Eventide VR240 Betreibershandbuch

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Chapter Page APPENDIX E THE OPTIONAL LABEL PRINTER E-1 E-1 DESCRIPTION E-1 E-2 USER-DEFINED TITLE E-2 APPENDIX F THE STA

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-12 January 2000 NOTE If you entered Monitor while you were recording, we make the assumption that you want to

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-13 Section IV. RECORD OPERATION 5-9. RECORD. Once placed in the record mode, the VR240 loggin

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-14 January 2000 c. Choose either (or both) ready drive(s). The hard disk will begin to record. NOTE When

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-15 5-9.3 Begin Recording From The “Drive Select” Position. a. Load formatted media into an ava

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-16 January 2000 When the operator performs the Stop-Stop steps, the VR240 buffer transfers information from the

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-17 Section V. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF RECORD OPERATION Sections III and IV covered the operati

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-18 January 2000 over the programmed switchover point the counter will be able to go. As you become familiar wi

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-19 5-13.1 Operations Available During Record With The Recording Drive Selected. Press the Menu so

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-20 January 2000 Press the Menu soft key, then the > soft key, for access to these additional features: Actv

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-21 LOCKED if desired. The only time that media will be ejected from a LOCKED unit is when the med

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 1-1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Section I. GENERAL INFORMATION 1-1. INTRODUCTION. The Eventide

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-22 January 2000 Record Buffer – Selecting the Record Buffer allows you to search and play the last 550 channe

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-23 5-14. ROUTINE RECORD OPERATION. This completes the description of the Record mode. In normal

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-24 January 2000 The VR240 logger allows you to “suspend” recording on the drive so that you may temporarily use

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-25 Green Indicates that the channel is enabled but there is no activity on it. Red Indicate

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-26 January 2000 GoTo This gives you the ability to find a location on the media before having to play it. It

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-27 after the selected time. Finally, searching for a time after the end of the media will result

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-28 January 2000 Advance Allows you to listen to the audio as you move forward at (relatively) high speed t

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-29 drive is recording, those menu items will be displayed. You can play archive media while you a

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-30 January 2000 number, of your archival media. This way you never have to relinquish control of your original

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-31 d. Press the PrepMedia soft key. e. Press the Copy soft key f. The screen will now confi

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 1-2 January 2000 MODEL VR240, SERIAL NUMBER _______________________ NUMBER OF DRIVES 1 2 (Serial number and

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-32 January 2000 Append In which case the source media is not rewound before the copy operation begins. If you

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-33 CancelCopy Stops the operation at the current point, and rewinds both media. The destination

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-34 January 2000 Hitting MakeIndex gives you three choices, Complete, Fast, and Quit. It also displays a messag

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-35 c. If the display does not indicate Record Buffer, press the Previous and Next arrow keys unti

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-36 January 2000 c. Use the Cursor and Decrease or Increase soft key to enter the desired search time and date.

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-37 g. Press the Enable soft key. Using a combination of the soft keys and the keypad, you may now

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-38 January 2000 (depending on the size of your internal hard disk) to use the drive before the hard disk capaci

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-39 d. Press the Start soft key. e. Once the search time/date has been located, press the >

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-40 January 2000 (1) To play a single channel, select the channel number desired using the the keypad. Then p

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-41 NOTE The VR240 will now search for 30 seconds back from the command time. Then it will begin

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 1-3 Section II. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND DATA 1-3. PURPOSE AND FEATURES. 1-3.1 Purpose. The

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-42 January 2000 b. Press the soft key under the memory location in which you wish to store the mark. You ma

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-43 d. Press the soft key under the memory location desired. e. Press the Start soft key. Th

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-44 January 2000 Section VI. KEY RECORD OPERATION FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTIONS This section summarizes and highlig

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 A-1 APPENDIX A CLOCK ACCURACY, ADJUSTMENT AND TIME CODE INPUT A-1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION. Event

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder A-2 January 2000 CHU Canada 7.335 MHz c. Call your local telephone company’s time number. d. Log o

