference output level is selected in the SYS SETUP menu of the BNC type auto software selection TTL level with 75 Q termination switch WORD OUT Connector BNC type Output level TTL level PARALLEL REMOTE Connector MINI DIN 8pin female 9P REMOTE Connector D sub 9pin USB KYBD Connector USB Series A Receptacle 210 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 9 Specifications USB PC Connector USB Series B Receptacle USB HOST Connector USB Series A Receptacle DC IN Connector XLR 4 32 type male Input power requirement DC12V 24V DC OUT Connector Hirose 4pin female Matched connector HIROSE HR10A 7P 4P Rated output voltage DC12V 24V Max 0 5A Recording playback Recording medium DVD RAM DVD R RW CD R RW DVD R RW CD R RW can used for data backup only 1 8 inch hard disk drive Sampling frequency quantization 44 1kHz 48kHz 16bit 44 1KkHz 48kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz 176 4kHz 192kHz 24bit Recording track 2 tracks R P frequency response 20Hz 20kHz 1dB FS 44 1 48kHz 20Hz 40kHz 2dB FS 88 2 96kHz 20Hz 70kHz 3dB FS 176 4 192kHz Signal to Noise ratio ADC DAC 24bit Ref 20dBFS Fs 48kHz LINE INPUT GAIN 4dBu 107dB Typical Dynamic range ADC DAC 24bit Ref 20dBFS Fs 48kHz LINE 105dB Typical Reference recording le
32. Pre rec time oococonccococaonnonononnnnnnnononnonnononconnonononnnnnononano con tns tn sata san 151 Maximum file length setting Max file length eese eene eere entente tnntnn 152 Continuous recording function Auto part link eerie eene ee tentent nntnnnn 153 False start mode setting False Start eese eee ee esent tne rn tne tn tnn tn enin on non etatnstn inae 155 Limiter parameter setting Limiter parameter eese eene eene etn tn tnnt ntn tnnt 156 ELE Location Recorder Model PD204 Safety Instructions Table of contents ANALOG OUT nominal level setting Stereo out level eee 158 Monitor speaker mute setting Speaker mute cocococococonononononononononononononononononononononananononononos 159 Error tone output setting Error tone issis iini 160 Chain play mode setting Chain play o ococononoronoronanonnnanaononononononononononaconananananncnononononononononenos 163 ROM version checking Version o ocococononononorononananonananacnononononononononenononanananinacnonononononorononenonenos 164 BATTERY SETUP Menu a studies 165 Battery low voltage warning setting BATT Warning eese 166 DC IN low voltage warning setting DC IN warning eere eene 167 Power supply priority setting Power priority eese tentent tette 168 Battery priority setting Active battery
33. The buffered time is set to 10 seconds by default but this can be changed to desired time between 1 and 10 seconds in 1 second steps using the Pre rec time item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 151 When you press the PAUSE key to stop recording the recorder will stop after executing post recording which records audio data stored in the buffer PRE REC switch lt Notes gt e When the PRE REC switch is set to ON the ANALOG OUT connectors output analog audio input signals with no delay but output a delayed digital input signal If you switch the Fs setting to ON wait ten seconds to start recording Otherwise the audio signal stored in the buffer is recorded with altered Fs Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Recording a slate tone slate mic signal While sliding and holding the SLATE switch to TONE or MIC the slate tone at 1kHz reference level or the slate microphone signal is fed to all tracks allowing you to record the slate tone or the slate microphone signal during recording Slate microphone SLATE switch If you set the Tone rec mode item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode appropri ately the slate tone is automatically recorded at the beginning of an audio file which is created when recording is made You can select the slate tone type between continuous tone and 4 pop tones For details about Tone rec mode menu item see
34. USB to FC ls e m RR d Use the MENU dial to select the Speaker mute menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option Sy uk Srs bsreaker mute Auto Fart link 0ff Auto Fart links ff False start Rename False start REename Limiter rFarameterk Limiter Parameter Stereo out leveli 4 Stereo out leusl t4 SEeaker mute Or SrFeaker mute Flashing Error tonet Error tonet You can select between On and Off the default is On Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 KEN Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Error tone output setting Error tone The Error tone menu item selects whether generating the error tone warning tone or not for each of four kinds of troubles see below independently 1 2 3 A write error happens during recording Write error The peak indicator lights due to input overload during analog recording or clipping of the stereo buss Input clip The battery voltage drops below the threshold voltage set by the BATT warning menu item BATT warning The remaining recording time of a disk or a partition gets under the specified time Disk warning 3 While the unit is stop
35. continues working for five more minutes 1 2 3 4 gon Clock IHT Frame rater 25 Hen mode Free Fun Set Ger TCk Set Ger libitk JAM modes BOTH When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen TC SETUP Use the MENU dial to select the Recln via ExtTC menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option TC SETUPE Default LTC startk Edit LT startk Rer TC Ubit EEEEEFFFE Fer Pause TC Dff Recin Via ExtlciOff TC PWE Timer Smin Use the MENU dial to select the desired option your setting TC SETUPPFTC PWR Timer iefault LTL starter Edit LTC start Fer TC llbi tt EEEEERRR Fer pause Toft FecIn via ExtTciO0ff TC PUE Timer Flashing 8hour and Cont Continue the default is 5min and press the ENTER YES key to confirm You can select from among Omin 5min 10min 15min 30min 1hour 2hour 4hour Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Note When any option except Omin is selected the display backlight flashes weakly and slowly after turning off the PD204 indicating that the internal TC gen erator is still working We recommend selecting shorter time for the TC PWR
36. filek HORROR nata Format Reel Hao asset E Flashing lt Note gt To cancel deleting a file press the EXIT key while Sure is flashing You cannot cancel the operation after starting deleting 4 Press the ENTER YES key again The unit starts deleting the current audio file While executing deleting Please wait is flashing on the display When the delete operation is completed Completed appears on the display and the unit automatically exits the MENU mode EI Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Restoring a deleted audio file Restore Del file Using the Restore Del file menu item you can restore a hidden file which is deleted by the Delete file menu Note A file deleted by computer operation cannot be restored 1 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MEHU b PISE UTILITY 513 SETUP BATTERY SETUP JEdit file namek File info k Delete filek Restore Del filek Format F Reel Hos ett EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC a a Lal DISK UTILITY k k Use the MENU dial to select the Restore Del file menu item and press the ENTE
37. manufacturer s instructions Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Location Recorder Model PD204 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over LA A gt Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally
38. of the previous or next file Therefore pressing the or gt gt key as many times as required skips to the beginning of the desired file Ma FI LE P PREV CUE NEXT k 5 bz PD204 LOCATION RECORDER MASTER Skipping by cue point You can quickly skip to a desired cue point on the current audio file By pressing the SHIFT key followed by the kea or gt gt key while the recorder is stopped you can skip to the next or previous cue point Therefore pressing the or gt gt key as many times as required skips to the desired cue point PD204 LOCATION RECORDER 98 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Locating to the beginning ABS 0 of a file While the recorder is stopped pressing the REW key while holding down the STOP key locates to the beginning ABS 0 of the current file quickly OPEN ume Locating to the end REC END of a file While the recorder is stopped pressing the F FWD key while holding down the STOP key locates to the record end position REC END of the current file quickly Locating to the previous locate point While the recorder is stopped pressing the LOCATE key locates to the position where you located last time LOCATE PD204 LOCATION RECORDER FOSTEX nensem Location Recorder Model PD204 99 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Locating to the desired time You can locate the recorder
39. or has been dropped Safety Instructions Table of contents Table of contents Introduction of this manual eene tn nnne nnntn nnns tanna sanata sns rnatasna tanus 11 ire f cR 11 Cautions fo USC e a ette 13 Precautions of installation eee rra arar 13 Chapter 1 Main features eerte ercer 15 Main features and functions 1 seien eene nnne rnnt nnn nnns anra nn anna nenatis 16 FIECEREUIN qoc 19 PD204 options and related Fostex products reee 19 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 21 Preparation of power supply econo rra 22 Mounting the battery iia ates oe DES etas Linee ine 23 Important settings for using the battery esee esee ette ttn tne tn tns tn tinte theta tns tn snae 24 Battery priority setting essential when using more than one battery sss 24 Low battery warning setting cc ceeescssescessssceccssssscsssessescscssscessessssessessssessesssssessesseseseseseeeeensess 24 Power supply priority setting essential when using both DC IN and a battery 25 Protector adjustmerit uen lla 25 Saving the b ttery DOWEL 1 ee eso cierto te eee e raae ee etaed anciana 26 Battery conditio display uiri ite ete eea e ee e Coe ee Ee doe gode 26 Dismo nting
40. setup box MEHI MEHUFLOAC SETUP CUE LIST SAUE SETUP Bax Hoz esos Box Hog 0 sea FS422 SETUP L HD USER SETUP FILE SEL k aL Default setur DEU PAT SEL P c Box Hog kick k Bex Bod Deseo F k Use the MENU dial to select the desired box and press the ENTER YES key The data is immediately loaded After Completed is shown the display returns to show the MENU list screen Note If you select Default setup and the default setup data is loaded all settings in the SYS SETUP menu are initialized If you select and load any user box the saved settings are loaded Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 207 Chapter 8 MENU mode SAVE SETUP menu SAVE SETUP menu Using the SAVE SETUP menu item you can save the current data to user box The saved data can be loaded using the LOAD SETUP menu at ant time lt Note gt The default file names and track names as well as event numbers are not saved 1 2 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key Use the MENU dial to select the SAVE SETUP menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SAVE USER SETUP screen for selecting a desired user setup box to which the current setting is saved MEHU F MEMURSAVE SETUP E2422 SETUP F HUE
41. 112 for details about how to select a partition 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The display now shows the MENU list screen MEHL BATTERY SETUP k TC SETUP DISK UTILITY f EDIT EDL FILE k USB to PC k 2 Use the MENU dial to select DISK UTILITY and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MEL DISK UTILITYE 545 SETUF k gu iius ada BATTERY SETUP ile info TC SETUP F Delete filet DISK UTILITY Restore Del filek EDIT EDL FILE Format USB to PC F Reel Hol ktt 3 Use the MENU dial to select Format and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for format setting Location Recorder Model PD204 113 Chapter 6 Advanced operations DISK UTILITYE UTILITY Format Edit file name P Drive PTAZHD File info k Reel Ho S0603 Delete filek Format Mode Hormal Restore Del filek FhasicalFormat Off EXECUTE Reel Hot Hkt CFmt time skhekmekekz 3 In this procedure example we assume that we format partition 2 PTO2 which is the current drive in the DDR mode If you want to format another partition press the ENTER YES key while Drive PTO2HD is highlighted and select the desired partition In this procedure we assume that we use the default reel number volume label which is S0
42. 12dBFS and 6dBFS the default is 6dBFS Ratio setting Use the MENU dial to select the Ratio and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing SYSkLimiter rarameter EVySkLimiter Parameter Grour ins Grourins hrezhol Threshold Threshold Thresholds BdB p Roper i d Flashing Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Selectable between 1 3 and 1 5 the default is 1 5 4 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 157 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu ANALOG OUT nominal level setting Stereo out level The Stereo out level menu item selects the nominal output level of the ANALOG OUT According to the device connected to the ANALOG OUT connector select the level appropri ately 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHU ZYF S S SETUP Ld EC Project name b BATTER SETUP E Default file namer TC SETUP k m Default Tre Hamer DISK UTILITY Hext event Hat Gebel EDIT EDL FILE Record FS amp Bit 4dBsk 24 USB to PC Pull ur doun 8 8 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Stereo ou
43. 149 If you press the LOCATE or STOP REW key after stopping recording the recorder locates to the beginning of the newly created audio file Therefore you can check the recorded sound by pressing the PLAY key in this condition Location Recorder Model PD204 85 Chapter 5 Recording Playback About overloading during recording While a channel receives an analog audio signal if the input amplifier is clipped the corresponding OL indicator lights in red The OL indicator keeps lighting for a predetermined period set by the Peak hold menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 146 By setting Input clip in the Error tone menu item to On the error tone is gener ated from the internal speaker or headphones for warning overloading The Error tone menu item is found in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 160 Note If the MONITOR control is set to the MIN position you cannot hear the error tone OL indicator Canceling recording False Start By pressing the SHIFT key followed by the CIRCLE TAKE FALSE START key while the recorder is stopped you can cancel the last recording lt Note gt You can cancel only the file most recently recorded SHIFT key CIRCLE TAKE FALSE START key By pressing the CIRCLE TAKE FALSE START key while the unit is in shift mode the popup message as below appears If you cancel the last recording press the
44. Frame rater 2s Gen modes Free Run Set Ger TCh Set Ger llbitk JAM mode BOTH TC SETUPF Set Gen llbitk JAH mode BOTH Sel TC outiRerro Default LTC startk Edit LTC startk Fer TC Ubit EEEEERRE Press the ENTER YES key again The second value flashes and you can now edit the default LTC start time TC SETUPkDefault TC LOCKUP DEFAULT TC Biha mnaas TAE Edit ENTER Kew Exit EXIT Key EIN Location Recorder Model PD204 L nkiuF DEFAULT TE 591 nnmis Edit ENTER Kes Exit EXIT Key TC SETUPRDe fault T EBIT DEFAULT TC ai hagni Rewrite ENTER Keu Exit EXIT Keu Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen Use the MENU dial to select the Default LTC start menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current LTC start time is shown initially 01h 00m 00s is shown TC SETUPkDefault TC Flashing Edit the time value to the desired value and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your Use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter a desired value and use the a gt keys to move the cursor position The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu LTC start time editing Edit LTC start
45. In the following example two main microphones mono and two ambience micro phones stereo are connected to the PD204 four channel mixer without using an external mixer Unlike the previous example the time code generated by the PD204 internal time code generator is the master which is fed to the VTR The ANALOG OUT connector always feeds the mixed source signals which can be recorded to the VTR audio tracks for backup purpose You can also monitor audio signals from an external device using the AUX IN L R connectors For backup purpose LINE IN ANALOG OUT L R ANALOG IN 1 4 External device Main microphones Ambience microphones mono stereo Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 4 Basic connections Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Chapter 5 Recording Playback This chapter describes basic recording and playback of analog and digital audio signals as well as cue point setting and skip locate functions Chapter 5 Table of contents Preparation before recording uueoe sis diente adi e daa aia idus xa EO da a rw vage dia 74 Setup for recording in quick setup mode eee ee eeeeeeee estne tn estne tn entia entia tts tn etn enstae 74 Setting in the MENU mode toscanini te erae esos vast eode Eig ed eeu eL siii 77 MiXer Set ngs ee eee e Lene E bake eee eee ke dinos acia E T eda chose 78 Selecting the drive for recording
46. La set Project name b BATTERY SETUP F Default file namek TC SETUP k m Default Trk Hamek DISK UTILITY Hext event Hobi F EDIT EPL FILE Record FS4Bi t 4k24 USB to PC Full upedown 4 8 3 Use the MENU dial to select the False start menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option Sys oYSkFalse start Keyboard 5Sel l amp Pea Selin Pre rec time 18 sec re rec time iB sec Ha file lensth 26 Qe Max file lensth 2G Auto Fart link ff Auto Part links ff False startiFename False start Flashing Limiter rarameterlk Limiter Farameterk Selectable between Rename and Delete the default is Rename When the False start function is executed the take number decreases by one i e returns to the previous take number and the canceled audio file is stored as a file name starting by nn followed by the original name nn shows the number Up to 100 canceled files starting by 1 through 99 can be stored The following examples show how the file names are given Renam ename lt Examples gt After the first False start Scene1_001 wav gt Scene1_001 wav After the second False start Scene1_001 wav gt 1Scene1_001 wav After the 100th False start Scene1_001 wav 99Scenel 001 wav You can check stored files from the file selection screen which can be shown by press
47. Model PD204 Chapter 3 Names and Functions LCD display details Home screen Each of the following screen examples is the screen which appears when an audio file recorded on a DVD RAM disk or the internal hard disk is loaded 00 00 00 10103 Ki Jaca Pr DT BATTL The Home screen displays information for audio file settings etc Time display File name Remaining Current drive file number EET FRAHE CLE L ajj 25 J IHT TRE HUNE TE BENUR DLI Protect icon mE iLigil P Status information Time display This area shows the time value of the current file position in ABS or LTC It also can show an external time code value or internal generator time code value You can switch the time display mode in the following order by pressing the TIME TC SET key m Ubit 1 ABS LTC IN Shows LTC recorded on the disk You can set the start time of LTC recording using the TC LTC SETUP menu of the MENU mode Ubit Shows the user bit information of playback time code LTC IN Shows incoming external LTC and the frame rate If no LTC is received is shown ABS Shows the absolute time which is set to 00H 00M 00S OOF at the beginning of the file Shows time code generated by the internal TC generator GEN The value depends on the setting of the Gen mode item in the TC SETUP menu of the
48. Off setting 5 teta tie estende rotas se ee toe eta ene ee siioni eae ed vote in eese ete eode bee at eae ta Lob ead eee re insansan assos Partition protection On Off Seting anite A eee da ane ie eee esee ne Pee en iia 205 oIb boje Se iieri ge jo BP T 206 KOAD SETUP MENU Je RE 207 SAVE SETUP Memb EEEE E A E E S EEN E A AAE S E E E EA E E A N E AE 208 Location Recorder Model PD204 EBEN Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu About MENU mode In the MENU mode various essential setting and execution menu items are available While the unit is stopped you can enter the MENU mode by pressing the SHIFT key to enter shift mode followed by the ENTER YES key The display shows the MENU list screen as shown below You can select a desired menu using the MENU dial For the brief introduction of each main menu see the next page SHIFT key ENTER YES key MENU dial SETUP TERY SETUP b SETUP d K UTILITY f T d a EDL FILE to PL MENU list screen BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP d DISK UTILITY F EDIT EDL FILE F USE to FC F kS422 SETUP FILE SEL d DRU PAT SELF CUE Lis d LOAD SETUP b SHUE SETUP Whole MENU list EIN Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu The following shows the brief introduction of each menu This chapter describes details of the menus with in the following table For the details of the menus wit
49. Position G 6h51m26s10f last Delete Editing a cue label To edit a cue point label press the ENTER YES key while Label flashes The first character of the current label flashes showing that you can now edit it Use the MENU dial or alphanumeric keys to edit the label After editing the label press the ENTER YES key Label starts flashing again CUE LTSTkEditk LTC CUE LISTkEditk zLTC CUE Ho Bz Edit CUE Ho 82 Edit MERC BCE ERE Label CEH al flashing Position iFosition mansimzlisiBfigdaf Bins imzasilagfibtzf Delete Deleter When using the alphanumeric keys for entering characters pressing any other alphanumeric key moves the cursor to the right automatically You can move the cursor position using the gt gt keys Pressing the CLEAR key clears the right next character to the cursor position To delete the whole label press the CLEAR key repeatedly when the first character flashes Editing cue point data To edit a cue point data use the MENU dial to select lt Position gt while Label is flashing and press the ENTER YES key The subframe value of the current time data flashes showing that you can now edit it CUE LISTkEditk LTC CUE LISTkEditk eL TE CUE Ho 42 Edit CUE Ho 42 Edit Label BCFEND Label EC EHD joo flashing zPosition Behs1mzmalaflgsf 66 51m26s15fHM8 sf Delete gt
50. The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MENU SSP Set Project name F k Default file namek k Default Trk Hamet DISKE UTILITY 4 Hext event Hoi baaa 1 k BATTERY SETUP TC SETUF EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC Record FS amp Bitsd8k z4 Full ure downt a b 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Pre rec time menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option Sus SVySkFre rec time Peak hold sec Peak hold sec Tone rec mode F Tone rec moder Pause time l Bmin Fause times i fhmin Keyboard Sel lL5 Keyboard Sel us Pre rec timetibB sec Pre rec time PERE lashing Max file lenath z6 Max file lenasth z Selectable between 1sec and 10sec in one second steps the default is 10sec Note If you execute pre recording at 88 2k or 96k the pre recording time auto matically reduces to half the selected value If you execute pre recording at 176 4k or 192k the pre recording time automatically reduces to quarter the selected value For example if the pre recording time is set to ten seconds at 88 2k Fs recording the buffer stores only five seconds of audio data If the pre recording time is set to ten seconds at 192k Fs recording the buffer stores only 2 5 seconds of audio data 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm you
51. Time code output connection ccccssssseccscsssscecssssssceccssssscecescsssscscesssssescessssecescssscesesesees 65 Word clock output connection cccoccononnnonnonnonninnonnanoninnoncnnononnonnnnononnonononnonncnononnonacnononnonacnss 65 Other CONNECHON ge ANSEES 66 USB keyboard connection isss eanais srta on e eriin 66 PC connection aer t a nbi fed etri odi e cre aa anaa conie aaien aiaa 68 External controller connection s eeeeeeeeeee eese ente teens tenete tne toten nete tete nonet 68 Power supply connection e sesesesererersrerorsoserseororossororsrorsroosevorsrorsesoserorororsesorerororsrecsorerororsese 69 Connection examples coin 08 iode lien aca ial ect 70 Connection example for recording 1 eesesesesesesesesessssesesesesesesesessesesesesesesesosossesesesesesese 70 Connection example for recording 2 essssesesesesesesesessssesesesesesesesesoesesesesesesesosossesesesesesese 71 Location Recorder Model PD204 61 Chapter 4 Basic connections Input connection Analog audio signals mic line External time code Analog audio input connection The PD204 provides four analog mic line input channels channels 1 through 4 The balanced XLR 3 31 type connector on each channel accepts a wide range of audio signal level from mic to line Each channel provides the input selector LINE or MIC power supply for micro phone limiter circuit and HPF high pass f
52. To record to a DVD RAM disk or another partition select the desired drive by following the procedure below In the procedure below it is assumed that a formatted DVD RAM disk is set to the DVD drive FILE SEL DRV PAT ACCESS HDD DVD PD204 LOCATION RECORDER MONITOR OL py oL 1 While stopped press the SHIFT key to enter shift mode followed by the FILE SEL DRV PAT key The display changes to show the screen for selecting a drive On the screen the current selection is initially highlighted DRIVE PAT SEL CORWIC REEL p Ir Po Cum VL L EIE PTE 1 Sau PTOS 5004 PTH4 SBS 1 1 PTH2L S88 1 1 Nolte You can also bring up the screen for selection a drive as shown above by the following methods 1 While stopped press the SHIFT key to enter shift mode followed by the ENTER YES key The display shows the MENU list screen for selecting the desired main menu 2 Use the MENU dial to select DRV PAT SEL and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for selecting a drive as above 2 Use the MENU dial to select the desired drive the DVD drive or a partition and press the ENTER YES key The selected drive is loaded and the display shows the Home screen of the current drive as below in the both examples below no recording has been made to the current drive Imm pizo a lt When the DVD drive is selected gt lt When partition
53. USER SETUP FILE SEL k TEENS PS DEU PAT SEL Ha1 CUE LIST Box Mo2L LOAD SETUP Box Nos E e s Box Ho4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired box and press the ENTER YES key Now you can enter the user box name The first character of the current box name in the example below 0 of UserO flashes MEHLURSBVE SETUP MEHUPSALE SETUP SHUE USER SETLIP SHUE USER SETUF c Box Ho amp BELser Flashing TL Box HalL Box HozL Bos HbzL gt Ec Hospes Bos HosL Box Mo4L Pas Hod User box selection You can select between Box No0 and Box No6 User box name entry You can enter up to eight ASCII characters You can clear the current name by pressing the CLEAR key repeatedly You can enter a character at the cursor position using the MENU dial or alohanumeric keys After entering a desired box name press the ENTER YES key to save data The data is immediately saved After Completed is shown the display returns to shown the MENU list screen Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 208 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 9 Specifications Chapter 9 Specifications Location Recorder Model PD204 209 Chapter 9 Specifications Inputs outputs OdBu 0 775Vrms OdBV
54. a magnetic field n the direct sunshine n the direct shower or rain Notes on moisture condensation When you bring the unit from a cold place to a warm place moisture may condense on the drive display panels etc In such a case leave the unit for a while until it warms up and evaporates any moisture Location Recorder Model PD204 13 Introduction 14 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 1 Main features Chapter 1 Main features Location Recorder Model PD204 15 Chapter 1 Main features Main features and functions Equipped with four analog inputs and two analog outputs as well as two channel digital input and output You can record signals from these inputs in stereo Two Aux analog inputs are also provided for monitoring the audio track of a camera via headphones Note that the Aux inputs are provided for monitoring only and you cannot record the Aux input signals AUXinputL R Analog inputs 1 4 Analog output L R Digital input output dE ws Equipped with a 1 8 inch hard disk drive 80GB and a 12 cm DVD multi drive as standard You can directly make recording to the hard disk partition or DVD RAM disk In addition you also can make Auto copy File Copy and Disk Copy between a DVD RAM disk and a hard disk partition as well as Dual Drive Recording The internal hard disk drive can be replaced with the optional hard disk drive unit Model
55. a blank DVD RAM disk Note If you execute auto copy without setting a copy destination blank DVD RAM disk the copy data remains until turning off the unit However once you turn off the unit the copy data is erased and the unit does not execute auto copy Note If you do not need to make auto copy set the Auto copy menu item back to Off 106 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Disk copy function The disk copy function fully copies all audio files recorded on a DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition to another DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition To execute the disk copy function use the Disk copy menu item in the DISK UTILITY menu of the MENU mode DVD RAM disk Hard disk partition Hard disk partition Hard disk partition lt Selecting source drive Before executing disk copy select the desired copy source as the current drive DVD multi drive or a hard disk partition 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the FILE SEL DRV PAT key The display shows the DRIVE SEL screen In this screen DVD represents the DVD multi drive while PTO1 through PT16 represent the hard disk partition DRIVE SEL pia LDRUJL REEL Dup S661 a E ESTIS PTOZL SHES PTE amp 3L 5004 PTB40 S805 Note You can also bring up the D
56. a disk use the OPEN lever to release the lock of the protection cover and open the disk tray see page 33 for details lt Note gt Do not eject a DVD disk from the disk tray while the cur rent drive is set to the DVD drive and the disk is running Before you eject the disk make sure that the disk is stopped the PAUSE indicator is unlit Also note that it takes some time to eject the disk Do not press the PLAY F FWD or REW key 2 BATT1 indicator Lights up when the battery mounted to battery mount 1 is supplying the power see page 29 for details 3 BATT2 indicator Lights up when the battery mounted to battery mount 2 is supplying the power see page 29 for details 4 INPUT SEL switches Each switch selects the input gain LINE or MIC Set it appropriately according to the analog audio input source of the corresponding channel see page 79 for details MEM Location Recorder Model PD204 10 11 12 13 Chapter 3 Names and Functions Microphone power supply switches You should set each switch to the appropriate position depending on the microphone connected to the corresponding input see page 79 DM No power is supplied For a dynamic microphone 48V 48 V phantom power is supplied T12 12 V A B power T12 is supplied HPF frequency controls Each control adjusts the cutoff frequency of the high pass filter for the corresponding input see page 79 Th
57. and Off the default is On If a write error occurs while you set Write error to On the warning tone is output by the pattern on the right 160 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Input clip On Off setting Use the MENU dial to select the Input clip and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option SY SRError tone SYSRError tone Erronr tone Error tone Mite error n Write error Orn Ineut clir n m Inrut clir BT Flashing BATT warnins n BATT warnings n Disk warning 13min Disk warning S3min Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select between On and Off the default is On If the peak indicator lights due to input overload during ana log recording or clipping of stereo buss while you set Input __ M I clip to On the warning tone is output by the pattern on the right BATT warning On Off setting Use the MENU dial to select the BATT warning and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option EWwS5kErrar tone oY SRError tone Errar tone Error tone Write error tOn Write error On Ineut clir rin LT InFut clir 10n BATT warning t n BAT
58. can set TC SETUPRSet Gen Ubit available options The default is te Geel MES Oe EEG REP Perret gt uuuuuuuu which is set to 00 00 The rightmost two a oer HA BE mia mg 00 00 by default figures of the user bit Ubitil ee a aao 06 are always used re Select MEHU dial Shows the user bit being output gardless of the Ubit Edit ENTER key MD setting Exit EMIT key Fa according to the current user bit mode If you change the user bit mode Selecting the user bit mode By pressing the ENTER YES key while Ubit MD uuuuuuuu is highlighted the current user bit mode starts flashing and you can now select the mode by default uuuuuuuu flashes TC SETUPERSet Gen Ubit TC SETUPES Gen i LIbit HD unn Ubit MD a hon User BA BB BB AE User BH 4 Ubit 66 mas da ee Ubit L a8 50 00 50 Select MENU dial Select MEL dial Edit ENTER key Edit ENTER key Exit EXIT key Exit ESIT key ELM Location Recorder Model PD204 3 4 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu Use the MENU dial to select the user bit mode and press the ENTER YES key to con firm your selection You can select from among the following You can select from among uuuuuuuu MMDDYYuu and DDMMY Yuu the default is uuuuuuuu uuuuuuuu The default is 00 00 00 00 MMDDY Yuu BG 76 MM month BG_54 DD day BG_32 YY year BG_10 uu for USA DDMMY Yuu BG 76 DD dayyBG 54 MM m
59. confirm your setting To edit another descriptor information item carry out the same procedure as above repeatedly Adding descriptor information You can add a new descriptor information item to the current information 1 2 Select New line gt at the bottom and press the ENTER YES key You are now ready for entering a new item Carry out the same procedure as above for entering a new item Note When adding a new descriptor information item always enter the meta data header ID followed by data After entering new information press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Deleting descriptor information Unused descriptor information can be deleted 1 2 Select a line you want to delete and press the ENTER YES key You can now edit the line as described above Press the CLEAR key repeatedly to clear the whole information and press the ENTER YES key The line is deleted while the subsequent lines move up EIN Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu e Viewing XML Chunk data information You can view and edit XML Chunk data via the XML descriptor item 1 Select iXML descriptor and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the iXML descriptor information UTILITY File into UTILITY File info obese lJ isHL DESCRIFTOR Edit _descriet or T EUM Md Tage A i4ML descrirtarr encodina E Date See aes
60. copy destination The default setting DVD is flashing DISK UTILITY UTILITY Disk Corps Rec rFrotect i ff Select Destination Eesume ff Part ProtectiOlff Sourcebrive PTEI HD Destination EME Flashing HDD pe Time i1 amp 8BH 4 While DVD is flashing press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for selecting the copy mode WUTILITYEDisk Cors UTILITY Gisk Cors elect Destination Select Cory mode SourceDriuss PT81 HD Cory mode RAAE Flashing Destination ERN Flashing Recarea Copies only the recorded area at high speed default Full area Copies the whole UDF formatted area EDI Location Recorder Model PD204 5 6 7 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Use the MENU dial to select the Copy mode item and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the CAUTION message on which Are you sure flashes as shown below In the bottom of this message screen the approximate time required for disk copy is shown CAUTIGH If ENTER key is Push ed will start Disk Corina and delete DuDp EHM area data Finish times ilMi25 Flashing Note You cannot select the disk copy destination to the same medium as the copy source If you do so the display shows Void and returns to the screen for selecting the copy destination medium
61. country where the unit is used By rotating the MENU dial you can select the desired offset time within the range between 12 00 and 13 00 Example London 0 00 Tokyo 9 00 Los Angels 8 00 7 00 SuSkdiust ETC Lookue RTC a vimmsip 18h3smaas Time Zone GT Bl Flashing 7 After entering all data press the ENTER YES key to start running the clock Note We recommend entering a time shortly ahead of now such as one minute ahead in step 5 above and pressing the ENTER YES key in step 7 above at the moment when the current time reaches the entered time 8 Press the EXIT key repeatedly to exit the MENU mode ME Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Preparation of a DVD RAM disk The internal DVD multi drive of the PD204 features a slim drive and accepts a non cartridge DVD RAM disk 4 7GB 2 3 x or more than 3x An unused DVD RAM disk must be formatted in UDF 1 5 Inserting a disk The following procedure assumes that partition 1 PTO1 which has no recorded file is currently selected 1 2 3 Slide the OPEN lever to the right The cover of the disk tray opens a little so you can open the cover by hand OPEN II Insert a disk to the drive slot The unit loads the disk and reads the disk information When the unit is shipped from the factory the current drive is set to the internal hard disk drive s
