Panasonic AJ-PD900WP operating instructions Contents

Contents

Displays

ÁRemaining Battery Level and Audio

Level Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

ÁVTR Section Operation/Status-Related

Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

ÁTime Code-Related Displays . . . . . . . 61

Adjusting the Time and Date . . . . . . . . . 62

Adjustments and Setup During Recording ÁAdjustments and Setup using the Setting

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 ÁSetting the Gain Selector Value . . . . . 64 ÁSelecting Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Adjusting the White Balance/Black Balance

ÁAdjusting the White Balance . . . . . . . . 66

ÁAdjusting the Black Balance . . . . . . . . 69

Setting the Electronic Shutter

ÁShutter Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

ÁSelecting the Shutter Mode/Speed . . . 72

ÁSetting the Synchro Scan Mode . . . . . 73

ÁChanging the Shutter Speed/Mode

Selection Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Changing the Iris Automatic Adjustment Reference Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Adjusting the Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Setting the Time Data

ÁSetting the Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ÁSetting the User Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 ÁLocking the Time Code to an External

Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 ÁExternal Lock Operation

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Setup Card Operations

ÁSetup Card Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

ÁSetup Card Data Operations . . . . . . . 82

Cassettes

ÁInserting and Ejecting Cassettes . . . . 87

ÁPreventing Accidental Erasure . . . . . . 88

Recording

ÁBasic Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 ÁSuccessive Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Playback—Checking Recorded Contents

ÁRec Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

ÁColor Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Connection With an External VTR. . . . . 95

Recording Simultaneously with the Internal VTR and an External

VTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Recording With an External VTR Instead

of the Internal VTR

ÁUsing the 26-pin/12-pin Output

Adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

RET Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Replacing the Backup Battery . . . . . . . . 101

Setting Menu Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Emergency eject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Maintenance

ÁCondensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 ÁCleaning the Video Heads . . . . . . . . . 128 ÁCleaning the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . 128 ÁCharacteristic Phenomenon of CCD

Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Inspections Before Shooting

ÁInspection Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . 129

ÁInspecting the Camera Section . . . . . . 129

ÁInspecting the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . 130

ÁInspecting the Iris and Zoom

Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

ÁInspecting the VTR Section . . . . . . . . 131

Specifications

ÁGeneral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 ÁCamera Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 ÁViewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 ÁVTR Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 ÁAccessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 ÁRelated Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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