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 A-3 features simultaneously. Time code can also be input using an RS-485 or RS-422 interface. Conn

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder A-4 January 2000 # Character Comments 19 <:> Colon, decimal 58, hex 3A 20 <minute 10s digit> Mi

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 A-5 (SP signifies a space character) When the second sequence is received, the VR240 will synchroni

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 B-1 APPENDIX B 4mm TAPE ISSUES B-1. AVAILABILITY AND SELECTION. VR240s equipped with 4mm tape

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 1-4 January 2000 1-4. EQUIPMENT DATA. 1-4.1 Weight and Dimensions. Weight 33 pounds (14.98 kg) Height 5 inch

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder B-2 January 2000 B-4. THE TAPE COUNTER AND TAPE CAPACITY. The VR240 recognizes and operates with 90, 120, 125

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 B-3 B-8. DELIBERATE ERASURE. There should never be a need to deliberately erase a tape. Our format

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 C-1 APPENDIX C UNINTERRUPTABLE POWER SUPPLY (UPS) C-1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION. The VR240 empl

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder C-2 January 2000 memory. That way, when power returns, it can resume recording from where it left off without hu

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 D-1 APPENDIX D SOFTWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE The VR240 is controlled by software contained in a pa

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 E-1 APPENDIX E THE OPTIONAL LABEL PRINTER E-1. DESCRIPTION. The label printer provides an extr

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder E-2 January 2000 machine, a new serial number will be assigned. The start and end time and date is taken from th

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 E-3 Decrease: Selects the character at the cursor position, starting downward from ASCII character

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-1 CHAPTER 2 PREPARATION FOR USE AND INSTALLATION Section I. FAMILIARIZATION 2-1. GENERAL. Thi

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 F-1 APPENDIX F THE STATUS PRINTER The VR240 has a provision for creating a printed record of cha

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder F-2 January 2000 VR240 (PORT A on rear panel) PRINTER (DTE) Pin 2 >----------------------------> Pin

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 F-3 14:25:00 22-Apr-91 -------- -*------ -----*-- 14:30:00 22-Apr-91 -------- -*------ -----*--

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder F-4 January 2000 buffered to be printed is erased after the printout occurs. The time for printing the next summ

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 Warranty Page LIMITED WARRANTY The Eventide VR240 is warranted against defects in material and work

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-2 January 2000 Figure 2-1. VR240 Connections 1 252650pin 1pin 2

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-3 2-3 INITIAL TURN-ON. NOTE The VR240 is factory-configured for the line voltage of the country o

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-4 January 2000 2-3.4 Setting the System Clock. a. Press the Config soft key b. Press the Clock soft key

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-5 e. Wait for the second hand to come around to the minute and hit the Set soft key. (Or, if you

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-6 January 2000 c. Press the Board soft key d. Press the RecEnable soft key and you will see a display for

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-7 2-3.6 Media Loading and Formatting. Before you can record on a drive, the media must be FORMAT

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-8 January 2000 b. Press the > (next) soft key c. Press the PrepMedia soft key. d. Press the Forma

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-9 To format the media in the other drive, press the Drive soft key until the VFD display reads “LO

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-10 January 2000 e. Then press the All soft key. f. Press the Enable soft key g. Press the number “1” o

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-11 2-3.8 Adjust the speaker volume. a. Press the Done soft key. b. Press the Volume soft k

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-12 January 2000 d. Press the Lower or Higher key to decrease or increase the speaker volume. The increments ar

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-13 2-3.9 To put the VR240 in record. a. When you see UPPER: Ready, it means that the transport

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-14 January 2000 It is possible to record on both drives simultaneously. You can do this either by selecting

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-15 Section II. INSTALLATION 2-4. INTRODUCTION. This section describes the factors that must b

BEFORE YOU BEGIN FOR RELIABLE OPERATION OF THE VR240, PLEASE CLOSELY REVIEW THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES AND CHECKS Follow these recommendations

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-16 January 2000 2-6. SYSTEM CONNECTION. Figure 2-1 shows the rear panel of the VR240. There can be up to thr

