User manual PANASONIC AJ-HD3700B

[. . . ] Multi Format Digital HD Video Cassette Recorder Operating Instructions (Hardware) Model No. AJ- P E Before operating this product, please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. VQT0F74 For your safety (General) Since this VTR is designed for metal tapes only, make sure that only the designated tapes are used. Removal of the covers on electrical appliances for maintenance purposes may lead to electric shocks. Personnel should therefore adhere strictly to the normal safety precautions. Some customer-preference switches are located on printed circuit boards within the unit. [. . . ] Enter the cue point with the number keys. 4 0 7 0 4 4 Cue points also can be entered by pressing the ENTRY button. In this case, the time data of the current tape position will be entered. CUE TIME ENTRY S 00 (4) Press the ENT key. The cursor will disappear. H 44 M 07 04 F (5) Press the PREROLL button. PREROLL When the PREROLL button is pressed, cue-up operation will start, and the tape will stop at the preroll point (the point preceding the cue point by the preroll time). To stop at the cue point, either set the preroll time to "0" or press the F key and PREROLL button together. (This results in the cue-up operation. ) *The REVERSE mode is set using the F9 key on the PANEL SET UP menu. (This key can be set in either the STANDARD or REVERSE mode. ) ­ 33 ­ Basic operations Correction of the cue point When TC INPUT is set to the STANDARD mode (1) Move the cursor to the place which is to be corrected. CUE TIME 00 H 41 M 07 S 04 F Cursor (2) ENTER the new value with the number keys. CUE TIME 00 (3) Press the ENT key. H 44 M 07 S 04 F Cue points cannot be cleared. When TC INPUT is set to the REVERSE mode Partial corrections cannot be made for cue points. Repeat the input starting from step (1) when TC INPUT on page 33 was set to the REVERSE mode. ­ 34 ­ Manual editing Manual editing is a method used for editing which does not involve the REGISTRATION of edit points (IN/OUT points). Press the F13 (REC INH) key on the HOME menu to set to FREE or NRML. REC. REC INH FREE 5. To record the time code, perform the time code-related settings on the TC/CHR menu. To enter the desired default value for the time code, press the cursor center key at the HOME menu and set the desired value. Press the ASSEMBLE or the INSERT button to display the INSERT/ASSEMBLE EDIT menu. Press the F12 key on the INSERT (or the ASSEMBLE) EDIT menu to set to MANUAL EDIT, display the MANUAL EDIT menu, and highlight the F9 (INSERT or ASSEMBLE) key. MANUAL EDIT 10. When insert editing was selected in step 8 by pressing the INSERT button, press the F13 key on the INSERT MANUAL EDIT menu to display the INSERT MANUAL EDIT CH SELECT menu, and select the channels to be edited. Set the editing timing with the F1 (TIMING) key on the INSERT (or ASSEMBLE) MANUAL EDIT SET UP menu. TIMING F2 How to display the menus: HOME menu: HOME TC/CHR menu: TC/CHR INSERT (or ASSEMBLE) EDIT menu: INSERT (or ASSEM )# F12 INSERT (or ASSEMBLE) MANUAL EDIT SET UP menu: INSERT (or ASSEM )# F12 # F8 INSERT (or ASSEMBLE) MANUAL EDIT CH SELECT menu: INSERT (or ASSEM )# F12 # F13 ­ 35 ­ Manual editing 12. Search the edit start (IN) point and set the picture to the still mode. Press-the PREROLL button if preroll is required. Press the PLAY button to place the unit into playback mode. Press the REC/EDIT button at the edit start (IN) point. To end editing, press the STOP or the REC/EDIT button. ­ 36 ­ Manual audio cross editing Below is a flowchart showing the steps taken for editing in which audio signals are cross-faded (while the preceding playback sound is being faded out, the player sound is faded in) in the manual edit mode. Prepare for manual editing by referring to steps 1 to 14 in the manual editing flowchart. Set the F13 (MODE) key on the INSERT (OR ASSEMBLE) MANUAL EDIT SET UP menu to XFADE. [. . . ] Remarks SYSCON microcomputer DIP switch specifications SW6071 1 2 3 ON Normal Normal Prohibited OFF For test purposes. [This sets whether to accept or prohibit the selection of the editing mode when the X-value adjustment master tape (D3 recorded tape) has been loaded. ] For test purposes. The D3 cassette holes are detected, and the cassette is forcibly ejected automatically. The underlining indicates the factory settings. [. . . ]