Panasonic Digital Video Cassette Recorder AG-DV2500P Operating Instructions

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EJECT
MENU
REWSET
FF PLAY
STOP
REC INH.PA L
AUDIONTSCDVCAMPAUSE
POWER
RECA.DUB
CH1 / 3
2 / 4LINE
DVS-VIDEO
OFF
9PINWIRELESS
INPUTREMOTEMIC
AG-DV2500
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5[REMOTE] Remote select switch
Use this switch to select the remote controller
type.
9 PIN:Select this to use the RS-422A-
compatible editing remote con-
troller (AG-A850) that connects
to the 
4 9 PIN REMOTE termi-
nal located at the rear panel.
Please use this unit as a player.
WIRELESS:Select this to use the provided
wireless remote controller.
OFF:Select this to use the buttons on
the main unit for operations, in-
stead of the RS-422A compat-
ible editing remote controller or
the provided wireless remote
controller.
Memo
● When 9 PIN is selected, the buttons on the
unit you wish to render operable can be se-
lected from the LOCAL FUNCTION item of
the REMOTE menu. 
(☞ Page 56)
● Control via the DV IN/OUT terminal is pos-
sible (ie unaffected by the switch setting).
6 [MIC] Microphone input terminal
This is the mini jack for monaural microphone
input. When this terminal is connected to a mi-
crophone, sound input via the AUDIO IN termi-
nal located on the rear panel is not recorded.
Sound from this terminal is recorded on CH1/
CH2 in the RECORD mode and CH3/CH4 in
the AUDIO DUBBING mode.
7 [EJECT] Eject button
●Press this button to eject the cassette.
Memo
It takes about 6 seconds for the cassette to
be ejected.
●When no cassette is loaded and the EJECT
and STOP buttons are pressed simultaneously,
a menu will be displayed on the monitor con-
nected to the VIDEO LINE OUT or S-VIDEO
OUT terminal.
When the menu is displayed, pressing this
button will resume the usual screen.
(☞ Page 52, “Setting the menu”) 
						

