Digital Video Cassette Recorder AJP Operating Instructions Printed in Japan VQT9172 S0401H D P IMPORTANT "Unauthorized recording of copyrighted television 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. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, REFER MOUNTING OF THE OPTIONAL INTERFACE BOARD TO AUTHORIZED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. FCC Note: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. To assure continued compliance follow the attached installation instructions and do not make any unauthorized modifications. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. CAUTION: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard and annoying interference, use the recommended accessories only. THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED To ensure safe operation the three-pin plug must be inserted only into a standard three-pin power point which is effectively earthed through the normal house-hold wiring. Extension cords used with the equipment must be three-core and be correctly wired to provide connection to earth. Wrongly wired extension cords are a major cause of fatalities. The fact that the equipment operates satisfactorily does not imply that the power point is earthed and that the installation is completely safe. For your safety, if in any doubt about the effective earthing of the power point, consult a qualified electrician. CAUTION: Do not install or place this unit in a bookcase, built in cabinet or in another confined space in order to keep well ventilated condition. Ensure that curtains and any other materials do not obstruct the ventilation condition to prevent risk of electric shock or fire hazard due to overheating. is the safety information. 2 Contents General and Features ................................................ 4 Controls and their functions Controls and their functions ....................................... 6 · Front panel ...............................................................6 · Connector area ...................................................... 11 Tapes ........................................................................14 Setup menus Setup (default settings) ............................................ 15 Setup menus ............................................................ 16 · SYSTEM menu ......................................................20 · USER menu ........................................................... 22 · BASIC menu ........................................................22 · OPERATION menu .............................................. 24 · INTERFACE menu ...............................................26 · EDIT menu ........................................................... 27 · TAPE PROTECT menu........................................ 30 · TIME CODE menu ...............................................31 · VIDEO menu ........................................................33 · AUDIO menu ....................................................... 35 · MENU menu ........................................................37 Time code Time code/user bit .................................................... 38 Recording internal/external time codes ....................39 Reproducing the time code/user bit ......................... 40 Functions Superimpose screen ................................................ 41 Servo reference ........................................................42 Maintenance Rack mounting ......................................................... 43 Video head cleaning................................................. 44 Condensation ........................................................... 44 Error messages ........................................................45 Specifications and others Connector signals .................................................... 48 Printed circuit board ................................................. 50 Specifications ........................................................... 51 Before operating this unit, check that all of its accessories are present and accounted for. Power cord .................................. 1 pc AJ-CS455P Cassette adaptor ..... 1 pc Option · AJ-YA455P component serial interface board · AJ-MA75P Rack mounting adaptor · AJ-YAD455P Digital video interface board · AJ-YA752P Audio memory unit 3 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 screen menus on the TV monitor. When DVCPRO cassette tapes are used, both assemble and insert editing can be performed by exercising control from an external component. Features Compact size and light weight This is a 4U size digital VTR. It can be mounted in a 19-inch rack with ease using the optional rack-mounting adaptors (AJ-MA75P). Up to 184 minutes of recording Two sizes of cassette tapes can be used with this unit: M cassette (max. 66 minutes) and L cassette (max. 184 minutes). The width of the tapes measures 1/4 inch to achieve a compact design. Compatibility with consumer products This unit can play back consumer-use cassette tapes shot by a digital camera or other consumer component. It can also record on consumer-use cassette tapes using the DV format. A cassette adapter (AJ-CS455P) is used for mini DV cassette tapes. Digital slow motion/jog The slow motion playback images can be reproduced clearly at any of the speeds given below using commands from the external controller or other such device: ­0.43/­0.3/­0.2/ ­0.1/­0.03/0/+0.03/+0.1/+0.2/+0.3/+0.43. · Some noise may occur when the slow motion speed is changed. · When slow motion playback is used, the image shakes slightly in the vertical direction. Dialy shuttle operation is possible through the external controller Shuttle operations enable the tape to be played back with color images at a speed of up to 60 times normal tape speed in either the forward or reverse direction. Time codes This unit comes with a built-in time code generator (TCG)/time code reader (TCR). In addition to the internal time code, an external time code input or input signal VITC can be recorded in the machine. 