Panasonic Digital Hd Video Cassette Recorder Ajhd1800 Operating Instructions

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Function menus(continued)

The basic input/output settings for the audio signals are set on these menu screens.
1. Audio signal input selection (CH1 - CH4)
2. 
Audio signal input selection (CH5 - CH8)
3. Audio volume control switching, CUE audio 
recording signal selection, and audio monitor mix 
switching
*When the VIDEO input switch is set to 1394, all buttons from A1 IN to A8 IN become 1394 input.
The underlining (__) denotes the factory setting mode.
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
Function button/
item SettingSwitching 
methodCorresponding setup menu 
itemDescription of setting
F1
A1 IN*Toggle
INT SG
DIGI
ANA
No. 713
CH1 IN SELRefer to the setup menu.
F2
A2 IN*Toggle
INT SG
DIGI
ANA
No. 714
CH2 IN SELRefer to the setup menu.
F3
DIN 12Toggle
AESSDINo. 721
D IN SEL 12Refer to the setup menu.
F4
A3 IN*Toggle
INT SG
DIGI
ANA
No. 715
CH3 IN SELRefer to the setup menu.
F5
A4 IN*Toggle
INT SG
DIGI
ANA
No. 716
CH4 IN SELRefer to the setup menu.
F6
DIN 34Toggle
AESSDINo. 722
D IN SEL 34Refer to the setup menu.
F1(SHIFT1)
A5 IN*Toggle
INT SG
DIGI
ANA1
No. 717
CH5 IN SELRefer to the setup menu.
F2(SHIFT1)
A6 IN*Toggle
INT SG
DIGI
ANA2
No. 718
CH6 IN SELRefer to the setup menu.
F3(SHIFT1)
DIN 56Toggle
AES
SDI
No. 723
D IN SEL 56Refer to the setup menu.
F4(SHIFT1)
A7 IN*Toggle
INT SG
DIGI
ANA3
No. 719
CH7 IN SELRefer to the setup menu.
F5(SHIFT1)
A8 IN*Toggle
INT SG
DIGI
ANA4
No. 720
CH8 IN SELRefer to the setup menu.
F6(SHIFT1)
DIN 78Toggle
AESSDINo. 724
D IN SEL 78Refer to the setup menu. 
						

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Function menus (continued)
 (continued)
The underlining (__) denotes the factory setting mode.
Function button/
item Switching 
method SettingCorresponding setup menu 
itemDescription of setting
F1(SHIFT2)
VOLUMEToggle
REC
PB
AU TONo. 141
VO L U M ERefer to the setup menu.
For switching what is to be controlled by the 
audio volume controls. (The levels of all the 
CH1jCH8 channels are controlled.)
F2(SHIFT2)
______
______ ___
F3 (SHIFT2)
RECCUEToggle
CUECH1
CH2
CH3
CH4
CH5
CH6
CH7
CH8
CH1+2
CH3+4
CH5+6
CH7+8
CH1-8No. 733
REC CUERefer to the setup menu.
For 1394 input, audio is not recorded on the 
CUE track, and the sound is muted.
F4 (SHIFT2)
______
______ ___
F5 (SHIFT2)
______
______ ___
F6 (SHIFT2)
M MIXToggle
OFF
L
R
L/R
No. 737
MONI MIXRefer to the setup menu. 
						

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Function menus(continued)

The TC-related settings are performed on these menu screens. Whether the TC is to be superimposed onto the display can
also be set on this screen.
The underlining (__) denotes the factory setting mode.
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
Function button/
item Switching 
method SettingCorresponding setup menu 
itemDescription of setting
F1
TC SRCToggleWhen HD SDI, INT 
SG or 1394 is 
selected:
INT
EXT_L
SLTC
SVITC
No. 507
TC SOURCERefer to the setup menu.
When SD SDI is 
selected:
INTEXT_L
VITC
F2
_______________
F3
TCG MDToggle
REGEN
PRE
AUTONo. 503
TCG MODERefer to the setup menu.
F4
TCG RGToggle
TC&UB
TC
UB
No. 505
TCG REGENRefer to the setup menu.
F5
RUN MDToggle
RECFREENo. 504
RUN MODERefer to the setup menu.
F6
DF MODF i toggle
DFNDFNo. 511
DF MODERefer to the setup menu.
F1 (SHIFT)
SUPERToggle
OFF
ONNo. 005
SUPERRefer to the setup menu.
F2 (SHIFT)
C HPOSToggle i ADJ
0 --- 6 --- 37No. 007
CHARA H-POSRefer to the setup menu.
F3 (SHIFT)
C VPOSToggle i ADJ
0 --- 23 --- 32No. 008
CHARA V-POSRefer to the setup menu.
F4 (SHIFT)
DISPLYToggle
TIME
T&STA
T&S&M
T&RT
T&YMD
T&MDY
T&DMY
T&UB
T&CLT
T&T
No. 006
DISPLAY SELRefer to the setup menu.
F5 (SHIFT)
C TYPEToggle
WHITEW/OUTNo. 009
CHARA TYPERefer to the setup menu.
F6 (SHIFT)
TIMERToggle
±12h24hNo. 002
TAPE TIMERRefer to the setup menu. 
						