62. gt NEXT keys These keys have primary unSHIFTed and secondary SHIFTed functions When unSHIFTed e Pressing the M PREV or PP NEXT key skips to ABS 0 of the previous or next audio file You can skip to ABS 0 of the desired audio file by pressing the appropriate key as many times as required e While editing time or a label in the edit mode pressing the kiq PREV or gt gt NEXT key moves the cursor to right or left When SHIFTed Pressing the kiq PREV or gt P NEXT key skips to the previous or next cue point You can skip to the desired cue point by pressing the appropriate key as many times as required JAM switch Used to execute the jamming function see page 92 When this switch is set to ON and the PD204 is receiving external time code the internal time code generator takes over jams time code Note that the jamming function is only available when the TC generator mode is set to Free Run Depending on the setting of the JAM mode menu item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode the PD204 also jams the time code user bits see page 182 CUE key This key functions as follows depending on the recorder condition During recording By pressing this key during recording the current position data is stored as a cue point on the fly The data is entered into the next available cue point see page 93 In any condition except during recording Pressing this key brin
63. hard disk partition and set a mirror disk to the DVD RAM drive On the screen for selecting a drive DDR is placed on the right of the name of the DDR formatted partition So you can easily distinguish them DRIVE SEL LDREUIL REEL gotb Sai PTIC Saez PTOZL SOOS PTa3 sed PTB40 S685 1 Slide the REC key to start recording to the partition Dual drive recording starts The PD204 also make recording to the mirror disk in the background as well as recording to partition 2 PTO2 2 After completing recording press the PAUSE key to stop recording If recording has not been successfully made immediately cancel by the False start function and make recording again Location Recorder Model PD204 EIN Chapter 6 Advanced operations Data export to PC By connecting the PD204 to a personal computer via the USB PC connector audio file data can be transferred PD204 audio data can be copied to hard disk on the personal computer or exported to an application software such as Digidesign Pro Tools Note For the stable operation the length of a USB cable for connection between the PD204 and a personal computer should be less than three meters If you use a longer USB cable we do not guarantee the stable data transfer operation Note When you connect the PD204 to a personal computer using the USB PC port do not connect any device to the USB HOST port Note Depending on your compu
64. highlight EXECUTE and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the caution screen where Are you sure flashes UTILITY Format UTILITY Format Drive LOUD PEBHM CAUTIOH Feel Ho 566i Format Model Hormal FPhasicalFormat Off If ENTER key is rush C me d will start format tina and delete IHT DUD area deta Flashing fmi time kWeeknkkz j While Are you sure flashes press the ENTER YES key The unit starts formatting The display shows the formatting countdown as well as the progress status by the bar graph meter When formatting completes the display shows Fmt Completed UTILITY Format UTILITY Format FORMATTING gt i Drive OVO RAK Timet teeth hak _ Frit Come let ed D co 1005 lt Note gt Note that the formatting countdown and bar graph meter show the ap proximate information Do not proceed to the next step until Fmt Completed is shown Location Recorder Model PD204 35 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Note In rare cases the unit shows Disk error and releases the disk lock after formatting is performed In such a case set Physical Format to On and format the disk again If Disk error is shown again after the physical format is per formed do not use the disk 8 After formatting press the EXIT key to exit the MENU mode The display returns to the Home screen previ
65. in the Spot Dialog setting window followed by OK indicated by an arrow 9 By clicking on UP the original time stamp time currently shown is set to the Start time Then clicking on OK starts importing audio data from the specified position Spot Dialog Current Time Code BM Time Scale Star The currently displayed time of Original Time Stamp is Sync Point set to the Start time End Duration 0 14 442 Use Subframes Original Time Stamp 60 00 000 4 9 Click on UP User Time Stamp 60 00 000 4 q JE test EB E PER F Izumi z Ss o9 Q LS oe Ys E 3 pa z IGE T jf 55 00 r 000 62 00 o Aud 30000 154000000 156000000 158000000 180000000 162000000 164000 gt 200401 15213550 ors TUUEDTSSNEUR 20040115213550 L 20040115213550 C 20040115213550 R 20040115213550 5 Click on OK a E HH Default 4 4 p BENE Jen ree e mos _solo mute l vo 0 The audio data is imported to the specified position 120 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files Enit et Fite menu This chapter describes details about how to create an ALE Avid Log Exchange file for exporting audio data of the PD204 to an AVID system as well as how t
66. is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key MEHU Svs SETUP 3 BATTERY SETUP F TC SETUP DISK UTILITY PF EDIT EDL FILE k USE to FC k Use the MENU dial to select the EDIT EDL FILE menu and press the ENTER YES key The unit enters the EDIT EDL FILE menu and the display now shows the ALE screen for selecting an ALE file On the example screen below ALL TAKE ale is shown MEHO p MEHU HALE F SYS SETUP Select ALE file BATTERY SETUP b ALL TAKE ale TC SETUP le m Hew file DISK UTILITY F EDIT EDL FILE F USB to PC k While ALL TAKE ale is highlighted press the ENTER YES key After showing Please wait the display shows the screen for editing an ALE file on which Remake ALE is highlighted While Remake ALE is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for selecting the remaking Type by default Renewal flashes You can select the Type option between Renewal and Circle Take MEMURALEREdit ALE Eemake HLE Tyee EENETEM Flashing Video format PAL Renewal Circle Take The audio file entry list in the ALE file is not Anew ALE file containing only audio file en changed The ALE file is updated by remaking tries whose Circle take is set to On is cre only the edited items such as the start time ated end ti
67. it comes out and you can rotate the control to adjust the level Nolte By default the internal monitor speaker is automatically muted during record ing You can select on or off of this mute function via the Speaker mute item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 159 POWER UE QUICKSET TIME FILESEL LIGHT EXIT OFF o sT UX ACCESS Monitor select dial m Qo HDD DVD PD204 LOCATION RECORDER Depending on the settings of the monitor select dial you can monitor the sound as shown on the table below Record Playback ST L BUS L R BUS R L ST L R ST R MONO BUS L R MONO ST L R MONO L M BUS L MONO ST L MONO R S BUS R MONO ST R MONO M S L BUS MS L R BUS MS R L ST MS L R ST MS R C1 For the future expansion No monitor signal is assigned on this version C2 For the future expansion No monitor signal is assigned on this version AUX L AUX L R AUX R L AUX L R AUX R By pressing any of the PFL SEL keys on channels 1 through 4 you can monitor Pre fader listen of the corresponding channel s PFL SEL keys Location Recorder Model PD204 83 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Selecting the drive for recording The PD204 is equipped with the DVD multi drive and hard disk drive Before recording select the drive to which recording is made By default partition 1 PTO1 on the hard disk drive is selected as the current drive
68. it is unlit when the function is disabled see page 83 When SHIFTed Switches on off of the stereo bus limiter see page 79 When it is on the LIM indicator below the MASTER L R controls is lit When the limiter is working the indicator quickly flashes You can set the limiter parameter using the Limiter parameter item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 156 C ST BUS SEND control Controls the channel send level to the stereo bus see page 82 Location Recorder Model PD204 49 Chapter 3 Names and Functions d PFL SEL key This key has primary unSHIFTed and secondary SHIFTed functions When unSHIFTed While pressing down the PFL SEL key s for the desired channel s you can monitor the pre fader signal s of the channel s see page 83 Switches on off of PFL Pre Fader Listen for each channel 1 through 4 When SHIFTed You can reverse the input phase of each channel When reversed the REV indicator left the GAIN control is lit see page 82 e PAN key This key has primary unSHIFTed and secondary SHIFTed functions When unSHIFTed Selects the pan mode for sending the channel signal to the stereo bus Each press of the key switches among three modes L left C center OFF and R right The indicator of the selected pan mode is lit see page 82 When SHIFTed Switches on off of the limiter of the corresponding channel
69. menu screen TC SETUF Sync clock IMT Frame ratez en mode Free Fun Set Gen TCE Set Gen lUbitk JAM mode BOTH 2 Use the MENU dial to select the Sel TC Out menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option TC SETUP TC SETUPESel TC Out Set Gen TCP Set Gen TOF Set Gen Ubitk Set Gen Ubitk JAM mode BOTH JAM mode BOTH Sel TC out ey Flashing Default LTC starter Edit LTC startk 3 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select from among Repro and Gen the default is Repro Repro Outputs playback time code Gen Outputs the internal generator time code Note Even if Sel TC Out is set to Gen the generator time code is not output when the generator mode is set to the EXT RUN mode 4 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 183 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu Default LTC start time setting Default LTC start Using the Default LTC start menu item you can set the desired default LTC start time value the initial setting is Ih 00m 00s This value is used when the generator mode is set to Ext Run but no external time code is fed to the unit 1 2 3 4 5 TC SETUP Sync clock INT
70. month and day shows the original date of an audio file The event number reel number scene number and take number must be set using the appropriate menu items in advance Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode EL Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu Time code output while paused Rep pause TC Using the Rep pause TC menu item you can select whether time code is output from the TIME CODE OUT connector or not while the recorder is paused 1 2 3 4 Ger Set Set JAM ys src clock THT Frame rate 2s mode Free Fun Gen TCR Gen Ubitk mode BOTH When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen TC SETUP Use the MENU dial to select the Rep pause TC menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select On or Off TC SETUP Default LTC starter Edit LTC startk Ree TL Recln via ExtIiciOff TC PUE Timer Smin Uni t EEEEERRRE LL TC SETUFEEer Pause TC Default LTC start Edit LTC start Rer TC Ubit EEEEERFR Fer False TC Fecin via ExtlciOff TC PUR Timer Smin 1 Flashing You can select from among On and Off the default is Off Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES
71. of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the appliance Cleaning The appliance should be cleaned only with dry cloth Nonuse Periods The power cord of the appliance should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long period of time Object and Liquid Entry Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings Damage Requiring Service The appliance should be serviced by qualified service personnel when A The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged or B Objects have fallen or liquid has been spilled into the appliance or C The appliance has been exposed to rain or D The appliance does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance or E The appliance has been dropped or the enclosure damaged Servicing The user should not attem
72. or inactive OFF When set it to the LOCKED position all keys except the REC PAUSE and EXIT BATT keys are inactive OPEN lever Releases the lock of the protection cover of the tray see page 33 When you close the cover press and lock the protection cover by hand Location Recorder Model PD204 MEN Chapter 3 Names and Functions Rear panel 1 Protectors These protect the bottom panel when the unit is used vertically When a battery is fitted extend the protectors You can adjust the height of the protectors by hand while sliding the ADJUST levers on the left and right side panels see page 25 When no battery is fitted the protectors protect the projections on the bottom panel Note When the unit is set vertically with the projectors extended it should be set on a flat and stable surface because it is easily upset 2 Battery mount 2 Mounts one or two IDX ENDURA batteries see page 23 for details In this manual we sometimes describe this mount as BATT2 3 Battery mount 1 Mounts one or two IDX ENDURA batteries see page 23 for details In this manual we sometimes describe this mount as BATT1 By opening the cover of battery mount 1 you can exchange the internal hard disk drive see page 37 for details about how to change the hard disk drive IDX IDX logo ENDURE V Mount V Plate Digi View and i Trax are the trademarks of IDX Com pany Ltd MEN Location Recorder
73. output audio format Diagnoses Selects whether or not creating a diagnoses file which logs errors during recording etc Peak hold Sets the peak hold time of the bargraph meters Tone rec mode Sets the recording time and mode of the slate tone Pause time Sets the pause cancel time Keyboard Sel Selects the type of a USB keyboard connected to the USB KYBD connector Pre rec time Sets the pre recording time of audio pooled in the buffer Max file length Sets the maximum recording volume of a file Auto part link Sets on off of the auto partition link function False start Selects the false start mode Limiter parameter Sets the limiter parameters Stereo out level Selects the output reference level of the ANALOG OUT connectors Speaker mute Selects on off of muting the internal speaker when the unit is not in playback mode Error tone Selects whether or not the unit outputs the warning tone for four types of conditions Chain play Selects how the recorder behaves after it finishes playback of an audio file Adjust RTC Adjusts the internal realtime clock see page 31 Version Shows the system version of the unit EF Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Project name setting Set project name The Set project name menu item sets the project name recorded to an iXML file 1 2
74. physical format While Physical Format is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The current setting by default Off flashes and you can now select the option be tween Off and On using the MENU dial UTILITY Format UTILITY Format Drive OWO RAM Orive OWO RAM Feel Hao S66 Reel Ha S00 Format Hodes Hormal Format Model Hormal PhasicalFormats Off PhusicalFormat MX ashing ERECLITE J L ESECLITE J C fmt time thttmtts fmt time thsekpeeks d A whole DVD RAM disk or a hard disk partition is physically formatted It takes long to On execute physical format however we recommend physically formatting a well used DVD RAM disk or a hard disk partition A DVD RAM disk or a hard disk partition is formatted in a simple manner Off We recommend selecting this option for a relatively new DVD RAM disk or a hard disk partition The PD204 also performs simple inspection of dirt dust and defect on a DVD RAM disk when formatting lt Note gt Do not turn off the power of the PD204 while executing the physical format 200 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Note It takes a long time to execute the physical format We recommended executing the physical format when disk access time becomes longer or sound interruption occurs in normal use You do not need to physical format a brand new or relatively new disk However r
75. press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing 5 SF Tone pec mode 5 SF Tone pec mode Tone pec mode Tone prec made PTT io at A AA NU eris m jad a pa ge ee ee ee A T ILE Pel LLE LESew OTIS poer Liles DEBET _ Tone rec Off Tone rec i ff End Por tonet ff End For tore a Flashing Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Selectable between On and Off the default is Off On The 1kHz pop tone is recorded at the end of recording Off The 1kHz pop tone is not recorded at the end of recording Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode EIN Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Pause cancel time setting Pause time The Pause time menu item sets the pause cancel time After the pause cancel time has passed since the recorder entered the pause mode the recorder automatically cancels the pause mode and stops 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHU b SSP Set Project namek H Default file namek k m Default Trk Hamet DISK UTILITY 4 Mext event Moi Bee 1 BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC Record
76. pressing the MASTER LINK key MEN Location Recorder Model PD204 23 24 25 26 27 Chapter 3 Names and Functions ST BUS bargraph meters Indicates the input or output levels of the stereo bus L and R or battery remaining see page 26 The display mode can be selected by the EXIT BATT key LCD display Displays information for time file settings etc see page 55 PHONES jack Connects headphones Inserting a plug automatically disables the internal monitor speaker MONITOR control Controls the monitor level of headphones or the internal speaker At the leftmost position monitoring is completely switched off This control can be pushed lock Pressing the control puts it down to the panel height level Pressing it again releases it Monitor select dial Selects the tracks inputs to be monitored see the table below Record Playback ST L BUS L R BUS R L STL R STR MONO BUS L R MONO ST L R MONO L M BUS L MONO ST L MONO R S BUS R MONO ST R MONO M S L BUS MS L R BUS MS R L STMSL R STMSR C1 For the future expansion No monitor signal is assigned on this version C2 For the future expansion No monitor signal is assigned on this version AUX L AUX L R AUX R L AUX L R AUX R Location Recorder Model PD204 MEN Chapter 3 Names and Functions Top panel faja a AENA DISC IN 1 Disk tray Sets a DVD disk To set
77. provide the battery charge function Also note that you must handle the battery correctly according to the manual of the battery lt Note gt You can mount the NP 1 battery housed in the dedicated holder to the PD204 without any special parts however the holder projects from the PD204 body If you want to mount the NP 1 battery housed in the dedicated holder to the PD204 without projecting from the PD204 body the optional mounting hardware Model EX BP1 is needed Ask your dealer or the local Fostex service station for installing the mounting hardware The mounting hardware must be installed by Fostex service station IDX IDX logo ENDURE V Mount V Plate Digi View and i Trax are the trademarks of IDX Company Ltd 22 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Mounting the battery The ENDURA battery is mounted to the bottom of the PD204 There are two mounts for mounting the batteries If you use the non PowerLink type batteries you can mount one battery for each base If you use the PowerLink type batteries you can mount up to four batteries two batteries for each base Note When you mount or replace the battery make sure that the unit power is off By sudden power failure memory data may be reset or the unit may be damaged be cause the unit handles data while the power is on However note that if you set two batteries you can replace a battery which is not cu
78. record to 4GB and 0 5GB files on partition 1 PTO1 and the rest 1 5GB data is recorded to a file on partition 2 PTO2 The created files have sequential file numbers Partition 1 PO1 Partition 2 P02 SCENE_001 wav SCENE_002 wav SCENE_003 wav When Max file length is set to 2GB Data is record to two 2GB and a 0 5GB files on partition 1 PTO1 and the rest 1 5GB data is recorded to a file on partition 2 PTO2 The created files have sequential file numbers Partition 1 P01 Partition 2 P02 2GB 2GB 0 5GB 1 5GB SCENE 001 wav SCENE_002 wav SCENE_003 wav SCENE_004 wav If data is too large for two partitions partition 3 PTO3 is used If the next partition does not have recordable space recording ends If Auto part link is set to Off continuous recording is not made KUN Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu False start mode setting False start The False start menu item selects whether the canceled file is kept on or deleted from the disk or partition when you cancel recording using the False start function 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHL SyS 5 SETUP
79. recording mode Note See TC SETUP menu on page 174 for details about the LTC start time TC user bit editing internal TC generator start time setting the generator user bit setting etc Location Recorder Model PD204 91 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Force jam to external time code The jam function of the PD204 internal generator allows to take over generating time code after the generator locks to the external time code timing Using the jam function the PD204 time code generator can run with extreme accuracy its own crystal accuracy after it locks to the external time code Therefore you can make PD204 re cording in sync with the VTR even if you disconnect the time code input after the PD204 generator locks to the external time code In other words you can use the PD204 away from the VTR which is essential for location recording lt Note gt The jam function is available only when the TC GEN item in the quick setup mode is set to FREE FREE RUN If you press the JAM key when TC GEN is not set to FREE the display shows Void TESEH FREE Before activating the jam function check that the following conditions are satisfied 1 The TIME CODE IN connector is receiving external time code 2 The time display on the Normal screen is set to LTC IN and external time code value is shown 3 The external time code frame rate matches the FRAME setting Otherwise if you
80. records time code which continues from the last time code value of the previous audio file If you change to a new disk which does not have any audio file and make recording the unit records time code which continues from the last time code value of the most recent audio file on the disk previously set Rec Run When recording the unit records the incoming external time code If the unit does not receive external time code the unit always records the Default LTC start time at the beginning of the file Ext Run When recording the unit records time code generated by the internal generator which runs Free Run freely When recording the unit records time code based on the current internal RTC real time 2AP RuN clock time 4 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 177 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu Internal TC generator setting Set Gen TC Using the Set Gen TC menu item you can check the time code value of the internal time code generator as well as can edit the time code start time for the FREE RUN or REC RUN mode If you make recording to multiple disks or partitions successively in Rec Run mode by setting the time code value to the last LTC time when changing the disk or partition you can stripe continuous LTC to the multiple disks or partitions 1 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indica
81. see page 79 When it is on the LIM indicator left the GAIN control is lit When the limiter is working the indicator quickly flashes You can set the limiter parameter using the Limiter parameter item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 156 f PEAK indicator Lights or flashes in red when the input signal reaches the peak level g GAIN control Controls the channel input gain Depending on the setting of the INPUT SEL switch on the top panel you can control the gain within the following ranges see page 80 When the INPUT SEL switch is set to LINE 4dBu to 32dBu When the INPUT SEL switch is set to MIC 34dBu to 70dBu h REV indicator Lights up when the phase of each input channel is reversed You can reverse the phase by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the PFL SEL key i LIM indicator Flashes when the limiter function of each input channel is enabled and lights up when the limiter function is active You can enable or disable the limiter function by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the PAN key j MASTER LIM indicator Flashes when the limiter function of the stereo bus is enabled and lights up when the limiter funtion is active You can enable or disable the limiter function by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the MASTER LINK key k MASTER LINK indicator Lights up when the MASTER L R controls are linked You can link or unlink the controls by
82. setup mode For details about each item in the quick setup mode see the following Frame rate selection for LTC or external time code Gif You can select the frame rate of LTC generated by the internal TC generator or external time code Available frame rate options default 25 23 23 97 24 25 29 97DF 29 97ND 30DF 30ND The unit records LTC together with audio signals By default 01h 00m OOs OOf is stamped at the beginning one hour offset to ABS and the generator records LTC jammed to this start time code The LTC recording mode TC GEN mode is set to Rec Run by default so each time you make audio recording uninterrupted LTC is recorded When you record an exter nal time code set the frame rate to match the incoming time code You can set the time code frame rate also via the Frame rate menu item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 176 for details You can edit the LTC start time via the Default LTC Start menu item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode See page 184 for details System clock reference selection You can select the system clock reference Available clock reference options default INT INT DIGI WORD VIDEO To make recording with internal clock reference select INT default To make the unit lock to an external digital word or video clock select DIGI WORD or VIDEO You can select the system clock reference also via the Sync Clock menu item in
83. shows the example of using the PD204 with microphones which makes the best use of the PD204 and can be applied to news gathering audio recording for film etc In the example below audio signals from microphones and time code generated by the external time code generator are simultaneously recorded to the PD204 while the same time code is also recorded to the VTR along with a video camera signal Up to four microphones can be connected to the PD204 input channels allowing recording various sources simultaneously The external time code generator output is connected to time code inputs of both the VTR and PD204 Using the PD204 jam function the PD204 time code generator can run with extreme accuracy after it locks to external time code Therefore you can make PD204 recording in sync with the VTR even if you discon nect the time code input after the PD204 generator locks to external time code When external time code is disconnected the internal generator runs with its own crystal when the generator mode is set to FREE RUN See pages 92 and 182 for details about the jam function You can also connect the audio output of a camera to the AUX IN L R connector for monitoring via headphones External TC generator mm NN VTR AUX IN L R ANALOG IN 1 4 PY Camera Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 4 Basic connections Connection example for recording 2
84. the ENTER YES key The display shows the Home screen of the selected audio file 96 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback 4 Press the PLAY key to start playback The PLAY indicator is lit You can monitor the playback sound via headphones the internal speaker or the ANALOG OUT connectors 5 To stop playback press the STOP or PAUSE key Note While operating the unit on battery we recommend using the STOP key to stop playback for saving battery power Note If you stop playback using the PAUSE key the recorder goes into pause mode The pause mode is automatically released after the pause release time has passed and the recorder completely stops You can set the pause release time using the Pause time item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode The default pause release time is three minutes see page 149 Hint You can select how the recorder behaves after it finishes playback of an audio file using the Chain play item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 163 By default the recorder stops after playback ends However depend ing on your selection it can pause at the beginning of the next audio file or continue playback of audio files one after another Cueing playback In the cue mode forward or backward cueing at up to 2 x speed is possible During playback pressing the F FWD or REW key enters the cue mode and you can moni
85. the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 175 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu TC frame rate selection Frame rate Using the Frame rate menu item you can select the time code frame rate for recording You can also select the TC frame rate using the quick setup mode 1 2 3 4 176 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen TC SETUPF clock IHT 2uUnc Frame ratelz5 Gen mode Free Set Ger TCh Set Gen llbitk JAM mode BOTH Eun Use the MENU dial to select the Frame Rate menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option Te SETUFF rame rater 2s Gen mode Free Set Gen TLF Set Gen llbitk JAM mode BOTH Syne clock INT Fur TC SETUFkFrame Fate Sunc clock INT Frame rate Gen mode Free Fun Set Gen TCP Set Ben lbitk JAM modes BOTH Flashing Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select from among 23 97 24 25 29 97 29 97DF 30 and 30DF the default is 25 23 97 23 976FPS Film 0 1 24 24FPS Film 25 25FPS European PAL SECAM video 29 97 29 97FPS NTS
86. the cursor position when entering the number using the MENU dial When using the alphanumeric keys for entering characters pressing any other alphanumeric key moves the cursor to the right automatically Pressing the CLEAR key clears the character at the cursor position 3 After editing the reel number press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 36 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Replacing the internal hard disk drive You can replace the internal hard disk drive with the optional Model EX HD1 hard disk drive by following the procedure below Note Before you replace the hard disk drive turn off the power and remove the AC adaptor or battery Handle the optional and internal hard disk drives gently and care fully because they contain precision parts Optional hard disk drive Model EX HD1 lt Note gt The optional hard disk is formatted when shipped so you do not have to format it after mounting y it to the PD204 Xx P 1 Loosen the four fixed screws around battery mount 1 and remove the panel The internal hard disk drive appears as indicated in the figure below Fixed screw 1 Fixed screw 2 Fixed screw 3 Fixed screw 4 Internal hard disk drive 2 Loosen the two fixed screws which fixes the hard disk drive and remove the hard disk drive The fixed screws are not removed Grip the screw heads by fingers and pu
87. the desired audio file s to be copied and press the FILE SEL key The audio file to be copied is selected and a checkmark is placed to the left of its name You can select more than one audio file by repeating the operation above To deselect an audio file select the file with a checkmark and press the FILE SEL key again Location Recorder Model PD204 EUM Chapter 6 Advanced operations If you select lt All Select gt at the bottom of the file list on the screen and press the FILE SEL key all audio files are selected and checkmarked UTILITY File Cora UTILITY File Cora Push FILE SEL key Push FILE SEL ke eai file name HAI tile name AES file name AAS file name Bed file name Ad file name All Select 011 Select 6 After making audio file selection press the ENTER YES key The PD204 starts file copy to the destination medium DVD RAM disk or partition During file copy the display shows estimated time and space remaining progress indication for file copy When file copy completes Completed is shown on the display and the PD204 stops disk access UTILITY File Cory PT 1HD gt gt DID Finish apa Remain ao Moy te 0 1005 lt Note gt If the available recording space of the copy destination is smaller than the copy source size Over copy size is shown and the display returns to the previous screen for selecting an audio file lt Note gt After file cop
88. the output voltage of a lithium ion battery drops down rapidly after it reaches around 12 9V 166 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode BATTERY SETUP menu DC IN low voltage warning setting DC IN warning Using the DC IN warning item you can set the threshold low battery voltage for generating the warning tone when an external battery is connected to the DC IN connector When the battery voltage drops down to the threshold voltage for warning you can hear the warning tone via headphones 1 2 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key followed by the ENTER YES key Use the MENU dial to select the BATTERY SETUP menu and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for battery related settings MEHU S45 SETUP BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EPL FILE Cun can cR FR T BATTER E BATT warning 13 20 DC IH warning 113 0 Power Priorita iDC IH Active batteralBATT1 EATT BATT Renal hacen status USB to FC 3 Use the MENU dial to select the DC IN warning menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing You can now select a voltage from the following BATTERY k BATTERY FOC IM warning BATT warning E 2y BATT warnina 13 2 DC IM warnina DC IHM warninas Power PrioritulDl TH Power Priori tu DbC Ii Active batters BATT 1 Active battery BATTL BATT Femain therm BATT Rema
89. the unit does not lock to the incoming digital signal DIGI flashes If you want to synchronize the unit to a video or word clock set the system clock to VIDEO or WORD appropriately You can select the system clock via the quick setup mode or the Sync clock item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 75 and 175 Location Recorder Model PD204 EL NN Chapter 5 Recording Playback Recording time code The PD204 is equipped with the internal SMPTE time code generator reader which is used when recording internal time code together with audio You can also record external time code or the internal generator time code while jamming to external time code Before recording time code you must make the following settings via the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode Selecting the TC frame rate The frame rate of recording time code follows the setting of the unit You can select a desired frame rate via the quick setup mode or the Frame Rate item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 75 and 176 The available frame rates are 23 976 24 25 29 97 29 97DF 30DF and 30 Note When the frame rate is set to 29 97 or 30DF the time code does not agree with clock time and slips off at the rate of 3 6 seconds per hour Also note that when selecting either of these frame rates the time code continuity cannot be obtained when it passes through 24h 00m 00s OOf according to the nature of the E
90. to the desired position by specifying the time value 1 While the recorder is stopped or playing back press any one of alphanumeric keys The unit enters time edit mode and the EDIT TIME screen pops up on the display PD204 LOCATION RECORDER TUV Gl JKL e 4 5 6 T WXYZ symbol 7 8 9 m o PORS EDIT TIME Gahan aa st lt Note gt The time value can be specified according to the time display mode se lected before entering time edit mode In the screen example above you can specify the time value in LTC 2 Enter the desired time value using the MENU dial or alphanumeric keys You can move the field to be edited using the gt gt keys Pressing the CLEAR key resets the time value to 00h 00m 00s OOsf You can enter the time value between 00h 00m 00s OOf OOsf and 23h 59m 59s f sf depends on the frame rate of the audio file 3 After entering desired time value press the LOCATE key The recorder quickly locates to the position at the specified time Note If you enter a time value which is out to the current file and press the LOCATE key Out of Zone is shown and the locate operation is not executed 100 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Locating to the desired cue point You can locate the recorder quickly to a desired cue point by selecting the cue point from the cue list 1 While the recorder is stopped or playing bac
91. wel ohn Ghee 93 Editing a UEM ied eerte tA Mes s is vae ah dors eI 94 Adding a new cue point to the cue point list eesesesesesesssessssssssssesesesesesesesesesessosssosesesesesesesesese 95 Basic playDackK ia 96 Normal audio playback 4 eee e eee eese eese teen entren eta tn etatis tata tasas tasas estne ases eae sensesees 96 CUGING playback qe 97 TIME Code playback c tct e an ive ed eet o nna ion 97 Skip locate TUNCUONS x onte edere aciei abate 98 SEPIA DY A as 98 Skipping by CUE polt iii A id 98 Locating to the beginning ABS 0 of a file oooconicnocnonnnononanonnnonacononnnonccnnconconnoonconcnnnconconanons 99 Locating to the end REC END of a file eese esee eeeeee eese tn enne tn tinens entia etae tn tst nsae 99 Locating to the previous locate point ooccoccoccononnnononnonannnnnnonacnconconoononnno nana corno nana non tant tn tinens estne 99 Locating to the desired tTI93 TM osi nee ede A 100 Locating to the desired Cue point 4 iere iteet ovens eee o hee De Re cried 101 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Preparation before recording Before starting audio recording make necessary settings in the quick setup mode or the MENU mode as well as mixer settings Setup for recording in quick setup mode In the quick setup mode you can make basic settings for recording via the Home screen while you can make all preferences for the unit vi
