Parts and their functions

Display panel

525

 

 

625

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMOTE

 

VIDEO

 

 

AUDIO

 

SCH SERVO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dB

dB

dB

dB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y PB PR

 

ANALOG

 

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

INH

 

 

 

 

 

CUE

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT REC

 

 

8

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMPST

 

AES/EBU

 

 

 

 

-4

 

 

 

-4

 

 

 

-4

 

 

 

-4

 

 

dB

 

 

 

 

 

USER SET

DVCPRO

 

 

-8

 

 

 

-8

 

 

 

-8

 

 

 

-8

-8

 

 

 

 

 

SDI

 

SDI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-12

 

 

 

-12

 

 

 

-12

 

 

 

-12

-12

 

 

 

 

SDTI/1394

SDTI/1394

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVCAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SG 1 2

 

SG

 

-16

 

 

 

-16

 

 

 

-16

 

 

 

-16

-16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-20

 

 

 

-20

 

 

 

-20

 

 

 

-20

-20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:

-25

 

 

 

-25

 

 

 

-25

 

 

 

-25

-25

 

 

CTL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-30

 

 

 

-30

 

 

 

-30

 

 

 

-30

-30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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8EDIT, EDIT REC, REC and REC INH lamps EDIT:

This lights when an editing mode has been selected.

EDIT REC:

This lights when the edit recording mode has been established.

REC:

This lights when the recording mode has been established.

REC INH:

This lights in the recording inhibit status (when the REC INH switch at the bottom front panel is set to ON or the cassette is in the accidental erasure prevention status).

In this status, recording and editing are not possible.

Whether the REC INH lamp is to light or flash when recording has been inhibited by the accidental erasure prevention tab on the cassette tape can be selected using setup menu No. 114 (REC INH LAMP).

9Tape transport displays

The tape transport status is displayed here.

: Normal playback or recording

: Playback at a speed slower than 1a

: Playback at a speed faster than 1a

: Fast forwarding (FF)

: Playback in the reverse direction at 1a

: Playback in the reverse direction at a speed slower than 1a

: Playback in the reverse direction at a speed faster than 1a

: Rewinding (REW)

: Pause/still

:Format displays

The recording format and the format of the tape inserted in the unit are displayed here.

;Counter display

The tape counter, time code, etc. are displayed here.

The type of value displayed is indicated by CTL, TC or UB.

<Level meters

These meters indicate the levels of the CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4 and CUE tracks of the PCM audio signals.

During recording or while E-E is selected, the levels of the audio input signals appear; during playback, the levels of the audio output signals appear.

Using the METER selector button L, the audio level display is switched from the FULL mode to the FINE mode or vice versa. (See page 8)

FULL modeFINE mode

dB

 

Reference level

 

0

 

 

(–20 dB)

-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-8 -12 -16 -20 -25 -30

-

L RL R

Each of the dots (O) indicates a 1 dB scale increment.

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Panasonic AJ-SD955A, AJ-SD930 manual Display panel, Edit REC, Rec Inh

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