Panasonic Aj D400 Operating Instructions Manual

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Status Displays Inside the View finder Screen
In addition to images, messages indicating the unit’s settings and operating status appear on the
viewfinder screen. The center marker and safety zone marker, etc. are also displayed.
When the MENU SET/OFF switch is set to OFF, items set to SET at the VF DISPLAY page of
the setting menu and using related switches appear at the top and bottom of the screen.
Messages informing of the setting contents or of the adjustment course or results can also be...

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Status Displays Inside the View finder Screen
1
Extender display
This is displayed when the lens extender is being used.
2Shutter speed/mode display
This displays the shutter speed or shutter mode setting.
OFF:The shutter is not used.
1/100, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000:
Shutter speeds (seconds) during standard mode.
1/30.4–1/250 (SYNCHRO SCAN):
Synchro scan mode is selected.
SUPER V:High vertical resolution mode is selected.
3Remaining tape length display
This indicates the remaining tape...

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Status Displays Inside the View finder Screen
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Audio level display
This displays the audio CH1 level.
During sine wave input, the audio level display corresponds roughly to the VTR level
meter display as follows.
Audio Channel 1 Level Display
VTR Level Meter
9Iris value display
This displays the approximate iris setting (F number).
10Warning display
This displays the black balance, white balance, auto knee function, super iris, super high
gain and other warning displays.
11Safety zone marker
This...

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Status Displays Inside the View finder Screen
Selecting Display Items
The items to be displayed on the viewfinder screen can be selected by switching the display
ON/OFF setting independently for each item at the VF DISPLAY page. The items which can be
selected are as follows.
ÁDisplay mode (See “Display Mode and Setting Change/Adjustment Course Message”.)
ÁExtender display
ÁShutter speed/mode display
ÁRemaining tape length display
ÁRemaining battery level display
ÁFilter display
ÁWhite balance...

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Status Displays Inside the View finder Screen
Display Mode and Setting Change Message
Messages informing of the contents of changed settings and adjustment results can be limited
to part of the displayed items or not displayed for all items.
The conditions under which messages are displayed and the corresponding display modes are
shown in the table below.
Setting change/adjustment results messages and display modes
Conditions under which
messages are displayedMessage
Display mode
setting
 123
When...

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Status Displays Inside the View finder Screen
Changing the Display Mode
The display mode setting appears on the VF DISPLAY page of the setting menu.
1Perform the operations in steps 1 to 3 of “Selecting Display Items” (page 54) to display the
VF DISPLAY page of the setting menu on the viewfinder screen and align the cursor with
the DISP MODE item.
2Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired display mode.
3When menu operations have been completed, set the MENU SET/OFF switch to OFF.
Setting...

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Status Displays Inside the View finder Screen
Setting the Camera ID
The camera ID can be set at the CAMERA ID page of the setting menu.
A camera ID of up to ten characters including English letters, symbols and spaces can be used.
The camera ID is recorded when the OUTPUT/AUTO KNEE switch is set to BARS and the color
bar signal is being recorded. It is also displayed on the viewfinder screen.
|Note{
When the setting menu is displayed, the camera ID is not displayed even if the color bar signal
is...

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Displays
Remaining Battery Level and Audio Level Displays
Remaining tape length
When the amount remaining
on the tape is more than
30 minutes long, all seven
segments up to the “F” posi-
tion appear lighted.
When it is less than 30 min-
utes long, one segment will go
off for every 5-minute reduc-
tion in the length.
Remaining battery levelAudio CH level meter
VTR Section Operation/Status-Related Displays
Warning display
RF:Lights when video head clogging occurs.
SERVO:Lights when the servo is out of...

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Displays
Time Code-Related Displays
Relationship between the TCG and DISPLAY switch setting positions and the time
counter display
The item displayed in the time counter display is determined by the TCG switch and DISPLAY
switch settings.
Time code-related switch settings and display items
These lamps light to indicate the time code, CTL and real time displays.
DF:This lamp lights during drop frame mode
SLAVE:This lamp lights when the time code is locked to an external source.
HOLD:This lamp lights...

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Adjusting the Time and Date
Adjustment and setup using the setting menu
1. Hold down the SHIFT/ITEM and UP buttons and set the MENU SET/OFF switch to SET. The
unit switches to ENG mode.
The page on which the previous setting menu operations were completed appears on the
viewfinder screen.
(When the menu is used for the first time, the first page appears.)
2. Press the PAGE button until the TIME/DATE page shown below appears.
(This operation can also be performed using the PAGEoUP/DOWN function.)
3....