Parts and their functions

Front panel

POWER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EJECT

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

REC INHIBIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL REMOTE

OFF

ON

 

Digital Video Cassette Recorder AJ-

 

 

 

 

METER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUSH

FULL/FINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHTL/SLOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEARCH

PLAY

REC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR SEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REW

STOP

FF

HEADPHONES

CH 1

CH 2

CH 1

CH 2

UNITY

VAR

INPUT SELECT

COUNTER RESET

TC

INT

TCG SUPER

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO AUDIO

PRESET

MENU

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REGEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

OFF

 

 

REC

 

PB

 

 

 

 

 

EXT

 

 

 

 

 

PF

PF1 PF2

PF3

DIAG

 

POWER switch

Cassette insertion slot

EJECT button

When this button is pressed, the tape is unloaded and the cassette is ejected automatically a few seconds later. When CTL display has been selected for the counter display, the display is reset.

EJECT button operation can be enabled or disabled with setup menu No. 115 (EJECT SW INH).

CONTROL switch

This is selected to control the unit from an external source using the REMOTE connector.

REMOTE: Set to this position to control the unit using the 9-pin REMOTE connector and IEEE1394 AV/C commands.

LOCAL : Set to this position to control the unit using the controls on the unit's operation panel.

REC INHIBIT switch

This switch is used to enable or disable recording on the cassette tape.

ON:

Recording on the cassette tape is disabled (inhibited).

In this state, the REC INH lamp lights on the display panel.

OFF:

Recording on the cassette tape is enabled so long as the accidental erasure prevention mechanism on the cassette tape is set to enable recording.

METER (FULL/FINE) selector button

This button is used to select the scale display for the

audio level meter.

 

 

FULL mode

: The standard scale (– ∞ to 0 dB) is

 

selected.

 

 

FINE mode

: The scale in 0.5 dB increments is

 

selected. The

 

position indicates the

 

 

 

standard level of –20 dB (–18 dB). (See

 

page 11)

 

 

MONITOR SEL button

This button is used to select the audio signals which are to be output to the AUDIO MON L and R connectors. Each time the button is pressed, the audio signals to be output to the AUDIO MON L or R connector are changed in the following sequence.

L: [CH1] → [CH1] →[CH2] → [CH1+CH2] R : [CH2] [CH1] [CH2] [CH1+CH2]

Which signal is currently selected is displayed by the lighting of the L or R lamp on the level meter display.

Headphone jack and volume control

When stereo headphones are connected to the headphone jack, the sound can be monitored using the headphones during recording or playback.

Audio level control knobs

These knobs are used to adjust the recording and playback level of the PCM audio signals (CH1 and CH2).

The audio level control selector switch is used to set to variable or fixed level.

Note:

The level of the IEEE1394 digital input/output audio signals cannot be adjusted.

Audio level control selector switch

UNITY: At this position, the audio signals are recorded or played back at a fixed level regardless of the position of the audio level control knobs .

VAR: At this position, the audio signals are recorded or played back at the level adjusted by the audio level control knobs .

Note:

When UNITY is selected, the recording and playback levels both become UNITY (fixed level).

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