Panasonic AJ-HD1700PE Operating Instructions Manual page 13

Parts and Their Functions
Front panel
POWER OFF ON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CUE
CH
CH CONDITION MONITOR FULL/FINE REMOTE
9P 50P RS-232C
L R
HEADPHONES
SHIFT F1 F2 F3
ABC DEF GHI
AUDIO CH SELECT
7 8 9
1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8
CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH PREVIEW/
JKL MNO PQRS REVIEW
4 5 6 BS
AUTO
TUV WXYZ
EDIT
1 2 3 ENT
PUSH
LOCK
0 C T F
REC P8 REC P8 REC P8 REC P8
FULL
P TRIM buttons
These buttons are used to make fine adjustments to the
IN or OUT point.
By pressing the i or j button while the IN button or OUT
button is held down, the registered edit point can be
adjusted in 1-frame increments. When the i button is
pressed, the point is moved ahead by one frame;
conversely, when the j button is pressed, it is moved
back by one frame.
The playback phase can be adjusted by pressing the i
or j button while holding down the PLAY button.
Q REW button
When this button is pressed, the tape is rewound.
The rewinding speed can be selected using setup menu
item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).
R STOP button
When this button is pressed, the tape stops traveling, and
if TAPE is selected as the
<HOME> menu, still pictures can be monitored.
Even in the stop mode, the drum continues to rotate, and
the tape remains tightly wound around the drum.
Therefore, when the VTR is left in the stop mode beyond
a specific period of time, it is automatically set to the
standby OFF mode in order to protect the tape. The VTR
is set to the stop mode immediately after the cassette has
been installed.
S FF button
When this button is pressed, the tape is fast forwarded.
The fast forwarding speed can be selected using setup
menu item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).
T EDIT button
This button is pressed together with the PLAY button
during playback to initiate manual editing.
When the button is pressed in the stop mode, the input
signals in the mode selected by the <ASSEMBLE> menu
or <INSERT> menu can be monitored in the E-E mode.
P T W X
EJECT
XL/L/M -cassette
Do not insert S-cassette
without adapter
SHTL JOG VAR
ADJUST
HOME RF1 RF2 ASSEM PUSH-INTER
VIDEO TC CUE
UNITY
INSERT
REV FWD
AUDIO UNITY DIAG MENU
STAND BY PLAYER RECORDER INPUT CHECK
F4 F5 F6
SERVO REC INHIBIT
EDIT PLAY REC
A IN A OUT
PRE-
ROLL
TRIM
REW STOP FF
SET
IN OUT
FULL
Q
R S V
U
OUTPUT setting on the
F1
When the STOP button is pressed, the original picture
and sound are restored.
During playback, search, fast forwarding or rewinding, the
input signals in the mode selected by the <ASSEMBLE>
menu or <INSERT> menu can be monitored in the E-E
mode while the button is held down.
<Note>
No guarantees are made for the sound played back in the
search mode.
U PLAY button
Press this button to start playback.
When this button is pressed together with the REC
button, recording starts; when this button is pressed
together with the EDIT button during playback, manual
editing starts.
However, manual editing will not be initiated if the servo
is not locked. When only the PLAY button is pressed
during manual editing, editing is exited, and the playback
mode is established.
V REC button
When this button is pressed together with the PLAY
button, recording starts.
W SERVO lamp
This lamp lights when the drum servo or capstan servo
locks.
X REC INHIBIT lamp
This lights or goes off in accordance with the status of the
accidental erasure prevention tab on the cassette tape
and the setting which has been selected for
INH on the <HOME> menu. Recording onto the tape is
inhibited while the lamp is lighted.
Cassette tape's
REC INH
accidental erasure
menu setting
prevention tab status
Recording
__
disabled (or blinks slowly).
OFF
ALL
PRE
Recording
enabled
NORM
V/CTL
* Whether the REC INHIBIT lamp is to light or blink is selected by
the No.114 REC INH LAMP setup menu item setting.
REC
F6
REC INHIBIT Description of
lamp status operation
Lighted*
All recording operations
are inhibited.
All recording operations
Off
are permitted.
All recording operations
Lighted
are inhibited.
Recording operations
involving the overwriting
Blinks rapidly
of existing material are
inhibited.
Normal recording
Blinks rapidly operations are inhibited.
Editing is possible.
Recording of video
Blinks rapidly signals and CTL signals
are inhibited.
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