Panasonic AJ-DCP manual 17

Operations

Audio channels

The DVCPRO (25 Mbps) format has 2 audio channels whereas the DVCPRO 50 (50 Mbps) format has 4 audio channels.

However, this unit uses only two of the channels provided with the DVCPRO 50 (50 Mbps) format.

The settings for setup menu items No.711 and 712 are used to select recording or playback in the 50 Mbps or 25 Mbps mode. (See page 37)

<During recording> 50 Mbps mode

$ Analog signal input

	Recording	Audio recording
Input channel		track on tape
CH1		CH1
CH2		CH2
		CH3
		CH4

$ Serial digital multiplex signal input (SDI: option) (Setup menu item No.712 setting: CH1/CH2)

		Recording	Audio recording
	Input channel		track on tape
	CH1		CH1
	CH2		CH2
			CH3
			CH4
	CH3		No sound recorded.
	CH4		No sound recorded.
(Setup menu item No.712 setting: CH3/CH4)
		Recording	Audio recording
	Input channel		track on tape
	CH1		No sound recorded.
	CH2		No sound recorded.
	CH3		CH1
	CH4		CH2
			CH3
			CH4

<During recording> 25 Mbps mode

$ Analog signal input

Recording	Audio recording
Input channel	track on tape

CH1 CH1

CH2 CH2

$ Serial digital multiplex signal input (SDI: option) (Setup menu item No.712 setting: CH1/CH2)

	Recording	Audio recording
Input channel		track on tape
CH1		CH1
CH2		CH2
CH3		No sound recorded.
CH4		No sound recorded.

(Setup menu item No.712 setting: CH3/CH4)

	Recording	Audio recording
Input channel		track on tape
CH1		No sound recorded.
CH2		No sound recorded.

CH3 CH1

CH4 CH2

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