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Function menus (continued)

A maximum of 60 cue points can be set on these menu
screens.  When “AUTO” has been selected as the 
(PAGE) setting on the AUTO PAGE mode 
menu, up to 10 pages of cue points with 6 cue points on
each page can be managed on a page-by-page basis.  The
60 cue points are indicated using the page number display
and registered point display areas.
  
Cue points cannot be registered, prerolled, etc. if a setting
other than “ENA” has been selected as the setup menu item
No.001 (LOCAL ENA) setting in the REMOTE mode.
Page number display area
The page number from 0 to 9 is indicated here.
Registered point display area
On each page, six cue point data managed by registered
point numbers are displayed.  A point whose registered point
number is highlighted is targeted for registration and search.
Shown below is the correlation between the page numbers
and registered point numbers.
Page no. Registered points Page no.  Registered points
0 01–06 5 51–56
1 11–16 6 61–66
2 21–26 7 71–76
3 31–36 8 81–86
4 41–46 9 91–96
Page operations
Pages can be scrolled in the forward or reverse direction
using theF](PREV) or   (NEXT) function buttons.
zDepending on the setting selected for ](ROTATE) on
the  menu, the following applies to scrolling
pages in the forward direction.
When “OFF” is set:
Page 0 cannot be scrolled forward from page 9.
When “ON” is set: 
Page 0 can be scrolled forward from page 9.
zIn scrolling pages in the reverse direction, page 9 cannot
be scrolled in reverse from page 0.
Moving to registered points
The highlighting on the registered point display area is
moved by turning the ADJUST dial.  It is moved in the
ascending order of points when the dial is turned clockwise
and in the descending order of points when it is turned
counterclockwise.   When “AUTO” has been selected as the
 (PAGE) setting on the  menu, the
highlighting can be moved also to the previous or next page.
zDepending on the setting selected for  (ROTATE) on
the  menu, the following applies to moving
the highlighting in the ascending order of points.
When “OFF” is set:
The highlighting cannot be moved from page 9 to page 
0.
When “ON” is set:
The highlighting can be moved from page 9 to page 0.
zIn moving in the descending order of points, the
highlighting cannot be moved from page 0 to page 9.
Search point and registered point operations
Each time the   (MODE) button of the  menu is
pressed, the search mode and cue point registration mode
are switched alternately.  Perform the search point or
registered point operations in the respective mode.
zWhen the power is turned on, the search point or
registered point, whichever was established when the
power was last turned off, is established.
zWhen the setting for   (PAGE) or   (ROTATE) on the
 menu has been changed, “01” (page 0/
point no.1) is set for both the search and registered points.
Cue point registration mode
It is possible to register points to which the tape is to be
prerolled.  When the display page has been changed using
the   (PREV) or   (NEXT) button on the  menu,
the following applies depending on the setting for  (PAGE)
on the  menu.
When “MANU” is set: 
Both the search and registered points move to the top 
of the changed page.
When “AUTO” is set: 
Only the registered point moves to the top of the 
changed page; the search point does not move.
Search mode
The desired search point can be selected, and the tape can
be prerolled to that point.
When the display page has been changed using the [
(PREV) or   (NEXT) button on the  menu, the
following applies depending on the setting for   (PAGE) on
the  menu.
When “MANU” is set: 
Both the search and registered points move to the top 
of the changed page.
When “AUTO” is set: 
Only the search point moves to the top of the changed 
page; the registered point does not move.
F3
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
Page number display area
Cue point data 
display areas Registered point display area
F1F2
F4
F3
F4
F3
F3F4
F1F2
F3
F1
F2
F3 
						

