Panasonic AJ-D400P User manual

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ORDER NO. VSD9903M004A
D20
DVCPRO Camera Recorde
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AJ-D400P/E
Sec.1 Operating Instructions
Sec.2 Service Information
Sec.3 Maintenance / Disassembly Procedures
& Mechanical Adjustment
Sec.4 Electrical Adjustment
Sec.5 Block Diagrams
© 1999 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Unauthorized copying and distribution is a violation of law.
Vol.1
Please refer to the Service Manual Volume2 (Order No. VSD9903M004B) for Schematic
Diagrams, Circuit Board diagrams and Exploded Views & Parts List.

Printed in Japan
F37309903NCKD222

SERVICE INFORMATION
CONTENTS
Setting Menu.........................................................................................2-1
1. Service Menu................................................................................2-2
How to open the Service Menu......................................................2-2
SERVICE ADJ MENU SCREEN ................................................2-2
VTR D/A DATA MENU SCREEN................................................2-3
BATTERY SETTING MENU SCREEN.......................................2-4
WHITE SHADING MENU SCREEN...........................................2-5
2. Design Menu Screen ....................................................................2-6
How to reset the HOUR METER....................................................2-7
HOUR METER RESET MENU SCREEN...................................2-7
SBC OPTION MENU SCREEN..................................................2-8
3. Option Menu Screen.....................................................................2-9
How open the Option Menu...........................................................2-9
Auto off Information.........................................................................2-10

Setting Menu
This unit have some kinds of setting menus, which are User, Engineer, Service, Design and Option. With operation
of User and Engineer menu, please refer to documentation on Operation Instructions. In case of open the Service or
Design menu, User and Engineer menu screen also can be selected as shown as below table. In case of open the
Option menu, displayed option menu screen only.
<Table of Setting Menu> User En
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MAKER ¡¡¡¡
VF DISPLAY ¡¡¡¡
CAMERA ID ¡¡¡¡
SHUTTER SPEED ¡¡¡
SYNCRO SCAN ¡¡¡¡
! LED ¡¡¡
SET UP CARD (AJ-D700 only) ¡¡¡¡
MAIN FUNCTION ¡¡¡¡
BATT/TAPE ARARM ¡¡¡
FUNCTION 1/5 ¡¡¡
FUNCTION 2/5 ¡¡¡
FUNCTION 3/5 ¡¡¡
FUNCTION 4/5 ¡¡¡
FUNCTION 5/5 ¡¡¡
TIME/DATE ¡¡¡
LOW SETTING ¡¡¡
MID SETTING ¡¡¡
HIGH SETTING ¡¡¡
LEVEL 1/6 ¡¡¡
LEVEL 2/6 ¡¡¡
LEVEL 3/6 ¡¡¡
LEVEL 4/6 ¡¡¡
LEVEL 5/6 ¡¡¡
LEVEL 6/6 ¡¡¡
VF OPERATION ¡¡¡
LENS ADJ ¡¡¡
MENU SELECT 1/3 ¡¡¡
MENU SELECT 2/3 ¡¡¡
MENU SELECT 3/3 ¡¡¡
AUTO SHADING ¡¡¡
DATA RESET ¡¡¡
SERVICE ADJ ¡¡
VTR D/A DATA ¡¡
DESIGN ¡
DIAGNOSTIC ¡¡¡
HOUR METER RESET ¡
SBC OPTION ¡
BATTERY SETTING ¡¡
WHITE SHADING ¡¡
OPTION MENU ¡

1. Service Menu.
< How to open the Service Menu >
Press SHIFT , UP and DOWN button on the Right Side Panel simultaneously, then set Menu switch to SET side
for open the Service Menu.
How to change the setting on each item, how to select the item, how to Page up and down, which are exactly same
method as User and Engineer menu.
Service menu has 4 kinds of menu screens. And basically Service menu allows service personal to service this
model. Adjustment procedures give a detail of how to use.
[ SERVICE ADJ MENU SCREEN ]
SERVICE ADJ
GAMMA(SERV) : ON
R GAMMA(SERV) : -----
B GAMMA(SERV) : -----
TEST PULSE : OFF
ECU CONNECT : ECU
CONCEAL : ON
INNER ECC : ON
OUTER ECC : ON
IF ADJ : OFF
SERVO MODE : ATF
This menu sets the modes for servicing
ITEM RANGE PRESET REMARK
GAMMA (SERV) ON/OFF ON GAMMA setting become effective.
R GAMMA (SERV) -10 ~ +10 Setting of Rch GAMMA.
B GAMMA (SERV) -10 ~ +10 Setting of Bch GAMMA.
TEST PULSE ON/OFF OFF TEST PULSE becomes available.
ECU CONNECT ECU/EVR ECU ECU: Connection with ECU connector.
EVR: Connection with EVR connector.
CONCEAL ON/OFF ON
INNER ECC ON/OFF ON
OUT ECC ON/OFF ON
IF ADJ ON/OFF OFF Turn ON when adjusting VTR I/F.
SERVO MODE ATF/CTL ATF Selection of SERVO MODE.

