Panasonic AJ-SD955Bp manual Moni CH SEL, Pcm, REC CH1, REC CH2, REC CH3, REC CH4, Rec Cue, PB Fade

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Setup menus

USER menu

<AUDIO>

 

 

 

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

721

This selects the monitor output.

MONI CH SEL

0000

MANU :

 

The output signal is as selected in MONITOR

 

SELECT buttons.

 

0001

AUTO :

 

PCM AUDIO output is selected within the

 

–0.43 (–0.5)ato +1a speed range; CUE is

 

automatically selected for all other tape

 

speeds.

 

<Note>

 

The value for the DV/DVCAM tape is shown in

 

parenthesis ( ).

 

0002

PCM :

 

The PCM AUDIO signal is output over the

 

–10ato +10a range.

 

<Note>

 

This setup menu’s setting takes effect when CH1,

 

CH2, CH3 or CH4 has been selected by the L

 

and R MONITOR SELECT buttons on the front

 

panel. (If CUE has been selected, the cue signal

 

will be output at all the speeds regardless of the

 

setup menu’s setting.)

 

 

722

This selects the input signal to be recorded

 

on the audio CH1 track.

REC CH1

 

 

 

0000

CH1 : Audio input CH1 signal.

 

0001

CH2 : Audio input CH2 signal.

 

0002

CH1+2 : Mixed audio input CH1 and CH2

 

 

signal.

 

 

723

This selects the input signal to be recorded

 

on the audio CH2 track.

REC CH2

 

 

 

0000

CH1 : Audio input CH1 signal.

 

0001

CH2 : Audio input CH2 signal.

 

0002

CH1+2 : Mixed audio input CH1 and CH2

 

 

signal.

 

 

724

This selects the input signal to be recorded

 

on the audio CH3 track.

REC CH3

 

 

 

0000

CH3 : Audio input CH3 signal

 

0001

CH4 : Audio input CH4 signal

 

0002

CH3+4 : Mixed audio input CH3 and CH4

 

 

signal

 

 

725

This selects the input signal to be recorded

 

on the audio CH4 track.

REC CH4

 

 

 

0000

CH3 : Audio input CH3 signal

 

0001

CH4 : Audio input CH4 signal

 

0002

CH3+4 : Mixed audio input CH3 and CH4

 

 

signal

 

 

 

The underlined items indicates the initial setting.

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

726

This selects the input signal recorded in CUE.

REC CUE

0001

CH1 : Audio CH1 input

 

0002

CH2 : Audio CH2 input

 

0003

CH1+2 : Audio CH1 and CH2 MIX signal

 

0004

CH3 : Audio CH3 input

 

0005

CH4 : Audio CH4 input

 

0006

CH3+4 : Audio CH3 and CH4 MIX signal

 

0007

CH1~4 : Audio CH1, CH2, CH3 and CH4

 

 

mixed signals

 

 

727

This selects the processing method for the

 

audio edit points (IN point, OUT point) during

PB FADE

playback.

 

0000

AUTO : According to the status during

 

 

recording.

 

0001

CUT : Forced CUT

 

0002

FADE : Forced FADE

 

 

728

This selects whether to superimpose the

 

audio data onto the SDI output.

EMBEDDED

 

 

AUD

0000

OFF : Data is not superimposed.

 

0001

ON : Data is superimposed.

 

 

731

This selects whether or not the cue signal is

 

to be output to the main line output in the

CUE OUT SEL

search mode.

 

0000

OFF : CUE is not output.

 

0001

ON : CUE is output.

 

<Notes>

 

OThis function works only when a setting

 

other than MANU has been selected by

 

setup menu No. 721 (MONI CH SEL).

 

OThe main signal system output channels

 

used for the CUE output differ depending on

 

the setting selected by setup menu No. 735

 

(MON AUTO SEL).

 

When L/R is selected:

 

 

CUE is output to CH1 to CH4.

 

When L is selected:

 

 

CUE is output to CH1 and CH3.

 

When R is selected:

 

 

CUE is output to CH2 and CH4.

 

OWhen PCM has been selected as the setup

 

menu No. 721 (MONI CH SEL) setting, PCM

 

is output.

 

 

733

This selects the timing for the output picture

 

and CUE output when CUE has been selected

CUE OUT

for monitor output.

 

0000 NORMAL : The timing is aligned with the

 

 

output picture.

 

0001

DIRECT : Whatever has been recorded on

 

 

the tape is output with no delay.

 

<Note>

 

When DIRECT has been selected, the timing of

 

the output picture and that of the cue output are

 

not aligned properly.

 

 

 

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