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Function menus(continued)
 (continued)
Cue point registration
Turn the ADJUST dial to highlight the point which is to be
registered.  When the  button is pressed, the current
tape position is registered as the cue point. The following
applies depending on the setting for  (PAGE) on the
 menu.
When “MANU” is set:
Operations are performed on the selected page.  Press 
the   button to register the points in succession 
(CUE¢1 > CUE¢2 > ... > CUE¢6) on the selected 
page.  (Any points already registered will be overwrit-
ten.)
The registration is automatically terminated when 
CUE¢6 is registered on the page. (*
1)
A change must be made to the points to be registered if 
more cue points are to be registered.  Check that the 
cue point registration mode is established, change the 
page, and change the points to be registered.  In this 
case, the search point will also move automatically to 
the top (CUE¢1) of the changed page.
*1 If “ON” is selected as the ] (ROTATE) setting on 
the  menu, the registration of the cue 
points will rotate on the same page in the following 
order: CUE¢1 > CUE¢2 > ... > CUE¢6 > 
CUE¢1 > CUE¢2 > ...
When “AUTO” is set: 
When a page become full during the cue point registra-
tion process, operation automatically moves to the next 
page, and registration continues.  When CUE96 on the 
last page is reached, registration is automatically termi-
nated. (*
2)
A change must be made to the points to be registered if 
more cue points are to be registered.  Check that the 
cue point registration mode is established, change the 
page, and change the points to be registered.  In this 
case, the search point will not  be changed.
*2 If “ON” is selected as the  (ROTATE) setting on 
the  menu, the registration of the cue 
points will rotate from page 9 (CUE96) to page 0 
(CUE01).
When registering cue points by number
1.  Turn the ADJUST dial to highlight the desired registered 
point display area
2. Press the   button twice.  Only the “10’s” hour digit of 
the selected cue point is now highlighted, and the 
change enable status is established.
 
When “REV” has been selected as the setup menu item 
No.144 (TC INPUT) setting, the input of the number will 
start from the higher-order digit (it will be displayed start-
ing from the far right).
3.  Input the number using the number keys.  Movement 
from one digit to the next is done automatically after one 
number has been input.  The desired digit can also be 
selected by turning the ADJUST dial.
4.  To enter the number, press the  button.
When the display screen is switched or when the   
button is pressed during the input process, the change 
enable status is released, and the setting is canceled.
Clearing registered points
Clearing all the registered points together
When   (AL CLR) on the  menu is pressed while
the  button is held down, all the cue point data currently
selected is cleared.  The range of the points which are
cleared is as follows depending on the setting for   (PAGE)
on the  menu.
When “MANU” is set:
All the points on the currently selected page are 
cleared.
When “AUTO” is set: 
All the points on all the pages are cleared.
After clearing, the search and registered points appear as
follows depending on the setting for    (PAGE) on the
 menu.
When “MANU” is set:
A return is made to the top (CUE¢1) of the page con-
cerned
When “AUTO” is set: 
A return is made automatically to the top (CUE01) of 
the first page.
* Points are cleared whether “ENTRY” (cue point 
registration mode) or “SEARCH” (search mode) is 
selected as the setting for [] (MODE) on the  
menu.
Clearing individual registered points
When the   (CLR) button on the  menu is pressed,
the currently selected cue point data is cleared.
* The point is cleared only when “ENTRY” (cue point 
registration mode) is selected as the setting for ] 
(MODE) on the  menu.
SET
F3
SET
F4
F4
T
ENT
C
F5F
F3
F3
F3
F4
F3 
						

