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Panasonic AJ-HD3700H Operating Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1: Operating Instructions

    Digital Video Cassette Recorder Operating Instructions (Hardware)

  • Page 2: For Your Safety

    For your safety (USA and Canada) Since this VTR is designed for metal tapes only, make sure that only the designated tapes are used. An or- dinary VHS tape cannot be used. Removal of the covers on electrical appliances for maintenance purposes may lead to electric shocks.
  • Page 3 A replacement fuse cover can be purchased from your with the letter L or coloured RED. local Panasonic Dealer. IF THE FITTED MOULDED PLUG IS UNSUITABLE How to replace the fuse FOR THE SOCKET OUTLET IN YOUR HOME THEN 1.
  • Page 4 For your safety (Europe) Since this VTR is designed for metal tapes only, make sure that only the designated tapes are used. An or- dinary VHS tape cannot be used. Removal of the covers on electrical appliances for maintenance purposes may lead to electric shocks.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents For your safety ............02 Features .

  • Page 6: Features

    Features This HD VTR is a hi-vision digital VTR for recording and playing back the video and audio signals complying with BTAS-001A (1125/60 high-definition TV system studio standard) and SMPTE 274M standards. By image-compressing the hi-vision signals and digitally recording them, this unit delivers up to 124 minutes q cassette (the maximum length with the 1080/23.98p format is of recording and playback using a 155 minutes.).
  • Page 7 Slow motion, search and editing functions ≥Slow motion/jog The incorporation of Panasonic’s unique AT (auto tracking) mechanism makes slow-motion playback and jogging possible at a speed which can be varied from j1k to i2k normal tape speed. ≥50t shuttle search Shuttle search is possible at up to 50k normal tape speed in the forward or reverse direction.

  • Page 8: Controls And Their Functions

    Controls and their functions Front panel (3) (1) (2) POWER EJECT AUTO OFF INPUT CHECK REMOTE CHANNEL CONDITION MULTI VIDEO AUDIO SERVO HOME ASSEM INSERT ADJUST AUDIO UNITY LINE OUT /VAR VIDEO AUDIO TC/CHR SET UP TEST DIAG SHTL FROM COPY UNITY AUDIO MONITOR...
  • Page 9 Controls and their functions Front panel (14) (15) (16) (17) POWER EJECT AUTO OFF INPUT CHECK REMOTE CHANNEL CONDITION MULTI VIDEO AUDIO SERVO HOME ASSEM INSERT 2 3 4 AUDIO UNITY ADJUST LINE OUT /VAR VIDEO AUDIO TC/CHR SET UP TEST DIAG SHTL...
  • Page 10 Controls and their functions (19) (20) Front panel POWER EJECT AUTO OFF INPUT CHECK REMOTE (21) CHANNEL CONDITION MULTI VIDEO AUDIO SERVO HOME ASSEM INSERT AUDIO UNITY ADJUST (22) LINE OUT /VAR VIDEO AUDIO TC/CHR SET UP TEST DIAG SHTL (23) FROM COPY...
  • Page 11 Controls and their functions (24) (26) Front panel (25) (27) POWER EJECT AUTO OFF (28) INPUT CHECK REMOTE CHANNEL CONDITION MULTI VIDEO AUDIO SERVO HOME ASSEM INSERT (29) ADJUST AUDIO UNITY LINE OUT /VAR VIDEO AUDIO (30) TC/CHR SET UP TEST DIAG SHTL...
  • Page 12 Controls and their functions Front panel POWER EJECT AUTO OFF INPUT CHECK REMOTE CHANNEL CONDITION MULTI VIDEO AUDIO SERVO HOME ASSEM INSERT (36) ADJUST AUDIO UNITY LINE OUT /VAR VIDEO AUDIO (37) TC/CHR SET UP TEST DIAG SHTL FROM COPY (38) UNITY AUDIO MONITOR...
  • Page 13 Controls and their functions Front panel POWER EJECT AUTO OFF INPUT CHECK REMOTE CHANNEL CONDITION MULTI VIDEO AUDIO SERVO HOME ASSEM INSERT AUDIO UNITY ADJUST LINE OUT /VAR VIDEO AUDIO TC/CHR SET UP TEST DIAG SHTL FROM COPY UNITY AUDIO MONITOR REC INHIBIT REVIEW HEADPHONES...

