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Hi Charles,
the AJA FS1 and the For-A DCC-70HS have similar functionality. If you read the user manuals of these items, you’ll notice that both are very similar. The For-A DCC-70HS of course has the For-A DCC-OU remote unit which if used, should theoretically make color changes easier. Now, the For-A DCC-70HS user manual does not indicate what happens to the embedded digital audio inside the SDI digital video signal that you could input. I’m guessing it may probably not pass through the AES/EBU embedded audio. You would have to test that. The processing delay of the For-A DCC-70HS is next to nothing so you could theoretically connect AES/EBU digital audio (via a 75 Ohm BNC cable) from the AJA FS1 AES/EBU audio out directly to the AES/EBU audio input on the AJA Ki Pro Video Recorder. Having said that, since you are only capturing Standard definition video, the AJA recorder that may work better for you is probably the Ki Pro Rack and not so much the AJA Ki Pro Ultra 12G. Having said all this, you still need a used waveform/vectorscope monitors for standard definition SDI input. It’s difficult to see & measure what you are color correcting without at least a Waveform monitor and a vectorscope monitor.
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Hi Charles, I would not replace the fuse size, as the 13A fuse is associated to the cable wire gauge. I would just use those c13 power cables as is.
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Hello Charles, if you are in the UK, this would be the item:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/PRO-ELEC-HP-B13-2ALVB-C10-Lead-Black/dp/B07FGGC5ZH/
https://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/hp-b13-2alvb-c10/lead-uk-plug-to-c13-iec-skt-black/dp/PL15376
It’s called a UK Mains Plug to IEC C13
-Paul
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Perhaps this is a CODEC issue? I would try to figure out which timeline items may have originated from cell phones, if any, or similar devices that record in Long GOP (long group of pictures) and export those out first as Apple ProRes 4:4:4 16–bit. Then use those ProRes files on the timeline instead of the Long GOP versions. That would substantially speed things up. But if that is not possible, for whatever reason, please know the issue is probably not your hardware; it’s more than likely CODECS that need to be modified for timeline playback.
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Hey Mads,
I’m going to check your suggestions out and I’ll let you know when I have results.
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Hey Mads,
The change made no difference. With or without Tri-level Sync the issue remained.
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Hey Mads,
Thanks for your thoughtful suggestions. Indeed, I do confirm it is setup as 4:2:2 1080i at 29.97 fps and the Digital Betacam tape also plays back at 29.97i fps. The machine is up converting the standard definition images correctly also to 4:2:2 1080i at 29.97 fps. The sync is Tri level sync at 29.97i and the SRW-5800 is setup to sync to that when turned on.
I also had thoroughly checked out menu item 017 which you mentioned. This item has six submenu items where you can change E-E/E-E to PB (playback.) Sadly, none of those allow changes as I’ve observed here. The audio out via AES/EBU and the embedded audio via SDI out do output the tape’s audio.
I thought about a factory reset, but indeed as you mentioned, it’s a step of no return, and why do that if everything else works. But I may have to. What can I say; it’s only a thousand+ items that need to be reviewed in the various menus. Mere humans have done this before.
But having said that, it’s really such a curious thing that somebody would program this change without informing users in an updated user manual. I would have liked to have read about this before hand.
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Hey Mads,
I really appreciate your insight. I had reviewed that item on the menu many times and I do confirm that menu item 212 is on default, [MAN] “The recorder is not forcibly switched to E-E mode.” The machine is presently not connected to any other video machine in any way.
At the end I figured perhaps a physical switch in some internal card is making this happen, but I didn’t find any such switch described in any of the maintenance or installation manuals.
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Yeah, I had seen that user manual before but the links inside are dead. They just take you to Grass Valley’s website.
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Hello Charles,
You asked: “can you use the AJA Ki Pro as a pass-through and export through the HDMI output?”
Answer: You would have to test that to see if that is possible, but the answer is, probably yes.
Since the AJA FS1 has a S-VHS connector, all you need a fine S-VHS cable between the FS1 and the JVC SR-S388E, like this one:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/InLine-89950P-Premium-S-VHS-S-Video-Gold/dp/B000L13I7U/
For the FS1 analog audio in, the TASCAM type DB25 connector adapter cable is the correct one:
https://kmraudio.com/products/van-damme-db25-to-8x-female-xlr-cable-0-5m
And between the DB25 cable and JVC video machine audio out, the RCA to XLR male analog audio adapter is the correct one:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phono-Audio-Signal-Patch-Cable/dp/B01CT4IA06/
The FS1 SDI video out imbeds the audio into the SDI digital video signal so all you need is a fine 75 Ohm BNC cable between the FS1 and the Ki Pro recorder:
Hope that helps.