Menu selection

Basic screen 1

[2]

[#]

 

 

Basic screen 2

[1]

Menu selection screen

(An item can be selected using the [1 ] and [! ] keys.)

CLIP

LOG

SETUP

 

 

 

MENU1

VER

HDD

END

 

 

 

MENU2

Basic screens 1 and 2

Basic screens 1 and 2 show the information required for normal operations. They appear on the display panel after the unit has been started up.

The menu selection screen is selected by pressing the [1] (right) key. Select a menu using the [!](left), [1](right), [2](down) and [#](up) keys, and press the SET key to estab- lish the menu.

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0 5 1 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0

720/60P

2

PLAY

AUTO

1

 

 

 

 

 

3

4

5

6

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1CLIP ID display

The name of the clip currently being output appears here.

2Time code display

The current time code value appears here.

During recording, the value of original time code which has been input is displayed; during playback, the value corresponding to the TC REGEN setting on the setup menu is output.

CONV: The time code that results when the head of the selected clip is converted as a time code of 00:00:00:00.

ORG: The time code during recording for each selected clip

TC REGEN settings

Output location

TC REGEN

 

 

CONV

ORG

 

 

 

 

Display panel

CONV

ORG

 

 

 

RS-422 connector

CONV

ORG

 

 

 

SD OUT connector

CONV

CONV

 

 

 

HD SDI OUT connector

CONV

CONV

 

 

 

3Output format/remaining hard disk drive memory dis- play

The output format of the currently selected clip appears here. For details on the formats which can be output, refer to page 17.

The remaining memory appears when basic screen 2 is displayed.

The remaining memory is displayed as the 24P or 60P equivalent.

Use the [\/] and [/\] keys to switch between 24P and 60P.

4Output format warning display

An asterisk (2) appears here (when LOCK has been selected as the INCOME LOCK setting in the V-V mode) if the actual output format is at variance from the output format which was set on the setup menu.

5Mode display

The current control mode (STOP, FF, REW, PLAY or REC) appears here.

6Auto Rec mode display

“AUTO” appears when AUTO REC is ON; no display appears when AUTO REC is OFF.

7Menu key display

The [>] (right) key is displayed here.

The [<] (left) or [>] (right) key is pressed to switch the menu screen which is to appear on the display panel.

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Panasonic AJ-FRC27E manual Menu selection, Basic screens 1, Play Auto

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