Panasonic AJ-DCP manual

AJ- DCP Digital Video Cassette Recor der Operating Instructions F10399W3040 D Printed in Japan VQT8017-3 P[...]

2 indicates safety information. IMPORT ANT “Unauthorized recording of copyrighted television programs, video tapes and other materials may infringe the right of copyright owners and be contrary to copyright laws.” $ Do not insert fingers or any objects into the video cassette holder. $ Avoid operating or leaving the unit near strong magnetic fi[...]

3 Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 P arts and Their Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Connector areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Example of Connect[...]

4 Intr oduction The AJ-D95DCP is a multi-purpose digital VTR which is capable not only of 525i/50 Mbps recording and playback using 1/4-inch wide compact cassette tapes but of recording and playback onto existing DVCPRO (25 Mbps) cassette tapes as well. This VTR with its high picture quality, which is due to the use of digital compression technolog[...]

5 CH1 AUDIO OUT 25 CH1 ST CH2 AUDIO MON SELECT CH 3 · 4 50M bps CH2 REC INPUT SELECT ON OFF C B POWER EJECT LOCAL MENU ANALOG SDI OFF REC INHIBIT ON REMOTE PB PULL FOR VAR PLAY PAUSE/STILL REC TAPE EE SET DATA ji MODE MENU UP DOWN PAGE REW STOP FF SEARCH RESET COUNTER 50 WIDE REMOTE REC INH CH 1 CH 2 dB -30 -25 -20 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 - CTL TC UB HOUR[...]

6 Fr ont panel 1 POWER switch When this switch is pressed, the power is turned on and the counter display area lights; when it is pressed again, the power is turned off. 2 Cassette insertion slot Newsgathering cassettes and general-purpose cassettes are inserted into this slot. <Note> Do not insert DV cassettes, which are designed for general[...]

7 > INPUT SELECT button and lamp This button is used to select the input signals. Each time it is pressed, ANALOG and SDI signals are selected alternately. <Note> It is not possible to select ANALOG for the video signals and SDI for the audio signals or vice versa: the same setting must be used for both sets of signals. ANALOG: This is sel[...]

8 P ar ts and Their Functions H FF button This button is pressed to fast forward the tape. The playback pictures can be monitored when the TAPE/EE switch M is set to TAPE. Pressing the FF button while in the search mode (search still, reverse search, reverse search still, forward search still) causes operation to switch to forward search, and fast [...]

9 CH 1 CH 2 AUDIO OUT CH 1 CH 2 AUDIO IN REF VIDEO IN VIDEO IN OUT ON OFF 75 Ω TC IN TC OUT VIDEO MON OUT AUDIO MON OUT LR ENCODER REMOTE DC OUT 12V 250mA AC IN REMOTE DC IN SIGNAL GND FUSE 125V 2.5A Connector areas P ar ts and Their Functions 3 DC OUT socket This is the DC 12V output connector. It is used to supply power to the external remote c[...]

10 Connector area P ar ts and Their Functions Pin No. Signal 1 Frame Ground 2 Transmit A 3 Receive B 4 Receive Common 5 6 Transmit Common 7 Transmit B 8 Receive A 9 Frame Ground 1 6 9 5 Pin No. Signal 1 2 Set Up 3 C Level 4 Ground 5 +9 V 6 System H 7 SYS. SC. Coarse (2) 8 – 9 V 9 Hue 10 Video Level 11 Ret Ground 12 13 14 SYS. SC. Fine 15 SYS. SC.[...]

11 CH 1 CH 2 AUDIO OUT CH 1 CH 2 AUDIO IN REF VIDEO IN VIDEO IN OUT ON OFF 75 Ω TC IN TC OUT VIDEO MON OUT AUDIO MON OUT LR ENCODER REMOTE DC OUT 12V 250mA AC IN REMOTE DC IN SIGNAL GND FUSE 125V 2.5A Example of Connections Monitor Speakers with built-in amplifier VIDEO MONITOR output VIDEO MONITOR output AC cable (packed with unit) AC 120V or AC[...]

12 T apes T ypes of tapes and their recording times M size cassettes O 50 Mbps mode Tapes with a recording/playback length of up to 33 minutes: O 25 Mbps mode Tapes with a recording/playback length of up to 66 minutes: L size cassettes O 50 Mbps mode Tapes with a recording/playback length of up to 92 minutes: O 25 Mbps mode Tapes with a recording/p[...]

13 Stop mode CH1 AUDIO OUT 25 CH1 ST CH2 AUDIO MON SELECT CH 3 · 4 50M bps CH2 REC INPUT SELECT ON OFF C B POWER EJECT LOCAL MENU ANALOG SDI OFF REC INHIBIT ON REMOTE PB PULL FOR VAR PLAY PAUSE/STILL REC TAPE EE SET DATA ji MODE MENU UP DOWN PAGE REW STOP FF SEARCH RESET COUNTER 50 1 CH1 AUDIO OUT 25 CH1 ST CH2 AUDIO MON SELECT CH 3 · 4 50M bps C[...]

