Panasonic AG-HVX200AP User Manual

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Operating Instructions

Memory Card Camera-Recorder

Model No.

AG-HVX200AP

Before use

of parts

Before operating this product, please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.

F0208T0 -P Printed in Japan

ENGLISH

VQT1Q85

Reference Menu Displays Editing Playback Shooting Preparation Description

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Read this first!

indicates safety information.

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 TO SERVICING TO QUALIFIED 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.

WARNING:

• TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

•

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT AWAY FROM ALL LIQUIDS. USE AND STORE ONLY IN LOCATIONS WHICH ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF DRIPPING OR SPLASHING LIQUIDS, AND DO NOT PLACE ANY LIQUID CONTAINERS ON TOP OF THE EQUIPMENT.

CAUTION:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD AND ANNOYING INTERFERENCE, USE THE RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES ONLY.

CAUTION:

Do not jar, swing, or shake the unit by its handle while the conversion lens or another accessory is attached. Due to the added weight of the conversion lens, any strong jolt to the handle may damage the unit or result in personal injury.

CAUTION:

THE MAINS PLUG OF THE POWER SUPPLY CORD SHALL REMAIN READILY OPERABLE. THE AC RECEPTACLE (MAINS SOCKET OUTLET) SHALL BE INSTALLED NEAR THE EQUIPMENT AND SHALL BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE. TO COMPLETELY DISCONNECT THIS EQUIPMENT FROM THE AC MAINS, DISCONNECT THE POWER CORD PLUG FROM THE AC RECEPTACLE.

CAUTION:

Danger of explosion or fire if battery is mistreated.

For Battery Pack

• Replace only with same or specified type.

• Do not disassemble or dispose of in fire. Do not store in temperatures over 60°C (140°F).

•

Do not leave the battery in an automobile exposed to direct sunlight for a long period of time with doors and windows closed.

• Use specified charger.

For Battery of Remote Controller

• Replace battery with part No. CR2025 only.

• Do not recharge the battery.

• Do not disassemble or dispose of in fire.

•

Do not store in temperatures over 60°C (140°F).

Camera-Recorder

The rating plate is on the underside of the viewfinder.

AC Adapter

The rating plate is on the underside of the AC Adapter. Disconnect the AC mains plug from the AC mains socket when not in use.

CAUTION:

In order to maintain adequate ventilation, do not install or place this unit in a bookcase, built-in cabinet or any other confined space. To prevent risk of electric shock or fire hazard due to overheating, ensure that curtains and any other materials do not obstruct the ventilation.

CAUTION:

Do not lift the unit by its handle while the tripod is attached. When the tripod is attached, its weight will also affect the unit’s handle, possibly causing the handle to break and hurting the user. To carry the unit while the tripod is attached, take hold of the tripod.

CAUTION:

EXCESSIVE SOUND PRESSURE FROM EARPHONS AND HEADPHONES CAN CAUSE HEARING LOSS.

CAUTION:

Do not leave the unit in direct contact with the skin for long periods of time when in use. Low temperature burn injuries may be suffered if the high temperature parts of this unit are in direct contact with the skin for long periods of time. When using the equipment for long periods of time, make use of the tripod.

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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.”

indicates safety information.

FCC NOTICE (USA)

Declaration of Conformity

Model Number: AG-HVX200AP Trade Name: PANASONIC Responsible Party: Panasonic Corporation of North America One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ

Support contact: Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company 1-800-524-1448 This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. To assure continued compliance, follow the attached installation instructions and do not make any unauthorized modifications.

CAUTION:

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

The user may find the booklet “Something About Interference” available from FCC local regional offices helpful.

07094

FCC Warning:

To assure continued FCC emission limit compliance, the user must use only shielded interface cables when connecting to host computer or peripheral devices. Also, any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment could void the user’s authority to operate this device.

NOTIFICATION (Canada)

This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numéique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

A lithium ion/polymer battery that is recyclable powers the product you have purchased. Please call 1-800-8-BATTERY for information on how to recycle this battery.

For USA-California Only

This product contains a CR Coin Cell Lithium Battery which contains Perchlorate Material – special handling may apply. See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate.

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Recommendation for Use of Genuine Panasonic Battery Pack (Rechargeable Battery)

Thank you for using a Panasonic product.

It has been our policy to recommend that the genuine Panasonic battery pack be used for any Panasonic product that uses a battery pack, including digital cameras. It has, however, been found that imitation battery packs that look very similar to the genuine Panasonic battery pack are marketed in some markets.

Some of these imitation battery packs are not equipped with any protective devices that meet given quality standards for permitting use at high power outputs and for long hours.

If any of these battery packs of inferior quality is used, it could lead to an accident or failure involving firing or explosion.

To ensure that our products are used in utmost safety, we once again remind you that we recommend the use of a genuine Panasonic battery pack for any Panasonic product that is to use a battery pack. The genuine Panasonic battery packs are sold under our stringent quality control.

Please be advised that we are not liable for any accident or failure occurring as a result of use of an imitation battery pack.

We appreciate your kind understanding and cooperation in this regard.

Software information for this product

1. Customer advisory: This product includes software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL); customers have the right to download, modify, and redistribute source code for this software.

Descriptions of the GPL and LGPL are stored on the installation CD included with this camera-recorder. See the folder named \LDOC. (The description is the original (written in English).) To download the

relevant source code, visit https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/

Please note that we cannot answer any questions you may have about the content, etc. of any source

code you may obtain from the above Web site.

2. This product includes software licensed under the MIT License. A description of the MIT is stored on the installation CD included with this camera-recorder. See the folder named \LDOC. (The description is the original (written in English).)

• LEICA is a trademark of Leica Microsystems IRGmbH.

• DICOMAR is a trademark of Leica Camera AG.

• SD logo is a trademark.

All other explanations, company names, and product names are the registered trademarks of the respective companies.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1) Read these instructions.

2) Keep these instructions.

3) Heed all warnings.

4) Follow all instructions.

5) Do not use this apparatus near water.

6) Clean only with dry cloth.

7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

9) Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding-type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

11) Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

12) Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/ apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

14) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

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Read this first! ................................................2

Before use

Recommendation for Use of Genuine

Panasonic Battery Pack

(Rechargeable Battery) ........................... 4

Software information for this product .......... 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .........5

Outline of operations .....................................8

Precaution for use ........................................ 10

Accessories .................................................. 11

About this manual ........................................ 11

Description of parts

Description of parts ..................................... 12

Right side and rear side .................................. 12

Left side ........................................................... 13

Terminals and mounting parts .........................14

Remote control ................................................ 15

Preparation

The battery .................................................... 16

Charging .......................................................... 16

Installing and removing the power supply

Installing and removing the battery ................. 17

Connecting and disconnecting the power cord

... 17

Adjusting the hand strap ............................. 18

Attaching the shoulder strap ....................... 18

Detaching and attaching the lens hood .....18

The remote control ....................................... 19

Insert the battery ............................................. 19

Remote control setup ......................................19

Turn on/off the camera ................................. 20

Tally lamp ......................................................20

Viewfinder .....................................................21

Using the viewfinder ........................................ 21

Using the LCD ................................................. 22

Emphasizing outlines ...................................... 22

Adjusting the screen display ............................ 23

Setting the calendar ..................................... 24

Shooting

Basic shooting operations (P2 card) .......... 25

Preparing to shoot using a P2 card ................. 25

Shooting in auto mode .................................... 25

Checking photos taken (REC CHECK) ...........26

P2 card access lamps .....................................26

Protecting against a possible erasure .............26

Formatting P2 cards ........................................ 27

Recording times .............................................. 27

Remove the P2 card ........................................ 28

Basic shooting operations (Cassette tape)

... 29

Preparing to shoot using a tape ...................... 29

Shooting in auto mode .................................... 29

Checking scenes taken (REC CHECK) ........... 30

Remove the cassette tape ............................... 30

Cassette tapes ................................................ 31

Using SD/SDHC memory cards ................... 32

Installing and removing the SD memory card . 32

Formatting SD memory card ...........................32

Cautions in using SD memory cards ............... 32

Using the zoom function .............................. 33

Variable frame rates (VFR) ........................... 34

Native recording ..............................................35

Standard recording .......................................... 35

Using variable frame rates (VFR) .................... 36

Shooting in 1080i/480i progressive mode .. 37

Shooting in manual mode ............................ 38

Switching to manual mode .............................38

Manual focusing .............................................38

Using focus assist ............................................ 38

Iris adjustments ...............................................39

Adjusting the gain ............................................ 39

Light intensity adjustments .............................. 39

Adjusting the white balance ............................. 40

Shooting techniques for different targets .. 42

Low-angle shooting .........................................42

Self-portrait shooting ......................................42

Zebra pattern .................................................. 43

Marker ............................................................. 43

Checking and displaying shooting status ........44

Changing the image size ................................. 44

Optical Image Stabilizer .................................. 45

Adding effects to images ................................. 45

Using the USER buttons ................................. 45

Backlight compensation ................................... 45

Color bars ........................................................ 45

Adjusting the volume while shooting ...............46

Backup recording ............................................ 46

2-slot continuous recording .............................47

Shot mark function .......................................... 47

Text memo recording ....................................... 47

Finding specific scenes (image search) ..........48

Index recording ................................................ 48

Using the special recording functions ....... 48

Pre-recording (PRE REC) ...............................48

Interval recording (INTERVAL REC) ................ 49

One-shot recording (ONE-SHOT REC) ........... 50

Loop recording (LOOP REC) .......................... 50

Adjusting the shutter speed ........................ 51

Synchro scan ................................................... 52

Switching Audio Input .................................. 53

Using the built-in microphone .......................... 53

Using another microphone

and audio equipment ................................... 53

Adjusting the recording level ...........................54

Using scene files .......................................... 55

Changing scene file settings ........................... 55

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Saving scene files and other settings

on SD memory cards ............................ 57

Clip metadata ................................................ 58

Using the Counter ........................................59

Counter display (P2 card / Tape) .....................59

Memory stop mode (Tape) .............................. 59

1394TC preset mode ...................................... 59

Charging the built-in battery/Setting the time data

Recharging the built-in battery ........................ 60

Setting the time code ....................................... 60

Specifying the time code (TC PRESET) .......... 60

Setting user information .................................. 61

... 60

Playback

Basic playback operations (P2 card) .......... 63

Basic playback operations (Tape) ............... 64

Thumbnail screen ......................................... 65

Basic thumbnail screen operations ................. 65

Adding shot marks to clips .............................. 67

Clearing the thumbnail screen ......................... 67

Direct shooting functions ................................. 67

Thumbnail operations .................................. 68

Selecting the thumbnail display method

(THUMBNAIL) ............................................. 68

Deleting clips and formatting cards

(OPERATION) ............................................. 70

Checking the clip or card information

(PROPERTY) ..............................................71

Uploading the metadata (META DATA) ............ 73

Useful playback functions ........................... 74

Variable speed search (P2 card / Tape) ........... 74

Slow playback (P2 card / Tape) .......................74

Fast forward/rewind playback (P2 card) ..........74

Fast forward/rewind playback (Tape) ...............74

Frame-by-frame playback (P2 card / Tape) ...... 75

Clip skip (P2 card) ........................................... 75

End search (Tape) ........................................... 75

Index search (Tape) ......................................... 76

Adjusting the volume (P2 card / Tape) ............. 76

Viewing images on a television

(P2 card / Tape) ........................................... 76

Checking the date and time (P2 card / Tape) .. 76

Editing

Connecting external units ...........................77

Headphones .................................................... 77

External microphone ....................................... 77

Computer (non-linear editing/file transfer) ....... 78

Hard disk drive (data copying) ......................... 78

Digital video equipment (Dubbing) ..................79

Video deck (Dubbing) ...................................... 80

TV/Monitor (playback/dubbing) ........................ 80

Audio dubbing .............................................. 81

Nonlinear editing with P2 card (PC mode)

... 83

Copying from P2 cards to the hard disk drive

(1394 HOST mode) ................................ 85

Warnings ......................................................... 86

Dubbing ......................................................... 87

Dubbing the contents of P2 cards onto a tape

(dubbing mode) ........................................... 87

Digital input/output (P2 card/Tape) .................. 88

Analog output (P2 card/Tape) .......................... 89

Analog input (Tape) .........................................90

Displays

Screen displays ............................................ 91

Regular displays .............................................. 91

Warnings ......................................................... 94

Setting the DISPLAY items .............................. 96

Menus

Using the setup menus ................................ 97

Using the menus ............................................ 97

Initializing the menu settings ..........................98

Setup menu structure ..................................99

Camera mode menu ........................................ 99

MCR/VCR (playback and external input)

mode menu ...............................................100

Dubbing mode menu ..................................... 100

Setup menu list ........................................... 101

SCENE FILE screen ...................................... 101

CAMERA SETUP screen ..............................103

SW MODE screen ......................................... 104

AUTO SW screen ..........................................106

RECORDING SETUP screen ........................ 107

PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen .................. 110

DUBBING SETUP screen .............................112

AV IN/OUT SETUP screen ............................ 112

DISPLAY SETUP screen ............................... 113

CARD FUNCTIONS screen .......................... 115

OTHER FUNCTIONS screen ........................ 115

OPTION MENU ............................................. 119

Reference

Before calling for service ........................... 120

Operating precautions ............................... 124

Updating the driver in the camera ............126

Condensation .............................................. 126

System resetting ......................................... 127

Cleaning ...................................................... 127

Video Heads ................................................ 128

Storage Precautions ................................... 129

How to handle data recorded on P2 cards

Checkpoints for using memory cards ...... 131

Recording format ........................................ 132

Appendix ..................................................... 133

Specifications ............................................. 134

... 130

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Outline of operations

This unit is compatible with P2 (Professional Plug-in) cards or DV cassette tapes. The P2 card has a large capacity with a high transfer rate, and allows you sophisticated movie-making on this handy camera, including HD (High Definition) recording and smooth editing/dubbing.

Flow of shooting, playing and saving

The setting values such as the user file are saved to and read from the SD memory card.

P2 mode shooting and playback

(Pages 25 and 74)

P2 card

You can use the following features:

• HD (High Definition) recording

• Multi format recording

• Variable frame rates Slow & quick motion recording

• Maximum 4 channel uncompressed digital audio recording

• DV recording (480i)

For details on how to handle recorded data, see page 130.

Dubbing mode (Page 87)

Dubbing mode is a function for down-converting contents recorded in HD (1080i, 720P) on the P2 card to an DV format (480i) and recording it to tape. You can record onto DV tape contents that have a slow & quick motion effect. This is useful when backing up images and checking images on AV equipment.

• You cannot simultaneously shoot on both the P2 card and the DV cassette tape.

• High-definition (HD) recording to a DV tape is not possible.

Cassette tape shooting and

playback (Pages 29 and 74)

DV cassette tape

• DV recording (480i)

• Dubbing mode recording from a P2 card is possible.

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Saving and editing on external devices

P2 card

USB2.0 (Windows) IEEE1394 (Macintosh)

PC mode (Page 83)

The data (file) is transferred for nonlinear editing on your computer or other unit.

Computer

1394 host mode (Page 85)

The unit directly controls the external hard disk drive, and transfers the data (file) to it.

External hard disk

Before use

DV cassette tape

AV cable

Component video cable

IEEE1394 (SBP-2∗)

IEEE1394 (Windows/Macintosh)

Video equipment/

Television

Computer/

Memory card recorder

The contents can be transferred as a data stream (digital dubbing).

∗

Serial Bus Protocol-2

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Precaution for use

Always take some trial shots before actual shooting.

• When shooting important events (such as weddings), always take some trial shots and check that the sound and images have been recorded properly before actual shooting.

Be sure to check and set the calendar and time zone.

• These settings affect the control and playback sequence of the recorded contents. Before making a recording, set and check the calendar and time zone. (Page 24)

Panasonic makes no guarantees for your recordings.

• Please understand that Panasonic makes no guarantees for your recordings in cases where images and/ or sound were not recorded as you intended due to problems with the camera-recorder or cassette.

Respect copyrights

• Copyright laws forbid the use of video and audio material you have recorded for any purpose other than your own personal enjoyment. Remember that restrictions apply to the shooting of certain material even if it is intended for private use.

Caution regarding laser beams

• The CCD may be damaged if it is subjected to light from a laser beam.

When using the camera-recorder in locations where laser irradiation equipment is used, be careful not to

allow the laser beam to shine directly on the lens.

Notes when connecting a DV (IEEE1394) cable

• Windows:

Before connecting, turn off the main unit power, and check the shape and orientation of the terminal.

• Macintosh:

After turning on the power of the Apple Macintosh computer, check the shape and orientation of the

terminal, and then connect the cable.

(Pages 78, 79)

Media that can be used in this unit

The following media can be used in this unit. For details, refer to the respective pages.

• P2 card (Page 27)

• Digital video cassette tape (Page 29)

• SD/SDHC memory cards (Page 32)

Mounting the camera-recorder on a tripod

The tripod mounting hole is 5.5 mm deep. Do not force the tripod screw beyond this depth. You can damage the camera-recorder if you use any screw other than 1/4-20UNC.

For other usage notes, see page 124.

Attach the tripod to the tripod hole.

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Accessories

∗

Battery

AC Adapter AC power supply cord

/DC cord

Wireless remote control and battery (CR2025)

Before use

Microphone holderEye cup

Shoulder belt Component

video cable

Documents and CD

A lens hood cap (page 18) and INPUT 1/2 terminal (page 14) cover are attached to the camera-recorder.

∗1 For part numbers for the battery, see “OPTIONAL UNITS”. (Page 136) ∗2 When using 1394 cable (sold separately), install a ferrite core on the end nearest the PC. (Page 79)

6-mm screws (2) 12-mm screws (2)

PIN-BNC conversion plugs (3)

Microphone holder adapter

Ferrite core

∗

About this manual

Note concerning illustrations in these instructions

• Illustrations (camera-recorder, menu screens, etc.) in these operating instructions differ slightly from the actual camera-recorder.

References

• References are shown as (Page 10).

Icons

Explanations specific to the media used are identified by the icons below.

: Explanations for P2 card usage only.

TAP E

: Explanations for tape usage only.

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Description of parts

Right side and rear side

357

PUSH

1 POWER switch (Page 20)

2 START/STOP button (Pages 25 and 29)

3 OPEN/EJECT switch (Page 29)

4 REC CHECK button (Pages 25 and 30)

5 HANDLE ZOOM switch (Page 33)

6 Zoom button (Page 33)

7 Handle zoom button (Page 33)

8 Handle START/STOP button

(Pages 25 and 29)

9 Pin hole (for zoom ring) (Page 13)

10 Built-in stereo microphone (Page 53)

11 Tally lamp (Front) (Page 20)

12 Remote control sensor (Front)

13 Cassette holder (Pages 29 and 30)

14 Cassette cover (Pages 29 and 30)

15 White balance sensor (Page 40)

16 INPUT 1/2 (audio input) switch (Page 53)

17 Lens hood screw (Page 18)

18 P2 card access lamp (x 2) (Page 26)

19 Viewfinder (Page 21)

20 P2 card slot (x 2) (Page 25)

21 SCENE FILE dial (Page 55)

22 Mode button (Page 25 and 29)

23 Mode lamp (Page 25 and 29)

13 14

10 12

22 24 26 28 31

21 23 25 27 29

24 Remote control sensor (Rear)

25 Tally lamp (Rear) (Page 20)

26 MEDIA (P2/TAPE) switch

(Pages 25 and 29)

27 EVF DTL button (Page 22)

28 Power terminal (Page 17)

29 AUDIO control (Page 54)

30 DC INPUT terminal (7.9 V)

31 Battery release button (Page 17)

2 1

3015 17

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Left side

AWB

ZOOM

SERVO

MANUAL

324

10 12 14 16

13 15

1 Focus ring (Page 38)

2 Zoom ring (Page 33)

If you don’t need the zoom ring pin, fit it into the provided pin hole (Page 12) so that you don’t lose it.