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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS PARTS– Front panel –  (continued)
8[REC] Record button/LED
●Hold down this button and press the 9 PLAY
button to start recording. During recording, the
LED lights up red.
●Hold down this button and press the 0 PAUSE
button to pause the recording.
●When this button is pressed during recording,
an index signal is recorded on the tape (valid
when the INDEX WRITE item in the SYSTEM
menu is set to ON).
●When recording is stopped, the time code gen-
erator value can be verified by holding this but-
ton down. If the DV TC DUP. menu item is set
to ON, EE signals of the DV Input time code
and Date/Time can be verified.
9[PLAY] Play button/LED
●Press this button to start playing back a tape.
During playback, the LED lights up green.
●When the menu is displayed, use this button
to select the menu items or setting values.
0[PAUSE] Pause button/LED
●During recording, press this button to pause it.During playback or STOP mode, press this
button to enter the STILL mode. When record-
ing is paused or when the unit is in the STILL
mode, the LED lights up green.
●When recording is paused, press this button
to resume recording.
●If this button is pressed simultaneously with
the A.DUB button in the STILL mode, the Au-
dio Dubbing Pause mode will be engaged.
●When the menu is displayed, use this button
to confirm the menu items or setting values.
![FF] Fast forward button/LED
●When the unit is in the STOP mode, press
this button to execute fast-forward winding of
the tape.
●When the unit is in the PLAYBACK or STILL
mode, press this button to execute fast-for-
ward playback.
●During fast-forward winding or fast-forward
playback, the LED lights up green.
●When the menu is displayed, use this button
to display selected menu items.
When setting up the date, time or time code,
use this button to select the data segment.
@[STOP] Stop button/LED
●Press this button to stop operation. (of rewind,
playback, etc.)
●When the menu is displayed, use this button
to select the menu items or setting values.
#[REW] Rewind button/LED
●When the unit is in the STOP mode, press
this button to rewind the tape.
●When the unit is in the PLAYBACK or STILL
mode, press this button to execute reverse
playback.
●During rewinding or reverse playback, the LED
lights up green.
●When the menu is displayed, press this but-
ton to return to the previous screen.
When setting up the date, time or time code,
use this button to select the data segment.
EJECT
MENU
REWSET
FF PLAY
STOP
REC INH.PA L
AUDIONTSCDVCAMPAUSE
POWER
RECA.DUB
CH1 / 3
2 / 4LINE
DVS-VIDEO
OFF
9PINWIRELESS
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$Indicator
:When a cassette is loaded, the LED
lights up green. (Likewise when the unit
is in the POWER OFF state.)
When a cassette is being loaded or
ejected, the LED blinks.
DVCAM:When the unit plays back a tape re-
corded in the DVCAM format, the LED
lights up green.
NTSC:The LED lights up green in the follow-
ing cases:
• In the composite video or S-VIDEO
signal input mode and the 
2 NTSC/
PAL switch located at the rear panel
(
☞ Page 14) is set as “NTSC”.
• A tape recorded with NTSC signals is
played back.
• When NTSC system DV signals are
input while the INPUT switch is set at
“DV”.
PA L:The LED lights up green in the follow-
ing cases:
• In the composite video or S-VIDEO
signal input mode and the 
2 NTSC/
PAL switch located at the rear panel
is set as “PAL”.
• A tape recorded with PAL signals is
played back.
• When PAL system DV signals are in-
put while the INPUT switch is set at
“DV”.
REC INH:The LED lights up red in the following
cases:
• When a cassette with its rear switch
set at the SAVE position is inserted.
• When A.DUB is not possible such
as on tapes recorded in 48kHz mode.
(Approx. 3 sec)
%Audio indicator
This is an indicator for determining the pres-
ence of audio signals (CH audio selected via
the AUDIO OUT SEL item of the AUDIO/VIDEO
menu).
^Sensor for wireless remote controller
When using the provided wireless remote con-
troller, please point it to this sensor.
(
☞ Page 25, “Using the wireless remote con-
troller”)
EJECT
MENU
REWSET
FF PLAY
STOP
REC INH.PA L
AUDIONTSCDVCAMPAUSE
POWER
RECA.DUB
CH1 / 3
2 / 4LINE
DVS-VIDEO
OFF
9PINWIRELESS
INPUTREMOTEMIC
AG-DV2500
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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS PARTS– Rear panel –
1DC power input terminal (2P)
This is used for DC12V input. It connects the
DC mains cable of the provided AC adapter.
Memo
● When power is supplied to this terminal, the
POWER indicator located at the front panel
lights up. (The LED lights up red when the
POWER indicator is OFF.)
● Setting this unit to POWER ON, POWER
OFF or PLAY mode when the power is sup-
plied to this terminal can be done by making
the appropriate selections from the DC IN
MODE item in the SYSTEM menu.
2[NTSC/PAL] NTSC/PAL signal se-
lection switch
Use this switch to select NTSC or PAL as the
signal system. Use it to make a selection when
composite video signals or YC separate video
signals are input.
NTSC:Use this setting for NTSC signal input.
The NTSC indicator on the front panel
lights up.
PA L:Use this setting for PAL signal input.
The PAL indicator on the front panel
lights up.
Memo● For playback or DV signal input, signals are
determined automatically and not affected
by the status of this switch.
●Please turn the unit to POWER OFF before
using this switch. If switching is performed
when the VTR is in the POWER ON mode,
the VTR will automatically go into the OFF
mode before engaging the ON mode.
●It cannot be used for NTSC/PAL conversion.
DV IN/OUT
AUDIO VIDEO
CH 1/3 CH 2/4
LINE
S -VIDEO
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9PIN REMOTE
AUXNTSC PALDC 12V
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Terminal used for adjustments at the factory.
Not  for customer use.
4[9 PIN REMOTE] 9-pin remote ter-
minal (D-SUB)
Use this terminal to connect to the RS-422A-
compatible editing remote controller (AG-A850).
Please use this unit as a player. To control this
unit with this terminal, please set it up as fol-
lows:
●Set the REMOTE switch on the front panel
to “9 PIN”. 
						

