Panasonic AJ-SD930 Operating Instructions Manual Download

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8 (E)

CONTENTS

Front panel

PLAYER and RECORDER buttons

These buttons are operated if the VTR is to be used
as a recorder to conduct editing operations with a
VTR equipped with an RS-422A serial interface
remote control connector (9 pins). Neither button
works when the VTR is used on its own.

PLAYER:

When this button is pressed, its lamp lights to
indicate that the player connected to the VTR
can be operated by remote control. The VTR’s
editing and tape transport system buttons can
now be used to control the player.

RECORDER:

When this button is pressed, its lamp lights to
indicate that the editing and tape transport
system buttons can now be used to operate the
recorder (this VTR).

When the PLAYER button or RECORDER button is
pressed while ENA has been selected as the setup
menu No. 200 (PARA RUN) setting, the lamps of
both buttons light to indicate that the VTR now
serves as the master unit for parallel run
operations.
(However, when this setting is used, it is no longer
possible to perform external control from the 9-pin
REMOTE connector.)

Search button

When this button is pressed, the search mode is
established.
When it is pressed after the search dial has been
set to the shuttle mode and turned to the desired
position, playback starts at the speed which was set
by the search dial.

SHTL/SLOW button

This button is used to select whether the search
dial is to be used for SHTL or SLOW applications.
Each time it is pressed, the search dial is set
alternately to SHTL or SLOW.

SD955

Parts and their functions

Search dial

This dial is used to locate the edit points.
Each time it is pressed, it is set alternatively to the
SHTL/SLOW mode or the JOG mode, and the JOG,
SHTL or SLOW lamp lights.
When the power is turned on, the search dial will not
operate unless it is first returned to the STILL position.

SHTL (shuttle) mode:

When the dial is turned and set to the desired
position while the SHTL lamp among the JOG,
SHTL and SLOW lamps is lit, the tape can be
played at the speed corresponding to the angle at
which the dial has been turned. A still picture
appears when the dial is set to the centre position.

SLOW mode:

When the dial is turned all the way in the
counterclockwise direction while the SLOW lamp
among the JOG, SHTL and SLOW lamps is lit, the
tape speed is set to –4.1

. Similarly, when it is set

to the centre position, it is set to still picture, and
when it is turned all the way in the clockwise
direction, it is set to +4.1

. The SLOW speed in

each direction can be selected using setup menu
No. 320 (VAR FWD MAX) and No. 321 (VAR REV
MAX).

JOG mode:

In this mode, the click-stop positions of the dial are
released, and the tape is played at a speed ranging
from –1

to +1

in accordance with the speed at

which the dial is turned.
The maximum speed can be set using setup menu
No. 323 (JOG FWD MAX) and No. 324 (JOG REV
MAX).

Dial ring

The dial ring lights during search mode.
The conditions under which the ring is to light can be
selected using setup menu No. 117 (DIAL LAMP).

JOG, SHTL and SLOW lamps

These lamps indicate the search dial mode.

JOG

This lights in the JOG mode.

SHTL

This lights in the SHTL mode.

SLOW :

This lights in the SLOW mode.

COUNTER button

Each time this button is pressed, the counter display
on the display panel changes to the next setting in the
following sequence: CTL

UB.

RESET button

When this button is pressed in the CTL mode, the
counter display is reset to [00:00:00:00]. At the same
time, any edit points that have been registered will
also be cleared.
When this button is pressed while the TC PRESET

button is held down in the TC or UB mode, the time
code generator is reset.

OFF

POWER

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DVCPRO 50

METER

FULL/FINE

MONITOR SELECT

HEADPHONES

MONITOR MIX

INPUT SELECT

PREVIEW/PREVIEW