92. you can always control the PD204 via this connector regardless of the set ting of the PANEL LOCK key on the panel 1 PLAY SHIFT STOP CUE 2 STOP SHIFT REC PAUSE 87 f6 3 REC SHIFT REW FILE I 4 GND SHIFT FF FILE gt gt 5 SHIFT 6 REW 7 DC OUT V BATT 12V Max 500mA 8 FF It is output regardless of power on off Location Recorder Model PD204 EN Chapter 3 Names and Functions Caution Pin 7 DC 12V is supplied from the PD204 If it is short circuited to GND or used with a heavy load the PD204 internal battery life may be exhausted faster or the PD204 may generate heat abnor mally Be careful not to use it with a heavy load or short circuit it to GND 11 Handle Used to fix the supplied shoulder belt Front panel 8 1113 15 17 19 9 10 16 18 PD204 LOCATION RECORDER 25 24 23 22 1 POWER switch Turns on or off the main power of the PD204 To prevent pressing the switch by accident it is located in the depressed area on the panel 2 SHIFT key indicator Pressing this key turns the shift mode on or off When on the indicator is lit and you can execute a SHIFTed secondary function of a key which has dual functions The SHIFTed function of a key if available is labeled under the key lt Note gt When the shift mode is on pressing any key which has a shifted function executes the shifted fun
93. you can now select the desired option y Sk SySkHuta Part link Pause time 1l Emir Pause time i bmin Keyboard Selus Keyboard Sel Us Pre rec timeti sec Pre rec time l1H sec Max file lensth 2G Max file lengthi 2G Auto Part linkiOff Auto Part link EH Flashing False start Fername False start Rename Selectable between On and Off the default is Off Ott At the point when there is no remaining space left on the current partition recording ends On At the point when there is no remaining space left on the current partition the unit continues recording on the next partition 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 153 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Note To make continuous recording the next partition to the current partition must have enough recordable space It is recommended that no recording has been made to the next partition before making continuous recording The following shows how continuous recording is made depending on the setting of the Max file length item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode It is assumed to attempt to record 6GB audio data to partition 1 PTO1 with Auto part link set to On When Max file length is set to 4GB Data is
94. you press the PAN key the option C R OFF or L changes and the corresponding indicator lights When Off is selected no indicator is lit and the channel signal is not sent to the stereo bus PAN keys S i PFOSEL AS light in green light in yellow unlit C unlit light in yellow unlit unlit light in yellow light in green unlit unlit unlit Using the ST BUS SEND control on each of channels 1 through 4 you can adjust the signal level sent to the stereo bus Using the MASTER L R control you can adjust the stereo bus master level ST BUS SEND controls MASTER control lt Linking the MASTER L R controls gt By pressing the MASTER LINK key to light up the LINK indicator the L control adjusts the master level of both the left and right channels simulta neously LINK indicator 82 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Monitoring recording signals You can monitor recording signals via headphones or the internal monitor speaker While a plug is inserted to the PHONES jack the internal speaker automatically turns off and you can monitor the signals only via headphones The monitor level can be adjusted by the MONITOR control This control can be pushed lock By pushing down the control you can put it down to the panel height level By pressing the control again
95. 03 and skip to the format mode selection If you want to change the reel number later you can do it using the Reel No menu item in the DISK UTILITY menu of the MENU mode 4 Use the MENU dial to select Format mode and press the ENTER YES key The current format mode Normal on the screen below flashes You can now select the desired mode UTILITY Format UTILITY Format Drive PTAzHD Drives PTB2HD Reel Hao 583 Reel Ho 5603 Format Mode Haormal Format Mode EER eshing FhasicalFormat Off FhusicalFormat Off CESECUTE J CEXECUTE 1 CFmt time dXkhekmkkZ D ffmt time sxkheknekz 5 Use the MENU dial to select DDR and press the ENTER YES key The format mode is set to DDR and the display changes to the screen on the right below In this procedure we assume that we format the drive with the Physical Format set to Off UTILITY RF or nat UTILITY FFormat Orive PTAzHD Drive PTazHD Feel Ho S003 Feel Ho Saas Format Mode ig Fshno Format Mode DOR FhUusicalFormat Off gt EH CESECUTE J EXECUTE J fmt time deberemos fmt time thttmtts 6 Use the MENU dial to select EXECUTE and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the caution message before executing formatting UTILITY Format UTILITY Format Drive PTBZHD CAUTION Feel Ho 5063 If ENTER key is Fush Format Mode DDR m ed wiil start format
96. 1 eee eee eee eeeee eee te ete niiin ioiai 70 Connection example for recording 2 eee eese esee eset te tetas en etn tnstn conan aononnonanos 71 Chapter 5 Recording playback eene 73 Preparation before recording mcr 74 Setup for recording in quick setup mode eee eee eese eene eene tette theta entia etnia tane ne nae 74 How to make settings in the quick setup mode eese esee eene ene en tenens estas tn saine 74 Frame rate selection for LTC or external time code eese entente nnne 75 System clock reference selection eee eee e eese eee eee einen ennt tn tratta stata stas iii iik aaia 75 Sampling frequency and bit length selection eese esses eere tn tenete tnnt nnns tnt sain 76 TGrecording mode settitig 2 nter Recte das 76 Clock pull up pull down setting ocococconnononanononnnnnonannnonanononnnononannnonaonnonnon non non tiesi itiiti ratas 76 Power source priority selection ooooocoononnonnononncnnonnnnnonanononaonconcononnonnonnonnonnonnonconcon conan ano nconannannoconninos 77 Setting in the MENU mode tette scsehestsstscdecesteasancaceececsaceapcasenchcetsbuescavbenespsbescnesaubeasets 77 Default File mani Setting tinto ra ie Sid decia 77 Maximum file siZe Settilg innisis inta e a iiaae a Tee 77 Partition link seting zeit e aa iee ana eee eno ici 77 Error TONE ou
97. 2 is selected gt 84 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Recording analog audio Starting recording The following procedure assumes that all the necessary preparations for recording such as signal source connection drive selection level settings etc have been completed 1 2 Note When the unit only receives analog audio signals you can always record analog audio signals However when the DIGITAL IN connector receives a digital signal and the unit locks to the signal the digital signal takes priority and you cannot record the analog signals PAUSE key REC key Slide the REC key A New File is automatically created and recording starts The display changes as follows BEBN TCGEH UP DLI PSLIER 0 0 BATTi The file name given to the created audio file depends on the setting of the Default file name item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode To stop recording press the PAUSE key During recording only the PAUSE key is effective To stop the recorder completely press the STOP key after pressing the PAUSE key Note that the recorder automatically stops completely after a certain period of time since it enters the pause mode This period is set to three minutes by default but can be changed to a desired period between 0 1 and 9 9 minutes in 0 1 minute steps or infinity using the Pause time menu in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page
98. 204 from the PC eee eese e eeeee eese eene teen trente tontet 117 Example of copying data to a computer hard disk eese 118 Example of exporting data to a computer application esee 118 Location Recorder Model PD204 103 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Auto copy function When recording to an audio file on a partition of the PD204 hard disk drive the auto copy function automatically copies the same audio file to a DVD RAM disk You can select the auto copy mode from the following two auto copy modes Copy recording to a DVD RAM disk is executed simultaneously when recording to a hard disk partition The recording size of a take is limited to the capacity of the hard Immediately mode disk partition or DVD RAM disk Note In this mode if no DVD RAM disk is set the PD204 cancels the auto copy mode and returns to the normal recording mode Immediately after the PD204 ends recording to the partition and stops the copy starts In this mode even if no DVD RAM disk is set when starting recording you can start copying by setting a disk later Note If you turn off the PD204 before setting a DVD RAM disk the copy data is erased Back ground mode Note While the auto copy mode is On and a DVD RAM disk is set to the DVD multi drive if the partition you are going to record to is formatted in the DDR mode for dual drive recording
99. 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen HER SS Set Project namek Default file namek m Default Trk Hamek Hext event Hol BB i Record FS4Bi t 4k24 Full urrdown 0 04 BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC FF oF RA Use the MENU dial to select the Set project name menu item and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for entering a project name zu uk SYSkSet Project name het Project namek Default file nameb gt Project name Default Tek Hamet IM Hext event Hol apnea Flashing Record FS amp Eits48k z4 Pull uer downi 4 4 Use the MENU dial or alphanumeric keys entering the desired project name press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Use the q lt q b gt p gt keys to move the cursor position By pressing the CLEAR key when the cursor is pointing any character of the name you can clear the whole name The project name is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit while recorded to an iXML file Characters you can enter using the MENU dial Alphabetical characters A Z a Z Numerical characters O 9 Symbols amp 7 9 L _ gt lt Space Ch
100. 4 Chapter 1 Main features What is in the box Make sure that the box contains the following If any of them are missing please contact your dealer PD204 1 Shoulder belt 1 Operation manual this manual 1 Driver software CD 1 PD204 options and related Fostex products The following PD204 options and related products are available Ask your local Fostex dealer or sale office for details about them such as prices specifications etc You can also get product information from our web site below http www fostex com Options AC adaptor Model AD15 4300 or AD 15C 1 8 inch hard disk drive Model EX HD1 Battery plate Model EX BP1 Soft case Model ZP 62 Related products e Location recorder Model PD606 e DVD multitrack recorder Model DV824 e Portable location recorder Model FR 2LE Personal powered monitor Model 6301B BX BE e Stereo headphones Model T20RPMKII T 5 T 7 T4ORPMKII T50RP Location Recorder Model PD204 19 Chapter 1 Main features 20 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 This chapter explains what you should do before using the PD204 for the first time including power connection internal clock setting and preparation of the DVD RAM disk It also explains how to replace the internal hard disk drive Chapter 2 Table of contents Preparation of power su
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102. 62 Digital format sse 144 DISK GOD Rp 107 Digital signal connection 63 65 Disk remain currere ntur Drive selection Dual drive recording esses 113 DVD RAM disk eene 33 EOI s er 160 Editing an ALE file sess 129 Eject lever Endura battery Editing a cue point eee 94 214 Location Recorder Model PD204 Event number aniano 141 False start ctt reds File information File name us Elle A rre S E llenumber x eene Formal aee edere Formatmode socia Force JAM e Frame rate eei dpt F llatea e eee Een Hidden file voor High pass filter Holder plate sene Homedisplay ainainen a a INPUT siria Input connection eeeeenenenn INT Internal eren Internal hard disk drive Internal clock cerei Iriput clip itr tr dertetae XML Chunk data senes Jam mode casera rita 182 Keyboard A dte tede 66 150 Key ICON iii ed RERO eee 57 205 Lithium battery eese 12 Limiter Loading the setup data sss 207 ETG start time etit cec 184 185 Main power supply een Maximum recording area Chapter 9 Specificat
103. AL OUT connector XLR 3 32 type in the IEC 60958 Part3 AES EBU or IEC 60958 Part2 S P DIF format You can select the digital output signal format AES EBU or S P DIF using the Digital out item in the SYSTEM SETUP menu of the MENU mode See page 144 for details about the Digital out item Time code output connection You can output SMPTE EBU time code from the TIME CODE OUT connector bal anced XLR 3 32 type According to the Sel TC Out item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode time code recorded on a disk REPRO TC or generated by the internal time code generator INT GEN TC is output see page 183 Word clock output connection Using the WORD OUT connector BNC type you can feed a word clock to a digital device which needs a word clock for synchronization Location Recorder Model PD204 65 Chapter 4 Basic connections Other connections USB keyboard connection The PD204 provides the USB KYBD connector for connecting a USB keyboard By connecting a USB keyboard to this connector you can enter file and label names as well as carry out some of menu operations from the keyboard Notes e To control the unit from a USB keyboard make setting of the Keyboard Sel item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode appropriately US or JAPAN according to the keyboard you use see page 150 With some keyboard indicators may not light until you press any key after connection We ca
104. Adjust RTC and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows current internal clock time which runs in realtime Sys SySkBd3ust ETC Stereo out leyeli d4 Loaokur RTC Sreaker mutet ff ATV IBNBID ltbh2o5mass Error tonet Time 2one GhT e 06 Chain rlast ff Adjust ETCk Lersionk By pressing the ENTER YES key while SET 00s is highlighted as the screen shown above right the second field is reset to 00 If you reset the second field when the second value is 30 or more the minute field value is incremented If you reset the second field when the second value is less than 30 only the second field is reset 4 Use the MENU dial to select EDIT and press the ENTER YES key The clock data at the moment when you press the ENTER YES key is held and you can now edit it the second field flashes SY Skadiust ETC SYSrAdiust ETE Loaokume RTC Loaokue RTC WeViBMID ltbh2o5maas B rvigsHBlID 18h33 Time Fone GMT 4 aa Time Zone GMT 6 aa SET Fe F EDIT Ld Flashing 5 Enter the desired date time data Use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter a desired value to the current cursor position flashing field You can move the cursor position using the Hd and pp keys 6 After entering date time data move the cursor to the offset time value by default 0 00 of Time Zone and enter the desired offset time according to the
105. C color 29 97DF 29 97FPS NTSC color with real time adjust 30 30FPS NTSC video 30DF 30FPS NTSC video Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu Generator mode selection Gen mode Using the Gen mode menu item you can select the generator mode of the internal TC genera tor You can also select the generator mode using the quick setup mode 1 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen TC SETUPR Syne clock INT Frame ratelz5 Gen modes Free Run Set Ben TCk Set Ger li bitk JAN modes BOTH 2 Use the MENU dial to select the Gen mode menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option Te SETUP TC SETUPRGen mode Sunc clock INT Frame rate 725 Gen mode kEec Fun Set Gen TCP Set Gen Ubitk JAM mode BOTH Sunc clocks IH Frame Pater 2s Ger mode Set Ger TCP Set Ben Ubitk JAM mode BOTH T I Flashing 3 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select from among Rec Run Ext Run Free Run and 24H Run the default is Rec Run When recording the unit
106. CSSTART Banzzm34 B2 ECSEHD aBhslmzB B2 BCSEHD B6h5imzb 03 Cue 63 Blh25mB8 s H3 Cue B3 Glh25mB8 B4 Cue B4 Blhdamii 64 Cue B4 Bih4Bmll E EEE Ba Cue m3 Alinomi BE PIM To exit the CUE LIST screen press the EXIT key Location Recorder Model PD204 95 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Basic playback Normal audio playback The following procedure assumes that an audio file is recorded to a DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition 1 Press the SHIFT key followed by the FILE SEL DRV PAT key to enter drive select mode 2 Use the MENU dial to select the desired drive and press the ENTER YES key 3 Select the desired audio file you want to play back using either of the following methods Selecting a file using the lt lt keys By pressing the or gt gt keys while the unit is stopped you can skip backward or forward to the beginning of the previous or next audio file See Skip locate functions on page 98 for details Selecting a file from the FILE SEL screen gt While the unit is stopped press the FILE SEL DRV PAT key to bring up the FILE SEL screen on which all audio files recorded to the selected drive are listed FILE SEL L FILE HAHE Hction BBl uau Act ian BHBz mwau Hction BHBWs uauv Act iong way Action dais PD204 LOCATION RECORDER Use the MENU dial to select the desired audio file and press
107. D204 limiter is set to 12 dB under the 24 bit full scale level all bits are ON and the compressed ratio is set to 1 5 The limiter attack time is fixed to 5 ms while the release time is fixed to 200 ms You can set limiter parameters using the Limiter parameter menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 156 for details lt Note gt When you use the limiter function see also Gain adjustment on the page 81 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback You can enable or disable the limiter function on each channel 1 through 4 by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the PAN key On the other hand you can enable or disable the limiter function on stereo bus by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the LINK key When the limiter function is active the LIM indicator of the corresponding input channel as well as the stereo channels is lit When the limiter is actually working the LIM indica tor flashes quickly LINK key munk a LIM indicator of the LIM indicator of each Master channels channel 1 through 4 Adjusting the input gain for channels 1 through 4 Using the GAIN control you can adjust the input gain for each channel The nominal input level can be adjusted within the following range e When the LINE MIC switch is set to LINE 32dBu to 4dBu e When the LINE MIC switch is set to MIC 34dBu to 70dBu PFL SEL munk a GAIN control Adju
108. ENTER YES key After showing Please wait the display shows the screen for editing an ALE file on which Remake ALE is highlighted HEH HALE b MEMURALEREdit ALE Select ALE file s E iH wale Delete ALE filer Hew file gt Save ALE filer Remake ALEP Edit ALE name P Wideo format FAL Use the MENU dial to select Entry files and press the ENTER YES key The screen now shows the entry list in which you can scroll through audio file entries by rotating the MENU dial MEMURFALEREdit ALE HLL THKE ale Saimrle FRG 42k HZ TAFE Sai TC frame 25 Dror frame MWHEHLFPHLEFEditkEntr sk ALE file erties PE T HAZ dodo WZ BGS shdekdokdoeoe Jay AB dodo Mau BAS soso Ww Off While the file entry list above is shown you can add a new audio file to the list or delete an unnecessary audio file from the list See the next page for details If you want to exit the EDIT EDL FILE menu after viewing the list press the EXIT key repeatedly until exiting the EDIT EDL FILE menu Location Recorder Model PD204 127 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu Adding an audio file entry to an existing ALE file 1 On the entry list screen shown in step 3 of Viewing audio file entries in the previous page use the MENU dial to select lt New entry gt and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the list in wh
109. ENTER YES key If you do not cancel the last recording press the EXIT key 86 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback The false start function has two mode Rename and Delete You can select the desired mode via the False start item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode the default is Re name see page 155 for details about how to select the mode In the Rename mode the canceled audio file is stored to the DVD RAM disk or partition even if you execute the false start function In the Delete mode the canceled audio file is automatically deleted after you execute the false start function Note When the mode is set to Rename each time you execute the false start func tion the remaining recordable space is reduced If you do not want to reduce the re maining space by executing the false start function set the false start mode to Delete Note that however the deleted file cannot be restored Note If an error occurs during recording you can log the error in the diagnoses file You can select whether or not an error is logged in the diagnoses file using the Diag noses item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode by default an error is not logged See page 145 Recording in Pre rec mode If you start recording with the PRE REC switch set to ON the buffered audio data is also recorded This function may prevent you from missing the start of important recording
110. ENU mode BATTERY SETUP menu Battery low voltage warning setting BATT warning Using the BATT warning item you can set the threshold low battery voltage for generating the warning tone When the battery voltage drops down to the threshold voltage for warning you can hear the warning tone via headphones To hear the warning tone you must set the BATT warning item on the Error tone menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode to On The default is On See page 160 for details You can also check the remaining time until battery voltage drops down to the thresh old voltage via the BATT Remain menu item See page 172 for details 1 2 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key followed by the ENTER YES key Use the MENU dial to select the BATTERY SETUP menu and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for battery related settings HEHU b BATTERY amp Svs SETLIF a BATT Warning 113 2U k DC IH warnina 13 6 TC SETUP F Fower PrioritauibC 1A DISKE UTILITY Active battery BATT EDIT EDL FILE k BATT Remain g ere USB to PC k BATT status While BATT warning is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing You can now select a voltage from the following BATTER BATTERYVFBATT warning BATT warnina PRR Flashing DC IHM uarnimns 213 60 Power Priorituibc 1A
111. EX HD1 by a user The DVD multi drive is the slot loading type and can accept a 4 7GB non cartridge DVD RAM DVD R or DVD RW disk only a DVD RAM disk can be used for direct recording 1 8 inch hard disk drive 12 cm DVD combo drive For the optional hard disk drive unit for replacement ask your local Fostex dealer or service station 16 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 1 Main features The DVD RAM disk format is conformed to UDF Rev1 5 which ensures great compatibility with personal computers The recording file format is conformed to the versatile BWF format You can export a recorded file including time code information to a BWF compatible application Can be used with the optional AC adaptor or IDX ENDURA battery V mount type You can stack up to four batteries for longer recording time Built in the internal generator with the jam sync function The unit is equipped with the time code input output connectors XLR so you can stripe not only the internal time code but also an external time code TIME CODE IN OUT connectors Provides the word sync function allowing synchronization with external digital equipment I WORD VIDEO IN and WORD OUT connectors Equipped with the USB PC port for PC connection You can directly connect to a PC allowing to mount the internal hard disk and DVD drives to the PC The unit also provides the USB HOST port for
112. FSAbBitidok 2d4 Full ur doun H Hz 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Pause time menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option Sum SY SkPause time Disital out AES EBU duele A Dissnoses Off iasnoses 0 Pesk hold Ise Peak hold ssec Tone rec modek Tone rec model EB TERES Fause time Flashing Keuboard 5el0S Keyboard Selius You can set the time between 0 1min and 9 9min in 0 1 minute step or infinity co the default is 1 0min 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 EIE Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu USB keyboard type setting Keyboard Sel The Keyboard Sel menu item selects the type of a USB keyboard connected to the USB KYBD connector The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit 1 2 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHL SS SYS SETUP b EIE Project namek BATTERY SETUP Default file namek TC SETUP k m Default Trek Hamek DISKE UTILITY F Mext event Moi hae 1 ED
113. FecIn via ExtTc Uff flashing TC PHE Timer Smin Use the MENU dial to select the desired TC userbit and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your selection EEEEERRR BG 76543 EEEEE BG 210 RRR default setting MMDDY Yff BG 76 MM month BG 54 DD day BG_32 YY year BG 10 ff US DDMMY Yff BG 76 DD day BG 54 MM month BG_32 YY year BG_10 ff EUR SSSSSSRR BG 756432 SSSSSS BG 10 RR RRREEEEE BG 756 RRR BG 54321 EEEEE SSSSSSTT BG 756432 SSSSSS BG 01 TT BWF UBIT gt Outputs the userbit in the BWF descriptor information EEEEE EVENT No RRR REEL No the rightmost three digits of the user bit fields RR REEL No the rightmost two digits of the user bit fields SSSSSS SCENE No the rightmost six digits of the user bit fields TT Take No the rightmost two digits of the user bit fields ff File No in decimal 01 to 99 Only the lower five figures of the numeral information in the event information recorded on BWF are output from the rightmost five digits of the user bit fields Only the lower three figures of the reel number recorded on BWF are output from Only the lower two figures of the reel number recorded on BWF are output from Only the lower six figures of the scene number recorded on BWF are output from Only the lower two figures of the take number recorded on BWF are output from Note Date information year
114. H 174 System clock Sel ic aerei ert eet eee eter Ee eee pvo esee rhet Eee cete de tabe eee T AROSE SEOS EEs eese iS EEES cia aiei 175 TC frame rate selection Generator mode sui eR P M S 177 Internal TG generator Settna zs sissies ieee aas a isei Eset EEEE ESET SEO eE ENEAS aE vene e doce e een ek aba eget 178 User bit setting TAMOS ao 182 Timecode output SOUrce SOLEUS ss eese eerte eere eene orte nne eee oreille Yon ioannes a eam EY enn een eror eren sienne aea agn 183 Default LTC start time setting 184 LTC start time editing 185 UBIT setting of playback time code 186 Time code output while paused 187 Automatic recording start by external TC Internal TC generator power off timer DISK UTILITY Men 190 Editing a file name Viewing a file information and editing descriptor information 192 Deleting an unnecessary audio file esses 196 Restoring a deleted audio file 197 Formatting a disk or a hard disk partition eee eese e eeeeee sente teen te entente inen ene tnenene then ente inen ete tn enero inet te tn eni et 198 Editing the reel number Volume label iicss cccccccccsssssssassevssssssscsscostscecesccsesssesevssseseessascnssadeasasceccssescsoseddedcnscssesceceossssavesabaeds 202 Record protection On Off setting Resume function On
115. HEEIST menu this menu simply by pressing the CUE key see page 93 for details LOAD SETUP menu This menu allows you to load the settings saved by using the SAVE SETUP menu SAVE SETUP menu This menu allows you to save the all settings in the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 135 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu SYS SETUP menu In the SYS SETUP menu the following menu items for settings regarding recording playback are available You can save setting data using the SAVE SETUP menu and recall the saved data whenever you want see pages 207 and 208 Note For the Auto copy and Adjust RTC menu items in the SYS SETUP menu see pages shown below Menu item Set project name Contents Edits a project name recorded to an iXML file Default file name Edits the default file name of an audio file created when recording Default TrkName Edits the default track name of a BWF file created when recording Next event No Sets the event number in the description information of an audio file Record FS amp Bit Selects the Fs and bit length of the audio file created when recording Pull up down Selects pull up down setting when using the internal clock reference Auto copy Selects the auto copy mode which enables simultaneous recording to a DVD RAM disk when making recording to a hard disk partition see page 104 Digital out Selects the digital
116. HOME key of the USB key board Location Recorder Model PD204 195 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Deleting an unnecessary audio file Delete file The Delete file menu item deletes an unnecessary audio file You can delete only the currently loaded audio file therefore you must load the desired audio file before deleting it Note A deleted file is not completely deleted from the disk It still exists as a hidden file You can restore a hidden file by the Restore Del File menu item described later 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown 2 Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MEHL E DISK UTILITY E M GETIIB Edit file namek y y File info TC SETUP CF Delete filer e a Restore Del fileb USB to PC rana r y Reel Hao xxr 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Delete file menu item and press the ENTER YES key The display goes down to the DELETE FILE screen on which the current file number and file name are shown while Sure flashes DISK UTILITYk UTILITY Del file Edit file namek DELETE FILE File info File Ho xw Delete filek Current file name Restore Del
117. Hz 48kHz 88kHz 96kHz 176 4kHz and 192kHz TAPE You can enter up to eight desired characters for a reel number TAPE TC frame You can select from among 23 97 30 24 29 97 and 25 Drop frame You can select between On and Off the default is Off The initial setting for each menu item except the Drop frame menu item reflects the setting of the audio file loaded before the unit enters the EDIT EDL FILE menu Notes e If you set the TC frame menu to 29 97 set the Drop frame menu to On e You can use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter TAPE reel number Use the or gt key to move the cursor When using the alphanumeric keys for entering characters pressing any other numeric key moves the cursor to the right automatically 8 After making necessary settings press the EXIT key The display now shows the confirmation screen for making a new ALE file on which Are you sure flashes HEHLKHLEREdit ALE Save ALE file NAIPES Fishing ENTER ERIT es Ha Note To cancel creating a file list press the EXIT key now 9 Press the ENTER YES key A new ALE file is created and added to the ALE file list ale the file extension is automatically added to the file name when an ALE file is created TOC eu eu MENU PALER 124 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files ED
118. IAJ format time code Note When recording external time code you can view the external time code value by switching the time display to LTC IN using the TIME key see the screen example below The external time code frame rate flashes on the right of the time display area To record external time code select the TC generator mode to EXT see below Incoming time code value Epmumr 0 2 T 0 i T iu Gs A EE of incoming Selecting the TC generate mode TC recording mode You can select the generate mode for time code recording from the following via the quick setup mode or the Gen mode item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 76 and 177 24H RUN Time code starts from the internal RTC real time clock data When recording to a new file the generator records time code from the value which REC RUN continues to the last time code value of the previous audio file When recording to a new disk which has no audio file the generator records time code from the value which continues to the last time code value of the previous disk used before disk exchange Runs the internal generator by the free run mode and records the current internal FREE RUN i generator time as the start time EXT RUN Records an incoming external time code value as the start time 90 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Automatic record start by external time code The PD204 prov
119. IFTed Brings up the TC SETUP menu screen on which you can make the necessary settings for recording and playing back time code see page 174 To exit the TC SETUP menu press the EXIT key FILE SEL DRV PAT key This key has primary unSHIFTed and secondary SHIFTed functions When unSHIFTed Brings up the screen for selecting an audio file from the files recorded on the current disk or a hard disk partition see page 96 You can select a file by highlighting the desired file using the MENU dial and pressing the ENTER YES key When SHIFTed Brings up the screen for selecting the active drive for recording playback see page 84 To exit the mode press the EXIT key LIGHT CONTRAST key This key has primary unSHIFTed and secondary SHIFTed functions When unSHIFTed Turns on or off the backlight of the display see page 30 Pressing this key turns on the backlight of the display which is automatically turned off after three seconds If you keep holding down this key for more than three seconds the backlight keeps on lighting until you press this key again When SHIFTed By pressing this key you can bring up the screen for adjusting the display contrast using the MENU dial see page 30 After adjusting the contrast pressing the ENTER YES key confirms the setting Location Recorder Model PD204 EM Chapter 3 Names and Functions 7 EXIT BATT key Used to cancel an edit operatio
120. ILE SEL CFHOJ FILE HAMEI GAI Action wai Hae Hction BBz wau asa Hction BB3 wuau ad Hction BBd uau 145 Rction B65 at GRIVE PAT SEL CORMIC REEL 1 Dup Simi FTAL SOA j PTHZL Sada J FTE3 Sea4 PTAdL SARS CUE LISTE Lic Al BCFSTART BH hz2m34 AZ BCTEH H h imz 63 Cue H3 Hihzb5m asa Ed Cue B4 Bihdemi i ga h m HE h m G N Location Recorder Model PD204 MEN Chapter 3 Names and Functions 60 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 4 Basic connections Chapter 4 Basic connections This chapter describes the basic connection between the PD204 and external devices Chapter 4 Table of contents Input connection cuerda usn dicare ord boue caes Uia ia db old dr Cle Rond iinet 62 Analog audio input connection eee eese eee ee eene nens tn states nor cnn cnn stas tns astnsnas 62 Digital audio input connection ccocccocconconoononnonoonoononnoononnononnonnon enses tn snnt natns tassa stas ss estis tastes 63 Time code input COnnecHOn eco siii 63 SYNC signal input CONO ea 63 External audio signal connection for monitoring s esessessesessessesessessesesseseeseoseseesesseseese 63 OUTPUT conN ctio fi s DM 64 Analog audio output connection sesesesesesesesesesesesesessssesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesossssesesesesesesesesese 65 Digital audio output connection eesesesesessssesesesesesessesesesesesessesesesesoseesesesesesessesesesesesossesesese 65
121. IT EDL FILE k Record FS amp Bitedok 24 USB to PC k Pull ur doun B 8 Use the MENU dial to select the Keyboard Sel menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option zum SYSkKeyboard Sel Diagnoses Off Diasnoses i ff Peak hold sen Peak hold sec Tone rec moder Tone rec madek Pause time l Bmin Pause time 1 khmin keyboard Sel l5 Keyboard Sel ME HHlashing Fre rec time i1H sec Fre rec timella sec You can select between US and JAPAN the default is US US A US keyboard can be connected JAPAN A Japanese keyboard can be connected Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode EE Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Pre recording time setting Pre rec time The Pre rec time menu item sets the pre recording time of audio pooled in the buffer When starting recording while the Pre rec mode is set to On recording is made from the audio pooled in the buffer The prevents missing the start of a take The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key
122. IT EDL FILE menu To create another new ALE file select New file gt and follow the same procedure as above If you want to exit the EDIT EDL FILE menu press the EXIT key to dismiss the Edit ALE screen In the following description we continue editing operation and add audio file entries Adding audio file entries to an ALE file You can add audio file entries to an ALE file The following shows how to add desired audio file entries to the ALE file named ALL TAKE ale created by the procedure described above lt Notes gt e Only audio file entries whose FS match the FS set for the ALE file can be added e When playing back audio file entries in the DV824 list play mode the condition follows the DV824 settings for the list play function regardless of the ALE file settings 1 While ALL TAKE ale is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for editing the ALE file on which Remake ALE is highlighted MEHURALER MEHLIKRLEREdit ALE Select ALE file RLL TRKE ale dE LL TAKE ale Delete ALE filet Hew files e ALE filer Edit ALE namek Video format PAL 2 Use the MENU dial to select the Entry files menu item at bottom of the menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for audio file entry on which lt New entry gt is highlighted MENURRLEREdit ALE RLL TRKE ale MEMURGALEREdit FEntrsk
123. If you are sure press the ENTER YES key The PD204 starts disk copy to the selected destination medium During disk copy the display shows estimated time and space remaining progress indication for disk copy When disk copy completes Completed is shown on the display and the PD204 stops disk access HUTILITVkDiask Cora FTHIHD 3332 DUD Finish ssepe Kemains seek Mbute 1 50 100 Pressing the EXIT key repeatedly to exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 KUN Chapter 6 Advanced operations File copy function The file copy function copies an audio file recorded on a DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition to another DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition To execute the file copy function use the File copy menu item in the DISK UTILITY menu of the MENU mode DVD RAM disk Hard disk partition Hard disk partition i Hard disk partition Note You can make file copy to a DVD R DVD RW CD R or CD RW disk as well as a DVD RAM disk However note that you cannot use DVD R RW and CD R RW discs for normal recording You can use them only when you make audio file copy from a hard disk partition Also note that you cannot make file copy to a recorded DVD R RW or CD R RW disk because file copy to a disk is made in disc at once mode Selecting source drive Before executing file copy select the desired copy source as the current drive DVD multi drive
124. MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 55 Chapter 3 Names and Functions Status information The status information area shows the current settings including the Fs bit information of the playback file Using the quick setup mode you can make settings directly via the status information area The FS bit and the number of recorded tracks of the current playback audio file are shown When playing back an audio file the status of the playback audio file takes priority over the menu setting The example on the left indicates that in the current audio file two tracks are recorded at 44 1kHz 16 bit I HPLIT INPUT Digital LL E m E zo Shows the current recording source Analog or Digital When no digital signal is fed to the DIGITAL IN connector Analog is shown When the unit is locking to the digital input Digital is shown while L and R are reversed When Analog is shown you can record analog audio signals which are fed to the ANALOG IN connectors on channels 1 through 4 and routed through the mixer section When Digital is shown you can directly without routed through the mixer section record a digital audio signal which are fed to the DIGITAL IN connector without routed through the mixer section Shows the time code frame rate currently set the default is 25 You can set the frame rate via the quick setup mode or via the Frame rate menu item in the TC SETU
125. NTER YES key to confirm your setting Format Mode the next item is automatically highlighted You can also edit the volume label after formatting using the Reel No menu item on the DISK UTILITY menu see page 202 Note If you enter an illegal volume label and press the ENTER YES key to con firm the display pops up Illegal Name and the entered volume label is not ac cepted Format mode selection While Format Mode is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The current setting by default Normal flashes and you can now select the format mode between Normal and DDR using the MENU dial After selecting the desired mode press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting lt Note gt You cannot select DDR when the Drive item is set to DVD RAM UTILITY RF O mat UTILITY Format Drive DUD FERM Drive DVD RAM Feel Ha SEH eel Hor S661 Format Mode Hormal Format Mode EER lashing Fh usicalFormat Off PhysicalFormat Off CERECUTE J CEXECUTE 1 Cfnt time skhekEkz Chink time thttmtts J Location Recorder Model PD204 199 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu The medium selected by the Drive item a DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition is Normal formatted in the Normal mode When setting the Format mode to Normal you can select On Off of Physical Format the next item on the screen A hard disk partition selected by the Drive item as
126. NTER keu Rewrite ENTER key Exit ESIT key Exit EXIT key After editing the start time press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter a desired value and use the a gt keys to move the cursor position Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 185 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu 1 2 3 4 UBIT setting of playback time code RepTC Ubit Using the RepTC Ubit menu item you can select the desired userbit of time code which is output from the TIME CODE OUT connector while the Sel TC Out is set to Repro When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen T Ger maan et Set JAM TC SETUPP Syne clock IHT Frame rater 25 model Free Fun Gen TCk Gen Ubit mode BOTH Use the MENU dial to select the Rep TC Ubit menu item and press the ENTER YES key The currently selected time code userbit flashes the default is EEEEERRR You can now select the userbit Te SETUP Default LTC start Edit LTC startk reer TC Ubit EEEEERER Fer pause TC ff Fegin via ExtToiDf4 TC PUE Timer min TC SETUP Fer TC Ubit fief ault LTC startk Edit LTC start Eer TC Ubi t A33334H5 Fer Pause TLIOfFf
127. On or Off starts flashing the default is Off and you can now select the desired option DISK UTILITY Reel Hoi sk Rec Protect Off Fesume O Fart Protect Off File coruk Disk cork LITILITYEPart Protect Reel Hol ttk Rec Protect Off Resume of Ff Fart Protec t m lashing File corsk Disk corsk 1 4 Use the MENU dial to select On or Off and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Note When a protected partition is loaded the 4 icon is shown on the Home display as well as the DRIVE SEL display as shown below ELE EEL 00004005007 LDEUJL S Magy Scene 1 mue way LL PTE 11 007 PTHZL zm FT amp 3 2nmada PTS40 SAS Location Recorder Model PD204 205 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu HDD operating time display HDD Ope Time Using the HDD Ope Time item you can view the operating time of the internal hard disk drive since it is formatted at the factory Note The internal hard disk drive as well as the optional hard disk drive Model EX HD1 is formatted at the factory and then used for testing and inspection Therefore if you check the hard disk operating time just after purchasing the unit it may not show 0000H 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YE
128. P menu of the MENU mode see pages 75 179 Shows the current reference clock the default is INT You can set the clock reference via the quick setup mode or the Sync Clock menu item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 75 175 If the unit does not lock to the external clock reference the selected option flashes quickly EGTAIT Shows the current FS bit setting the default is 48 24 You can set the FS bit rate via the quick setup mode or the Record FS BIT menu 48124 item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 76 142 Shows the active power source You can specify the power source to be used pref erentially when more than one source is available via the quick setup mode or the ad d Active battery menu item in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MENU mode BATT see pages 77 169 Note that when only one power source is available the avail able source DC IN BATT1 or BATT2 is shown regardless of Active battery setting UP ol Shows the current pull up down setting which is effective when the PD204 is refer enced to the internal clock the default is 0 0 You can make the pull up down setting via the quick setup mode or the Pull up down menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 76 143 Shows the current time code recording mode the default is HEC RUN You can set the time code recording mode via the quick setup mode or the Gen mode men
129. Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode EIE Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Slate tone pop tone recording mode setting Tone rec mode The Tone rec mode menu item sets the recording time and mode of the slate tone as well as the recording mode of the pop tone The slate tone is recorded at the beginning of a file while the pop tone is recorded at the end of a file The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit 1 2 3 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen HEHU p SSP Set Project name BATTERY SETUP F Default file rnamek TC SETUP k m Default Trk Hamek DISK UTILITY F Hext event Hogh 1 EDIT EDL FILE k Record FS4BitidSk 24 USB to PC k Pull yr gowns A Ax Use the MENU dial to select the Tone rec mode menu item and press the ENTER YES key You can make tone rec time tone rec On Off and end pop tone On Off settings SYS SYSkTone rec mode Auto corst ff Tane pec madae Disital out HES EBU Tone reg time iasec Diasnosest Off g Tone reciOff Feak hold ISEL End For tane ff Tone rec modek Pause time l Amin Tone rec time setting Use the MENU dial to select the Tone rec time and press the ENTER YES key
130. R YES key The display goes down to the RESTORE FILE screen which shows the list of hidden audio files If no hidden file which can be restored exists No Deleted File is shown DISK UTILITY UTILITY k S file Edit file namek FESTORE FILE File info k E Delete filer eG cL a LAL Restore Del filek xke eese LL Format pese peo ee ok Laut Feel Hao or Select a file you want to restore using the MENU dial and press the ENTER YES key The unit restores the file After Completed is shown the display returns to the DISK UTILITY menu screen Note The restored file has the same file name before it was deleted Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 197 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Formatting a disk or a hard disk partition Format Using the Format menu item you can reformat a DVD RAM disk or a partition of the internal hard disk drive in the UDF format For details about how to format an unformatted DVD RAM disk see Initial format of a DVD RAM disk on page 34 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown 2 Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu item and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen HEHU b PI
131. RIVE SEL screen by the procedure below 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 Use the MENU dial to select DRV PAT SEL and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DRIVE SEL screen 2 Use the MENU dial to select the desired partition and press the ENTER YES key The display changes to show the Home screen for the selected partition Location Recorder Model PD204 107 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Making disk copy The following procedure assumes that partition 1 PTO1 is selected as the current drive and you attempt to copy audio data recorded on the partition to the DVD RAM disk 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The display now shows the MENU list screen BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISKE UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC Ld F k P k k 2 Use the MENU dial to select DISK UTILITY and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen HEHUK DISK UTILITV SYS SETUP Edit file namer BATTERY SETUP File anatase pear a Delete fileb ISE UTILITY 1 filel EDIT EDL FILE P Eco Orr A USE to PC Reel Mot asc 1 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Disk copy menu item and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for selecting the drive of the
132. S key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown 2 Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen HEHU DISK UTILITY SYS SETUP k Edit file namer BATTERY SETUP File info k TC SETUP k m Delete filet DISE UTILITY F Restore Del filet EDIT EPL FILE Format USB to FC k Reel Hao or 3 Use the MENU dial to scroll down the screen until you can see the HDD Ope Time item at the bottom The current operating time of the hard disk drive is shown DISK UTILITY Rec Protect Off Resume Off Part Protec ti Off File cork Disk coruk MHOD Ome Timed acy 4 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 206 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode LOAD SETUP menu LOAD SETUP menu Using the LOAD SETUP menu item you can load setup data from among user setup data Box No 0 through Box No6 and default setup data A user setup data can be saved using the SAVE SETUP menu described on next page 1 2 3 4 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key Use the MENU dial to select the LOAD SETUP menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the LOAD USER SETUP screen for selecting a desired user or default
133. S key The current setting starts flashing You can now select the prior battery BATTERY F BATT uarnina 13 2U BATTERY Active batters BATT warnina 13 2U DC IHM warning 13 8l Power Eriorites DCc IH Active battere BHTTI BATT Remain thatch DC IHM warnings 213 60 Power FriaritstDC IH Active bat ters EERE Flashing BATT Remain htm BATT status Fk BATT status F Available options BATT1 and BATT2 the default is BATT1 Note You cannot select an option whose battery power voltage is lower than the threshold voltage Note If a battery is set to either of BATT1 or BATT2 or if no battery is set you cannot make selection of this item 4 Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 169 Chapter 8 MENU mode BATTERY SETUP menu Battery setting examples gt lt Example 1 gt The DC IN power is normally used while a battery set to battery mount 1 is standby for backup Power priority DC IN Active battery BATT1 BATT1 indicator is unlit Status information display pulire DC IN is active n Uu Ll F Dc 1H BATT1 indicator is lit Status information display MONT Pop up window l i iin uh BATT1 is active disconnected PONER CHAHGE H ww ER
134. SE UTILITY 255 SETUP BATTERY SETUP JEdit file namek File infao k Delete filek Restore Del filek Format k Reel Hos loko EDIT EDL FILE USE to FC a a AE k La 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Format menu item and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows Format screen PISE UTILITYE UTILITY EFormat Edit file namek Drive DUD RAM File inf P Feel Ho Sebi Delete filer Format Mode Hormal Restore Del filek PhasicalFormati Off EXECUTE Feel Ho Coe CFmt time skhiekmkekz On this screen you can make setting for the following items regarding formatting Selects a medium to be formatted You can select from among DVD RAM a DVD RAM set to the standard fitted Drive DVD RAM drive and PTO1HD through PT16HD partitions of the internal hard disk drive If the optional hard disk drive is not installed DVD RAM is the only option Sets the reel number volume label of the selected medium By default the following numbers are set as the reel numbers Reel No DVD RAM gt S001 Partition gt PTO1HD S002 PTO2HD S003 PT16HD S017 Selects the format mode between Normal and DDR Format Mode You are going to perform Dual Drive Recording to a hard disk partition and a DVD RAM disk select DDR Physical Format Selects whether physical formatting the DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition EI Loc
135. Sk lt 24 USB to FC F Pull ur zdoun 0 0 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Version menu item and press the ENTER YES key You can check the software ROM version number and creation revision date SSP Stereo out leyeli 4 Speaker mutel n Error toner Chain rlas ff Adjust ETC SYSRUERS TOM R HM version Lepe 16 ALE TET 4 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 164 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode BATTERY SETUP menu BATTERY SETUP menu In the BATTERY SETUP menu the following items for battery related settings and screens are available Menu item BATT warning Setting function Sets the threshold battery voltage for generating the warning tone DC IN warning Sets the threshold DC IN voltage for generating the warning tone Power priority Sets the priority of power supply DC IN or battery Active battery Sets the battery priority when using multiple batteries BATT Remain Displays remaining time until battery voltage drops down to the BATT warning thresh old voltage BATT Status Reads and displays the information of a BMS battery BMS Stands for Battery Management System a BMS battery memorizes all data such as battery voltages currents capacities etc By using the data the PD204 can manage the battery precisely Location Recorder Model PD204 165 Chapter 8 M
136. T warnins ml Flashing Disk warring 3min Disk warnina 3min Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select between On and Off the default is On If the battery voltage drops below the threshold voltage set by the BATT warning BATTERY SETUP menu item while you set BATT warning to On the warning tone is output by the pattern on the right If the warning tone above is output during recording re cording automatically stops after one minute Note For details about how to set the battery threshold voltage for warning see Battery warning setting on page 172 Location Recorder Model PD204 161 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Disk warning time setting Use the MENU dial to select the Disk warning and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option SySkError tone SYSrError tone Errer pores EPpor tohe Write error 10n Write error Or Tneut clir n Inrut clir Or BATT warning Or BATT warnings 10r Disk warnings 3min Disk warnins EME Flashing Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Selectable Off or between 1min and 9min in one minute steps the default is 3min If the remaining record
137. TY Reel Mot Dx Rec Protect Off Fart rFratecti ff File caruk Disk corat UTILITY Resume Feel Hao ack J Rec protect Off Resume BIEI FPart rFrotectilff File cory Disk corab b Flashing 4 Use the MENU dial to select On or Off and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 204 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Partition protection On Off setting Part protect Using the Part protect menu item you can select On or Off of the software protection record inhibit for the current partition The following procedure assumes that a partition you want to make protection setting is se lected as the current drive 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown 2 Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MEHDI DISK UTILITY ss SETUP Edit file namek BATTERY SETUP File info P TC SETUP Delete filek EDIT EDL FILE M peer d omi oan USB to PC d Reel Ho Lasko 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Part protect menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current option
138. TY Restore Del filer EDIT EDL FILE EGRE USB to PL Reel Mor asst 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Reel No menu item and press the ENTER YES key The leftmost character of the current reel number flashes and you can now edit the reel number DISK UTILITVE UTILITY Reel Ho File info k File info k Delete filek Delete filek Restore Del filek 4 Restore Del filek Format P Format k lashing Feel Hao sek Reel Ho HEH Rec Protecti Off Fec Protect Off 4 Use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter a desired reel number Use the ka a gt keys to move the cursor position When using the alphanumeric keys for entering characters pressing any other alphanumeric key moves the cursor to the right automatically You can enter up to eight characters for a reel number Pressing the CLEAR key clears the right next character to the cursor position 5 After editing the reel number press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 6 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 202 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Record protection On Off setting Rec protect Using the Rec protect menu item you can select On or Off of the protection record inhibit for the currently loaded audio file The following procedure assumes that an audio file you want to make protection setting is loaded N
139. Timer item when operating the unit on battery Location Recorder Model PD204 ELI Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu DISK UTILITY menu In the DISK UTILITY menu 12 menu items for settings regarding recording media and recorded audio files are available This section explains the following ten menu items in the table below For the File copy and Disk copy menu items in the DISK UTILITY menu see pages shown below Menu item Edit file name Setting function Edits the audio file name File info Displays audio file information and edits descriptor information Delete file Deletes an unnecessary file Restore Del file Restores a deleted file Format Formats a DVD RAM disk or a partition of the internal hard disk drive Reel No Edits a reel No volume label of an audio file Rec protect Selects on off of the record protection of an audio file Resume Selects on off of the resume function of an audio file Part protect Selects on off of the record protection of a partition of the internal hard disk drive File copy See page 110 for details Disk copy See page 107 for details HDD Ope Time Shows the operating time of the internal hard disk drive 190 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Editing a file name Edit file name The Edit file name menu item edits a file name of the curren
140. To turn off the power switch the POWER switch to the OFF position The display backlight flashes weakly and slowly This indicates that the internal TC genera tor is still working after turning off the main unit The time until the TC generator turns off is set to five minutes by default however you can set it to the desired time via the TC PWR Timer item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 189 MEN Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Internal clock setting The PD204 offers realtime clock The realtime clock data is used for a default file name when creating a new audio file on a disk the file creation date time information the time code start time when recording a time code by the internal time code generator and so on see Notes below The realtime clock is adjusted according to the local time when shipped therefore set the time to your local time before using the PD204 by following the procedure below Note The realtime clock date is used for the default file name of a newly created file when the file name mode is set to DATE using the Default file name item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 138 The following shows the Home screen examples which are shown when the file name mode is set to DATE While stopped lt DATE gt wav is shown in the NEXT field During recording or playback the file name based on the realtime clock data gi
141. U mode see page s 168 and 169 Settings in the MENU mode In the MENU mode you can set many items besides those you can set via the quick setup mode Set the items in the MENU mode for recording playback shown below if required Default file name setting The Default file name menu item selects the default name format of an audio file which is created automatically when recording starts The Default file name is initially set to SCENE NAME Take number So the name of the first file recorded is SCENE 001 wav You can set the desired scene name instead of the default SCENE You can select the default name format from DATE and Reel Number File Number in addition to the default SCENE NAME Take number You can select the default file name via the Default file name item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 138 Maximum file size setting The maximum recording size per file can be selected The default size is 2GB You can change it to 4GB according to the capacity of your personal computer which receives an audio file created by the PD204 You can select the maximum file size via the Max file length item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 152 Partition link setting This setting is valid only when you make recording to a hard disk partition If partition link is enabled when there is no recording space left in the current partition during recording the unit automatically creat
142. UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC The remaining time until the battery voltage reaches the threshold low voltage is shown in one minute at the position indicated by an arrow below BATTER F BATT warning 13 2U DC IH warning 13 8 Power Priority DC IH Active battery BATTI BATT RemainsskbkEm BATT status e CR aun L m Note The displayed time is calculated from the current power consumption so it varies depending on the condition The unit display the remaining time only as a guide and we do not guarantee the time Nolte When a non BMS battery or the DC IN power is active BATT remain does not display the remaining time When a non BMS battery is active h m is shown When DC IN is active lt DC IN gt is shown Note When the battery priority is set by the Active battery item the remaining time of the prior battery is shown When the active battery changes the remaining time of the other battery is shown Note The BATT Remain item only displays BATTER F the remaining time Unlike the other menu items BATT warning 123 2U pressing the ENTER YES key does not change DC IM warnings 113 0 anything Power Priority DC IN Active batterJ BHTTI BATT Remains BATT status F 3 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 172 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode BATTERY SETUP menu Batter
143. Using the Edit LTC start menu item you can set the desired LTC start time of a playback audio file The LTC start time is recorded to the currently load file Note The PD204 records only the start time of LTC and the internal generator generates and outputs LTC with reference to the start time On a BWF file the start time is recorded as Time Reference in Broadcast Audio Exten sion Chunk Therefore if you want to use this LTC in Digidesign Pro Tools export the audio file to Pro Tools and make User Time Code effective 1 2 3 4 5 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen prone rated 25 Gen modes Free Run Set Ben TCh Set Ger llIbitk JAM modes BOTH Use the MENU dial to select the Edit LTC start menu item and press the ENTER YES key The LTC start time recorded on the current file is shown TC SETUPE TC SETUFKLTC Start ni oef ault bus start LOGELIF LTC STHET tgkt Pako fF its ENTER key it EXIT key Eecin via ExtTcrOff Edi Ex TC PUE Timer Smin Press the ENTER YES key again Initially the subframe value flashes and you can now edit the LTC start time E SETUPRLTC Start TC SETUPRLTC Start LOOKUF LTC START EPIT LTC STHET sek yoke os Fees f A sek seb npe se f cmo Edit E
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145. YS SETUP menu screen MEHL H SS Set Project nameb Default file namek m Default Trk Hamek Mext event Hol hee i Record FS amp Bit id8k z74 Full ur doun 8 8 BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC FS oF R 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Next event No menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option SYS SVySkMext event Ho Set Project namebk Set Project namek Default file namek Default file namek Default Tek Hamet m Default Trek Haier axt Hext event Hot ETIM rashning Fecord FS amp Eit dsSEk z4 Record FS amp Bit i4dB8k z74 Pull ur down 8 8 Full ur doun HA E You can set the Next event No to a desired number between 00001 and 99999 Note The edited value is reflected to newly recorded audio file It does not affect the current audio file If the event number exceeds 99999 the number returns to 00000 4 Use the MENU dial to enter the desired number and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 141 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Recording FS bit length setting Record FS amp Bit The Record FS amp Bit menu item sets the recording sampling frequency and bit length You can also make the setting via the quick setup mode o
146. a the appropriate menu items in the MENU mode You can make the settings of the following items listed below from the status information area pointed by the arrow on the Home screen example below 1 LTC frame rate 2 System reference clock 3 Recording Fs bit 4 TC recording mode 5 Clock pull up down 6 Prioritized power source How to make settings in the quick setup mode You can make settings in the quick setup mode by following the procedure below PD204 LOCATION 1 While the display shows the Home screen and the unit is stopped press the QUICK SET key By default FRAME in the status information area flashes FRAHE nh TC SEMIUP OL POWER In this condition rotating the MENU dial or pressing the mea or gt gt key moves the flashing position in the following order M Po ER UPU DL TE GEA Location Recorder Model PD204 a P UU Flashing Chapter 5 Recording Playback 2 Select the desired item you want to edit and press the ENTER YES key The current option of the selected item starts flashing and you can now select the desired option using the MENU dial Flashing 3 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key The selected option is set and the item name flashes again Repeat steps 2 and 3 for setting another item if required 4 After completing settings press the EXIT key to exit the quick
147. al appearance items such as cosmetic parts knobs liquid crystal displays buttons etc 12 Replacements or repairs necessitated by loss or damages resulting from any cause beyond the control of Fostex America 13 Damage resulting from misuse or abuse on rental units NOTE FOSTEX AMERICA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA LOST OR DAMAGED DURING OPERATION OF THIS PRODUCT CALIBRATION AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES ARE NOT COVERED BY THIS WARRANTY Fostex America reserves the right to inspect all products submitted pursuant to this warranty If such an inspection shows reasonable cause to believe that any of the above exclusions to the above warranty are applicable then Fostex America or the authorized service station will charge prevailing service rates and parts costs for any repairs FOSTEX AMERICA LIMITED WARRANTY To claim all warranty service first access www fostex com to receive service authorization RMA number Then present the authorization together with the bill of sale which shows the date of original purchase to Fostex America This warranty is not transferable SHIPPING If this product needs service you must take it or package it carefully using ample packag ing materials to prevent damage during shipment and mail it to the distributor from whom you have purchased this product postage pre paid and insured NOTE Fostex America will not assume responsibility for damages or losses occurred in transit but will reasonably a
148. also shows the next file name and remaining recordable time of the partition The next file name is the name of the file which is created when you start recording By default Scene 001 wav is automatically given to the file You can specify the desired name instead of this default name using the Default file name item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 138 The internal hard disk has been formatted when shipped So you can make recording to the partition in this condition The hard disk is divided into 16 partitions approxi mately 4 5GB per partition If you want to record a file to another partition select the desired partition by using the drive selection function see page 84 Note If you make recording to a DVD RAM disk you must format the disk see page 34 and select the DVD RAM drive by using the drive selection function Note When the power is being supplied from a battery the BATT1 or BATT2 indicator on the top panel lights while the POWER area on the display shows BATT1 or BATT2 These depend on the settings of the Active battery and Power priority items in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MENU mode P Battery indicators When the power is being supplied from the DC IN connector F T T3 F both battery indicators on the top panel are unlit while the Sn I POWER area on the display shows DC IN D E IH Location Recorder Model PD204 MEN Chapter 2 Preparation before u
149. aracters you can enter using the alphanumeric keys Alphabetical characters A Z a Z Numerical characters O 9 Symbols amp 7 L _ space Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 137 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Default file name setting Default file name The Default file name menu item selects the default name format of an audio file which is created automatically when recording starts You can give a file name of date information according to the internal realtime clock a scene name with a take number or a reel number with a file number 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHL FK Sys S45 SETUP Set Project namek BATTERY SETUP Default file namek TC SETUP i m Default Trek Hamek DISK UTILITY Mext event Mo ABBA i Record FSiB1t145k lt 24 EDIT ECL FILE USB to PC Pull ur dowuns 8 8 FF mon d 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Default file name menu item and press the ENTER YES key el SuySsRDef file name Set Project mnameb File name mode F File name mode Take Default Trk Hamet Default scene take Hext event Hol bbe 1 SCENE HANE Rec
150. are mounted to both the BATT1 and BATT2 mounts if the battery power voltage of the prior battery drops down to the threshold voltage for warning the other battery automatically becomes active When a battery is mounted to either of the battery mounts if the battery power voltage of the priory battery drops down to the threshold voltage for warning the DC IN power becomes active When you set Power priority to BATT if the battery power drops down and the power source changes from the battery to the DC IN the battery recovers temporarily however the power source do not return to the battery Note that if you replace the battery to the fully charged one the power source automatically switches back to the battery 4 Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 168 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode BATTERY SETUP menu Battery priority setting Active battery Using the Active battery item you can select the prior battery BATT1 or BATT2 when you set batteries to both the BATT1 and BATT2 See Battery setting examples on pages 170 and 171 for the examples of battery priority set ting The setting you make using this item is reflected to the POWER area on the display You can also make the prior battery setting via the quick setup mode see page 77 Note If the voltage o
151. art by external TC Recin via ExtTC eese 188 Internal TC generator power off timer setting TC PWR Timer eerte 189 DISK UTILITY Men E cane iiri 190 Editing a file name Edit file name eres eee eee a etate tae i atas 191 Viewing a file information and editing descriptor information File info 192 Editing descriptor information ccsssscsssscsssscsssscsssscsscscescscssessssesssscssesessesessesessceesseescseenseeees 194 Adding descriptor information eee es eeeeee eee ee etes tn senses tnt sese tn tineis itas nan nanacinanns 194 Deleting descriptor information eese eee eeeeeeee eee eee tns tn sine tn tratta ent ts tantas sas tasia stas an sn sese 194 Viewing iXML Chunk data information cccscsssssesessssssssssesesescsssscsssessessssssssasseceesseensseenses 195 Editing iXML Chunk data information ccoccocconconoononnonnonnnnnonnoncnnnonnonnnnnonnonnnnnonnoncon con non con cnn sens eas ian 195 Deleting an unnecessary audio file Delete file eese eene nennen 196 Restoring a deleted audio file Restore Del file eese eene enne nnn 197 Formatting a disk or a hard disk partition Format eese 198 Editing the reel number Volume label Reel No oooonccnoononnconncononononaconncnnccononnconaconconos 202 Record protection On Off setting Rec pr
152. ation Recorder Model PD204 4 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Make settings of the items Drive selection While Drive is highlighted on the Format screen press the ENTER YES key The currently selected drive flashes and you can now select the desired option DVD RAM or PTO1HD through PT16HD using the MENU dial After selecting the op tion press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Reel No the next item is automatically highlighted UTILITY Format UTILITY Format Drive DUO RAM Drive ENAA Flashing Feel Ho S60 Reel Ho S06 Format Mode Hormal Format Modes Hormal FhasicalFormat Off PhasicalFormati Off EXECUTE J ESECUTE 1 fmt time depp Cfmt time skWieknkekz e Volume label setting While Reel No is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The first character of the current volume label by default 1 flashes and you can now enter the desired label using the MENU dial and alphanumeric keys You can move the cursor position using the ka a gt keys Up to eight characters can be entered UTILITY FFormat UTILITY Format Drives DUD RAH Drive OWO RAM Reel Ho CS e1 eel Ho S888 Flashing Format Mode Hormal Format Model Hormel FhasicalFormat off FhassicalFormat Off L ERECUTE J TEXECUTE J Cfmt time skhekEkz fmt time h tmttz After entering the desired label press the E
153. ation Recorder Model PD204 105 Chapter 6 Advanced operations 5 Pressing the EXIT key repeatedly to exit the MENU mode The display now shows the Home screen for the partition According to the copy mode selection in set 4 before IMEA icon when selecting IMME or EHH icon when selecting BGRD is shown on the left of the status information area By making the unit record ready while the auto copy mode is active the copy source partition remaining time and copy destination DVD RAM disk remaining time is alternately shown SIS AE HE 2p EX s B h33m225 EJ 0s DISCRETE Mee EE Making auto copy 1 Slide the REC key to start recording to the partition When the auto copy mode is set to IMME audio data is recorded to the partition while it is copied to the PD204 DVD RAM disk 2 Press the PAUSE key to stop recording If you choose the BGRD Background mode in step 4 and execute recording auto copy actually starts when pressing the PAUSE key to stop recording When starting auto copy Backup Copy start is shown on the display for a few seconds and immediately after copy finishes Backup Copy Finished is shown In the BGRD background mode even if no DVD RAM disk is set the PD204 makes recording to the partition In such a case the copy data remains internally after recording to the partition finishes therefore auto copy is executed when set ting
154. atteries or four PowerLink batteries you must set the battery priority BATT1 or BATT2 You can specify the battery to be used preferentially When the preferential battery gets empty the display shows the warning popup window and the other battery auto matically takes over You can make setting via the quick setup mode or via the Active battery item in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 77 and 169 Low battery warning setting Whether you use a battery with or without BMS Battery Management System you can set the threshold voltage for warning low battery When the battery voltage gets lower than the threshold voltage you set the warning tone is output from the headphones connected to the unit By default the threshold voltage is set to 13 2V for battery with BMS or 13 0V for battery without BMS However you can set the desired threshold voltage via the BATT warning item in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 166 Note When you use a battery with BMS Battery Management System you can check the battery information via the BATT status item in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 173 Note When you use a battery with BMS Battery Management System you can check the remaining time until the battery voltage reaches the threshold voltage in one minute steps via the BATT Remain item in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 172 Note While th