  • Page 14: Connector Section

    Controls and their functions Connector section (12) (11) (7) (4) (5) (8) (9) (10) REF IN VIDEO OUT SD SDI HD SDI OUT1 AC IN FUSE 125V 5A (SUPER) ACTIVE ACTIVE 75Ω 75Ω THROUGH THROUGH INPUT OUT2 π π π π...
  • Page 15 Controls and their functions Connector section (15)(13)(14)(16)(17) (18) REF IN VIDEO OUT SD SDI HD SDI OUT1 AC IN FUSE 125V 5A (SUPER) ACTIVE ACTIVE 75Ω 75Ω THROUGH THROUGH INPUT OUT2 π π π π MONITOR (SUPER) SPARE MONITOR OUTPUT π...
  • Page 16 Controls and their functions Connector section (19) (20)(21)(24) REF IN VIDEO OUT SD SDI HD SDI OUT1 AC IN FUSE 125V 5A (SUPER) ACTIVE ACTIVE 75Ω 75Ω THROUGH THROUGH INPUT OUT2 π π π π MONITOR (SUPER) SPARE MONITOR OUTPUT π...
  • Page 17 Controls and their functions Connector section (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) REF IN VIDEO OUT SD SDI HD SDI OUT1 AC IN FUSE 125V 5A (SUPER) ACTIVE ACTIVE 75Ω 75Ω THROUGH THROUGH INPUT OUT2 π π π π MONITOR (SUPER) SPARE MONITOR OUTPUT...

  • Page 18: Connections

    Connections Connection for a single unit Press the REMOTE button on the front panel to turn the lamp (LOCAL) off. Waveform monitor output SD SDI input SD SDI output SD reference input HD SDI input HD reference input HD SDI output REF IN VIDEO OUT SD SDI...

  • Page 19: Connections For 2 Units

    Connections Connection for 2 units Source side Press the REMOTE button at the front panel to light the lamp (REMOTE). Recorder side Press the REMOTE button at the front panel to extinguish the lamp (LOCAL). When performing automatic editing with RS-422A, press the F1 (P-2) key at the SET UP INTERFACE menu to switch.

  • Page 20: Connection With An Editing Controller

    Connections Connection with an editing controller Recorder POWER AV monitor Video monitor EJECT AUTO OFF signal INPUT CHECK REMOTE CHANNEL CONDITION MULTI VIDEO AUDIO SERVO HOME ASSEM INSERT AUDIO UNITY ADJUST LINE OUT /VAR VIDEO AUDIO TC/CHR SET UP TEST DIAG SHTL FROM...

  • Page 21: Tapes

    Tapes There are two tape types: M and L. M-cassettes: 63 minutes (1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p and 480i), 75 minutes (1080/50i), 79 minutes (1080/ 23.98 and 1080/24p) L-cassettes: 124 minutes (1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p and 480i), 149 minutes (1080/50i), 155 minutes (1080/ 23.98p and 1080/24p) Align the cassette with the marks on the unit’s insertion slot and push it in gently.

  • Page 22: Recording

    Recording Preparation ∑ Release the recording inhibit mode ≥Confirm that the REC INHIBIT lamp has gone out. If the lamp has not gone out, set the positions of the cassette’s REC INHIBIT accidental erasure prevention pins and the F13 (REC INH) set- ting on the HOME menu to the recording enabled status.

  • Page 23: Setting The Time Code

    Recording Preparation ∑ Setting the time code ≥Press the F4 (TC/CTL) key on the HOME menu to select TC. ≥Select the internal or external time code on the TC/CHR menu and set the generating mode. Operation (1) Press the PLAY button while pressing the REC/EDIT button. Recording will start.

