General
Warranty 12 months
Power requirements UVW-1800: 120 V AC, 50/60 Hz
UVW-1800P for Europe: 220 to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption 85 W
Operating temperature +5°C to +40°C (+41°F to + 104°F)
Storage temperature -20°C to + 60°C (-4°'F to + 140°F)
Humidity Less than 80%
Mass 19 kg (41 Ib 12 oz)
External dimensions 427 mm (W) x 193 mm (H) x 474 mm (D)
excluding external projections (16 5/4" x 7 5/g" x 18 5/s")

Tape transport system
Tape speed
UVW-1800P: 101.5 mm/s
Maximum recording/playback time
UVW-1800P: 100 minutes or longer (for BCT-90MLA)
Fast forward/rewind time 180 s or less (for BCT-90MLA)
Recommended cassettes
Betacam SP 1/2 inch cassette metal tapes
BCT-5MA/10MA/20MA/30MA, BCT-5MLA/10MLA/20MLA/30MLA/60MLA/90MLA or equivalent

Video system
Recording method Luminance: frequency modulation
Chrominance: Time division/time compression chrominance frequency modulation

Metal Tape

Bandwidth Luminance PAL: 25 Hz to 5MHz + 1.0 dB/-4.0dB
Colour difference (R-Y/B-Y) PAL: 25Hz to 1.5 MHz + 1.0 dB/4.0 dB
S/N ratio Luminance (component IN/OUT) PAL: 46dB or more
Chrominance Amplitude modulation PAL: 48 dB or more
Phase modulation PAL: 48 dB or more
K factor (2T pulse) 3% or less
Y/C delay 30 ns or less

Audio System
Metal Tape

Frequency characteristics 50 Hz to 15 kHz +2.0 dB/-3.0 dB
S/N ratio Weighted CCIR 468-3 for PAL 66 dB or more
Distortion (THD) (at 1 kHz reference level) 1.5% or less
Wow and flutter 0.15% rms or less

a) Peak levels +8 dB above operational level

Processor adjustment range
Main unit (UVW-1800P)
System subcarrier phase 360° pp
System sync phase ±300 ns

With BVR-50/50P TBC remote control unit connected
Video level ±3 dB
Chrominance level ±3 dB
Set-up level UVW-1800P: 0 to +100 mV
Chrominance phase ±15°
System subcarrier phase 360° pp
System sync phase -1 to +3 is (fine adjustment range 300 ns pp)
Y/C delay ±100 ns

Input connectors
Video input
REF. VIDEO BNC x 2 (loop-through connection)
Black burst or 1.0 Vp-p ±0.3 V, 75 ft,
sync negative (300 mV for UVW-1800P)
VIDEO BNC x 2 (loop-through connection)
Composite video, 1.0 Vp-p, 75 Q, sync negative
COMPONENT 1 12-pin connector (male)
Luminance: 1.0Vp-p,75Q, sync negative
Chrominance:
R-Y: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 Q
B-Y: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 a
COMPONENT 2 BNC x 3
Y: 1.0 Vp-p, 75 Q,, sync negative
R-Y: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 Q
B-Y: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 Q S-VIDEO DIN 4-pin x 1
S-Video DIN 4plug x 1

Audio input
AUDIO CH-1/2 XLR 3-pin x 2 (female), ON: +4 dBu, 600 , balanced,
OFF: +4 dBu, 10 K , balanced (0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms)

TIME CODE IN BNC x 1, 0.5 to 18 Vp-p, 600 , unbalanced

Output connectors
Video output
VIDEO 1/2 (SUPER) BNC X 2, Composite video, 1.0 Vp-p, 75 , sync
negative (300 mV for UVW-1800P) Switch selection on the subsidiary control panel controls whether time codes and other superimposed information are output from VIDEO 2 (SUPER) OUTPUT.
COMPONENT 1, 12-pin multi (female)
Luminance: 1.0 Vp-p, 75 , sync negative
Chrominance: R-Y: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 B-Y: 0.7 Vp-p, 75
COMPONENT 2, BNC x 3, Y: 1.0 Vp-p, 75 , sync negative R-Y: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 B-Y: 0.7 Vp-p, 75
S-VIDEO, DIN 4-pin x 1

Audio output
AUDIO CH-1/2: XLR 3-pin x 2 (male) +4 dBu (600 load), low impedance, balanced
MONITOR AUDIO: RCA pin jack x 1
TIME CODE OUT BNC x 1: 2.2 Vp-p, 600 , unbalanced
HEADPHONES: Standard stereo jack, Maximum -14 dBu, 8 (0 dBu = 0.775 Vnns)

Remote connectors
TBC REMOTE: 15-pin multi x 1 REMOTE: 9-pin multi x 1
CONTROL S: stereo minijack x 1