155. ber You can view cue points after recording Viewing the cue point list Pressing the CUE key while the unit is stopped brings up the CUE LIST screen as shown below In this screen the existing cue points are listed In the screen example below cue points 01 through 04 are set while no data is stored on and after cue point 05 The time data is shown by the format based on the time display indicator CUE LISTE LTC Bi BCFSTART Bohz2m34 2 BCSEMD GahsimzB 63 Cue B3 Bihz5maBe 64 Cue B4 BihdBmii as h m BE h m Labels are automatically given to the recorded CUEs BC START to CUE 01 BCSEND to CUE 02 and Cue 03 Cue 04 Cue 99 to CUE 03 and the following cues BC START and BCSEND are the label names reserved by the BWF J specification On this list screen you can not only view cue points but also locate to a cue point edit a cue point and add a new cue point to the list Location Recorder Model PD204 93 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Editing a cue point By selecting a desired cue point in the CUE LIST screen you can edit its label or point time data or delete it By highlighting a desired cue point and press the ENTER YES key the display changes to show the screen for editing the selected cue point by default Label flashes on the screen CUE LISTREditk LTC CUE Ho 42 Edit flashing ERENCECFEHD j
156. ble TC recording mode options default Rec Run FREE Free Run Rec R Rec Run 24H R 24H Run EXT Ext Run You can also select the TC recording mode via the Gen mode menu item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 177 lt Note gt You can set the default LTC start time via the Default LTC Start menu item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 184 Clock pull up pull down setting MAIN You can make the pull up pull down setting of the sampling clock internal TC frame rate when the clock reference is set to INT Available pull up pull down options default 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 You can also make the pull up pull down setting via the Pull up down menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 143 for details Note You cannot make pull up or down setting when the time code frame rate is set to 25 fps If you select 0 196 or 0 196 when the frame rate is set to 25 fps 0 196 or G 96 is shown in the UP DW field Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Power source priority selection HMJ You can select the prior power source when the unit can get power from both the battery and DC IN connection Available power source options default BATT1 BATT1 BATT2 DC IN You can also select the prior power source via the Active battery and Power priority items in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MEN
157. by 6dB it does not influence to the audio characteristics You can check the current battery remaining amount in realtime by following the proce dure described below Battery condition display You can check the battery remaining amount in realtime from the ST BUS bargraph meters beside the LCD display on the front panel By pressing and holding down the EXIT BATT key when you use a BMS battery and the display shows the Home screen in stop playback or record mode the ST BUS bargraph meters show the battery remaining amount in and the display pops up the battery power voltage in V Releasing the EXIT BATT key returns the meters to the stereo buss level monitoring and dismiss the popup window When you use a non BMS battery only the display pops up the battery power voltage ST BUS bar graph meters EXIT BATT key CUR BHTT1 12 3U801t Shows the Shows the BATT1 BATT2 remaining remaining amount amount LdB L R dB ST BUS ELM Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Dismounting the battery To dismount the battery make sure that the power is off and remove the battery while pressing the release button on the IDX ENDURA battery or press down the eject lever on the PD204 Eject lever on the PD204 F 4 wi lt Note gt Dispose the use
158. ce should be mounted to a wall or ceiling only as recommended by the manufacturer 8 Ventilation The appliance should be situated so that its location or position dose not interfere with its proper ventilation For example the appliance should not be situated on a bed sofa rug or similar surface that may block the ventilation openings or placed in a built in installation such as a bookcase or cabinet that may impede the flow of air through the ventilation openings 9 Heat The appliance should be situated away from heat Sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other appliances including amplifiers that produce heat 10 Power Sources The appliance should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the appliance 11 Grounding or Polarization The precautions that should be taken so that the grounding or polarization means of an appliance is not defeated E NE Location Recorder Model PD204 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT FULLY INSERT ATTENTION POUR EVITER LES CHOCS ELECTRIQUES INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARGE DE LA FICHE DANS LA BORNE CORRESPONDANTE DE LA PRISE ET POUSSER JUSQU AU FOND The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence
159. code from default LTC start time If you make next recording the PD204 stripes a time code which continues after the previous file You can edit the time code starting value to a desired value if neces Sary 178 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu If you just check the information on the screen press the EXIT key repeatedly until exiting the TC SETUP menu To edit the time code start time when the generator mode is set to Free Run or Rec Run follow the description below Editing the time code value in Rec run mode When the Set Gen TC primary screen is shown press the ENTER YES key The time code value at the record end of the last file currently loaded is shown and you can edit this value TC SETUP Set Gen TC TC SETUPRSet Gen TC LOOKUP GEN TC EDIT GEH TC REC RUM FEC FRUH Flashing TC h m s f TE GshdSmBeBeEER Edit ENTER kes Set ENTER kes Exit EXIT key Delete EXIT key If you want to start the next file from this time code value simply press the ENTER YES key If you want to start the next file from a desired time code value edit the time code value and press the ENTER YES key How to edit a value gt Use the lt lt gt gt I keys to move the edit position between the time digits and use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter a desired value After editing the start time code value or with
160. ction and turns off the shift mode About Non shift mode and Shift mode Some keys have the secondary function which is available when the SHIFT indicator is lit i e in the Shift mode while the primary function is avail able when the SHIFT indicator is unlit i e in the Non shift mode In this manual we sometimes say when SHIFTed and when unSHIFTed in stead of when the SHIFT indicator is lit or in the Shift mode and when the SHIFT indicator is unlit or in the Non shift mode respec tively 44 Location Recorder Model PD204 QUICK SET FILE SEL DRV PAT CONTRAST Chapter 3 Names and Functions lt Example of a key with a SHIFTed function gt For example the LIGHT CONTRAST key as shown on the left has the secondary SHIFTed function which is labeled under the key When unSHIFTed pressing this key turn on the back CONTRAST light of the display When SHIFTed pressing this key adjusts the display contrast QUICK SET key Pressing this key enters the quick setup mode In this mode you can directly select the setting items shown in the status indication area on the Home screen see page 74 for details To cancel the quick setup mode press the EXIT key TIME TC SET key This key has primary unSHIFTed and secondary SHIFTed functions When unSHIFTed Selects the time display mode on the display from ABS LTC TC IN and GEN see page 56 When SH
161. d battery properly see the instruction manual of your battery Keep the removed battery away from children Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Using DC IN Connecting the AC adaptor You can connect the AC adaptor or another appropriate power source to the DC IN connector on the left side panel of the PD204 If you use the AC adaptor insert the XLR 4 32 type connector of the AC adaptor to the DC IN connector until it is locked then connect the AC plug to the AC main outlet see the figure below lt Notes gt e When you connect or disconnect the connector make sure that the power is off e Use only the Fostex dedicated AC adaptor Using another AC adaptor may damage the PD204 due to the mismatch of the power voltage polarity etc When connect or disconnect the AC adaptor make sure that the POWER switch is set to OFF The AC adaptor for the PD204 is optionally available ask your local Fostex dealer or sale office for purchasing the option DC IN connector AC adaptor a To the AC main outlet Important settings for using DC IN Low battery warning setting When you get the power from the DC IN connector such as use the AC adaptor you can set the threshold voltage for warning low battery When the DC IN voltage gets lower than the threshold voltage you set the warning tone is output from the headphones connected to the unit By default the th
162. d on the current disk or partition By highlighting the desired file using the MENU dial and pressing the ENTER YES key the file is loaded See page 96 for details Drive select screen You can brings up this screen by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the FILE SEL key or by selecting DRV PAT SEL from the MENU list screen and press the ENTER YES key From this screen you can se lect the drive DVD or partition by highlighting the desired file using the MENU dial and pressing the ENTER YES key See page 84 for details CUE LIST screen You can brings up this screen by pressing the CUE key or by selecting CUE LIST from the MENU list screen and press the ENTER YES key From this screen you can select the cue point to be checked and edited by highlighting the desired file using the MENU dial and pressing the ENTER YES key See page 93 for details Contrast adjustment screen You can bring up this screen by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the LIGHT CONTRAST key On this screen you can adjust the contrast using the MENU dial and press the ENTER YES key to con firm the setting as well as dismiss the screen Rotating the MENU dial clockwise weakens the con trast while rotating the dial counterclockwise strengthens the contrast See page 30 for details Chapter 3 Names and Functions ALEE 5elect ALE file Hew files F
163. e Edits the name of an ALE file Video format Sets the video format of an ALE file Sample FRQ Sets the sampling frequency of an ALE file TAPE Sets the reel number TAPE of an ALE file TC frame Sets the TC Frame Rate of an ALE file Selects On or Off of the TC drop frame You need to set itto On when you select 29 97 for the TC frame Drop frame Entry files Adds deletes an audio file to from the ALE file Location Recorder Model PD204 NES Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu 6 While Video format is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display changes to show the screen on which you can select the video format The current option flashes the default is PAL HEHLIKALERKEdit HLE MEHLIKALEBREdit ALE zALL TAKE ale HLL TAKE ale Save ALE filer saue GLE filer Remake ALER T Remake BLED Edit ALE name b Edit name i F E ideo format BEN Flashing Sample FEL 4SkHz 7 Use the MENU dial to select the video format and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select the video format from among PAL NTSC and SECAM In the same manner as above set the other menu items in the following order Sample FREQ gt TAPE gt TC frame gt Drop frame The following table shows the options for each menu item setting Menu item Options Sample FRQ You can select from among 44 1k
164. e Free Fun Set Gen TCP Set Gen llbitk JAM mode BOTH 2 Use the MENU dial to select the JAM mode menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option TC SETUP TC SETUPRIOM mode Set Gen Ubitk Set Gen Ubitk JAM mode BOTH JAM mode Em lashing Sel T outiFerpro Sel TC outiRerro Default LTC ad Default LTC start Edit LTC startk Edit LTC startk Rer TC Ubit EEEEERRR Fer TC llbit EEEEERERE 3 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select from among BOTH TC and UBIT the default is BOTH BOTH Both time code and userbit data are jammed Only time code data is jammed For userbit the userbit data of the internal generator is used TC Only the userbit data is jammed For time code the time code data of the internal generator UBIT is used 4 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode EIL Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu Time code output source selection Sel TC Out Using the Sel TC Out menu item you can set the time code source Repro or Gen fed from the TIME CODE OUT connector 1 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP
165. e adjustable range is from 50 Hz to 300 Hz HPF switches Each switch selects the high pass filter response from the followings see page 80 OFF 6 dB oct and 12 dB oct STOP key indicator green Stops the recorder as well as stops the disk rotation Note While operating the unit on battery we recommend using the STOP key to stop the disk rotation for saving battery power By pressing the REW or F FWD key while holding down the STOP key the following operation is possible STOP REW Nada the recorder to the beginning ABS 0 of the cur rent file STOP F FWD Moves the recorder to the recording end REC END of the current file PLAY key indicator green Starts playback F FWD key indicator green Pressing this key while stopped fast forwards the recorder at maximum 30 x speed Pressing this key during playback fast forwards with sound cues forwards at 2 x speed Pressing this key while holding down the STOP key moves the recorder to the recording end REC END of the current file REW key indicator green Pressing this key while stopped rewinds the recorder at maximum 30 x speed Pressing this key during playback rewinds with sound cues backwards at 2 x speed Pressing this key while holding down the STOP key moves the recorder to the beginning ABS 0 of the current file PANEL LOCK switch Switches the panel lock function active LOCKED
166. e battery has power the output voltage is between 13 V to 15 V When the remaining power gets short the output voltage rapidly drops Therefore to replace the battery well in advance we recommend setting the threshold voltage to 13 V or around 24 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Power supply priority setting essential when using both DC IN and a battery When you use both a battery and the DC IN connector you must set the power supply priority DC IN or BATT For example if you set it to DC IN the battery automatically takes over only when the power supply from the DC IN jack is cut off power failure disconnection etc Note that if you use only batteries you do not need to make this setting You can make setting via the Power priority item in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 168 Protector adjustment When the battery is mounted pull out the protector to protect the battery as shown below While sliding the ADJUST levers on left and right side panels to the arrow direction pull out the protector There are two locked positions for the protector Set it to the appropriate position Note that you should push it down when replacing the battery Protector ADJUST levers Note The protector can protect the IDX ENDURA 7 and ENDURA 7S When you use the ENDURA 10 or ENDURA 10S or PowerLink is active we
167. e the PD204 internal clock as the system master clock You can also set the system clock reference using the quick setup mode 1 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen TC SETUPF Sunc claock 1H Frame rater 2S Gen model Free Fun Set nen TCF Set Ger llbitk JAM mode BOTH 2 While Sync Clock is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option TC SETUP TC SETUPRSync Clock Sunc clock IHT Sunc clock HER ashing Frame ratelz5 Frame rate z5 Gen mode Free Run Hen modet Free Fun Set Gen TCP Set Ger TCP Set hen Ubitk Set Gen Ubitk JAM mode BOTH JAM mode BOTH 3 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select from among INT Video Word and Digi in the default is INT INT The unit is referenced to the internal clock master default setting Video The unit is referenced to external video clock received from the WORD VIDEO IN con nector Word The unit is referenced to external word clock received from the WORD VIDEO IN con nector Digi in The unit is referenced to digital audio input signal received from the DIGITAL IN connec tor 4 Press
168. ect each partition of the optional hard disk drive See Partition protection On Off setting Part protect on page 205 for details Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 203 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Resume function On Off setting Resume Using the Resume menu item you can select On or Off of the resume function By setting it to On the current audio file and its playback position is stored to the resume file when a DVD RAM disk is ejected or a partition is changed Therefore the unit automatically loads the same audio file at the same position next time you set the same disk to the unit 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown 2 Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MENOR Ss SETUP BATTERY SETUP IC SETUP EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC F Fh m F DISK UTILITY Fk Edit file namek File info k Delete filek Festore Del filek Format keel Hao sek 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Resume menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current option On or Off starts flashing the default is Off and you can now select the desired option DISK UTILI
169. ect to a USB keyboard You can control the PD204 from the keyboard see Connection examples of a keyboard on page 66 VBUS D a L L L 1 2 3 4 D 1 2 3 4 immi GND USB PC connector Series B Receptacle Used to connect to a personal computer You can transfer audio files between the PD204 and your personal computer see pages 68 and 116 lt Note gt When you connect the PD204 to a personal computer using the USB PC connector do not connect any device to the USB HOST connector DC IN 12 24V connector XLR 4 32 type male Connects the optional AC adaptor or an external battery GND O NC NC 1 2 3 4 NE yo 12 24V Location Recorder Model PD204 at Chapter 3 Names and Functions 11 DC OUT connectors Hirose 4 pin HR10A 7R 4S type female Outputs DC 12 V 0 5 A power You can supply power to an external device G LS y gt e Wo SJ 3 Nc EX 4 12 24V 12 ADJUST lever Used to adjust the protector on the left of the rear panel see page 25 Right side panel ANALOG IN AUTO SEL WORD 10 1 AUX IN L R connectors XLR 3 31 type balanced These connectors receive analog audio signals from the external device amp i GND di or 2 ANALOG IN 1 4 connectors XLR 3 31 type balanced These connector receive analog audio sig
170. efault file name Example S001 005 wav S002 008 wav etc EF Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu 6 7 8 9 10 Use the MENU dial to select SCENE NAME and press the ENTER YES key ZVysk ef file name gyske file name File name mode File name mode File name mode Take File mame modei Take efault scene take SCEHE MAHE SCEHMS Flashing TAKE HUMBER 011 Use the MENU dial or alphanumeric keys entering the desired scene name press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Use the Ha e p gt gt keys to move the cursor position By pressing the CLEAR key when the cursor is pointing any character of the name you can clear the whole name Scene name Up to 247 ASCII characters can be entered note that only 55 characters are valid for BWF wav the file extension is automatically added therefore you do not need to enter it After entering the scene name press the ENTER YES key The scene name is confirmed and you can now set a take number S oroef file name File name mode File name model Take efault scene take SCEHE HAME CSCEHE 1 TAKE HUMBER CEERI Flashing Use the MENU dial or alphanumeric keys to enter the desired take number and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Take number Any number between 001 and 999 ca
171. egardless of whether the for mat mode is Normal or DDR there may be a case that Physical Format on the Format screen is automatically set to On and you cannot select Off In this case the PD204 decides that the disk to be formatted needs the physical format and you must execute the physical format After selecting the desired option pressing the ENTER YES key automatically high lights EXECUTE UTILITY Format Drive DUD RB Feel Ho SEH Format Mode Normal FhasicalFormat Off CEXECUTE 1 Cfmt time shekekE 2 5 While EXECUTE is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The CAUTION message appears and Are you sure flashes To cancel formatting press the EXIT key UTILITY Format UTILITY Format Drive DUO RAM CAUTIGH Feel Ho 5661 If ENTER kes is Push Format Mode Hormal ed will start format PhasicalFormati Off tina and delete IH a RR SR OWO FAM area data Dfmt time keeps Y Flashing 6 Press the ENTER YES key The unit starts formatting the disk The display shows the formatting progress When formatting completes the display shows Fmt Completed UTILITY Format UTILITY Format FORMATTING LE Dr ivetDuUp mrmuu TimaetskHackpikkeS g Fmt Comrletedi 0 5n 100 lt Note gt The progress indication shows estimated information Do not carry out any operation until Fmt Completed is
172. en DC IN is active lt DC IN gt is shown BATT1 BATT2 The currently used battery is highlighted Battery voltage is shown VOLTS For a non BMS battery the value is measured by the CPU of the PD204 Battery current is shown AMPS For a non BMS battery A is shown CAP Battery capacity is shown i For a non BMS battery is shown Shows whether battery PowerLink is on or off PLK Only when the battery is active ON is shown For a non BMS battery is shown 4 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 173 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu TC SETUP menu In the TC SETUP menu 13 menu items for settings regarding time code recording play back and synchronization to an external device are available Menu item Sync clock Setting function Selects the system clock Frame rate Selects the time code frame rate Gen mode Selects the generator mode of the internal TC generator Set Gen TC Sets TC generator start time and userbit when the generator mode is set to Free Run or Rec Run Set Gen Ubit Selects userbit of output time code JAM mode Selects the Jam mode when the generator mode is set to Free Run Sel TC out Selects output time code source Default LTC start Sets the default LTC start time when no external time code is fed to the unit Edit LTC start
173. er keys Left Right Up These keys can be used to enter characters or move the cursor point when editing Down key a name for a label or file name or in the MENU mode Left Right key Act as the m and gt p keys respectively BS key Deletes the character to the left of the cursor point when editing a name DEL key Deletes the characters of the cursor point as well as at the cursor point when editing a name ENTER key Acts the same as the ENTER YES key on the panel ESC key Acts the same as the EXIT key on the panel HOME key Returns the display to the Home screen Note The functions assigned to keys of USB keyboard may change for product improvement Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 4 Basic connections PC connection The PD204 provides the USB PC connector dedicated for PC connection By connecting a personal computer to this connector you can control the PD204 drive from the personal computer as well as transfer an audio file between the PD204 and personal computer see page 116 for details Note To use the PD204 with a personal computer make setting of the USB to PC menu of the MENU mode to CONNECT See page 117 for details External controller connection The PD204 provides the PARALLEL connector MINI DIN 8 pin on the right side panel By connecting an appropriate controller to this connector you can control the following PD204 operations externally
174. es a new file in the next partition and contin ues recording to it By default partition link is disabled You can select partition link setting via the Auto part link item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 153 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Error tone output setting During recording if the unit encounters the following problems the error tone is output for warning 1 A write error happens during recording 2 The input amplifier is clipped during recording 3 The battery voltage drops below the specified level 4 The remaining volume of a disk or partition becomes less than the specified volume You can make error tone output setting via the Error tone item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 160 Mixer settings The mixer section provides the function for mixing four analog input sources to the stereo bus You can record the stereo bus signals to stereo L R tracks When you record a digital input signal the signal is directly recorded to the stereo L R tracks without being routed to the mixer section The four input channels of the mixer section provide controls for the analog input signal including the filter limiter etc The following diagram shows the signal flow of the mixer section of the PD204 Read the explanation described in the following pages and make mixer settings appropriately C N ANALOG IN 1 4 AUX IN L R
175. event Hao rnbbai Record FS amp Bit 4B8k z4 Pull uredown 8 55 4 Use the MENU dial to select a track number and press the ENTER YES key You are ready for entering the track name ZVvySkbefaultTrkHame ZuyZkDefaultTrEkHame CH 1LLEFT CH 1 CLEFit Flashing CH ZLEIGHT CH 2CRIGHT 5 Use the MENU dial or alphanumeric keys to enter the desired track name and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Use the q lt q p gt p gt keys to move the cursor position By pressing the CLEAR key when the cursor is pointing the character you can clear the whole name 6 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Note You can change track names of a file later by using the Edit descriptor function of the File Info menu item in the DISK UTILITY menu see page 192 140 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Next event number setting Next event No The Next event No menu item sets the event number in the description information of an audio file The event number is recorded to each file as fEVENT information in the BWF BEXT Chunk Description The setting is stored in the System ROM of the unit 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the S
176. ext page 34 Location Recorder Model PD204 4 5 6 7 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Note When formatting a well used DVD RAM disk perform the physical for mat The following shows the approximate required time for formatting a 4 7GB DVD RAM disk When Physical Format is set to Off approx 1 min 30 sec When Physical Format is set to On approx 1 hour 30 min Press the ENTER YES key You can now select the drive LITILIT bFarmat LITILIT bFaormat Drive PT61HD Drive AEH Flashing Reel Ho S002 Reel Ho 002 Format Hode Hormal Format Hode Normal PhasicalFormat Off PhasicalFormat Off ESECUTE J EXECUTE J Cffmt time sheet peeks 3 rffmt time skhEkEmpEEZ Use the MENU dial to select DVD RAM and press the ENTER YES key The drive selection is confirmed and Reel No S001 is highlighted UTILITY Format UTILITY Format Drive EE riashing Drive DUD RAN Reel Ho Sanz Feel Ho Seal Format Made Normal Format Mode Normal PhosicalFormati Off PhasicalFormati Off CEXECUTE J ENECLITE J Cfmt time deportes i fmt time keeps For the operation of setting the desired reel number on this screen see the next page Also you can set the desired reel number after formatting via the Reel No item in the DISK UTILITY menu of the MENU mode see page 202 Use the MENU dial to
177. f the prior battery drops down to the threshold voltage set via the BATT warning item the unit change the active battery to the other one in the manner described below Note that when the unit changes the active battery the setting of the Active battery item also changes BMS battery If the time until the battery voltage drops down to the threshold voltage set via the BATT warning item becomes less than one minute the active battery changes automatically Non BMS battery If the battery drops down to the threshold voltage set via the BATT warning item the display shows the warning message and the active battery changes automatically Note that even if you replace the prior battery with a new one the active battery does not change If you want to make the replaced battery active you must make setting of the Active battery item again 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key followed by the ENTER YES key 2 Use the MENU dial to select the BATTERY SETUP menu and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for battery related settings MEHL BATTER Fk Svs Warning 112 21 213 6 SETUP BATT DC IH warnina Power PrioritatiDC IH Active Batters BATTI BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC EATT BATT Remain hacky status Cun can TF T 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Active battery menu item and press the ENTER YE
178. file iii 98 Skipping DY CUE POI 5 2 0 nei ii dada 98 Locating to the beginning ABS 0 of a file eese eeeeeeee restet tette tnnt ttn entia statini an 99 Locating to the end REC END of a file esee eeeeeeee eese eene tn ennt ntn con corona rnnonnonnos 99 Locating to the previous locate point eese esee eese ee eene tnnt tn tnnt tn ttn ts ttn essen stas eastn ata 99 Locating to the desired Me 4 esie eret tte iia 100 Locating to the desired cue point iieri sinaran eK te tb aee pese ropa SNE Eaki sU E E sanas 101 Chapter 6 Advanced operations eren 103 Auto COPY FUNCTION m 104 Setting a parto y INPP neea aE aeaa a n aaeoa EEn C A anae E aR E VESER E ia 104 Selecting auto COPY MOE iria ii 105 Making auto COPY der EE ia aan dass 106 Disk COPY FUNCTION 107 SELECTING SOUTCE CLIVE AAA diae aiiai 107 Making Gisk COpy ACE M 108 File COPY FUNCTION m 110 Selecting SOUTCE CLIVE cd ete ON 110 Making Te CODY aSa 111 Dual drive recording risna 113 Formatting in the DDR MO iss ccsceistsessestcstesiatsiesesecadecsssstecsceccacsensctasccedeasecsevavecechatescdeveesecieve 113 Making dual drive recording cesssssssssssscscssseccscsscscsecsscscesssncecsacessscsscsssesacsesesessesscsaseesses ces 115 Data export tO PC inei a 116 Con
179. for entering a name of a newly created ALE file HEHU HALE HEHOUHALE Edit ALE Select ALE file Edit file naie Hew files i Fls name in 1 Flashing Note The display shows the screen for entering a file name when creating a new ALE file however it shows the screen on which Remake ALE is highlighted if you select an existing ALE file for editing Use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter the desired name In the screen example below ALL TAKE is entered as an ALE file name MEHLIKYLEREdit ALE Edit file name LRLL TRKS j Flashing After entering the desired name press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting The entered name is stored while the display changes to show the screen for editing the ALE file on which the Video format menu item is highlighted MEHLIKALEREdit ALE ALL TSEE ale Save ALE filer Remake ALEP Edit ALE name Wideo format PAL Samele FRE 4S5kHz You can select a desired menu item by rotating the MENU dial Typically when you create a new ALE file you make settings of menu items in the following order Video format gt Sample FREQ gt TAPE gt TC frame gt Drop frame With each menu item you can make editing setting as below Function Delete ALE file Deletes an ALE file Save ALE file Saves anALE file Remake ALE Remakes an ALE file Edit ALE nam
180. future expansion In addition the USB KYBD port is also provided for USB keyboard connection which allows you to enter file names and volume labels from a USB keyboard a DIGITA AD DON SDC OUT Do AMA B E a USB port Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 1 Main features You can export a recorded audio file to the AVID system by creating the ALE file e The Mark Cue function allows to store markers cue points during recording You can locate or skip to a cue point quickly The False start function allows to cancel recording easily Pre Record function allows glitch free recording When this function is active recent audio data is pooled in the buffer and recording starts from the audio data in the buffer During recording the audio file is automatically saved every minute in background Equipped with the digital mixer which you can enjoy intuitive analog like operation PFL SEL MASTER O O Mixer section In 24 bit 48kHz mode you can record up to approximately 256 minutes onto two tracks The times shown above are the recording times on a DVD RAM disk 4 7GB or a partition approx 4 5GB of the hard disk In 24 bit mode you can make recording with sampling frequencies of 44 1 48 kHz 88 2 kHz 96 kHz 176 4 kHz and 192 kHz In 16 bit mode you can make recording with sampling frequencies of 44 1 kHz and 48 kHz 18 Location Recorder Model PD20
181. g the ALE file Press the EXIT key again or use the MENU dial to select Save ALE file and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for saving the ALE file on which Are you sure flashes Press the ENTER YES key to save the ALE file Press the EXIT key to exit the EDIT EDL FILE menu 126 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu Viewing and editing audio file entries You can view audio file entries in an ALE file as well as add or delete an audio file entry to or from the ALE file Viewing audio file entries We assume that you have created an ALE file named ALL TAKE ale as described in the previous procedure 1 2 3 4 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key MEHO f BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC FS FF Using the MENU dial to select the EDIT EDL FILE menu and press the ENTER YES key The unit enters the EDIT EDL FILE menu and the display now shows the ALE screen for selecting an ALE file You can see ALL TAKE ale and New file gt in the Select ALE file list MEHL b HEHU FALE F 513 SETUP Select ALE file BATTERY SETUP HE TC SETUP k pm amp Heu file DISK UTILITY F EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC k While ALL TAKE ale is highlighted press the
182. gs up the cue point list While the cue point list is shown you can check the cue points which hold data as well as can locate to the desired cue point edit the cue point data and performs cue point entry see page 93 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 3 Names and Functions 17 SLATE TONE OFF MIC switch While you slide up and holding the switch knob to the TONE position the slate tone is output While sliding down and hold the knob to the MIC position the internal slate microphone is active see page 88 While sliding up and hold the switch knob to the TONE position the slate tone at 1 kHz reference level is fed to all channels and the stereo bus During recording you can record the slate tone TONE Note If you slide up and hold the switch knob to the TONE posi tion for more than three seconds the slate tone is continuously output even after you release the switch knob Sliding up the knob to the TONE position stops slate tone output While sliding down and holding the switch knob to the MIC position MIC the slate microphone signal is fed to all channels and the stereo bus During recording you can record the slate microphone signal CIRCLE TAKE 18 CIRCLE TAKE FALSE START key This key has primary unSHIFTed and secondary SHIFTed functions When unSHIFTed Adds to the beginning of the name of the current audio file FALSE START If t
183. he MENU dial to select the desired partition and press the ENTER YES key USB connection between the PD204 and personal computer is made while the display changes to the screen as shown right below On the computer display two icons for the DVD drive and the selected partition are Sel Partiton PTER lashing Sar shown MEMUPUSE to PE HEHU FUSE to FE Connectina Connect USB Disconnect USER Flashing Sel rartiton PTEM Parti ton PIE 568682 i g Moin ER kes Yes kev a You can transfer data between the PD204 and computer while the screen on the right above is shown How to unmount the PD204 from the PC To disconnect the PD204 from the personal computer unmount the PD204 drive s from the computer and remove the USB cable then press the EXIT key to disconnect USB The method of unmounting a device from a computer differs depending on the computer OS See the computer operation manual for details Note Depending on the OS the unmounted device may be immediately mounted again Therefore to stop using USB to PC menu disconnect the cable immediately after unmounting the unit Location Recorder Model PD204 117 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Example of copying data to a computer hard disk In the following procedure we assume that the cable between the PD204 and the PC is connected and the USB
