Panasonic AJ- HD3700B VCR User Manual


 
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Basic operations
Tape speed override (TSO) function
This is a function for finely adjusting the normal playback speed in the range of n15%.
(1) Press the PLAY button.
Normal playback starts.
(2) Turn the search dial while pressing the PLAY button, or press the i or j keys. When using
the search dial, the tape speed changes depending on the angle to which the search dial
is turned. When using the i or j keys, the tape speed changes according to how long the
key is pressed continously. The speed is displayed in numeric values on the search indi-
cator.
(3) To return to normal playback, release the PLAY button.
Cue
This function sets any point on the tape for preroll and search operations.
When TC INPUT is set to the STANDARD mode*
(1) Press the cursor center key to display the cursor.
The time code value will be highlighted.
(2) Move the cursor with the cursor key (4) to the CUE TIME display section.
The cue display section will be highlighted.
(3) Press the cursor center key again to change it to a bar cursor.
Enter the cue point with the number keys.
Cue points also can be entered by pressing the ENTRY button.
In this case, the time data of the current tape position will be
entered.
(4) Press the ENT key.
The cursor will disappear.
(5) Press the PREROLL button.
When the PREROLL button is pressed, cue-up operation will
start, and the tape will stop at the preroll point (the point pre-
ceding the cue point by the preroll time).
To stop at the cue point, either set the preroll time to “0” or
press the F key and PREROLL button together. (This results in
the cue-up operation.)
*The STANDARD mode is set using the F9 key on the PANEL SET UP menu. (This key can be set in
either the STANDARD or REVERSE mode.)
Cursor center key
Cursor key
Cursor
Cursor
PLAY
LTCR
00 : 00 : 00 : 00
CUE TIME
HMSF
0 0 4 4
0 7 0 4
CUE TIME
00 H 44 M 07 S 04 F
ENTRY
PREROLL