Panasonic AG-DV2500 User Manual

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EJECT

MENU

REW

SET

FF

PLAY

STOP

REC INH.

PAL

AUDIO

NTSC

DVCAM

PAUSE

POWER

REC

A.DUB

CH

1 / 3

2 / 4

LINE

DV

S-VIDEO

OFF

9PIN

WIRELESS

INPUT

REMOTE

MIC

AG-DV2500

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1

● Press this button to turn on the power and op-

erate the unit. (Power ON)
Press this button again to turn off the power.
(Power OFF)

● The POWER LED lights up as follows.

Power ON

: the LED lights up green

Power OFF

: the LED lights up red

VTR error

: the LED blinks in red

● When the DC IN MODE item of the SYS-

TEM menu is set to “POWER ON” and power
is supplied to the 

1

 DC IN terminal located

at the rear panel, the unit goes into the
POWER ON state even if this button is not
pressed.

● Even when the power has been turned off

with this button, a small amount of electric-
ity will still be channeled into the unit.
Therefore, if the unit is not going to be used
for a long period of time, please remove the
AC adapter to reduce energy consumption.

2

● Load a cassette into or unload it from the slot.

Please insert a standard DV or a mini DV cas-

sette. (

☞ Page 29)

● When the unit is in the POWER OFF state

and if a cassette is loaded, it goes into the
ON state.

3

● Press this button for audio dubbing (after-re-

cording).
For audio dubbing, set the AUDIO MODE item
of the AUDIO/VIDEO menu to “32K”.
Sound produced by the 

6

  MIC terminal or

the 

9

  AUDIO IN terminal at the rear panel

(

☞ Page 15) is recorded on CH3 and CH4

channels.

● During audio dubbing, the A. DUB LED lights

up red.

● If the INPUT switch is set at “DV”, audio dub-

bing is not possible.

(

☞ Page 39, “Audio dubbing”)

4

● Select the video signal input with this switch.

S-VIDEO : YC separate video signals from the

  S-VIDEO IN terminal

LINE

: Composite video signals from the
  LINE IN terminal

DV

: DV signals from the DV IN/OUT
  terminal (IEEE1394)

During recording, manipulating this switch will
not bring about any effect.