Panasonic AJ-DE97P manual

Installation Manual Thank you for purchasing the the unit. Please read through this manual which tells you: O How to set up the unit (assembly precautions) O How to check the unit’s functions (methods for checking that the functions are operating after startup) Reading through this Manual before proceeding with installation will make it easier to[...]

– 2 – Chapter 1 Do these first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1-1. Checking the accessories and attaching the stabilizer feet . . . . . . . . . . 4 1-2. Checking the AC supply voltage and precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1-3. Cable connection precautions (rear panel) . . .[...]

– 3 – Appendix A BIOS screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 A-1. Concerning BIOS information at startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 A-2. Details on PC unit BIOS information checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Appendix B SCSI-BIOS T ool . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

– 4 – This chapter explains the procedures (setup) to prepare the purchased unit for operation and the cautions to be heeded. 1-1. Checking the accessories and attaching the stabilizer feet . . . . . . . . . . 4 1-2. Checking the AC supply voltage and precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1-3. Cable connection precautions (rear panel) .[...]

– 5 – CA UTION: T o reduce the risk of injur y due to tipping ov er , Mount the stabilizers bef ore installation. Attaching the stabilizer feet Attaching the ferrite cores When the SCSI hard disk drive for external expansion purposes is to be connected, one of ferrite cores packed with the unit must be attached to one end of the SCSI I/F cable [...]

– 6 – 1-2. Chec king the A C supply v oltage and precautions Use a AC voltmeter or other instrument to check that the supply voltage at the installation location is inside the following range: ) 120 V ±10 % 1-3. Cable connection precautions (rear panel) Bear in mind the points listed below when connecting the accessory cables to the unit’s r[...]

– 7 – 1-4. Connecting the peripheral devices and la y out precautions Bear in mind the points listed below when connecting the computer monitor, monitor (Video) for monitoring the pictures and other peripheral devices to the unit. It is recommended that you proceed while referring to the rear panel connection diagrams in the Operating Instructi[...]

– 8 – This chapter explains the checks that must be conducted on the basic hardware settings and basic inspections of the AV disks after the unit’s power switch has been set to the ON position. When conducting the checks and inspections described in this chapter, do not turn off the power or reset the system unnecessarily. Doing so may change[...]

– 9 – Checking the LEDs on the unit’ s fr ont panel ) Check that the two disk access lamps light up and flash when the power is turned on. Checking the computer monitor displa ys (BIOS start screen) during startup ) Is the memory size value (standard 256 MB) correct? ) Did the CD-ROM drive name appear (for an instant)? ) Did the name of the s[...]

– 10 – 2-2. Chec king the SCSI device settings In this section the SCSI-BIOS Tool is used to check the SCSI device settings. You will find it easier to perform the checks if, before starting the actual procedure, you quickly glance through SCSI-BIOS Tool items B-1–B-3 (pages 39–43) in Appendix B and understand how the settings of the parts [...]

– 11 – O Check the SCSI Channel Interface Definitions. ) Is the Host Adapter SCSI ID set to “7”? ) Is the SCSI Parity Checking set to “Enable”? ) Is the Host Adapter SCSI Termination set to “Automatic”? SCSI device configuration c hecks (1) (Conduct the chec ks for both channels A and B.) O Check the parameters of all the SCSI-ID #0[...]

– 12 – 2-3. A V disk inspections In this section, the AV disks are inspected using the SCSI-BIOS Tool. These inspections check for defects in the AV disks as recording media. (It takes about 2 hours to conduct all the inspections in this category.) 1. To return the screen display to the inspection menu selection, press the [Esc] key several tim[...]

– 13 – This chapter describes the checks on the disk-related settings which are conducted on the startup screen of Windows NT, the operating system used by the unit, and the inspections conducted on the AV disks to verify whether they can be used by this system. The inspections described in this chapter are conducted after the Windows NT startu[...]

– 14 – If the checks in this section have been completed error-free, exit the Disk Administrator by following the procedure described in item C-6 of Appendix C. Disk v olume-related status information chec k using the Disk Administrator ) Are 6 disks (excluding the CD-ROM) displayed altogether? ) Is one CD-ROM drive displayed? ) Are the names o[...]

