Panasonic AJ-D950 #0PREROLL button, #1AUTO Edit button, #2PREVIEW/REVIEW buttons, #4TRIM buttons

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#0PREROLL button

This is used for feeding and cueing the tape for manual editing. When it is pressed, the tape travels to the preroll point where it stops. The preroll time can be set on the setup menu No. 000 (P-ROLL TIME).

When this button is pressed together with the IN or OUT button, the tape can be cued to the IN or OUT point entered.

When the AUTO ENTRY on the setup menu No. 313 is set to “ENA”, IN point has been entered at the point where the PREROLL button is pressed even if the IN point has not been entered.

#1AUTO EDIT button

Automatic editing is executed when this is pressed after an edit point has been entered. When the AUTO EDIT button is pressed though the IN point has not been entered, automatic editing is executed using the point at which the button was pressed as the IN point.

#2PREVIEW/REVIEW buttons

PREVIEW: When this is pressed after an edit point has been entered, the tape travels, editing is not performed, and the preview can be activated on the screen connected to the recorder.

If it is pressed when the IN point has not been entered, the point at which the button was pressed is entered as the IN point, and preview is executed accordingly.

REVIEW: If this is pressed after a block has been edited, the now edited block can be played back and monitored on the screen connected to the recorder.

#3IN (A IN)/SET/OUT (A OUT) buttons

When IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is pressed together with the SET button, the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point is entered.

A IN and A OUT are used during audio split editing to enter an audio IN or OUT point that differs from the video In or OUT point.

While an IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point is selected, the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button corresponding to the point entered lights. When this button is pressed after a point has been entered, the IN (A IN) /OUT (A OUT) point value appears on the counter display. When the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is pressed together with the RESET button, the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point is cleared.

#4TRIM buttons

These buttons are used to trim IN or OUT point finely.

When the “+” or “–” button is pressed while the IN or OUT button is held down, the entered edit point can be trimmed in 1-frame increments. When the “+” button is pressed, the tape is advanced by one frame; when the “–” button is pressed, it is rewound by one frame.

#5ASSEMBLE button

This is pressed for assemble editing.

The button is self-illuminating, and it is set ON (lamp lights) when it is pressed once and OFF (lamp goes off) when it is pressed again.

#6INSERT buttons

Press one of these five buttons to select the input signals to be edited during insert editing. The buttons are self-illuminating, and they are set ON (lamp lights) when they are pressed once and OFF (lamp goes off) when they are pressed again.

#7Counter display

This displays the TC and CTL count values, on-screen information and other messages.

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