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Function menus (continued)
 (continued)
Search operations
Turn the ADJUST dial to highlight the desired registered
point.
When the PREROLL button is pressed, the preroll operation
is initiated.  The tape will not be prerolled if no cue points
have been registered.Since the tape is not prerolled even if the PREROLL button
is pressed when the cue point registration mode is
established, be absolutely sure to check that the search
mode is established.
[The time selected by the  menu [ (CU-
ROL) setting, which is different from the normal preroll time,
takes effect as the preroll time in this mode.]
The underlining (__) denotes the factory setting mode.
F5
Function button/
item Switching 
method SettingCorresponding setup menu 
itemDescription of setting
F1
PREVPress
______ For multi-cue page forward scrolling.
F2
NEXTPress
______ For multi-cue page forward scrolling.
F3
MODEToggle
SEARCHENTRY___For selecting the search or cue point 
registration mode.
F4
CLR
Press______
For clearing the currently selected cue data.
ENTRY must be selected as the   (MODE) 
setting.
F5
AL CLR
FiPress
______When MANU is selected by   +   
(PAGE): All the cue data on the currently 
displayed page is cleared.
When AUTO is selected by   +   
(PAGE): All the cue data on all the pages is 
cleared.
F6
____________ ___
F1 (SHIFT)
______
______ ___
F2 (SHIFT)
CARDFiPress
______ For calling the MULTI CUE file operation menu.
F3 (SHIFT)
PA G EToggle
MANU
AU TO
No. 131
PAGE MODERefer to the setup menu.
F4 (SHIFT)
ROTATEToggle
OFF
ON
No. 132
ROTA MODERefer to the setup menu.
F5 (SHIFT)
CU-ROLToggle i ADJ 
0s --- 5s --- 15sNo. 011
CU-ROLL TIMERefer to the setup menu.
F6(SHIFT)
______
______ ___
F3
SHIFTF3
SHIFTF3 
						

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Function menus(continued)

This enables confirmation of information such as the
warning/hour-meter/UMID.
Verification, deletion of the error log file, retention/call to the
SD memory card can do with the SHIFT picture.
Warning display
When a warning occurs in this VTR, the warning mark (W)
blinks at the top left of the screen.  If   (WARN) is now
pressed, the details of the warning can be checked out on
the LCD monitor.
When more than one warning has occurred, turn the ADJ
dial to scroll through the messages.
Hour-meter display
When   (HOURS) is pressed, the hour-meter information
can be checked out on the LCD monitor.
UMID display
Press   (UMID) to confirm the current UMID information
for the image on the LCD monitor.
DIF Status display
Press   (DIF1) or   (DIF2) to display the different kinds
of information about the current DIF (IEEE 1394 interface).
Error log function
The error log mode can be selected by pressing the 
button and switching the screen to .
General description
When the following warnings have occurred while the tape is
running, the warning messages, time codes and operating
modes are saved, and a list of this information can be read
out on the LCD monitor.  Up to 99 warnings which have
occurred can be saved.  If the storage capacity of 99
warnings is exceeded, the processing that is conducted as a
result is based on the setup menu item No.015 (AUTO
STEP) setting.
LCD monitor displays
Operation mode display
This indicates the operation mode at the point when the
warning was saved.
Warning display
This indicates the warning message which is saved.
Saved warning status display
This indicates the number of the currently displayed warning
which has been saved and the total number of warnings
which have been saved.
Time code display
This indicates the time code at the point when the warning
was saved.
Cueing up the tape to the warning point
The warning list displayed on the LCD monitor can be
scrolled by turning the ADJ dial.  When the warning
occurrence point to be checked is selected and the
PREROLL button is pressed, the tape is cued up to the
position of the time code which has been saved.
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
Warning mark
F1
F2
F2
DIAG-MENU UMID INFO
MATNO
COPY
OWNR
JPN :ORG :USER
JAN-28-02
23:30:30 +03h00m ±3775m   3D
E 1800000.0
N  900000.0POS
DATE
TIME
00001234005678BA
00B0458201000001
0
F4F5
DIAG-MENU DIF STATUS 1
NODE CNT
MY ID
ROOT ID
IRM ID
RCV ID
GAP CNT
EUI-641
0
0
0
0
63
0080458200000000DIAG-MENU DIF STATUS 2
 
FMT
RATE
N/P
CHN 63
SPEED
STAT STOP
VIDEO
AUDIOFMT
RATE
N/P
CHN
SPEED
START
VIDEO
AUDIOHD100
1X
NTSC
63
400
OK
OK
OK
SHIFT
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
Warning messages 
which are savedDescription
(Refer to page 129 and following.)
NO RFA blank section on the tape lasting more than 
1 second has been detected.  (During normal 
playback)
SV NOT LOCKEDThe servo has been disengaged for more 
than 3 seconds.  (During recording, normal 
playback or editing)
LOW RFAn envelope level which is about 1/3 of nor-
mal or a CTL level which is about 1/6 of nor-
mal has been detected for more than 1 
second.  (During recording, normal playback 
or editing)
HIGH ERROR RATEThe error rate has deteriorated, and correc-
tion or compensation has been applied to the 
video or audio playback signals.  (During nor-
mal playback)
Operation mode display
Time code 
display
Warning displaySaved warning status display 
						

