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INDEX

• A-

Accessories (portapaks), 170, 171, 184186, 199, 209

AC OUT, see Cables and Connectors AC strips, see Cables and Connectors Akai, see VTRs

Alternative TV and Video, 11

Assemble Editing, 129, 142

Attitude, 27, 28, 228

Audio Adaptors, see Cables and Connectors

Audio Dubbing: R to R. 127. 169; VCR, 140,141

Audio Monitor, see Cables and Connectors

Audio Recording: R to R, 127, 169, 170; VCR, 140, 141; see also Audio Dubbing Audio Tracks, 66

Automatic Search Control, 148,153 AUX IN, see Cables and Connectors Azimuth Recording System. 67, 146

• B -

Batteries, types of, 162, 163; care of, 164; charging and operation, AV-3400/ 8400, 161, VO-3800, 195, DXC-1600,

195, DXC-1610, 204, WV-3085, 180 Beam Splitter Prism, 42

Betamax, see VCRs

Beta-2, see VCRs

Black, recording of, 127, 128

BNC, see Cables and Connectors Broadcast TV, 3. 4

B & W vs. Color, 32

• C-

CABLES AND CONNECTORS:

AC, 77, 81; Audio Adaptors, 83, 84; Audio Monitor, 82; AUX IN, 85; BNC, 79; UHF, 78, 79; LINE IN, 83; LINE OUT, 84; MIC IN. 79; Octopus, 87;

Phone. 79; plug strips. 87; RF OUT, 81; 4-PIN, 87: 8-Pin, 77; 10-Pin, 87; care of cables, 87

Cable TV, 8-11

CAMERAS: 4-tube, 41; 3-tube. 42; 2-tube, 42; Trinicon tube, 43; image dissector, 42; stripe filter, 42

Studio cameras- 30, 42-59;

Sony, AVC-3250/3260. 37: Panasonic, WV-361 P, 38-40, WV-2100/2150, 46, 47:

Philips Video, 80, 57. 58

Portable cameras-

Sony, AVC-3400, 164-172; AVC-3450, 165, 173; DXC-1600, 165, 174-175, 192-198; DXC-1610/1640/1800, 43,

202-205; BVP-330, 216; Panasonic, WV-3082, 180, 181; WV-2200, 182, 183; AK-760, 215 Hitachi, GP-5A, 212; GP-7, 213; FP-20S, 214; SK-91, 216

RCA, TK-76, 217;

lkegami, ITC-350, 215; HL-79, 217 CAMERAS: connection and operation-Sony, AVC-3250/3260, 37; AVC- 3450, 165, 173; DXC-1600, 165. 174, 175, 192-197; DXC-1610/1640, 202-205; Panasonic, WV-361P 38-40; WV-2100. 46, 47; WV-3082. 180.181

Camera adaptors: CMA-2/CMA-4. 173: CMA-5/CMA-6, 204

Camera carrying cases, see Cables and Connectors

Camera Control Units (CCUs),

44, 46-48, 194-196

Camera Connectors, see Cables and Connectors

Camera tubes: 30, 33; types of, Chalnicon, 34; Plumbicon, 34; Tivicon, 33, 34; Trinicon, 43; Vidicon. 33-35; Saticon, 34; cleaning the tube, 55, 56

Camera viewfinder adjustment, see Viewfinder adjustments

Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), 1

Capstan Drive, 64, 147

Capstan Servo. 128, 147

Carbon backed, 72

Chromium Dioxide, 72

Cleaning equipment, 215

Cleaning techniques: 216, VCR. 218; clogged heads, 218; slip rings, 217 Coax, see UHF. Cables and Connectors Color: NTSC color system, 41; color cameras, see Cameras; color process, 41; heterodyne color and direct color, 70 Color lock adjustment, 177

Color temperature, 45. 208

Color subcarrier, 70

Compatibility chart (VTRs), 101 Composite video signal. 63 Computerized editing, see Editing Control track and pulses, 64, 66 Cosmic Interference. 228, 229

