Setup (default settings)

The unit’s major settings are performed by making selections on menus.

The setting menus appear on the TV monitor when the TV monitor and VIDEO OUT 3 connector in the unit’s connector area are hooked up.

Changing the settings

Press the MENU button.

The setup menu appears on the TV monitor and setup menu No. appears on the counter display. (If the setup has already been performed, the screen showing the changes made last will appear.)

Rotate the search dial and select the item to be set.

The cursor (*) on the menu screen moves and the item No. on the display flashes. When the dial is rotated clockwise, the item No. is incremented from 001 002 003004 and so on; when it is rotated counterclockwise, the item No. is decremented. The search dial should be used in jog mode if at all possible.

Hold down the PLAY button and press the FF (next major item) or REW (previous major item) buttons to select the menu by major item.

While holding down the search button, rotate the search dial at the position where the change is to be made.

The setting No. now flashes.

When the dial is rotated clockwise, the setting value is incremented; when it is rotated counterclockwise, it is decremented.

Release the search button when the setting is completed. The setting value on the menu screen and display flashes.

During the SHTL mode, the item moves if the search dial is not at the STILL position.

Repeat steps 2 through 4 to change another item.

Press the SET button.

The changes are now stored in the memory.

To return the items to the settings established before the changes were made, press the MENU button.

To return the setup settings to the factory (default) settings, press the RESET button while the menu is displayed. The following message will now appear:

SETUP-MENU INIT SET

YES<PLAY>/NO<STOP>

When the PLAY button is pressed, the factory

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settings are restored.

<Note>

When the RESET button is pressed to return to the factory settings, the factory settings are restored only for the user file currently being used and other user files are not affected.

The changed SYSTEM menu contents are recorded even if the MENU button is pressed.

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AJ-PD950, AJ-D950 specifications

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