Panasonic AJ- HD3700B manual Tapes, ONoteN

Tapes

There are two tape types: M and L.

M-cassettes: 57 minutes (576/50i), 63 minutes (1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p and 480/59i), 75 minutes (1080/25p and 1080/50i), 79 minutes (1080/23.98 and 1080/24p)

L-cassettes: 112 minutes (576/50i), 124 minutes (1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p and 480/59i), 149 minutes (1080/25p and 1080/50i), 155 minutes (1080/23.98p and 1080/24p)

Align the cassette with the marks on the unit’s insertion slot and push it in gently. The cassette tape will be loaded automatically.

POWER

ON

EJECT

OFF

AUTO OFF

SD

HD

CHANNEL CONDITION

MULTI

INPUT CHECK

REMOTE

VIDEO

AUDIO

SERVO

HOME

CUE

ASSEM

INSERT

AUDIO

UNITY

ADJUST

VIDEO

AUDIO

LINE OUT

/VAR

F13

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

F12

TC/CHR

SET UP

TEST

DIAG

SHTL

JOG

VAR

F11

7

8

9

FROM

COPY

F10

4

5

6

/

BS

F9

1

2

3

UNITY

AUDIO MONITOR

0

C

T

F

ENT

L

R

F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

F7

F8

REC INHIBIT

HEADPHONES LEVEL

CURSOR

REVIEW

EXECUTE

PREVIEW

PREROLL

ENTRY

REW

STAND BY

STOP

FF

PLAY

REC/EDIT

PULL

PULL

OPEN

OPEN

Prohibiting recording on a tape (when pins A and B are at the “up” position)

A

C

B

(See figure below)

Use a screwdriver to push down the accidental erasure preven- tion pins, turn them 90° counterclockwise, and then lift the screwdriver to set the pins at their “up” positions.

The recording prohibition status is displayed on the MANUAL EDIT SET UP menu and the AUTO EDIT SET UP menu respec- tively.

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C bit pin: Raised position ) 4-channel audio recording formats (1080/59.94i:

4-channel audio version, 720/59.94p: 4-channel audio version, 480/59.94i:

4-channel version, 576/50i: 4-channel version°)

Lowered position ) 8-channel audio recording formats (1080/59.94i: 8-channel

audio version, 720/59.94p: 4-channel audio version, 1080/23.98p, 1080/24p,

1080/25p, 1080/50i, 480/59.94i: 8-channel version, 576/50i: 8-channel version)

°The D5 VTR (AJ-D580) records in the 576/50i 4-channel format.

Enabling recording (when pins A and B are at the “down” position)

Use a screwdriver to push down the accidental erasure preven- tion pins, turn them 90° clockwise, and then lift the screwdriver to

A		B	set the pins at their “down” positions.
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						Important!
				Recording
					VTR system format		4-channel recording	8-channel recording
					Cassette C bit pin		mode	mode
					Raised position		Signals of 4 audio	Warning
		(See figure below)			(4-channel format)		channels can be	Recording inhibited
							recorded.	(REC inhibit release
	C
								menu item available)
					Lowered position		Warning	Signals of 8 audio
Pin A: For inhibiting the recording of any signals					(8-channel format)		Recording inhibited	channels can be
							(REC inhibit release	recorded.
Pin B: For inhibiting the recording of video/control signals
							menu item available)
≥Pin B is effective only when pin A is in the recording
				* Normal playback cannot be performed for tapes on which the audio sig-
enabled position.
					nals of 8 channels were recorded with the C bit pin at the raised posi-
Pin C: For identifying the 4-channel audio or 8-channel
					tion or for tapes on		which the audio signals of 4 channels were
audio format					recorded with the pin at the lowered position.

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