Panasonic AJ-HD3700B Operating Instructions Manual

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– 21 –TapesThere are two tape types: M and L.M-cassettes: 57 minutes (576/50i), 63 minutes (1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p and 480/59i),75 minutes (1080/25p and 1080/50i), 79 minutes (1080/23.98 and 1080/24p)L-cassettes: 112 minutes (576/50i), 124 minutes (1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p and 480/59i),149 minutes (1080/25p and 1080/50i), 155 minutes (1080/23.98p and 1080/24p)Align the cassette with the marks on the unit’s insertion slot and push it in gently.The cassette tape will be loaded automatically.Prohibiting recording on a tape (when pins A and B are at the “up” position)Use a screwdriver to push down the accidental erasure preven-tion pins, turn them 90° counterclockwise, and then lift thescrewdriver to set the pins at their “up” positions.The recording prohibition status is displayed on the MANUALEDIT SET UP menu and the AUTO EDIT SET UP menu respec-tively.ONoteNC bit pin: Raised position ) 4-channel audio recording formats (1080/59.94i:4-channel audio version, 720/59.94p: 4-channel audio version, 480/59.94i:4-channel version, 576/50i: 4-channel version°)Lowered position ) 8-channel audio recording formats (1080/59.94i: 8-channelaudio version, 720/59.94p: 4-channel audio version, 1080/23.98p, 1080/24p,1080/25p, 1080/50i, 480/59.94i: 8-channel version, 576/50i: 8-channel version)°The D5 VTR (AJ-D580) records in the 576/50i 4-channel format.Enabling recording (when pins A and B are at the “down” position)Use a screwdriver to push down the accidental erasure preven-tion pins, turn them 90° clockwise, and then lift the screwdriver toset the pins at their “down” positions.Pin A: For inhibiting the recording of any signalsPin B: For inhibiting the recording of video/control signals≥Pin B is effective only when pin A is in the recordingenabled position.Pin C: For identifying the 4-channel audio or 8-channelaudio formatEJECTSD HD CHANNEL CONDITIONVIDEO AUDIO SERVO HOME ASSEM INSERTMULTICUEVIDEOINF137 8 94 5 61 2 30 C T FF12F11F10F9F8F7F6F5F4F3F2F1LAUDIO MONITORUNITYHEADPHONESPULLOPENLEVEL CURSOR EXECUTE PREROLL ENTRY REW STOP REC/EDITPLAYREC INHIBITSTAND BY FFREVIEWPREVIEWROUT IN OUTAUDIOLINE OUTSHTL JOG VARINPUT CHECK REMOTEADJUSTPOWERAUTO OFFONOFFUNITY/VARTC/CHR SET UP TEST DIAGFROM COPY/ BSENTAUDIOPULLOPENA BCA BCONoteNRecordingImportant!* Normal playback cannot be performed for tapes on which the audio sig-nals of 8 channels were recorded with the C bit pin at the raised posi-tion or for tapes on which the audio signals of 4 channels wererecorded with the pin at the lowered position.VTR system formatCassette C bit pinRaised position(4-channel format)Lowered position(8-channel format)4-channel recordingmodeSignals of 4 audiochannels can berecorded.WarningRecording inhibited(REC inhibit releasemenu item available)8-channel recordingmodeWarningRecording inhibited(REC inhibit releasemenu item available)Signals of 8 audiochannels can berecorded.(See figure below)(See figure below)