14 Operations <Notes> O It is not possible to select ANALOG for the video input signals and SDI for the audio input signals or vice versa — the same setting must be used for both sets of signals. O The input signals cannot be recorded properly if a recording inhibit signal is recorded with them. O Check that the SERVO lamp remains lighted d[...]

15 Operations Cue/revie w Pressing the FF button or REW button while in the search mode (search still, forward search, reverse search, forward search still, reverse search still) causes fast forward or reverse playback to occur at the speed selected using setting No. 100 on the setup menu. (See page 30.) Also, pressing the SEARCH button while in th[...]

Operations 16 Linear 0.3 a a speed pla ybac k Pressing the SEARCH button when in play pause status causes the mode to switch to slow still. In this status, pressing the FF button or REW button causes operation to switch to linear 0.3 a playback. Pressing the PAUSE/STILL button during linear 0.3 a playback causes the tape to pause. Pressing the PAUS[...]

17 Operations A udio channels The DVCPRO (25 Mbps) format has 2 audio channels whereas the DVCPRO 50 (50 Mbps) format has 4 audio channels. However, this unit uses only two of the channels provided with the DVCPRO 50 (50 Mbps) format. The settings for setup menu items No.711 and 712 are used to select recording or playback in the 50 Mbps or 25 Mbps[...]

18 CH1 CH1 CH2 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH1 CH3 CH2 CH4 Operations <During playbac k> 50 Mbps mode <During playbac k> 25 Mbps mode $ Analog signal output (Setup menu item No.711 setting: TR1/TR2) Output channel Audio recording track on tape Playback CH1 CH1 CH2 CH2 No sound played back. CH3 No sound played back. CH4 (Setup menu item No.711 setting: [...]

19 Time Codes/User’ s Bit Time codes Time codes are used to indicate the absolute position of the tape in hour, minute, second and frame increments: the time code signals generated by the time code generator (time code signal generator) are recorded on the tape and read by the time code reader (time code signal reader). Time codes are written int[...]

20 <Notes> O The colon between the seconds and frames changes to a period when a drop frame time code has been read. O When the time code signal is missing, it is automatically interpolated by the CTL signal. The following appears on the display. T R 00 : 07 : 04 : 24 An asterisk ( ) appears when the time code signal is missing. (For superimp[...]

21 Display position The position of the superimposed display characters can be changed by setting setup menu items No.004 “ CHARA H-POS ” and No.005 “ CHARA V-POS. ” (See page 29) Superimposed Screens <Notes> When the PAGE button and DATA+ button or DATA – button are pressed, the counter display appears temporarily on the TV monitor[...]

22 <Notes> O When the beginning or end of the tape has been detected in the VTR operation mode, “ BOT (beginning of tape) ” or “ EOT (end of tape) ” is displayed at the beginning of the line. Examples of what is displayed: EOT STOP (stop mode at end of tape) BOT STANDBY OFF (standby mode at beginning of tape) O In the T&S&R mo[...]

23 Setup (Initial Settings) The unit ’ s main settings can be performed and checked using the on-screen menus which are displayed on the video monitor connected to the unit. It is also possible to perform and check the settings using the item numbers and setting numbers which appear on the front panel ’ s display area. A user setting memory is [...]

24 Setup (Initial Settings) SET – UP MENU <LOAD> NO FACTORY (ALL) FACTORY (NOT SYSTEM) USER (ALL) USER (NOT SYSTEM) Press the MENU-UP button or MENU-DOWN button to move the cursor to FACTORY (ALL), and press the SET button. O If this operation is performed with the cursor moved to FACTORY (NOT SYSTEM) instead, all the factory settings excep[...]

25 How to load the user defaults Set the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch to the MENU position. The unit is now set to the menu setting mode, and the menu screen appears on the video monitor. 1 Press the RESET button. The unit is set to the default setting mode, and the default setting screen appears on the video monitor. 2 Press the MENU-UP button or MENU[...]

26 Press the MENU-UP button or MENU-DOWN button to move the cursor to the NO position, and press the SET button. The menu protection is now released. 3 Set the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch to the LOCAL or REMOTE position. The unit is set to the menu protect mode. When the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch is set to the MENU position, the menu setting mode is no[...]

27 SYSTEM menu Item Setting No. Superimposed display No. Superimposed display Description of setting 00 ENCODER SEL 0000 0001 REMOTE LOCAL For setting whether the encoder adjustments (for the analog video output signals) are to be performed by the external encoder remote controller or the unit. 0: Adjustments are performed by the external encoder r[...]

28 09 SCH FINE 0000 0255 – 128 127 For finely adjusting SCH. Maximum variation range: ±45 degrees Together with the SCH COARSE adjustment, 360 degrees are covered. SYSTEM menu Item Setting No. Superimposed display No. Superimposed display Description of setting 10 AV PHASE 0000 0255 – 128 127 For adjusting the phase of the audio output to the [...]

29 <Notes> O If the PAGE button and DATA+ button or DATA – button are pressed when the CHARA H-POS or CHARA V-POS item has been set, the counter display appears temporarily while this button is held down to enable the setting to be checked. Even while the PAGE button is pressed, the settings can be performed using the DATA+ button or DATA ?[...]