[ VTR D/A DATA MENU SCREEN ]
VTR D/A DATA
(01) 98 (02) 78 (03) 7C (04) E4
(05) 00 (06) 00 (07) 8F (08) 96
(09) 3F (0A) 40 (0B) 6D (0C)55
(0D)41 (0E) B1 (0F) 8F (10) A0
(11) 71 (12) 5E (13) 60 (14) 00
(15) 00 (16) 00 (17) 00 (18) 00
(19) D0 (1A) 8D (1B) 74 (1C)9C
(1D)FF (1E) 88 (1F) 85 (20) D4
(21) B8 (22) 00 (23) 00 (24) FF
The data, which are adjusted by EVR, are displayed.
Address Adjustment P.C.Board Address Adjustment P.C.Board
(01) SYNC_LEVEL V_MAIN (13) Pr_CLAMP_DC V_I/F
(02) Y_LEVEL V_MAIN (14) TEST_4 V_I/F
(03) C_LEVEL V_MAIN (15) TEST_3 V_I/F
(04) FS_12 V_MAIN (16) C_LEVEL V_I/F
(05) ------- ------ (17) Y_LEVEL V_I/F
(06) ------ ------ (18) ------ ------
(07) EQ_A_L RF (19) HUE V_I/F
(08) EQ_A_R RF (1A) OUT_BIAS V_I/F
(09) EQ_B_L RF (1B) PLL_POSITION V_I/F
(0A) EQ_B_R RF (1C) APC V_I/F
(0B) PLL_VCO RF (1D) NOT_ADJ_L V_I/F
(0C) ATF_GAIN RF (1E) REC_FREQ_L RF
(0D) PLL_SLICE RF (1F) REC_FREQ_R RF
(0E) EQ_DELAY RF (20) REC_CUR_L RF
(0F) PLL_POSITION RF (21) REC_CUR_R RF
(10) AUTO_EQ RF (22) ------ ------
(11) Y_CLAMP_DC V_I/F (23) ------ ------
(12) Pb_CLAMP_DC V_I/F (24) SIG_ON_H V_MAIN

[ BATTERY SETTING MENU SCREEN ]
BATTERY SETTING
AUTO
11.3V
The warning is given when the battery voltage less than warning voltage.
ITEM RANGE PRESET REMARK
AUTO / MANUAL AUTO/MANUAL AUTO AUTO : The warning voltage for timing
of BATTERY BEFORE END
follow the type of Battery as
indicated as below. (Battery
type is selected by item
BATTERY SELECT on
FUNCTION 3/5 menu screen)
Ni-Cd 12V: 11.5V
Ni-Cd 13V: 12.8V
Ni-Cd 14V: 13.9V
MAMUAL : The detected voltage of
BATTERY BEFORE END
follows the value of below
setting.
BATTERY BEFORE END 11.0V ~ 14.0V 11.3V Adjusted by 0.1V step.

[ WHITE SHADING MENU SCREEN ]
WHITE SHADING
WHITE (DIGITAL)
AUTO WHITE SHADING can be executed.
ITEM RANGE PRESET REMARK
WHITE(DIGITAL) Execute the Auto White Shading (Digital).

2. Design Menu Screen.
< How to open the Design menu >
Press SHIFT , UP ,DOWN and PAGE button on the Right Side Panel simultaneously, then set the MENU switch to
SET position for open the Design menu.
How to change the setting on each item, how to select the item, how to Page up and down, which are exactly same
method as User and Engineer menu. Design menu has 3 kinds of menu screens. And basically Design menu allows
service personal to service this model. Adjustment procedures give a detail of how to use.
[ DESIGN MENU SCREEN ]
DESIGN
H – F COMP : ON
MENU ALL INIT.
Y/C TIMING : 1
SCH : 4
DEFECT MODE : ON
(STATUS) : OFF
NOTE: Please be carefully press UP or DOWN button by mistake, when select the item “MENU ALL INIT” . Then
reset all data on all menus except value of FLARE and GAMMA.
ITEM RANGE PRESET REMARK
H-F.COMP ON/OFF ON It compensates for the input signal high-
pass frequency component.
MENU ALL INIT. — — Reset all data on all menu (refer to above
sentence). Also reset OPERATION, DRUM
and THEREADING.
LUMADLY 0-3 0 Y signal is delayed against chroma signal.
(Only playback mode)
SCH 0-7 4 SCH adjustment.
DEFECT MODE ON/OFF ON Select the blemish correction mode.
(STATUS) ON/OFF — Display the status of the blemish
correction.
ON : Corrected some blemish.
OFF : Not corrected the blemish.

[ How to reset the HOUR METER ]
DIAGNOSTIC screen displays operating condition and software version as mentioned on Operation Instructions.
With Drum Running Hours and Threading Times can be reset by using HOUR METER RESET menu screen.
< How to reset >
After select the item, press UP or DOWN button, and then execute reset function.
[ HOUR METER RESET MENU SCREEN ]
HOUR METER RESET
DRUM RUNNING RESET
THREADING RESET
ITEM RANGE PRESET REMARK
DRUM RUNNING RESET — — Reset of Drum Running hours.
THREADING RESET — — Reset of loading times.