Panasonic Aj Sdc615 Operating Instructions Manual

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Display item What is displayed Status when display appears
7Cumulative gain
display6:/12:/20:This indicates the value of the cumulative gain (DS.GAIN) when this
gain function is working.
8Gain value¢¢dBThis indicates the current gain value.
6WHITE BAL switch
positionA
B
P
TThis indicates that the WHITE BAL switch is set to channel A.
This indicates that the WHITE BAL switch is set to channel B.
This indicates that the WHITE BAL switch is set to PRE....

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Display item What is displayed Status when display appears
ETotal length of
cassette tape¢¢¢minThis indicates the total length of the cassette tape.
(This appears during a mode check.)
FSuper iris ON/
super black ONS
B
SBThis appears when S.IRIS has been set to ON.
This appears when S.BLK has been set to ON.
This indicates the color temperature during the AWB operation.
GColor temperature¢.¢KThis indicates the color temperatures assigned to the A, B,...

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Viewfinder screen display selection
Whether a display is
to be shown or not
can be selected on a
menu.Status displayed
when establishedDisplayed only...

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#< VF MARKER >
MKR:A
TABLE          :A
CENTER MARK    :1
SAFETY ZONE    :2
SAFETY AREA    :90%
FRAME SIG      :4:3
FRAME MARK     :OFF
FLAME LVL      :15
#< CAMERA ID >
ID1 : ABCDEFGHIJ
ID2 : ABCDEFGHIJ
ID3 : ABCDEFGHIJ
4-7-6 Setting the camera ID
The camera ID is set on the CAMERA ID screen.
Up to ten alphanumerics, symbols and spaces can be used.

The camera ID is not displayed while the setting menu is
displayed even if color bar signals are...

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4-7-7 Mode check screen displays (MODE
CHECK button function)
The screens enabling the unit’s settings and modes to be
checked can be displayed in the viewfinder.
Each time the unit’s MODE CHECK button is pressed, one of
the four screen displays is selected in the following sequence:
STATUS screen display 
>!LED screen display >
FUNCTION screen display >AUDIO screen display.
Each screen is displayed for about 3 seconds.  When the
MODE CHECK button is...

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4-8 Menu-driven function setup
The functions can be set up using the unit’s menus.
4-8-1 Setting the USER SW GAIN switching
In addition to the standard gain settings of L, M and H, the
S.GAIN (super gain) mode function that provides an analog
gain increase of 30 dB or more and the DS.GAIN (digital
super gain) mode function that provides a cumulative-type
gain increase can be used with this unit.
To select these functions, perform menu operations to...

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4-8-3 Selecting the F.AUDIO LEVEL control
function
This function enables the recording level to be adjusted using
the F.AUDIO LEVEL control.
To select this function, perform menu operations to open the
 screen from the VTR MENU page, and set
whether to enable or disable the F.AUDIO LEVEL controls for
the system selected as the input signals using the FRONT VR
CH1 and FRONT VR CH2 items.
4-8-4 Allocating functions to the USER
MAIN, USER1 and USER2...

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AUDIO CH1:
The function for switching the channel 1 input signal is
allocated.  Each press advances the setting through the
sequence FRONT >W.L.>REAR. Note that it is also
possible to change the setting by operating the AUDIO IN
switch. Whichever control is operated last takes
precedence.
AUDIO CH2:
The function for switching the channel 2 input signal is
allocated.  Each press advances the setting through the
sequence FRONT >W.L.>REAR. Note that it is...

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4-9-2 Setup card operations
To format the setup card, save the setting data on the card or
read the saved data from the card, first perform a menu
operation to open the  screen from the
FILE page.
Formatting the setup card
#< CARD READ/WRITE >
R.SELECT         :1
READ
W.SELECT         :1
WRITE
CARD CONFIG
TITLE READ
TITLE:
1: ********  5: ********
2: ********  6: ********
3: ********  7: ********
4: ********  8: ********
CONFIG?
YES
#NO
CONFIG OK...

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4Turn the JOG dial button to move the arrow (cursor) to
the “TITLE : ” item.
5When the JOG dial button is pressed, the arrow (cursor)
moves to the title input area, and the input mode is
established.
7Press the JOG dial button to enter the character.
8Turn the JOG dial button to move the arrow (cursor) to
the next position (right), and repeat steps 6and 7to set
the characters (maximum of 8). Giving a title to the selected file
6Press the JOG dial...