30 100 SEARCH SPEED 0000 0001 X4.1 X8.4 For setting the speed at which the tape is to be decelerated when the search switch on the front panel has been pressed. 0: 4.1 a normal tape speed 1: 8.4 a normal tape speed 101 SHTL MAX 0000 0001 0002 X8.4 X16 X32 For setting the maximum speed in the shuttle mode when the external controller connected to th[...]

31 111 AFTER CUE-UP 0000 0001 STOP STILL For setting the status after cue-up. 0: For stopping the tape in the stop mode. 1: For stopping the tape in the still mode. 115 EJECT EE SEL 0000 0001 EE BLACK For selecting the video output and audio output while the tape was being ejected when the TAPE/EE switch has been set to TAPE. 0: The E-E picture and[...]

32 400 STILL TIMER 0000 0001 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 0007 0008 0.5S 5S 10S 20S 30S 40S 50S 1min 2min For setting the time taken until the tape protection mode is established when the unit has been left standing in the stop or still mode. (Unit: S = seconds, min = minutes) 401 SRC PROTECT 0000 0001 STEP HALF For setting the tape protection mode ope[...]

33 500 VITC BLANK 0000 0001 BLANK THRU For setting whether the VITC signal is to be output to the composite video output. 0: VITC signal is not output. 1: VITC signal is output. 505 TC PRESET For setting the time code value when P-REC or P-FREE has been selected as the TCG mode setting by the menu item No.504 (TC MODE). After the + or – button is[...]

34 509 TCG CF FLAG 0000 0001 OFF ON For setting whether to add the CF flag of the TCG to the CF bit (color frame bit) when P-REC or P-FREE has been selected as the TCG mode setting by the menu item No.504 (TC MODE). 0: CF flag is not added. (LTC CF bit: 0) 1: CF flag is added. (LTC CF bit: 1) 510 DF MODE 0000 0001 DF NDF For setting the CTL and TCG[...]

35 600 OUT VSYNC 0000 0001 N-VF VF For setting whether to float the vertical sync position of the video output in order to input the video output phase during E-E mode recording. 0: Vertical sync position is not floated. 1: Vertical sync position is floated. 601 V-MUTE SEL 0000 0001 N-MUTE LOW RF For setting whether to mute the video signals when L[...]

36 700 CH1 IN LV 0000 0001 0002 0003 4dB 0dB – 3dB – 20dB For setting the audio input (CH1) reference level. 701 CH2 IN LV 0000 0001 0002 0003 4dB 0dB – 3dB – 20dB For setting the audio input (CH2) reference level. 702 CH1 OUT LV 0000 0001 0002 0003 4dB 0dB – 3dB – 20dB For setting the audio output (CH1) reference level. 703 CH2 OUT LV [...]

37 711 PB AUDIO SEL 0000 0001 TR1/2 TR3/4 For setting the audio tracks to be played back. (This function works in the 50 Mbps mode.) 0: The sound recorded on tracks 1 and 2 is played back. 1: The sound recorded on tracks 3 and 4 is played back. 712 SDI IN SEL 0000 0001 CH1/2 CH3/4 For setting the audio SDI input channels for recording. (This functi[...]

38 Err or Messages When trouble has occurred in the unit, one of the following error messages will be displayed on the tape counter. Error No. Description – d – Condensation (dew) has formed. E — 00 E — 01 E — 02 E — 11 E — 21 This appears when the cassette down operation fails to take place even when 4 seconds have elapsed after the [...]

39 Emer g enc y Eject Procedure f or removing the tape manuall y in an emergency Use the procedure below to remove the cassette tape if it can not be removed even when the EJECT button is pressed. O Before proceeding to eject the tape manually, you must first turn off the power to the unit. 2 3 4 34 1 5 1 Remove the top panel. 2 Use a Phillips head[...]

40 Video Head Cleaning This unit is equipped with an auto head cleaning function, which automatically reduces the amount of dirt on the video heads. However, in order to enhance the unit ’ s reliability, it is recommended that the video heads be cleaned every day. Use a cleaning fluid designated by the unit ’ s manufacturer. Condensation The sa[...]

41 Specifications [GENERAL] Supply voltage: AC 120V ±10%, 50/60 Hz Power consumption: 93 W DC supply voltage: 12 V DC power input current: 6.2 A Ambient operating temperature 41 ° F to 104 ° F (5 ° C to 40 ° C) Ambient operating humidity 10% to 85% (no condensation) Weight 17.16 lb (7.8 kg) Dimensions (W a H a D) 8 7 / 16 ˝ a 5 1 / 4 ˝ a 16 [...]

42 [A UDIO] $ Digital audio Sampling frequency 48 kHz Quantizing 16 bits Frequency response 20 Hz to 20 kHz ±1 dB Dynamic range More than 85 dB (1 kHz, emphasis OFF, “ A ” weighted) Distortion Less than 0.1% (1 kHz, emphasis OFF, reference level) Crosstalk Less than – 80 dB (1 kHz, between 2 channels) Wow & flutter Below measurable limit[...]

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