Controls and Their Functions

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Menu Operation Section

ÃSetup card insertion slot

The optional setup cards are inserted into this slot.

ÄMENU SET/OFF switch

This displays the setting menu on the viewfinder screen through VIDEO OUT connector. SET: The page on which the previous setting menu operations were completed appears on

the viewfinder screen. (When the menu is used for the first time, the first of the pages which can be displayed appears.)

OFF: The setting menu is not displayed on the viewfinder screen through VIDEO OUT con- nector.

ÅSHIFT/ITEM button

Each time this button is pressed, the cursor moves on the setting menu page now displayed. Use it when selecting items.

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This switch functions differently depending on the operation item. Check the function by oper- ating the menu item by item.

ÆUP button

This is used to increment the setting of the item selected on the setting menu by 1 level each time it is pressed or to switch the setting between ON and OFF.

ÇDOWN button

This is used to decrement the setting of the item selected on the setting menu by 1 level each time it is pressed or to switch the setting between ON and OFF.

ÈPAGE button

This is used to select the setting menu page.

Time Code-Related Section (1)

ÉGENLOCK IN/(VIDEO IN) connector (BNC)

The reference signal is supplied to this connector when the camera section is to be subject to genlock operation or when the time code is to be locked externally. Also, the signal input to this jack can be displayed in the viewfinder as the return video signal. Refer to “RET Button” on page 106 for details.

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Panasonic AJ-D610WBp operating instructions Menu Operation Section, Time Code-Related Section

AJ-D610WBp specifications

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