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DV IN/OUT
AUDIO VIDEO
CH 1/3 CH 2/4
LINE
S -VIDEO
NI
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9PIN REMOTE
AUXNTSC PALDC 12V
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9[AUDIO IN] Audio input terminal
 (PHONO2)
This is the audio signal (analog) input terminal.
For audio dubbing, sounds from the CH1/3 ter-
minal are recorded on the CH3 channel while
those from the CH2/4 channel are recorded on
the CH4 channel.
Memo●When the MIC terminal on the front panel is con-
nected to a microphone, sounds from this termi-
nal will not be recorded.
0[AUDIO OUT] Audio output terminal
(PHONO2)This is the audio signal (analog) output termi-
nal.
Memo● The audio channel to play back tapes recorded in
the 32K mode can be selected with the OUT SE-
LECT button on the wireless remote controller or
by setting the AUDIO OUT SEL. item of the AU-
DIO/VIDEO menu.
● The output level of the playback audio can be se-
lected with the OUT LEVEL button of the wireless
remote controller or by setting the AUDIO OUT
LEVEL item of the AUDIO/VIDEO menu (NORMAL
or ATT).
![DV IN/OUT] DV input/output terminalThis is the input/output terminal for digital sig-
nals of IEEE1394 standard. It is connected to
video devices with DV terminals.
●To input signals from this terminal, please set
the INPUT switch on the front panel to “DV”.
●Signals from this terminal are output regard-
less of the INPUT switch setting.
5[S-VIDEO IN] S-VIDEO input
terminal (4P)
This is the input terminal for YC separate video sig-
nals.
●To input video signals from this terminal, set the
INPUT switch on the front panel to S-VIDEO.
When Wide discriminating signals are input, ID
signals for Wide discriminating signals are re-
corded.
6[VIDEO LINE IN] Video line input termi-
nal (PHONO)
This is the input terminal for composite video sig-
nals.
●To input video signals from this terminal, set the
INPUTswitch on the front panel to “LINE”.
7[S-VIDEO OUT] S-VIDEO output termi-
nal (4P)
This is the output terminal for YC separate video sig-
nals.
When tapes recorded with Wide discriminating sig-
nals are played, ID signals for discriminating signals
are output.
8[VIDEO LINE OUT] Video line output
terminal (PHONO)
This is the output terminal for composite video sig-
nals.
Memo● Besides video signals, the following signals
from the S-VIDEO OUT terminal and VIDEO
LINE OUT terminal are displayed on-screen.
•Menu screen signals
•Character display of date, time or opera-
tion modes (Status screen)
By pressing the DISPLAY button on the wire-
less remote controller or by setting the DIS-
PLAY item in the DISPLAY menu, the user
can choose to turn the status display on/off.
● The SETUP item of the AUDIO/VIDEO menu
can be set to determine whether setup will
be added to the signals of S-VIDEO OUT ter-
minal and VIDEO LINE OUT terminal. (NTSC
only) 
						

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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS PARTS– Wireless remote controller –
DISPLAY
BARS
MENU SEARCH+
SEARCH–
A.DUB
F.REV
INDEX
–INDEX
+ PLAY
STOP
VEQ3533
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MODE
VCRPOWER
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1[POWER] button f
Press this button to turn on the power of the
unit. (POWER ON)
Press this button again to turn off the power.
(POWER OFF)
2[DISPLAY] button
Use this button to turn on/off, the on-screen (e.g.
status screen) display on the monitor connected
to the VIDEO LINE OUT terminal and S-VIDEO
OUT terminal. Each time this button is pressed,
the display mode changes in the following se-
quence: ON (always display) ¥ AUTO (display
when switching mode) ¥ OFF.
(
☞ Page 18, “On-screen display”)
3 [BARS] button
When this button is pressed in the Stop or REC-
Pause mode, the color bar of the built in signal
generator will be output. When it is pressed
again, the screen returns to the usual display.
During DV signal input, the color bar will not be
output.
Note
Please do not use it as the standard signal
because the signals are simplified.
4[STILL MODE] button
Use this button to select images in the STILL
mode.
When the unit is in the STILL mode, press this
button to toggle images in the following se-
quence.
Field image (1st/2nd alternate still) ¥ 1st field
image ¥ 2nd field image ¥ frame image
5[BLANK] button
When the unit enters the STOP mode, press
this button to begin a blank search. Once it finds
a blank part of the tape, it will enter the STILL
mode. (
☞ Page 46)
6 [AUDIO MUTING] button
During playback, press this button to mute the
audio output. Press this button again to re-en-
able audio output.
7 [AUDIO OUT SEL.] button
When playing back tapes recorded in the 32K
mode, use this button to select the audio chan-
nel that allows output from the AUDIO OUT ter-
minal.
CH1/2 ¥ CH3/4 ¥ MIX
8 [AUDIO OUT LEV.] button
Use this button to switch the standard level
of the playback or EE audio output (NOR-
MAL or ATT). When it is set to ATT, the out-
put level is reduced by 8dB.
9Buttons related to menu setting and
variable speed playback
[MENU] button
When the unit enters the STOP mode and
this button is pressed, a menu will be dis-
played on the monitor connected to the
VIDEO LINE OUT or S-VIDEO OUT termi-
nal. When the menu is displayed, press this
button to return to the usual screen display.
[SEARCH+] / 
 button
• During playback, STILL mode or variable
speed playback in the forward direction,
press this button to speed up playback.
• During reverse playback or variable speed
playback in the reverse direction, press this
button to slow down the playback speed.
(
☞ page 45)
• When the menu is displayed, use this but-
ton to select the menu items or setting val-
ues. 
						

