Setup menus

USER menu

<TAPE PROTECT>

 

Item

 

Setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

No.

Superimposed

No.

 

Superimposed

display

 

 

display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400

STILL

0000

 

 

0.5s

This selects the time to be taken until the unit goes into the tape

 

TIMER

0001

 

 

5s

protection mode when it is left standing in the stop or search still

 

 

0002

 

 

10s

(JOG/VAR/SHTL) mode. (Unit: s = second, min = minute)

 

 

0003

 

 

20s

 

 

 

0004

 

 

30s

 

 

 

0005

 

 

40s

 

 

 

0006

 

 

50s

 

 

 

0007

 

 

1min

 

 

 

0008

 

 

2min

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

401

SRC

0000

 

 

STEP

 

This selects the operation during the tape protection mode

 

PROTECT

0001

 

 

HALF

when the unit is left standing in the still status during the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

search mode (JOG/VAR/SHTL).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0: STEP FWD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1: HALF LOADING.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<Note>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When STEP FWD is selected, the unit automatically goes into

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the HALF LOADING mode when the total time for which the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unit is left standing in the still status reaches 30 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

402

DRUM

0000

 

 

OFF

This selects whether the head drum is to be rotated when

 

STDBY

0001

 

 

ON

operation is transferred to the standby OFF mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0: Head drum remains stationary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1: Head drum is rotated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The underline on the setting item denotes the initial setting.

<Note>

The cumulative standby time at the same tape position increases when transmitting programs or otherwise using identical materials repeatedly.

USER menu

<TIME CODE>

 

Item

 

Setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

No.

Superimposed

No.

 

Superimposed

display

 

 

display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

500

VITC

0000

 

 

BLANK

This selects whether to output the VITC data to the positions

 

BLANK

0001

 

 

THRU

selected by VITC POS-1 in 501 and VITC POS-2 in 502.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0: Data is not output.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1: Data is output.

 

 

 

 

 

 

501

VITC

525 mode

This sets the position where the VITC signal is to be inserted.

 

POS-1

0000

 

 

10L

(The same line as for VITC POS-2 in 502 cannot be selected.)

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

0006

 

 

16L

 

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

0010

 

 

20L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

625 mode

 

 

 

0000

 

 

7L

 

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

0004

 

 

11L

 

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

.

 

 

 

 

0014

 

 

21L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The underline on the setting item denotes the initial setting.

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Panasonic AJ-D950 manual Src, Step, Protect, Half, Drum, Stdby, Vitc, Blank

AJ-D950 specifications

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