Panasonic AJ-SD965 manual Tapes, Consumer-use DV and Dvcam cassettes, Cassettes, XL cassettes

Tapes

Consumer-use DV and DVCAM cassettes

(Standard DV and DVCAM cassettes, mini DV and DVCAM cassettes)

O Use a cassette adapter (AJ-CS455P) when a mini DV or DVCAM cassette is to be used.

Note that inserting a mini DV or DVCAM cassette without the use of a cassette adapter will cause malfunctioning.

Also note that long-duration mini DV cassettes (80 minutes in the standard mode and 120 minutes in the LP mode) cannot be used.

O It is not possible to play back tapes which have been recorded in the LP mode.

ONPOWER

OFF

HEADPHONES	AUDIO MIX
1&2		3&4
CH1/3	CH2/4	REC CH1/3
PULL	CH2/4	REC CH2/4
CH1/3

	DVCPRO 50
2X	DVCPRO
	DV
REMOTE	SUPER	REC INH		TCG MODE
	ON	ON	INT	TAPE
	OFF	OFF	EXT	EE

			METER	INPUT SELECT		PREVIEW/	AUTO EDIT PREROLL
						REVIEW
AUDIO MON SEL			FULL/FINE	VIDEO	AUDIO
MIX	L	R	CH 1		CH 2	CH 3	CH 4

REC UNITY

PB VAR

AUDIO VOL SEL

A IN

IN

								EJECT
	XL/L/M-cassette
	COUNTER	ASSEM	VIDEO	CUE	TC	SEARCH	SHTL	SLOW
							PUSH
		INSERT					JOG
	RESET	CH 1	CH 2	CH 3	CH 4
		PF 1	PF 2	PF 3	PF 4
	STAND BY	PLAYER	RECORDER		SET
		TC PRESET	MENU		PF
	EDIT		PLAY	REC
	A OUT
SET	REW		STOP	FF		SHIFT
	OUT
								PULL

O When editing material recorded on a consumer-use DV or DVCAM cassette, first record the material on a DVCPRO tape or other tape used by VTRs for broadcast applications.

O The maximum transport speed of a mini DV or DVCAM cassette tape is 32a.

O The images may be subject to disturbance during the slow motion playback of consumer-use DV and DVCAM cassette tapes.

O From the perspective of protecting consumer-use DV and DVCAM cassette tapes, minimize the number of times the tapes are cued up at the same locations as much as possible.

O When consumer-use DV and DVCAM cassette tapes are used, the maximum time for STILL TIMER is set to 10 seconds.

It is recommended that tapes bearing the Panasonic brand be used as the consumer-use DV tapes.

M cassettes

Tapes enabling recording and playback for up to 33 minutes at the 50 Mbps rate and for up to 66 minutes at the 25 Mbps rate.

(AJ-P66MP)

L cassettes

Tapes enabling recording and playback for up to 92 minutes at the 50 Mbps rate and for up to 184 minutes at the 25 Mbps rate.

(AJ-P126LP, AJ-5P92LP)

O Use AJ-5P92LP tapes which have been recorded using the DVCPRO (25M) format in a VTR that supports 184 minutes of DVCPRO (25M) format recording and playback.

XL cassettes

Tapes enabling recording and playback for up to 126 minutes at the 50 Mbps rate and for up to 252 minutes at the 25 Mbps rate.

(AJ-5P126XG)

M cassette size

L cassette size

XL cassette size

Align the center of the cassette with the center of the insertion slot, and press it in gently.

The cassette tape will load automatically.

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