Setup menus

USER menu <BASIC>

No./Item

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

000

This sets the preroll time.

 

 

 

The preroll time can be set from 0 to 15 seconds

P-ROLL TIME

in 1-second increments.

 

 

 

0000

0s

<Note>

 

 

 

:

:

When the

automatic editing

 

0005

5s mode [PREVIEW, AUTO EDIT]

 

:

: is set, the unit will not operate if

 

0015

15s the preroll time is set to 0

 

 

 

seconds.

 

 

 

 

001

This selects the buttons which can be operated

 

on the front panel when the CONTROL switch

LOCAL ENA

has been set to REMOTE.

 

 

 

0000

DIS :

 

 

 

 

No buttons can be operated.

 

 

0001

ST&EJ :

 

 

 

 

Only the STOP and EJECT buttons can be

 

operated.

 

 

 

 

0002

ENA :

 

 

 

 

AJ-SD955A: All buttons

except

for the

 

 

RECORDER

and

PLAYER

 

 

buttons can be operated.

 

 

AJ-SD930: All buttons can be operated.

 

 

002

This selects the 12 or 24 hour display for the

 

CTL counter.

 

 

 

TAPE TIMER

 

 

 

 

 

 

0000

±12h : 12 hour display

 

 

0001

24h : 24 hour display

 

 

 

003

This selects whether the remaining tape time

 

and total tape length are to be displayed in the

REMAIN SEL

superimposed display of the VIDEO OUT 3/

 

SDI OUT 3 connector signals.

 

 

0000

OFF : No display.

 

 

 

0001

2L :

 

 

 

 

The remaining tape time is displayed on the

 

second line.

 

 

 

 

0002

1L :

 

 

 

 

The remaining tape time is displayed on the

 

first line.

 

 

 

 

0003

R/TTL :

 

 

 

 

The remaining tape time is displayed on the

 

first line, and the total tape length is displayed

 

in the second line.

 

 

 

<Notes>

 

 

 

 

OWhen “2L” is selected, the remaining tape time

 

is not displayed if “TIME” has been selected as

 

the setup menu item No.008 (DISPLAY SEL)

 

setting.

 

 

 

 

OWhen “R/TTL” is selected, the total tape length

 

is not displayed if “TIME” has been selected as

 

the setup menu item No.008 (DISPLAY SEL)

 

setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The underlined items indicates the initial setting.

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

006

 

 

This selects whether or not to synchronize

SD955A

 

 

 

between two VTRs.

SYNCHRONIZE

 

 

 

 

 

0000

OFF :

 

 

 

No synchronization. The editing points deviate

 

 

 

several frames, but editing can be started

 

 

 

quickly.

 

 

 

 

0001

ON :

 

 

 

Synchronization. Allows for error-free editing.

008This selects what information is to be provided by the time code and other super

DISPLAY SEL displays output to the VIDEO OUT 3/SDI OUT 3 connector.

0000 TIME : Data only.

(The data indicates the value for whichever of CTL, TC or UB currently selected by the COUNTER button.)

0001 T&STA : Data and operation status.

0002 T&S&M : Data, operation status and mode.

0003 T&RT : Data and REC TIME

0004 T&YMD :

Data and REC DATE (year/month/day)

0005 T&MDY :

Data and REC DATE (month/day/year)

0006 T&DMY :

Data and REC DATE (day/month/year)

0007 T&UB :

Data and user’s bit.

However, when UB has been selected with the COUNTER button, the time code is displayed after the user’s bit.

0008 T&CTL :

Data and CTL data.

However, when CTL has been selected with the COUNTER button, the time code is displayed after the CTL data.

0009 T&T :

Data and time code.

<Notes>

OMode display:

DVCPRO 50 (50 Mbps) = DVCPRO_50, DVCPRO (25 Mbps) = DVCPRO,

DV = DV, DVCAM = DVCAM

OAn error message appears if a warning or error has occurred when “T&S&M” has been selected as this setting.

OREC TIME and REC DATE are displayed during DV/DVCAM, playback only. With the DVCPRO50 (50 Mbps) or DVCPRO (25 Mbps) format, the operating mode is displayed.

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Panasonic AJ-SD955A, AJ-SD930 manual User menu Basic

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