4 (E)General and Features ...............................................5Controls and their functions ......................................7• Front panel .............................................................. 8• Connector area ..................................................... 17Connections .............................................................20• Connections when one unit is used ...................... 20• Connections when 2 units are used(desk to desk) ..................................................... 21• Connections with editing controller ....................... 22• Connections for adjusting video output(encoder output) signals ..................................... 23Tapes ....................................................................... 24Switching on the power/inserting the cassette .........25STOP/STAND BY mode .......................................... 26Recording ................................................................ 27Playback .................................................................. 28Jog/shuttle ...............................................................29Manual editing ......................................................... 30Preroll ......................................................................31Automatic editing ..................................................... 32• Switch settings and adjustments ...........................33• Selecting the editing mode ....................................34• Entering the edit points ......................................... 35• Checking the edit points ........................................ 36• Modifying the edit points ....................................... 37• Preview ................................................................. 38• Executing automatic editing ..................................39• Review .................................................................. 40Audio split editing ....................................................41Voice-over facility (internal) ..................................... 43Audio cross channel editing (internal) ..................... 46Multi cue .................................................................. 48Video output (encoder output)signal adjustments ................................................ 53ContentsBefore operating this unit, check that all of its accessories are present and accounted for.Power cord....1 pcOption• Rack mounting adaptor AJ-MA75P• Analog video input board AJ-YA955, AJ-YA956, AJ-YA957, AJ-YA958• AJ-YAC960P SDTI interface board• Audio memory unit AJ-YA752Setup (default settings) ...........................................54Setup menus ............................................................ 55• System menu ........................................................ 59• User menu ............................................................ 61• Basic menu ......................................................... 61• Operation menu ..................................................63• Interface menu ....................................................66• Edit menu ............................................................ 70• Tape protect menu .............................................. 71• Time Code menu ................................................ 72• Video menu ......................................................... 74• Audio menu ......................................................... 76• V Blank menu ..................................................... 83• Menu menu ......................................................... 89Time code/user bit ................................................... 90• Recording internal/external time codes ................. 91• Reproducing the time code/user bit ...................... 92Superimpose screen ............................................... 93Video output signals and servo reference signal .... 94Audio V Fade Function ............................................ 96Audio recording channel and monitoroutput selection ......................................................97Printed circuit board ................................................ 98Rack mounting ........................................................ 99Video head cleaning .............................................. 100Condensation ........................................................ 100Error messages ..................................................... 101Table of AUTO OFF Error messages .................... 104RS-232C interface ................................................. 106SDTI interface board .............................................. 113Connector signals ................................................. 116Specifications ........................................................ 118