3 FOCUS ASSIST button (Page 38)

4 Built-in speaker (Page 76)

5 ZOOM switch (Page 33)

6 AWB button (Page 40)

7 FOCUS switch (Page 38)

8 PUSH AUTO button (Page 38)

9 IRIS dial (Page 39)

10 ND FILTER switch (Page 39)

11 IRIS button (Page 39)

12 GAIN switch (Page 39)

13 WHITE BAL switch (Page 40)

14 DISP/MODE CHK button (Page 44)

15 USER button (Page 45)

16 AUTO/MANUAL switch (Pages 25 and 29)

17 LCD monitor (Page 22)

18 Diopter adjustment dial (Page 21)

19 AUDIO DUB/THUMBNAIL button

(Pages 67 and 81)

20 MENU button (Page 97)

REC

AUDIO MON/VAR

SHUTTER

INT(R)

INPUT 2ONOFF

AUDIO

END SEARCH

SET

PAGE/

SPEED SEL

INPUT 1 INPUT 2

MIC POWER +48V

ZEBRA OIS

OFF

AUDIO DUB/ THUMBNAIL

20 21

25 26 27

BARS

RESET

CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECT

INT(L) INPUT 1 INPUT 2

COUNTER RESET/TC SET

28 29 30 31 32

21 PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button

(Pages 46 and 74)

22 REC button (Page 88)

23 END SEARCH button (Page 75)

24 Operation button (Page 97)

25 BARS button (Page 45)

26 CH1, CH2 SELECT switch (Page 53)

27 SHUTTER, SPEED SEL+/- button (Page 51)

28 RESET button (Page 127)

29 COUNTER - RESET/TC SET button (Page 59)

30 ZEBRA button (Page 43)

31 OIS button (Page 45)

32 INPUT1, 2 switch (MIC POWER +48 V)

(Page 53)

of parts

Description

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Description of parts (continued)

Terminals and mounting parts

USB 2.0

1394

CAM REMOTE

ZOOM SS

FOCUS IRIS

1 Light shoe

2 Microphone shoe (Page 77)

3 USB terminal (Mini-B) (Pages 78 and 83)

4 Headphone jack (3.5 mm stereo mini jack)

(Page 77)

5 1394 terminal (Page 78)

6 SD memory card slot (Pages 32 and 57)

7 CAM REMOTE jack

∗

FOCUS/IRIS (3.5 mm mini jack)

You can connect a remote control unit to control the FOCUS and IRIS (aperture).

ZOOM S/S (2.5 mm super mini jack)

You can connect a remote control unit to control zoom and start/stop of recording.

8 Tripod hole (Page 10)

9 AUDIO IN/OUT CH1/CH2 terminal (Page 80)

10 VIDEO IN/OUT terminal (Page 80)

11 INPUT 1/2 terminal (XLR, 3 pin)

(Pages 53 and 81)

12 S-VIDEO IN/OUT terminal (Page 80)

13 COMPONENT OUT terminal (Page 80)

CH1

IN/

AUDIO

OUT

CH2

IN/

OUT

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

IN/OUT

COMPONENT

OUT

∗ Do not connect any equipment except the remote

controller to the remote control jack. Connecting any equipment other than the remote control may cause the image brightness to change and/or the images to appear out of focus.

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Remote control

The following buttons are for functions that cannot be executed on the camera-recorder.

• PHOTO SHOT

• MULTI/P-IN-P

• STORE

• PB. ZOOM

OSD

COUNTER

MU L TI /

P-IN-P

STILL A D V

INDEX

SELECT

S T OR E

OFF/ON

P . B .DIGI T A L

• TITLE

• SELECT

• OFF/ON

P H O T O

SH O T

STILL A D V

S T A R T /

V O L +

ITEM

D A TE /

TIME

RESET TITLE

REC A.DUB

PL A Y /REW FF/

P A US E

S T O P INDEX

V AR .

S T O P

ZOOM

P B .

ZOOM

SET

1 DATE/TIME button (Page 76)

2 OSD button (Page 76)

3 COUNTER button (Page 59)

Same function as the COUNTER button on the main unit.

4 COUNTER RESET button (Page 59)

Same function as the COUNTER RESET button on the main unit.

5 A.DUB button (Page 81)

Same function as the AUDIO DUB button on the main unit.

6 REC button (Page 88)

Used during VCR mode

7 PLAY button (

/REW button ( ) (Page 63)

9 PAUSE button (

) (Page 63)

Like the operation buttons of the camera, MENU operations are performed using SET button.

10 STILL ADV button (

11 INDEX buttons (

12 STOP button (

13 FF/

button ( ) (Page 63)

, ) (Page 74)

, ) (Page 76)

) (Page 63)

Buttons for shooting and volume control

14 START/STOP button

Same function as the START/STOP button on the main unit.

15 ZOOM/VOL buttons (Pages 33 and 76)

of parts

Description

16 VAR. SEARCH button (Page 74)

17 MENU button

Functions the same as the MENU button on the camera.

[

], [ ], [ ], [ ] buttons

Function the same as the

, , , buttons

on the camera.

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The battery

Charging

Before using the battery, fully charge it with the AC adapter. Keep a spare battery with you.

1 Align the battery with the “ ” marking on

the AC adapter, place it flat, and slide it in the direction shown below.

• You cannot charge the battery if the DC cord is connected to the DC OUT connector, so disconnect it first.

2 Plug the AC cord into the power outlet.

• The POWER lamp and CHARGE lamp on the AC adapter light, and charging begins.

• If the CHARGE lamp does not light when attached, detach the battery and then attach it again.

POWER

CHARGE

3 When the battery is charged, the CHARGE

lamp on the AC adapter goes out.

4 Slide the battery and remove it.

Recording time of included battery

Recharging time Continuous recording time

Approx. 330 min. Approx. 140 min.

• The times given above are approximate for when scenes are shot in the DVCPRO HD mode on a P2 card while using the viewfinder.

• The times apply when the ambient operating temperature is 68°F (20°C) and humidity is 60%.

Charging may take longer at other temperatures

and humidity levels.

• Keep metal objects (such as necklaces and hairpins) away from the battery. Shortcircuiting may occur across the terminals, causing the battery to heat up, and you may seriously burn yourself if you touch the battery in this state.

• The battery becomes hot while it is being used or charged. The camera-recorder itself also becomes hot during use.

• The recordable time reduces if you repeatedly start and stop recording.

• Discharge the battery before storing it. When storing it for an extended time, charge it at least once a year, use up its charge in the camerarecorder, and then store it again.

• If the battery is extremely hot or cold, the CHARGE lamp will blink several times before charging starts.

• If the CHARGE lamp continues to blink even when the battery temperature is normal, there may be something wrong with the battery or AC adapter. Contact your dealer.

• The battery takes longer to charge when it is warm.

• The AC adapter can interfere with radio reception so keep radios at least 1 meter away from it.

• The AC adapter may make some noise when you are using it, but this is normal.

• You cannot charge the battery when supplying power to the camera-recorder from the AC adapter.

• Operation of battery pack CGR-D16 (1600mAh) (sold separately) is not guaranteed.

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Installing and removing the power supply

Installing and removing the battery

Installation

Insert the battery until it clicks into place.

Removal

1 Set the POWER switch to OFF, and check

2 Remove the battery while pressing the

Connecting and disconnecting the power cord

Installation

1 Connect the DC cord to the AC adapter.

Removal

1 Set the POWER switch to OFF, and check

2 Plug the AC power supply cord into the

power outlet.

2 Remove the DC cord’s battery connector

3 Insert the DC cord’s battery connector until

it clicks into place.

3 Disconnect the AC power supply cord from

that the mode lamp is off.

battery release button.

• Support the battery with your hand to ensure that it will not fall.

Battery release

Mode lamp

that the mode lamp is off.

while pressing the battery release button.

the power outlet.

button

Preparation

DC cord’s battery connector

• You cannot charge the battery when supplying power to the camera-recorder from the AC adapter.

CAUTION:

• This unit can be operated at a voltage in the range of 100-240V AC. An AC plug adapter may be required for voltages other than 120 V AC. If a conversion plug is required, consult with your dealer as to which one is to be purchased.

• Disconnect the AC power supply cord from the power outlet when the unit is not going to be used.

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Adjusting the hand strap

Adjust the hand strap to suit your hand.

1 Open the cover and adjust the length. 2 Close the cover.

• Make sure the cover is fully closed.

Attaching the shoulder strap

Attach the shoulder strap and use it as a precaution against dropping the camera.

20 mm or more

Detaching and attaching the lens hood

Detaching the lens hood

• Loosen the screw and turn the lens hood counterclockwise to detach it.

Attaching the lens hood

• Turn the lens hood clockwise and fix in position with the screw.

• Be sure to attach the lens hood cap to protect the lens when not in use.

Screw

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The remote control

Insert the battery

1 Push the catch in the direction shown by

arrow

to remove the holder.

2 Insert the battery with the “+” marked side

facing up.

3 Return the holder to its original position.

• When the battery (CR2025) has run out, replace it with a new one. (The battery lasts about one year, depending on the frequency of use.)

If the remote control unit fails to work even when

it is operated near the camera-recorder’s remote control sensor, the battery has run out.

• Keep the battery out of the reach of children.

Remote control setup

When using two camera-recorders simultaneously, set this camera-recorder and the remote control to either [VCR1] or [VCR2] so the remote control does not operate the wrong camera-recorder by mistake.

Setting

• Wireless remote control

Press the STOP (

at the same time to set the remote control unit for use with VCR1.

Alternatively, press the STOP (

(

) buttons at the same time to set the remote

control unit for use with VCR2.

When the battery in the remote control unit is

replaced, the remote control unit is set for use with VCR1.

• Camera

In the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS

screen, REMOTE, set to VCR1 or VCR2. (Page

115)

If different settings are used for the camerarecorder and remote control unit, “REMOTE” lights in red on the viewfinder and LCD monitor.

VCR2 VCR1

) and STILL ADV ( ) buttons

) and STILL ADV

START/

DATE/

PHOTO

STOP

TIME

SHOT

OSD

COUNTER

RESET TITLE

REC A.DUB

PLAY/REW FF/

PAUS E

STOP INDEX

VAR.

STILL ADV

ZOOM

VOL +

PB.

ZOOM

SET

ITEM

MULTI/ P-IN-P

STILL ADV

INDEX

SELECT

STORE

OFF/ON

P.B.DIGITAL

Preparation

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Turn on/off the camera

While pressing the lock release, move the POWER switch to ON or OFF.

Turn on the camera:

The mode lamp (CAMERA) lights red (CAMERA mode) and the camera is now in the shooting standby mode.

Turn off the camera:

The red mode lamp goes out.

• Power saving mode

The camera-recorder performs as follows when

you pause or leave it in standby mode for about 5 minutes, and do not perform any specified

operations. ON: The camera recorder turns off automatically. OFF: Do not switch OFF the camera. In the TAPE

mode, however, put the cylinder head alone in a stopped (standby) status.

See the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS

screen, POWER SAVE (page 118) for details.

• When the operation mode buttons flash in

sequence starting with the top one and the power

then goes off, it means that there is no charge left

in the battery. Recharge the battery.

Mode button

MCR VCR

Mode lamp

CAMERA

OFF

DUBPC

Lock release

Tally lamp

The tally lamp can be made to light up during shooting by selecting “ON” as the REC LAMP set-ting in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen. (Page

116) When the camera-recorder is in any of the following states, the tally lamp blinks.

• When an operation initiated by the remote control

unit has been received (8 blinks/sec.)

• When shooting starts in the TAPE mode (8 blinks/

sec.)

• When the end of the tape is reached (4 blinks/

sec.)

• When trouble occurs regarding tape running

systems (4 blinks/sec.)

• When the remaining battery capacity runs out (4

blinks/sec.)

• When the available recording space on the P2

card or tape or the battery power is low (1 blink/

sec.)

• When removing the P2 card during access (4

blinks/sec.)

• When there is no recording space left on the P2

card (4 blinks/sec.)

Tally lamp

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Viewfinder

This camera has two viewfinders; one is a miniature LCD in the viewfinder and the other is a retractable 3.5-inch LCD. Use the viewfinder that best suits the application and shooting conditions.

• The brightness and hue may differ between the images appearing on the viewfinder and LCD monitor and those displayed on a TV monitor.

To see how the final images will appear, check

them on a TV monitor.

Fitting the eye cup

Attach the eye cup by aligning the projections on the eye cup holder and eye cup and fitting them together.

• Turning the eye cup after attaching it may cause the eye cup holder to come off. If the eyecup holder does come off, see “Cleaning the Viewfinder” (page 127) for details on how to refit it.

Using the viewfinder

1 Set the POWER switch to ON and check that

images appear in the viewfinder.

• Keep the LCD monitor closed.

2 Adjust the viewfinder’s angle so that the

screen is positioned where it is easiest to see.

• You can move the view finder out to about 90° perpendicular to the camera.

3 Adjust the diopter adjustment lever so

that you can see the characters on the viewfinder screen clearly.

Viewfinder diopter dial

Eye piece

Eye cup holder

Eye cup

Preparation

Projection

Do not point the eye piece at the sun.

Doing so may damage the parts inside.

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Viewfinder (continued)

Using the LCD

1 Set the POWER switch to ON. 2 Press the OPEN button in the direction

shown by arrow

It can open out to 120 degrees. Do not try

to open it further as this will damage the camera.

to open the LCD.

3 Position the LCD monitor where it is easiest

to see.

• The monitor can be rotated 180° toward the lens and 90° toward you.

• Do not apply unnecessary force to the open LCD. This can damage the camera.

Emphasizing outlines

Emphasizing the outlines of the images you see in the viewfinder or on the LCD makes it easier to focus. Emphasizing the outlines does not effect the images you shoot.

1 In CAMERA mode, press EVF DTL.

• “EVF DTL ON” appears on the screen for about 2 seconds.

EVF DTL button

Press EVF DTL again to return to the original display. “EVF DTL OFF” appears on the screen for about 2 seconds.

• Ensure the LCD is fully closed.

• Both the LCD and viewfinder come on when you have rotated the LCD to face in the same direction as the lens for self-portrait shooting.

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Adjusting the screen display

1 Set the POWER switch to ON. (Page 20) 2 Press the MENU button.

SET

Operation button

• For menu operation (Page 97)

• You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control. (Page 15)

3 Viewfinder adjustments

Set YES under EVF SET on the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen.

LCD monitor adjustments

Set YES under LCD SET on the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen.

4 Select the item to be set using the or

operation button.

5 Adjust the selected item using the or

operation button.

6 Press MENU three times to exit the menus.

Preparation

• You can return the settings for EVF SET and LCD SET to the factory settings by selecting the item and pressing COUNTER RESET (if it is possible to change the item at that time).

• The viewfinder remains on when you open the LCD if you have set the EVF MODE in the DISPLAY SETUP screen to ON.

• The viewfinder display can be in color or black and white. (See the setup menus, DISPLAY SETUP screen, EVF COLOR.) The resolution is the same for both of them.

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Setting the calendar

The CLOCK SET value is recorded in the contents (clip), and affects the sequence of playback of the thumbnails. Before carrying out recording, be sure to check and set CLOCK SET and TIME ZONE. This shows you how to adjust the calendar to 5:20 PM on December 25, 2005.

1 Set the POWER switch to ON. (Page 20) 2 Press the MENU button. 3 In the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS

screen, TIME ZONE, set the time difference from Greenwich mean time using the

operation button. (Page 117)

(Example of MENU in the TAPE mode)

SET

Operation button

• For menu operation (Page 97)

• You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control. (Page 15)

Press the operation button to move the

setting item to MONTH.

7 Press the or operation button to set

MONTH to DEC.

8 Set DAY, HOUR, and MIN using the method

shown in steps 4 and 5.

• This is a 24-hour clock.

4 In the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS

screen, CLOCK SET, select YES.

5 Press the or operation button to set

YEAR to 2005.

Choose a year between 2000 and 2030.

9 Press MENU three times to exit the menus.

• The clock can vary in accuracy so check that the time is correct before shooting.

• When using the camera overseas, do not set the CLOCK SET option to the current time, but instead enter the time difference from Greenwich mean time according to TIME ZONE.

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Basic shooting operations (P2 card)

Preparing to shoot using a P2 card

1 Switch the MEDIA switch to “P2”. 2 Set the POWER switch to ON. (Page 20) 3 Lift up the viewfinder and open the card slot

cover.

4 Insert the P2 card securely in the card slot.

• There are two card slots.

• Be absolutely sure to close the card slot covers to keep the dust out.

• Do not remove the P2 card while the P2 card access lamps are blinking orange. (Page 26)

P2 TAPE

Lock release

Shooting in auto mode

1 Turn the POWER switch to ON. (Page 20)

• Check that the mode lamp (CAMERA) is lighted red. If not, press the mode button.

2 Switch the AUTO/MANUAL switch to AUTO

to select auto mode.

• “A” appears on the viewfinder and LCD screens.

• The focus, gain, iris and white balance are adjusted automatically.

3 Press the START/STOP button (Red) on the

POWER switch to start shooting.

• Press again to return to the camera to the shooting standby mode.

• Use the handle START/STOP button to make it easier to shoot from low angles.

LCD side

AUTO MANUAL

Handle START/STOP button

Shooting

Do not operate the MEDIA switch when the power is switched ON. If you attempt to operate the MEDIA switch, the message “TURN POWER OFF” will be displayed. In this case, switch OFF the power, and then switch it ON again.

REC CHECK button

Mode button

CAMERA

MCR VCR

Mode lamp

Under the following circumstances, even if you press the STOP button it may take some time until the writing to the P2 card finishes. For this reason, the operation will not be acknowledged if you press the START button too soon.

• Stopped after only a short recording time

• Stopped immediately after the recording has moved to a second P2 card

DUBPC

Lock release

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Basic shooting operations (P2 card) (continued)

Checking photos taken (REC CHECK)

In the shooting pause mode, press the REC CHECK button.

A few seconds of the last thing you shot play.

• Note that this REC CHECK portion will also be recorded to any equipment you have set up to make backup recordings.

• Only the POWER and START/STOP buttons are operable during REC CHECK.

• The REC CHECK function does not work when PC, MCR or DUB has been selected as the operation mode.

The HD recording(720P/60P) settings are already made in the default mode. (To view the current settings, see page 44.)

P2 card access lamps

CAMERA mode (MCR) Lights green: Data can be saved onto the cards or

loaded from them.

Blinks green (slow): No available space on card,

card is write-protected

Lights orange: Slot that is the object of recording Blinks orange : Data is now being accessed. Blinks orange (fast): A card is now being

recognized.

Both lamps blink orange: Ejection of card during

access

Off: Cards have not been inserted or formatted.

Insertion of incompatible card.

P2 card access lamp

Protecting against a possible erasure

Switch the write-protect switch of the P2 card to [PROTECT].

Write-protect switch

PROTECT

PC mode (USB DEVICE) Blinks orange: Data is now being accessed. Off: A status other than access underway.

PC mode (1394 DEVICE) Blinks orange: Connected Off: Not connected

PC mode (1394 HOST) Lights green: Access standby. Blinks orange: Data is now being accessed. Off: Cards have not been inserted or formatted.

Insertion of incompatible card.