– 15 – 3-2. Chec king the AudioP ool, VideoP ool & TitleP ool directories In this section, the Windows NT Explorer is used to check the making of the AudioPool, VideoPool and TitlePool directories on the Windows NT startup screen. 1 . If there is an application now starting up in Windows NT, exit the application and start the procedure from[...]

– 16 – This chapter explains after the unit has been installed how to conduct comprehensive operation checks on the hardware of the unit using the limited edition of the editing software program which is pre-installed in the unit. Note: Do not install the editing program until the checks described in this chapter have been completed. Otherwise,[...]

– 17 – 2. The screen shown below now appears. Double-click Top Bin if the Bin window of Top Bin is not open. ) Did the screen shown below appear as a result of starting the limited edition of the editing software program? <Check>[...]

– 18 – 3. Click the button from the Toolbox at the top left of the screen to start the digitizer. ) Did the digitizer window as shown below appear? The device list box for selecting the VTRs and other devices is located at the top left of the digitizer window. The VTR unit to be controlled can be changed by changing the device. VTR control c he[...]

– 19 – ) Is “Internal VTR (50Mx2)” shown for Device on the digitizer window? 4. If “Internal VTR (50Mx2)” is not shown for Device, click the mark at the right end of the list box to display the device list, and select “Internal VTR (50Mx2)” which is the system’s internal VTR. 5. Insert the DVCPRO tape with the recorded images into[...]

– 20 – After checking that the tape can be played back normally in the internal VTR’s 50M a 2 speed mode, check the uploading operation. The area in the digitizer window shown in the figure below contains the uploading function buttons. 7. Set the internal VTR to the 50M a 2 speed playback mode and click the button. This starts the uploading [...]

– 21 – Precautions when chec king the uploading operation While the uploading operation is being checked, do not click on any parts except those provided on the digitizer window. Doing so may make it impossible to conduct a proper check on the uploading operation. ) Did the color of the area with the “RecStart” letters change when the butto[...]

– 22 – 14. The uploaded data can be played by inputting the space key after the clip registered in the bin has been clicked (selected). 15. Check the clip’s playback images on the monitor (video) for monitoring the pictures. 16. Playback automatically stops at the end of the selected clips. To stop playback at any time, input the space key ag[...]

– 23 – Checks bef ore using an external VTR or micr ophone for uploading ) Has the RS-422A cable been connected properly between the system and external VTR? Refer to the operating instructions of each for details on the connection methods. ) Has the external VTR been set so that it can be operated by remote control? Refer to the operating inst[...]

The screen shown below appears when the sequence editor starts. – 24 – 4-2. Chec king the editing functions Proceed to check the editing operations using the same limited edition of the editing software program which was used in the last section. Upload several clips to the AV disk in advance to use in checking the operations. If the clips regi[...]

– 25 – ) Did the sequence editor screen appear when the button was clicked? 2. When the sequence editor has started, drag and drop the clips registered in the bin onto the video track, and create the video sequence. The length of the dropped clip is indicated by a proportionately long rectangle, and the clip icon appears at the far left of the [...]

– 26 – <Note> The limited edition of the editing software program limits the number of clips in the sequence editor to 30. This number includes the clips on the audio tracks. For instance, in the case of DVCPRO 50M format clips (usually one video and four audio channels), the number of clips has already reached 5. In addition, the specifi[...]

– 27 – After creating the video sequence, play it back and check it. The sequence is played back using the function buttons (shown on the left) located at the top of the sequence editor window. 4. Click the button to move the play start position to the beginning of the video sequence. 5. Click the button to start playing the video sequence. 6. [...]

– 28 – ) Did the join between the clips change to a mark as shown in the figure above? <Check> 15. Next, select the grid on the far left of the same clip by clicking it with the mouse. Keep the mouse in the clicked (dragged) status. 1 6. The color of the selected grid now turns from white to red. 17. Keep dragging the grid which has turne[...]

– 29 – This completes the editing operation checks. Do not exit the Toolbox since the limited edition of the editing software program will be used in the next section as well. After creating the video sequence, check its playback. The function buttons (see figure at left) at the top of the sequence editor window are used for the playback operat[...]

– 30 – 4-3. Chec king the downloading operation In this section, the downloading operation using the limited edition of the editing software program is checked. To check the downloading operation, use the clips which were already uploaded by the digitizer and registered in the bin. (Check that the clips used are free from noise and disturbances[...]