184. he name of the current audio file already has O at the beginning pressing this key deletes see page 126 When SHIFTed Pressing this key after making recording cancels the recording False start function see page 86 You can select whether the canceled file is stored to or deleted from the disk or partition using the False start item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 155 Slate microphone This internal slate microphone is active while you slide and hold the SLATE switch knob to the MIC position The protection circuit AGC is provided for protecting against excessive input see page 88 PAUSE key indicator green Pressing this key enters the recorder to the standby mode and lights up the indicator Only this key can stop recording You cannot stop recording with any other key You can set the pause release time using the Pause time menu in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 149 21 REC key indicator red Pulling this key to the right starts recording Depending on the PRE REC mode setting on or off it works as follows When recording with the PRE REC mode set to OFF By pulling this key the PD204 automatically creates a new file to the current disk or a partition and starts recording audio and time code It also records the offset between time code and ABS one second after recording starts MON Location Recorder Model PD204 22 Chapter 3 Names a
185. hout see the associated pages indicated below Menu name Contents in the displayed order SYS SETUP menu This menu includes menu items for setting preferences 24 menu items are available This menu includes menu items for settings when the unit is operated on BATTERY SETUP menu battery Seven menu items are available This menu includes menu items regarding time code recording playback TC SETUP menu synchronization to an external device etc Thirteen menu items are avail able This menu includes menu items for settings regarding a DVD RAM disk DISK UTILITY menu and hard disk drive partition as well as disk formatting Twelve menu items are available This menu allows you to create and edit an ALE file see page 121 for EDIT EDL FILE menu details USB to PC menu This menu is used when connecting or disconnecting between the PD204 and personal computer see page 116 for details RS422 SETUP menu This menu is not supported It is prepared for future expansion This menu allows you to select an audio file You can directly enter this FILE SEL menu menu simply by pressing the FILE SEL key see page 96 for details This menu allows you to select a drive partition You can directly enter this DRV PAT SEL menu menu by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the FILE SEL key see page 84 for details This menu allows you to view and edit the cue list You can directly enter G
186. ich available audio files except those already added to the ALE file as well as Entry all gt are listed Select lt Entry all gt or any desired audio file and press the ENTER YES key The selected audio file is added to the ALE file if you select Entry all gt all available files are added After adding all desired audio file to the ALE file press the EXIT key The display returns to show the entry list screen Press the EXIT key twice The display shows the screen for resaving the edited ALE file on which Are you sure flashes Press the ENTER YES key to resave the ALE file To exit the EDIT EDL FILE menu press the EXIT key repeatedly Deleting an audio file entry 1 2 3 On the entry list screen use the MENU dial to select the file entry you want to delete and press the CLEAR key After showing Deleted the selected file entry is deleted immediately MEHLIFHLE FEditkEntr uk HEHLIFRHLEFEditkEntr sk RLE file entries SSS A RR LIL i Deleted LE CRORGOEGCESORWCK Wa BES eksexekekesek trang BIBS kkekeackieek WA Press the EXIT key twice The display shows the screen for resaving the edited ALE file on which Are you sure flashes Press the ENTER YES key to resave the ALE file To exit the EDIT EDL FILE menu press the EXIT key repeatedly 128 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE fi
187. ides the function which automatically starts recording when the unit re ceives external time code You can make this function active or inactive via the RecIn via ExtTc item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode the default is Off See page 188 for details Ott The unit does not automatically start recording when the unit receives external time code You must start recording manually On The unit automatically starts recording when the unit receives external time code Note To activate this function you must set the TC generate mode to EXT RUN Note If the unit receives external time code whose frame rate does not match the frame rate setting of the unit when the Recln via ExtTc item is set to On the unit does not start recording Make sure that the frame rate setting matches the frame rate of external time code Setting the time code output You can select the time code source Repro or Gen fed from the TIME CODE OUT connector via the Sel TC Out item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 183 Repro Outputs time code recorded on a disk or partition Gen Outputs the internal generator time code Note By setting the Sel TC out item to Gen the TIME CODE OUT connector can output the internal generator time code when the generator mode is set to FREE RUN or when the generator mode is set to REC RUN or 24H RUN and the unit is in
188. ilter The power supply for microphone supports both phantom power P48 and A B power T12 which allows the PD204 to accept various condenser microphones The limiter threshold and ratio can be adjusted using the Limiter parameter item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 156 As for the HPF you can adjust the cutoff frequency and select the slope curve To record an analog audio signal follow the procedure below for details see Chapter 5 Recording Playback 1 Set the INPUT SEL switch on the top panel to the appropriate position LINE or MIC according to the input source 2 Select the Microphone power switch appropriately when you use a microphone 3 Connect an analog source to the ANALOG IN connector 62 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 4 Basic connections Digital audio input connection The PD204 accepts digital signals conformed to IEC 60958 Part3 AES EBU or IEC 60958 Part2 S P DIF format the format of the digital source is automatically detected The digital connection is made via the XLR 3 31 type connector When the PD204 receives a digital source from the selected channel the PLL Phased locked loop circuit activates and locks to the input sync signal Note The sampling frequency of the digital input signal must match the Fs bit setting of the PD204 You can set the Fs bit via the Record FS amp Bit item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 76 and 142
189. in ght BATT status b BATT status Fk Flashing Available options for a BMS battery 10 5V to 13 5V in 0 5V steps the default is 13 0V We recommend the following setting depending on the battery type For NiCd battery 10 5V or higher For Lithium lon battery 12 5 13 0V or higher 4 Use the MENU dial to select a desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode lt Note gt When you make recording using the power supplied from the DC IN con nector if the power drops down to the threshold voltage the warning message appears on the display And after a minute passes the unit automatically stops recording However if a battery is also mounted to the unit and the Power priority item is set to DC IN the unit automatically switches the power source to the bat tery when the warning message appears on the display so you can continue record ing Location Recorder Model PD204 167 Chapter 8 MENU mode BATTERY SETUP menu Power supply priority setting Power priority Using the Power priority item you can set the power supply priority when you use both a battery and the DC IN connector For example if you set the prior power supply to DC IN the battery can be backup power and is used only when the DC IN jack is cut off power failure disconnection etc See Battery setting examples
190. ing the FILE SEL key After executing the False start function the unsuccessful file is completely deleted and Delete the disk remaining time returns to the value before the last recording is made The take number decreases by one returns to the previous take number Note When the False start menu item is set to Rename each time you execute False start the disk remaining time decreases 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 155 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Limiter parameter setting Limiter parameter The Limiter parameter menu item makes parameter setting for the limiter 1 2 3 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MENU Sys wet Fro Default fi Default Tek Hamek DISK UTILITY Mext event Hoi aoe 1 EGIT EDL FILE Record FS amp Bi tidak 24 USE to PC k Pull ur doun 8 85 Use the MENU dial to select the Limiter parameter menu item and press the ENTER YES key You can set Grouping Threshold and Ratio parameters m Tm 2 tu zl TD BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP Fr FF
191. ing time of a disk or a partition gets under the specified time while you set Disk warning to On the warning tone is output by the pattern on the right 4 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 162 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Chain play mode setting Chain play The Chain play menu item selects how the recorder behaves after playback of an audio file finishes By default the recorder stops at the playback end point However you can make the recorder pause at the beginning of the next audio file or play the next audio file until all audio files on a disk or a partition are played back 3 4 5 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key MEHO BATTER SETUP k TC SETUP k DISK UTILITY F EDIT EDL FILE F USA to PC k SS 7 LE d Default file namek Default Trk Hamek Hext event Hogha 1 Record FSB1t145k 24 Full uer douni 8 8 Zu Stereo out leyeli 4 SrFeaker mute Or Error toner Chain Flay Off Adjust ETC Wersiornk Use the MENU dial to select the Chain play menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select
192. ion which simultaneously records the same data to a mirror DVD RAM disk while recording audio data to a hard disk partition specially for matted for dual drive recording Dual drive recording intends to make a clone disk Therefore editing meta data or disk volume label reel No of an audio file recorded to a hard disk partition is reflected to a mirror DVD RAM disk About mirror disk A DVD RAM disk which is the partner of the current drive formatted for dual drive recording is called a mirror disk When formatting the PD204 internal hard disk partition for dual drive recording a DVD RAM disk set to the DVD RAM drive is automatically assigned as a mirror disk Therefore when making dual drive recording the mirror disk must be set to the drive lt Note gt You cannot record data only to the mirror disk To make it possible to record data only to the mirror disk reformat the current hard disk partition for normal recording via the Format menu item in the DISK UTIL ITY menu of the MENU mode The following explains how to format a partition for dual drive recording and how to make dual drive recording Formatting in the DDR mode To carry out dual drive recording you have to format the current partition in the DDR mode for dual drive recording The following procedure is assumed that the PTO2HD hard disk partition is currently selected see page
193. ions MENU mode A 77 133 Saving the setup data sss 208 Mirror GSK ect doces 113 Scenenairie eaae 138 Mc 78 i Monrtoririg eerte rt 83 LUI sp 159 Slate microphone sees 88 Sound Sequence information 192 Speaker mute essen 159 Next file name sse 57 Stereo Usa daa 82 Normal mode sese 34 198 Status information ssssssseees 56 NP 1 type battery ati em 22 Sync signal tette 63 System clock AAA 75 89 175 A A tint tate 189 T Option iioi iee ii 19 Ti EE 138 Operating tiMe c 206 TO DOWN TIMOR c ecce uc be EE 189 Output connection oooccocociccocicononononanincnnnoconancnnonnnoos 64 Threshold So iicet nennen E iaria 86 Time code oeer 90 183 Time code connection suse 63 Time display eee 55 Parameter cnica 156 Trace acotada 140 Partition s 29 84 104 107 110 205 PAUsetliTIG 2 ee reete re hut U PG conrnection c een trt th we d User box Peak Olas ttem Cl bess ietabevabactetas ans Phantom power ioter pter Physical format essere V PHASE 4e tinte Nee eet nd Misi PER 164 Playback A taaa nennt nn eaa titatea aanak nantia Meo coso iii 138 NS eee dee del Power On Off ic ccoo iia W PERE EG A WORD vivacidad 175 Power priority essere Wri
194. is 30 Adjusting the display contrast eese isaisa ee tenente tnnt tn entrato insta esee tne tn teen stan 30 T rningoffthe powWer 5 n tree idea 30 internal etie dip e RE 31 Preparation of a DVD RAM disk 1 reserare irc ee eese nsns sesta nn anannanetnau 33 Inserting q disk Jnd EE EE UD NH So Qe veru Yun sees 33 Initial format Of a DVD RAM isk coccooccccococonannnnnonononnononaononcononanononnononnoronoon tton ene tn entis ent tntn inen 34 Replacing the internal hard disk drive cnc ronca cnn corroe 37 Location Recorder Model PD204 EDI Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Preparation of power supply The unit can operate on the mobile IDX ENDURA or NP 1 type battery as well as the dedicated AC adaptor I D IDX ENDURA battery AY NP 1 type battery Holder and holder plate for the NP series Dedicated AC adaptor optional lt Note gt The IDX ENDURA battery NP 1 type battery including the holder and holder plate and AC adaptor are not included with the unit For the information about the AC adaptor ask your dealer or the nearest FOSTEX service station lt Note gt In general a battery is not charged when shipped Therefore before using the battery you must charge it according to the manual of the battery note that the PD204 does not
195. is menu screen by selecting USB to PC from the MENU list screen and pressing the ENTER YES key The USB to PC menu is used when connecting the PD204 to a personal computer for audio file transfer See page 116 for details MEN Location Recorder Model PD204 MEN 24 SETUP BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISE UTILITY EPIT EDL FILE sd de de e f USE to PC zum TEOM Project namek Default file namek Default Trk Hamer Mext event Ho HHB Record FS24B1t145k lt 24 Full ur zdoun 0 Ax Tam BATTER E warning RE ECL BATT DC IH warning 112 6 Power PrioritauiDE IA Active batteralBATT1 BATT Remains BHTT status TE_SETUPE sonic clock IHF rane Pater 25 Hen made Eec Fun Set Gen TCP Set Gen Ubi tk JAM mode BOTH HEHLKUSE to PE Connect USB Sel Sd ton FTEH J s EDIT EDL FILE menu screen You can bring up this menu screen by selecting EDIT EDL FILE from the MENU list screen and pressing the ENTER YES key From the EDIT EDL FILE menu you can create or edit an EDL Edit Decision List file ALE file for exporting recorded audio files to the AVID system See page 121 for details Audio file select screen You can bring up this screen by pressing the FILE SEL key or by selecting FILE SEL from the MENU list screen and press the ENTER YES key This screen shows the list of audio files recorde
196. it main power is off Otherwise memory data may be damaged because the unit always handles data while the power is on While the unit is accessing to a disk never turn off the power Make sure that the unit completely stops accessing to the disk before you turn off the power Otherwise recorded data may be lost as well as the internal hard disk or DVD drive may be damaged Note Fostex assumes no responsibility on data loss or whatsoever due to use of the unit Note Fostex is not responsible for any direct damage or indirect damage caused by using the unit Location Recorder Model PD204 EDI Introduction Do not let water or other liquid or metal objects such as pins accidentally enter the inside of the unit especially inside of the disk tray because this may lead to electric shock or damage Should water enter the inside of the unit turn off the power unplug the AC adaptor and remove batteries and consult your dealer or the nearest FOSTEX service station Do not drop the unit or give it a strong shock Doing so may damage the internal circuits display or panels Handle the unit with great care because it is a precision mechanical device Do not open the case or touch inside the unit because of the danger of electric shock and failure e Do not give a strong shock to the LCD display The liquid used inside the LCD display is toxic If the liquid is spilled do not suck it in If it is stained to
197. k press the CUE key The CUE LIST screen appears v mmm mm CUE LISTE CLTC ECFSTART BBh22 ms34 62 BCSEMD BBh5im2B 63 Cue B3 B1h25m88 Bd Cue B4 Blhd mi1 a5 h m E h m 2 Use the MENU dial to select the desired cue point from the cue list and press the LOCATE key The unit quickly locates to the selected cue point and the display returns to the Home screen Location Recorder Model PD204 101 Chapter 5 Recording Playback 102 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Chapter 6 Advanced operations Chapter 6 Table of contents nn E EA E EE E 104 Selecting a Partition cat AA a ee a a aaa ea iaaa ia 104 Selecting auto Copy Vio ecc 105 M king auto CODY A A A a ia 106 DISK COPY TUNCHON Dv 107 Selecting source AV eee See Sack deste e reise te t deed eoe asta aera rbd een ddnde rien 107 Making disk copy ace tee crees taie adea Ere eoe edes thes da tege qe ERE ida 108 AA A ULL Eee ume 110 Selecting SOUTCE AVE AAA EL Ee dees 110 Making le Copy ice Ber ied eere ec ee E te RUE EE Nae veo ed ene P e v Eco S 111 AAA eaa Eae E aeara anane eaaa a enasna onnaa Suat EEan Eanna eiis 113 Formatting in the DDR mode neierens niian oers a itii asiik 113 Making Dual drive recording saiisine niitin aieiai aiiiar aSa 115 Data export to PO rene eerie nn eaen teni 116 Connecting PC to the unit 1 oie ee deerat roe dione a eed reser eoo 117 How to unmount the PD
198. key to confirm your selection On When the Sel TC Out menu item is set to Repro and the unit is stopped or paused a paused time code value same time code value is output intermittently Off When the Sel TC Out menu item is set to Repro and the unit is stopped or paused no time code is output Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 187 Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu Automatic recording start by external TC Recin via ExtTC Using the Recin via ExtTC item you can select whether or not the unit automatically starts recording when it receives external time code By setting this item to On the default is Off and setting the Gen mode item in the TC SETUP mode to Ext Run External Run the unit automatically starts recording when the unit receives external time code whose frame rate matches the frame rate setting of the PD204 Note In order to start recording automatically when the unit receives time code the frame rate setting of the unit match the external time code frame rate Before you attempt to make recording make sure that the both frame rates are the same 1 2 3 4 188 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen TC SETUP Ger m net Set JAM sana clock
199. les EDIT EDL FILE menu Editing an ALE file You can edit an existing ALE file The editing functions include Editing an ALE file name and resave it Remaking an ALE file after its audio file entry is edited Deleting an unnecessary ALE file Editing an ALE file name You can edit an existing ALE file name and resave the edited name The following example shows how to edit the ALL TAKE ale ALE file created in the op eration example described earlier 1 3 4 5 6 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key MENU BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC um cuam cer m Use the MENU dial to select the EDIT EDL FILE menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the ALE list for selecting a desired ALE file from among the existing ALE files in the ALE list example below ALL TAKE ale is shown MEHL f HEHURBLER SYS SETUP Select ALE file BATTERY SETUP ALL THEE ale TC SETUP m Meu files DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC Rum TYF While ALL TAKE ale is highlighted press the ENTER YES key After showing Please wait the display changes to show the screen for ALE file editing Use the MENU dial to select Edit ALE name and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for file name editing on which the leftmost character
200. ling frequency bit length eese eee esee eese eene tne tn etta enne tne nsiae 89 Selecting the system clock oet ee eerte eere e eee ka save ke te aa ie dole den aere dedu aed eras 89 Recording time code 4 eres eee esses esee rn 90 Selecting the TG frame tat ii ciere va erre iaaa pe tete cote p iia 90 Selecting the TC generator mode TC recording mode eese 90 Automatic record start by external time code eese esses ee eene tete tn ttt tn etta tntnot 91 Setting the time Code Output a 9 Force jam to external time code eese e ce 92 6 Location Recorder Model PD204 Safety Instructions Table of contents e rdnt unim C 93 Setting a cue point on the fly during audio recording eese eene 93 Viewing the cue point list niece reet eet ere tette iv tin bee de Ure v e vltra ee ce dew eg e Pe e EXE ETAK Sioa 93 Editing a CUE DOME P 94 Editing a Cue label aio A aii 94 Editing cae point dada aii 94 Deleting a cue DOlHt ii A Lese du gun dee lassi students 95 Adding a new cue point to the cue point list eese eese eene nn tete tnttn enint tn tnonas 95 Basic playback iii 96 Normal audio playDack 5 2 titi dintel iria 96 CUEING PlAVDACK A S 97 Time code playa dd 97 Skip locate furictions die 98 Skipping Dy
201. ll out the hard disk drive The drive is connected to the connector inside so take great care for pulling it out Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Fixed screw 1 Fixed screw 2 After removing the hard disk drive you can see the connector inside for connecting with the hard disk drive Connector 3 Insert the optional hard disk drive to the slot Insert the drive into the slot until it is fully inserted to the connector inside and fix it with two screws 4 Cover the slot with the panel and fix it with four screws Now you finish hard disk drive replacement 38 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 3 Names and Functions Chapter 3 Names and Functions Chapter 3 Table of contents ESTE SIGS panel MMC DEED 40 Ri ht Sid panel eem 42 Front pa nec 45 Top Panel auia cac iiccia A edi rdi A ER Gra ai DEN add E ERN 53 Liga M 55 LCD display detalls 5 onini i aadar a ara dicei te dide ut dildo uides dentatis equEe 56 Location Recorder Model PD204 39 Chapter 3 Names and Functions Left side panel inputs outputs 1110 9 9 7 6 5 1 ANALOG OUT L R connectors XLR 3 32 type balanced Outputs the stereo tracks L R signals It is used to connect to an external audio device The reference level is set to 4dBu by default but you can change it to 10dBu or 60dBu using the Stereo out level menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of
202. lt BWIEXML Et Lie loo lt PROJECT lt PROJECT 1 2 Rotate the MENU dial to scroll the iXML Chunk data e Editing XML Chunk data information You can edit any desired iXML Chunk data 1 Use the MENU dial to select the line of the desired data and press the ENTER YES key The leftmost character flashes and you can now make editing UTILITvkFile infa UTILITY File infa i amp zML DESCRIPTOR inhL DESCRIPTOR amp ixml version 1 8 Zixml versions 11 4 encaoding UTF 8 73 encodins UTF 8 l TZBWFAEML 1 BIEUFEME PROJECT gt lt PROJECT 1 PROJECT gt lt FROJECT 4 x CEHE gt SCEMEs SCENE ZSCEHEPSCEHEZz SCEHE L 2 Use the alphanumeric keys or MENU dial to enter the desired information You can move the editing point cursor point using the ka a gt keys By pressing the Enter key of the USB keyboard down is added at the end of the current line and a new line begins 3 After you complete editing press the ESC or HOME key of the USB keyboard or the STOP key of the PD204 The popup for confirmation as below appear on the display Pressing the ENTER YES key updates iXML Chunk data to the edited data Pressing the EXIT key cancels editing Changed aL data Are sou sure eBsiEHTER Ha EXIT Note After updating the iXML Chunk data the display returns to the Home screen by pressing the STOP of the unit or the
203. me etc in audio files The old previous ALE file is deleted Select the desired type and press the ENTER YES key If you select Renewal the PD204 immediately remakes the ALE file and the display returns to show the screen on which you can select an editing item If you select Circle Take Sure flashes on the screen Press the ENTER YES key again The PD204 remakes the ALE file and the display returns to show the screen on which you can select an editing item KEN Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu Note As described above executing Circle Take erases the old list If you cancel executing Circle Take in step 4 above press the EXIT key 6 After Remake ALE completes press the EXIT key The display shows the screen for updating the remade ALE file on which Are you sure flashes 7 Press the ENTER YES key The remade ALE file is updated and the display returns to show the screen on which you can select an editing item 8 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the EDIT EDL FILE menu Deleting an ALE file You can delete an ALE file The following procedure example describes how to delete the ALL TAKE ale file 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key MEHO BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC EE e e
204. n be entered Nolte If you enter OOO to the TAKE NUMBER field it is automatically set as 001 2 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 KEN Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Default track name setting Default TrkName The Default TrkName menu item specifies the default track name for each track of a BWF file created when recording is made The track name specified is automatically added to the track number whenever an audio file is created The data is recorded to each file as the fTRKn information of the BWF BEXT Chunk Description The default track name is stored in the System ROM of the unit 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHU F Sok 5 EC namek Default file namek Default Trk Hamer Mext event Hol BBB 1 Record FS amp Bitedok 24 Full ur doun 4 8 5 SETUP TTERY SETUP EH TC SETUP PISE UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USE to PC e e e a 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Default TrkName menu item and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the current track name of each track 25 SV SkDef aultTrkHame Set Project namek CH 1LLEFT Default file namek CH 2CRIGHT Default Trek Hamer ext
205. n or execution as well as used to exit the MENU mode While the Home screen is shown pressing and holding down this key Switches the screen to show the battery remaining condition instead of the stereo bus bar graph meters see page 26 8 MENUJ LINK MASTER dial ENTER YES key You can rotate or press this knob This knob has two main functions MENU dial function In the MENU or editing mode rotating this knob selects an item option alphanumeric character etc ENTER YES key function When unSHIFTed pressing this knob confirms the setting or executes a function When SHIFTed pressing this knob brings up the main menu Screen Note In this manual we describe this knob as the MENU dial or ENTER YES key depending on the function used 9 ACCESS indicator HDD DVD Each indicator Indicates the access condition of the internal hard disk HDD DVD drive or the DVD RAM drive Each indicator lights in green while the corresponding drive is not accessed in orange while it is accessed for reading and in red while it is accessed for writing When no disk is set to the DVD RAM drive the DVD indicator is unlit ACCESS Alphanumeric keys While the display shows the Home screen pressing any of the alphanumeric keys enters the time data edit mode After editing time data you can locate to the edited time position by pressing the LOCATE key see page 101 While the unit is in any of the edit mode
206. n the Home screen The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit 1 2 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen ius EIA namek Default file namek m Default Trk Hamek Mext event Hohti Record FS24B1t145k lt 24 Full ur doun B 8z BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC FF om RR Use the MENU dial to select the Record FS amp Bit menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option Syb SY okRecord FSEBit Set project namek Set project namelk Default file namek Default file nameb Default Trk Hamek m Default Trk Hameb Hext event Hora 1 Mext event Moi Gabel Record Fs zi 2 Record FS amp Bit EEIEERI Flashing Pull ue donni 8 5 You can select from among the following 44 16 48 16 44 24 48 24 88 24 96 24 176 24 192 24 the default is 48 24 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting The current setting is shown in the status area on the Home screen Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 142 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu
207. nals mic or line level which can be sources of channels 1 through 4 1 GND 2 HOT 3 COLD 3 ADJUST lever Used to adjust the protector on the right of the rear panel see page 25 42 Location Recorder Model PD204 10 Chapter 3 Names and Functions TIME CODE OUT connector XLR 3 32 type balanced Outputs time code O No aN QI E TIME CODE IN connector XLR 3 31 type balanced Inputs external time code Polo wo GND SEC Di D WORD IN termination switch Terminates the word input signal by setting the switch to ON WORD VIDEO IN and WORD OUT connectors BNC type The WORD VIDEO IN connector receives word or video clock It automatically detects the clock type word or video The WORD OUT connector feeds a word clock 9P REMOTE connector D sub 9 pin female Not currently supported Prepared for the future expansion Angle adjustment arm PARALLEL connector MINI DIN 8 pin This connector accepts parallel remote signals for controlling the PD204 externally You can control the following nine operations remotely 1 PLAY 6 CUE point registration 2 STOP 7 PAUSE 3 RECORD 8 FILE Md 4 REWIND 9 FILE gt gt 5 F FORWARD Operations When each terminal is grounded the corresponding function is active Note that
208. nd Functions When recording with the PRE REC mode set to ON Pulling this key starts recording from the audio data stored in the buffer The offset between the time code and ABS time values after a second from the beginning of recording is also recorded You can select the buffered time between 1 and 10 seconds using the Pre rec time menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode the default setting is 10 seconds see page 151 Note The time code recorded is conformed to the setting done by the quick setup mode or the TC GEN item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode See pages 76 and 177 for details about the TC GEN item Mixer section The mixer section allows you to mix signals from inputs 1 through 4 and send the mixed signals to the stereo bus a bcde h a The MASTER L R controls Controls the master level of the signals sent to the stereo bus Each control adjusts the master level of the signal sent to the L or R channel or the stereo bus The MASTER L R controls can be linked by pressing the MASTER LINK key When linked the L control adjusts the master level of both L and R channels see page 82 b MASTER LINK key This key has the primary unSHIFTed and secondary SHIFTed functions When unSHIFTed Enables or disables the link function of the MASTER L R control When the link function is enabled the LINK indicator under the MASTER controls is lit while
209. necting PC to the unit ovaladas 117 Location Recorder Model PD204 Safety Instructions Table of contents How to unmount the PD204 from the PC eese tentent ne tene teens tenete tenes 117 Example of copying data to a computer hard disk eese 118 Example of exporting data to a computer application eese esee eene teen 118 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu 121 Creating a new ALE file eee ce atn tn amata tata sa sans sara sns nunn nnen annan 122 Adding audio file entries to an ALE file ceca cenar rana tns 125 Viewing and editing audio file entries nere ener nennen nennt 127 Viewing audio tile entries eene tret er eere trece peste isis 127 Adding an audio file entry to an existing ALE file oonooncnocuconannononcnnnononornonconorconornoroonorcononnonos 128 Deleting an audio file OMY sos niente iate eere voee et ee a ie tuts ERU E Eee Eee EINER e RE Re e hee 128 EIL 129 Editing am ALE file Hane A A A id 129 Remarking adn Bn C is 130 Deleting an ALETIG uie erste e Dea eo estet ever taste Qon ehe EE ese sere Dukan etude poe egere de Lea ii 131 Chapter 8 MENU mode eren etete tese carnero 133 About MENU mode
210. nerating a stepping noise of a digitally controlled volume Limiter function On channels 1 through 4 the limiter function is achieved by automatically controlling the digital control volume on each channel Note that the ST BUS channel limiter works differently Notes on using the limiter function Due to the nature of the digitally controlled volume a small amount of the stepping noise may be generated in the following conditions 1 When a single low frequency signal is fed 2 When channels are linked and the limiter on the channel with no input signal works If you hear the stepping noise in the condition as above we recommend that you do not use the limiter function of the PD204 or you use an external limiter Location Recorder Model PD204 81 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Phase setting for channels 1 through 4 You can reverse the phase of the input signal by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the PFL SEL key of the desired channel The REV indicator under the bargraph meter of a phase reversed channel is lit To disable the phase reverse press the SHIFT key followed by the PFL SEL key again PFUSEL key PFL SEL PFL SEL PFL SEL a 2 ST EN REV indicator Controlling signals sent to the stereo bus Using the PAN key on each of channels 1 through 4 you can select L C or R for the panning position of the channel signal sent to the stereo bus Each time
211. nnot guarantee to work correctly if you use a keyboard with the built in USB hub USB mouse or PS2 mouse USB KYBD F ieip E2 ES E4 E s P F e F 8 T Fr Tr an Function keys F1 key Brings up the screen for the Edit file name item in the DISK UTILITY menu F2 key Acts the same as the CIRCLE TAKE key on the panel F3 key Brings up the screen for the Default file name item in the SYS SETUP menu F4 key Brings up the screen for the Default track name item in the SYS SETUP menu F5 key Brings up the screen for the Set Gen TC item in the TC SETUP menu 66 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 4 Basic connections Shortcuts ALT F keys Acts the same as the FILE SEL key on the panel ALT D keys Acts the same as the SHIFT key FILE SEL key on the panel ALT C keys Acts the same as the CUE key on the panel ALT S keys Enters the SYS SETUP menu ALT U keys Enters the DISK UTILITY menu ALT T keys Enters the TC SETUP menu ALT E keys Enters the EDIT EDL SEL menu Control key CTRL L key Acts the same as the LOCATE key on the panel Oth
212. noses The Diagnoses menu item selects whether or not creating a diagnoses file which logs errors during recording etc The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHL SS Set Project namek Default file namek TZ Default Trk Hamer Mext event Horati Record FS4Bi t 4k Full urrdown i 6 8 SY5 SETUP BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC Cun cuan Pom RR 4 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Diagnoses menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option oes SY Ski asnoses Record FSRBitidek 2e4 Record FSEBit 4dBk z4 Full up down 8 5 Full ur zdowns 8 8 T Auto coru ff Disital out HEZ EBU E E Diasnoses _ flashing Peak hold sec Feak hold 2 Sec You can select from among On and Off the default is On Auto cors Ott p CHEM E On Creates a diagnoses file which logs errors during recording etc Off Does not create a diagnoses file 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exi
213. o edit an existing ALE file Chapter 7 Table of contents Creating a neW ALE file tiiin aaa 1 tae ae ceed rec cota eae na alec Ge Up eae erate 122 Adding audio file entries to an ALE file eese nennen nenne nnne tnn tn tns tn sna sn sn ananas 125 Viewing and editing audio file entries eere recen rennen nennen nnnm recen re tnn seut 127 Viewing audio file entries eese eee esses ee aaae aeiaai iaiaaeaia E osorno 127 Adding an audio file entry to an existing ALE file eese eene tette tette tntnn 128 Dbeletinganaudio file UY EI e see ee te radius 128 Editing ahn ALE file A dedecus resti ew cia Aaea aaaeeeaa 129 Editing an ALE file Mame 25 oes sites acs eset bees ee leet ee etn eee T ent Une ve Tih eue DE ends 129 Remaking an ALE lead ee D DA ee cede eei eye eee re ea ande oe 130 Deleting vg Boa i 131 Location Recorder Model PD204 121 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu On a DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition the PD204 creates the info folder under the bwff folder The Info folder stores ALE Avid Log Exchange files and various information files such as a diagnoses file About an ALE file An ALE file is an EDL Edit Decision List file for exporting audio data created by the PD204 to an AVID system Because it is a text file a personal computer easily reads it Note that the start and end time
214. o make the following settings Note that time code is recorded according to the time code generator mode setting see the next page lt INPUT status indication while recording digital audio gt When a correct digital audio signal is fed to the DIGITAL IN connector the PLL Phase locked loop is activated and begins locking to the input signal When the unit locks to the digital input signal the INPUT area on the display looks like the one on the left below This indicates that the digital input takes priority and you can record the digital signal directly to the stereo tracks L and R IMPUT IMPUT ETEICE MAMA A ILIR Note that the unit cannot adjust the input level when recording a digital audio signal Adjust the external digital source level Selecting the sampling frequency bit length You can select the Fs sampling frequency and bit length for recording lt Note gt The sampling frequency of the digital input signal must match the Fs Bit setting of the PD204 You can set the Fs Bit via the Record FS amp Bit item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 76 and 142 Selecting the system clock To record a digital signal set the system clock of the PD204 to DIGITAL for synchronizing with an external device by default the system clock is set to INT Internal When the unit receives a correct digital audio signal and locks to it DIGI is shown on the Home screen If
