Panasonic AJ-D750P - Manual (Page 7)

<Front Panel Top Section>
POWER switch
When the ON side is pressed, the power is switched on, and the audio level and video
level meters, counter display and INPUT SELECT display light up.
INPUT SELECT switches
These are used to select the video and audio input signals.
<Video>
Each time the VIDEO button is pressed, the input video signal selection is switched in the
order of Y P
B P R , COMPOSITE, SERIAL IF and back to Y P B P R .
<Audio>
Each time the AUDIO button is pressed, the input audio signal selection is switched in the
order of ANALOG, AES/EBU, USER SET, SERIAL IF and back to ANALOG.
USER SET is a function for selecting two different input signals to be recorded on PCM
audio signal CH1 and CH2, and it is used in tandem with the on-screen menu.
For instance, if USER SET is selected by INPUT SELECT and CH1=ANALOG, and
CH2=DIGI are selected on the on-screen menu, the analog input signal and digital input
signal (AES/EBU and SERIAL IF) will be respectively recorded on channels 1 and 2 of
the PCM audio signals recorded on the tape.
INPUT SELECT display
The characters corresponding to the selected input signal light.
<Video>
Y PB PR:
Analog component video signal
CMPSIT: Analog composite video signal
SERIAL IF: Serial component digital video signal (SMPTE 259M-C/272M) (option)
<Audio>
ANALOG: Analog audio signal
AES/EBU: Digital audio signal
USER SET: Selection of audio signal to be recorded
SERIAL IF: Serial digital audio signal (SMPTE 259M-C/272M) (option)
Cassette insertion slot
The news-gathering cassette, general-purpose cassette and consumer cassette with
adaptor are inserted into this slot.
Consumer cassettes can be played back only.
EJECT button
When this is pressed, the tape is unloaded and several seconds later the cassette is
automatically ejected. When the counter display indicates “CTL
” , the display is reset.
The lamp lights when the eject command is received.
Channel condition lamps
One of these lamps lights in accordance with the error rate status. (Green amber red)
Green: This lights when the error rates for the video and audio playback signals are
both acceptable.
Amber: This lights when the error rate for the video or audio playback signals has
deteriorated.
Red: The playback picture will remain normal even when this lamp lights.
This lights when the video or audio signals are subject to rectification or
interpolation.
AUTO OFF lamp
This lights when trouble has arisen in the deck’s operation.
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