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Formatting P2 cards

1 Press the mode button and set it to MCR

mode (the MCR/VCR lamp lights).

• Thumbnails are displayed.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 On the menu, select OPERATION and then

FORMAT. (Page 70)

• A screen such as the one shown below appears. Select the number of the slot into which you inserted the P2 card to be formatted. Select EXIT to cancel the

MENU button

Mode button

SET

Operation button

CAMERA

MCR VCR

Mode lamp

DUBPC

formatting.

• When you press the MENU button, the menu display disappears.

4 Select YES on the confirmation screen.

• The selected P2 card is formatted.

Recording times

Card model Capacity

AJ-P2C004HG 4 GB approx. 16 min. approx. 8 min. approx. 4 min. approx. 10 min. approx. 8 min.

AJ-P2C008HG 8 GB approx. 32 min. approx. 16 min. approx. 8 min. approx. 20 min. approx. 16 min.

AJ-P2C016RG 16 GB approx. 64 min. approx. 32 min. approx. 16 min. approx. 40 min. approx. 32 min.

AJ-P2C032RG 32 GB approx. 128 min. approx. 64 min. approx. 32 min. approx. 80 min. approx. 64 min.

DVCPRO/DV

2-channel

audio

• The AJ-P2C002SG (2 GB) card cannot be used.

• The displayed available space includes the management area, and so the space available for recording is smaller than this.

• Concerning the division of clips recorded on P2 cards

When using a P2 card of at least 8 GB in this camera, if the continuous recording time for a single

session exceeds the time shown in the following table, recording will be automatically resumed as a different clip. When performing a thumbnail operation (display, delete, restore, copy, etc.) on clips using P2 cards, you can operate them as a single clip. When you are using non-linear editing software and a PC, for example, the clips are displayed individually.

Recording Format Recording times

DVCPRO HD

DVCPRO50 approx. 10 min.

DVCPRO/DV approx. 20 min.

∗

approx. 5 min.

• When using any other types of cards, the driver installed in the camera-recorder may need to be updated. (Page 126)

• For the latest information not available in the Operating Instructions, visit the P2 Support Desk at the following Web sites.

https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/

DVCPRO50

4-channel

audio

∗

DVCPRO HD

1 The 720P/30PN and 720P/24PN formats are not

DVCPRO HD

∗

720P/24PN

included in the DVCPRO HD recording format.

DVCPRO HD

720P/30PN

Shooting

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Basic shooting operations (P2 card) (continued)

Remove the P2 card

1 Lift up the viewfinder and open the card slot

cover.

• Check that the P2 card access lamp is not blinking orange.

2 Press the card eject button once, and when

the button has popped back up, press it again.

3 Remove the P2 card.

Card eject button

• Do not eject the P2 card or turn the power off under the following circumstances, since doing so may cause a malfunction in the card:

1) While the orange P2 card access lamp is

blinking after the card is inserted (and until it stops blinking).

2) During recording, during the recording finish

process, or while the access lamp is blinking.

• If a P2 card is ejected during formatting or while its data is being accessed, “TURN POWER OFF” appears in the viewfinder, and a warning is indicated by an alarm or tally lamp. If this happens, turn the power off and back on again.

When a card is ejected during formatting:

Format the card again.

When a card is ejected while its data is being

accessed:

The clips may be thrown out of order. Check the

clips and repair them. (For details on repairing clips, see page 70.)

• During recording, a P2 card inserted into an empty slot will not be immediately recognized at the following times.

1) Immediately after pre-recording

2) Before and after performing continuous

recording (loop recording, hot swap recording, etc.) spanning two slots

• During playback, a P2 card inserted into the empty slot will not be recognized and the P2 card access lamp will not light. When playback is completed, the P2 card recognition will begin.

• You can use ACCESS LED on the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen to set the P2 card access lamps so that they will always be off. In this case, either turn off the power or wait until enough time has passed after inserting the cards or stopping operation before ejecting the cards.

• If a P2 card is ejected while thumbnails are displayed, the thumbnail screen is released.

Cautions in using P2 cards

Before using a P2 card, be sure to format it with a P2 device.

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Basic shooting operations (Cassette tape)

TAPE

Preparing to shoot using a tape

1 Switch the MEDIA switch to “TAPE”. 2 Set the POWER switch to ON. (Page 20) 3 Slide the OPEN/EJECT switch in the

direction shown by the arrow to open the cassette cover.

• The cassette holder opens automatically.

• The cassette holder will not open if the camera is not supplied with power (AC adapter or a battery).

4 Insert the cassette tape. 5 Press PUSH to close the cassette holder.

• Close the cassette cover only after the cassette holder is completely in position.

Lock release

Shooting in auto mode

1 Turn the POWER switch to ON. (Page 20)

• Check that the mode lamp (CAMERA) is lighted red. If not, press the mode button.

2 Switch the AUTO/MANUAL switch to AUTO

to select auto mode.

• “A” appears on the viewfinder and LCD screens.

• The focus, gain, iris and white balance are adjusted automatically.

3 Press the START/STOP button (Red) on the

POWER switch to start shooting.

• Press again to return to the camera to the shooting standby mode.

• Use the handle START/STOP button to make it easier to shoot from low angles.

LCD side

AUTO MANUAL

Handle START/STOP button

Shooting

P2 TAPE

PUS

PUSH

Mode button

CAMERA

MCR VCR

Mode lamp

REC CHECK button

DUBPC

Lock release

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Basic shooting operations (Cassette tape) (continued)

Checking scenes taken (REC CHECK)

In the shooting pause mode, press the REC CHECK button.

A few seconds of the last thing you shot play, and then the camera returns to the shooting pause mode.

• The REC CHECK function cannot be used unless the recording is at least one second long.

• When recording backup images by connecting the equipments using a 1394 cable, the images will not appear during REC CHECK.

• The REC CHECK function does not work when VCR or DUB has been selected as the operation mode.

TAPE

Remove the cassette tape

1 Slide the OPEN/EJECT switch in the

direction shown by the arrow to open the cassette cover.

• The cassette holder opens automatically.

• The cassette holder will not open if the camera is not supplied with power (AC adapter or battery).

• A tape cannot be ejected in P2 mode or during recording in TAPE mode.

2 Remove the cassette. 3 Press PUSH to close the cassette holder.

• Close the cassette cover only after the cassette holder is completely in position.

PUSH

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Cassette tapes

You can use tapes with this mark .

Use the following mini DV cassette tapes with this

camera-recorder. AY-DVM63 series tape (60 minutes in SP mode) Do not use 80-minute mini DV cassette tapes.

Picture quality does not worsen if you shoot in LP

mode, but you may notice some block noise and

there may be other limitations. Block noise and feature limitations occur in the

following situations.

• When you play a tape on other digital video

equipment that you have shot in LP mode on this camera.

• When you play a tape in this camera that you

have shot in LP mode on other digital video equipment.

• When you have shot in LP mode and try to play

it on other digital video equipment that doesn’t have an LP mode.

• During slow motion or still-picture playback

• When using the camera’s search functions

Audio dubbing cannot be performed in the LP

mode as the tracks on the tape are narrower than

the heads.

TAPE

Tape loading and unloading

• Tapes cannot be loaded or unloaded when the MEDIA switch is set to P2.

• Do not try to insert or eject the tape by just holding the cassette cover.

• Insert and remove cassette tapes after putting the camera-recorder down on a stable, flat surface or hold it to keep it stable.

• Do not force the cassette holder while it is moving. Trying to do so could damage the camera.

• Close the cassette cover only after the cassette holder is completely in position. Trying to close the cover while the cassette holder is moving could damage the camera.

• Close the cassette holder again if you are not going to insert another tape.

• Do not open the cassette cover while you are recording. Recording continues, and the open cover allows outside light and dust to adversely affect the tape.

Shooting

Preventing accidental erasure

To prevent erasing the recordings on a tape by accident, set the tab on the cassette to SAVE.

REC

SAVE

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Using SD/SDHC memory cards

You can use SD and SDHC memory cards (the term “SD memory card” is used for both hereafter) to save and load SCENE files and USER files. (Page 57)

Installing and removing the SD memory card

Installation

1 Open the cover, and insert the card while

making sure it is oriented in the proper direction.

Access lamp

LOCK

2 Close the cover.

Removal

1 Open the cover, and check that the access

lamp is not lit.

2 Press the card further into the unit, grasp

the card, and then remove.

3 Close the cover.

Formatting SD memory card

1 Switch the MEDIA switch to “P2”. 2 Set the POWER switch to ON. (Page 20) 3 Press the mode button and set it to MCR

mode (the MCR/VCR lamp lights).

4 Press the MENU button.

5 On the menu, select OPERATION, FORMAT

and then SD CARD. (Page 70)

• Select EXIT to cancel the formatting.

6 Select YES on the confirmation screen.

• The selected SD memory card is formatted.

• You can also format from the SD CARD FORMAT option on the CARD FUNCTIONS screen. (Page

115)

• With SDHC cards, 32 KB of capacity will have been used.

Cautions in using SD memory cards

• SD memory cards used with the AG-HVX200AP should conform to SD or SDHC standards. Be sure to format cards using the AG-HVX200AP.

To format SD memory cards using a personal

computer, download the dedicated software from the support site.

SD memory cards with the following capacity can

be used for the AG-HVX200AP.

SD (from 8 MB to 2 GB):

8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB

256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB

SDHC (4 GB to 16 GB):

4 GB 8 GB 16 GB

For the latest information not available in the Operating Instructions, visit the P2 Support Desk at the following Web sites. https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/

• SD memory cards must not be used or stored in an environment where they may be

Exposed to high temperatures/humidities; Exposed to water droplets; or Electrically charged.

• Be sure always close the cover when using an SD memory card.

• You cannot use the SD memory card in the TAPE mode.

• See also “Checkpoints for using memory cards” on page 131.

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Using the zoom function

This camera has a 13 x optical zoom function. Zoom with the zoom button or the zoom ring.

Zoom button

Set the ZOOM switch to SERVO so that you can use the motor-driven zoom. T : Zoom in W : Zoom out Gently press the zoom button on the cassette cover to zoom slowly, firmly press to zoom faster. You can change the zoom speed on the handle zoom button by selecting one of three speeds with the HANDLE ZOOM switch. Set the HANDLE ZOOM switch speeds by going to the setup menus, SW MODE screen HANDLE ZOOM (Page 104).

Zoom ring

Set the ZOOM switch to MANU so that you can use the zoom ring.

• You cannot use the zoom ring if the ZOOM switch is set to SERVO. Trying to use it could damage the camera.

On the remote control

Press ZOOM/VOL to zoom with the motor drive.

• Zoom speed is fixed at medium.

HANDLE ZOOM switch

Handle zoom button

Zoom button

Zoom ring

Shooting

OSD

COUNTER

MULTI/

P-IN-P

STILL ADV

INDEX

SELECT

STORE

OFF/ON

P.B.DIGITAL

DATE/

PHOTO

TIME

SHOT

RESET TITLE

REC A.DUB

PLAY/REW FF/

PAUS E

STILL ADV

STOP INDEX

VAR.

START/

STOP

ZOOM

VOL +

ITEM

PB.

ZOOM

SET

ZOOM/VOL button

SERVO MANU

ZOOM

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Variable frame rates (VFR)

By taking full advantage of the special characteristics of P2 cards, this unit provides frame skipping (undercranking) recording and highspeed (overcranking) recording, which are actually movie techniques, without the use of a frame rate converter. (Either the 30PN or 24PN mode must be set for this.) Since the camera-recorder records only the effective frames (native recording), recording is possible for between 2 times and 2.5 times as long compared with recording in the 24P, 30P or 60P mode (standard recording).

As with Panasonic’s Varicam model (AJ-HDC27 series), this unit also provides a recording format that allows frame rate conversion using nonlinear editing. (Either the 30P or 24P mode must be set for this.)

24PN mode:

The camera-recorder shoots in the 24 fps native mode. The video signals delivering images at a rate of 24 fps are recorded in 24 frames. The signals are recorded only in the effective frames so recording is possible for 2.5 times as long.

: effective frame

Camera-Recorder

24P

1234

1112233344

24PN

• Before VFR shooting, you must set the recording frame rate and recording format ahead of time.

• You cannot change the frame rates while recording.

• VFR shooting is possible only in progressive-shooting P2 mode with 720 vertical lines.

You can select any of 11 recording frame rates ranging from 12 frames per second (fps) to 60 fps. The list of formats that allow recording by the camera-recorder (Page 132)

There may be slight discrepancies between the recording frame rate displayed and the frame rate at which the images are actually recorded. Refer to the table below.

Recording frame rate displayed

Frame rate at which images are actually recorded

1234

60 48 36 32 30 26 24 22 20 18 12

59.94 48.17 35.68 32.11 29.97 26.44 23.98 22.48 19.55 17.98 12.26

23 4

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Native recording

1 Using the REC FORMAT (P2) function

(page 107) on the RECORDING SETUP screen, select 720/30PN or 720/24PN as the recording format.

2 Select the appropriate scene file using the

SCENE FILE dial.

If necessary, before doing this, perform the camera settings from the setting menu, and register the scene file. (page 55)

3 Using the OPERATION TYPE function (page

101) on the SCENE FILE screen, select FILM CAM, and set the desired recording frame rate using the FRAME RATE function (page

101).

4 Press the START/STOP button to start or

stop native recording in VFR mode.

• No signals are output from the 1394 terminal during recording or recording standby in the native mode.

• Sound is not recorded. However, sound will be recorded when the same frame rate is used for both recording and playback.

• When a recorded clip lasting a long time is to be played back and imported using a nonlinear editing system that supports Varicams, the UB MODE option on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to FRM.RATE.

• If the effective frame information is to be carried over when recording onto this camerarecorder from a nonlinear editing system that supports Varicams, the 1394 UB REGEN option on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to ON.

• After editing, materials are output from the nonlinear editing system in 1080i/24P or 720P/60P (24P over 60P) format.

Standard recording

1 Using the REC FORMAT (P2) function (page

107) on the RECORDING SETUP screen, select 720P/60P, 720P/30P or 720P/24P as the recording format.

2 Select the appropriate scene file using the

SCENE FILE dial.

If necessary, before doing this, perform the camera settings from the setting menu, and register the scene file. (page 55)

3 Using the OPERATION TYPE function (page

101) on the SCENE FILE screen, select FILM CAM, and set the desired recording frame rate using the FRAME RATE function (page

101).

When 720P/30P or 720P/24P has been selected as the recording format, the following displays appear depending on the setting which has been selected for the FRAME RATE item on the SCENE FILE screen.

1) PULL DOWN information displayed in PROPERTY-CLIP PROPERTY-VIDEO

With the default setting: 2:2 or 2:3 With any other settings: other

2) Format information in the bottom left of the screen when thumbnails are displayed With the default setting: 720P/30P or 720P/24P

With any other settings: 720P/60P (The “default” setting is 30FRAME if the

frame rate of the recording format is 30P or 24FRAME if it is 24P.)

4 Press the START/STOP button to start or

stop standard recording in VFR mode.

• Sound is recorded.

• In the case of a nonlinear editing system that

supports Varicams equipped with an effective frame extraction function, you can upload even undercrank or overcrank shooting materials as is. (The UB MODE option on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to FRM.RATE.)

• After editing, materials are output from the

nonlinear editing system in 1080i/24P or 720P/60P (24P over 60P) format.

• The 24P format is used for 2:3 pull-down

recording; the 30P format is used for 2:2 pulldown recording.

Shooting

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Variable frame rates (VFR) (continued)

Using variable frame rates (VFR)

Standard speed shooting for movie production

When making movies to show on a screen, a frame rate of 24 fps (frames per second), which is the same as for films, is the norm (1x speed). If you use the settings below, the same kind of playback as with screenings can be obtained. By using the 720P progressive mode and cine-like gamma, high-quality film-like images can be achieved.

Recording

format

(REC FORMAT)

Recording frame rate

(FRAME RATE)

720P/24P

(2:3 pull-down)

24 fps

720P/24PN

(native

recording)

∗

Standard speed shooting for making commercials and dramas

When producing commercials and dramas to be shown on a TV screen, as in the case of HDTV/ SDTV and other broadcasts, a frame rate of 30 fps (frames per second) is the norm (1x speed). If you use the settings below, the same kind of playback as when the programs are broadcast can be obtained. Commercials and music clips will be recorded with a high film-like picture quality while the number of frames is also ideally suited to TV broadcasts.

Recording

format

(REC FORMAT)

Recording frame rate

(FRAME RATE)

720P/30P

(2:2 pull-down)

30 fps

720P/30PN

(native

recording)

∗

Undercrank shooting

This way of shooting provides quick motion effects used to present such scenes as the movement of clouds, someone standing among crowd of people, and moves made by martial artists. If, for instance, you have shot scenes using the 24P recording format for specifying the playback frames, you can double the speed of the quick motion effects by setting the VFR recording frame rate to 12 fps.

Recording

format

(REC FORMAT)

Recording frame rate

(FRAME RATE)

720P/24P,

720P/24PN

Set to 22 fps

or lower.

∗

720P/30P,

720P/30PN

Set to 26 fps

or lower.

∗

• In the case of the 720P/24P and 720P/30P formats, the quick motion effect can be obtained by using a nonlinear editing system to process what has been recorded.

Overcrank shooting

This way of shooting provides slow motion effects used to show car chases as well as action scenes, climax scenes and other dramatic presentations. If, for instance, you have shot scenes using the 30P recording format for specifying the playback frames, you can obtain slow motion effects with the speed halved by setting the recording frame rate to 60 fps. Images in the 720P progressive format will create smoothly flowing slow motion sequences with a high picture quality.

Recording

format

(REC FORMAT)

Recording frame rate

(FRAME RATE)

• In the case of the 720P/24P and 720P/30P formats, the slow motion effect can be obtained by using a nonlinear editing system to process what has been recorded.

720P/24P,

720P/24PN

Set to 26 fps or

higher.

∗

720P/30P,

720P/30PN

Set to 32 fps

or higher.

∗

You can select any of 11 recording frame rates ranging from 12 frames per second (fps) to 60 fps. (Page 101)

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Shooting in 1080i/480i progressive mode

Selecting 1080i/30P, 1080i/24P, 1080i/24PA, 480i/30P, 480i/24P or 480i/24PA in the REC FORMAT option (page 107) of the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen enables shooting in progressive mode.

30P mode:

Shoot 30 frames a second in the progressive

mode.

For output and recording, the 30-frame-per-

second signal is converted to 60-field-per-second interlace.

This mode gives you high quality images.

ABCDEFGH I J

30 P

Ao Ae Bo Be Co CeDo De Eo Ee Fo FeGoGeHo He Io Ie Jo Je

60 i

24P mode:

Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressive

mode.

For output and recording, the 24-frame-per-

second signal is converted to 60-field-per-second interlace using the widely used “2:3” ratio.

This gives you images similar to a movie shot

with film.

24 P

A B C D E F G H

With the “2:3” method, frames [BoCe], [CoDe], [FoGe], and [GoHe] shown in the illustration would be extended over different frames which can cause a drop in picture quality. With the 24P advanced method, however, frames [BoCe] and [FoGe] are cut out, leading to a reduction in image quality loss. If you also use a system compatible with the advanced method, editing will also yield better quality images than those shot in the normal 24P mode.

• If you are not going to do your editing on such a system, use the normal 24P method for shooting.

Note the following when shooting in progressive mode.

• You cannot have a gain of 18dB.

• Set the shutter speed to 1/50 (OFF) or 1/60 for best results.

• There may be a slight delay to the start of recording when you use the 24P or 24P advanced modes because 5 frames are recorded at a time. When using a tape, the shortest possible recording time is three seconds.

