Table Of Contents - Panasonic AJ-SPX900e Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
Precautions for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1-1 Camera Unit Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1-2 Recorder/player Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1-3 System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Parts and their Functions . . 12
2-1 Power Supply and Accessory Mounting
Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2-2 Audio (input) Function Section . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2-3 Audio (output) Function Section . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2-4 Shooting and Recording/Playback Functions
Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2-5 Menu Operation Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2-6 Time Code Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2-7 Warning and Status Display Functions . . . . . . 20
2-8 Display Window Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2-9 LCD Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2-10 Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3 Recording and Playback . . . 23
3-1 P2 Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3-2 Basic Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3-3 Normal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3-4 PRE-RECORDING function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3-5 Loop Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3-6 INTERVAL REC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3-7 Recording Review Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3-8 Normal and Variable Speed Playback . . . . . . 31
3-9 Voice Memo Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3-10 Shot Mark Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3-11 Recording Setting and Operation Mode . . . . . 32
Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings
for Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4-1 Adjusting the White balance and
Black Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4-1-1 Adjusting the White Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4-1-2 Adjusting the Black Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4-2 Setting the Electronic Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4-2-1 Shutter Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4-2-2 Setting the Shutter Mode and Speed . . . . . . . . . 36
4-2-3 Placing the Camera-recorder
in SYNCHRO SCAN Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4-3 Selecting Recording Signals and
Recording System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4-3-1 Selecting the Recording Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4-3-2 Selecting the Recording System . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4-4 Selecting Audio Input Signals and
Adjusting Recording Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4-4-1 Selecting Audio Input Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4-4-2 Adjusting Recording Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4-4-3 CH3 and CH4 Recording Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4-5 Setting Time Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4-5-1 Setting the User Bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4-5-2 Setting the Internal Clock's Date and Time . . . . 41
4-5-3 Setting the Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4-5-4 Externally Locking the Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4-5-5 Providing an ID to the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4-5-6 Setting UMID Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4-5-7 CTL Count Setting and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4-5-8 Mode Check Screen Displays
(MODE CHECK button function) . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4-6 Menu Displays in the Viewfinder Screen . . . . 46
4-6-1 Menu Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4-6-2 Setting Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4-6-3 Selecting Options for USER MENU . . . . . . . . . . 47
4-7 Viewfinder Screen Status Displays . . . . . . . . . 48
4-7-1 Lamps in the Viewfinder Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4-7-2 Viewfinder Status Indication Layout . . . . . . . . . . 48
4-7-3 Selecting Viewfinder Display Information . . . . . . 48
4-7-4 Display Modes and Setting Changes/adjustment
Result Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4-7-5 Setting the Marker Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4-7-6 Marker Check Screen Displays
(MARKER SELECT button function) . . . . . . . . . 55
4-7-7 Checking Return Video Signal
in the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4-8 Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor . . . . . . 56
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