Chapter 7 Menu description tables

7-4-3 USER BOX

Item/

 

 

Variable

Remarks

Data storage

range

 

 

 

 

 

 

USER BOX

 

 

ON

For setting whether or not to display the user

C U

F

E

OFF

box.

 

 

 

USER BOX WIDTH

001

For setting the horizontal width of the user

 

 

 

:

box.

 

 

 

013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:

 

C U

F

E

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

USER BOX

 

 

001

For setting the vertical height of the user box.

HEIGHT

 

 

:

 

 

 

013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:

 

C U

F

E

121

 

 

 

 

USER BOX H POS

–50

For setting the horizontal position of the user

 

 

 

:

box center.

 

 

 

+00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:

 

C U

F

E

+50

 

 

 

 

USER BOX V POS

–50

For setting the vertical position of the user box

 

 

 

:

center.

 

 

 

+00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:

 

C U

F

E

+50

 

 

 

 

 

 

7-4-4 VF INDICATOR1

Item/

 

 

Variable

 

Remarks

Data storage

range

 

 

 

EXTENDER

 

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the extender

C U F E

OFF

display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHUTTER

 

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the shutter speed

C U F E

OFF

display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FILTER

 

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the filter No.

C U F E

OFF

display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHITE

 

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the AWB

C U F E

OFF

PRE/A/B display.

 

 

 

 

 

GAIN

 

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the currently

C U F E

OFF

selected gain, S.GAIN and DS.GAIN display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IRIS

 

 

OFF

OFF:

Neither the super iris ON status nor

 

 

 

IRIS

 

the aperture value is displayed.

 

 

 

S+IRIS

IRIS: Only the aperture value is displayed.

 

 

 

S

S+IRIS: Both the super iris ON status and

 

 

 

 

 

aperture value are displayed.

 

 

 

 

S:

The super iris ON status is displayed.

 

 

 

 

(The display or non-display of the aperture

C U

F

E

 

value and that of the iris override are linked.)

 

 

 

 

 

CAMERA ID

 

 

BAR

For setting the ID configuration during

 

 

 

CAM

recording.

 

 

 

ALWAYS

BAR:

The ID is recorded when color bar

 

 

 

OFF

 

signals are provided.

 

 

 

 

CAM:

The ID is recorded when the camera

 

 

 

 

 

images are provided.

 

 

 

 

ALWAYS: The ID is recorded at all times.

 

 

 

 

OFF:

The ID is not recorded at any time.

 

 

 

 

<Note>

 

 

 

 

 

If ON is selected as the ID MIX INH menu

 

 

 

 

item setting on the “7-9-1 OPTION” screen, it

 

 

 

 

is not possible to record the camera ID when

 

 

 

 

the images of the camera are to be recorded

 

 

 

 

even if CAM or ALWAYS is selected as this

C U

F

E

 

menu item’s setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item/

 

 

Variable

Remarks

Data storage

range

 

 

 

 

 

 

ID POSITION

 

 

UPPER R

For setting the location where the camera ID

 

 

 

UPPER L

is to be recorded.

 

 

 

LOWER R

UPPER R: Top right

 

 

 

LOWER L

UPPER L: Top left

 

 

 

 

LOWER R: Bottom right

C U

F

E

 

LOWER L: Bottom left

 

 

 

 

 

DATE/TIME

 

 

ON

For specifying whether or not the date and

 

 

 

OFF

time are mixed simultaneously when the

C U

F

E

 

CAMERA ID is recorded.

 

 

 

 

 

ZOOM LVL

 

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the zoom

C U F E

OFF

position display.

 

 

 

 

COLOR TEMP

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the color

C U

F

E

OFF

temperature display.

 

 

 

 

 

7-4-5 VF INDICATOR2

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item/

 

 

Variable

Remarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data storage

range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE

 

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the remaining

 

 

C U F E

OFF

tape amount display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BATTERY

 

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the battery

 

 

C U F E

OFF

voltage display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO LVL

 

 

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the audio level

 

 

C U F E

OFF

meter display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TC

 

 

TCG

For selecting the time code which is to be

 

 

 

 

 

TCR

displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

TCG/TCR

TCG: The time code generator value is

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

displayed in the E-E mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCR: The time code reader value is

 

 

 

 

 

 

displayed in the V-V mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCG/TCR: The time code generator value is

 

 

 

 

 

 

displayed in the E-E mode, and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

time code reader value is displayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the V-V mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF: The time code is not displayed at

 

 

C U

F

E

 

any time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VTR WARNING

 

ALWAYS

For selecting how VTR warnings are

 

 

 

 

 

NORMAL

displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

ALWAYS: It is displayed every time a warning

 

 

 

 

 

 

has occurred.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORMAL: It is displayed for 3 seconds when a

 

 

 

 

 

 

warning has occurred and also for 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

seconds after recording has started

 

 

 

 

 

 

and after recording has finished.

 

 

C U

F

E

 

OFF: It is not displayed at any time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE LED

 

 

SAVE&

For setting the operation of the SAVE lamp.

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE

SAVE&TAPE:

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE

The lamp lights up when the VTR

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE/STBY switch has been set to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE position. It is off during recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the tape is approaching the end, it

 

 

 

 

 

 

starts flashing in tandem with the warning

 

 

 

 

 

 

alarm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE: The lamp lights up when the VTR

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE/STBY switch has been set to

 

 

 

 

 

 

the SAVE position. It is off during

 

 

C U

F

E

 

recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The underlining in the variable range column indicates the setting in the preset mode.

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Panasonic AJ-HDX400P operating instructions User BOX, VF INDICATOR1, VF INDICATOR2

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