215. o the display shows the Home screen for partition 1 Therefore the screen does not change when loading a DVD RAM disk To eject the disk press the eject button located at the left of the slot lt Note gt Do not eject a DVD disk from the disk tray while the current drive is set to the DVD drive and the disk is running Before you eject the disk make sure that the disk is stopped the PAUSE indicator is unlit Also note that it takes some time to eject the disk Do not press the PLAY F FWD or REW key Close the tray cover until locked by hand Now you can format the DVD RAM disk by following the procedure described on the next page Location Recorder Model PD204 MEN Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Initial format of a DVD RAM disk 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to enter shift mode followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters MENU mode and brings up the MENU list screen for selecting the desired main menu l e eE MENOR Alo ENE uas BATTERY SETUP s E TE SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC PS SE e 2 Use the MENU dial to select DISK UTILITY and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen on which you can select disk utility menu item HEHU b SYS SETUP BATTERY SETUF TC SETUP i DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC a k La Ld k k 3 Use the MENU dial to select F
216. ococococonononononononnncinnonononononononononenenonenononanananonocanionicacnss 169 Battery setting examlples 1 e ce eece iaa 170 Battery remaining time BATT Remain sssessesssesssessseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseses 172 Battery status BATT Status dece ine tete dete t ans craton A A A 173 Delia rm M S 174 System clock selection Sync clock eee aaaea tn etnia tin e 175 TC frame rate selection Frame rate ooocnonononnononononononanonanonanonanonononononanonanononnononanonanonononanonano 176 Generator mode selection Gen mode eese tenente tenete nononononononon 177 Internal TC generator setting Set Gen TC esee eeeeeeee eene tete ennt tatto tn etate inen 178 User bit setting Set Gen Ubit nin recette tree A Den eate don 180 Jam mode setting JAM mode t ete tee nen Reden re dede e 182 Time code output source selection Sel TC Out esee eren 183 Default LTC start time setting Default LTC start eres eee ee eee ee eret eterna tnntnn 184 LTC start time editing Edit LTC start eese eese esses eene eene etnia tntnt inest tne notae 185 UBIT setting of playback time code Ref TC Ubit ocoocooccononocannnonononncncnnornonononoononcononononnonos 186 Time code output while paused Rep pause TC esee entente 187 Automatic recording st
217. olte You cannot edit a protected audio file 1 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MEHU E DISK UTILITY A erie E Edit file namek F i File info P TC SETUP ean Delete fileb ss rrr Restore Del file USB to PC A Format F Reel Ho asset i Use the MENU dial to select the Rec protect menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current option On or Off starts flashing the default is Off and you can now select the desired option DISK UTILITY UTILITVkEaec Protect Halal jur AA Delete file estore Del file Restore Del filer Format amp Format k Reel Hao dt Reel Hol EEEE i Rec protect MEg Flashing Resume Uff Use the MENU dial to select On or Off and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Note If you enter the UTILITY menu when no file is available on the current disk Rec protect is shown instead of Rec protect Off or On This means there is no audio file to which the Rec protection setting is applied If you select it and press the ENTER YES key in this case Void is shown lt Note gt The PD204 can prot
218. on pages 170 and 171 for the examples of power supply priority setting 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key followed by the ENTER YES key 2 Use the MENU dial to select the BATTERY SETUP menu and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for battery related settings MEHL BATTER F SYS SETIF p BATT warning 213 21 k DC IH warning 13 6 TC SETUP F Pauer rrioritaiDC IH DISE UTILITY Active Battery BATTI EDIT EPL FILE BATT Remains USB to FC k BHTT status b 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Power priority menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing You can now select the prior power supply BATTERY E BATTERY FPower Priority BATT warnina 113 21 BATT warning 113 24 DC IH warning 113 i DC IH warning 1 3 H8l Power PrioritaiDE IH Active batterwiBATTI BATT Remadirierbeekem Power Priority Active battery EHTTI1 BATT Femain x kbkrkm Flashing BATT status b BATT status b Available options DC IN and BATT the default is DC IN lt Note gt When you set Power priority to DC IN the battery automatically be comes active when the voltage of the power from the DC IN connector drops down to the threshold voltage for warning or when the power cord to the DC IN connec tor is disconnected lt Note gt When you set Power priority to BATT and batteries
219. onth BG 32 YY year BG 10 uu for EUR When selecting MMDDYYuu or DDMMYYuu you can set the desired user bit to uu of BG 10 uu The other fields are automatically set to the date of the realtime clock Editing the user bit By using the MENU dial to highlight User 00 00 00 00 and pressing the ENTER YES key the rightmost field of the current user bit by default 0 starts flashing and you can now make editing TC SETUP Zet Gen Ubit TC SETUP Set Gen Ubit Ubit MD Lii User GE Ge Ab tl flashing Ubitt a6 66 66 66 InrutiMENL dial 1bke Edit ENTER kes Move CURSOR key Exit EXIT key Set EHTER Exiti EXIT You can enter the desired value to the flashing field using the numeric keys or the MENU dial You can move the flashing field using the I lt gt keys Press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 KEN Chapter 8 MENU mode TC SETUP menu Jam mode setting JAM mode Using the JAM mode menu item you can select the jam mode for the generator Free Run mode You can set which information is jammed 1 When the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen TC SETUPF Sunc clock IMT Frame rates z25 Gen mod
220. or a hard disk partition Important note When you execute file copy to a DVD R RW or CD R RW disk you must select a hard disk partition as the current drive before you set a DVD R RW or CD R RW disk 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the FILE SEL DRV PAT key The display shows the DRIVE SEL screen In this screen DVD represents the DVD multi drive while PTO1 through PT16 represent the hard disk partition DRIVE SEL O psc LDRUJL REEL m Am Note You can also bring up the DRIVE SEL screen by the procedure below 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 Use the MENU dial to select DRV PAT SEL and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DRIVE SEL screen 2 Use the MENU dial to select the desired drive and press the ENTER YES key The display changes to show the Home screen for the selected partition 110 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Making file copy The following procedure assumes that partition 1 PTO1 is selected as the current drive and you attempt to copy audio files recorded on the partition to the DVD RAM disk 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The display now shows the MENU list
221. ord FS amp Bit dS8k 24 SCENE Full uerdomni 4 4 THEE HUMBER E aai 4 Press the ENTER YES key The currently selected mode starts flashing the default mode is Take ZwS5Hef file name SySskef file name File name mode File name mode ile ake File name mode Flashing Default scene take Default scene take EEE MAME SCEHE HAME j SCEME THEE HUMBER 661 TAKE HUMBER E81 5 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key When setting the file name mode to Take the SCENE NAME and TAKE NUMBER specified on the same screen are used for each file name Even if you set the file name to Date or Reel the SCENE NAME and TAKE NUMBER currently set are used as the SCENE data in the meta data You can select from among Date Take and Reel the default is Take The internal realtime clock data is the file name Date Example BO5h 05m 06s 10oct 2007 wav lt DATE gt wav is shown in the Next file name field on the Home screen lt SCENE NAME gt lt TAKE NUMBER gt with wav the file extension is the file name Take The take number is incremented automatically each time recording is made Example Scene 001 wav Scene 002 wav The reel number of a drive DVD drive or a partition of the internal HDD currently selected Reel for recording with the file number is the d
222. ormat and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for formatting DISK UTILIT k UTILITY Format Edit file nameF Drive SR ELE File info Fk Reel Ho S062 Delete filet Format Mode Hormal Restore Del filer PhasicalFormati Off LESECLITE J Feel Hol EEEE Cfmt time thktmtksi On this screen you can make the following four settings This procedure example assumes that the Reel No and Physical Format items are left as default Selects the drive to be formatted Drive You can select DVD RAM or any of the hard disk partitions PTO1HD through PT16HD Sets the reel number for the DVD RAM disk or partition to be formatted The default reel numbers for a DVD RAM disk and partitions are as follows DVD RAM S001 Reel No partitions S002 through S017 You can change the reel number later via the Reel No item in the DISK UTILITY menu of the MENU mode see page 202 Selects the format mode Format When you format a DVD RAM disk only Normal is available Mode When you format a partition Normal and DDR are available The DDR option is used when executing dual drive recording described later see page 113 Selects whether or not you physically format a DVD RAM disk or partition Physical When selecting Off a quick format is performed Format When selecting On a physical format is performed which takes longer time see Note on the n
223. otect oooocconccconononnnonncnnncnonanonaconocnnnononaconac nacos 203 Location Recorder Model PD204 9 Safety Instructions Table of contents Resume function On Off setting Resume occconcconocannnonononnonacnnononanncononconoononconoononacnonnonaos 204 Partition protection On Off setting Part protect essesesesesesessssssssesssesesesesesesesesesessses 205 HDD operating time display HDD Ope Time s ssssssssssssssesssesesesesesesesesesssseseseseseseseseseseses 206 LOAD SETUP menu 1 2 1cre cute dceme re sra ctn unos cen nct opm Gaman susci Damn caca bru aeri Derim enaa aanas 207 SAVE SETUP menu ansaan aaea aeara aaaea aaea Aaaa esame eser uL noces de dS arp eque unam dun daea aaia aa 208 Chapter 9 Specifications eere 209 Inputs outputs nn ces 210 Recording playback e e ce 211 A O A atu EA EE E E ET 211 Physical dimensions ocnciocncicnnnnnn rc es 212 lei m 213 a 214 10 Location Recorder Model PD204 Introduction Introduction of this manual This manual is a guidebook for using the Fostex PD204 Location Recorder This manual is intended for users who have experience and knowledge of using a professional digital recorder You may roughly understand how to use the PD204 by reading Chapte
224. ously shown before entering the MENU mode LTE ais E pita SCENE GAL uas Betah Ena TEE IHPUT FRAHE CLE ET es 1 0 BRTT To make recording to the DVD RAM disk select the current drive to the DVD drive see page 84 for details Nolte If you format a DVD RAM disk when any partition is selected as the cur rent drive the current drive does not change after formatting is completed Therefore if you want to make recording to the DVD RAM disk you must change the current drive from the partition to the DVD drive On the other hand if you format a partition when the DVD drive is selected as the current drive the current drive automatically changes to the partition after for matting is completed How to set the desired reel number During the process of initial formatting you can set the desired reel number by the following procedure 1 While Reel No S001 is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The first digit of the reel number field starts flashing You are ready for editing the reel number UTILITYFFormat UTILITY Format Brive DULD EBM Drive DWO RAM keel Ho S061 Reel Ho CSAR lashing Format Modei Hormal Format hode Hormal FhssicalFormat Off PhasicalFormati Off ESECUTE J CEXECUTE J Cfmt time xkhyekgykEkE j Cfmt time httmttg 2 2 Use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter the desired reel number Use the kaq and bp keys to move
225. out editing the value pressing the EN TER YES key sets the time code value and display returns to the Set Gen TC primary screen In the following example no time code editing is made TC SETUPRSet Gen TC TC SETUPERSet Gen TC EDIT GEH TE LOUKUP GEN TC REC RUH FEC RUM TL Sh45meesEER 7 TC n3h4Smaasaat Set ENTER key Edi t ENTER kes Delete EXIT key Exits EXIT key lt How to reset the edited time code value to the initial condition gt To reset the specified time code value to H M S F press the ENTER YES key followed by the EXIT key while the Set Gen TC primary screen as shown on the right above is shown The specified time code is reset to H M S F Note If you turn off the power after setting the TC starting value the value is reset to H M S F Editing the time code value in Free run mode When the Set Gen TC primary screen is shown press the ENTER YES key The time code value at the record end of the last file currently loaded is shown and you can edit this value TC SETUPESet Ger TC TC SETUP Set Ger TC LOOKUF GEH TC EDIT GEH TE FREE RUM FREE RUH Flashing TC mercat TC khk mks ER JAM ETC TIME kes Edit ENTER kes Set ENTER key Exit EXIT key Exit EXIT key In the similar manner to editing the time code value in Rec run mode edit the time value and press the ENTER YES key to confirm
226. page 147 lt Notes gt e While sliding up and holding the SLATE switch to the TONE position the slate tone is output from the ANALOG OUT connectors allowing you to calibrate external devices If you keep holding the SLATE switch for more than three seconds the display shows Slate tone hold and the slate tone is continuously output even if you release the switch In this condition sliding up the SLATE switch again stops slate tone output lt Hints gt Besides recording capability to a DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition the PD204 has the following recording capabilities 1 While you make recording to a hard disk partition you can automatically record the same materials to a DVD RAM DVD R RW or CD R RW disk auto copy function See page 104 2 You can copy all recorded files between a DVD RAM disk and a hard disk partition or between hard disk partitions disk copy function See page 107 3 You can copy a desired file between a DVD RAM disk and a hard disk partition or between hard disk partitions file copy function See page 110 While making recording to a hard disk partition formatted in the DDR mode you can simultaneously make recording to the mirror disk of DDR dual drive recording See page 113 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Recording digital audio When recording digital audio you do not need to make mixer settings described earlier Instead you have t
227. ped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHIJ p yk gzet Project namek Default file namek m Default Trk Hamek Hest event Hohti Record FS2B1t145k lt 24 Puli ur doun 8 8 BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC Ld F k P k k Use the MENU dial to select the Error tone menu item and press the ENTER YES key You can select On or Off of the error tone for Write error Input clip and BATT warning as well as can set the time for Disk warning zMSk SYSkFERror tone False start kename Eppop Lore Limiter Farameterk i j Stereo out leuel 4 Input clie n Sreaker mute On BATT warnings n Error tone Disk warning 3min Chain Plas rff Write error On or Off setting Use the MENU dial to select the Write error and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option SySkError tone SySkError tone Error tone Write error Flashing Input clim n BATT warning n BATT warnina n Disk warnings 3min Disk warning 3min Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting You can select between On
228. pply enses cee iei eeeese eire sei nennen etna nna ennnen ennnen nnna 22 Mo nting the Battery cucine tere idee e e D Ue HERR 23 Important settings for using the battery sesesesesesesesssessssesesesesesesesosossesesesesesesesssesesesese 24 Battery priority setting essential when using more than one battery 24 Low battery warning Settip9 iii teret eo Renee stie de teach pe dye boi aee 24 Power supply priority setting essential when using both DC IN and battery 25 Protector adjust AA inveni atate ttem iie ate 25 Saving th battery POWER e ee 26 Battery condition display eee eeeeee eee ee eene tns insta stas tns tastes istas a sens tns nas 26 Dismounting the Dattery iii REIR RE e OE o E aia 27 Using DC IN Connecting the AC adaptor sesesesesessssesesesesesesesesesseseseseseseseseseesesesesesese 28 Important settings for using DC IN s esesessssssssesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesossesesesesesesesesesesesesesese 28 Low battery warning setting eessssesesesssesesesssesesesesosesesesesesesesesesesestsestseseseseseseseseseseseseses 28 Power supply priority setting essential when using both DC IN and battery 28 T rning ON inso dtu c M 29 Display backlight and contrast eiie ees eese esee en enne tnen ttn ns tns tasst ntn sain 30 Turning on the display backlight istrenirani ii
229. pt to service the appliance beyond that described in the operating instructions All other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel The appliance should be situated away from drops of water or spray of water Objects containing liquid such as vase must not be put on the appliance The appliance is not completely isolated from the power supply even if the power switch is at off position Appliance shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids such as vases shall be placed on the appliance Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer An appliance with a protective earth terminal should be connected to a mains outlet with a protective earth connection An appliance should be placed in a position where an AC plug inlet can be easily pulled out by hand Main plug is used as the disconnection device It shall remain readily operable and should not be obstructed during intended use To be completely disconnected the apparatus from supply mains the mains plug of the apparatus shall be disconnected from the mains socket outlet completely Safety Instructions Table of contents Important Safety Instructions Read these instructions 11 Keep these instructions 12 Heed all warnings Follow all instructions Do not use this apparatus near water Clean only with dry cloth Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the
230. r 1 Main features and Chapter 3 Names and functions Chapter 3 Names and functions describes names and functions of keys controls and connectors as well as reference pages So you can refer to this chapter as index for detail information Chapter 2 Preparations before using the PD204 contains the necessary information when using the PD204 for the first time such as About power supply and Initial format of a DVD RAM disk Precautions For supplying the power to the unit from an AC outlet only use the Fostex authorized AC adaptor optional If you use any unauthorized AC adaptor the unit may not work correctly and there is a serious risk of damage to the unit e Make sure that the voltage of your AC power outlet matches the voltage requirements printed on the AC adaptor If you wish to use the unit in a country where the voltage of the AC power outlet does not match your AC adaptor ask your local Fostex dealer or service station for purchasing an appropriate AC adaptor Note that the AC adaptor can be used both in 50 Hz and 60 Hz areas Never supply voltage other than DC12V to the unit Only use the IDX ENDURA or NP 1 type battery if you use the NP 1 type battery the dedicated holder and holder plate are needed IDX IDX logo ENDURE V Mount V Plate Digi View and i Trax are the trademarks of IDX Company Ltd When inserting replacing batteries or disconnecting the AC adaptor make sure that the un
231. r setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 151 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Maximum file length setting Max file length The Max file length menu item sets the maximum recording volume of a file This setting is important especially for exporting audio file data of the unit to your PC because each PC has the limitation of the volume of a file to be imported The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit 1 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHIJ p SyS z EIE Project namek Default file namek Default Trk Hamet Mext event Hohti Record FS24B1t1428k lt 24 Full ur douni B 8z BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC FSF el Use the MENU dial to select the Max file length menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option SyS S YSklax file len th Tone rec madek Tone rec moder Pause time 1 8min Pause time 1 amp mirn Keyboard 5el ls5 Keyboard Sel us Fre rec timell sec Pre rec timerl sec Max file lensthiz6 Max file lenath EE Flashing Auto Fart Linki Off Auto Pa
232. recommend using the PD204 horizontally Location Recorder Model PD204 25 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Saving the battery power The PD204 offers the following measures for saving the battery power to extend the battery life Pressing the STOP key stops the disk rotation to save the power consumption It is also possible to set the desired pause release time using the Pause time item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode the default pause time is three minutes When the internal monitor speaker is not used or when a headphone plug is inserted to the PHONES jack no power is supplied to the amplifier for the speaker The following describes some tips for saving the battery power as well as some notes on using the battery When you do not operate the unit on battery power for a long period of time remove the battery Even if the POWER switch is set to OFF a small amount of electric power is consumed Set the monitor level as lower as possible regardless of whether using headphones or the internal monitor speaker You should use the display backlight only when needed When you do not use a DVD RAM disk remove the disk The load impedance connected to PD204 output connectors should be greater than 10k ohm When converting a balanced output to an unbalanced output you should not connect the unused pin to the ground pin and leave it open Though it lowers the output level
233. reshold voltage is set to 13 0V However you can set the desired threshold voltage via the DC IN warning item in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 167 Power supply priority setting essential when using both DC IN and battery When you use both a battery and the DC IN connector you must set the power supply priority DC IN or BATT For example if you set it to DC IN a warning message pops up on the display and the battery automatically takes over only when the power supply from the DC IN jack is cut off power failure disconnection etc Note that if you use only batteries you do not need to make this setting You can make setting via the Power priority item in the BATTERY SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 168 MEN Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 Turning on the power After mounting the battery or connecting the power source such as the AC adaptor to the DC IN connector you can turn on the power by setting the POWER switch to ON The unit starts up and the screen similar to below appears the screen example below shows the one the first time you turn on the power after purchasing the unit POWER switch PD204 LOCATION RECORDER MASTER 1 rj LTE Al fomir TI Ea Lh UA POE 0 0 BATTL This screen shows the current drive is partition 01 of the internal hard disk and there is no file recorded in the partition The screen
234. rrently active Nolte If you use the IDX ENDURA battery read the operation manual supplied with the battery and handle it correctly The PD204 does not provide battery charge func tion Charge the IDX ENDURA battery correctly according to the battery manual Battery mount 2 BATT2 Battery mount 1 BATT1 Connectors ENDURA battery ENDURA battery c DI M m Example of mounting the ENDURA batteries to the both battery mounts Location Recorder Model PD204 ELM Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 When you use PowerLink batteries you can mount up to four batteries two bat teries for each base as shown on the right Note When you mount four batter ies you cannot use the protector on the bottom panel Use the unit horizontally Notes for using PowerLink batteries e When you use PowerLink batteries use batteries of the same charging condition If the charging conditions are significantly different the PowerLink function may not operate correctly resulting the PD204 powered off You cannot mount more than two batteries Each battery mount can accept up to two batteries Important settings for using the battery Battery priority setting essential when using more than one battery When you use two b
235. rt links ff Selectable between 2GB and 4GB the default is 2GB Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Note The remaining recordable time of the file which is shown during recording is calculated based on the Max file length setting For example if the remaining space of the disk is 4GB or more while Max file length is set to 4GB the remaining recordable time of the file is calculated based on 4GB If the remaining space of the disk is smaller than the Max file length setting the remaining recordable time of the file is calculated based on disk remaining space For example if Max file length is set to 4GB while the remaining space of the disk is 2GB the display shows the remaining time which is calculated based on 2GB Note If the current file reaches to the maximum length during recording the unit automatically create a new file and continues recording to it During recording to an internal hard disk partition when the Auto part link menu item described on the next page is set to On if there is no more recording space left in the current partition the unit automatically continues recording to the next partition See page 154 for details 152 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Continuous recording func
236. s you can enter time data or name Key example Using the 3 key you can enter d e f D E and F as well as 3 11 LOCATE key Locates to the desired position in the following manners While a cue point is selected pressing the key locates to the selected cue point see page 102 While time data is being edited pressing the key locates to the edited time position see page 101 While the display shows the Home screen pressing the key locates to the point previously located to the default setting is ABS O see page 100 MON Location Recorder Model PD204 PRE REC ON OFF ke4 FILE a O PREV CUE NEXT 12 13 14 15 16 Chapter 3 Names and Functions CLEAR key Pressing this key functions in the following manners While entering characters Erases the next character on the right of the cursor position While editing time data Clears time data and sets it to 00h 00m OOf OOsf e While the Peak hold setting menu in the Setup mode is set to oo Resets the peak level indication on the level meters While a warning popup window is shown Dismisses the popup window PRE REC switch When this switch is set to ON recording starts from audio data stored in the buffer see page 87 The buffered time can be set using the Pre rec time menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 151 4 PREV and gt
237. s only when the clock is pulled down 25FPS Unselectable Unselectable 29 97 FPS 30 FPS 29 97 FPS The TC frame changes only when the clock is pulled up 30 FPS 30 FPS 29 976 The TC frame changes only when the clock is pulled down Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode The current setting is shown in the status area on the Home screen Note As shown in the table above you cannot make pull up or pull down setting when the TC frame is 25fps If you set the Pull up down menu item to 0 1 or 0 1 when the TC frame is 25fps 0 t96 or G is shown in the status information area on the Home screen Note While pulled up or down the PD204 can lock to an external clock video frame pulse or field pulse with a frame rate shown in the table above 100PPM Note When the system clock cannot lock to the external or internal clock the popup window on the right appears on the display In this case the unit may malfunction Consult your local Fostex service department Location Recorder Model PD204 EIN Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Digital output signal format selection Digital out The Digital out menu item selects the format AES EBU or S P DIF of the digital signal which is output from the DIGITAL OUT connector
238. screen MENU 7 BATTERY SETUP F TC SETUP DISK UTILITY 4 k EDIT EDL FILE USB to FC 2 Use the MENU dial to select DISK UTILITY and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MEHO O Z y DISK UTILITY Ss SETUP F Edit file namek BATTERY SETUP F File info F TC SETUP La gt Delete filer SCTISE UTILITY Restore Del filer EDIT EDL FILE Format k USE to PC Esel Ha ttt 3 Use the MENU dial to select File copy and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for selecting the copy destination The default setting DVD is flashing DISK UTILITY UTILITY File Cory Feel Ha Shei Select Destination Rec ProtectiOff EKesume tiff m amp ourcebDriue PTH HD Far t rFrotect i ff Destination MEE Flashing Disk corak 4 While DVD is flashing press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for selecting the desired audio file from those recorded on the hard disk partition 1 PTO1 UTILITY File Cora Push FILE SEL key 7 Baz file name ABS file name Had file name lt All Select lt Note gt You cannot select the file copy destination to the same medium as the copy source If you do so the display shows Void and returns to the screen for selecting the copy destination medium 5 Use the MENU dial to select
239. screen You can bring up the MENU list screen by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the ENTER YES key This screen is the first level screen of the MENU mode and you can select a desired menu from the menus for various settings or preferences of the PD204 See page 134 for details SYS SETUP menu screen You can bring up this menu screen by selecting SYS SETUP from the MENU list screen and pressing the EN TER YES key The SYS SETUP menu includes system setup and execution menu items See page 136 for de tails BATTERY SETUP menu screen You can bring up this menu screen by selecting BAT TERY SETUP from the MENU list screen and pressing the ENTER YES key The BATTERY SETUP menu includes the setup menu items regarding the battery which powers the PD204 See page 165 for details TC SETUP menu screen You can bring up this menu screen by pressing the SHIFT key followed by the TIME key or by selecting TC SETUP from the MENU list screen and pressing the ENTER YES key The TC SETUP menu includes the setup menu items for time code recording playback See page 174 for de tails DISK UTILITY menu screen You can bring up this menu screen by selecting DISK UTILITY from the MENU list screen and pressing the EN TER YES key The DISK UTILITY menu includes the setup or execu tion menu items regarding a DVD RAM disk or a parti tion See page 190 for details USB to PC menu screen You can bring up th
240. shown 7 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Note If you format a DVD RAM disk while a hard disk partition is selected as the current drive the DVD RAM is not selected as the current partition after completing formatting In other words only when you format a partition of the internal hard disk while the DVD RAM drive is selected as the current drive the current drive changes after com pleting formatting Location Recorder Model PD204 201 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Editing the reel number Volume label Reel No Using the Reel No menu item you can edit the reel number of the currently selected disk or partition Note that the reel number set here is also reflected to the volume label The following procedure assumes that a disk or partition you want to edit the reel number of is loaded Note If you edit the reel number volume label of the partition used for Dual Drive Recording the edited result is also reflected to the DVD RAM disk for Dual Drive Record ing 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown 2 Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MENU DISK UTILITY TC SETUP y Delete fileb ME UTILI
241. sing the PD204 Display backlight and contrast LIGHT CONTRAST key SHIFT key MENU dial Turning on the display backlight Turns on or off the backlight of the display Pressing the LIGHT CONTRAST key turns on the backlight of the display which is automatically turned off after three seconds If you keep holding down the LIGHT CONTRAST key for more than three seconds the display shows Light on hold and the backlight keeps on lighting until you press this key again Nolte When you operate the unit on battery we recommend not using the display backlight unless necessary because the backlight consumes the battery power Adjusting the display contrast The display contrast is adjusted appropriately when shipped However you can adjust it as your favor by the following procedure after turning on the power 1 Press the SHIFT key to enter shift mode followed by the LIGHT CONTRAST key The display shows the popup screen for adjusting the display contrast is mue 2 Use the MENU dial to adjust the display contrast Rotating the MENU dial clockwise weakens the contrast while rotating the dial counter clockwise strengthens the contrast 3 Press the ENTER YES key to confirm the setting The display contrast is set The popup screen is dismissed and the unit exits the contrast adjustment mode Turning off the power Before you turn off the power make sure that the unit stops access to the drive
242. sound sequence information The sound sequence information of a BWF file includes items as below and you can edit them if necessary lt New line gt at the bottom is used for adding a new descriptor information See Adding descriptor information for details UTILITVkFile info EDIT DESCEIFT BILTLBITS skbkr kr B20 F SCENES esos BSC TAKES Bart TAPE k BSC f EUEHT k HE Ef SPEEDS estesbob mrTEfTREK1 krkke ek BerfTREZE aEdkeoe ee BarrHOTE BEzHew line The table below shows the details of the descriptor information which Fostex registers by default as shown on the screen example above The information can be used for creating an AVID ALE file as well as can be directly exported to the AVID system via USB or via a disk Note Each character string before shows the header ID of currently avail able meta data Line No Contents Details The user bit used when recording time code is recorded by de fUBITS fault When creating a file the character string before in the file name fSCENE is set as a SCENE by default When creating a file the three digit number between and the fTAKE file extension in the file name is set as a TAKE number by default When creating a file the reel number volume label on the disk is fTAPEz t set as a TAPE number up to 8 digits by default The five digit number set by the Set Next Event menu item in fEVENT the Sy
243. splay shows the Home screen Note If you enter a file name which already exists and press the ENTER YES key Illegal Name is shown and the display returns to show the previous screen before editing Location Recorder Model PD204 KUN Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Viewing a file information and editing descriptor information File info Using the File info menu item you can view audio file information as well as edit the descrip tor information and iXML information You can check the following file information 1 File name of the audio file 2 Descriptor information BWF Sound Sequence information 3 iXML Chunk data information 4 File creation date and time year month day hour minute second 5 LTC start time information LTC time at the beginning of recording 6 LTC end time information LTC time at the end of recording 7 Duration information of audio area shown in time code 8 File occupying space 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown 2 Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MENO DISK UTILITY Edit file namek File info k Delete filet Festore Del filek Format Reel Hao sek 545 SETUP BATTERY SETUP
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245. st the input gain of each channel appropriately so that the corresponding PEAK indi cator does not flash or light in red mu a PEAK indicator MEM Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Notes e Adjust the recording level appropriately so that the level meter does not exceed 0 dB but goes up near to the 0 dB at the loudest part of the signal The reference level is set to 20 dB by default This means a 4 dBu signal indicates 20 dB down from the 24 bit full scale level O dB on the level meter You can set to generate the error tone when the input amplifier clips using the Error tone menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 160 About gain adjustment gt The PD204 controls the gain by the advanced digital control volume with the latest technology which offers the following advantages 1 Improvement of audio quality by simplifying the analog circuit 2 Controls the volume of an input signal and can be used as an analog limiter with no sound deterioration unlike a conventional VCA limiter This volume control provides the zero crossing control function which restrains an unwanted stepping noise Zero crossing control function The zero crossing is the instantaneous point at which there is no voltage present indicated by arrows in the figure on the right The zero crossing control function alters the audio level at the zero crossing point to prevent ge
