Panasonic Digital Video Cassette Recorder AG-DV2500P Operating Instructions

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EJECT
MENU
REWSET
FF PLAY
STOP
REC INH.PA L
AUDIONTSCDVCAMPAUSE
POWER
RECA.DUB
CH1 / 3
2 / 4LINE
DVS-VIDEO
OFF
9PINWIRELESS
INPUTREMOTEMIC
AG-DV2500
5 6
7
5[REMOTE] Remote select switch
Use this switch to select the remote controller
type.
9 PIN:Select this to use the RS-422A-
compatible editing remote con-
troller (AG-A850) that connects
to the 
4 9 PIN REMOTE termi-
nal located at the rear panel.
Please use this unit as a player.
WIRELESS:Select this to use the provided
wireless remote...

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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS PARTS– Front panel –  (continued)
8[REC] Record button/LED
●Hold down this button and press the 9 PLAY
button to start recording. During recording, the
LED lights up red.
●Hold down this button and press the 0 PAUSE
button to pause the recording.
●When this button is pressed during recording,
an index signal is recorded on the tape (valid
when the INDEX WRITE item in the SYSTEM
menu is set to ON).
●When recording is stopped, the time code gen-
erator value can be...

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$Indicator
:When a cassette is loaded, the LED
lights up green. (Likewise when the unit
is in the POWER OFF state.)
When a cassette is being loaded or
ejected, the LED blinks.
DVCAM:When the unit plays back a tape re-
corded in the DVCAM format, the LED
lights up green.
NTSC:The LED lights up green in the follow-
ing cases:
• In the composite video or S-VIDEO
signal input mode and the 
2 NTSC/
PAL switch located at the rear panel
(
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• A tape recorded with NTSC signals is...

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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS PARTS– Rear panel –
1DC power input terminal (2P)
This is used for DC12V input. It connects the
DC mains cable of the provided AC adapter.
Memo
● When power is supplied to this terminal, the
POWER indicator located at the front panel
lights up. (The LED lights up red when the
POWER indicator is OFF.)
● Setting this unit to POWER ON, POWER
OFF or PLAY mode when the power is sup-
plied to this terminal can be done by making
the appropriate selections from the DC IN
MODE...

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DV IN/OUT
AUDIO VIDEO
CH 1/3 CH 2/4
LINE
S -VIDEO
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9PIN REMOTE
AUXNTSC PALDC 12V
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9
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9[AUDIO IN] Audio input terminal
 (PHONO2)
This is the audio signal (analog) input terminal.
For audio dubbing, sounds from the CH1/3 ter-
minal are recorded on the CH3 channel while
those from the CH2/4 channel are recorded on
the CH4 channel.
Memo●When the MIC terminal on the front panel is con-
nected to a...

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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS PARTS– Wireless remote controller –
DISPLAY
BARS
MENU SEARCH+
SEARCH–
A.DUB
F.REV
INDEX
–INDEX
+ PLAY
STOP
VEQ3533
REW FFPAUSE SETBLANK STILL
MODE
VCRPOWER
/I
AUDIO
MUTING
OUT SEL.
OUT LEV.
REC
F. A D V
1
6
7
8
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3
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1[POWER] button f
Press this button to turn on the power of the
unit. (POWER ON)
Press this button again to turn off the power.
(POWER OFF)
2[DISPLAY] button
Use this button to turn on/off, the on-screen (e.g.
status screen) display on...

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 button
• During playback, STILL mode or variable
speed playback in the forward direction,
press this button to slow down the playback
speed.
• During reverse playback or variable speed
playback in the reverse direction, press this
button to speed up the playback speed.
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• When the menu is displayed, use this but-
ton to select the menu items or setting val-
ues.
[
P] /  button
• During reverse payback/ variable-speed
playback, press this button to execute for-
ward...

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ON-SCREEN DISPLAY– Regarding on-screen display –
Besides E-E images and playback images, the monitor connected to the VIDEO LINE OUT terminal and S-
VIDEO OUT terminal provides the following on-screen information.
DISPLAY
BARS
MENU SEARCH+
SEARCH–
A.DUBPAUSE SETBLANK STILL
MODEVCRPOWER
/I
AUDIO
MUTING
OUT SEL.
OUT LEV.
REC
MENU
button
DISPLAY
button
–––D I SP LAY–––
DISPLAY ON
COUN T E R POS I . L O
WER - R
TIME CODE ON
VTR MODE ON
TAPE REMAIN OFF
TIME/DATE OFF
AUD I O I NFO . OF F
DA T ESTYLE M / D...

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ON-SCREEN DISPLAY– Status display –

 Status display: It displays the current settings and operating status.
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No. Item Content
1Sampling frequency/audio
output CH•Sampling frequency
During recording, the setting value of the AUDIO MODE item
of the AUDIO/VIDEO menu is displayed (32K or 48K).
During playback, the sampling frequency of the sound re-
corded on the tape is displayed (32K, 48K, 44.1K).
During DV signal input, the...

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ON-SCREEN DISPLAY– Status display – (continued)
No. Item Content
3Time code•It displays the time codes (hour, minute, second and frame).
During playback, the time codes recorded on the tape are
displayed.
TCR : time code reader data
TCG : time code generator data
DTCG : time code data input from a DV IN terminal
•The symbols for the second and frame differ according to the
framing modes. (NTSC only)
     00 : 00 : 00 : 00
¥dot (.) is used for a dropped frame.
colon (:) is used for a non-dropped...