Data Video DN-60 User manual

Digital Recorder
DN-60
Quick Start Guide
www.datavideo-tek.com

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Contents
Warnings and Precautions....................................................................2
Warranty................................................................................................4
Disposal.................................................................................................5
Outline and Features.............................................................................6
Packing List...........................................................................................7
Front Panel............................................................................................8
CF Card Slot........................................................................................10
Rear Panel ..........................................................................................11
Operation Procedures.........................................................................12
Menu Navigation .................................................................................13
Remote Control of the DN-60..............................................................29
Connect CF Card to PC ......................................................................30
APPENDIX A.......................................................................................32
APPENDIX B.......................................................................................33
Specifications......................................................................................39
Service and Support............................................................................40

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Warnings and Precautions
1. Read all of these warnings and save them for later reference.
2. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on this unit.
3. Unplug this unit from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use
liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.
4. Do not use this unit in or near water.
5. Do not place this unit on an unstable cart, stand, or table. The unit
may fall, causing serious damage.
6. Slots and openings on the cabinet top, back, and bottom are
provided for ventilation. To ensure safe and reliable operation of
this unit, and to protect it from overheating, do not block or cover
these openings. Do not place this unit on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar
surface, as the ventilation openings on the bottom of the cabinet will
be blocked. This unit should never be placed near or over a heat
register or radiator. This unit should not be placed in a built-in
installation unless proper ventilation is provided.
7. This product should only be operated from the type of power source
indicated on the marking label of the AC adapter. If you are not sure
of the type of power available, consult your Datavideo dealer or
your local power company.
8. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this
unit where the power cord will be walked on, rolled over, or
otherwise stressed.
9. If an extension cord must be used with this unit, make sure that the
total of the ampere ratings on the products plugged into the
extension cord do not exceed the extension cord’s rating.
10. Make sure that the total amperes of all the units that are plugged
into a single wall outlet do not exceed 15 amperes.
11. Never push objects of any kind into this unit through the cabinet
ventilation slots, as they may touch dangerous voltage points or
short out parts that could result in risk of fire or electric shock.
Never spill liquid of any kind onto or into this unit.
12. Except as specifically explained elsewhere in this manual, do not
attempt to service this product yourself. Opening or removing
covers that are marked “Do Not Remove” may expose you to
dangerous voltage points or other risks, and will void your warranty.
Refer all service issues to qualified service personnel.

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13. Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer to qualified
service personnel under the following conditions:
a. When the power cord is damaged or frayed;
b. When liquid has spilled into the unit;
c. When the product has been exposed to rain or water;
d. When the product does not operate normally under normal
operating conditions. Adjust only those controls that are
covered by the operating instructions in this manual; improper
adjustment of other controls may result in damage to the unit
and may often require extensive work by a qualified technician
to restore the unit to normal operation;
e. When the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been
damaged;
f. When the product exhibits a distinct change in performance,
indicating a need for service.
Use the supplied AC adaptor to charge the battery. Alternately
use a charger specifically designed to charge a 12 Volt NiMh
battery.

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Warranty
Standard Warranty
Datavideo equipment is guaranteed against any manufacturing
defects for one year from the date of purchase.
The original purchase invoice or other documentary evidence should
be supplied at the time of any request for repair under warranty.
Damage caused by accident, misuse, unauthorized repairs, sand, grit
or water is not covered by this warranty.
All mail or transportation costs including insurance are at the
expense of the owner.
All other claims of any nature are not covered.
Cables & batteries are not covered under warranty.
Warranty only valid within the country or region of purchase.
Your statutory rights are not affected.
Two Year Warranty
All Datavideo products purchased after 01-Oct.-2008 qualify for a
free one year extension to the standard Warranty, providing the
product is registered with Datavideo within 30 days of purchase. For
information on how to register please visit www.datavideo-tek.com or
contact your local Datavideo office or authorized Distributors
Certain parts with limited lifetime expectancy such as LCD Panels,
DVD Drives, Hard Drives are only covered for the first 10,000 hours,
or 1 year (whichever comes first).
Any second year warranty claims must be made to your local Datavideo
office or one of its authorized Distributors before the extended warranty
expires.

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Disposal
For EU Customers only - WEEE Marking
This symbol on the product indicates that it will not
be treated as household waste. It must be handed
over to the applicable take back scheme for the
recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
For more detailed information about the recycling
of this product, please contact your local Datavideo
office.

