Screen Displays; Remaining Battery Charge And Audio Channel Level And Remaining Tape Displays; Displays Relating To Errors And Warnings; Displays Relating To Time Codes - Panasonic HDC27H Operating Instructions Manual

Screen displays

Remaining battery charge and
audio channel level and
remaining tape displays
Remaining tape display
The remaining tape time is displayed using 7 segments.
The remaining tape time indicated by each segment is set
to 3 minutes or 5 minutes using TAPE REMAIN/ $ on the
VTR MENU "BATTERY/TAPE" screen. Each time the
number of minutes set for the segments elapses, one
segment is cleared. (See page 117)
DF SLAVE TCG HOLD
h min s
TAPE
E
BATT
RF SERVO HUMID SLACK
Remaining battery charge display
If a battery with a digital display (% display) is used, all 7
segments up to the "F" position light when the 70% or
more of the battery charge remains.
When there is less than 70% of the battery charge
remaining, the segments go out one by one in sequence
every time the remaining charge drops by 10%.
Displays relating to errors and
warnings
Error code display
DF SLAVE TCG HOLD
h min s
TAPE
E
BATT
RF SERVO HUMID SLACK
Warning displays
RF : Clogged video head
SERVO: Servo disturbance
HUMID : Formation of condensation on the head drum
SLACK: Problem in tape take-up
For details, refer to "Warning system" (pages 126 and
127).
EMPHASIS
0
10
frm
20
F
30
40
1 -dB 2
CH CH
Audio channel level meter
EMPHASIS
0
10
frm
20
F
30
40
1 -dB 2
CH CH

Displays relating to time codes

These displays light for the time code, CTL and actual
time
DF : Drop frame mode
SLAVE : External locking of the time code
HOLD : Time code generator in the hold mode (when the
HOLD button has been pressed)
DF SLAVE TCG HOLD
h min s
TAPE
E
BATT
RF SERVO HUMID SLACK
Time counter display
This displays the time code, CTL, user bits and actual
time. For the correlation between the items displayed and
the switches, refer to the next section.
Time code-related switch settings and display
items
TCG switch DISPLAY switch
position position
TC or CTL
SET
F-RUN or R-RUN
<Note>
If the HOLD button is pressed while the DISPLAY
switch is set to UB, "HOLD" on the counter display will
flash for as long as the switch is held down, and the
VITC user bits information recorded in the video AUX
area will appear on the counter display.
EMPHASIS
0
10
frm
20
F
30
40
1 -dB 2
CH CH
Display item
Time code
UB User bits
CTL CTL
TC Time code
UB User bits
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