-D-

DC restoration, 96

Demagnetizing the heads, 217 Direct color, 70

Dropouts, 73-75

Dropout Compensators (DOC), 74

• E-Editing: R to R. 128. 129; VCR, 141-144, 201; auto controllers, 148, 153, 142-144 Educational TV, 5

EFP. see ENG

EIAJ, 15, 102, 107, 237 EJ. see ENG

ENG, 21, 187-220

Electronic stability, 186 Electronic Viewfinders, 44 Electrostatic focus. 16, 34 Erasing, 127, 128, 139

• F-Ferrite, 63, 64

Flagging, see Skew Footcandle, 33

-G-

Generation, 60

Glitch, 128

Guardband, see Azimuth

• H-

Helical Scan, 60. 64

Heterodyne color process, 70 Hertz. 62

High Band, 70

High Density. see Videotape

Home Video Cameras, 44, 110, 112 Human error, 228

Image Enhancer, 44

Insert Editing, 129, 142 Integrated circuits, 35 Interchangeability, 101, 102 Interlace, see Sync

Internal Intelligence, 228 Iron oxide, 72

IVC, see VTRs

-L-

Large format, 6, 14

LENSES:

principles of, 50; operation, 50: types of. zoom, 50, 51. wide angle, 52; adaptors, C-mount. 51, 52; choosing a lens, 54

Lens resolution, 52: chart. 53

Lighting. 219

LINE OUT, see Cable and Connectors Low band, 70

Low impedance, see Microphones

-M-

Magnetic deflection tubes, 34 Microphones, 80

Maintenance (VTRsandVCRs).221-231 Minicams, see Cameras, portable Monitors and monitor/receivers: 31, 8998; connections, 93-95; Trinitons, 96, 97

• O-

Octopus cable, see Cables and Connectors

Oersteds of Coercivity, 72, 110 Omnivision, see Videocartridge

One line delay, see Dropout Compensators

Pay TV, 9

Philips Video, 57. 58, 80

Phone and Phono Plug, see Cables and Connectors

Plumbicon tube. see Camera tubes Portable Video Systems (portapaks): 1/2-inch R to R -

Sony AV-3400, 155-170;

Sony AV-8400S. 159-178

Panasonic NV-3085, 182, 190 3/4-inch U-Matic -

Sony VO-3800, 189-191, 196. 201; Sony VO-4800. 201

JVC CR-4400U, 205-210

Portapak precautions, 171

Power sources, see Batteries

Pre-roll, 142

Production Hints, 185, 218-220 Programmable VCRs. 112, 146 Public Access. 10, 11

Pulse Cross monitors, 97

• 0- Quadruplex (Quad) see VTRs

• R-

Random Access Programmers, 148 Recording. see VTR operation Recording heads, 61-67

Repair of: wire tape guides, 178, 231; cassette tape, 225, 227

Resale value, 237

RF Units and connections. 81. 82, 90, 91, 95, 138, 169

Rotary erase heads, 62

• S-

Sanyo, see VTRs and VCRs Segmented scan, 65 Selecting a dealer. 236 Selecting cameras, 59 Selecting equipment, 235, 236 Separate mesh, 34 Setting goals, 232 Servicing, 235

Signal-to-noise ratio, 71, 98

Six Pin, see Cables and Connectors Skew, 66, 124. 125 Slip rings, cleaning, 217 Slow motion video: 129, 130

Small format. 6, 7, 14

Sony, see Cameras, VCR, arid VTRs Standardization. 102 Sync, 21, 38, 65; portapak, 174

• T-

Tape, 71-75

Tape configuration, 101

Tape speed, 63

Tape winding and storage problems, 231 Ten Pin, see Cables and Connectors Tension Gauge, 227