  • Page 24: Checking The Input Signals

    Recording Simultaneous playback monitoring ∑ Video monitoring ≥Set VIDEO during recording to TAPE on the VIDEO OUT HD SET UP STATE menu. TAPE VIDEO ∑ Audio monitoring ≥Set AUDIO during recording to TAPE on the AUDIO OUT SET UP STATE menu. ≥The digital audio and the digital video signals are interlinked at TAPE all times.
  • Page 25 Recording This flowchart shows the steps for recording the digital signals which are supplied to the unit from an exter- nal digital device. 11. Check the connections. 12. Turn on the power. 13. After making sure that no cassette tape is inserted in this unit, set the system frequency 59.94, 23.98, 24 or 50 by F1 (FREQ) key of the SYSTEM SET UP menu.
  • Page 26 Recording 14. Insert a recording-enabled cassette. It should be borne in mind that the 4-channel or 8-channel audio version will be identified in ac- cordance with the position selected for the cassette C bit pin, as mentioned on page 25. Note that when the cassette tape is inserted, it is not possible to change the system frequency which was set using the F1 (FREQ) key on the SYSTEM SET UP menu of the previous page.

  • Page 27: Playback

    Playback Operation (1) Press the PLAY button. PLAY Playback will start. (2) Playback stops when the STOP button is pressed. If the JOG, SHTL, VAR, FF, or REW button is pressed in place of the STOP button, oper- ation is directly transferred to the mode that corresponds to the respective button. ∑...

  • Page 28: Basic Operations

    Basic operations ∑ Stop Press the STOP button. The tape will stop. ≥In order to protect the tape, the tape tension is automatically re- leased (a process called “loosening”) when the time selected STOP by the F12 (STILL) key on the HOME SET UP menu has elapsed.
  • Page 29 Basic operations ∑ Shuttle (SHTL) (1) The unit is placed in the shuttle mode when the SHTL button is pressed and the lamp SHTL lights. (2) Turn the search dial. ≥The tape speed changes depending on the angle by which the dial is turned.
  • Page 30 Basic operations ∑ Variable (VAR) The variable mode is a low-speed version of the shuttle mode. This operation may be initiated from STOP or PLAY mode or during normal recording. (1) The unit is placed in the variable mode when the VAR button is pressed and the lamp lights.
  • Page 31 Basic operations ∑ Tape speed override (TSO) function This is a function for finely adjusting the normal playback speed in the range of n15%. (1) Press the PLAY button. PLAY Normal playback starts. (2) Turn the search dial while pressing the PLAY button, or press the i or j keys. When using the search dial, the tape speed changes depending on the angle to which the search dial is turned.
  • Page 32 Basic operations When TC INPUT is set to the REVERSE mode* (1) Press the cursor center key to display the cursor. The time code value will be highlighted. Cursor center key LTCR 00 : 00 : 00 : 00 Cursor key Cursor (2) Move the cursor with the cursor key (4) to the CUE TIME display section.
  • Page 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 Cursor (2) ENTER the new value with the number keys. CUE TIME (3) Press the ENT key.

  • Page 34: Manual Editing

    Manual editing Manual editing is a method used for editing which does not involve the REGISTRATION of edit points (IN/OUT points). 1. Check the connections. 2. Switch on the power. 3. Insert the cassette to be edited. 4. Press the F13 (REC INH) key on the HOME menu to set to FREE or NRML.REC. REC INH FREE 5.
  • Page 35 Manual editing 12. Search the edit start (IN) point and set the picture to the still mode. 13. Press-the PREROLL button if preroll is required. 14. Provide input of the editing source. 15. Press the PLAY button to place the unit into playback mode. 16.

  • Page 36: Manual Audio Cross Editing

    Manual audio cross editing Below is a flowchart showing the steps taken for editing in which audio signals are cross-faded (while the pre- ceding playback sound is being faded out, the player sound is faded in) in the manual edit mode. 1.