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 button
• During playback, STILL mode or variable
speed playback in the forward direction,
press this button to slow down the playback
speed.
• During reverse playback or variable speed
playback in the reverse direction, press this
button to speed up the playback speed.
(
☞ page 45)
• When the menu is displayed, use this but-
ton to select the menu items or setting val-
ues.
[
P] /  button
• During reverse payback/ variable-speed
playback, press this button to execute for-
ward playback.
• When the menu is displayed, use this but-
ton to display the selected menu items.
During date/time or time code setup, press
this button to move the cursor to the right.
[
p] /  button
• During forward playback/ variable-speed
playback, press this button to execute re-
verse playback.
• When the menu is displayed, press this
button to display the previous menu.
During date/time or time code setup, press
this button to move the cursor to the left.
SET button
During menu display, press this button to
confirm the menu items or setting values.
0 [A. DUB] button
Press this button to perform audio dubbing (af-
ter-recording). (☞ Page 39, “Audio dubbing”)
! [PAUSE] button
●During recording, audio dubbing or playback,
  press this button to pause recording or enter
  the STILL mode.
  If this button is pressed in the STOP mode,
  the STILL mode will be engaged.
●Press this button to resume recording from the
  PAUSE mode.
@[REC] button
●Hold down this button and press the PLAY
button to begin recording.
●During recording, press this button to record
an index on the tape. (when the INDEX WRITE
item of the SYSTEM menu is set to ON)
●When the unit enters the STOP mode, hold-
ing this button down will enable you to check
the value of the time code generator.
# [F. ADV] button
Each time this button is pressed in the STILL
mode, the image is advanced one frame. When
holding down this button, the image is advanced
continuously frame by frame.
$ [F. REV] button
Each time this button is pressed in the STILL
mode, the image is reversed one frame. When
holding down this button, the image is reversed
continuously frame by frame.
Memo
The image of frame advance playback or
frame reverse playback can be selected with
the STILL MODE item of the SYSTEM menu
or the STILL MODE button on the wireless
remote controller.
% [INDEX+] button
Press this button to perform an index search in
the forward direction. 
(☞ Page 46)
^ [INDEX–] button
Press this button to perform an index search in
the reverse direction. 
(☞ Page 46)
&Operation buttons
[PLAY] (  ) button
• Press this button to play back.
[FF] ( 
 ) button
• Press this button to fast-forward the tape
when the unit is in the STOP mode.
• Press this button to execute fast-forward
playback in the PLAY or STILL mode.
[REW] ( 
 ) button
• Press this button to rewind the tape when
the unit is in the STOP mode.
• Press this button to execute reverse play-
back in the PLAY or STILL mode.
[STOP] (  ) button
• Press this button to stop the tape. 
						

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ON-SCREEN DISPLAY– Regarding on-screen display –
Besides E-E images and playback images, the monitor connected to the VIDEO LINE OUT terminal and S-
VIDEO OUT terminal provides the following on-screen information.
DISPLAY
BARS
MENU SEARCH+
SEARCH–
A.DUBPAUSE SETBLANK STILL
MODEVCRPOWER
/I
AUDIO
MUTING
OUT SEL.
OUT LEV.
REC
MENU
button
DISPLAY
button
–––D I SP LAY–––
DISPLAY ON
COUN T E R POS I . L O
WER - R
TIME CODE ON
VTR MODE ON
TAPE REMAIN OFF
TIME/DATE OFF
AUD I O I NFO . OF F
DA T ESTYLE M / D / Y
TIMESTYLE 2 4HOUR
BARS OF F
PAGE BACKSet at ON 
or AUTO
Wireless remote controller
DISPLAY menu
On-screen display Contents Method
Status display
Event display
Alarm displayIt displays the setting status of date/
time, time code and VTR operation
mode.
It displays the operating status of the
blank search, index recording/search,
or the wireless remote control.
It displays alarm messages upon op-
eration errors or if the unit is in a  poor
state for operation.Main unit
Set the DISPLAY item of the DISPLAY
menu as follows:
ON:Always display. Depending
on the items, Event and
Alarm displays are shown for
about 3 seconds.
AUTO:It displays for about 4 sec-
onds after switching between
modes.
OFF : No on-screen display.
Remote controller
The display can be turned ON/OFF
with the DISPLAY button. Each time
the DISPLAY button is pressed, the
display mode changes in the follow-
ing sequence: ON (Always display)
¥AU TO  ¥ OFF.
*The settings for the DISPLAY menu
items will also change accordingly.
Warning displayIt displays warning messages with er-
ror codes in the event of VTR anoma-
lies. (
☞ Page 62)It is displayed automatically when
anomalies happen.
Menu displayIt displays the menu setting screen.
(
☞ Page 51)Main unit
If the EJECT and STOP buttons are
pressed simultaneously while no cas-
sette is loaded, the MENU screen will
be displayed.
Remote controller
If the unit is in the STOP mode and
the MENU button is pressed, the menu
screen will be displayed. 
						

