Table of Contents
Advertisement
Purpose of this manual
Related manuals
Major features
PDJ-A640 IM
Manual Structure
This manual is the installation manual of Professional Disc Cart PDJ-A640.
This manual is intended for use by trained system and service engineers, and
describes the information on installing the PDJ-A640.
Besides this Installation Manual, the following manuals are prepared for PDJ-A640.
. . . . . Operation Manual (Supplied with PDJ-A640)
This manual introduces the Professional Disc Cart PDJ-A640 and its handling
methods, and explains the message information displayed on the screen.
This manual is required for running and operating the PDJ-A640.
. . . . . Maintenance Manual (Available on request)
This manual contains information on the servicing of the PDJ-A640 to the extent
of the assembly level (adjustments, block diagrams, parts list and so on). The
maintenance and inspection methods of the Professional Disc Cart PDJ-A640 are
described.
For obtaining, contact your local Sony Sales Office/Service Center.
The PDJ-A640 Professional Disc Cart is an automatic changer system for optical
disc cartridges in which 4 video decks (Professional Disc Recorders) and 640 optical
disc cartridges can be mounted at maximum.
You can record and store valuable materials of approx. 500 to 2000 hours (when
using the dual-layer discs) on optical discs of high durability and high accessibility
in the MXF (Material eXchange Format) format.
For control interface, the Cart employs RS-232C/422A and enables you to control it
using the conventional VCC protocol. In combination with upper-level application
software, the Cart can establish a system for auto-injest, archiving, and tape digitiz-
ing applications.
It accepts the PDW-1500 (SD model), the PDW-F70/F75
*2
PDW-HD1500
and PDW-F1600 (HD 4:2:2/4:2:0 and SD model) in its video deck
shelf, enabling SD and HD combined operations.
*1: To install the PDW-F70/F75 in this Cart, the optional PDBK-A640 is required and for the PDW-F75, the
optional PDBK-104 is also required. For installation, refer to the Installation Manual supplied with the
PDBK-A640/PDBK-104.
*2: To make the PDW-HD1500 support both HD and SD, the PDBK-S1500 or PDBK-F1500 (sold separately)
is necessary. For details about the installation, refer to the installation guide supplied with the PDBK-
S1500 or PDBK-F1500.
*1
(HD 4:2:0 model), the
3 (E)
Advertisement
Table of Contents
