User`s manual

1.2 Instructions for Initial Setup and Transport

♦ Before powering-up the V1 unit, please connect the SCSI termination supplied on the rear

external SCSI connector (If not there, the V1 will not operate properly). If you don’t see a SCSI

connector on the back of the unit, it means that the terminator is mounted internally.

♦ After powering-up, if your V1 has been ordered with a drive from Doremi Labs, you will be able to

play the initial "video test" recording (In NTSC for USA, PAL for Europe) without the need of an

external sync reference (Internal Sync. selected). If you need to play locked to House Sync, connect

a Black Burst signal to the SYNC IN connector and go to menu (02) Sync from, select the option

Sync In and validate by pressing ESCAPE.

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Before any transport :

♦ Lock the Data-Express (Key ON as for normal use).

Note: Doremi highly recommends shipping drives separately

♦ Switch the V1 OFF.

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Remove the SCSI termination on rear (Leaving it may break the SCSI connector during transport).

1.3 Setup of one or more drives on V1 DCT and MPEG2

♦ If you would like to combine the recording time of two drives, make sure the two drives are on

consecutive SCSI ID numbers i.e., 3 and 4. If not, then do not assign consecutive IDs. (Do not use

the factory set SCSI ID 7 set for the V1)

♦ Power up the first drive on ID4 (Turn on the key of the Data Express)

♦ Set the compression ratio to the desired value.

♦ Initialize the drive.

♦ Power up the second drive on ID3 and wait for about 1 minute.

♦ Go to Option Menu 30 and set the “First Disk” parameter to 3.

♦ Initialize the drive.

♦ Use Menu 4 to issue a mount command. The time left in Menu 10 should reflect the total time from

both drives

♦ Record. The V1 will start recording on the drive with the higher SCSI ID number and will continue

on the lower ID number. The jump from drive to drive is seamless.

This procedure can also be used to record on more than two drives with consecutive SCSI ID

numbers. As described above, each drive must first be initialized alone using the same bit rate

(compression ratio) for all drives, then all drives should be powered-up and initialized together. Use the

Mount menu command to mount all drives, if needed, before initializing them.