Parts and their functions

Front panel

DC

= > B ?

@Search dial

This dial is used to locate the edit points.

Each time it is pressed, it is set alternatively to the

SHTL/SLOW mode or the JOG mode, and the JOG,

ON

POWER

 

 

 

 

DVCPRO

DVCPRO 50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

METER

 

 

 

 

 

 

COUNTER ASSEM

VIDEO

CUE

TC

STAND BY PLAYER

RECORDER

FULL/FINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESET CH1

CH2

CH3

CH4

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT

 

PLAY

 

REC

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

A IN

INSERT

A OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRIM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

A VOL

INPUT SELECT

PREVIEW/PREVIEW

AUTO EDIT PREROLL

 

SET

 

 

REW

 

STOP

 

FF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEADPHONES

MIX

SELECT

 

 

 

 

IN

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH1

CH2

CH3

CH4

TC

 

 

SUPER

REC INH

INT

TCG

MODE

CONTROL

 

 

REC LEVEL

 

 

 

UNITY

PRESET MENU SET DIAG

ON

ON

REGEN

TAPE

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

PB LEVEL

 

 

 

VAR

 

 

OFF

OFF

EXIT

 

EE

LOCAL

TC PRESET button

JOG SHTL SLOW

A @

SHTL or SLOW lamp lights.

When the power is turned on, the search dial will not

operate unless it is first returned to the STILL position.

SHTL (shuttle) mode:

When the dial is turned and set to the desired

position while the SHTL lamp among the JOG,

SHTL and SLOW lamps is lighted, the tape can be

played at the speed corresponding to the angle at

which the dial has been turned. A still picture

appears when the dial is set to the center position.

=PLAYER and RECORDER buttons SD955B These buttons are operated if the VTR is to be used as a recorder to conduct editing operations with a VTR equipped with an RS-422A serial interface remote control connector (9 pins). Neither button works when the VTR is used on its own.

PLAYER:

When this button is pressed, its lamp lights to indicate that the player connected to the VTR can be operated by remote control. The VTR’s editing and tape transport system buttons can now be used to control the player.

RECORDER:

When this button is pressed, its lamp lights to indicate that the editing and tape transport system buttons can now be used to operate the recorder (this VTR).

When the PLAYER button or RECORDER button is pressed while ENA has been selected as the setup menu No. 200 (PARA RUN) setting, the lamps of both buttons light to indicate that the VTR now serves as the master unit for parallel run operations.

(However, when this setting is used, it is no longer possible to perform external control from the 9-pin REMOTE connector.)

>Search button

When this button is pressed, the search mode is established.

When it is pressed after the search dial has been set to the shuttle mode and turned to the desired position, playback starts at the speed which was set by the search dial.

?SHTL/SLOW button

This button is used to select whether the search dial is to be used for SHTL or SLOW applications. Each time it is pressed, the search dial is set alternately to SHTL or SLOW.

SLOW mode:

When the dial is turned all the way in the

counterclockwise direction while the SLOW lamp

among the JOG, SHTL and SLOW lamps is lighted,

the tape speed is set to –4.1a. Similarly, when it is

set to the center position, it is set to still picture, and

when it is turned all the way in the clockwise

direction, it is set to +4.1a. The SLOW speed in

each direction can be selected using setup menu

No. 320 (VAR FWD MAX) and No. 321 (VAR REV

MAX).

JOG mode:

In this mode, the click-stop positions of the dial are

released, and the tape is played at a speed ranging

from –1ato +1a in accordance with the speed at

which the dial is turned.

The maximum speed can be set using setup menu

No. 323 (JOG FWD MAX) and No. 324 (JOG REV

MAX).

ADial ring

The dial ring lights during search mode.

The conditions under which the ring is to light can be selected using setup menu No. 117 (DIAL LAMP).

BJOG, SHTL and SLOW lamps

These lamps indicate the search dial mode.

JOG

: This lights in the JOG mode.

SHTL

: This lights in the SHTL mode.

SLOW

: This lights in the SLOW mode.

CCOUNTER button

Each time this button is pressed, the counter display on the display panel changes to the next setting in the following sequence: CTL 5 TC 5 UB.

DRESET button

When this button is pressed in the CTL mode, the counter display is reset to [00:00:00:00]. At the same time, any edit points that have been registered will also be cleared.

When this button is pressed while the TC PRESET button is held down in the TC or UB mode, the time code generator is reset.

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Panasonic AJ-SD955Bp manual Player, Recorder, Jog, Shtl, Slow

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