Panasonic VQT9958 Operating Instructions Manual Download

Page: 9 / 77

9 (E)

CONTENTS

Front panel

ASSEM button

This button is pressed to proceed with assemble
editing.
It has a self-illuminating lamp which comes ON
when the button is pressed and goes OFF when it
is pressed again.

INSERT buttons

The input signals to be edited when insert editing is
to be conducted are selected by pressing one of
these seven buttons.
Each of these buttons has a self-illuminating lamp
which comes ON when the button is pressed and
goes OFF when it is pressed again.

IN (A IN), SET and OUT (A OUT) buttons

When the SET button is pressed while the IN (A IN)
or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the IN (A IN)
or OUT (A OUT) point is registered.
The A IN and A OUT buttons are used during audio
split editing to register audio IN and OUT points that
differ from the corresponding video points.
When an IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point has been
registered, the lamp of the IN (A IN) or OUT (A
OUT) button which has registered that point lights.
When these buttons are pressed after points have
been registered, the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT)
point value appears on the counter display. When
the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is pressed
together with the RESET button, the registration of
the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point is cleared.

TRIM buttons

These buttons are used to make fine adjustments
to the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point.
By pressing the + or – 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 + button is pressed, the point
is moved ahead by one frame; conversely, when
the – button is pressed, it is moved back by one
frame.

SD955

Parts and their functions

PREROLL button

This button is used to locate where a transmission
or manual editing starts on the tape.
When it is pressed, the tape travels to the preroll
point and stops.
The preroll time can be set using setup menu No.
000 (P-ROLL TIME).
When the button is pressed while the IN (A IN) or
OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the tape is cued
up to the registered point concerned.
If this button is pressed when no IN point has been
entered, the point where the button was pressed
will automatically be entered as the IN point.
(However, this is only the case if ENA has been
selected as the setup menu No. 313 (AUTO
ENTRY) setting.

PREVIEW/REVIEW button
PREVIEW:

When the button is pressed after an edit point
has been registered, the tape travels and the
editing can be previewed without actually
performing the editing.
If the button is pressed when no IN point has
been registered, the point where it was pressed
is registered as the IN point, and preview is
executed using this IN point.

REVIEW:

When the button is pressed after a section has
been edited, the section that was just edited is
played back and can be viewed on the recorder’s
monitor.

AUTO EDIT button

When this button is pressed after the edit points
have been registered, automatic editing is initiated.
If this button is pressed when no IN point has been
entered, automatic editing is initiated with the point
where the button was pressed serving as the IN
point.

METER (FULL/FINE) selector button

This button is used to select the scale display for
the audio level meter.

FULL mode:

The standard scale (–

∞

to 0 dB) is selected.

FINE mode:

The scale in 0.5 dB increments is selected.
The

position indicates the standard audio

level of –18 dB, and each of the dots (

)

displayed indicates a 1 dB scale increment.
(See page