Panasonic AJ-SDC905p Chapter 1 General, Chapter 2 Parts and their functions, Chapter 3 Recording and playback, Chapter 4 Adjustments and settings for, recording

Contents

Chapter 1 General ....................................		5
1-1	Features of the camera unit ......................	5
1-2	Features of the VTR unit ...........................	6
1-3	System configuration ................................	7

Chapter 2 Parts and their functions		....... 8
2-1 Power supply and accessory
	mounting section .......................................	8
2-2	Audio function section ..............................	9
2-3	Shooting and recording/playback
	function section .......................................	11
2-4	Menu operation section ...........................	14
2-5 Time code related section .......................		15
2-6	Warning/status display section ..............	16
2-7 Display window and its displays ............		16
2-8	Viewfinder section ...................................	18

Chapter 3 Recording and playback ......				19
3-1	Cassette tapes ..........................................			19
3-2	Basic procedures .....................................			20
3-3	Scene-to-scene continuity ......................			22
3-4	NEWS REC function			22
		SDC615
3-5	PRE-RECORDING function			23
			SDC905
3-6	INTERVAL REC function ..........................			23
3-7	RETAKE function .....................................			25
3-8	Rec-review function .................................			25
3-9 Normal playback and playback
	at different speeds ...................................			25
Chapter 4 Adjustments and settings for
	recording ...............................			26
4-1 Adjusting the white balance and
	black balance ...........................................			26
4-1-1 Adjusting the white balance .........................				26
4-1-2 Adjusting the black balance .........................				28
4-2 Setting the electronic shutter .................				29
4-2-1 Shutter modes .............................................				29
4-2-2 Setting the shutter mode and speed ...........				29
4-2-3 Setting the synchro scan mode ...................				30
4-3 Selecting the recording signals and
	recording system .....................................			30
4-3-1 Selecting the recording signals ...................				30
4-3-2 Selecting the recording system ...................				31
4-4 Selecting the audio input signals and
	adjusting their recording levels ..............			31
4-4-1 Selecting the audio input signals .................				31

4-4-2 Adjusting the audio signal recording levels . 31

4-5 Setting the time data ................................		32
4-5-1	Setting the user bits .....................................	32
4-5-2	Setting the internal clock’s date and time ....	33
4-5-3	Setting the time code ...................................	34
4-5-4	Externally locking the time code ..................	34
4-5-5	Setting the UMID information ......................	35

4-6 Menu displays on the viewfinder screen.......		36
4-6-1	Menu configuration ......................................	36
4-6-2	Basic menu operations ................................	36
4-6-3	Selecting the user menus ............................	37

4-7 Viewfinder screen status displays .........		38
4-7-1	Viewfinder lamp displays..............................	38
4-7-2	Viewfinder screen status display
	configuration..................................................	38
4-7-3	Selecting the viewfinder screen display
	items ............................................................	38
4-7-4	Display modes and setting
	changes/adjustment result messages .........	44
4-7-5	Setting the marker displays .........................	44
4-7-6	Setting the camera ID ..................................	44
4-7-7	Mode check screen displays
	(MODE CHECK button function) .................	45
4-7-8	Marker check screen displays
	(MARKER SELECT button function) ...........	45
4-7-9	Checking the return video signal on the
	viewfinder ....................................................	45

4-8 Menu-driven function setup ....................		46
4-8-1 Setting the USER SW GAIN switching ........		46
4-8-2	Selecting the video output signals ...............	46
4-8-3	Selecting the F.AUDIO LEVEL
	control function ............................................	47
4-8-4	Allocating functions to the USER MAIN,
	USER1 and USER2 buttons ........................	47
4-8-5	Setting the color temperature manually .......	48

4-9 Data handling ...........................................		48
4-9-1 Handling the setup card ..............................		48
4-9-2	Setup card operations .................................	49
4-9-3 How to use the user data ............................		52
4-9-4 How to use the scene file data ....................		53
4-9-5	How to return the menus settings to the
	user standard settings .................................	56
4-9-6	How to return the menus settings to the
	factory standard settings .............................	56
4-9-7	How to use the lens file data .......................	56

Chapter 5 Preparation ...........................		57
5-1	Supplying the power ................................	57
5-1-1 Attaching the battery and setting the
	battery type ..................................................	57
5-1-2 Using an AC power supply ..........................		60
5-2	Attaching the viewfinder and adjusting its
	position .....................................................	60
5-3	Attaching the lens and performing the
	flange back and white shading
	adjustments ..............................................	61

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