Panasonic AV-HS400AE - Manual (Page 24)

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3. Basic operations
3-1-3. Selecting the transition mode
Press the [BKGD] button in the transition area so that its indicator lights in amber.
When the [BKGD] button and [KEY] button are pressed at the same time, both buttons are selected.
Use the [MIX] and [WIPE] buttons in the transition area to select the background transition mode.
The indicator of the selected button lights in amber.
3-1-4. Manual transition (using the fader lever)
Operate the fader lever to execute transitions manually.
If the fader lever has been operated during auto transition, auto transition will be switched to manual operation as
soon as the fader position overtakes the amount of the transition being executed.
The bus tally LEDs on the left of the fader lever indicate the programme bus output status.
Top LED only lights: PGM/A bus output
Top and bottom LEDs light: during the transition
Bottom LED only lights: PST/B output
3-1-5. Auto transition
 When the [AUTO] button is pressed, the transition is executed automatically using the transition time which has
been set.
 When the [AUTO] button is pressed while the fader lever is at an interim setting, the transition is executed in the
time remaining from the interim setting.
 The auto transition time is set using the menu.
1 Press the [FUNC] button to light its indicator, and press the [TIME] button to display the TIME menu.
2 Turn [F1] to display the BKGD sub menu.
3 Turn [F4] to select the display unit using the Unit item.
4 When frames (F) have been selected as the unit, turn [F] or [F3] to set the transition time.
5 When seconds (Sec) have been selected as the unit, turn [F] to set the second units or [F3] to set the
frame units.
BKGD TransTime Unit
1/5 16s 39f Sec
BKGD TransTime Unit
1/5 999f Frame
 Any time from 0 to 999f can be set. The time which can be set when seconds are used as the display unit
differs depending on the video format.
59.94i: max. 33s09f, 59.94p: max. 16s39f
50i: max. 39s4f, 50p: max. 19s49f
3-1-6. Cut transition
When the [CUT] button is pressed, the transition is executed instantly.