Shooting

Ao Ae Bo Be Bo Ce CoDeDoDe Eo Ee Fo Fe FoGeGoHeHoHe

60 i

24P advanced mode:

Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressive

mode.

For output and recording, the 24-frame-per-

second signal is converted to 60-field-per-second interlace using “advanced” conversion.

24 PA

A B C D E F G H

Ao Ae Bo Be Bo Ce CoCeDoDe Eo Ee Fo Fe FoGeGoGeHoHe

60 i

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Shooting in manual mode

Set the unit to manual mode when manually adjusting the focus, iris, gain and white balance.

Focus ring

FOCUS ASSIST button

FOCUS switch

PUSH AUTO button

AUTO/MANUAL switch

Switching to manual mode

If the camera is in auto mode, use the AUTO/ MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode (

on the viewfinder and LCD goes out).

Manual focusing

1 Use the AUTO/MANUAL switch to switch to

manual mode.

2 Use the FOCUS switch to choose how to

control focusing. A (AUTO):

Auto focus mode

M (MANUAL):

Manual focus mode Turn the focus ring by hand.

The camera first focuses on infinity, then it

switches to manual focus.

The FOCUS switch automatically moves back

to M (MANUAL) after you move it to

Temporarily switching to auto focus

Even if you have switched FOCUS to M (MANUAL) the camera will focus automatically while you press down PUSH AUTO.

• Auto focus may not work properly if there is flickering.

Select a shutter speed suited to the ambient light.

(Page 51)

• If the auto focus mode is set with any format except 60i and 60P, controlling the focus will take slightly longer than in the normal focus mode.

• If you have set ON for the AF item on the setting menu AUTO SW screen, auto focusing will occur regardless of the position of the FOCUS switch when the auto mode has been established. (Page

106)

• During macro shooting “AF” or “MF” will be displayed in a frame on the screen.

Using focus assist

When you press the FOCUS ASSIST button, the area at the center of the screen will be enlarged, making it easier for you to bring the subjects into focus. The normal display is restored about 10 seconds after the focus ring has been operated. This is useful when focusing manually. This function is enabled only during recording or recording standby in the HD modes of 1080i and 720P, and it does not work in external input mode.

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ND FILTER switch

IRIS button

GAIN switch

IRIS dial

Iris adjustments

1 If the camera is in auto mode, use the AUTO/

MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode. (Page 38)

2 Press the IRIS button to switch how to

adjust the aperture of lens. AUTO IRIS: Adjust the iris automatically. MANUAL IRIS: Adjust the iris manually.

3 Turn the IRIS dial to adjust the aperture of

lens when in the manual iris mode.

In the auto iris mode, the lens iris can be corrected using this dial.

Adjusting the gain

When the display is dark, increase the gain to brighten the display.

1 If the camera is in auto mode, use the

AUTO/MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode (

goes out). (Page 38)

2 Switch the gain with the GAIN switch.

L: Set here under normal conditions. (0 dB) M: Increase the gain of the image amplifier.

(The default value is 6 dB.)

H: Increase the gain of the image amplifier.

(The default value is 12 dB.)

You can change the M and H gain values using the MID GAIN and HIGH GAIN items on the setting menu SW MODE screen. (Page 104) If ON is set for the setting menu AUTO SW and you have selected a setting other than OFF under AGC, auto gain will be provided when auto mode has been established regardless of the GAIN switch position. (Page 106) When the recording frame rate is less than 22 fps and when a slow shutter speed (1/15) has been set, the gain is fixed at 0 dB regardless of the GAIN switch setting. (Pages 34 and 51)

Shooting

Set the direction of the IRIS DIAL and aperture control in the setup menus, SW MODE screen, IRIS DIAL. (Page 104) If you have set ON under A.IRIS on the setting menu AUTO SW screen, auto iris will be forcibly selected when auto mode has been established. (Page 106)

This unit’s iris F number when it is open is F1.6 at full WIDE and F2.8 at full TELEPHOTO. The iris display in the viewfinder or on the LCD when the iris is open is OPEN at full WIDE and F2.8 or OPEN at full TELEPHOTO.

Light intensity adjustments

Use the ND FILTER Switch to change the ND Filter used (filter to change light intensity).

OFF: ND filter is not used. 1/8: Cuts light intensity by up to about 1/8. 1/64: Cuts light intensity by up to about 1/64.

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Shooting in manual mode (continued)

Adjusting the white balance

In order to reproduce the white accurately, adjust the ratio between the three RGB primary colors. If the white balance is not adjusted properly, not only will the white be reproduced poorly but the color tones of the entire screen will also be downgraded. When you are shooting in manual mode, readjust the white balance whenever lighting conditions change. You can save adjustments and reselect them by setting the WHITE BAL switch to A or B. You can also use the preset values. Use the settings to suit the shooting conditions.

WHITE BAL switch

AWB button

White balance adjustments

1 If the camera is in auto mode, use the AUTO/

MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode. (Page 38)

2 Set the shutter speed. (Page 51) 3 Place a white pattern in a location with the

same lighting conditions and light source as the subject, then zoom in and fill the whole screen with white.

Something white (a white cloth or wall) near the subject can be used instead.

• Do not include bright spotlights in your shot.

4 Set the WHITE BAL switch to A or B

(whichever one you want to save the adjustment in).

5 Press the AWB button.

• Adjustment takes a few seconds. (The following messages appear on the

screen.)

Message during adjustment

AWB Ach ACTIVE

Message after adjustment

AWB Ach OK

An error message appears on the screen when white balance adjustment is not possible.

Message when adjustment cannot be done

AWB Ach NG

• White balance cannot be adjusted if the Auto Tracking White (ATW) function is working.

If you have set ON under ATW (Auto Tracking White) on the setting menu AUTO SW screen, ATW will be selected when auto mode has been established regardless of the WHITE BAL switch position. (Page 106)

Error messages Adjustments

LOW LIGHT

LEVEL OVER

Make the necessary adjustments if one of the above error messages appears, then try adjusting the white balance again.

• If the messages repeatedly appear even after trying a number of times, consult your dealer.

Increase light or increase the gain.

Reduce light or decrease the gain.

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Adjusting the white balance (continued)

Using presets

Use this feature when you have no time to make white balance adjustments.

1 If the camera is in auto mode, use the AUTO/

MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode (

on the viewfinder and LCD goes out).

2 Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST.

The current white balance value appears.

• White balance values 3200 K and 5600 K are preset in the PRST position.

Guide to the preset values P3.2K (3200 K): halogen light P5.6K (5600 K): outdoors

3 Press the AWB button.

White balance switches between 3200 K and 5600 K.

Black balance adjustments

In order to reproduce the black accurately, adjust the zero level of all three RGB primary colors. If the black balance is not adjusted properly, not only will the black be reproduced poorly but the color tones of the entire screen will also be downgraded. It is not normally necessary to adjust the black balance. Adjust it when:

• You use the camera for the first time.

• You use the camera after not using it for a long time.

• The ambient temperature changes greatly.

• You switch to the normal (OFF) shutter speed or to slow shutter.

• You switch between the progressive and normal (60i) modes.

Message during adjustment

ABB ACTIVE

Message after adjustment

ABB END

Auto Tracking White (ATW)

You can allocate the ATW feature to one of the positions on the WHITE BAL switch (A, B, or PRST). Allocate it by going to the setup menus, SW MODE screen, ATW. (Page 104) The ATW feature is set to work in the auto mode at the time of shipping. (Page 106)

If you use the ATW feature whenever you are shooting, the camera automatically adjusts the white balance as you shoot.

• The ATW feature automatically determines the current shooting environment and adjusts the white balance accordingly. Depending on the environment, there may be some error in the adjustment.

Use the procedure described on the preceding

page whenever you need more precise white balance.

Do not block the white balance sensor when using the ATW feature. ATW will not work if you do.

White balance sensor

Shooting

Press the AWB button to automatically adjust the white balance. Press and hold the AWB button to adjust the black balance.

• As the white balance is adjusted first when you press the AWB button, make the necessary preparations for this.

• You cannot adjust the black balance while you are shooting.

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Shooting techniques for different targets

Low-angle shooting

Use the START/STOP button on the handle to make it easier to shoot from low angles.

START/STOP button

Self-portrait shooting

Images in the LCD when it is turned 180 degrees for self-portrait shooting may appear unusual. You can make them appear better by reversing left and right. Go to the setup menus, DISPLAY SETUP screen, SELF SHOOT, and select MIRROR. Shooting in mirror mode has no effect on what you actually shoot and record.

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Zebra pattern

Press the ZEBRA button in the camera mode to show the zebra pattern or marker on the screen so you can check the brightness of the subject. Parts that may be whited out through over exposure are shown as a zebra pattern.

• Very bright

• Reflecting parts

You can remove most overexposed parts by adjusting the iris and shutter speed in the manual mode to remove the areas with zebra patterns. The display changes as follows each time you press the ZEBRA button.

BARS

SHUTTER

INT(R)

INPUT 2ONOFF

AUDIO

SPEED SEL

INPUT 1 INPUT 2

MIC POWER +48V

ZEBRA OIS

RESET

CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECT

INT(L) INPUT 1 INPUT 2

COUNTER RESET/TC SET

In the setup menus, DISPLAY SETUP screen, ZEBRA DETECT 1 and ZEBRA DETECT 2, set the brightness for the zebra patterns. (Page 113) The zebra pattern you have set appears as a percentage on the display for about 2 seconds.

ZEBRA 1 → ZEBRA 2

↑ ↓

OFF ← MARKER

OFF

Marker

If you press the ZEBRA button again while the zebra pattern is being displayed, a marker appears in the center of the display (if you have set the setup menu, DISPLAY SETUP, MARKER to ON). The brightness of the areas near the screen center can be checked as a percentage (0% to 99%). “99%↑” appears if the percentage is over 99.

Image level detection area

Marker

Image level

The normal display reappears if you press the ZEBRA button again.

Shooting

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Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)

Checking and displaying shooting status

DISP/MODE CHK button

When you hold down the DISP/MODE CHK button during recording standby or recording, all the information including the setting status of the shooting functions and a list of functions allocated to the USER buttons, will be displayed. When you release the button, the normal display will be restored.

When you push the DISP/MODE CHK button during recording standby or recording, all the information will be unshown. When you press the button again, the normal display will be restored. The information is retained even if you turn off the unit’s power or switch to another media or operation mode.

Changing the image size

When recording in 480i mode, you can change the size (aspect ratio) of the images that you record. Select the aspect ratio in the setup menus, CAMERA SETUP screen, ASPECT CONV. (Page

103)

• For menu operation (Page 97)

NORMAL:

Recorded in the regular 4:3 aspect ratio.

LETTER BOX:

Recorded in the 16:9 aspect ratio. Black bands are recorded at the top and bottom

of the image.

SQUEEZE:

The recorded images are squeezed horizontally

so that they are shown as 16:9 images on a compatible wide-screen television.

If you have selected SQUEEZE, “SQU” appears

on the screen.

To change the aspect ratio display of the viewfinder and LCD

Select the aspect ratio in the setup menus, DISPLAY SETUP screen, DISPLAY ASPECT. (Page 114)

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Optical Image Stabilizer

Use the Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) to reduce the effects of camera shake when shooting by hand. Press the OIS button to turn the function on and off.

appears on the screen when this function is on. Turn the function off when using a tripod for more natural images.

BARS

SHUTTER

INT(R)

INPUT 2ONOFF

AUDIO

SPEED SEL

INPUT 1 INPUT 2

ON OFF

MIC POWER +48V

ZEBRA OIS

RESET

CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECT

INT(L) INPUT 1 INPUT 2

COUNTER RESET/TC SET

• This function will not be as effective when the vibration is severe or when tracking a moving subject.

Adding effects to images

Press the USER button you have allocated to the BLACKFADE or WHITEFADE feature to add fading effects to your images. The button’s function is forcibly canceled during playback or REC CHECK and also when thumbnails are displayed.

BLACKFADE:

Press and hold to fade out to black. Audio also

fades out. Fade-in starts when the button is released.

WHITEFADE:

Press and hold to fade out to white. Audio also

fades out. Fade-in starts when the button is released.

Using the USER buttons

You can allocate one of twelve features to each of the three USER buttons. Use these buttons to change shooting settings quickly or add effects to the images you are shooting. The following features are allocated to the buttons at the time of shipping. USER1: WHITEFADE USER2: BACKLIGHT USER3: INDEX/MEMO For details, see the setup menus, SW MODE screen, USER1 to 3. (Page 105) If you press a USER button to which one of the following functions has been allocated and then turn off the power, that button will revert to the previous setting: SPOTLIGHT, BACKLIGHT, ATW, ATW LOCK, GAIN: 18dB, FOCUS RING

Shooting

Backlight compensation

Press the USER button you have allocated to the BACKLIGHT feature when shooting subjects lit from the back. BACK appears on the screen. Backlight compensation adjusts the iris so the subject doesn’t come out dark. Press the same USER button to turn the feature off. (In the manual iris mode, the backlight compensation status is retained even if the backlight compensation is released.)

Color bars

Press the BARS button to output a color bar screen to a television or monitor so you can adjust them. Press the button again to turn the feature off.

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Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)

Adjusting the volume while shooting

Adjusting the volume

PAGE /

AUDIO MON/VAR

If you are monitoring the sound through headphones while shooting, you can adjust the volume with the PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button.

• To adjust the recording level (Page 54)

Backup recording

If you have connected equipment to the 1394 terminal (pages 78 and 79), you can make automatic backup recordings of whatever you are shooting.

• In the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, 1394 CONTROL and 1394 CMD SEL, select how to control the equipment you have connected. (Page 115)

• Select the settings below for the following items on the DISPLAY SETUP screen (page 113) for backup recording when using a tape.

• OFF for VIDEO OUT OSD

• OFF for DATE/TIME

Note the following when backup recording.

• When performing backup recording while a tape is used:

• If either of the following settings have been

selected, the OSD will be output to the 1394

output at all times except when the unit is in the recording mode.

- When ON has been set for the VIDEO OUT

OSD option on the DISPLAY SETUP screen (page 113)

- When a setting other than OFF has been

selected for the DATE/TIME option on the DISPLAY SETUP screen (page 113)

• Bear in mind that the OSD may be recorded

inadvertently if backup recording is performed when a setting other than OFF is selected for the 1394 CONTROL option (page 115) on the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen.

• If the DATE/TIME button on the remote control is pressed, the date and time will be output

to the 1394 output regardless of whether recording is underway or the recording standby status is established.

• Menu settings are retained even if you turn the

power off. So if you use the camera-recorder with the settings for backup recording still in effect, images on media in any unit that connected may be overwritten. After backup recording, check the menu item settings before you operate the camera-recorder.

• If you use another AG-HVX200AP/AG-HVX200

as the external unit for backup recording, select “OFF” for 1394 CONTROL on the external unit and set it to MCR/VCR mode.

• Backup recording may not work properly if you

connect two or more external units.

• Use a DV (IEEE1394) cable of 4.5 m or less for

connection.

• Set the external unit up to receive 1394 signals

before backup recording.

• You can have a media in the external unit start

recording automatically when the media in this unit is almost finished. Set 1394 CONTROL (page 115) to “CHAIN”.

• Note that images are recorded even when you

perform a rec check if a P2 card is being used: When a tape is used, no images are output during rec check.

• You cannot perform backup recording when the

unit is set up for native recording.

• Backup recording does not work in three of

the special recording modes of the P2 card: Interval recording, One-shot recording and Loop recording. (Pages 48 - 50)

• Backup recording does not work during direct

shooting (page 67) in MCR mode.

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2-slot continuous recording

If you insert two P2 cards into the two card slots, this function allows you to record continuously on the two cards. You can also record continuously on three or more cards by replacing one card while data is being recorded on the other. (Hot swap recording) However, depending on when the P2 card is inserted into an empty slot (immediately after prerecording, or before or after continuous recording spanning two slots), there may be a delay in recognizing the P2 card. We recommend inserting the P2 card while there is at least one minute remaining on the card that is recording. If you allocate SLOT SEL to a USER button under USER (page 105) on the SW MODE screen, you can switch the slot with the card on which data is to be written using a one-touch operation.

• You cannot change slots while recording so do this during recording standby.

• Does not support hot swap playback.

Shot mark function

The marks attached to the thumbnails of clips are called shot marks. On the thumbnail screen monitor you can select only those clips with a shot mark and display them or play them back. During recording, when you press the USER button to which the SHOT MARK function has been allocated, MARK ON appears in the LCD monitor or the viewfinder, and a shot mark is set for the thumbnail of the clip being recorded. If you press the button again, the shot mark is released. You can also set or release the shot marks by performing the thumbnail operations for clips. (Page 67) However, note that you cannot set or release shot marks during playback.

• INVALID appears when you cannot set or release shot marks.

• When the video data of a single shoot using hot swap recording is made up of multiple clips, you cannot set or release shot marks unless all the P2 cards that make up the video data are inserted into the slots.

• You cannot set or release shot marks during loop recording.

Text memo recording

This function adds text memos at the video points on the clip now being recorded or played back. When you press the USER button to which the INDEX or MEMO function has been allocated, the text memo signal will be recorded at that point. (Page 58) On the thumbnail screen you can select only those clips where text memos have been added, and then either display those clips or play them back. You can record up to a hundred text memos per clip. You will need the latest updated version of P2 Viewer to edit the text memos. (Page 58)

• You cannot record text memos during interval recording or one-shot recording.

• INVALID appears when you cannot record text memos.

Shooting

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Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)

TAPE

Finding specific scenes (image search)

1 Press or in the shooting standby

mode.

The tape plays forward or backward while you

Camera

Remote control

STILL ADV

INDEX

MULTI/

REC A.DUB

P-IN-P

VOL+

PLAY

PAUSE

STILL ADV

STOP INDEX

are pressing the button.

2 Release the button when you find the point

you are looking for.

The camera returns to shooting standby mode.

• The scenes may not connect smoothly for certain recording states.

Index recording

When you press the USER button to which the INDEX/MEMO function has been allocated at

While in the shooting standby mode, you can search through any images you have shot. This is useful when you want to find a point from which to continue shooting so two scenes come one after the other.

any point during shooting or recording, the index signals are recorded if a tape is being used. When the same USER button is pressed in shooting or recording pause mode, recording standby status is established for the index signals. The index signals are recorded when shooting or recording is started. You can conduct searches (index searches) during playback by recording these signals. (Page 76)

Using the special recording functions

When recording to a P2 card, making the settings in the RECORDING SETUP screen (page 107) enables special recording functions such as Pre-recording, Interval Recording, One Shot Recording, and Loop

Recording.

These special recording functions can be used only when the settings below are established.

• OPERATION TYPE item (page 101): VIDEO CAM

• Recording format: 1080i/60i, 720P/60P, 480i/60i, 1080i/30P, 720P/30P or 480i/30P

Pre-recording (PRE REC)

This function is used to record pictures and sound starting at a fixed time (approx. 3 seconds for HD recording or approx. 7 seconds for 480i recording) before the time when the actual recording has been set to start.

Recording start operation

Actual

recording time Pre-recording time

Recording stop operation

(Time)

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1 Check that the settings given on the

previous page have been established for the OPERATION TYPE item and recording format.

2 Select ON under PREREC MODE. (Page 107)

• For menu operations (Page 97)

3 Press the START/STOP button.

Pre-recording starts.

• In the following cases, the pre-recording function will be canceled, and recording will be initiated from the respective operation points.

