Panasonic Aj D440 Aj D450 Operating Instructions Manual

IMPORTANT
“Unauthorized recording of copyrighted televi-
sion programs, video tapes and other materials 
may infringe the right of copyright owners and 
be contrary to copyright laws.”
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,
DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an 
equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the...

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Contents
General and Features
Controls and their functions
•Front panel
•Connector area
Tapes
Connections
•When recording/playback using 1 unit
•When recording, playback and editing
     with 2 units
•When using an editing controller
Internal encoder adjustments
Printed circuit board
Switching on the power/inserting the cassette
STOP mode
Recording 
(AJ-D450 only)
Playback
Setup (default settings)
Setup (setting) menus
•System menu
•Basic menu
•Operation menu
•Interface menu
•Edit menu
•Tape...

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General and Features
This unit is a digital video cassette recorder which uses 1/4-inch tapes.
It incorporates digital compression technology so that the deterioration in picture quality and 
sound quality resulting from dubbing is significantly minimized compared with existing 
analog systems.
Furthermore, since it has a compact 4U size and light weight, the unit can be carried around 
or mounted in a 19-inch rack with ease.
The settings for the unit’s setup can be performed while viewing the...

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Multi-function input/output interfaces (AJ-D450 only for input)
•Analog input/output
Component (Y, P
B, PR) and composite and S-VIDEO signal input and output connectors are 
provided.
•Digital audio input/output
AES/EBU audio input/output is possible when the optional digital audio interface board (AJ-
YA655P) is used.
•Serial digital input/output
Serial digital (SMPTE 259M-C, 272M) input/output is possible when the optional component 
serial interface board (AJ-YA750P) is used.

The AJ-YA655P...

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Controls and their functions
Front panel
Counter Display Section
ON
OFFPOWEREJECT
REC PLAY FF STOP REW COUNTER/
REMAIN
RESET CH CONDITION
LEVEL
HEADPHONES
CH 1
AUDIO
REC LEVELCTL
TC
UB
CH 1
MIX
CH 2INT
EXTTC
AUDIO
MONITOR
DIGITAL
ANALOGY PB PR
CMPST
S-VIDEODIGITAL
AES/EBU
ANALOGREMOTE
LOCALMENU
PAGETC
PRESET
FILESET
DIAG
VIDEO INAUDIO INCH 2
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* Applicable only to AJ-D450. 

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POWER switch
When the ON side is pressed, the power is switched on, and the counter display lights up.
Cassette insertion slot
The M cassette, L cassette and consumer cassette (S cassette) with adaptor are inserted 
into this slot.
Consumer cassettes can be played back only.
EJECT button
When this is pressed, the tape is unloaded and several seconds later the cassette is 
automatically ejected.  When the counter display indicates “CTL”, the display is reset.
EDIT/EDIT REC/REC/REC INH lamps...

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Headphones jack
The sound being recorded, played back or edited can be monitored on stereo 
headphones when they are connected to this jack.
Volume control
This is used to adjust the headphones volume.
Audio recording level controls 
(AJ-D450 only)
These are used to adjust the recording levels of the analog audio signal CH1/CH2.
CTL/TC/UB switch
Use this switch when selecting the counter display.
CTL:
TC:
UB:
MONITOR SELECT switch
This is used to select the audio signals output to the monitor...

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Controls and their functions (continued)
SET button
When this is pressed, the data which has been set on the setup menu is entered.  After 
data entry, the setup mode is exited and the original operating mode is restored.
DIAG button
When this is pressed, VTR information is displayed. When it is pressed again, the original 
display is restored.
There are two types of VTR information: “HOURS METER” information and “WARNING” 
information. Swithcing between these types is enabled by pressing the...