Front Panel (7) - Panasonic DVCPRO HD AJ-HD1800P Operating Instructions Manual

Parts and their functions

Front panel (7)

STANDBY button
While the head drum is rotating, the button's lamp lights
to indicate that the standby ON mode is now established.
The same tape tension is applied as in the regular stop
mode.
If the button is pressed in the stop mode, the standby
OFF mode is established followed by the half loading
mode. At this time, its lamp goes off.
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.
In the standby OFF mode, if this button or the STOP
button is pressed, the VTR is set to the standby ON
mode. If a button other than the STOP button is pressed,
the VTR is set to the mode that corresponds to the button
pressed.
The time taken by the VTR to transfer to the standby OFF
mode can be selected using a setup menu item.
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 item 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
REMOTE connector (9 pins).
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INPUT CHECK button
Only while this button is held down are the input signals
from the monitor output connector output to enable the
input video and audio signals to be monitored.
The time code generator can be checked on the time
code display.
Select LATCH as the setup menu item No.517 (TCG
OUT) setting in order to continue displaying the time code
generator value even after the INPUT CHECK button has
been released.
<Notes>
The INPUT CHECK function does not work for the
CUE signal. Input signals can be monitored in the EE
mode.
The monitor operation varies with the VIDEO/AUDIO
input selection. For details, refer to the INPUT
CHECK output specifications on pages 17 and 18.