User manual PANASONIC AG-HPX170P

[. . . ] For details, see page 5. Operating Instructions Memory Card Camera-Recorder Model No. AG-HPX170P Before operating this product, please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. F0808T0 -P D Printed in Japan ENGLISH VQT1U92 Reference Menu Displays Editing Playback Shooting Preparation Description of parts Before use Read this first! CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). 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. indicates safety information. CAUTION: Danger of explosion or fire if battery is mistreated. Do not leave the battery in an automobile exposed to direct sunlight for a long period of time with doors and windows closed. [. . . ] To release the menu mode, press MENU. PUSH-SET PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR To select a clip: Push the Operation lever in the w or q direction to move the yellow frame to the clip you want to select, and press it again. (The frame changes to blue. ) Pressing the Operation lever a second time deselects the thumbnail. To Play back clips: Select a thumbnail and push the Operation lever in the q (playback) direction. (For details on playback, see page 63. ) Only clips recorded in the same format as the playback format (6 in the figure below) can be played back. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 THUMBNAIL OPERATION PROPERTY META DATA LOAD RECORD USER CLIP NAME INITIALIZE PROPERTY EXIT ALL CLIP SAME FORMAT CLIPS SELECTED CLIPS MARKED CLIPS TEXT MEMO CLIPS SLOT CLIPS SETUP EXIT DELETE FORMAT REPAIR CLIP RE-CONNECTION EXCH. THUMBNAIL EXIT CLIP PROPERTY CARD STATUS DEVICES PROPERTY SETUP SYSTEM INFO EXIT Thumbnail screens are output only from the VIDEO OUT terminal. 1 Slot number display The number of the slot with the P2 card containing the clip indicated by the yellow frame is shown here. (The number appears in yellow. ) If a clip extends over the P2 cards in two slots, both numbers will appear in yellow. When one of the following warnings applies to an inserted P2 card, the frame around the slot number turns pink. 1) RUN DOWN CARD (page 91) 2) DIR ENTRY NG CARD (page 91) Thumbnails This is where the images representing the clips are displayed. (The initial images are displayed in the default setting. ) Thumbnail display status (Page 7) The types of clips displayed as thumbnails appear in this area. Clip numbers The clips are displayed in the order in which they were shot. (up to 2000) Clips in the wrong recording format or clips which cannot be played back for other reasons are shown in red. To play back clips indicated in red, change the playback format while the thumbnail is displayed (Page 68), or change the MCR FORMAT and 480i MCR MODE on the setup menu RECORDING SETUP screen to the format described in 6 below. (Page 104) Clips on the playlist which have been edited and copied using the AJ-SPD850 memory card recorder or other such unit and which have more than one format (DV, DVCPRO or DVCPRO50) are shown in red, and these clips cannot be played back even when the MCR FORMAT item has been set. Select EXIT and press the Operation lever to close the menu and return to the original screen. Recording mode/format display This is where the recording mode and format of the recorded images are displayed. 7 Indicators M : Shot mark This indicates that a clip has a shot mark. W : Wide This indicates that a clip has been recorded in the 16:9 aspect ratio (wide screen). : Incomplete clip This indicator appears when the recording of a clip extends over two P2 cards and one of the cards is not found in the slot. X : Defective clip This indicator appears for a clip whose recording was defective because the power was cut off during the recording process, for instance. Clips indicated by the yellow defective clip indicator can be repaired. Clips indicated by the red defective clip indicator cannot be repaired so delete them. If a clip cannot be deleted, first back up its data, and then format the P2 card. (You cannot perform editing with this camera. ) P : Proxy This indicates that a proxy has been added and recorded. [. . . ] 20 minutes for DVCPRO or DV) or when a onetime recording extends over more than one P2 card, the recording concerned will automatically be undertaken as a separate clip. At this time, each clip will be provided with its own COUNT value. Example of recording (DVCPRO50) a clip on one P2 card: Same as CLIP NAME REC start REC/PAUSE (recording start) (recording pause) Recording duration = Approx. The COUNT value is incremented each time a new clip is captured if clip metadata has been read in and TYPE2 has been selected as the recording method. Press the MENU button and select META DATA " PROPERTY " USER CLIP NAME to display the menu shown below. [. . . ]