Panasonic AJ-HD1700 manual Concerning tapes, Cassettes, XL cassettes, Dvcpro HD LP

Concerning tapes

Consumer-use DV and DVCAM cassettes

S cassettes

These tapes are exclusively designed for consumer-use DV and DVCAM camera recorders.

They can be played using a cassette adapter (optional accessory).

However, bear in mind that long-duration cassette tapes (80 minutes in the standard mode and 120 minutes in the LP mode) cannot be used.

It is recommended that tapes bearing the Panasonic brand be used as the consumer-use DV tapes.

•Bear in mind that inserting a cassette tape without the use of a cassette adapter will cause malfunctioning.

M cassettes

DVCPRO HD LP:

POWER	OFF	ON
		CH	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	CUE
		CH CONDITION				MONITOR		FULL/FINE		REMOTE
					L		R		9P	50P	RS-232C

HEADPHONES

SHIFT

F1

F2

F3

F4

AUDIO CH SELECT

ABC

DEF

GHI

7

8

9

CH

1

CH

5 CH 2

CH

6 CH 3

CH

7 CH 4

CH 8

PREVIEW/

PRE-

JKL

MNO

PQRS

REVIEW

ROLL

4

5

6

BS

AUTO

TUV

WXYZ

1

2

3

ENT

EDIT

PUSH

LOCK

0

C

T

F

FULL

REC

P8

REC

P8

REC

P8

REC

P8

M cassette size

L cassette size

			XL/L/M			- cassette
				Do not insert S-cassette
					without adapter
			HOME		RF1	RF2ASSEM	ADJUST
							PUSH-INTER
			VIDEO	UNITY	TC	CUE
						INSERT
			AUDIO	UNITY	DIAG	MENU
			STAND BY		PLAYER	RECORDER	INPUT CHECK
F5	F6					SERVO	REC INHIBIT
	A IN	A OUT	EDIT		PLAY	REC
	TRIM		REW		STOP	FF
	SET
IN			OUT

		EJECT
SHTL	JOG	VAR
REV		FWD

FULL

Tapes capable of up to 32 minutes of recording and playback

DVCPRO 25/50/50P/HD playback tapes

L cassettes

DVCPRO HD LP:

Tapes capable of up to 92 minutes of recording and playback

DVCPRO 25/50/50P/HD playback tapes

For consumer-use DV or DVCAM applications:

These are playback tapes in the standard consumer-use DV or DVCAM cassettes.

It is recommended that tapes bearing the Panasonic brand be used as the consumer-use DV tapes.

XL cassettes

DVCPRO HD LP:

Tapes capable of up to 126 minutes of recording and playback

XL cassette size

Align the cassette with the center of the insertion slot, and push it in gently.

The cassette tape will be loaded automatically.

<Precautions when playing back consumer-use DV and DVCAM tapes>

•It is not possible to play back consumer-use tapes which have been recorded in the LP mode.

•The maximum transport speed of a consumer-use

DV or DVCAM cassette tape is 32 k.

•The maximum still time for a consumer-use DV or DVCAM cassette tape is 10 seconds.

•From the perspective of protecting consumer-use DV and DVCAM cassette tapes, minimize the number of times the tapes are cued up at the same place as far as possible.

•When consumer-use DV and DVCAM cassette tapes are used, the maximum time for STILL TIMER is set to 10 seconds and the total time elapsing when the VTR is left standing in the STILL mode is set to 1 minute.

•When editing material which has been recorded onto a consumer-use DV or DVCAM cassette tape, first record the material onto a DVCPRO HD tape or another VTR used for broadcasting applications.

•Noise may occur when performing slow playback

using consumer-use DV or DVCAM cassette tapes.

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