Panasonic DVCPRO AJ-D250P - Manual (Page 6)

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Front panel
1 POWER switch
When the ON side is pressed, power is supplied to
the unit, and the counter display is illuminated.
2 Cassette insertion slot
News gathering cassettes, general-purpose
cassettes and consumer-use cassettes
accompanied by the adapter are inserted into this
slot. Consumer-use cassettes can be used for
playback only.
3 EJECT button
When this button is pressed, the tape is unloaded,
and a few seconds later it is automatically ejected.
If the counter display is set to the CTL display, the
display will be reset.
4 REC/REC INH lamp
REC:
The lamp lights during recording.
REC INH: The lamp lights when the accidental
cassette erasure prevention status is
established.
It also lights when “ON” is selected as the
“REC INHIBIT” setting on the setup
menu.
Recording cannot be conducted while
this lamp is lighted.
5 REMOTE lamp
This lamp lights when the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE
switch has been set to REMOTE.
6 WIDE lamp
This lamp lights in the 16:9 wide screen mode.
7 Consumer-use cassette insertion lamp
This lamp lights when a cassette recorded using a
consumer-use DV device has been inserted.
8 REPEAT lamp
This lamp lights during repeat playback.
9 SERVO lamp
This lamp lights when the drum servo and capstan
servo are locked.
: Channel status lamps
One of these lamps lights depending on the error
rate status. (Green
Blue Red)
Green: This lamp lights when the error rate for both
the video and audio playback signals is at
an acceptable level.
Blue: This lamp lights when the error rate for
either the video or audio playback signals
has deteriorated. A normal playback picture
appears even when the lamp is lighted.
Red: This lamp lights when either the video or
audio playback signals have become
subject to correction or interpolation.
; Level meter
This indicates the levels of the audio signals.
During recording or E-E selection, it indicates the
audio input signal levels; during playback, it
indicates the audio output signal levels.
< Cassette insertion lamp
This lamp lights when a cassette has been inserted
into the unit.
= Counter display
The time codes, CTL count values and on-screen
information and other messages appear on this
display.
> LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch
This switch is set when the menu settings are to be
performed or when the unit is to be controlled from
an external source.
LOCAL:
Set here when the unit is to be controlled
using the controls provided on the unit’s
operation panel.
MENU: Set here when the on-screen menu items
are to be set.
REMOTE: Set here when the unit is to be controlled
using the RS-232C interface or other
external control device.
? INPUT SELECT switch
This is used to select the input signals.
LINE:
Set here to record the signals which are
supplied to the video signal input
connector.
S-VIDEO: Set here to record the signals which are
supplied to the S-VIDEO input connector.
OPTION: Set here to supply video and audio
signals from the optional board and
record them.
@ BEGIN button
This button sets the start point for repeat playback
and it indicates the start point which is currently
entered.
A END button
This button sets the end point for repeat playback
and it indicates the end point which is currently
entered.
B CH3/CH4 lamps
These lamps light when the audio signals have
been set to CH3 and CH4 during DV format
playback.
C AUDIO OUT SELECT button
This button selects the audio signals which are to
be output.
Parts and Their Functions