System menu

Setup menus (continued)

No./Item			Description

11	Coarse adjustment of system phase: 90 ° units
SYS SC COAR.	0000	0	Note:
	0001	90	If setting operation is
	0002	180	performed, the setting
	0003	270	value does not return to
			factory (default) setting.

12	Fine adjustment of system phase:
	Variable range ±45 ° or more
SYS SC FINE	–: Advanced, +: Delayed
	0000	–128	Note:
	:	:	If setting operation is
	0128	0	performed, the setting
	:	:	value does not return to
	0255	127	factory (default) setting.

13	System phase adjustment: 74 ns steps
	–: Advanced, +: Delayed
SYS H	0000	–128	Note:
	0000	–128	Note:
	:	:	If setting operation is
	0128	0	performed, the setting
	:	:	value does not return to
	0216	127	factory (default) setting.

14	SCH phase adjustment: 90 ° units
	(The SC phase changes but the H phase does not change.)
SCH COARSE	–: Advanced, +: Delayed
	0000	0
	0001	90
	0002	180
	0003	270
15	SCH phase adjustment:
	Total variable range: ±45 ° or more
SCH FINE	(The SC phase changes but the H phase
	does not change.)
	–: Advanced, +: Delayed
	0000	–32
	:	:
	0032	0
	:	:
	0064	32

The underlined items indicates the initial setting.

Video output signal adjustments

No./Item		Description

16	This adjusts the audio output phase
	with respect to the video output:
AV PHASE	20.8 µs steps
	–: The audio output phase is advanced
	with respect to the video output.
	+: The audio output phase is delayed
	with respect to the video output.
	0000	–100
	:	:
	0100	0
	:	:
	0200	100

18	System phase adjustment.
SYS H OFFSET	0000	–3 :–13.4 µsec
	0001	–2 :–8.96 µsec
	0002	–1 :–4.52 µsec
	0003	0 : 0 sec
	0004	1 : +4.52 µsec
	0005	2 : +8.96 µsec
	0006	3 : +13.4 µsec
	Note:
	If setting operation is performed, the
	setting value does not return to factory
	(default) setting.

19	This sets whether the system phase is
	to be adjusted by the memory card
SYS SC/H	recorder or from the external encoder
	remote controller.
	0000	REMOTE :
	The system phase is adjusted from
	the	external encoder remote
	controller.
	0001	LOCAL :
	The system phase is adjusted by the
	memory card recorder.
	Note:
	This setting does not take effect when
	LOCAL has been selected by the ENC
	CONTROL switch on the front panel.

The video output signal adjustments are made by using the ENC CONTROL switch on the front panel and selecting the SYSTEM menu item No. 19 (SYS SC/H) settings. A control matrix of the adjustments is shown below.

	Setting			Item adjusted
ENC CONTROL		SYSTEM menu item	SYSTEM menu item		Front panel (under section)
		19: SYS SC/H	11: SYS SC COAR.		VIDEO LEVEL
			12: SYS SC FINE		CHROMA LEVEL
			13: SYS H		SET UP/BLACK
					HUE/CHROMA PHASE
LOCAL		LOCAL	The memory card recorder		The memory card recorder
		REMOTE
REMOTE		LOCAL	The memory card recorder		External encoder remote controller
		REMOTE	External encoder remote controller

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Setup menus (continued)

SYSTEM menu

SYS SC COAR.

SYS SC FINE

SYS H

SCH COARSE

SCH FINE

AV PHASE

SYS H OFFSET

LOCAL :

CONTROL switch on the front panel.

Setting

Item adjusted

AJ-SPD850P specifications