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Outline and Features
Portable recorder with Compact Flash memory card (CF card). The
CF card is protected under a secured cover to protect from harsh
environment such as rain or sand…etc.
CF card can be used in any PC with CF card reader, stand-alone as
portable media device, or with any of the PC interface adapters
offered.
Record and Playback as you would a tape recorder with familiar
operational settings.
Record and playback using rugged internal Transactional File
System technology and data presented in CF card through
emulation of standard file systems compatible with Windows and
Mac.
Firmware update via simple file transfer in CF card.
Small form factor.
External 6.0 volt DC power or internal power by 4 x AA batteries.
Enhanced VTR type features
oExternal time code record.
oTime-lapse (animation) recording.
o99 Bins, independent of each other.
oAutomatic clip marking, up to 97 per bin.
oPlayback in fast or slow motion, forward or reverse.
oRS232 control via the Sony 422 protocol.
oSelected bin is remembered when power is interrupted.
CF card features
oRecords popular *.avi, *.mov, *.mxf and *.m2t file formats for use with
most NLEs (non-linear editing suites) presently on the market.
oSelectable NTFS or FAT32 file system compatibility.
oEvery bin appears as a folder, every clip as a file.
oUnique volume names so multiple CF cards can be mounted at the
same time, very useful for multi-camera shoots.
Support signal format
oNTSC DV-25, DVC-25, DVC Pro-50, DVC Pro-100(2nd Release)
oPAL DV-25, DVC-25, DVC Pro-50, DVC Pro-100(2nd Release)
oHDV, HD1, HD2
Support CF Cards
oSanDisk Extreme III

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Packing List
Items Description Q’ty
1 DN-60 1
2 IEEE1394 6-4 50CM 1
3 IEEE1394 6-6 50CM 1
4 Switching Adaptor DC 12V/500mA 1
5 DN-60 Instruction Manual 1

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Front Panel
1. LCD Display
There are four lines in the LCD Display. The first line is used to display
icons that reflect some of the current settings of the unit. These settings
include:
Battery Level
Loop Play enabled
Time Remaining
Signal type
The second line will display the bin length. While playing or recording it
also displays the current clip number and the total number of clips in the
bin.
The third and fourth line annotates the different recorder mode.
2. Knob Switch
Indicates unit is recording when lit red, Flashes red when Mediapac is
not inserted or when there is less than 2 minutes of capacity while
recording.
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3. Tally Light
The DN-60 has three kinds of tally mode:
Allows On - When DN-60 Recording.
Glimmered - 1. No CF card inserted.
2. No signal input.
3. DN-60 set mode and input signal is different.
Slowly Glimmered - 1. When DN-60 making media file.
2. When DN-60 format media.
3. When record pause
4. Power Switch
The DN-60 has three kinds of power switch mode:
5. External DC Power Input Connector
DC In socket. Connect the supplied 12V/500mA PSU to this socket.
1 : Power On
A: Power Auto switch
(synchronize by external IEEE-
1394 device )
0: Power Off

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CF Card Slot
1. CF Card Protection Cover – Lift open this cover to get access to the
CF card and the eject button.
2. CF Card Eject Button – Press to eject the CF card. When the slot is
empty (no CF card inserted), this button is normally in the depressed
position. Upon inserting a CF card, the button pushes out.
NOTE: There is an orientation and key lock on the CF card. If you
put wrong orientation and force CF card into the slot, it will damage
the device.

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Rear Panel
1. Internal Battery: Batteries size AA x 4 is provided for 2 hours power
supply.
2. DV/HDV IN/OUT: Six-pin IEEE1394B (400Mbps) connector used to
send and receive digital signals as well as to connect as an HDD to a
computer. Power is not accepted from this connector.
3. RS-232: 3.5mm 4-pin connector used to remotely control the DN-60.
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Operation Procedures
Providing Power
The DN-60 can be powered on by internal battery or external DC power
connected through the DC power connector at right side of the device. It
is recommended that you have a CF card inserted in the Bay before
power up. Not having one at this time, does not influence normal device
operation. Move the power switch to the ON position. The DN-60 will turn
on immediately into Home mode.
VTR MODE (Capturing or Play Back)
Formatting the CF card
The DN-60 will format a CF card to handle one of three signal types; HDV
(all frame rates), or NTSC DV, DVCPro or PAL DV, DVCPro. If an
unformatted CF card is inserted, the DN-60 will recognize it and suggest
it be formatted to its signal type. If an CF card is inserted and is formated
for a signal type different than that of the DN-60, the choice will be given
to either re-format the CF card or eject the CF card.
Organize your shoot
A recorded length of video between its start point and following pause or
stop point is called a clip. A clip can be as short as one frame or as long
as the whole storage capacity. Clips are stored in bins; a bin is analogous
to a tape. 99 bins are made available; Clips can be added to any bin at
any time as long as there is room available. The DN-60 always displays
the clip number as well as the bin number.

