Panasonic AJHD1400 AJHD1400 User Guide - Page 25

Repeat playback Setting the BEGIN and END points 1 Press the MENU button. 2 Select menu item No. 161 CTL (TC) BGN or No. 162 END, and tilt the joystick right/left while pressing the SEARCH button. By operating the joystick, the user can choose whether or not to set the BEGIN and END points appears on the display when the points are not set. If repeat playback is initiated in this state, the tape start will serve as the BEGIN point, and the tape end will serve as the END point. 3 Press the joystick while the setting is displayed. The changed digits flash on the display. 4 Select TC or CTL using the COUNTER button. 5 Incline the joystick to the left or right, and select the digits to change (flashing). The frame digits cannot be selected. "00" is always displayed for these digits. When the joystick is now inclined upward or downward, the value of the digits changes. The counter display is reset to 00:00:00:00 when the RESET button is pressed. 6 After the settings have been completed, press the joystick. 7 Press the MENU button. The settings for the BEGIN and END points are not stored in user default. Even if the factory settings and/or the user defaults are loaded, the settings for the BEGIN and END points are not revised. For user defaults, refer to "Setup (initial settings)" (page 27). Setting the repeat playback mode 1 Press the MENU button. 2 Select menu item No.160 MEMORY MODE, and select the repeat playback mode. Item setting Description of operation OFF M-STOP REPT1 CONT Normal operation When the tape is fast forwarded or rewound, it stops near the BEGIN point. When the tape is played as far as the END point, it is rewound to the BEGIN point where it stops. When the tape is played as far as the END point, it is rewound to the BEGIN point and played, and this sequence of operations is repeated. 3 Press the MENU button. A confirmation screen now appears. The settings are stored in the memory if the PLAY button is now pressed. z The picture quality deteriorates when repeat playback is initiated for the same tape over and over again. As a general rule of thumb, replace the tape with a new one after playing back the tape for about 100 times. z The output images to be displayed while the tape is being rewound to the BEGIN point in the repeat playback mode can be set using menu item No.163 REPT MODE. If "FREEZE" is selected as the REPT MODE setting and the tape end has been set as the END point, the playback image will not be frozen properly. Set the END point at a place on the tape where images have been recorded. z If the counter display mode (TC or CTL), which was established when menu item No.161 CTL (TC) BGN and No.162 END were set, is different from the counter display mode (TC or CTL) in which repeat playback is to be initiated, the repeat lamp flashes, and the repeat playback operation cannot be performed. z When consumer-use DV and DVCAM tapes are used, the repeat playback mode is disabled. 25