· When IEEE1394 input recording is initiated

· When the unit is transferred from the

playback mode to the recording mode

· When interval recording is initiated

· When one-shot recording is initiated

· When loop recording is initiated

• Immediately after switching from the MCR mode to CAMERA mode, immediately after turning on the camera-recorder’s power or immediately after changing the PRE-REC option setting, it may not be possible to record the images and sound before the time mentioned on the previous page has elapsed even if the recording has been started straight away.

Interval recording (INTERVAL REC)

With this function, the unit continuously records frames (1/30 sec.) one at a time with an interval. The interval can be set with INTERVAL TIME item.

One-frame recording

Time set as INTERVAL TIME

One-frame recording

Time set as INTERVAL TIME

One-frame recording

(Time)

1 Check that the settings given on the

previous page have been established for the OPERATION TYPE item and recording format.

2 Select INTERVAL under REC FUNCTION.

(Page 107)

• For menu operations (Page 97)

3 Set the time INTERVAL TIME. (Page 107) 4 Press the START/STOP button.

The unit starts INTERVAL REC operation. To stop operation, press the among the operation buttons. To release the function, either turn off the unit’s power or select NORMAL under REC FUNCTION.

• The following displays will appear on the left of the operation status display.

While recording is underway: I-REC lights up. In temporary standby: I-PAUSE lights up. While recording is stopped: The “I-” of I-

PAUSE flashes. However, if the duration selected in step 3 is less than 2 seconds, I-REC will flash while recording is underway in accordance with the set time.

• The pre-recording function does not work.

• No sound is recorded.

• All data recorded while this mode is active will be contained in one file.

• No guarantees are made for the 1394 output images.

• Operation is not possible even if only one of the inserted cards is DIR ENTRY NG CARD. (Page 94)

• After interval recording has started, a recordable P2 card cannot be used even if it is inserted into an empty slot.

•

The slots for recording in this mode are indicated by the orange P2 card access lamps.

The slots for recording P2 cards that are

inserted later are indicated by the green P2 card access lamps.

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Using the special recording functions (continued)

One-shot recording (ONE-SHOT REC)

This function records a single shot at each unit of time which has been set.

1 Check that the settings given on page 48

have been established for the OPERATION TYPE item and recording format.

2 Select ONE SHOT under REC FUNCTION.

(Page 107)

• For menu operations (Page 97)

3 Set the recording time using ONE-SHOT

TIME. (Page 107)

4 Press the START/STOP button.

Recording continues for the duration set in step 2 and then goes on standby. To stop operation, press the operation buttons. To release standby, either turn off the unit’s power or select NORMAL under REC FUNCTION.

• The following displays will appear on the left of the operation status display.

While recording is underway: I-REC lights up. In temporary standby: I-PAUSE lights up. While recording is stopped: The “I-” of I-

PAUSE flashes.

• No other operations are acknowledged during operation.

• The pre-recording function does not work.

• No sound is recorded.

• All data recorded while this mode is active will be contained in one file.

• No guarantees are made for the 1394 output images.

• Operation is not possible even if only one of the inserted cards is DIR ENTRY NG CARD. (Page 94)

• When continuous one-shot recording is performed, there may be delays in acknowledging the recording operation.

• After one-shot recording has started, a recordable P2 card cannot be used even if it is inserted into an empty slot.

•

The slots for recording in this mode are indicated by the orange P2 card access lamps.

The slots for recording P2 cards that are

inserted later are indicated by the green P2 card access lamps.

among the

Loop recording (LOOP REC)

This function is used to record first on one card and then on the next when you have inserted two P2 cards into the card slots. If there is not enough free memory remaining on the second card, recording returns to the first card whose data will then be overwritten. When data is overwritten, the saved clips are deleted, and then the new clips are recorded in their place. (Clip deletion is performed approximately 30 seconds before the overwrite.)

Check that the settings given on page 48 have been established for the OPERATION TYPE item and recording format.

2 Select LOOP under REC FUNCTION. (Page

107)

• For menu operations (Page 97)

3 Press the START/STOP button.

Recording starts. To stop operation, press the START/STOP button. To release the function, either turn off the unit’s power or select NORMAL under REC FUNCTION.

• The following displays will appear on the left of the operation status display.

While recording is underway: L-REC lights up. While recording is stopped: L-PAUSE flashes. Insufficient memory space:

LACK L- flashes.

• Use two P2 cards each with a recording capacity of more than one minute. Recording stops when either card is ejected.

• This function does not work during IEEE1394 input recording.

• The pre-recording function does not work.

• Operation is not possible even if only one of the inserted cards is DIR ENTRY NG CARD. (Page 94)

• Stopping may take some time.

The following operations are not

acknowledged until the P2 card access lamps change from blinking to fully lit up.

• After loop recording has started, a recordable P2 card cannot be used even if it is inserted into an empty slot.

•

The slots for recording in this mode are indicated by the orange P2 card access lamps.

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Adjusting the shutter speed

SPEED SEL button

SHUTTER button

• Remember that the faster the shutter speed, the lower the sensitivity.

• If iris is set to auto, then it will open wider with higher shutter speeds and thereby reduce

BARS

RESET

CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECT

INT(L)

INT(R)

INPUT 1

INPUT 2ONOFF

INPUT 2

COUNTER RESET/TC SET

SHUTTER

AUDIO

SPEED SEL

INPUT 1 INPUT 2

OFF

MIC POWER +48V

ZEBRA OIS

focal depth.

• It will take longer to focus when the shutter speed has been reduced so it is recommended that the unit be secured to a tripod, etc. for use.

1 Press the SHUTTER button.

Each time you press the SHUTTER button, the shutter speed switches between normal (OFF) and the speed you selected with the SPEED SEL button.

2 After you have pressed the SHUTTER

button, press SPEED SEL to select the shutter speed.

The shutter speed changes as follows each time you press SPEED SEL + (The order is reversed for the SHUTTER SEL - button.)

When FILM CAM is selected as the OPERATION TYPE option setting (Page 101)

With the 1080i/60i, 720/60P and 480/60i formats

Standard (OFF)

1/60

SYNCRO SCAN 1/100 1/120 1/250 1/500 1/1000 1/2000

All other formats (30P, 24P, 24PA)

Standard (OFF)

1/50

SYNCRO SCAN 1/1000

1/30(1/24) 1/60 1/120 1/250 1/500

The current shutter speed appears on the viewfinder and LCD screens unless you have selected OFF in OTHER DISPLAY in the DISPLAY SETUP screen of the setup menus. It is not displayed if you have set the shutter speed to normal (OFF).

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When VIDEO CAM is selected as the OPERATION TYPE option setting (Page 101) (slow shutter speeds are underlined)

With the 1080i/60i, 720/60P and 480/60i formats

Standard (OFF)

1/60

SYNCRO SCAN

1/1000 1/2000

1/15 1/30 1/100 1/120 1/250 1/500

With the 30P formats

Standard (OFF)

1/50

SYNCRO SCAN

1/1000

1/15 1/30 1/60 1/120 1/250 1/500

With the 24P, 24PA and 24PN formats

Standard (OFF)

1/50

SYNCRO SCAN 1/1000

1/24 1/60 1/120 1/250 1/500

The 1/12 mode is added only when the 720P/24P or 720P/24PN format has been selected.

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Adjusting the shutter speed (continued)

With artificial lighting and especially fluorescent lights and mercury-vapor lamps, the luminance changes in synchronization with the power line frequency. When this frequency is 50 Hz, mutual interference will occur between the camerarecorder’s vertical sync frequency (approx. 60 Hz) and the lighting frequency (50 Hz). This means that the white balance may change periodically. Before shooting in areas with artificial lighting or adjusting the white balance, set the shutter speed as follows.

Progressive

mode

OFF (60i) 1/100 OFF (1/60)

30P OFF (1/50) 1/60

24P/24PA/24PN OFF (1/50) 1/60

• The gain is fixed at 0 dB with a shutter speed of 1/12 and 1/15.

Shutter speed

50 Hz 60 Hz

Synchro scan

Set the shutter speed of the synchro scan (used when shooting a television or computer monitor) in the setup menus, SCENE FILE screen, SYNCRO SCAN. (Page 101)

• Adjust the shutter speed to match the frequency of the television or computer monitor to minimize the horizontal noise that appears when shooting such subjects.

• By switching to progressive mode you can also shoot PAL system television screens.

• When the OPERATION TYPE option in the SCENE FILE screen (page 101) is set to FILM CAM, the shutter opening angle can be adjusted from 10° to 350° in 0.5° steps.

Example: When the recording frame rate is set to

24 fps and the exposure time is halved, 1/24÷2 = 1/48 = 180° (1/24 = 360°)

In the default setting (180°), this becomes 1/2 of

the exposure time. If it were 90°, it would be 1/4, and if it were 45°, it would be 1/8 of the exposure time.

(Shutter opening angle: This is equivalent to the

shutter speed of a film camera, and a wider angle results in a longer exposure to light.)

• If the shutter speed is displayed in blue characters followed by (1/60), you cannot change the shutter speed in the blue characters while the current recording format is used. The speed is fixed at (1/60).

You can change the progressive mode in the setup menu with REC FORMAT in the RECORDING SETUP screen. (Page 107)

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Switching Audio Input

During shooting, you can record up to four channels of sound. You can also switch the input sound to be recorded on each of the channels to the built-in microphones, external microphones or audio equipment connected to camera. (See table below)

∗

CH1

INT(L): Built-in microphone L

INPUT1

INPUT1 INPUT2

INPUT2 INPUT2

INPUT2

∗

The input sound to be recorded onto CH1 can be

∗∗

CH2

INT(R): Built-in

microphone R

INPUT2 INPUT1

INT(R): Built-in

microphone R

INT(R): Built-in

microphone R

INT(L): Built-in

microphone L

INT(L): Built-in

microphone L

INT(L): Built-in

microphone L

INT(L): Built-in

microphone L

CH3 CH4

INPUT1 INPUT2

INT(R): Built-in

microphone R

INPUT2

INT(R): Built-in

microphone R

INT(R): Built-in

microphone R

INPUT1

switched using the CH1 SELECT switch.

∗∗

The input sound to be recorded onto CH2 can

be switched using the CH2 SELECT switch.

• The CH3 and CH4 input sound is determined automatically by what was selected using the CH1 SELECT switch and CH2 SELECT switch.

However, the following restrictions apply depending on the media and format used. (Page 132, Recording format)

When tapes are used:

During shooting, it is possible to record sound

onto CH1 and CH2 only.

When P2 cards and the DVCPRO HD or DVCPRO50 format are used:

The recording mode is fixed at 4-channel

recording.

When P2 cards and the DVCPRO25 or DV format are used:

Either 2 or 4 channels can be selected using 25M

REC CH SEL on the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen.

CH2 SELECT switch

CH1 SELECT switch

INPUT 1/2 (MIC POWER +48V) Switch

Using the built-in microphone

1 Switch the CH1 SELECT switch to INT (L).

• Audio from the built-in microphone Lch is recorded to audio channel 1.

2 Switch the CH2 SELECT switch to INT (R).

• Audio from the built-in microphone Rch is recorded to audio channel 2.

Using another microphone and audio equipment

1 Connect an external microphone or audio

equipment to the INPUT 1/2 (XLR 3-pin) terminal. (Page 77)

2 Use the INPUT 1/2 switch to switch the

audio input. LINE: (audio equipment is connected)

Input level is 0 dBu.

MIC: (another microphone is connected)

Input level is -50 dBu. You can change the input level to -60 dBu

in the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen MIC GAIN 1 and MIC GAIN 2 (page

107). Be aware that sensitivity will be higher if you choose -60 dBu so you will record more noise.

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INPUT 1/2 switches

BARS

RESET

CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECT

INT(L)

INPUT 1

INPUT 2ONOFF

INPUT 2

COUNTER RESET/TC SET

SHUTTER

SPEED SEL

INPUT 1 INPUT 2

INT(R)

OFF

MIC POWER +48V

AUDIO

ZEBRA OIS

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Switching Audio Input (continued)

3 When using the phantom microphone,

set the INPUT 1/2 (MIC POWER +48V) switch to ON.

ON: (When using the phantom microphone)

+48V power supply to INPUT 1/2 terminal.

OFF: (When a phantom microphone is not

connected)

No power supply for INPUT 1/2 terminal.

• The battery will discharge faster if you use a phantom microphone.

• Set to OFF if you connect equipment not compatible with +48V. You can damage such equipment if you leave the setting at ON.

4 Use the CH1 SELECT switch to select

the input signal to be recorded to audio channel 1. INT (L):

Audio from the built-in microphone Lch is

recorded to audio channel 1.

INPUT 1:

Audio from a device connected to INPUT 1

terminal is recorded to channel 1.

INPUT 2:

Audio from a device connected to INPUT 2

terminal is recorded to channel 1.

5 Use the CH2 SELECT switch to select

the input signal to be recorded to audio channel 2. INT (R):

Audio from the built-in microphone Rch is

recorded to audio channel 2.

INPUT 2:

Audio from a device connected to INPUT 2

terminal is recorded to channel 2.

Adjusting the recording level

AUDIO control knob

Use the AUDIO control knob to adjust the recording level of the built-in microphone or of audio signals input through the INPUT 1/2 (XLR 3-pin) terminal. To adjust the volume of the sound for monitoring. (Page 46) To adjust the recording level of the audio signals, turn the AUDIO control knob while referring to the audio level meter at the bottom left of the viewfinder and LCD monitor, regardless of the MIC ALC option setting (page 107) on the RECORDING SETUP screen of the setting menu.

• There may be a slight difference in the volume level between the P2 mode and TAPE mode.

The audio signals input into AUDIO IN/OUT CH1/ CH2 (pin jack) terminals can not be adjusted.

• When inputting the microphone signal to channels 1 and 2, connect the microphone to INPUT 2 and switch both CH1 SELECT and CH2 SELECT to INPUT 2.

Check the recording volume level prior to shooting.

• For P2 mode recording, the recording level is set higher than for Panasonic’s broadcast-use camera recorders (AJ series).

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Using scene files

The settings according to the variety of shooting circumstances are stored in each position of scene file dial. When shooting, you can retrieve the necessary file instantly using scene file dial.

Scene file dial

• During recording, the OPERATION TYPE and FRAME RATE (page 101) settings remain unchanged even when the scene file is changed. To change these settings, set the camerarecorder to recording standby state.

When the camera-recorder is shipped from the factory, the following files are stored.

F1: SCENE

File suitable for normal shooting.

F2: SCENE FLUO.

File suitable for shooting under fluorescent lights,

ie. indoors.

F3: SCENE SPARK

File suitable for shooting with fuller variations of

resolution, coloring and contrast.

F4: SCENE B-STR

File for broadening the contrast of dark parts,

such as when shooting sunsets.

F5: SCENE CINE V

File suitable for shooting movie-like scenes

where the contrast is to be emphasized. (The recording format remains unchanged even when the scene file is changed. It must be set using the REC FORMAT option on the RECORDING SETUP screen. (Page 107))

F6: SCENE CINE D

File suitable for shooting movie-like scenes

where the dynamic range is to be emphasized. (The recording format remains unchanged even when the scene file is changed. It must be set using the REC FORMAT option on the RECORDING SETUP screen. (Page 107))

Changing scene file settings

The setting value of the scene file can be changed. Also you can save the changed scene file to each position of the scene file dial.

Example: Change the name of the scene file.

1 Set the POWER switch to ON. 2 Turn the scene file dial, then select the

scene file to be changed.

3 In the setup menus, select the SCENE FILE

screen.

• For menu operation (Page 97)

• You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control. (Page 15)

4 Press and button to select NAME EDIT.

5 Press (or ) button, and use button to

select YES. Press

button.

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Using scene files (continued)

6 The screen below is displayed, so set the

file name of six letters using button.

Set the same as user information. (Page 61)

• Characters that can be set Space, A to Z, 0 to 9, : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^_-./ If the COUNTER RESET button is pressed

when the filename has been set, the characters are cleared.

, , or

7 After you finish setting the filename, press

the MENU button.

• The name change will not be completed unless you have finished step 10.

8 Press button to select SAVE/INIT.

10 The following screen appears, select YES,

then press

(To return to the menu level above, press the

MENU button.)

The message below appears, and the changes to the scene file are complete.

button.

11 Press MENU twice to exit the menus.

• The original scene file settings will be restored when the power is turned off if SAVE has not been selected.

• To return the scene file settings to the factory settings, select INITIAL in step 9, then do steps 10 to 11.

9 Press button, and use button to select

YES. Press

button.

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Saving scene files and other settings on SD memory cards

You can save up to four scene file settings or other settings as files on an SD memory card, and you can also load them from the card.

• In the case of the scene files, the current settings are automatically saved in the unit, and the saved data is written on an SD memory card. When data has been read from an SD memory card, the current settings are rewritten at the same time as the data saved inside the unit.

• The data in all the scene files, F1 to F6, is rewritten.

• Insert the SD memory card into the unit. Set the MEDIA switch to the P2 position. (Pages 25 and

32)

If you have saved a scene file

1 Set the unit’s POWER switch to ON. 2 Select SCENE FILE on the setting menu

CARD FUNCTIONS screen, select YES, and press the

For all other settings, select USER FILE.

• For menu operations (Page 97)

• You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control. (Page 15)

SCENE FILE

(or ) button.

3 Select the file number (1 to 4) using the

and

buttons.

4 Select WRITE using the and buttons,

and press the

button.

5 Select YES using the button, and press

the

button.

• In the following example, TITLE 1 is the filename. (To change the filename, see the description below.)

• When writing is completed, WRITE OK appears.

6 Press the MENU button four times to cancel

the menu mode.

To load a file

1) Perform steps 1 to 3, select READ in step 4, and press the

When reading is completed, READ OK

appears.

To title a file

1) Perform steps 1 to 4.

2) Select the first character in the title using the and

buttons, and press the button. (The

next character can now be selected.)

• You can input any of the following characters:

Space, A to Z, 0 to 9, : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^_-./

• You can erase all characters using the

RESET button on the camera or the remote control.

3) After entering all the characters, press the button at the left end (or the right end) of the characters, and then press the

button.

To reload a file from an SD memory card

1) Perform steps 1 and 2.

2) Use the RELOAD, display YES, and then press the button.

The file reloads.

• If WRITE NG FORMAT ERROR appears, format

the SD memory card. (Page 32)

• If WRITE NG WRITE PROTECT appears,

release the protected status of the SD memory card.

• If WRITE NG CANNOT ACCESS appears, quit

all other operations (such as playback) before proceeding.

• If WRITE NG ERROR appears, the SD memory

card may be defective. Replace it.

button.

button at the

and buttons to move to TITLE

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Clip metadata

You can add the video and audio systems, name of the videographer, shooting location, text memos and other information to the video data you have recorded on the P2 card. This data is called the clip metadata. (Display method: Page 71)

There are two kinds of clip metadata: the data that is recorded automatically during shooting, and the data in the metadata upload file created on the SD memory card which is loaded in the unit. (Loading method: Page 73)

Creating the metadata upload file on the SD memory card

You will need the latest updated version of P2 Viewer. Download it from the URL address given below, and install it in the computer. https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/

What the clip metadata consists of

You can set the items underlined below by loading the metadata upload file on the SD memory card. All other items are set automatically during shooting.

GLOBAL CLIP ID:

This indicates the global clip ID that shows the

shooting status of the clip.

USER CLIP NAME :

This indicates the name of the clip that the user

has set.

VIDEO:

This indicates the recorded image’s FRAME

RATE, PULL DOWN system and ASPECT RATIO.

AUDIO:

This indicates the recorded sound’s SAMPLING

RATE (sampling frequency) and BITS PER SAMPLE (number of quantizing bits).

