Panasonic AJ-SD965 Operating Instructions Manual page 10

Parts and their functions
Front panel
DVCPRO 50
ON POWER
2 X DVCPRO
DV
SUPER REC INH TCG MODE
REMOTE
OFF ON ON INT TAPE
OFF OFF EXT EE
PREVIEW/
METER INPUT SELECT AUTO EDIT
REVIEW
FULL/FINE VIDEO AUDIO
HEADPHONES AUDIO MIX AUDIO MON SEL
1&2 3&4
CH2/4 REC CH1/3 MIX L R CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4
CH1/3
REC UNITY
PULL
CH1/3 CH2/4 REC CH2/4
PB VAR
AUDIO VOL SEL
ASSEM button
This button is pressed to proceed with assemble
editing.
It has a self-illuminating lamp which comes ON
when the button is pressed and goes OFF when it is
pressed again.
INSERT buttons
The input signals to be edited when insert editing is
to be conducted are selected by pressing one of
these seven buttons.
Each of these buttons has a self-illuminating lamp
which comes ON when the button is pressed and
goes OFF when it is pressed again.
IN (A IN), SET and OUT (A OUT) buttons
When the SET button is pressed while the IN (A IN)
or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the IN (A IN)
or OUT (A OUT) point is registered.
The A IN and A OUT buttons are used during audio
split editing to register audio IN and OUT points that
differ from the corresponding video points.
When an IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point has been
registered, the lamp of the IN (A IN) or OUT (A
OUT) button which has registered that point lights.
When these buttons are pressed after points have
been registered, the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point
value appears on the counter display. When the IN
(A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is pressed together
with the RESET button, the registration of the IN (A
IN) or OUT (A OUT) point is cleared.
TRIM buttons
These buttons are used to make fine adjustments to
the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point.
By pressing the + or – button while the IN (A IN)
button or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the
registered edit point can be adjusted in 1-frame
increments. When the + button is pressed, the point
is moved ahead by one frame; conversely, when the
– button is pressed, it is moved back by one frame.
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EJECT
XL/L/M-cassette
SHTL SLOW
COUNTER ASSEM VIDEO CUE TC SEARCH
PUSH
INSERT
JOG
RESET CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4
PF 1 PF 2 PF 3 PF 4
STAND BY PLAYER RECORDER SET
TC PRESET MENU PF
EDIT PLAY REC
PREROLL
A IN A OUT
REW STOP FF
SHIFT
IN SET OUT
PREROLL button
This button is used to locate where a transmission
or manual editing starts on the tape.
When it is pressed, the tape travels to the preroll
point and stops.
The preroll time can be set using setup menu No.
000 (P-ROLL TIME).
When the button is pressed while the IN (A IN) or
PULL
OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the tape is cued
up to the registered point concerned.
If this button is pressed when no IN point has been
entered, the point where the button was pressed will
automatically be entered as the IN point. (However,
this is only the case if ENA has been selected as the
setup menu No. 313 (AUTO ENTRY) setting.
PREVIEW/REVIEW button
PREVIEW:
When the button is pressed after an edit point has
been registered, the tape travels and the editing
can be previewed without actually performing the
editing.
If the button is pressed when no IN point has
been registered, the point where it was pressed is
registered as the IN point, and preview is
executed using this IN point.
REVIEW:
When the button is pressed after a section has
been edited, the section that was just edited is
played back and can be viewed on the recorder's
monitor.
AUTO EDIT button
When this button is pressed after the edit points
have been registered, automatic editing is initiated.
If this button is pressed when no IN point has been
entered, automatic editing is initiated with the point
where the button was pressed serving as the IN
point.
METER (FULL/FINE) selector button
This button is used to select the scale display for the
audio level meter.
FULL mode:
The standard scale (–
FINE mode:
The scale in 0.5 dB increments is selected.
The 5 position indicates the standard audio level
of –20 dB, and each of the dots (O) displayed
indicates a 1 dB scale increment.
(See page 17)
∞
to 0 dB) is selected.