  • Page 37: Automatic Insert/Assemble Editing

    Automatic insert/assemble editing The following flowchart shows the operation for automatic insert editing or automatic assemble editing with two digital VTRs. 1. Check the connections. 2. Switch on the power to the player and to the recorder. 3. Insert the cassettes required for editing into the VTRs. 4.
  • Page 38 Automatic insert/assemble editing 12. Press the INSERT or the ASSEM button to display the INSERT (or the ASSEMBLE) EDIT menu, and then press the F12 key to set to AUTO EDIT. When the F9 (INSERT/ASSEMBLE) key is highlighted, the editing mode is established. 13.

  • Page 39: Audio Split Editing

    Audio split editing The following flowchart shows the operation for separately entering the audio and video edit point positions for automatic editing. 1. Press the INSERT button to display the INSERT AUTO EDIT menu. INSERT 2. Press the F10 (SPLIT) key on the INSERT AUTO EDIT menu to set it to ON. SPLIT 3.
  • Page 40 Audio split editing OUT point preview ∫ Previewing the automatic insert editing OUT point (when audio split is OFF) This flowchart shows the operation to preview the automatic insert editing OUT point. The OUT point for automatic assemble editing can not be previewed. 1.

  • Page 41: Variable Memory Function

    Variable memory Function 1. Set the F3 (W/PLYR) key to OFF. W/PLYR 2. Set the F4 (VAR MEMO) key to ON. VAR MEMO ≥If the IN and OUT points have already been entered, they will be automatically cleared. ≥If the split mode is ON, it will be forcibly turned off. ≥When the variable memory function is used, the AUDIO IN and OUT points cannot be entered.
  • Page 42 Variable memory function By operating the VTR search dial which is connected to the unit’s RS-422A REMOTE OUT or REMOTE IN/OUT connector, the playback speeds and directions can be stored in the memory, after which the stored contents can be regenerated during automatic editing and stored in the memory of the unit (recorder). 1.

  • Page 43: Connector Signals

    Connector signals ∑ VIDEO IN HD SDI (DIGITAL) BNCk2, active through SD SDI IN (DIGITAL) BNCk2, active through SD SDI SPARE BNCk1 HD REF IN BNCk2, loop-through with 75≠ termination switch SD REF IN BNCk2, loop-through with 75≠ termination switch ∑...
  • Page 44 Connector signals ∑ PARALLEL I/O (50P) connector (1) PULSE SIGNAL: The signal fall is detected and the signal becomes active. Pin no. Signal Direction Type Description REC COMMAND INPUT PULSE SIGNAL When this signal becomes active simultaneously with the play command, it transfers the VTR to the REC PLAY mode.
  • Page 45 Connector signals Pin no. Signal Direction Type Description TC_SOURCE_ INPUT PULSE SIGNAL This sets TC SOURCE to EXT and TC SLAVE to ON. EXT COMMAND TC_SLAVE_AUTO INPUT PULSE SIGNAL This sets TC SOURCE to INT and TC SLAVE to AUTO. COMMAND During normal recording, the TCG value is recorded.
  • Page 46 Connector signals Pin no. Signal Direction Type Description FF STATUS OUTPUT ACTIVE_L This becomes active when the VTR is in the FF mode. REW STATUS OUTPUT ACTIVE_L This becomes active when the VTR is in the REW mode. STOP STATUS OUTPUT ACTIVE_L This becomes active when the VTR is in the STOP mode.

  • Page 47: Control Panel

    Connector signals ∑ RS-422A REMOTE Pin No. Signal Pin No. Signal FRAME GROUND REM IN (j) LINE(j) REM IN (j) CMD LINE (j) REM OUT (j) STATUS LINE (i) REM OUT (j) STATUS LINE (i) FRAME GROUND –––––– ∑ RS-232C REMOTE Pin No.

  • Page 48: Video Head Cleaning

    Video head cleaning Although this unit comes with an auto head cleaning function which reduces the amount of dirt on the heads, it is recommended that the video heads be cleanid every day for even more dependable operation. (For fur- ther details, please consult with your local dealer.) ∑...