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-17 Figure 2-3. Voltage Selector Switch c. Replace the top cover as follows: (1) Position to

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-18 January 2000 TIP RINGCH 8TIP RINGCH 7TIP RINGCH 6TIP RINGCH 5TIP RINGCH 4TIP RINGCH 3TIP RINGCH 2TIP RINGCH

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-19 Table 2-1. Rear Panel Audio Connector Pin-Out PAIR PIN COLOR SIGNAL BOARD: Top Mid Bot

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-20 January 2000 2-8.3 Squelch Requirements. A “high” is either an open circuit, or a voltage level greater t

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-21 Figure 2-5. VR240 CPU: Rear Panel Serial Port Connectors Serial Chan. 1: RS-232 data chan

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-22 January 2000 Section III. FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND INDICATORS Previously, Figure 2-2 illustrated the thre

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-23 ITEM CONTROL OR INDICATOR DESCRIPTION 2 Soft Keys A maximum of four functions is displayed

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 2-24 January 2000 ITEM CONTROL OR INDICATOR DESCRIPTION 3 Full Almost Full Indicates that one of the archive

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 2-25 2-11. KEYPAD AND FRONT PANEL PORTS, Table 2-5 describes the front panel controls and ports.

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-1 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION Section I. SETUP 3-1. DESCRIPTION. Setup is a configurat

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-2 January 2000 When setting the system clock, the display will give you the time and date as stored in the VR2

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-3 Section II. GLOBAL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 3-4. SYSTEM. System configuration sets the various

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-4 January 2000 a. After pressing the Config and System soft keys, press the Sampling soft key. b. Press th

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-5 3-6. SECURITY. The VR240 has a security feature that is intended to prevent operation and, if d

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-6 January 2000 3-6.2 Change user password. When the VR240 is shipped, it is initialized with an 8-digit passw

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-7 b. Use the keypad to enter your eight-digit password. The unit will now automatically lock. A

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-8 January 2000 c. Whatever is showing on the display when you press Done will be the current configuration. M

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-9 3-8. DISPLAY ASCII CHARACTER ADJUSTMENT. a. After pressing the Config, System, and > (next

TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 Section I. GENERAL INFORMATION 1-1 1-1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 1-2 CON

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-10 January 2000 The following menus are used to configure the status printer. If you have not connected a st

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-11 Print shows you how often the summary data is printed. The possible values are the same as

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-12 January 2000 To turn on or off the Time Track feature: a. After pressing the Config, System, and > (nex

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-13 NOTE Some parameters will not be copied from the archive media. These are: Unit serial numbe

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-14 January 2000 Change Use the the Change soft key to scroll through the parameter options above the cursor.

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-15 a. After pressing the Config and System soft keys, press the > (next) soft key three times

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-16 January 2000 By pressing Change, you cycle through the above conditions. Note that Playing and None each ap

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-17 a. After pressing the Config and System soft keys, press the > (next) soft key four times.

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-18 January 2000 3-20. DISK CONTROL. This setting has meaning only if your VR240 has two removable archive driv

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-19 a. After pressing the Config and System soft keys, press the > (next) soft key five times.

Chapter Page 2-8 INPUT OPTIONS 2-16 2-8.1 Connecting the Telephone Channel Inputs 2-17 2-8.2 Connecting the Audio Channel Inp

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-20 January 2000 b. Select the timers and cycle parameters. SetTimers allows you to set the time and date of

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-21 It is your responsibility to set the timers sensibly and appropriately. For example, you canno

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-22 January 2000 Stop Timer gives the time and date at which the current (if recording) or the next scheduled

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-23 Section III. SYSTEM INFORMATION 3-23. SYSTEM INFORMATION. To find out the serial number, s

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-24 January 2000 Select the following System Info options as required: Internal Sampling: Reveals the t

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-25 3-24. MEDIA INFORMATION. Media information provides information about the media itself, which

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-26 January 2000 3-25. DISK INFORMATION. Disk information provides information about the internal hard disk (c