– 31 – ) Did the Record To Video tool screen appear when the button was clicked? ) Has a cassette tape enabling test recording been loaded in the system’s internal VTR? ) Is “Internal VTR (50Mx2)” shown as the device display? <Check> ) Did “Immediate” among the recording mode selector buttons turn light blue? <Check> ) Was[...]

– 32 – ) Did the “RecStart” letters turn red when the button was clicked to start downloading? ) Was the image of the downloaded clip displayed on the video monitor? ) Did the letters of the button return to their original color after the images were downloaded? <Check> 6 . Click the button in the Record To Video window to start downl[...]

– 33 – ) Did the tape playback at the a 1 speed start when the button was clicked? ) Did the tape playback at the a 1 speed stop when the button was clicked? ) Were the tape’s playback images affected by noise or disturbances? Check the playback images by viewing the video monitor. <Check> 7. Click the mark at the far right in the Devic[...]

– 34 – A-1. Concerning BIOS inf ormation at star tup The following BIOS information items are displayed on the computer’s monitor immediately after the unit’s power is turned on. Basic inspections of the PC unit hardware of the unit can be conducted by checking the items displayed. (1) Award Modular BIOS version (2) Type of CPU (3) Main mem[...]

– 35 – (1) Main memory size The figure below shows the screen which appears after the PC unit’s main memory (size: 256 MB) check has been completed with no errors found. “262144 KB (256 MB)” is displayed as the main memory size when the unit is shipped. Award Modular BIOS v6.0, An Energy Star Ally Copyright(C) 1984-95, Award Software, Inc[...]

– 36 – (2) CD-ROM drive name and (3) System disk drive name The figure below shows the screen on which the CD-ROM drive and system disk drive are checked and which displays the device information acquired from the devices. The screen shows that “CR-585” is the unit’s CD-ROM drive and that the “IBM-DTLA-307030” made by IBM is the unit?[...]

– 37 – (4) SCSI card name and (5) SCSI disk drive names (f or 5 units) The figure below shows the screen which displays the BIOS installation of the SCSI card (ASC-39160) inserted into the PCI slot and the information for the five SCSI disk drives connected to the SCSI card. Normally, information for all five drives is displayed as shown in the[...]

– 38 – (6) PCI device list The figure below shows the device list screen which appears after the SCSI device display. The PCI device list occupies the bottom half of the screen. The PCI device list appears only for a short while at the unit’s startup stage. Check that the list is displayed and that the Device Class and IRQ sections are displa[...]

– 39 – B-1. Outline of SCSI-BIOS T ool The SCSI-BIOS Tool makes it possible to: O Check and change the SCSI host adapter settings. O Check the SCSI device settings which may conflict with other device settings. B-2. How to start up SCSI-BIOS T ool 1. If Windows NT has been started up, click [Start] 5 [Shutdown] to restart Windows NT. If Windows[...]

– 40 – B-3. How to use SCSI-BIOS T ool (1) Checking the SCSI de vice configuration 1 . Press the [ : ] or [ ; ] arrow key to highlight the SCSI channel to be checked, and then press the [Enter] key to select the channel. (Press the [Esc] key to return to the previous menu.) 2. The selection screen shown below now appears. Press the [ : ] or [ ;[...]

– 41 – ¬ When the SCSI device parameter s are wrong ¬ O Change the parameters. To change a parameter, press the [ : ] or [ ; ] arrow key to highlight the item to be changed. Next, press the [Enter] key. A pop-up menu will appear, and the selectable settings are displayed. Highlight the item to be selected, and press the [Enter] key to make th[...]

– 42 – (3) Inspecting the disk media 1 . Press the [ : ] or [ ; ] arrow key to highlight the SCSI channel to be checked, and press the [Enter] key to make the selection. (Press the [Esc] key to return to the previous menu.) 2. The selection screen shown below now appears. Press the [ : ] or [ ; ] arrow key to highlight the [SCSI Disk Utilities][...]

– 43 – ¬ If the prompt to re-allocate the disk media appear s during the disk media chec k ¬ O It means that there is a defect in the media. (4) Formatting the disk 3. The window shown below now appears. Press the [ : ] or [ ; ] arrow key to highlight the SCSI device to be inspected, and press the [Enter] key. (Press the [Esc] key to return t[...]

