Setting menus

PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen

Item/

Description of settings

(display mode)

 

 

 

 

 

END SEARCH

For setting what kind of operation is to be

(VCR)

performed when the END SEARCH button

 

is pressed.

 

BLANK:

 

The unrecorded blanks on the video tape

 

are searched.

 

REC END:

 

The part which was shot last is

 

searched.

 

<Notes>

 

O Even when the REC END setting is

 

selected, the part which was shot last

 

will not be searched when the tape is

 

switched.

 

O If nothing has been recorded on the

 

tape, operation will stop at the end of the

 

tape.

 

O END SEARCH may not operate properly

 

if there is an unrecorded blank near the

 

tape start or at a point along the tape.

 

 

Inputs and audio tracks recorded

Input

When shooting

When audio dubbing

(12-bit mode)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal

CH1

CH3

microphone L

 

 

 

 

 

Internal

CH2

CH4

microphone R

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT 1 (XLR)

CH1

CH3

 

 

 

INPUT 2 (XLR)

CH2 (CH1)

CH4 (CH3)

 

 

 

AUDIO IN/OUT

__

CH3

CH1 (pin jack)

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO IN/OUT

__

CH4

CH2 (pin jack)

 

 

 

 

 

The audio tracks on which signals are to be recorded during shooting can be changed using the CH1 SELECT switch and CH2 SELECT switch.

The audio tracks on which signals are to be recorded during audio dubbing can be changed using the A DUB INPUT item on the AV IN/OUT SETUP screen.

Item/

Description of settings

(display mode)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12bit AUDIO

For setting the sound to be output as the

(VCR)

CH1 and CH2 signals when a tape

 

recorded in the 12-bit audio mode is played

 

back.

 

ST1:

 

The sound recorded during shooting is

 

selected.

 

CH1 signals = CH1 track

 

CH2 signals = CH2 track

 

ST2:

 

The sound recorded during audio

 

dubbing is selected.

 

CH1 signals = CH3 track

 

CH2 signals = CH4 track

 

MIX:

 

The sound recorded during shooting and

 

the sound recorded during audio

 

dubbing are mixed.

 

CH1 signals = CH1 + CH3 tracks

 

CH2 signals = CH2 + CH4 tracks

 

<Note>

 

If the sound has been recorded in the 16-bit

 

mode, there is no CH3 or CH4. Therefore,

 

the correlation between the signals and

 

tracks will always be as follows:

 

CH1 signals = CH1 track

 

CH2 signals = CH2 track

 

 

 

AUDIO OUT

For setting the audio signals to be output

(VCR)

from the AUDIO IN/OUT connectors (pin

 

jacks) when a tape is played back.

 

CH1•CH2:

 

CH1 connector = CH1 signals

 

CH2 connector = CH2 signals

 

CH1:

 

CH1 connector = CH1 signals

 

CH2 connector = CH1 signals

 

CH2:

 

CH1 connector = CH2 signals

 

CH2 connector = CH2 signals

 

 

 

12-bit AUDIO item and AUDIO OUT item settings, and audio tracks whose signals are output from the AUDIO IN/OUT connectors (pin jacks)

Audio recording

12-bit AUDIO

AUDIO OUT

AUDIO IN/OUT

AUDIO IN/OUT

mode

item setting

item setting

CH1 output

CH2 output

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH1•CH2

CH1

CH2

 

ST1

CH1

CH1

CH1

 

 

CH2

CH2

CH2

 

 

 

 

 

12 bit

 

CH1•CH2

CH3

CH4

 

ST2

CH1

CH3

CH3

 

 

CH2

CH4

CH4

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIX

__

CH1+CH3

CH2+CH4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH1•CH2

CH1

CH2

16 bit

__

CH1

CH1

CH1

 

 

CH2

CH2

CH2

 

 

 

 

 

The underlining indicates the factory setting.

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Panasonic AG-DVX100P manual Playback Functions screen, Inputs and audio tracks recorded

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