ACCESS:

This indicates the CREATOR (name of the

person recording), CREATION DATE (recording date), LAST UPDATE PERSON (the person who last updated the data) and LAST UPDATE DATE (date on which the data was last updated).

DEVICE:

This indicates the MANUFACTURER

(manufacturer of the equipment), SERIAL NO. (serial number of the equipment) and MODEL

NAME (equipment model name). <Note> The series name of the unit, “AG-HVX200”,

appears for the MODEL NAME.

∗

SHOOT:

This indicates the SHOOTER (name of the

videographer), START DATE (date and time at which shooting started), END DATE (date and time at which shooting ended) and LOCATION/ ALTITUDE/LONGITUDE/LATITUDE/SOURCE/ PLACE NAME (shooting location, altitude, longitude, latitude, information source, name of location).

SCENARIO:

This indicates the PROGRAM NAME, SCENE

NO. and TAKE NO.

NEWS:

This indicates the REPORTER (name of the

reporter), PURPOSE (purpose of data collection) and OBJECT (target of data collection).

MEMO :

This indicates the No. (memo No.), OFFSET

(frame position from the beginning of the clip), PERSON (name of the person who recorded the text memo), and TEXT (contents of memo).

∗1 If there is no information in the metadata upload

file, the global clip ID serves as the USER CLIP NAME. The USER CLIP NAME recording method is selectable. Please refer to Appendix (page 133).

∗2 When SCENARIO is to be input, you must input

the PROGRAM NAME. You cannot input the SCENE NO. and TAKE NO. only.

∗3 When MEMO is to be input, you must input

TEXT. You cannot input PERSON only.

• It may not be possible to load files which have been edited using a viewer other than the P2 Viewer. (In this case, UNKNOWN DATA will be displayed.)

• Only printable ASCII characters can be displayed by this unit.

• Due to the limitations imposed by this unit on the number of characters which can be displayed, not all the data can be displayed. (This does not mean that the data which is not displayed has been deleted.) Use a P2 viewer or other program to check all the data.

∗

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Using the Counter

Counter display (P2 card / Tape)

You can display a counter that indicates how much time has elapsed during shooting or playback.

1 Press the COUNTER button.

Each time you press the button, the display changes as follows. (Page 91)

0 : 00. 00

Counter value In the P2 mode, the counter is not displayed

during playback. M 0 : 00. 00 (Tape only) Counter value in memory stop mode

TC XX:XX:XX:XX

Time code value (Display time code frame

digits in 24 frames when 720/24PN is set, and

in 30 frames when any other format is set.) tc XX:XX:XX:XX (P2 card only) During recording and playback when FILM

CAM has been set under OPERATION TYPE,

the time code frame digits are converted into

24 frames for display. However, “tc” does not

appear during recording when 720/24PN

has been set under REC FORMAT, or during

recording and playback when 720/30PN has

been set.

During playback when 720/24PN has been set,

the time code frame digits are converted into

30 frames for display. (Pages 101 and 107)

UB XX XX XX XX

User information

FR --- -

Frame rate (30P/24P/24PA) and frame

sequence in progressive mode shooting.

No display:

Data is not displayed.

Resetting the counter

Press the COUNTER RESET button while the counter is displayed.

Memory stop mode (Tape)

After shooting or playback, the tape can first be returned to near the pre-programmed position, and then stopped automatically.

1 Press the COUNTER button to display the

counter in memory stop mode.

2 At the desired position on the tape, press

the COUNTER RESET button to reset the counter.

3 Proceed with playback or shooting.

4 Press the mode button to switch to the VCR

mode. (Page 64)

5 When rewind or fast-forward the tape, it

stops automatically near where you reset the counter.

During dubbing, reset the counter value at the OUT point to stop dubbing with memory stop mode. (Page 82)

1394TC preset mode

When shooting using a multi-camera, you can synchronously set the initial values of TC. The camera used for synchronization is the MASTER and the camera being synchronized is the SLAVE.

1 Connect a second camera with a 1394 cable

and turn both cameras on.

• For connection (Page 79)

2 Put the MASTER camera in CAMERA mode

and output a video signal from the 1394 terminal.

• Set both cameras to the same recording format.

Do the remaining steps on the SLAVE camera.

3 Switch the SLAVE camera to MCR/

VCR mode, set 1394TC REGEN on the RECORDING SETUP screen of the setup menu to OFF (and, in the case of a tape, set FIRST REC TC to PRESET mode as well), and then set the counter so that it shows the TCG display.

• You cannot do this if you have selected REGEN.

In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP

screen, set 1394 IN PRESET to ON. (Page 109)

• 1394TC appears on the screen.

5 Stop or eject the media. 6 Press the COUNTER RESET/TC SET button.

The TCG value is preset with the TC value from the input 1394 signal.

• “TC SET OK” is displayed for about 2 seconds in the center of the screen.

7 Reset the SLAVE camera to CAMERA mode.

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Charging the built-in battery/Setting the time data

Recharging the built-in battery

The camera’s internal battery saves the date and time. “ or LCD when the internal battery is running low on charge. Do the following to recharge it. Reset the date and time when fully recharged.

” appears on the screen of the viewfinder

1 Connect the AC adapter. (Page 17)

• Leave the POWER switch at OFF.

2 Leave the camera-recorder like this for

about 4 hours.

• The internal battery charges during this time.

• Recharge the battery regularly to ensure correct TC and menu operations.

If “

” appears even after charging, it means that the internal battery must be replaced. Ask your dealer to do this.

Setting the time code

In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen, set the following time code related items. (Page

108)

• TC MODE

• TCG

• FIRST REC TC (Tape only)

• TC PRESET

• 1394 TC REGEN (appears when in MCR/VCR

mode)

Specifying the time code (TC PRESET)

Set TC PRESET so you can record a value of your choice as the initial setting for the time code to be used at the start of recording.

1 Set the POWER switch to ON. 2 (Tape only) In the setup menus,

RECORDING SETUP screen FIRST REC TC, select PRESET.

• For menu operation (Page 97)

• You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control. (Page 15)

3 Press the and buttons to select TC

PRESET, and press the

button.

In MCR/VCR mode and 1394 TC REGEN is ON, you cannot change the items shown above.

4 Press the button to select YES, and press

the

button.

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5 When the screen below appears, set the

time code value.

Press the code value.

Press the button to move to the next digit, and press the the value.

and buttons to select the time

and buttons again to select

7 Press the button to select YES, and press

the

button.

8 Press MENU twice to exit the menus.

With this unit, the time code value is adjusted in accordance with the format and frame rate. For this reason, bear in mind that making a change in the format or frame rate may result in discontinuity from the last time code value of the previous recording.

You can reset the time code to zero by pressing COUNTER RESET.

BARS

SHUTTER

INT(R)

INPUT 2ONOFF

AUDIO

SPEED SEL

INPUT 1 INPUT 2

OFF

MIC POWER +48V

ZEBRA OIS

OSD

COUNTER

MULTI/ P-IN-P

DATE/

TIME

RESET TITLE

REC A.DUB

PLAY/REW FF/

PHOTO

START/

STOP

SHOT

ZOOM

VOL +

RESET

CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECT

INT(L) INPUT 1 INPUT 2

COUNTER RESET/TC SET

Camera or Remote control

6 Press the MENU button when you have

finished setting the time code.

Recording format

Frame

1080i/24P, 1080i/24PA, 480i/24P, 480i/24PA

720P/60P, 720P/30P, 720P/24P

720P/24PN –

720P/30PN –

rate

–

Time code

adjustment

Adjustable in 5-frame increments

Adjustable in 4-frame increments

Adjustable in 2-frame increments

Setting user information

Setting user information allows you to store 8-digit information (such as the date and time) in the hexadecimal format on the tape’s sub code track. User information is automatically saved in the memory and retained after you turn off the power.

1 Set the POWER switch to ON.

(Continued on the next page)

Shooting

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Setting the time data (continued)

2 In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP

screen UB MODE, select USER.

• For menu operation (Page 97)

• You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control. (Page 15)

Example: In the MCR mode

3 Press the and buttons to select UB

PRESET, and press the

button.

4 Press the button to select YES, and press

the

button.

Press the button to move to the next digit, and press the

and buttons again to select

the characters.

You can reset the user information to nothing by pressing COUNTER RESET.

BARS

SHUTTER

INT(R)

INPUT 2ONOFF

AUDIO

SPEED SEL

INPUT 1 INPUT 2

OFF

MIC POWER +48V

ZEBRA OIS

OSD

COUNTER

MULTI/ P-IN-P

DATE/

PHOTO

TIME

RESET TITLE

REC A.DUB

PLAY/REW FF/

START/

STOP

SHOT

ZOOM

VOL +

RESET

CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECT

INT(L) INPUT 1 INPUT 2

COUNTER RESET/TC SET

Camera or Remote control

6 Press the MENU button when you have

finished setting the user information.

5 Set the user information.

Press the information characters.

• You can use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F.

and buttons to select the user

7 Press the button to select YES, and press

the

button.

8 Press MENU twice to exit the menus.

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Basic playback operations (P2 card)

Set the MEDIA switch to the P2 position.

2 Turn the POWER switch to ON.

1 Before turning the POWER switch to ON

Lock release

While pressing the lock release, turn the POWER switch to ON.

3 Press the mode button so the MCR lamp

turns on.

CAMERA

MCR

VCR

DUB

P2 TAPE

For details on playing back clips using thumbnails, see page 65.

Operations using the OPERATION button Remote Control

Play ( )

When this button is pressed in stop mode, playback will start from the first clip selected. During playback, the unit enters the variable speed search mode and starts 1x playback. (Page 74)

Fast-forward ( )

When this button is pressed during playback, the clips are advanced from a point in the clip already selected (at four times normal speed). When the thumbnail screen is cancelled, you can also perform this operation while the camera is stopped. When this button is held down, the playback speed becomes faster (32x speed). When pressed during a pause, playback advances one clip.

Rewind ( )

When this button is pressed during playback, the clips are rewound from a point in the clip already selected (at four times normal speed). When the thumbnail screen is cancelled, you can also perform this operation while the camera is stopped.When this button is held down, the playback speed becomes faster (32x speed). When pressed during a pause, playback goes back one clip.

Stop ( )

The camera is now in the MCR mode.

• Each time you press the button, the mode changes as below.

MCR

When you press the mode button while

MCR is selected, the unit enters the PC (PC connection) mode. (Page 83)

CAMERA

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

STILL ADV

Playback

STILL ADV

/REW FF/

Pause ( )

Press again to return to playback.

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

STILL ADV

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Basic playback operations (Tape)

Before turning the POWER switch to ON

Set the MEDIA switch to the TAPE position.

2 Turn the POWER switch to ON.

Lock release

While pressing the lock release, turn the POWER switch to ON.

3 Press the mode button so the VCR lamp

lights.

CAMERA

MCR

VCR

DUB

P2 TAPE

Operations using the OPERATION button Remote Control

Play ( )

While the tape is in the stop mode, the playback starts from where you stopped. During playback, the unit enters the variable speed search mode and starts x1-speed playback. (Page 74) No sound is heard during the playback.

Fast-forward ( )

During playback, the fast-forward playback starts (at ten times normal speed). While the tape is in the stop mode, the unit starts fast-forwarding of tape.

Rewind ( )

During playback, the rewind playback starts (at ten times normal speed). While the tape is in the stop mode, the unit starts rewinding of tape.

Stop ( )

The camera is now in the VCR mode.

• Each time you press the button, the mode changes as below.

VCR

When you press the mode button while VCR

is selected, the unit enters the DUB (dubbing) mode. (Page 87)

CAMERA

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

TAPE

STILL ADV

/REW FF/

Pause ( )

Press again to return to playback.

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

Tape protection mode

To protect the tape, this unit automatically switches to stop mode when five minutes elapse in the playback pause state or recording pause state. However, the time until stopping is shorter when in a playback pause state at low temperatures.

STILL ADV

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Thumbnail screen

Video data created on the P2 card in one shooting session is called a clip. When the MCR mode has been established by the MEDIA switch set to the P2 status, the clips will be displayed on the LCD screen as thumbnails. (When there is a large number of clips, it will take some time for them to be displayed on the screen.) You can perform the following operations using the thumbnail screen.

• Play, repair and delete clips as well as add and delete shot marks.

• Format P2 cards and SD memory cards.

• Load the metadata (shooting information, etc.) from SD memory cards to the unit.

Basic thumbnail screen operations

To use the thumbnail menu:

1 On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU button to display the menu.

SET

2 Select the item using the and buttons, and press the (or )

button.

If another menu appears, repeat this step.

• To return to the previous screen, select EXIT and press button.

• To release the menu mode, press MENU.

or press the

PAGE/

AUDIO MON/VAR

To select thumbnails: Select the thumbnails (the yellow frame moves) using the

and press the deselect the clip. To scroll the pages, press the PAGE (- or +) button.

To play back clips: Select the thumbnail, and press the

• Only clips whose format is the same as recording format 6 shown in the figure below can be played back.

button (the color of the frame changes to blue-green). Press the button again to

button. (For details on playback, see page 63.)

and buttons,

1 2 3

THUMBNAIL OPERATION PROPERTY

ALL CLIP SAME FORMAT CLIPS SELECTED CLIPS MARKED CLIPS TEXT MEMO CLIPS SLOT CLIPS SETUP EXIT

• Thumbnail screens are not output from the COMPONENT OUT terminal.

DELETE FORMAT REPAIR CLIP REPAIR CLIP (LOOP) EXIT

CLIP PROPERTY C AR D S TAT US DEVICES PROPERTY SETUP SYSTEM INFO EXIT

M ETA DATA

LOAD RECORD USER CLIP NAME INITIALIZE PROPERTY EXIT

(Continued on the next page)

Playback

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Thumbnail screen (continued)

1 Slot number/dubbing mode display

The number of the slot with the P2 card containing the selected clip is indicated here. (The number appears in yellow.) If a clip extends over the P2 cards in two slots, both numbers will appear in yellow. In the dubbing mode, the arrow and tape mark light up.

• 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 94)

2) DIR ENTRY NG CARD (page 94)

2 Thumbnails

This is where the initial images of the clips are displayed.

3 Thumbnail display status (Page 68)

The types of clips displayed as thumbnails appear in this area.

4 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 clips indicated by the red numbers, set the format for the REC FORMAT option on the RECORDING SETUP setting menu to the format 6 below. (Page 107)

• 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 REC FORMAT item has been set.

5 Menu display

This is where the menu items are displayed. When EXIT is selected and the pressed, the menu display is cleared, and the original screen is restored.

6 Recording mode/format display

This is where the recording mode and format of the recorded images are displayed.

7 Indicators

: Shot mark

This indicates that a clip has a shot mark.

: Wide

This indicates that a clip has been recorded in the 16:9 aspect ratio (wide screen). (480i recording)

button is

: 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.

: 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. Clips in the wrong format are indicated by (

: Voice memo

This indicates that a clip has a voice memo. (You cannot perform recording/playback with this camera.)

: Text memo

This indicates that a clip has a text memo.

: Edit copy

This indicates that this is an edit copy clip. (You cannot perform editing with this camera.)

: Proxy

This indicates that a proxy has been added and recorded. (You cannot perform recording with this camera.)

8 Duration display

This displays the duration of the selected clip.

) instead.

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Adding shot marks to clips

Adding shot marks (M) will make it easier to find the clips you are looking for.

1 Press the and buttons to move the

yellow frame to the clip to which you will add a shot mark.

2 Press the USER button to which the shot

mark function has been allocated. (Page

105)

To release a shot mark, repeat the above steps.

• When the video data of a single shot is made up of multiple clips, you cannot set or release shot marks unless all the P2 cards that make up the video data are inserted into the slots.

Clearing the thumbnail screen

Before performing setting menu operations (Page

97), you must clear the thumbnail screen.

Release this in the same way when the camerarecorder is to be controlled from a nonlinear editor.

1 Press the AUDIO DUB/THUMBNAIL button.

AUDIO DUB

THUMBNAIL

Playback

The normal playback standby screen (1394 input mode) appears.

Direct shooting functions

If you press the START/STOP button (red) in MCR mode, the camera mode will be automatically activated, and shooting will start.

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Thumbnail operations

Selecting the thumbnail display method (THUMBNAIL)

You can display the kind of clips you want to see as thumbnails. You can also set more precisely how you want the thumbnails to appear on the screen.

1 On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU

button.

A menu now appears. (Page 65)

2 Select THUMBNAIL using the and

button, and press the

(or ) button.

3 Select the desired item using the and

buttons, and press the

button.

ALL CLIP:

All the clips are displayed.

SAME FORMAT CLIPS:

The clips in the same recording format are

displayed.

SELECTED CLIPS:

The clips you have selected are displayed.

MARKED CLIPS:

The clips with shot marks are displayed.

TEXT MEMO CLIPS:

The clips with text memos are displayed.

The thumbnails at text memo positions, time codes (TC), total number of memos and the current order of the clips are displayed.

To delete a text memo:

1) Move the cursor to the clip whose text memo is to be deleted, and press the button. A thumbnail of the text memo now appears.

2) Move the cursor to the thumbnail with the text memo to be deleted.

3) Press the MENU button to display the menu, and select OPERATION-DELETE.

SLOT CLIPS:

The clips on the P2 card in the specified slot

are displayed.

SETUP:

Various setup operations are performed.

EXIT:

Select this to return to the last screen.

Proceed to step 4 only when you have selected SETUP.

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4 Select the desired setting item using the

and

buttons, and press the button.

MARKED IND.:

Select this to set whether the shot mark

indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).

TEXT MEMO IND.:

Select this to set whether the text memo

indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).

VOICE MEMO IND.:

Select this to set whether the voice memo

indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).

WIDE IND.:

Select this to set whether the wide indicator is

to be displayed (ON/OFF).

PROXY IND.:

Select this to set whether the proxy indicator

is to be displayed (ON/OFF).

DATA DISPLAY:

Select the time code (TC), user information

(UB), shooting time (TIME), shooting date (DATE) or shooting date (DATE TIME) for the area where the clip time is displayed.

DATE FORMAT:

Select year/month/day (YMD), month/day/

year (MDY) or day/month/year (DMY) as the order for displaying the recording date/time. This format will be the same for the recording date displayed by the clip properties and the recording date displayed by DATA DISPLAY.

THUMBNAIL SIZE:

Select LARGE (3x2) or NORMAL (4x3) for

full-screen displays of thumbnails.

THUMBNAIL INIT:

Select this to return all the above settings to

the factory (initialization) settings.

EXIT: Select this to return to the last screen.

Playback

5 Press the MENU button to release the menu

mode.

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Thumbnail operations (continued)

Deleting clips and formatting cards (OPERATION)

You can perform any of the following operations. If necessary, make preparations prior to undertaking the operations.

Deleting clips

• Select the clip to be deleted, and then press the button.

Formatting P2 cards or SD memory cards

• Insert the card to be formatted into the unit.

• When a card is formatted, all its data will be

deleted.

Repairing defective clips

• Select the defective clip (indicated by

repaired. (Clips indicated by the red defective clip indicator cannot be repaired.)

) to be

REPAIR CLIP:

Select this to repair defective clips. Select YES to repair the clip or NO to cancel

• The SHOT MARK and TEXT MEMO data

REPAIR CLIP (LOOP):

Select this to repair defective clips that were

• The repair process can take some time.

EXIT: Select this to return to the last screen.

4 Press the MENU button to release the menu

mode.

the repair, and press the

are deleted when a clip is repaired.

shot with loop recording.

button.

1 On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU

button.

