User manual PANASONIC AJ-D900WA

[. . . ] These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Use of another battery may present a risk of fire or explosion. [. . . ] O If at least 5 segments of the remaining battery charge display are not lighted, replace the battery with a fully charged one. there are 3 Check thattop panel, no cables around the cassette holder or and then press the EJECT button to open the cassette holder. checking the following, insert 4 After and close the cassette holder. the cassette tape, O Position of the accidental erasure prevent tab O Tape slack TCG: F-RUN or R-RUN Aperture: Automatic GAIN: Normally set to 0 dB; change to a more suitable value if the picture is too dark. 3 4 2 2 1 65 Recording Shooting conditions, 1-1 Select the filter to match the lighting"A" or "B" if and set the WHITE BAL switch to the white balance has been stored in the memory ahead of time. If the white balance and/or black balance have not been stored in the memory and there is no time to adjust the white balance: Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST. The white balance for the filter is achieved in accordance with the setting position of the FILTER control (outer). Tape function buttons During recording, the tape function buttons (EJECT, REW, FF, PLAY/PAUSE and STOP) will not work. 1-2 When adjusting the white balance on the spot Select the filter to match the lighting conditions, set the WHITE BAL switch to "A" or "B, " and adjust the white balance as follows: (1) Press the AUTO W/B BAL switch to the AWB position and adjust the white balance. (2) Press the AUTO W/B BAL switch to the ABB position and adjust the black balance. (3) Press the AUTO W/B BAL switch to the AWB position and adjust the white balance again. For details on how to adjust the white balance, refer to "Adjusting the white balance and black balance" (pages 47 to 51). at the subject, and adjust the focus is to 3 When the electronic shuttermode. be used, set the shutter speed and operating O For details, refer to "Setting the electronic shutter" (pages 52 and 53). 3 2 1-1, 1-2 4, 5 1-2 4 Press the VTR START button or lens VTR button to start recording. During recording, the REC lamp inside the viewfinder lights. 5 To stop the recording, press the VTR START button again. The REC lamp inside the viewfinder goes off. 66 Recording Scene-to-scene continuity If the unit is in the rec-pause mode, it is possible to ensure scene-to-scene continuity with an accuracy of 0 up to 1 frame just by pressing the VTR START button or lens VTR button. Once the above items are set, the unit is set to the INTERVAL REC mode, and "i" starts to flash inside the viewfinder. When the VTR START button is now pressed, interval shooting is started, and "iREC" lights in place of "i. " Also, the time unit (h/min/s/frm) display on the counter display area starts to flash. When the unit is set to rec-pause mode upon completion of the first interval shooting, "iREC" goes from lighted to flashing inside the viewfinder. The time unit display on the counter display area remains flashing. RETAKE function The RETAKE function is activated by selecting ON for RETAKE MODE on the VTR MENU "FUNCTION" screen. If the lens RET button is pressed while holding down the MODE CHECK button when the unit is in the recpause mode upon completion of a recording or subsequently in the STOP mode, the tape will be rewound to a point near the start point (a position about 10 frames ahead of the recording start point) of the final picture which was last recorded, and the unit will be set to the rec-pause mode. If there is enough leeway in the shooting time and a particular cut is clearly judged to be no good, recording can be started from that point so that the no-good cut will be deleted. By cutting down on the time taken for copying onto the work tape, for instance, this function is very effective in achieving economical operation. RET button iRC E h min s frm MODE CHECK button 69 Menu operations The setting menu operations are performed using the MENU button and JOG dial button. The menu configuration is divided into the camera unit's setting menus and VTR unit's setting menus. It is possible to select the engineer menu which enables all the setting menu items to be set or, alternatively, the user menu which consists of individually tailored menus so that only those menus which will be used most frequently can be set. User menu The user menu was set when the unit was shipped. However, the user can change the configuration of the menus by selecting only those menus which will be used most frequently so that they will be tailored to the user's individual needs. Set the user menu on the USER MENU SELECT screen of the engineer menu. [. . . ] source, and 4 Point the microphones at the soundaudio levels check that the changes in the displayed on the audio level meter of the display window and in the viewfinder reflect the changes in the strength of the sound. This inspection can also be performed for each channel by connecting one of the microphones to each channel in turn. 2 Set the AUDIO IN CH1 and CH2 switches to 3 Set the LINE/MIC/+48V selector switch on the FRONT. back panel to MIC or +48V in accordance with the the microphone connected to IN 3 Pointsuitable sound source, and the MICthat jack at a check the changes in the level displays for both CH1 and CH2 reflect the changes in the strength of the sound. 3. Manual audio level adjustment function inspection 1 Set the AUDIO IN CH1 and CH2 switches to FRONT. [. . . ]