Panasonic AJ-SD955BE User Guide

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Setup menus
The underlined items indicates the initial setting.
USER menu
<TAPE PROTECT>
No./Item
Description
400
STILL TIMER
This selects the time to be taken until the unit
goes into the tape protection mode when it is
left standing in the stop or search still
(JOG/SLOW/SHTL) mode. 
(Unit: s = second, min = minute)
0000
0.5s
0001
5s
0002
10s
0003
20s
0004
30s
0005
40s
0006
50s
0007
1min
0008
2min
401
SRC
PROTECT
When the time selected as the setup menu
item No. 400 (STILL TIMER) setting elapses
while the unit is in the search STILL
(JOG/SLOW/SHTL) mode, the unit
automatically enters one of the tape
protection modes. This menu item is for
selecting which tape protection mode the unit
is to enter.
0000
STEP : STEP FWD
0001
HALF : HALF LOADING
<Note>
When STEP FWD is selected, the unit
automatically goes into the STANDBY OFF
(HALF LOADING) mode when the total time for
which the unit is left standing in the still status
reaches 30 minutes (or 1 minute for a
DV/DVCAM tape).
402
DRUM STDBY
This selects the drum operation in the
STANDBY OFF (HALF LOADING) mode.
0000
OFF : The drum stops rotating.
0001
ON : The drum continues rotating.
<Notes>
O
STEP FWD and HALF
LOADING are provided in the
tape protection mode. Either
of these can be set for STOP
and SEARCH STILL.
O
The cumulative standby time
at the same tape position
increases when transmitting
programmes or otherwise
using identical materials
repeatedly.
In order to protect the tape, it
is recommended that the
shortest possible setting for
the standby time in the same
tape location is used.
O
When a DV/DVCAM tape is
used, any setting above 10
seconds will be treated as 10
seconds.
No./Item
Description
403
STOP
PROTECT
When the time selected as the setup menu
item No. 400 (STILL TIMER) setting elapses
while the unit is in the STOP mode, the unit
automatically enters one of the tape
protection modes. This menu item is for
selecting which tape protection mode the unit
is to enter.
0000
STEP : STEP FWD
0001
HALF : HALF LOADING
<Note>
When STEP FWD is selected, the unit is
automatically transferred to the STANDBY OFF
(HALF LOADING) mode when the total time
during which it has been left standing in the
STOP mode reaches 30 minutes (or 1 minute for
a DV/DVCAM tape).