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Menu Navigation
Home
Power on idle mode or any time user choose to return to HOME, the
display will show as following:
From HOME mode, user can use the knob switch to select different mode
to go to. To choose a mode, just simply turn the knob to move icon to the
selected option and then press the knob to confirm the selection. This will
take user to the next selection mode.
There are 5 modes and they are:
RECORD MODE
PLAY MODE
TOOLS
SETUP
STATUS
Pressing the knob will bring up the next option down on the list and will
return to the top option from the bottom. Table 1 details the actions for
each option.
Menu Option Action taken
RECORD
MODE This will take DN-60 into record mode. At this mode, the
device checks input signal and ready for recording
immediately. Other options are to change to different bin
or to return to HOME.
PLAY MODE At this mode, the device is ready to playback a recorded
bin.
TOOLS Allow user to select different system tools for DN-60.
SETUP Allow user to perform different setup for DN-60.
STATUS This is a quick way to see the DN-60 system status.
Table 1 HOME Options

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RECORD MODE
Entering RECORD MODE, DN-60 will start checking the input signal
immediately. If there is no signal at input port, it will flash NO INPUT
message to alert user. If the input signal is wrong signal type, it will also
flash warning message WRONG SIGNAL to alert user. DN-60 displays
the current bin length on the third line. If the signal type is correct, it will
also display either timecode or frame count on the second line. User can
select the Timecode display type from the system setup menu in SETUP
Mode. There is an icon displayed on the third line left side to show the
current recording status, stop, record or record pause.
Three different options are available in RECORD MODE:
RECORD
BINS
HOME
Menu Option Action taken
RECORD Start to RECORD.
BINS Allow user to select different BINS folder to do the
recording.
HOME Return to HOME mode.
Table 2 RECORD MODE

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RECORD
Current timecode is displayed on the second line.
Third line will display recording status and BINS length in the minimal unit
of second.
There are three options during RECORD:
Menu Option Action taken
STOP Select STOP to stop recording.
PAUSE Select PAUSE to pause recording.
MARK Press MARK to drop a marker in the current
location.
Table 3 RECORD
BINS
Turning the knob to select the target BINS and press the knob to confirm
the selection and exit from the BINS menu.
MARK
Press the knob to drop a mark. This will create a video clip when you
Make Media File.

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PLAY MODE
DN-60 will display the signal type of the current selected BINS, DV, HDV
or DVCPro on the first line.
It also displays clip number and timecode on the second line. User can
choose the timecode display type (either timecode or frame count)
through the system setup in the SETUP MODE.
The third line will show the current play status, STOP, PLAY or PAUSE.
There are three options in PLAY MODE:
PLAY
BINS
HOME
Menu Option Action taken
PLAY Press play knob will play the selected BINS
immediately.
BINS Allow user to playback different BINS folder.
HOME Return to HOME mode.
Table 4 PLAY MODE

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PLAY
During PLAY, DN-60 will display output signal format on the first line, clip
number and timecode on the second line. It will pause at the last frame of
the playing BINS. Any time during PLAY, user can use the knob to select
one of the five play options to achieve the function they want.
There are five different options available during PLAY.
PAUSE
STOP
FF/REW
CLIP +/-
Frm +/-
Menu Option Action taken
PAUSE Pause playing.
STOP Stop playing.
FF/REW Play Fast Forward or Fast Rewind
CLIP +/- Pause for Clip search
Frm +/- Pause for Frame stepping
Table 5 PLAY

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TOOLS
There are five useful tools available in TOOLS mode.
MAKE MEDIA FILES
EMPTY CURRENT BINS
FORMAT MEDIA
UPGRADE FIRMWARE
FIRMWARE REVISION
Menu Option Action taken
MAKE MEDIA
FILES Prepares the recorded content to be seen by the computer in the CF card. The operating system
environment is previously set to either FAT32 or
NTFS. This action is taken once before removing CF
card to connect to PC and is done for all the
recorded content.
EMPTY
CURRENT
BINS
Empties or erases the content within the presently
selected BINS, this step is irrevocable once the final
question has been asked.
CHANGE BIN Change the content within the presently selected
BIN.
FORMAT
MEDIA Empties or erases the content in ALL of the bins. This step is irrevocable once the final question has
been asked.
UPGRADE
FIRMWARE Allow user to do field firmware upgrade.
FIRMWARE
REVISION Displays the current revision of the recorder’s firmware
Table 6 TOOLS

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Updating the Firmware
To update the DN-60’s firmware, take a CF card that has undergone the
MAKE MEDIA FILES process with FAT-32 file system option selected,
and then connect it to your computer. Copy the firmware update file to the
root directory, level where all bin folders appear, and rename it flash.bin.
Next, insert the CF card in the DN-60 and select the UPDATE
FIRMWARE option and follow the instructions.
Use AC power source when update firmware. Make sure there’s no 1394
cable hooked to DN-60 during upgrade process.
SETUP
There are four different setup menu options available in SETUP mode.
PLAY SETUP
RECORD SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP
SAVE SETUP
RECALL SETUP
Menu Option Action taken
PLAY SETUP
Enters the PLAY Setup Menu group detailed in the named section
RECORD
SETUP Enters the Record Setup Menu group detailed in the named section
SYSTEM
SETUP Enters the System Setup Menu group detailed in the named section
SAVE SETUP DN-60 has the capability to store 2 user preset
SETUP. Using this feature, user can store the
current DN-60 setup under USER setup #1 or USER
setup #2.
RECALL
SETUP This is to allow user to recall previously saved user setup.
Table 7 SETUP