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ON-SCREEN DISPLAY– Status display –

 Status display: It displays the current settings and operating status.
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No. Item Content
1Sampling frequency/audio
output CH•Sampling frequency
During recording, the setting value of the AUDIO MODE item
of the AUDIO/VIDEO menu is displayed (32K or 48K).
During playback, the sampling frequency of the sound re-
corded on the tape is displayed (32K, 48K, 44.1K).
During DV signal input, the sampling frequency of the sound
input is displayed.
•A.LOCK
Lights up when the video and audio sampling clocks (at
48kHz) are synchronized in the PLAY mode.
Lights up in the RECORDING mode and EE mode.
Does not light up when the sampling rate is 32kHz or 44.1
kHz.
•Audio output channel
During recording, the audio channel recorded on the tape is
displayed.
During playback, the audio channel output from the AUDIO
OUT terminal is displayed (CH1/2, CH3/4, MIX). (only in 32K
mode)
•The AUDIO INFO. item of the DISPLAY menu can be set to
activate/deactivate the display.
MemoIf the time code display po-
sition is set to the upper left,
this item will be displayed on
the lower right.
2Date/time•It displays the date (M/D/Y) and time (HR:MM:SS).
•When the unit is in the RECORDING or STOP mode, it dis-
plays the data of the built-in clock.
•During playback, fast forward or rewind, the data recorded
on the tape is displayed.
•During DV signal recording, the data from the DV terminal is
displayed. If the REC button is pressed in the STOP mode,
the input data from the DV terminal will be displayed.
•The style for displaying the date and time can be selected
from the DATE STYLE and TIME STYLE items of the DIS-
PLAY menu.
•The TIME/DATE setting of the DISPLAY menu can be set to
turn on/off the date and time display or to select the style.
•When the date/time is not set, “– –” will be displayed.
If a tape with no date and time data is played, – – will be
displayed.
MemoIf the display position of the
time code is set to the lower
left, this item will be dis-
played on the lower right. 
						

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ON-SCREEN DISPLAY– Status display – (continued)
No. Item Content
3Time code•It displays the time codes (hour, minute, second and frame).
During playback, the time codes recorded on the tape are
displayed.
TCR : time code reader data
TCG : time code generator data
DTCG : time code data input from a DV IN terminal
•The symbols for the second and frame differ according to the
framing modes. (NTSC only)
     00 : 00 : 00 : 00
¥dot (.) is used for a dropped frame.
colon (:) is used for a non-dropped
frame.
•The time code display position can be set via the COUNTER
POSI. item of the DISPLAY menu.
•The TIME CODE item can be set to turn on/off the  time code
display.
•The user’s bit is not displayed.
4VTR operation modeIt displays the VTR operation modes, including:
PLAY, EJECT, FF, REW, STOP, STANDBY-OFF, STILL, REC,
REC PAUSE, A. DUB, A. DUB PAUSE, SHTL (shuttle search),
JOG (F.ADV, R.ADV), BLANK SRH (blank search), NO CAS-
SETTE (cassette not loaded), POWER OFF.
When SHTL or JOG is displayed, the speed will also be dis-
played at the same time.
•The VTR MODE item of the DISPLAY menu can be set to
turn on/off the VTR operation mode display.
MemoIf the display position of the
time code is set to the upper
right, this item will be dis-
played on the lower right.
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5Remaining tapeIt displays the remaining tape duration (minutes).
•The TAPE REMAIN item in the DISPLAY menu can be set to
turn on/off the remaining tape duration display.
•Please use the remaining tape time as a gauge.