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-27 Section IV. BOARD/CHANNEL CONFIGURATION 3-26. BOARD/CHANNEL CONFIGURATION. You must configu

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-28 January 2000 NOTE There are two different sets of RecEnable options available with the VR240. One set is u

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-29 Input: Active Low/Closed: Records on the channel only when a control signal is either brough

Chapter Page Section III. SYSTEM INFORMATION 3-22 3-23 SYSTEM INFORMATION 3-22 3-24 MEDIA INFORMATION 3-23 3-25 DISK INFORMAT

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-30 January 2000 a. After pressing the Config and the > (next) soft key, press the Board soft key. Then pr

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-31 3-28.2 Setting the VOX Level. a. After pressing the Config and the > (next) soft key, pre

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-32 January 2000 a. After pressing the Config and the > (next) soft key, press the Board soft key. Then pre

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-33 b. To set the beep tone: Channel Press the Channel soft key to scroll through the channel

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-34 January 2000 b. To set the Off Hook level: Channel selects the channel for which the off hook voltage is

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-35 b. Select channels to be enabled or disabled as follows: Channel selects the channel for

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-36 January 2000 b. Press the Modify soft key. c. Select a channel to modify using the – (minus) and + (pl

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 3-37 a character key, the character already present on the line is used as a starting point. Any ch

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 3-38 January 2000 a. Press the Config soft key then press the Descriptors soft key b. Press the CopyFromMedi

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 4-1 CHAPTER 4 THEORY OF OPERATION Section I. PHILOSOPHY OF OPERATION 4-1. GENERAL. While the

Chapter Page 4-15 GENERAL OPERATION 4-9 4-16 CONCLUSION 4-11 5 OPERATION 5-1 Section I. PREPARATION FOR OPERATION

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 4-2 January 2000 audio signal is like using very grainy photographic film: the image (audio) becomes very fuzzy (

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 4-3 recorder is also directly proportional to tape speed. The Nyquist Sampling Theorem states that

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 4-4 January 2000 Harmonic distortion by itself is that part of the output which is harmonically related to the in

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 4-5 4-10. DEGRADATION. With continued use, analog recorders degrade in an analog fashion. The fre

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 4-6 January 2000 Section II. THE VR240 CHANNEL HOUR CAPACITY 4-12. THE “CHANNEL HOUR”. The VR240’s capacity

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 4-7 *Channel Hour equals one (1) channel recording continuously for one hour 4-13. HARD DISK DRIVE

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 4-8 January 2000 Section III. VR240 THEORY OF OPERATION 4-14. MAIN COMPONENTS. The main components of the VR

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 4-9 The VR240 can be controlled from the front panel or it can be operated remotely via RS-232/RS-48

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Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-1 CHAPTER 5 OPERATION Section I. PREPARATION FOR OPERATION 5-1. GENERAL. This chapter cove

Chapter Page 5-17.1 Channel Status LED Array During Playback 5-23 5-17.2 Display Status Indicators While Playing From The Internal

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-2 January 2000 NOTE Media can be formatted on one drive while the other drive is recording. a. Insert new

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-3 e. Press the Yes soft key. (Notice that you were given the opportunity to Cancel this potent

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-4 January 2000 5-3.1 Clean the DDS drive. Insert a DDS cleaning cartridge, such as the one supplied with the

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-5 c. Press the Cleaned soft key d. Press the Reset soft key. DRIVE INFORMATION:

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-6 January 2000 Section II. TRANSPORT CONTROLS AND INDICATORS The operation of the soft keys and menus used

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-7 current position. (Play is not “memorized.” If you are performing another operation, the VR240

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-8 January 2000 While in this special FFwd mode, both the Play and the Stop keys are active, and the FFwd transp

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-9 5-5. TRANSPORT CONTROL REACTION TIME. It is important to be patient when operating the transp

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 5-10 January 2000 Section III. SIGNAL MONITORING, LEVEL INDICATOR, AND CHANNEL STATUS In any recording syste

Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5-11 (your selection will be displayed as 1-3, 5). If you disable one of these channels, the remain