Panasonic AJ-D250P Power switch, Cassette insertion slot, Eject button, REC/REC INH lamp

Parts and Their Functions

Front panel

1POWER switch

When the ON side is pressed, power is supplied to the unit, and the counter display is illuminated.

2Cassette insertion slot

News gathering cassettes, general-purpose

cassettes and consumer-use cassettes accompanied by the adapter are inserted into this slot. Consumer-use cassettes can be used for playback only.

3EJECT button

When this button is pressed, the tape is unloaded, and a few seconds later it is automatically ejected. If the counter display is set to the CTL display, the display will be reset.

4REC/REC INH lamp

REC: The lamp lights during recording.

REC INH: The lamp lights when the accidental cassette erasure prevention status is established.

It also lights when “ON” is selected as the “REC INHIBIT” setting on the setup menu.

Recording cannot be conducted while this lamp is lighted.

5REMOTE lamp

This lamp lights when the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch has been set to REMOTE.

6WIDE lamp

This lamp lights in the 16:9 wide screen mode.

7Consumer-use cassette insertion lamp

This lamp lights when a cassette recorded using a consumer-use DV device has been inserted.

8REPEAT lamp

This lamp lights during repeat playback.

9SERVO lamp

This lamp lights when the drum servo and capstan servo are locked.

:Channel status lamps

One of these lamps lights depending on the error

rate status. (Green Blue Red)

Green: This lamp lights when the error rate for both the video and audio playback signals is at an acceptable level.

Blue: This lamp lights when the error rate for either the video or audio playback signals has deteriorated. A normal playback picture appears even when the lamp is lighted.

Red: This lamp lights when either the video or audio playback signals have become subject to correction or interpolation.

;Level meter

This indicates the levels of the audio signals. During recording or E-E selection, it indicates the audio input signal levels; during playback, it indicates the audio output signal levels.

<Cassette insertion lamp

This lamp lights when a cassette has been inserted into the unit.

=Counter display

The time codes, CTL count values and on-screen information and other messages appear on this display.

>LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch

This switch is set when the menu settings are to be performed or when the unit is to be controlled from an external source.

LOCAL: Set here when the unit is to be controlled using the controls provided on the unit’s operation panel.

MENU: Set here when the on-screen menu items are to be set.

REMOTE: Set here when the unit is to be controlled using the RS-232C interface or other external control device.

?INPUT SELECT switch

This is used to select the input signals.

LINE: Set here to record the signals which are supplied to the video signal input connector.

S-VIDEO:Set here to record the signals which are supplied to the S-VIDEO input connector.

OPTION: Set here to supply video and audio signals from the optional board and record them.

@BEGIN button

This button sets the start point for repeat playback and it indicates the start point which is currently entered.

AEND button

This button sets the end point for repeat playback and it indicates the end point which is currently entered.

BCH3/CH4 lamps

These lamps light when the audio signals have been set to CH3 and CH4 during DV format playback.

CAUDIO OUT SELECT button

This button selects the audio signals which are to be output.

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