Panasonic AJHD1800 AJHD1800 User Guide - Page 15

Parts and their functions (continued) Front panel (6) No guarantees are made for the sound played back in the search mode. TRIM buttons These buttons are used to make fine adjustments to the IN or OUT point. By pressing the or j button while the IN (A IN) button or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the registered edit point can be adjusted in 1-frame increments. When the i button is pressed, the point is moved ahead by one frame; conversely, when the j button is pressed, it is moved back by one frame. The playback phase can be adjusted by pressing the i or j button while holding down the PLAY button. REW button When this button is pressed, the tape is rewound. The rewinding speed can be selected using setup menu item No.102 (FF.REW MAX). STOP button When this button is pressed, the tape stops traveling, and if TAPE is selected as the F1 OUTPUT setting on the menu, still pictures can be monitored. Even in the stop mode, the drum continues to rotate, and the tape remains tightly wound around the drum. Therefore, when the VTR is left in the stop mode beyond a specific period of time, it is automatically set to the standby OFF mode in order to protect the tape. The VTR is set to the stop mode immediately after the cassette has been installed. FF button When this button is pressed, the tape is fast forwarded. The fast forwarding speed can be selected using setup menu item No.102 (FF.REW MAX). EDIT button This button is pressed together with the PLAY button during playback to initiate manual editing. When the button is pressed in the stop mode, the input signals in the mode selected by the menu or menu can be monitored in the EE mode. When the STOP button is pressed, the original picture and sound are restored. During playback, search, fast forwarding or rewinding, the input signals in the mode selected by the menu or menu can be monitored in the EE mode while the button is held down. PLAY button Press this button to start playback. When this button is pressed together with the REC button, recording starts; when this button is pressed together with the EDIT button during playback, manual editing starts. However, manual editing will not be initiated if the servo is not locked.When only the PLAY button is pressed during manual editing, editing is exited, and the playback mode is established. REC button When this button is pressed together with the PLAY button, recording starts. SERVO lamp This lamp lights when the drum servo or capstan servo locks. REC INHIBIT lamp This lights or goes off in accordance with the status of the accidental erasure prevention tab on the cassette tape and the setting which has been selected for F6 REC INH on the menu. Recording onto the tape is inhibited while the lamp is lighted. Cassette tape's accidental erasure prevention tab status Recording disabled Recording enabled REC INH menu setting ʔ OFF ALL PRE NORM V/CTL REC INHIBIT lamp status Description of operation Lighted* (or blinks slowly). All recording operations are inhibited. Off All recording operations are permitted. Lighted All recording operations are inhibited. Recording operations Blinks involving the overwriting rapidly of existing material are inhibited. Blinks rapidly Normal recording operations are inhibited. Editing is possible. Blinks rapidly Recording of video signals and CTL signals are inhibited. * Whether the REC INHIBIT lamp is to light or blink is selected by the No.114 REC INH LAMP setup menu item setting. When SETUP MENU No. 18 (SP MODE INH) is set to ON, data cannot be recorded onto a tape that was formatted in any other format than DVCPRO HD-LP. If the menu is set to OFF, data can be recorded. 15