Panasonic AJ-HD1800P FF button, REW button, REC button, SERVO lamp, (continued), STOP button, EDIT button, PLAY button, TRIM buttons, Front panel (6), REC INHIBIT lamp

Parts and their functions (continued)

Front panel (6) TRIM buttons

These buttons are used to make fine adjustments to the IN or OUT point.

By pressing the or j button while the IN (A IN) button or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the registered edit point can be adjusted in 1-frame increments. When the i button is pressed, the point is moved ahead by one frame; conversely, when the j button is pressed, it is moved back by one frame.

The playback phase can be adjusted by pressing the i or

jbutton while holding down the PLAY button.

REW button

When this button is pressed, the tape is rewound.

The rewinding speed can be selected using setup menu item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).

STOP button

When this button is pressed, the tape stops traveling, and if TAPE is selected as the F1 OUTPUT setting on the <HOME> menu, still pictures can be monitored.

Even in the stop mode, the drum continues to rotate, and the tape remains tightly wound around the drum. Therefore, when the VTR is left in the stop mode beyond a specific period of time, it is automatically set to the standby OFF mode in order to protect the tape. The VTR is set to the stop mode immediately after the cassette has been installed.

FF button

When this button is pressed, the tape is fast forwarded. The fast forwarding speed can be selected using setup menu item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).

EDIT button

This button is pressed together with the PLAY button during playback to initiate manual editing.

When the button is pressed in the stop mode, the input signals in the mode selected by the <ASSEMBLE> menu or <INSERT> menu can be monitored in the EE mode.

When the STOP button is pressed, the original picture and sound are restored.

During playback, search, fast forwarding or rewinding, the input signals in the mode selected by the <ASSEMBLE> menu or <INSERT> menu can be monitored in the EE mode while the button is held down.

<Note>

No guarantees are made for the sound played back in the search mode.

PLAY button

Press this button to start playback.

When this button is pressed together with the REC button, recording starts; when this button is pressed together with the EDIT button during playback, manual editing starts.

However, manual editing will not be initiated if the servo is not locked.When only the PLAY button is pressed during manual editing, editing is exited, and the playback mode is established.

REC button

When this button is pressed together with the PLAY button, recording starts.

SERVO lamp

This lamp lights when the drum servo or capstan servo locks.

REC INHIBIT lamp

This lights or goes off in accordance with the status of the accidental erasure prevention tab on the cassette tape and the setting which has been selected for F6 REC INH on the <HOME> menu. Recording onto the tape is inhibited while the lamp is lighted.

Cassette tape’s		REC
accidental	REC INH
		INHIBIT	Description of
erasure	menu
		lamp	operation
prevention tab	setting
		status
status
Recording	ー	Lighted*	All recording operations
		(or blinks
disabled		slowly).	are inhibited.
	OFF	Off	All recording operations
			are permitted.
	ALL	Lighted	All recording operations
			are inhibited.
			Recording operations
Recording	PRE	Blinks	involving the overwriting
		rapidly	of existing material are
enabled			inhibited.
		Blinks	Normal recording
	NORM		operations are inhibited.
		rapidly
			Editing is possible.
		Blinks	Recording of video
	V/CTL		signals and CTL signals
		rapidly
			are inhibited.

*Whether the REC INHIBIT lamp is to light or blink is selected by the No.114 REC INH LAMP setup menu item setting.

<Note>

When SETUP MENU No. 18 (SP MODE INH) is set to ON, data cannot be recorded onto a tape that was formatted in any other format than DVCPRO HD-LP. If the menu is set to OFF, data can be recorded.

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