Threading, 121, 122, 166, 167

Time BaseCorrector (TBC), 7,20,22,187 Time Code, 66

Time Code Generator, 188

Time constant, 98

Time lapse VTRs, 130

Tivicon tube, see Camera tubes Tracking, 66, 124

Transfer, 60

Trinitron, see Monitors Troubleshooting. 122, 228, 229 Troubleshooting reference chart, 229 Tuner/timers, 138, 139

TV monitors, see monitors

TV scanning process, 65, 66 "Tweeker," 98

Two-Way TV, 10

Type II. see VCRs

-U-UHF

UHF cable, see Cables and Connectors Ultimate Video Challenge, 238

U-Matic, see VCRs

Underscan, 97

• V-

Videocartridge Recorders. 17, 108 VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS (VCRs): 7. 18-24;

3/4-inch U-Matic - 18, 24, 81, 107, 109 Sony, VO-2850, 19, 144; Type ll, 19, 133-141: VO-2600, 80, 133-141: VO-3800, 20, 21, 189-191; VO-4800,

201; BVU-200, 145: BVU-110. 191;

BVU-50, 192:

Panasonic, NV-9400. 211;

JVC, CR-4400U. 205-210

1/2-inch -

Betamax, 22-23.67, 110, 145-151; Beta-2, 23, 102, 109-111;

VHS, 23, 111-113, 146.147, 152, 153 VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS: operation and connection

studio -

Hitachi SV-340, 211

Sony, SLO-320, 149, 150: VO-2600, 80, 133-141;

recording with timer/tuner, 139; off-the-air recording. 139:

audio dubbing, 140;

Betamax, 145-151

portable -

Sony, VO-3800, 189-191

Panasonic, NV-8300/NV-8310, 152: JVC CR 4400U, 205-210;

JVC CR-4400LU, 210

Videocassette tape information, 136 Videocassette tape, care of, 75 Video chronology chart, 26 Videodiscs, 22, 24, 25, 130 Video Heads, 61-67

VIDEO IN, see Cables and Connectors Video industry, 6

Video Motion Analyzer, 130

VIDEO OUT, see Cables and Connectors Video projectors, 99, 100

Video systems, 217, 218

Videotape, 31, 71-75; care of, 75; types, 72; see tape

VIDEOTAPE RECORDERS (VTRs): R to R

2-inch - 60, 102, 103;

1-inch -

IVC, 68, 69, 103, 104;

BCN, 105;

Ampex. 103, 222;

Sony, BVH-1000, BVH-500, 105, 106; 1/2-inch -

Akai, VT-300, 17; VPS-7350, 113 Sony studio VTRs. AV-3600, 71-86, 115, 118; AV-3650. 15: AV-8650, 16,

62. 64. 72. 81, 108:

Sony portable VTRs, AV-3400, 81, 156-159, 161, 162. AV-8400S, 81. 156, 159-163, 166, 174-178; Panasonic studio VTRs, NV-3020SD.

119, 120; NV-3130, 16, 107; NV-3160. 16, 72;

Panasonic portable VTRs, NV-3085. 108, 179-184;

Sanyo V-Cord 24. 109: non-EIAJ, 17:

1/4-inch -

VIDEOTAPE RECORDERS: connections and operation (R to R) studio -

Sony, AV-3600. 76, 80, 115-119; Panasonic, NV-3020SD, 119, 120 portable -

Sony, AV-3400, 157, 159, 166-170; AV-8400S, 159. 160. 166-170: 174-177;

Panasonic, NV-3085, 174-184 VTR cost comparison chart. 238 VTR idiosyncracies. 178

VTR playback adjustments, 124 VTR precautions. 120

VTR standardization, 102

Vidicon tube. see Camera tubes Viewfinder adjustments: AVC-3400,

172; AVC-3450, 173; DXC-1600, 198: WV-3082. 180

-W-

White Balance Set, 45, 197, 198 Wire tape guide repair. 178, 231

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