SONY MAV555…A way to make it work…Menu settings etc
Please check the following settings
TO USE THE MENU SYSTEM PRESS MENU then USE 5th PRESET KNOB
6 LOCAL FUNCTION ENABLE / ENABLE
13 PB
14 PB
19 PANEL
28 AUDIO BIT LENGTH / 16BIT
34 HAS NO EFFECT IN PANEL MODE
35 COMPRESSION / 30Mb / GIVES 2 X 2 HOURS
50 LINE SUPER OUT PLAYER 1 / PAL OUT 1B
51 LINE SUPER OUT PLAYER 2 / PAL OUT 2B
106 SHUTTLE SPEED / 100X
107 MAX JOG SPEED / +~-4
108 AUTO EE / STOP
109 FORCED EE/ON
120 OUTPUT REF LOCK / SYNC
352 RECORD INHIBIT R1 / OFF
353 RECORD INHIBIT R2 / OFF
759 SYSTEM PHASE COURSE / PLAYER 1
760 SYSTEM PHASE COURSE / PLAYER 2
762 SYSTEM PHASE FINE / PLAYER 1
763 SYSTEM PHASE FINE / PLAYER 2
788 VIDEO INPUT R1 / MANUAL
789 VIDEO INPUT R2 / MANUAL
791 VIDEO INPUT LEVEL R1 / 40
792 VIDEO INPUT LEVEL R2 / 40
CHECK AND REMEMBER TOTAL CAPACITY OF DISC UNIT BY PRESSING TOTAL/REMAIN BUTTON
NOW FROM FRONT PANEL (MODE + L3) CHECK…..
0001 RECORD LENGTH OF R1 AND R2 IS SET TO HALF TOTAL DISC CAPACITY
0002 LOOP RECORD IS ON IF REQUIRED
NOW GO BACK TO THE MAIN MENU OF MACHINE AND SET THE FOLLOWING ITEMS
99 ERASE ALL
27 FAST REBOOT / USE ONLY AFTER DISC ALL ERASE
NOW SELECT REMOTE ON ALL 4 PORTS
If 2 Avm 4s are to be used check the following menu settings in the 4s.
CHECK SOFTWARE VERSION BY HOLDING DOWN FRONT 4 BUTTONS
SHOULD BE VERSION 2.6 OR HIGHER (NB. VER. 2E DOES NOT WORK)
22 MON / T.C
25 POWER SAVE / OFF
35 TJOG LIVE / ON
49 SLO1 ON FIRST AVM-4 AND SLO2 ON SECOND AVM-4
51 LOOP / ON (IF LOOP MODE REQUIRED)
58 IF MAV MIXER CARD NOT IN USE OR NOT AVAILABLE SET TO OFF
CHECK FOLLOWING PLUGGING OF 9pin CABLES
MAV RECORDER 1 FIRST AVM-4 PORT 4
MAV RECORDER 2 SECOND AVM-4 PORT 3
MAV PLAYER 1 FIRST AVM-4 PORT 1
MAV PLAYER 2 SECOND AVM-4 PORT 2
Now check un loading of all files…
ON THE FIRST AVM-4 PRESS PORT 1 then DEL + STOP
ON THE FIRST AVM-4 PRESS PORT 4 then DEL + STOP
ON THE SECOND AVM-4 PRESS PORT 2 then DEL + STOP
ON THE SECOND AVM-4 PRESS PORT 3 then DEL + STOP
Now load the record files and start recording…
ON THE FIRST AVM-4 PRESS PORT 4 then REC + PLAY
ON THE SECOND AVM-4 PRESS PORT 3 then REC + PLAY
Now load the playback files and start playback…
ON THE FIRST AVM-4 PRESS PORT 1 and PLAY
ON THE SECOND AVM-4 PRESS PORT 2 and PLAY
NB..to see EE live picture press REC
Additional useful plugging…
The AVM-4 can burn in TC onto a PAL feed by using the rear connectors.
This feed also gives data for play list management
Edit Controller Use (as a player)..
Set Constants to A1 70 00 3C 05 05 00 80…0C 04 FE 00 83 3D FF
BOB SPENCE . BBC OUTSIDE BROADCASTS