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Function menus (continued)
 (continued)
The underlining (__) denotes the factory setting mode.
Concerning the setup menu item No.015 (AUTO 
STEP) setting (factory setting: OFF)
Up to 99 warning messages can be saved by the error log
function, and this setup menu item determines what kind of
save processing is to be conducted when this storage
capacity is exceeded.
OFF: 99 messages are set as the upper limit, and no 
further messages of warnings that occur will be 
saved.
ON: 99 messages are saved, and any further message of 
a warnings that occurs is saved in No.99.  The 
warning messages already saved are each shifted 
down by one number in succession.
Messages saved when ON is selected as the 
setting
When up to 99 messages have been saved and the 100th warning
has occurredFunction button/
item Switching 
method SettingCorresponding setup menu 
itemDescription of setting
F1
WARN___
______ For displaying the warning messages on the 
LCD monitor.
F2
HOURS___
______ For displaying the hour-meter on the LCD 
monitor.
F3
UMID___
______ The UMID information is displayed on the LCD 
monitor.
F4
DIF1___
______ The DIF status 1 is displayed on the LCD 
monitor.
F5
DIF2___
______ The DIF status 2 is displayed on the LCD 
monitor.
F6
______
______ ___
F1 (SHIFT)
STEPToggle
OFF
ON
No. 015
AU TO ST E PRefer to the setup menu.
F2 (SHIFT)
CARDFiPress
______ For calling the error log file operation menu.
F3 (SHIFT)
______
______ ___
F4 (SHIFT)
______
______ ___
F5 (SHIFT)
AL CLRFiPress
______ For clearing error log files.
F6 (SHIFT)
______
______ ___
No. in 
which 
message 
is saved Saved warning
à
No. in 
which 
message 
is saved Saved warning
1/99 Warning 1 1/99 Warning 2
2/99 Warning 2 2/99 Warning 3
:
::
::
::
:
99/99 Warning 99 99/99 Warning 100 
						

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Function menus(continued)

These enable movement to the menu screens for operations (adjustments, saving data onto or loading it from the internal
memory or SD memory cards) relating to the SYSTEM and SETUP menus.
*The underlining (__) denotes the factory setting mode.
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
Function button/
item Switching 
method SettingCorresponding setup menu 
itemDescription of setting
F1
FILEFiPress
______ For calling the operation menu for saving the 
SYSTEM and SETUP adjustment values (in the 
internal memory).
F2
CARDFiPress
______ For calling the operation menu for saving the 
SYSTEM and SETUP adjustment values (onto 
the SD memory card).
F3
______
______ ___
F4
SYSTEMFiPress
______ For calling the SYSTEM adjustment operation 
menu.
F5
SETUPFiPress
______ For calling the SETUP adjustment operation 
menu.
F6
______
______ ___
F1 (SHIFT)
PF1 FTFiPress
______ For calling the PF1/function button assignment 
operation menu.
F2 (SHIFT)
PF1 BKFiPress
______ For calling the PF1/function button assignment 
operation menu.
F3 (SHIFT)
PF2 FTFiPress
______ For calling the PF2/function button assignment 
operation menu.
F4 (SHIFT)
PF2 BKFiPress
______ For calling the PF2/function button assignment 
operation menu.
F5 (SHIFT)
50P INFiPress
______ For calling the 50-pin (input pin) assignment 
operation menu.
F6 (SHIFT)
50P OTFiPress
______ For calling the 50-pin (output pin) assignment 
operation menu. 
						

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Function menus (continued)

The ASSEMBLE editing mode is selected on this menu
screen.
Automatic editing and manual editing
zWhen the editing mode has been selected (the 
button is lighted), automatic editing or manual editing can
be performed even after the ASSEMBLE screen has been
exited.
zAfter the edit IN and OUT points have been registered (the
 and   buttons are lighted), the tape can be
prerolled to an IN point or cued up to an IN or OUT point
even after the ASSEMBLE screen has been exited.
The underlining (__) denotes the factory setting mode.
F1SHIFTF2F3F4F5F6
IN point 
OUT point
ASSEM
INOUT
Function button/
item Switching 
method SettingCorresponding setup 
menu itemDescription of setting
F1
ASSEMToggle 
OFF
ON
___For setting the editing mode to ON or OFF.
When the display is highlighted, the ASSEMBLE 
editing mode is set to ON, and the ASSEM button 
lights.
F2
____________ ___
F3
______
______ ___
F4
______
______ ___
F5
______
______ ___
F6
______
______ ___