A menu now appears. (Page 65)

2 Select OPERATION using the and

button, and press the

(or ) button.

3 Select the desired item using the and

buttons, and press the

DELETE:

Select this to delete the selected clip. Select YES to delete the clip or NO to cancel

the deletion, and press the

FORMAT:

Select this to format a P2 card or SD memory

card.

When you move to FORMAT, the card

selection screen will appear. Select the P2 slot (SLOT1 or SLOT2) or select SD CARD, and press the the card or NO to cancel the formatting, and press the

button.

button. Select YES to format

• When clips have been copied by operating Explorer, for instance, the “!” indicator may appear on the clips. If this happens, “!” can sometimes be released by downloading the latest version of the P2 viewer from the web site given below, installing it in your computer, and copying the clips again.

https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/

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Checking the clip or card information (PROPERTY)

You can perform any of the following operations. If necessary, make preparations prior to undertaking the operations.

Checking clip information

• Move the cursor to the clip to be checked.

Checking the P2 card information

• Insert the P2 card into the unit.

Checking the SD memory card information

• Insert the SD memory card into the unit.

Setting the P2 card memory capacity display Checking the version of this system

4 To exit the information screen, press the

MENU button, use the EXIT, and then press the

Clip information screen

1 On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU

button.

A menu now appears. (Page 65)

2 Select PROPERTY using the and

button, and press the

3 Select the desired item using the and

buttons, and press the

CLIP PROPERTY:

The information of the selected clip is

displayed. (See details at right.)

CARD STATUS:

The P2 card information is displayed. (Page

72)

DEVICES:

The SD memory card information is displayed.

(Page 72)

PROPERTY SETUP:

Set the method of displaying the P2 card

memory capacity. After selecting P2 CARD CAP, select REMAIN (remaining memory) or USED (memory used), and press the button.

SYSTEM INFO:

The version of the system in this camera is

displayed.

EXIT: Select this to return to the last screen.

(or ) button.

button.

1 Clip number

2 Thumbnail

3 Slot number/dubbing mode display

4 Clip information

Various indicators that have been added to the clip and also various kinds of data are displayed. ( protected)

CLIP NAME: Clip name START TC: Time code value when recording

started START UB: User information value when recording started

DATE: Date when the recording was made TIME: Time when recording started DURATION: Clip length V_FORMAT: Video signal format FRAME RATE: Playback frame rate REC RATE: Recording frame rate

• This display appears when recording using a setting for the FRAME RATE item on the SCENE FILE screen other than the default during 720P/24P or 720P/30PN recording operations.

5 Clip metadata

The video and audio formats, videographer information and other detailed data are displayed here. Select the desired item using the buttons, and press the the clip metadata, see page 58.)

button to select

button.

12 3

Playback

appears if the P2 card is write-

and

button. (For details on

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Thumbnail operations (continued)

P2 card information screen

1 Write protection mark

2 P2 card status

The amount of memory remaining on the P2 card is displayed using a percentage bar. The following displays may appear, depending on the card status.

FORMAT ERROR:

An unformatted P2 card has been inserted.

NOT SUPPORTED:

A card not supported by the unit has been

inserted.

NO CARD:

A card has not been inserted.

• The information on the card in the selected slot (indicated by the yellow number) can be viewed by pressing the SET button.

BRAND: Name of manufacturer MODEL NO.: Model number SERIAL NO.: Serial number USER ID: User ID WARNING: Warning information

3 P2 card remaining memory/total memory

The P2 card’s remaining memory and total memory are displayed here in 1-minute increments. Fractions of a minute are rounded off, meaning the display may not match the slot total.

4 Card warning mark

This mark is displayed when one of the following warnings applies to a P2 card.

1) RUN DOWN CARD (page 94)

2) DIR ENTRY NG CARD (page 94)

• The contents of the warning can be viewed by checking the card information as described above.

5 Slot total

The figure represents the total remaining memory of the cards in the two slots. If a P2 card is write-protected, its remaining memory will not be included in the total remaining memory.

• When LOOP is set under REC FUNCTION, the slot total represents the guaranteed minimum recording time for loop recording. However, note that when PROPERTY

SETUP: USED is selected in step 3 on the previous page, the used amount displayed by the slot total will be larger than the actual amount, and when PROPERTY SETUP: REMAIN is selected, the remaining amount displayed by the slot total will be smaller than the actual amount. (Page 50)

SD memory card information screen

THUMBNAIL

SD STANDARD : : SUPPORTED

OPERATION

USED : 96 KB

PROPERTY

BLANK : 122.3 MB

ME TA D ATA

TOTAL : 122.4 MB

EXIT

NUMBER OF CLIPS :

PROTECT : OFF

SD STANDARD:

This indicates whether the SD memory card was

formatted in compliance with the SD or SDHC standard. (SUPPORTED/NOT SUPPORTED).

USED: Space used BLANK: Space available TOTAL: Total space NUMBER OF CLIPS: Number of clips PROTECT:

This indicates that the SD memory card is write-

protected.

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Uploading the metadata (META DATA)

You can perform any of the following operations. If necessary, make preparations prior to undertaking the operations.

Loading the metadata

• Insert the SD memory card on which the metadata is recorded into the unit. (For details on creating the metadata, see page 58.)

Selecting whether to record the metadata on the P2 card Initializing the metadata inside the unit Displaying the metadata inside the unit

1 On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU

button.

A menu now appears. (Page 65)

2 Select META DATA using the and

button, and press the

(or ) button.

3 Select the item using the and buttons,

and press the

button.

USER CLIP NAME

LOAD:

Select this to load the metadata recorded on

the SD memory card into the unit.

When the

moved to LOAD, the metadata on the SD memory card will be displayed. Therefore, press the

Select YES to load the metadata or NO to

cancel the loading, and press the

• If characters other than single-byte alphanumeric characters are used in the metadata file name to be loaded, they are displayed as “

RECORD:

Select this to set whether to record the

metadata to be loaded into the unit simultaneously on a P2 card.

Select YES to record the metadata or NO to

cancel the recording, and press the The factory setting for this mode is OFF.

USER CLIP NAME:

The USER CLIP NAME recording method is

selectable. Please refer to Appendix (page

133).

INITIALIZE:

Select this to initialize the metadata which has

been recorded in the unit.

Select YES to initialize the metadata or NO

to cancel the initialization, and press the button. All the settings including the ON or OFF setting for RECORD are now cleared.

PROPERTY:

Select this to display the metadata which has

been recorded in the unit.

EXIT: Select this to return to the last screen.

button is pressed with operation

button again.

button.

”.

∗

button.

Playback

4 Press the MENU button to release the menu

mode.

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Useful playback functions

Variable speed search (P2 card / Tape)

This function enables you to change the playback speed and search for specific scenes.

1 Press the button during playback.

On the remote control, press the VAR. SEARCH button.

INDEX

STOP INDEX

SELECT

VAR.

PB.

STORE

OFF/ON

P.B.DIGITAL

ZOOM

SET

ITEM

Camera or Remote control

[1x] appears on the screen and the media is played back at the normal speed.

• When a tape is used, audio is not played.

2 Press the PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button to

change the playback speed.

On the remote control, press the [ button.

• When a P2 card is used, the playback speed increases as follows each time you press the button; 1/5x, 1x, 2x, 4x, 12x, and 24x. Audio is not played at 12× or 24× speed.

• When a tape is used, the playback speed increases as follows each time you press the button; 1/5x (1/3x in LP mode), 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, and 20x. Audio is not played.

• Press the “+” button to increase the speed and the “-” button to decrease the speed.

Camera

INDEX

STOP INDEX

SELECT

Remote control

STORE

OFF/ON

P.B.DIGITAL

VAR.

AUDIO MON/VAR

PB.

ZOOM

SET

ITEM

] or [ ]

PAGE /

Slow playback (P2 card / Tape)

1 During play, press one of the STILL ADV (

) buttons on the remote control unit.

STILL ADV

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

/REW FF/

PLAY

PAUS E

STILL ADV

Press the button to return to normal playback.

Fast forward/rewind playback (P2 card)

1 During playback of a P2 card, press the

(fast forward) or

This performs fast forward/rewind playback at 4x speed. When this button is held down, the playback speed becomes faster (32x speed).

Camera or Remote control

Press the

button to return to normal playback.

Fast forward/rewind playback (Tape)

(fast rewind) button.

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

STILL ADV

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

1 During playback of a tape, press the

(fast forward) or

This performs fast forward/rewind playback at 10x speed.

Camera or Remote control

Press the

button to return to normal playback.

(fast rewind) button.

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

STILL ADV

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

To return to normal playback, press the button or the VAR.SEARCH button on the remote control.

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Frame-by-frame playback (P2 card / Tape)

1 Press the button during playback to set

the unit to the pause mode.

2 Press the PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button to

play frame-by-frame.

On the remote control unit, press the STILL ADV (

or ) button.

• Press and hold the button to perform frameby-frame play continuously.

STILL ADV

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

PAGE /

AUDIO MON/VAR

/REW FF/

PLAY

PAUS E

STILL ADV

Camera or Remote control

Press the

button to return to normal playback.

Clip skip (P2 card)

1 During playback, press the button to

pause the camera.

End search (Tape)

You can find unrecorded par ts or the end of the last scene shot.

1 In the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS

screen, END SEARCH, set the search method. (Page 116) BLANK: Find unrecorded parts. REC END: Find the end of the last scene shot.

2 When in the VCR mode

Press the END SEARCH button.

• The unrecorded parts are found, and an unrecorded blank on the tape is found, and a still picture several seconds before the blank is displayed.

When in the camera mode

Press and hold the END SEARCH button for at least a second.

• A blank portion of the tape is found, and an unrecorded blank on the tape is found, and the pause status is established several seconds before the blank.

2 Press the (backward) or (forward)

button.

/REW FF/

PLAY

STILL ADV

PAUS E

STILL ADV

INDEX STOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

Camera or Remote control

END SEARCH

• If you change the tapes, the camera will not be able to find the end of the last scene shot even if you have set REC END.

• If the tape is blank, searching stops at the end of the tape.

• This function may not work properly if there are blank parts near the beginning of the tape or part way through the tape.

• Before recording, check the still picture first.

Playback

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Useful playback functions (continued)

Index search (Tape)

This function searches for the index signals (page

48) recorded on the tape. Index searches can be performed using the supplied wireless remote control unit.

1 During play, press the INDEX buttons or

• The tape is cued at the next scene after showing [S1] on the screen.

• Each time you press the INDEX button thereafter, [S2] and then [S3] are displayed, and the tape is cued up to the second and subsequent scenes. When the tape is cued up, playback starts from that section. (Up to nine scenes before or ahead on the tape can be specified for cue-up.

STILL ADV

INDEX INDEXSTOP

INDEX STOP INDEX

• Press the STOP button ( ) to stop the search.

The function may not work properly if the interval between one index and the next is less than one minute.

Adjusting the volume (P2 card / Tape)

/REW FF/

PLAY

PAUS E

STILL ADV

Viewing images on a television (P2 card / Tape)

You can view the images on a television if you connect the unit to a TV set using an AV cable (not included), S-video cable (not included) or component video cable (included).

1 Connect the camera-recorder to the TV set.

(Page 80)

2 Start playback.

• To show the information that appears on the viewfinder and LCD, press the OSD button on the remote control. (However, the information does not appear when you are recording on tape.) Press the OSD button again to clear the display.

START/

DATE/

PHOTO

STOP

TIME

SHOT

OSD

COUNTER

RESET TITLE

MULTI/

Checking the date and time (P2 card / Tape)

Press the DATE/TIME button on the remote control to show the date and time of shooting on the screen. The display changes as follows each time you press the button.

Time

ZOOM

PAGE /

AUDIO MON/VAR

1 With the PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button,

adjust the volume of the sound that is output from the internal speaker and headphone jack.

On the remote control, press the ZOOM/VOL button.

START/

DATE/

PHOTO

STOP

TIME

SHOT

OSD

COUNTER

RESET TITLE

REC A.DUB

PLAY/REW FF/

ZOOM

VOL +

MULTI/ P-IN-P

Date

Time and Date

No display

OSD

COUNTER

MULTI/

DATE/ TIME

RESET TITLE

PHOTO

START/

STOP

SHOT

ZOOM

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Connecting external units

Headphones

3.5-mm stereo mini jack

• Sound is no longer heard from the speaker when the headphones are connected.

External microphone

Stereo Microphone (optional) AG-MC200G

INPUT1 or INPUT2

• When attaching an external microphone to the microphone shoe, use the supplied microphone holder and microphone holder adapter.

• When attaching the microphone holder and the microphone holder adapter, be sure to tighten the screws firmly even though you might hear a squeaking sound.

Microphone holder

Microphone holder adapter

12 mm

6 mm

Editing

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Connecting external units (continued)

Computer (non-linear editing/file transfer)

File transfer/nonlinear editing

Computer

USB cable (optional)

• For a Windows computer

Mini-B type

USB 2.0

4-pin type

1394

1394 cable (optional)

• For an Apple Macintosh computer

• For details on the computer’s conditions and other factors, see page 83.

1394AVC transfer/nonlinear editing

Computer (Windows/Apple Macintosh)

4-pin type

1394 cable (optional)

• When controlling this camera from a non-linear editor, cancel the thumbnail screen on the camera. (Page 67)

• No guarantees are given for images and audio signals which are output simultaneously from the camerarecorder while data is being transferred from a computer to the camera-recorder.

• As considerations have been made for compatibility with the AG-HVX200, the series name of the unit, “AG-HVX200”, will appear on the computer screen.

When connecting the unit to an Apple Macintosh computer

• Connect the 1394 cable after turning on the power of the Apple Macintosh computer. Otherwise, the unit may not be mounted.

• The unit may not be recognized after the Apple Macintosh computer has been placed in the hibernation state by its power-saving setting. In this case, disconnect the 1394 cable and then re-connect it.

If the unit is not mounted properly on an Apple Macintosh computer

• When the P2 card access lamp flashes orange

1. Select [Applications] → [Utilities] → and start up [Disc Utility].

2. Select a grayed-out volume among volumes of the X.X GB Panasonic disc, and click “Mount.”

• When the P2 card access lamp is off

Eject the P2 card, and insert it again. If the unit is still not mounted, disconnect the 1394 cable and then

re-connect it.

1394

Hard disk drive (data copying)

Hard disk drive

1394 cable (optional)

4-pin type

1394

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• Before proceeding to connect or disconnect 1394 cable, be absolutely sure to turn off the power of the units.

• Before proceeding to connect the unit which uses a 6-pin type 1394 connector, carefully check the shape of the 1394 cable and the connectors on the 1394 cable. Connecting a connector upside down may damage the parts inside the unit and cause malfunctioning. Furthermore, connect the 1394 cable to the unit which uses a 6-pin type 1394 connector first. (

). The above also applies to USB cable as well.

• Do not apply force when connecting 1394 cable to 1394 connector as this may

→

6-pin type

4-pin type

damage the connector.

• When connecting to a PC, attach the ferrite core (provided) to the 1394 cable in such a way that the whole ferrite core fits within about 5 cm from the PC’s connectors. After threading the cable as shown in the figure on the right, close the ferrite core until it clicks into place and locks.

Ferrite core (provided)

Digital video equipment (Dubbing)

This camera

Video deck (Dubbing)

When a component video cable is used for the connection, only the output signals from the unit will be available.

Audio cable (optional)

White: CH1 (left channel) sound Red: CH2 (right channel) sound

S-VIDEO

CH1

IN/

AUDIO

OUT

CH2

IN/

OUT

VIDEO

Video cable (optional)

IN/OUT

COMPONENT

OUT

Component video cable (included)

Connect to the output terminal on the

external device when the video signals and audio signals of an external device are to be input to the unit. (Tape mode only)

Connect to the input terminal on the external

device when the unit’s video signals and audio signals are to be output to an external device.

S-video cable (optional)

VCR

Connect one of these cables to the terminal on the video deck.

• Except when performing audio dubbing on existing recordings, audio signals cannot be recorded unless video signals are input to the S-VIDEO IN/OUT connector and/or VIDEO IN/OUT jack.

• The signals of the S-VIDEO IN/OUT terminal take priority over the signals of the VIDEO IN/ OUT terminal.

TV/Monitor (playback/dubbing)

When a component video cable is used for the connection, only the output signals from the unit will be available.

Audio cable (optional)

White: CH1 (left channel) sound Red: CH2 (right channel) sound

TV/Monitor

S-video cable (optional)

Component video cable (included)

Connect one of these cables to the terminal on the television.

Video cable (optional)

CH1

CH2

AUDIO

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

IN/

OUT

IN/

OUT

IN/OUT

COMPONENT

OUT

• When the COMPONENT OUT connectors and the S-VIDEO OUT or VIDEO OUT connector have been connected concurrently, the COMPONENT OUT connectors take priority. Signals cannot be output through both sets of connectors at the same time.

• When connecting the camera to another device using the component video cable, if the terminal on the device to which it is to be connected is a BNC type, use the pin-BNC conversion plug provided.

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Audio dubbing

TAPE

Background music or narration can be added to the images you have recorded on the tape.

1 Set the POWER switch to ON. 2 In the setup menus, select an audio

recording system in RECORDING SETUP screen, AUDIO REC.

• For menu operation (Page 97)

32K(12bit):

The sound is recorded using the 12-bit/32kHz

(4-channel) system.

Use this mode when you want keep the sound

that recorded while you were shooting even after audio dubbing has been performed.

48K(16bit):

The sound is recorded using the 16-bit/48kHz

(high-quality stereo) system.

When audio dubbing is performed, the sound

that was recorded while you are shooting will be erased.

3 Start shooting. 4 Press the mode button to switch to the VCR

mode.

CAMERA

VCR

MCR

DUB

5 In the setup menus, select an audio

recording system in the AV IN/OUT SETUP screen, A. DUB INPUT.

• For menu operation (Page 97)

MIC:

The sound of the built-in microphone or

the external unit connected to INPUT 1/2 connector is recorded. (Select by CH1 SELECT switch and CH2 SELECT switch.)

A_IN:

The sound of audio component connected

to AUDIO IN/OUT connector (pin jack) is recorded.

6 Find the scene you want to add and set the

unit to the still mode.

7 Press the AUDIO DUB button to establish

the status ready for audio dubbing.

Press the A. DUB button on the remote control unit.

• “A.DUB

” appears.

8 Press the button, input the sound and

start audio dubbing.

When the mode is established. To resume audio dubbing, repeat steps 7 and 8.

• To end audio dubbing while it is underway, press the

AUDIO DUB button

• Audio dubbing cannot be performed in the LP mode because the track width on the tape is narrower than the head width.

button is pressed again, the pause

button.

AUDIO DUB/ THUMBNAIL

(Continued on the next page)

Menu operation controls

REC

END SEARCH

SET

PAGE/

AUDIO MON/VAR

Editing

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Audio dubbing (continued)

TAPE

Input channels and the tracks recorded

Input

Built-in microphone L

channel

Built-in microphone R

channel INPUT 1 (XLR) CH1 CH3 INPUT 2 (XLR) CH2 (CH1) CH4 (CH3)

AUDIO IN/OUT CH1

(Pin jack)

AUDIO IN/OUT CH2

(Pin jack)

The sound track to be recorded when shooting can be changed by CH1 SELECT switch and CH2 SELECT switch. The sound track to be recorded when dubbing can be changed at A. DUB INPUT item on the AV IN/OUT SETUP screen. (Page 112)

Adjusting the audio input level

Use the AUDIO control to adjust the recording level of audio signals input from the built-in microphone or INPUT 1/2 terminal.

• You cannot adjust the audio signals input into the AUDIO IN/OUT CH1/CH2 terminals.

