Setup menus

USER menu

<EDIT>

 

 

 

 

 

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

309

 

 

The same type of setting as setup menu No.

 

 

 

305. This selects the channel concerned when

EDIT RPLCEC

the CUE edit preset is set in compliance with

 

 

 

the ON or OFF presetting for the analog audio

 

 

 

signals designated by the controller.

 

 

 

0000

N-DEF :

 

 

 

Not set.

 

 

 

0001

CH1 :

 

 

 

Compliance with analog CH1 edit preset.

 

 

 

0002

CH2 :

 

 

 

Compliance with analog CH2 edit preset.

 

 

 

0003

CH1+2 :

 

 

 

Compliance with either analog CH1 or CH2

 

 

 

edit preset.

310

 

 

This selects whether to conduct simultaneous

 

 

 

playback while editing is in progress.

CONFI EDIT

 

 

 

 

 

0000

OFF : No simultaneous playback

 

 

 

0001

ON : Simultaneous playback

 

 

 

<Note>

 

 

 

Simultaneous playback is valid when the MODE

 

 

 

switch is set to TAPE.

 

 

 

 

311

 

 

This selects the connection method for the

 

 

 

digital audio edit IN point.

AUD EDIT IN

 

 

 

 

 

0000

CUT : Cut processing

 

 

 

0001

FADE : V Fade processing

 

 

 

 

312

 

 

This selects the connection method for the

 

 

 

digital audio edit OUT point.

AUD EDIT

 

 

OUT

0000

CUT : Cut processing

 

 

 

0001

FADE : V Fade processing

 

 

 

 

313

 

 

This selects whether the IN point is to be

SD955A

 

 

 

entered using the PREROLL button when it

AUTO ENTRY

has not been entered.

 

 

 

0000

DIS : IN point is not entered.

 

 

 

0001

ENA : IN point is entered.

 

 

314

 

 

This selects the CF adjustment deck with

SD955A

 

 

 

deck-to-deck editing.

CF ADJ SEL

 

 

 

 

 

0000 PLAYER :

 

 

 

The player’s edit IN/OUT points are adjusted.

 

 

 

(reference as the RECORDER side)

 

 

 

0001 RECORD :

 

 

 

The recorder’s edit IN/OUT points are

 

 

 

adjusted. (reference as the PLAYER side)

315

 

 

This selects the mode after cue-up operation

 

 

 

is complete.

AFTER

 

 

CUE-UP

0000

STOP : STOP mode

 

 

 

0001

STILL : SHTL STILL mode

 

 

 

0002

STILL2 : SLOW STILL mode

 

 

 

 

 

The underlined items indicates the initial setting.

No./Item

 

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

320

 

 

This sets the maximum SLOW FWD speed.

VAR FWD

0000

+4.1

: +4.1 (+3.1)a speed

MAX

0001

+1.85

: +1.85a speed

 

 

 

0002

+1

: +1a speed

 

 

 

<Notes>

 

 

 

 

 

 

OThe value for the DV/DVCAM tape is shown in

 

 

 

parenthesis (

).

 

 

 

OAt any speed setting other than +4.1, the

 

 

 

phase cannot be synchronized from the editing

 

 

 

controller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

321

 

 

This sets the maximum SLOW REV speed.

VAR REV MAX

0000

–4.1 :–4.1 (–3.1)aspeed

 

 

 

0001

–1.85 :–1.85aspeed

 

 

 

0002

–1 :–1aspeed

 

 

 

0003

–0.43 :–0.43aspeed

 

 

 

<Note>

 

 

 

 

 

 

The value for the DV/DVCAM tape is shown in

 

 

 

parenthesis (

 

).

323

 

 

This sets the maximum JOG FWD speed.

JOG FWD

0000

+4.1

: +4.1 (+3.1)a speed

MAX

0001

+1.85

: +1.85a speed

 

 

 

0002

+1

: +1a speed

 

 

 

<Notes>

 

 

 

 

 

 

OThe value for the DV/DVCAM tape is shown in

 

 

 

parenthesis (

).

 

 

 

OThe maximum speed is set to +1a when the

 

 

 

dial on the front panel is operated.

 

 

 

OAt any speed setting other than +4.1, the

 

 

 

phase cannot be synchronized from an editing

 

 

 

controller which synchronizes the phase using

 

 

 

the JOG command.

 

 

 

 

324

 

 

This sets the maximum JOG REV speed.

JOG REV MAX

0000

–4.1 :–4.1 (–3.1)aspeed

 

 

 

0001

–1.85 :–1.85aspeed

 

 

 

0002

–1 :–1aspeed

 

 

 

0003

–0.43 :–0.43 (–0.5)aspeed

 

 

 

<Notes>

 

 

 

 

 

 

OThe value for the DV/DVCAM tape is shown in

 

 

 

parenthesis (

).

 

 

 

OThe maximum speed is set to –1awhen the

 

 

 

dial on the front panel is operated.

 

 

 

 

325

 

 

This sets the postroll time.

SD955A

 

 

 

Any time from 0 to 5 seconds can be set in 1-

POSTROLL

second units.

 

 

TM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0000

0s

 

 

 

 

 

0001

1s

 

 

 

 

 

0002

2s

 

 

 

 

 

0003

3s

 

 

 

 

 

0004

4s

 

 

 

 

 

0005

5s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic AJ-SD930, AJ-SD955A manual Var Fwd, Var Rev Max, Jog Fwd, Jog Rev Max, Postroll

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