User manual
Table Of Contents
- About this manual
- What’s included
- Safety information
- Support information
- Hardware I/O
- Basic operation
- User Interface
- General notes about the user interface
- Main user interface (recording)
- Record start [record]
- Record stop [stop]
- Wired remote record start/stop [start][stop]
- Slate display [slate] Not currently enabled.
- Safe Frame Display [safe]
- Grid Display [grid]
- 100% Display [100%]
- Edge detection display [edge]
- Image Analysis [analysis]
- Highlight Clipping [clipping]
- Full Screen display [fullscreen]
- Full screen mode in main user interface [fullscreen]
- Full screen mode in main user interface [fullscreen]
- Full screen mode in playback interface. [fullscreen]
- Setup Menu Tabs [setup]
- Playback user interface [play]
- Playback user interface [play]
- Playback file manager [play]:[open]
- Touch screen lock [lock]
- Time Code Reset [TC reset]
- Settings and Status displays
- Playback user interface
- Setup Menu Tabs [setup]
- Input preferences tab [setup]:[input]
- Input preferences tab [setup]:[input]
- Signal input settings [setup]:[input] or {input status display}
- Valid input selections
- Application restart on settings change
- Application restart on settings change
- Input resolution
- Input frame rate
- Input pixel format
- Input video source
- Input audio source
- Input preview options
- Input codec, quality, and file format (wrapper) options
- Input preferences tab [setup]:[input]
- Folder manager tab [setup]:[files]
- Time code Preferences Tab [setup][TC]
- Time code Preferences Tab [setup][TC]
- Internally generated time code [gen]
- Save time code at end of session. [save TC]
- Generated drop frame time code [drop]
- Embedded SDI time code [SDI]
- Embedded SDI time code auto-record, generic [generic]
- Embedded SDI time code auto-record, VITC [future]
- ExSync hardware timecode module [ExSync]
- Hardware timecode module not found
- Time code offsets [offset +][offset -]
- Time code offsets [offset +][offset -]
- Time code display modes
- Show UTC or Local timecode [show UTC][show local]
- Time code Preferences Tab [setup][TC]
- Convert preferences tab [setup][convert]
- Update preferences tab [setup][update]
- General preferences tab [setup][prefs]
- Input preferences tab [setup]:[input]
- Appendices:
- Field Operating System Restore (“Factory Reset”) Instructions:
- Cinedeck Operating System Field Restore Disk Update instructions
- Cinedeck Bootable BIOS Update Disk Creation Instructions
- Breakout cable connections
- Cinedeck I/O Pin Definitions: Serial numbers 500 and higher.
- Setting up the docking station for use with the Cinedeck Extreme
- Care and feeding of SSD media
- Setting the battery meter COM port
- Codec installation on the MAC and PC
- Average data rates

Cinedeck Extreme User Manual V 2.06
About this manual
Copyright and Trademark Notice.
Important!
This manual reflects the state of the Cinedeck Extreme hardware (1.0) and software
(2.0) at the time it was published. It will be updated frequently as new features are
implemented, and will not necessarily reflect legacy information. Legacy versions
of the hardware and software would be covered by the manual included with that
release.
What’s in the manual
This user manual describes the functions available in the Cinedeck software, as well
as relevant information regarding upgrades, hardware information such as pin defini-
tions for connectors, interaction with 3rd party software such as NLEs, and further
technical information of interest to users.
The manual is divided into 4 parts
1) Table of contents.
2) General introduction to the Cinedeck Extreme
3) Menu function descriptions and notes
4) Appendices with processes for various tasks related to maintenance and
updates, as well as technical information, drawings, best practices notes
and FAQs.
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