Panasonic AJ-HDX900P recording, Chapter 1 General, Chapter 5 Preparation, (PRE-RECORDINGfunction), (INTERVAL REC function), before starting recording, 3-5Recording in intervals

Contents

Chapter 1 General .....................................		7
1-1 Features of the camera unit .........................		7
1-2 Features of the VTR unit ..............................		8
1-3	Features of the Input/Output unit ................	8
1-4	Other featuresa .............................................	9
1-5	Dimensions drawing .....................................	9
1-6	System configuration .................................	10

Chapter 2 Parts and their functions ......		11
2-1 Power supply and accessory mounting
	section .........................................................	11
2-2	Audio function section ...............................	12
2-3 Shooting and recording/playback function
	section .........................................................	14
2-4	Menu operation section ..............................	17
2-5 Time code related section ..........................		18
2-6	Warning/status display section .................	19
2-7 Display window and its displays ...............		19
2-8	Viewfinder section ......................................	21

Chapter 3 Recording and playback .......		22
3-1	Cassette tapes .............................................	22
3-2	Basic procedures ........................................	23
3-3	Scene-to-scene continuity .........................	25
3-4 To record video signals of a few seconds
	before starting recording
	(PRE-RECORDING function).......................	26
3-5 Recording in intervals
	(INTERVAL REC function)...........................	27
3-6 To take the previous cut again
	(RETAKE function) ......................................	29
3-7 To check the last few seconds of the
	recording (Rec-review function) ................	29
3-8 Normal playback and playback at different
	speeds ..........................................................	29
Chapter 4 Adjustments and settings for
	recording ................................	30
4-1	Multi Format ................................................	30
4-1-1 Video system and Recording format ...............		30
4-1-2 Recording format on tapes and signal format at
	output connector .............................................	31
4-2 Adjusting the white balance and
	black balance ..............................................	32
4-2-1 Adjusting the white balance ............................		32
4-2-2 Adjusting the black balance ............................		34
4-3 Setting the electronic shutter ....................		35
4-3-1 Shutter modes .................................................		35
4-3-2 Setting the shutter mode and speed ...............		36
4-3-3 Setting the synchro scan mode .......................		36
4-4 Selecting the audio input signals and
	adjusting their recording levels .................	37
4-4-1 Selecting the audio input signals .....................		37
4-4-2 Adjusting the audio signal recording levels .....		37
4-4-3 CH3 and CH4 recording levels ........................		38

4-5 Setting the time data ...................................		38
4-5-1 Setting the user bits ........................................		38
4-5-2	Setting the internal clock’s date and time ........	42
4-5-3	Setting the time code ......................................	43
4-5-4	Externally locking the time code ......................	43
4-5-5	Setting the UMID information ..........................	47

4-6 Menu displays on the viewfinder screen ...		48
4-6-1	Menu configuration ..........................................	48
4-6-2	Basic menu operations ....................................	48
4-6-3	Selecting the user menus ................................	49

4-7 Viewfinder screen status displays ............		50
4-7-1	Viewfinder lamp displays..................................	50
4-7-2 Viewfinder screen status display
	configuration.....................................................	50
4-7-3 Selecting the viewfinder screen display
	items ................................................................	50
4-7-4 Display modes and setting changes/adjustment
	result messages ..............................................	56
4-7-5 Setting the marker displays .............................		56
4-7-6	Setting the camera ID .....................................	56
4-7-7	Mode check screen displays
	(MODE CHECK button function) .....................	57
4-7-8	Marker check screen displays
	(MARKER SELECT button function) ...............	57

4-8 Selection of video output signals ..............		58
4-8-1	Settings of signals output from VIDEO OUT
	connector .........................................................	58
4-8-2	Settings of signals output from MON OUT
	connector ........................................................	60

4-9 Menu-driven function setup .......................		61
4-9-1	Setting the USER SW GAIN switching ............	61
4-9-2	Selecting the F.AUDIO LEVEL
	control function ................................................	61
4-9-3	Allocating functions to the USER MAIN, USER1
	and USER2 buttons ........................................	62
4-9-4	Setting the color temperature manually ..........	63

4-10 Set data handling ........................................		64
4-10-1 Handling the setup card ..................................		65
4-10-2	Setup card operations .....................................	65
4-10-3 How to use the user data ................................		69
4-10-4 How to use the scene file data ........................		70
4-10-5 Method for returning to user settings ..............		73
4-10-6 Method for returning to the factory settings .....		73
4-10-7	Lens file ...........................................................	74
4-10-8	How to provide lens files .................................	74
4-10-9	To save the lens file into the built-in memory ....	75
4-10-10 To read the lens file from the built-in memory ....		77
4-10-11 To write in and read out the lens file to/from the
	SD memory card .............................................	78

Chapter 5 Preparation .............................			80
5-1	Supplying the power ...................................		80
5-1-1		Attaching the battery and setting the
		battery type .....................................................	80
5-1-2		Use of the external DC power supply ..............	82
5-2	Attaching the lens and adjusting the flange
	back ..............................................................		83
5-3	Adjusting the white shading of the lens ...		84

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