246. stem Setup menu of the MENU mode is set as an EVENT number by default The frame rate set by the Frame rate menu item in the System SPEED Setup menu of the MENU mode is set as the frame rate by de fault Triste Track name of each track A default track name up to 16 characters for each track is re corded fTRK22 This is used for comment By default no data exists Location Recorder Model PD204 193 Chapter 8 MENU mode DISK UTILITY menu Editing descriptor information 1 2 3 4 5 Use the MENU dial to select a desired descriptor information item and press the ENTER YES key The first character of the selected descriptor information item flashes and you can now edit the item B3LfTHEE s B40 TAPES BSCf EVENT Seer UTILI File info EDIT DESCRIPTOR LE GEN Im d Tis T ILT ODI a vb eb eb d BzLfS5CcEHE 3TTxee lee EDIT D ESCEIFT E BiL flBgITS5 45xkxWm POF SCEME Stikk AFL TAKE Sas ad Cf TAPES BSC fF EVENT Hkk Flashing Use the ka a gt I key to move the cursor position to the right of and make editing Use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter characters While the cursor is on the first character of the descriptor information press ing the CLEAR key repeatedly clears all the information After editing the information item press the ENTER YES key to
247. stex BWF Manager to convert the file to mono files Mono BWF files converted using the BWF Manager can be imported and edited by an audio software application An interleave BWF file converted from mono files can be played back by the PD204 or DV824 You can download BWF Manager from the Fostex website http www fostexinternational com ELM Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Connecting PC to the unit After connecting the cable between the unit and a PC using a USB cable make USB connec tion using the USB to PC menu of the MENU mode Note If you make USB connection between the PD204 and your personal computer while a recorded disk is set to the DVD drive you can see two icons for the DVD multi drive and the selected partition on your computer If no disk is set to the DVD multi drive only the icon for the selected partition is shown 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The display now shows the MENU list screen MENU BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC 2 Use the MENU dial to select USB to PC and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen for USB connection You can select a partition on this EE FF screen HEHU EK MEHU HOUSE to FC BATTER SETUP TC SETUP Connect USE F DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL_FILE Ld RS425 SETUP 3 Use t
248. t level menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option ZZ SySkStereno out level Max file lensth 2 Max file lenathi 2G Auto Part 1ink 044 Auto Part link ff False startifename gt False startikename Limiter Farame ter t Limiter rarameterk Stereo out leyelitd Stereo out level Flashing Sreaker mute Or SrPeaker mute Or Selectable between 4dBu 10dBu and 60dBu the default is 4dBu 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5 Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode 158 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Monitor speaker mute setting Speaker mute The Speaker mute menu item selects whether or not the internal monitor speaker is muted when the unit is not in playback mode The setting of this item is stored to PD204 flash ROM 1 2 3 4 5 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHL p Sus Set Project namek Default file nameb Default Trk Hamet Hext event Hao bbBdi Record FS amp tBiti4ok 24 Full ur daowns A a TUF BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITw EDIT EDL FILE
249. t the MENU mode Location Recorder Model PD204 145 Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu Peak hold time setting Peak hold The Peak hold menu item sets the peak hold time of the peak level meters 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHL E zum TEGIS Project ETE Default file ramet m Default Trk Hamer Mext event Hoi AB 1 Record FS24B1t145k lt 24 Pull ur zdoun 0 8 BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC e e e e 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Peak hold menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option ots SySkPeak hold Full ur downs E E Full ur down 8 8 Auto cors i ff Auto corui ff Diasital out BHES EBL Disital out HES EBU Diagnoses Off Diasnoses Off Peak hold S560 Peak hold E REA rashing Tone rec moder Tone rec moder You can set the time between Osec and 9sec in one second step or infinity co the default is 3sec When co is selected you can clear the peak hold indication by pressing the CLEAR key 4 Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting 5
250. te error iet cete aN 160 Power connection essen Pretaderlisten eerte Z Pre recording Zero CrOSSI IQ eit RR e ERE UE n 81 Preparation before recording Protect 5s piiejzeo d tir acia Project Name cuina seta Pull up pull down esses pp A 157 Reel Number coocccccccnccccnononaconoccnonnnonnnnnos 36 138 202 ROC area ata eae 108 Record protection esses 203 205 Recording analog audio 85 Recording time code ess 90 Recording digital audio s 89 Release button sse 27 RESUME iE RETI E 204 Restore deleted file s 197 Sampling fregency 76 89 142 Location Recorder Model PD204 MEN Declaration of EC Directive This equipment is compatible with the EMC Directive 2004 108 EC Directive on approximation of member nation s ordinance concerning the electromagnetic compatibility and with the Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC Directive on approximation of member nation s ordinance concerning electric equipment designed to be used within the specified voltage range The Affect of Immunity on This Equipment The affect of the European Specification EN61000 6 1 coexistence of electromagnetic waves common immunity specification on
251. tem The file name is given as lt Scene name gt Take number gt You can When Take is selected specify the Scene name and the starting take number via the MENU mode The Take number is incremented automatically each time a file is created The file name is given as the internal realtime clock data when you start When Date is selected recording The file name is given as lt Disk or partition volume label gt lt File num ber gt When Reel is selected Disk remaining This area shows the remaining recordable space of a disk or partition in time The remaining time is shown during recording or while stopped As the recording goes on the remaining time decreases see File name Next file name above Current drive file number This area shows the current drive name and the audio file number The following shows the examples when an audio file recorded on a DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition is loaded DILO The DVD drive is selected as the current drive Partition 1 is selected as the current drive and and the audio file 002 is currently loaded the audio file 001 is currently loaded Protect icon When a hard disk partition is protected M is shown You can protect or unprotect a hard disk partition via the DISK UTILITY menu of the MENU mode see page 205 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 3 Names and Functions Screen examples MENU list
252. ter OS the read write functions may be limited as below Windows XP Windows 2000 Vista Only Read is possible no driver software or commercially available writing software required Write data from the personal computer is possible only on the DVD RAM disk Macintosh OS 9 2 2 Only Read is possible no driver soft ware or commercially available writing software required Macintosh OSX Only Read is possible no driver software or commercially available writing software required All company names and model names mentioned in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Note The procedure of access to a DVD RAM disk or the internal hard disk drive differs depending on the port you use and the OS of your PC Note that you can read data on the internal hard disk drive from your PC but cannot write data to it Also note that with some writing software applications in the market the file transfer speed from the hard disk drive may be extremely slower than the file transfer speed from a DVD RAM disk In such a case the transfer speed may be improved by disabling the packet write function of the writing software application see the operation manual of the writing software application for details about the packet write function Nolte Most PC applications can import an interleave file directly however if you cannot export an interleave file to your PC application use Fo
253. tex parts are warranted for one 1 year from the date of original purchase except for recording media such as hard disc drives and compact flash cards heads lamps and fuses which are warranted for one hundred eighty 180 days Fostex America will repair and or replace parts during the term of this warranty Labor costs are also covered by Fostex America for one 1 year from the date of original purchase Except as specified below this warranty covers all defects in material and workmanship in this product The following are not covered by this warranty 1 Batteries 2 Damage to any product that has been altered 3 Damage to any product on which the original serial number has been defaced modified or removed 4 Damage to or deterioration of the external cabinet 5 Damage occurring during shipment of the product NOTE Shipping claims must be presented to the carrier Damage resulting from accident misuse abuse or neglect Damage resulting from failure to perform routine maintenance and or calibration procedures Damage resulting from failure to follow instruction in the owner s manual Damage resulting from repair or attempted repair or by someone other than a Fostex America Service technician or a technician at an authorized Fostex America service station 10 Damage resulting from causes other than product defects including lack of technical skill competence or experience on the part of the user 11 Extern
254. the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 175 for details Note When DIGI or WORD or VIDEO is selected but the unit does not re ceive a correct digital or word or video signal or does not lock to the reference signal DIGI or WORD or VIDEO quickly flashes In such a case check cable connection etc Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Note When the system clock is set to DIGI or WORD the FS of a file to be played back must match the FS setting of the unit Otherwise you cannot play back the file In such a case make the FS setting of the unit to match the FS of the file Sampling frequency and bit length selection RAIH You can select a sampling frequency and bit length combination Available FS BIT options default 48 24 44 1 16 44 1 24 48 16 48 24 88 2 24 96 24 176 4 24 192 24 You can select a sampling frequency and bit length combination also via the Record FS amp Bit menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 142 for details Note The sampling frequency of the digital input signal must match the Fs Bit setting of the PD204 Note If you change the FS BIT setting during recording the new setting is not valid until recording stops TC generator mode setting TC recording mode Exi You can select the recording mode of the LTC generated by the internal TC generator or external time code Availa
255. the MENU mode see page 158 E o AOS GND bd L8 2 DIGITAL IN connector XLR 3 31 tyep balanced This connector recieve AES EBU or S P DIF digital signals It automatically detects the digital audio input format AES EBU or S P DIF k GND HOT COLD 3 DIGITAL OUT connector XLR 3 32 tyep balanced This connector sends AES EBU or S P DIF digital signals The digital output signal format AES EBU or S P DIF can be set by the Digital out menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 144 NU oan CY Hos i MIN Location Recorder Model PD204 k Co 10 Handle Used to fix the supplied shoulder belt Angle adjustment arm Chapter 3 Names and Functions Used to adjust the angle of the unit when you use it on a desk Internal monitor speaker Outputs audio signals of tracks L and R error tones etc When a headphones plug is inserted to the PHONES jack the monitor speaker is inactive USB HOST connector Series A Receptacle USB 2 0 High speed Not currently supported Prepared for the future expansion VBUS D D 1 2 3 4 GND Note When you connect the PD204 to a personal computer using the USB PC connector do not connect any device to the USB HOST connector USB KYBD connector Series A Receptacle USB 1 1 Used to conn
256. the battery iii a ee kin tese RD eie eee Posee ie e etes end 27 Using DC IN Connecting the AC adaptor sssssesesesssssssssssssessesssssssesesosesesesosesesesesesesesesesesese 28 Important settings for using DC IN eese esee eene enne einen tenete tn stats tnt ta entia tinea stnn 28 Low battery warning setting oooccoccocconoononnoononnonnoncnnnonnoncnnnonnonnnnnonnonnonnonnon non concen non non non non non non cnn ratas snae 28 Power supply priority setting essential when using both DC IN and a battery 28 Turning On the POWER eee dice estesa eee iced eb eode ied ete t etes dettes eb Ceu 29 Display backlight and contrast viii ii ertet ee tee eee Rp e Nee eo esed veia 30 Turning on the display backlight eee eee eee ee eese sentes tnt non nor nor cononnonnos naks 30 Adjusting the display Contrast 2 Insee tete e t e dca ae TURA RES someras a ets 30 T rning off the Power P 30 Internal clock setting ocononicconininonnnnn e rc 31 Preparation of a DVD RAM disk eere rr ee 33 scr a eiecti dele bad eet t ete eet 33 Initial format of DVD RAM disk isisisi diciendo erica sinti 34 Replacing the internal hard disk drive eere eene nennen nannten 37 aA Location Recorder Model PD204 Safety Instructions Table of contents Chapter 3 Names and functions
257. the desired option SYS Chain Flay Stereo out leyeli d SrFeaker mute pr Error tonek Chain rFlaws DEZi Adjust ETCk Merszionk r Flashing You can select from among Off Pause and AutoPly the default is Off Off The unit stops when an audio file is played back to the end Pause back to the end The unit pauses at the beginning of the next audio file when an audio file is played AutoPly the end it stops The unit continuously plays back all audio files following the current file on the cur rent disk or partition in the numerical order When the unit plays back the last file to Press the EXIT key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting Location Recorder Model PD204 ECH Chapter 8 MENU mode SYS SETUP menu ROM version checking Version Selecting Version allows you to view the software ROM version number and creation revision date 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen MEHL cic rs TEGIS Project EE BATTERY SETUP F Default file namek TC SETUP F m Default Trk Hamer DISE UTILITY Hext event Hol aaa EDIT EDL FILE bk Record FS Bitid
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259. this facility you can monitor the audio signal from an external device such as a camera The balanced XLR 3 31 type connectors are used for the AUX IN L R connectors Note You cannot record the signals fed to the AUX IN L R connectors Location Recorder Model PD204 MON Chapter 4 Basic connections Output connection Analog audio devices Digital audio device DC IN DC OUT 1 GND 3 z 4 12 24V XLR Digital audio devices 2 ANALOG IN TIME CODE L External device 64 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 4 Basic connections Analog audio output connection Analog audio signals can be output from the ANALOG OUT connectors L and R which are balanced XLR 3 32 type The output reference level is 4 dBu which corresponds to 20 dB of the ST BUS bargraph meters The reference level is set to 4dBu by default however you can change it to 10dBu or 60dBu using the Stereo out level item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 157 Note To connect the ANALOG OUT connector to an unbalanced input only use the GND and hot pins With this connection the output level is 6 dB lower than the balanced connection but there is no audio quality deterioration Connecting the cold pin to the GND pin increases the crosstalk and noise as well as consumes more battery power Digital audio output connection The digital audio signals can be output from the DIGIT
260. tion Auto part link The Auto part link menu item allows you to enable or disable the auto partition link func tion By setting this item to On while the default is Off when there is no recording space left in the current partition during recording after approximately 4 5 GB recording the unit automatically creates a new file in the next available partition and continues recording to it Therefore you can make long recording which exceeds the capacity of a partition Note You can make continuous recording by setting the Auto part link item to On only when recording to a partition on the internal hard disk It is not possible to make continuous recording when recording to a DVD RAM disk Also note that continuous re cording is not possible when carrying out the auto copy function or dual drive recording 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen HER SvSk Set Project nameb Default file namek m Default Trk Hamer Mext event Hogna i Record FS amp Bit idB8k z74 Full ur doun 8 8 BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC k F k P k k 3 Use the MENU dial to select the Auto part link menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting starts flashing and
261. tly loaded audio file 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters the MENU mode and the MENU list screen is shown 2 Use the MENU dial to select the DISK UTILITY menu and press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the DISK UTILITY menu screen MENU DISK UTILITY Svs SETUP TEHEERRENEETED BATTERY SETUP F File info p eee k Delete filek EDIT EDL FILE P Eee gig unio A USB to FC F Feel Hog Hkk 3 While Edit file name is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the EDIT FILE NAME screen On this screen you can edit the current file name the rightmost character of the name flashes DISK UTILITY UTILITY File name Edit file name EDIT FILE HHME File info k File Hore Delete filer i cli Lau pr Del filek Flashing Feel Ho t 4 Enter the desired name Use the ka a gt keys to move the cursor position and use the MENU dial or the alphanumeric keys to enter a desired character By pressing the CLEAR key repeatedly when the cursor is pointing the leftmost character you can clear the whole name Note wav the file extension is automatically added therefore you do not need to enter it 5 After entering the name press the ENTER YES key to confirm your setting The unit exits the MENU mode and the di
262. to PC menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode is set to CONNECT Note While the USB to PC screen shows Con necting the keys and dial on the PD204 are dis Lr ct Fa m abled If you operate any key dial the popup mes Connected USE sage shown on the right appears for warning 1 2 Make sure that the PD204 drive or partition icon appears on the desktop of your computer note that the icon looks differently depending on the personal computer Start up an appropriate application such as Explorer on the computer and copy an audio data file in the PD204 drive or partition to the computer hard disk Example of exporting data to a computer application The procedure example below shows how to export PD204 data to Digidesign Pro Tools for Macintosh For details about operations of Pro Tools see the instructions supplied with Pro Tools Note that the screen examples below may look different from the screen you actually see Also note that the procedure below is assumed that the PD204 is connected to the PC Macintosh and the USB to PC menu in the SYS SETUP menu is set to CONNECT 1 2 3 4 Start up the application software Pro Tools in this example Click on Audio on the Pro Tools screen to pop up the audio region list menu indicated by an arrow 1 Select and click on the Import Audio menu from the popup menu indicated by an arrow 2
263. tor followed by the TIME TC SET key The display now shows the TC SETUP menu screen TC SETUPF Sync clock INT Frame rater 25 Gen model Free Eun Set Gen TCP Set Gen llbitk JAM mode BOTH 2 Use the MENU dial to select the Set Gen TC menu item and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the Set Gen TC screen on which you can see the current internal time code generator setting information generator mode and TC start time When the generator mode is set to Rec Run time code value field is shown as h m s f LOOKUF GEM TC REC RUH TC h m 2 f IC SETUPR Edit ENTER key Sync clock INT Exit ESIT key Frame Patelz5 When Rec Run is selected Gen mode Rec Fur TE VET TC SETUPFSet Gen TC tou I I pa JAM mede BOTH eee le TE eel mese eet JAM RTC TIME key Edit ENTER key Exit EXIT key When Free Run is selected lt Note gt If no time code is fed to the unit in the EXT RUN mode lt lt No EXT TC gt gt is shown Time code starting value h m s f If you record the next file in the Rec Run mode while h m s f is shown the PD204 stripes a time code which continues after the previous file However if you start recording when No File is shown i e no file is recorded on the current DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition the PD204 stripes time
264. tor audio at 2 x speed To cancel the cue mode press the PLAY mode Time code playback Recorded time code is played back together with audio and can be output from the TIME CODE OUT connector To output recorded time code from the TIME CODE OUT connector set the Sel TC Out item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode to Repro By default the Sel TC Out item is set to Repro If the Sel TC Out item is set to Gen set it to Repro see page 183 for details about how to set the Sel TC Out item lt Note gt If the Sel TC Out item is set to Gen always the internal TC generator time code is output from the TIME CODE OUT connector In the TC SETUP menu the following menu items regarding time code playback are available Set these item appropriately 1 LTC start time setting Edit LTC start gt page 185 2 Time code output setting in pause mode Pause TC gt page 187 3 Userbit setting of repro time code Rep TC Ubit gt page 186 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Skip locate functions The PD204 offers comprehensive skip locate functions Skipping by file When more than one audio file is created on the current DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition you can quickly skip to the beginning ABS O of a desired track By pressing the or gt gt key while the recorder is stopped you can skip forward or backward to the beginning ABS 0
265. tput setting 1 ere aeter ae eet a E a ERN ae SEEN SEE aei a LUN NOE aaeei 78 Mixer Settings sa 3 ete de De eie etae pbe cet eee AA eed ee eugene 78 Input signal se leCtiOm tieni A cett ederet Eee a a EA ve E E 79 Hish pass filter Settllg sonst aida 79 limiter SA ipm 79 Adjusting the input gain for channels 1 through 4 s ssssssssssesesesesssessssesesesesesesssssseseseseses 80 Phase setting for channels 1 through 4 eese eeeseeeee eene ee sentent nn ttn tnn tns ta stas tnsa itai 82 Controlling signals sent to the stereo bus sssesssesssessssssesssesesesesesesesesesesssessssosssosesesesesesesesese 82 Monitoring recording signals eese esee eee ee tenete tenet tn etate tnt tn tns tn eas tn sanis enean esta 83 Selecting the drive for recording ie ire tiere a Re Ee Ue egent da 84 Recording analog audio e tns sn sn nnn tn seeeeseenses 85 Starting recording site tdiece e tette eie eee least efte e es Pessoa 85 About Overloading during recording eee ee eee eee ee eene eene enne tne tnt tn etat tn stata etas nsnn 86 Canceling recording False Start ni aia 86 Recordingin Pre rec mode a eiecti ee oath ee eret Ie trek ER nea eel eres asap NE RUE eR ed 87 Recording a slate tone slate mic signal eese eee esee tette ente tntn etn tn tne tnttntn ttn tnstae 88 Recording digital audio e es 89 Selecting the samp
266. try to activate the jam function Illegal Frame is shown on the display and operation is ignored e The following shows the basic jam operation procedure 1 Feed external time code from a VTR etc to the TIME CODE IN connector Set the Jam mode menu in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode if required see TC SETUP menu page 182 for details 2 Set the JAM switch to ON The display shows Force JAM and the internal generator takes over generating time code 3 Cut off the external time code from the TIME CODE IN connector JAM switch CUE CIRCLE TAKE TIME CODE a External time code ELM Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 5 Recording Playback Cue point setting The PD204 provides the following two ways of setting a cue point 1 During audio recording you can set a cue point on the fly at the desired point 2 During playback or while stopped you can set a cue point using the cue point list on the screen Setting a cue point on the fly during audio recording You can set a cue point at the point you press the CUE key during recording Up to 99 cue points can be set in a single audio file CUE key If you press the CUE key during recording a cue point holding the current time value is set while Cue Stored is a cue number and the cue time value are briefly shown on the screen Setting a cue point repeatedly counts up the cue num
267. u item in the TC SETUP menu of the MENU mode see pages 76 177 When executing the auto copy function it shows the auto copy recording mode currently set the default is Off and none is shown When the recording mode is set to Immediately Imm C is shown while BGR C is shown when the recording mode is set to Background You can set the auto copy recording mode via the quick setup mode or the Auto copy menu item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode see page 104 When executing dual drive recording DDR m is shown see page 113 MEN Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 3 Names and Functions File name Next file name During playback or recording this area shows the name of the current audio file In record pause or stop mode it shows the name of the next audio file to be created g H 0 0 M 0 sE J i During recording this area shows the name of the current audio file as well as the remaining time While in record pause or stop mode this area shows the name of the next audio file to be created as well as the remaining time During playback this area shows the name of the current audio file A file name is automatically given and shown according to the setting of the Default file name item in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode as follows By default the Default file name item is set to Take See page 138 for details about the Default file name i
268. ure assumes that an unused DVD RAM disk is set to the DVD multi drive 1 2 3 4 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key The display now shows the MENU list screen MEHU H S45 SETUP BATTERY SETUP F TC SETUP F DISK UTILITY k EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC F While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen ile namek Default Tek Hamer Hext event Hot Ahat i Record FS amp EBit 4Bke z4 Full ur daown 8 8 Default Use the MENU dial to select the Auto copy menu item and press the ENTER YES key The current setting flashes and you can now select the desired auto copy mode By default Off flashes Sum SYSRAUto cord Record FS amp Bit 48Sk z4 Record FS amp Bit 48k z4 Pull ure down B Pull ur doun 8 8 Auto coru Off Auto corut mEd Feshing Disital out HES EBL Disital out HES EBL Diasnoses i ff Diasnosezsti ff Feak hold ser eak hold sen You can select from among Off BGRD Background and IMME Immediately Use the MENU dial to select the desired option and press the ENTER YES key After the display shows Setup auto copy followed by Ready auto copy the selected mode is set In this procedure example it is assumed that IMME is selected Loc
269. values of the file are referenced to the BWF time reference and data length The ALE file is also used for the PD204 list play function DVD RAM disk or Partition p Resume rsm BWFF Creating a new ALE file You can create a new ALE file on a recorded DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition In the procedure described below we assume that more than one audio file BWF is created on the DVD RAM disk or hard disk partition set to the PD204 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to light the SHIFT indicator followed by the ENTER YES key HEHU b BATTER SETUP k TC SETUF k DISK UTILITY F EDIT EDL FILE k USE to PC k 2 Use the MENU dial to select the EDIT EDL FILE menu and press the ENTER YES key The unit enters the EDIT EDL FILE menu and the display now shows the ALE screen for selecting an ALE file MEHU p HEHORALE P SYS SETUP b Select ALE file BATTERY SETUP Hew file gt DISK UTILITY F HEIT EDL FILE F USE to PC k Note If no ALE file exists on the disk or partition only New file gt is shown as the screen example above If any ALE file exists on a disk its current file name is shown 122 Location Recorder Model PD204 3 4 5 Chapter 7 Creating and editing ALE files EDIT EDL FILE menu While New file gt is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display now shows the screen
270. vel 20dBFS T H D Less than 0 00396 1kHz 1dBFS ADC DAC 24bit REF 20dBFS fs 48kHz Typical Cue point chunk 100 Diemnsions 116 5 H x 325 W x 234 D mm Weight Approximately 3 3kg Power source Optional AC adaptor DC11 5V 24V IDX endure battery Power consumption Approximately 17W 15V 1 3A id AP is a trademark of DVD format Logo Licensing Corporation Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice for product improvement IDX IDX logo ENDUR V Mount V Plate Digi View i Trax are a trademark of IDX Company Ltd Location Recorder Model PD204 211 Chapter 9 Specifications Physical dimensions 212 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 9 Specifications lagram Block d 9018 dSd
271. ven to the cur rent file is shown During playback the remaining time is not shown 00400 00 00F mes h33ma3sz ser 2n File name madrinas TEES REP F IHPUT FRAHE CLE F57 A TEE 25 IT IU E TREE T T T Is TT ate lt Home screen while stopped gt lt Home screen during recording gt lt Note gt Only when the TC GEN mode is set to 24H RUN the realtime clock data is used as the TC start time see pages 76 and 177 for details about the TC GEN mode The following procedure assumes that partition 1 PTO1 which has no recorded file is cur rently selected 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key to enter shift mode followed by the ENTER YES key The unit enters MENU mode and brings up the MENU list screen for selecting the desired main menu ree El notin eet ee ee BATTERY SETUP TC SETUP DISK UTILITY EDIT EDL FILE USB to PC ecce cur cm r d 2 While SYS SETUP is highlighted press the ENTER YES key The display shows the SYS SETUP menu screen on which you can select system setup menu item MEHL tl SYS SETUP k Set project name b BATTERY SETUP F Default file namek TC SETUP k Default track namek DISK UTILITY P Hext event Hot BABA 1 EDIT EPL FILE Record FSiB1t148k lt 24 USB to PC k Pull upe downt 8 85 Location Recorder Model PD204 31 Chapter 2 Preparation before using the PD204 3 Use the MENU dial to select
272. well as a DVD RAM disk set to the DVD RAM drive is formatted in the DDR mode After executing formatting in this mode the DVD RAM disk is designated as a mirror disk for Dual Drive Recording Dual Drive Recording records the same audio data to both the partition and DVD RAM disk simultaneously When formatting a partition in the DDR mode you must set a DVD RAM disk to the DVD RAM drive When setting the Format mode to DDR you can select On Off of Physical Format the next item on the screen See Dual Drive Recording on page 113 in Advanced operation for details about DDR mode formatting DDR Note When formatting a DVD RAM disk in the Normal mode the PD204 per forms brief inspection of dirt dust and defect on the medium even if Physical Format is set to Off However note that the inspection cannot perfectly detect any dirt dust and defects Note It is recommended that you should format a partition and a DVD RAM disk used for Dual Drive Recording in the Normal mode first and then reformatting in the DDR mode Note You cannot directly record only to a DVD RAM disk which is set to the DVD RAM drive when formatting a partition in the DDR mode designated to the mirror disk of Dual Drive Recording To make recording possible reformat the disk in Nor mal mode e Physical format on off setting When selecting Format Mode to Normal or DDR you can select On or Off of the
273. xample O is added to the Scene 003 wav file which is currently loaded 00 00 00 s00F ERE AS WIC FILE HAMEI MA Scene BB an Setting Circle Take ere Scene HA wa 2 Snene AAZ wau E y Dean PETE i rene BBS Way namal es IHT 299 6 d TERI TTT EMU 00157 844 Scene BB wav ETT 4 BES Scene H05 al lt Home screen gt lt File select screen gt Select lt Entry all gt or any desired audio file and press the ENTER YES key If you select lt Entry all gt and press the ENTER YES key all audio file entries are shown on the screen you can scroll through the list by rotating the MENU dial MEHLIFHLEREdit Entra PH Sel new entries Entra all T HAL dbsqksEHSESSE WAL HAZ REEERE WAU HAG o WAL Ebo dodo WAL If you select an individual audio file and press the ENTER YES key Sel next entry is shown and you can make another selection successively Note that the audio file entries added to the ALE file are omitted from the audio entry selection list After adding all desired files to the ALE file press the EXIT key The display now shows the screen as below on which you can check the entries In the screen example below audio file 001 is added MEHLIFRLEFEditkEntrokH ile entries PASE nau After adding audio file entries press the EXIT key The display returns to the screen for selecting an item for editin
274. y status BATT status The BATT status item displays the information of a battery with BMS Battery Management System 1 While the unit is stopped press the SHIFT key followed by the ENTER YES key 2 Use the MENU dial to select the BATTERY SETUP menu and press the ENTER YES key The display shows the screen for battery related settings MEHL b BATTERY F S75 SETUP b BATT warning 13 2l F DC IM warnina 113 6l TC SETUP k Power PriorituibC IA DISKE UTILITY Active batterJ BHTTI EDIT EDL FILE k BATT Remain hh USE to FC k BATT status bk 3 Use the MENU dial to select BATT status menu item and press the ENTER YES key The unit reads BMS battery data and displays the following information BATTERY BATT Warning 213 21 DC IH warning 1213 6 Power Priori tu DC IH BATTERY BATT status BATT kemain x bekekm BATT1 BHTTZ LOL TS ok EL EE EL Active battery BATTI AMPS 4 EAL BATT Femain iteebeekem CAF 3 een uk i PLE 9 wwe sek Shows the remaining time until the battery voltage reaches the threshold low volt age in one minute steps BATT Remain lt Note gt When the battery priority is set by the Active battery item the remaining time of the prior battery is shown When the active battery changes the remaining time of the other battery is shown Note When a non BMS battery is active h m is shown Wh
275. y to a DVD R RW or CD R RW is completed the disk is auto matically finalized While finalizing the disk the popup screen as shown below ap pears When you copy an audio file whose size is less than 1GB to a DVD R RW disk the unit must write readout area from the center of the disk to the 70mm diameter position resulting longer finalizing time We recommend using a CD R RW disk when you make a file copy of an audio file whose size is less than 650 MB Please Walt Finalizina 7 Pressing the EXIT key repeatedly to exit the MENU mode lt Note gt If you set a recorded DVD R RW or CD R RW disk to the copy destination the display shows Write protected or No Blank disk In such a case do the fol lowing When a recorded DVD R or CD R disk is set After briefly showing Write protected the display shows the screen for selecting the drive of the copy destination Change the disk When a recorded DVD RW or CD RW is set After briefly showing No Blank disk the display shows the popup screen as below If you erase the disk press the ENTER YES key If you do not erase the disk press the EXIT key If erasing the disk is properly completed the display automatically returns to the execution screed for disk copy ERHSE disk Ho Blank disk Are uou sure Push YES or H 112 Location Recorder Model PD204 Chapter 6 Advanced operations Dual drive recording Dual drive recording is a special funct
276. your hand or skin wash immediately with plenty of water Though the unit is designed to be used outside it is not perfectly waterproofed So do not use the unit where it catches the rain or spray directly lt About replacing the lithium battery gt The unit contains the internal lithium battery for running the internal clock The battery should be replaced approximately every five years To replace the battery ask your dealer or the nearest FOSTEX service station If the battery is not correctly replaced there may be a risk of explosion etc Important Th p del Fostex MODEL PD204 e model name power require LOCATION RECORDER ment and serial number for the PD FOSTEX CO 204 are indicated on the bottom INPUT 12 24VDC side SERIAL NO TARTIA H ANI MADE IN JAPAN 12 Location Recorder Model PD204 Introduction Cautions for use If you make recording or playback using a DVD RAM disk do not hang the unit using the shoulder belt which may damage the DVD drive Put the unit on a horizontal surface within the adjustable range of the height adjustment arm You can put the unit vertically when you make recording to the internal hard disk Precautions on installation Do not install the unit in the following conditions In an extremely hot or cold place n a moist place n a vibrated place In a dusty place n a strong magnetic field or near a device which generates

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