Setup menus

USER menu

<BASIC> (continued)

Setting

 

 

Item

 

Description

No.

Superimposed

No.

Superimposed

display

display

 

 

 

 

009 CHARA

0000

H-POS

0005

0012

0 This sets the position of the characters on the horizontal plane for the time code and other super displays output to the

5 VIDEO OUT 3/SERIAL OUT 3 connector.

<Notes>

121. When setting this item, the DISPLAY SEL status is output to VIDEO 3 even if SUPER OFF has been set. However, when the menu is exited, operation complies with the SUPER OFF/ON setting.

Also, CHARA TYPE is output to VIDEO 3 according to the status set in the menu.

2.When the DISPLAY SEL setting causes characters to extend beyond the edges of the screen, the setting value is changed so that the characters are automatically displayed in a position on the screen.

010

CHARA

525 mode

 

V-POS

0000

 

 

0018

 

 

0022

 

 

625 mode

 

 

0000

 

 

0023

 

 

0028

011

CHARA

0000

 

TYPE

0001

012

SYS

0000

 

FORMAT

0001

This sets the position of the characters on the vertical plane

0 for the time code and other super displays output to the VIDEO OUT 3/SERIAL OUT 3 connector.

18<Notes>

1.When setting this item, the DISPLAY SEL status is output

22to VIDEO OUT 3/SERIAL OUT 3 even if SUPER OFF has

been set. However, when the menu is exited, operation

0complies with the SUPER OFF/ON setting.

2.When the DISPLAY SEL setting causes characters to

23extend beyond the edges of the screen, the setting value is changed so that the characters are automatically displayed

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in a position on the screen.

WHITE

This selects the display type for the super display output to the

W/OUT

VIDEO OUT 3/SERIAL OUT 3 connector as well as for dis-

 

plays such as the setting menu,. etc.

0:White characters against a black background.

1:White characters with a black border.

422This sets the VTR ’s recording and playback format.

4110: This selects 422 (50M).

1: Selects 411 (25M).

<Note>

Editing is not possible in the 411 mode.

013 PB FORMAT

0000

MANUAL

0001

AUTO

 

This selects the tape playback format.

0:Compliance with the setup menu No. 012 (SYS FORMAT) setting.

1:Compliance with the format in which the tape was

recorded.

<Notes>

When an editing mode has been selected, the “MANUALsetting is forcibly established for internal operations.

There is no automatic setting in the 525/625 mode.

The underline on the setting item denotes the initial setting.

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Panasonic AJ-D950, AJ-PD950 manual Setup menus, Basic Setting

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