  • Page 49: Hd-Sd Format Converter Printed Circuit Board Aj-Udc3700P

    HD-SD Format converter printed circuit board AJ-UDC3700P This PCB is installed in the digital video cassette recorder (AJ-HD3700H) where it converts the tape playback signals into the desired TV system signals and outputs serial digital signals and analog composite signals.
  • Page 50 VEP83543 (420P SUB PCB) Fig. 4 S4 PCB Turn off the power of the main unit (AJ-HD3700H), then remove the top panel and disen- gage the S PCB clamp. Take out the S4 PCB. Attach the 420P SUB PCB to the S4 PCB. At this stage, mate the P100 connector on the 420P SUB PCB properly with the P7 connector on the S4 PCB.

  • Page 51: Specifications

    HD-SD Format converter printed circuit board AJ-UDC3700P Note concerning the use of spacers On some S4 printed circuit boards the P7 connector is 7 mm high. If this is the case, a sticker indicating “7mm” is adhered to the S circuit board (as shown in Fig. 7). If the P7 connector on the S4 printed circuit board side is 7 mm high, use the 7 mm spacers which are packed together with the converter board to replace the four existing board spacers.

  • Page 52: Rack-Mounting

    Rack-mounting The VTR can be installed in a 19-inch standard rack using the AJ-MA37P rack-mounting adapters (optional accessory). It is recommended that the slide rail (CC3001-99-0191) made by Chassis Trak be used as the installed rails. For further details, consult your dealer. 1.

  • Page 53: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Symptom Cause and countermeasure VTR fails to operate as per the Has the mode been changed on another menu? ≥The mode selected last has priority. mode selected on the menu ≥REC INHIBIT takes priority in the following screen. sequence: CASSETTE, HOME and MANUAL/AUTO EDIT SET UP.

  • Page 54: Dip Switch

    DIP switch AV microcomputer DIP switch specifications Ver.0.12N (or later) SW6501 ON (0) OFF (1) Remarks °1 °1 Do not use this switch: keep it at the factory setting. Normal Not used Normal Not used Normal Not used Normal Not used Normal Not used Normal...

  • Page 55: Specifications

    Specifications Power supply AJ-HD3700P: AC 120V, 50–60 Hz AJ-HD3700E: AC 220–240V, 50 Hz Power consumption: 330W (310W if no optional accessories are used) 1 indicates safety information. General Permissable ambient operating temperature 41 °F to 104 °F (5 °C to 40 °C) Permissable ambient operating humidity 10% to 90% (no condensation)
  • Page 56 Specifications Video system Sampling frequency/ quantizing HD: Y: 74.176 MHz; P : 37.088 MHz/10 bits SD: Y: 13.5 MHz; P : 6.75 MHz/10 bits Video compression system Intra-Field DCT i VLC (with HD) Video compression rate (with HD) Error correction Reed-Solomon product code Data rates 300 Mbps (1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p, 480/59.94i)
  • Page 57 Specifications Composite video output j¶–i3 dB (synchronized to SD SDI) Y gain Composite video output j¶–i3 dB (synchronized to SD SDI) YB/YR gain Composite video output n14 IRE (synchronized to SD SDI) setup Composite video output n0.5 H system phase Composite video output SYS n180 °...
  • Page 58 Specifications Audio adjustment ranges j¶–i12 dB Audio input gain j¶–i12 dB Audio output gain j¶–i12 dB (when coupled to headphone control) Monitor output gain j¶–i12 dB Headphone output gain Other input/output signals 2.4 V n1.4 V [p-p], 10 k≠, balanced (XLR k 1) Time code input 2.0 V n0.5 V [p-p], low impedance, balanced (XLR k 1) Time code output...
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  • Page 60 DIVISION OF MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA Executive Office: 3330 Cahuenga Blvd W., Los Angeles, CA 90068 (323) 436-3500 EASTERN ZONE: One Panasonic Way 4E-7, Secaucus, NJ 07094 (201) 348-7621 Southeast Region: 1225 Northbrook Parkway, Ste 1-160, Suwanee, GA 30024 (770) 338-6835 Central Region:...

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