User manual PANASONIC AJ-HD3700B-P

[. . . ] Multi Format Digital HD Video Cassette Recorder Operating Instructions (Software) Model No. AJ- P E Before operating this product, please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. VQT0F76 Contents Menu screen transitions. 32 VIDEO OUT SD SET UP CMPST STATE menu . 36 VIDEO OUT SET UP LINE BLK (video output line blanking) menu . 85 Audio insert editing function with 23. 98 Hz VTR system and 30 Hz external operating environments . [. . . ] CH1­CH8 (CH4): Digital audio channel editing is inhibited. TC: Time code channel editing is inhibited. HOME The recording inhibit modes established using the F13 (REC INH) key on the HOME menu are shown here. NRML REC: The normal recording mode is inhibited. ALL: All recording/editing operations are inhibited. CASSETTE The recording inhibit modes established by the cassette tape are shown here. VID/CNTL: The video and control signals are inhibited. ALL: All recording/editing operations are inhibited. Sequence of priority for recording inhibit modes A sequence of priority applies to the inhibit modes and, depending on which modes have been selected, it may not be possible to perform recording. If, for example, "ALL" has been selected for CASSETTE, no editing or recording will be possible regardless of the other settings. First: CASSETTE Second: HOME Third: SOFTWARE ­ 103 ­ INSERT/ASSEMBLE MANUAL EDIT SET UP menu Selecting the SOFTWARE inhibit channels (1) Press the center cursor key. The cursor now appears. Center cursor key Cursor key (2) Press the cursor key to move the cursor to the channel where editing is to be inhibited. CH4 (3) Press the center cursor key. Once the display appears in reverse video, the selection of the editing inhibit channel is completed. When the center cursor key is pressed again, the editing inhibit is released. CH4 (3) Assembly editing cannot be selected if there is even one editing inhibit channel. ONotesN When ALL or PRE CTL has been set for CASSETTE EDIT REC INHIBIT or HOME REC INHIBIT, all recording and editing operations will be inhibited. When VIDEO/CNTL has been set for CASSETTE EDIT REC INHIBIT, editing inhibit applies to the video channel at all times. REC ENV display This shows the RF envelope level at which sound is played back from the rotary recording heads during playback. RCEV EN 5 4 3 2 1 ­ 104 ­ INSERT/ASSEMBLE MANUAL EDIT SET UP menu Tracking Automatically adjusting the tracking (optimizing) To optimize the tracking automatically, press the F10 (TRACKING) key to select OPT ONCE or OPT AUTO. Set the preroll time to 5 seconds or more. At the OPT ONCE setting, the tracking is optimized only once while the tape is playing up to the IN point during the first editing after the cassette has been inserted. The tracking is not subsequently optimized, and the value is fixed. At the OPT AUTO setting, the tracking is optimized while the tape is playing up to the IN point with each editing. ONotesN The OPT ONCE setting is suitable when continuous editing is to be performed such as in the case below. (If OPT AUTO is set when this kind of editing is to be performed, the tracking error may build up. ) Base Edit 1 Edit 2 Edit 3 Base The OPT AUTO setting is suitable when intermittent editing is to be performed such as in the case below. Base Edit 1 Base Edit 2 Base Proceed as follows to optimize the tracking again using OPT ONCE. [. . . ] The mode in which the player is to be controlled has not been established. Set it correctly on the INSERT (or ASSEMBLE) AUTO EDIT menu. The mode in which the recorder is to be controlled has not been established. Set it correctly on the INSERT (or ASSEMBLE) AUTO EDIT menu. [. . . ]