– 44 – Yes No 4. The selection screen shown below now appears. Press the [ : ] or [ ; ] arrow key to highlight the [Format Disk] item, and press the [Enter] key. (Press the [Esc] key to return to the previous menu.) 5. The [Format Disk?] prompt now appears. If [Yes] is selected, the [Are you sure?] prompt appears. If [Yes] is selected, the mess[...]

– 45 – C-1. Outline of Disk Administrator The Disk Administrator is a graphic tool for administrating the disk resources. Outline of operations which the Disk Administrator can perform O Volumes can be formatted and labeled. O The partition sizes, additional partitions, blank areas which can be used to create the striping sets, and other disk-r[...]

– 46 – C-3. Chec king the disk settings Checking the Windows NT volume-related status information On the Disk Administrator dialog box, check that the disk statuses are as shown below. Disk No. Drive name Format Disk 0 C:, D: NTFS Disk 1 O: RTLFS Disk 2 O: RTLFS Disk 3 O: RTLFS Disk 4 O: RTLFS Disk 5 L: RTLFS CD-ROM E: ___ ¬ There are not enou[...]

– 47 – C-4. How to inspect the disks 1. Click the disk to be checked. 2. Click [Properties] from the [Tools] menu. The dialog box in Fig. 2 is now opened. Fig. 2 Properties dialog box 3. When the [Tools] tag is clicked, the dialog box shown in Fig. 3 is opened. Fig. 3 Properties tool dialog box[...]

– 48 – Fig. 4 HDD check option dialog box 4. When [Check Now...] is clicked in the Error-checking, the HDD check option dialog box shown in Fig. 4 is opened. When a check has been entered for the check disk option, click it to release (cancel) the check. When the check status is displayed after checking “Start” button and the check is compl[...]

– 49 – C-5. How to f ormat disks The operations described in this section are to be performed only for disks No.1 through 5 (drive “O:” and “L:”) in the event that serious problems have arisen in the editing software program installed in the system and the system’s disk configuration information has been lost. Carelessly and needlessl[...]

– 50 – Fig. 8 Error-free termination dialog box 4. The error-free termination dialog box shown in Fig. 8 appears. Click [OK]. 5 . Click the drive in which the striping set was just created, and when “Assign drive letter” is clicked on the [Tools] menu, the “Assign Drive Letter” dialog box shown in Fig. 9 appears. Set “O” for “Assi[...]

– 51 – 1. Click drive 5. 2. When “Create” is clicked on the [Partition] menu, the “Create Primary Partition” dialog box shown in Fig. 13 appears. Click [OK]. Fig. 13 Create Primary Partition dialog box How to f ormat drive “L:” 9. The RT-LFS format tool starts up, and the dialog box shown in Fig. 11 appears. Set “0” for “Drive[...]

– 52 – C-6. How to e xit Disk Administrator O Select and click [EXIT] on the [Partition] menu. 3 . When [Commit changes now] is clicked on the [Partition] menu, the confirmation dialog box shown in Fig. 7 appears. Click [Yes]. 4. The error-free termination dialog box shown in Fig. 8 appears. Click [OK]. 5. Click disk drive 5, and on the [Tools][...]

– 53 – D-1. Outline of Event Viewer The Event Viewer is a tool which makes it possible to monitor the recording (in the system log) of the events issued by the Windows NT system or applications. The information obtained from the Event Viewer can be used to analyze the past trouble which has occurred in the unit’s system. D-2. How to start Eve[...]

– 54 – D-3. Chec king system events 1 . Click one of the events recorded in the [System Log] to set it to the “selected coloring” status, and double-click it. 2. [Event Detail] now appears. (One example is shown in the figure below.) D-4. How to e xit Event Viewer 1. Click the [Close] button to exit [Event Detail]. 2. Click at the top right[...]

– 55 – 1. From the keyboard, press [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Delete] (all three keys) at the same time. 2 . The “Windows NT Security” window is displayed. Click the [Task Manager] button as instructed by the “Use the Task Manager to close ...” message. 3. The “Windows NT Task Manager” window is displayed. From among the items shown in the l[...]

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