4 Features (continued) Multi-function input/output interfaces · Analog input/output Component (Y, PB, PR) and composite and S1-VIDEO signal input and output connectors are provided. · Digital audio input/output AES/EBU audio BNC input and output connectors are provided. · Serial digital input/output Serial digital (SMPTE 259M-C, 272M-C) input/output is possible when the optional component serial interface board (AJ-YA455P) is used. · IEEE1394 digital input/output Signals can be input and output using the IEEE1394 interface if the digital video interface board (AJ-YAD455P, optional accessory) is used. · 9-pin (RS-422A)/RS-232C remote The standard 9-pin serial (RS-422A) connector or RS-232C connector is used. 2-channel high-sound-quality digital audio Sound can be edited separately for two channels, and channel mixing capabilities are also available. One channel is provided for the analog cue track. Information selected from audio CH1 and CH2 can be recorded in the cue track memory. (Set at the set up menu.) · Cue track input and output connectors are not provided. Automatic editing functions from the external controller Both assemble and insert editing can be performed using an external controller (but only when DVCPRO cassettes are used). Menu-driven setup The setup settings, which are conducted prior to operating the unit, are performed while viewing the setup menus either on the unit display or TV monitor. 5 Controls and their functions Front panel Counter Display Section r t y u i o !0 !1 q !2 !3 w e EJECT ON POWER OFF CH CONDITION CTL/TC/UB/ REMAIN RESET REW STOP FF PLAY DVCPRO DV REC LEVEL HEADPHONES @2 @3 !4 !5 @8 @9 #0 #1 #2 SUPER ON CH 1 AUDIO REC LEVEL CH 2 OFF !6 !7 !8 !9 @0 @1 TC INT EXT MENU TC PRESET FILE DVCPRO/DV SDI ANALOG Y PB PR CMPST S-VIDEO SDI AES/EBU ANALOG SET DIAG PAGE REMOTE LOCAL AUDIO MONITOR CH 1 MIX CH 2 VIDEO IN AUDIO IN @4 @5 @6 @7 #3 #4 #5 6 q POWER switch When the ON side is pressed, the power is switched on, and the counter display lights up. w Cassette insertion slot e 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. r EDIT/EDIT REC/REC/REC INH lamps EDIT: This lights when the editing mode is chosen from the 9P remote control. EDIT REC: This lights when editing from the 9P remote control. REC: This lights during video recording. REC INH: This lights when the accidental erasure prevention mode has been set for the cassette. In this state, neither recording nor editing is possible. t REMOTE lamp This lights when the REMOTE/LOCAL switch has been set to the REMOTE position. y WIDE lamp This lights when the unit is in 16:9 wide screen mode. u Tape counter type display CTL: This indicates the tape timer (control signal). TC: This indicates the time code. UB: This indicates the user bit. No lighting: The remaining tape is displayed. i SCH lamp This lights when the SCH phase of the reference video signal is within the prescribed range. o SERVO lamp This lights when the drum servo and capstan servo have locked. !0 Channel condition lamps One of these lamps lights in accordance with the error rate status. (Greenbluered) Green: This lights when the error rates for the video and audio playback signals are both acceptable. Blue: This lights when the error rate for the video or audio playback signals has deteriorated. The playback picture will remain normal even when this lamp lights. Red: This lights when the video or audio signals are subject to rectification or interpolation. !1 Level meters These indicate the PCM audio signal CH1/CH2. The audio signal indicates the input signal levels during recording and EE selection, and the output signal levels during playback. !2 Cassette insertion display lamp This lights when a cassette has been inserted into the unit. !3 Counter display This displays the TC and CTL count values, on-screen information and other messages. 7 Controls and their functions !4 CTL/TC/UB/REMAIN button Each time this is pressed, the counter display is switched by one setting in the following sequence: CTL TC UB REMAIN. "r-" appears when the remaining tape is displayed. The amount of tape remaining is displayed after "r" and the total tape length is displayed after "­". The display shows "r ­ " at EJECT and after a tape is inserted until the remaining tape and total tape length are calculated. !5 RESET button When this is pressed during CTL mode, the counter returns to the 00:00:00:00 display. During menu setup, initial setting values are restored when the RESET button is pressed. !6 REW button* The tape is rewound when this is pressed. The unit goes into shuttle (SHTL) mode at ­9.5× normal tape speed when this button is pressed together with the PLAY button. !7 STOP button When this is pressed, the tape stops traveling, and if the setup menu No. 111 (STOP EE SEL) is set to TAPE, still pictures ...