Listening to sound that has been dubbed

Switch between the sound that has been dubbed and the sound heard during shooting in the setup menus, PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen, 32K(12bit) AUDIO. (Page 110)

ST1:

The sound recorded during shooting is played

back.

ST2:

The sound that has been dubbed is played back.

MIX:

Both the sound recorded during shooting and

that you have dubbed are played back.

Shooting

mode

CH1 CH3

CH2 CH4

— CH3

— CH4

Audio

dubbing

mode

Using the memory stop mode to edit dubbed sound

(1) First reset the counter memory display in the

memory stop mode at the position where the audio dubbing is to end. (Page 59)

(2) Rewind the tape to the position where the audio

dubbing is to start, and start the dubbing.

(3) The tape then stops automatically at the

position where the counter memory display was reset.

Performing audio dubbing as you listen

You can monitor the sound by setting “ST2”. If you use headphones when performing audio dubbing on a recording using microphone input, you can listen to the sound being dubbed. When you perform audio dubbing using line input (from the audio component connected to the AUDIO IN/OUT jack), you can listen to the sound being dubbed through the speakers.

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Nonlinear editing with P2 card (PC mode)

You can edit the video data on P2 cards nonlinearly by connecting the unit to a computer used for editing by means of a USB cable (Windows) or 1394 cable (Apple Macintosh). (Connections : Page 78)

The following conditions must be met if the USB cable is to be used to make the connection.

• Your computer must run Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista.

• USB dedicated driver (provided on the CD-ROM supplied) must be installed in your computer.

• Your computer must support USB2.0 (High Speed, Mass Storage Class).

(USB 1.1 is not supported.)

• Only one computer can be connected.

• When the unit is connected via USB cable, the series name of the unit, “AG-HVX200”, should appear on the computer screen.

• No operations can be performed if a hub or other unit is connected between the unit and your computer.

Do not use a USB cable longer than 3 meters.

Otherwise, malfunctions may occur.

• Operation is not guaranteed in Macintosh operating systems.

The following conditions must be met if the 1394 cable is to be used to make the connection.

• Your computer must run Apple MacOSX 10.3 or later.

• Your computer must support 1394.a (SBP2 protocol).

• Operation is not guaranteed in Windows operating systems.

• The series name of the unit, “AG-HVX200”, should appear on the computer screen.

1 Set the unit’s POWER switch to ON. 2 Select PC MODE on the setting menu

OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, and press the

(or ) button.

• For menu operations (Page 97)

• You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control. (Page 15)

3 Select USB DEVICE or 1394 DEVICE using

the

and buttons, and press the

button.

USB DEVICE

4 Press the MENU button twice to release

menu mode.

(Continued on the next page)

Editing

• Insert the P2 card into the unit, and set the MEDIA switch to the P2 position. (Page 25)

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Nonlinear editing with P2 card (PC mode) (continued)

5 Press the mode button to light up the MCR

lamp and then hold the button down (for 2 or more seconds).

The PC lamp now lights, and PC mode is established. When the P2 card is in an accessible status, USB (or 1394) DEVICE CONNECT is displayed on the camera. (If DISCONNECT is displayed, you cannot operate the camera.)

6 Proceed with nonlinear editing using your

computer.

An icon for the P2 card contents appears as a removable disk in My Computer of your computer.

• For further details, refer to the instructions for your computer’s editing software.

• When replacing one card with another, if the USB connection is used, check that the access lamp is not flashing and that the data on the card is not being accessed before ejecting the card. If the 1394 connection is used, place the drive icon into the computer’s recycle bin before ejecting the card.

• The unit cannot be operated while in PC mode.

• When the cable is to be disconnected, proceed with “Safely Remove Hardware” on the computer.

In the case of a 1394 connection, first

confirm that “1394 DEVICE DISCONNECT” is displayed on the camera-recorder before disconnecting the cable. In the case of a USB connection, “USB DEVICE CONNECT” will remain displayed so check that the card is not being accessed before disconnecting the cable.

7 Switch OFF the camera.

You cannot cancel the PC mode even if you press the operation mode button for an extended period.

P2 cards are compliant with the Type-II standard so you can insert them straight into the computer’s card slots and proceed with nonlinear editing.

• The Card Bus driver is contained in the CD-ROM provided.

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Copying from P2 cards to the hard disk drive (1394 HOST mode)

• Use an HDD (hard disk drive) that has sufficient capacity to permit copying.

• Before copying the data, format the hard disk drive so that it can be used by the unit. Bear in mind that this process will delete all the data on the drive.

• Connect the camera to an HDD using the 1394 cable. (Page 78)

Do not connect the camera to two or more HDD

(chain, hub, etc.), even if they are not turned ON.

• Insert the P2 card into the unit, and set the MEDIA switch to the P2 position. (Page 25)

1 First turn on the power of the HDD (1394.

a SBP2 supported) to be connected, and connect it using the IEEE1394 cable. Then turn the unit’s POWER switch to ON.

2 Select 1394 HOST for PC MODE on the

setting menu OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, and press the

• For menu operations (Page 97)

button.

3 Press the MENU button twice to release the

menu mode.

5 Only when the hard disk drive is not

formatted: Select FORMAT (HDD) using the buttons, and press the

Then select YES using the and press the Formatting now starts. (Formatting is completed in about 2 to 3 seconds.)

button.

and

and buttons,

6 When formatting is complete:

Select COPY TO HDD using the buttons, and press the

• Data is copied onto the HDD on a card by card basis.

button.

and

7 Select the card slot using the and

buttons, and press the

Then select YES using the and press the Copying now starts.

• You can carry out copying up to 15 times to one HDD.

button.

and buttons,

Editing

4 Press the mode button to light up the MCR

lamp, and then hold the button down (for 2 or more seconds).

The PC lamp now lights, and PC mode is established.

CAMERA

MCR

VCR

DUB

8 When copying is complete:

Switch OFF the camera.

You cannot cancel the 1394 HOST mode even if you press the operation mode button for an extended period.

(Continued on the next page)

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Copying from P2 cards to the hard disk drive (1394 HOST mode) (continued)

To check the data copied into the hard disk drive

After step 4 on the previous page, use the and

buttons to select PROPERTY, and then press

the

button.

The contents of the hard disk drive are displayed.

• To view details of the items, select an item using the

and buttons, and press the button.

To verify the data when copying it into the hard disk drive

After step 4 on the previous page, use the

button to select YES from the VERIFY option on

SETUP.

• Copying to the P2 card is completed, even if you interrupt processing during verification.

• You cannot copy data from the hard disk drive to a P2 card.

• Use a hard disk drive under the following conditions.

1) Power is supplied from a source other than the

1394 bus. (It is not supplied from the unit.)

2) You may format the hard disk drive for usage

by the unit.

3) Use the hard disk drive within the guaranteed

operating range (humidity and other environmental conditions).

4) Do not place the hard disk drive in an unstable

locations or locations subjected to vibrations.

• Some HDD may not operate correctly.

• During formatting or copying, do not remove any cables, eject the P2 card, or turn off the power for the unit or hard disk drive. The power will need to be turned on again.

• No guarantees are made for operation if the 1394 HOST mode is established without first connecting the HDD (1394.a SBP2 supported) and then the HDD is connected. In this case, turn off the power, and then release the 1394 HOST mode.

• The hard disk drive is an extremely highprecision device. Therefore, it is highly possible that data cannot be read in certain operating environments.

Please note that our company will not be

liable for any data losses due to hard disk drive failure or other faults, or any other direct or indirect damage related to these problems.

• If you rewrite the contents of the HDD used to carry out copying from the camera to another PC, the subsequent operation in the camera and the data in the HDD cannot be guaranteed.

and

• It is recommended that you first restore any defective clips contained in the P2 card before copying the data.

• In order to avoid the occurrence of trouble in copying, formatting or other operations, it is recommended that you perform these operations after ensuring that power supply has stabilized.

Warnings

HDD CAPACITY FULL!

There is not enough free memory on the HDD.

TOO MANY PARTITIONS!

There are too many partitions.

HDD DISCONNECTED!

The HDD has been disconnected.

CANNOT INITIALIZE!

Initializing cannot be performed.

TOO MANY TARGETS!

There are too many 1394 connection

destinations.

CANNOT ACCESS TARGET!

The connection destination cannot be accessed.

CANNOT ACCESS CARD!

The card cannot be accessed.

MISMATCH COMPONENT!

There is a mismatch with the connection

destination.

UNKNOWN DEVICE CONNECTED!

A device other than an HDD has been connected.

P2 CARD IS UNFORMATTED!

The P2 card is still unformatted.

CARD IS EMPTY! CANNOT COPY!

There is no data on the P2 card and so it cannot

be copied.

VERIFICATION FAILED!

A mismatch was discovered by verification.

TURN POWER OFF!

Turn off the power.

CANNOT RECOGNIZE HDD!

HDD recognition failed.

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Dubbing

Dubbing the contents of P2 cards onto a tape (dubbing mode)

You can dub clips from a P2 card onto a tape that has been inserted into the unit. Only clips recorded in 1080i and 720P formats can be dubbed. In either case, the image signal is downconverted, reduced to SQUEEZE size, and recorded in DV format. Be aware that you cannot dub clips recorded in DVCPRO50/DVCPRO/DV format onto a tape.

• Check to see if the tape is in a write-protected state. (During the dubbing operation, an error message does not appear.)

• Insert the P2 card and tape into the unit, and set the MEDIA switch to the TAPE position. (Pages 25 and 29)

• When recording for the purpose of dubbing, it is recommended that a slightly higher setting (+5 or so) be used for the DETAIL LEVEL item on the SCENE FILE screen of the setting menu.

1 Set the unit’s POWER switch to ON. 2 Press the mode button to light up the VCR

lamp.

3 Move the tape forward to the position to

start recording.

• It is convenient to use the End Search (page

75) function.

4 Hold down the mode button (at least 2

seconds).

The DUB lamp now lights, and dubbing mode is established.

The clips on the P2 card appear as thumbnails on the LCD screen.

• To set the formats that permit dubbing

1) Press the THUMBNAIL button to close the thumbnail display, and use the MENU button to open the menu.

2) Select DUBBING SETUP and then FORMAT SEL to select the format.

Select the same format as the recording

format shown at the bottom left of the thumbnail display.

(Since the format of clips for which

standard recording was used at the variable frame rate is 720P/60P, select 720P/60P using FORMAT SEL.)

CAMERA

MCR

VCR

DUB

3) Use the MENU button to close the menu, and press the THUMBNAIL button to return to the thumbnail display.

Clips with formats that permit dubbing are

indicated by black numbers; all other clips are indicated by the red numbers. (Clips indicated by the red numbers cannot be dubbed.)

• To perform the pulldown setting when

dubbing 720/24PA format clips

1) Press the THUMBNAIL button to close the thumbnail display, and use the MENU button to open the menu.

2) Select DUBBING SETUP and then PULLDOWN SEL. Select 24P or 24PA.

24P: 2:3 pulldown 24PA: 2:3:3:2 pulldown

3) Use the MENU button to close the menu, and press the THUMBNAIL button to return to the thumbnail display.

5 Select the first clip to be dubbed using the

and buttons, and press the button.

You can select multiple clips by repeating the above procedure. Upon completing the selection, switch to the SELECTED CLIPS display on the THUMBNAIL menu, and check that the cursor appears at the first clip on the thumbnail display.

• To dub all the clips in the format selected

in step 4

Position the cursor at the first valid clip (indicated by the black number) on the thumbnail display.

• Dubbing will start from the clip where the

cursor is positioned so check the position of the cursor before proceeding.

• Dubbing will not start if the cursor is

positioned on a clip indicated by a red number.

Editing

(Continued on the next page)

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Dubbing (continued)

6 Press the two REC buttons simultaneously.

If you are using the remote control, press the PLAY button while holding down the REC button. Dubbing now starts. When it finishes, it will automatically stop, and the thumbnail display will be restored. (To stop dubbing while it is underway, press the

button.)

• When you wish to start dubbing from a point mid-way along a clip, first play back the clip, then press the

button at the desired

position to pause playback.

REC

Camera

COUNTER

RESET TITLE

REC A.DUB

PLAY/REW FF/

PAUSE

STILL ADV

STOP INDEX

ZOOM

Ð VOL +

Remote control

MULTI/ P-IN-P

STILL ADV

INDEX

7 Hold down the mode button (for 2 or more

seconds) to release dubbing mode.

• In the VCR setting menu, setting the TCG option in RECORDING SETUP to FREE RUN enables the timecode used by the clip to be transferred to the tape.

• In the case of a clip recorded in four channels, the audio of channels 3 and 4 will not be transferred during the dubbing process.

• The dubbing IN points may be slightly ahead of or behind their actual positions.

• If the FORMAT SEL item on the DUBBING SETUP screen is changed to 1080i/24P, 720P/24P or 720P/24PN after dubbing with the 1080i/60i, 1080i/30P, 720P/60P, 720P/30P or 720P/30PN format, the dubbing IN point may be delayed for several dozen frames.

• In the case of clips recorded continuously onto three or more cards, dub the clips on two of the cards first. After this, stop the dubbing, and replace the cards with the third and subsequent cards. Then resume the dubbing. (These steps are taken because hot swap playback cannot be performed.)

• In the dubbing mode, even if an attempt is made to allocate SHOT MARK, INDEX/MEMO or SLOT SEL to a USER button, the allocated operation

will not be executed. However, the allocated USER button information will be displayed when the DISP/MODE CHK button is held down.

Digital input/output (P2 card/Tape)

You can perform dubbing with a high image quality by means of digital signals by using a 1394 cable to connect this unit to a digital video unit equipped with a 1394 connector.

• Use the MEDIA switch to select the P2 card or tape ahead of time. (Pages 25 and 29)

1 Connect the digital video equipment to this

unit. (Page 79)

2 Press the unit’s mode button to switch to

the MCR/VCR mode.

CAMERA

VCR

MCR

DUB

• Cancel the thumbnail screen when in MCR mode.

• Set up the connected equipment for playback or recording.

•

When performing digital dubbing with a second camera-recorder or other device, a recording cannot be made unless the signal formats at the output side and input side are identical.

• When using with the 720P/24PN and 720P/30PN settings, digital output in MCR mode only is performed. Digital input is not possible.

• 1394 input images cannot be output from the COMPONENT OUT terminal.

3 Start playing back in the player. 4 Start recording in the recorder.

• If you are using this unit, press the two REC buttons at the same time. On the remote control unit, press the PLAY button while holding down the REC button.

REC

Camera or Remote control

COUNTER

MULTI/ P-IN-P

STILL ADV

INDEX

RESET TITLE

REC A.DUB

PLAY/REW FF/

PAUSE

STOP INDEX

STILL ADV

ZOOM

Ð VOL +

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• In the VCR mode, the recording standby status is established when these two buttons are pressed together in the playback pause status. (The recording standby status will not be established in the MCR mode.) Each time you press the between recording and recording standby.

button, the status switches

5 Stop recording in the recorder.

• On this unit, press the

button.

6 Stop playback on the other unit.

• On this unit, press the

• In the case of tape, the audio when you perform digital dubbing will be recorded in the same audio mode as that on the playback side, regardless of the menu setting on the recording side.

In the case of the P2 card, the DV format is

converted into 48K/2CH or 4CH. In the case of 1080i and 720P, channels 1 to 4 are recorded directly, and channels 5 to 8 are not recorded.

• If you have set 1394 TC REGEN or 1394 UB REGEN to on in the recording unit’s menus you can copy the time code and user information from the playback source. (Pages 108 and 109)

Do not start recording until you can see the

images on the recording unit’s screen. Time code and user information may not be correctly recorded if you start recording before the images are received.

button.

Analog output (P2 card/Tape)

You can record images you have shot on this unit to an S-VHS (VHS) tape in a video deck.

• Use the MEDIA switch to select the P2 card or tape ahead of time. (Pages 25 and 29)

1 Connect the video recording device to the

unit. (Page 80)

2 Press the mode button to switch to the

MCR/VCR mode.

CAMERA

VCR

MCR

DUB

3 Set the unit to playback. 4 Start the recording by operating the video

recording device.

When video recording is completed, stop the video recording device. To stop playback, press the

button.

Editing

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Dubbing (continued)

Analog input (Tape)

Video contents on S-VHS (VHS) cassettes can be copied to tape, and TV programs can be recorded.

• Set the MEDIA switch to the TAPE position. (Page 29)

1 Connect this unit to a video deck or a

television. (Page 80)

2 Press the mode button on the unit to switch

to the MCR/VCR mode.

CAMERA

VCR

MCR

DUB

3 Set the external device to playback.

TAPE

Analog/digital (AD) conversion (VCR mode only) You can use this unit to convert analog to digital signals. In the setup menus, AV IN/OUT SETUP screen, set 1394 OUT to “ON”. (Page 112) This enables you to output digital images, which were input as analog signals from an external unit, through this unit’s 1394 connector to another digital video unit.

Video deck, etc.

Analog signals

4 Press the two REC buttons simultaneously.

On the remote control, while pressing the REC button, press the PLAY button.

REC

Camera or Remote control

• When you press these two buttons simultaneously in the playback pause status, the unit is set to recording standby status. Each time you press the switches between recording and recording standby.

To stop the dubbing, press the

• Stop playback on the external unit.

• You cannot adjust the audio level.

• Analog signals cannot be input in the P2 mode.

COUNTER

RESET TITLE

REC A.DUB

PLAY/REW FF/

PAUSE

STOP INDEX

STILL ADV

ZOOM

Ð VOL +

MULTI/

STILL ADV

INDEX

P-IN-P

button, the status

button.

This camera-recorder

Digital signals

Screen displays

Regular displays

For details on the safety zone, refer to 36.

1 Time code displays

Each time you press the COUNTER button, the display switches over to the following data (or no indication). COUNTER: (Tape or P2-camera mode only) Counter value M COUNTER: (Tape only) Counter value in memory stop mode

TC:

Time code value. When the time code value

could not be read correctly from the P2 card or the tape, [TC

When it acts in drop frame mode, the colon

between seconds and frames become “.”.

tc: (P2 card only)

Time code value. (During FILM CAM mode,

the frame digits are displayed in 24 frames) When the time code value could not be read correctly from the P2 card, [tc

When it acts in drop frame mode, the colon

between seconds and frames become “.”.

UB:

User information When user information could not be read

correctly from the P2 card or the tape, [UB is displayed.

FR:

Frame rate information for recording FR 60I : Standard (60i interlace) mode (60

FR 60P : 60P progressive mode (60 frames/

] is displayed.

∗

fields/sec.)

sec.)

] is displayed.

∗

]

∗

FR 30P : 30P progressive mode (30 frames/

FR 24P : 24P progressive mode (24 frames/

FR 24PA : 24P advanced mode When in FR24P and FR 24PA mode, the

sequence information of the frame conversion at the final place.

2 Warnings

REMOTE:

Blinks when the wrong equipment setting is

selected on the remote control unit.

Lights when condensation has formed inside

the camera-recorder.

Blinks when cylinder heads are dirty.

or :

Blinks when a P2 card or tape has not been

inserted, or when the camera is in a writeprotected state.

FULL or END:

Blinks when either there is no remaining

capacity in the P2 card or the tape has reached the end.

LACK:

Blinks in the loop rec mode when the

remaining capacity of the P2 card is insufficient.

Lights when the internal battery for the

calendar has run out. (Page 60)

sec.)

(Continued on the next page)

Displays

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Screen displays (continued)

3 AUTO/MANUAL switch operation display

This display appears if a function which has been set on the setting menu AUTO SW screen is operating when the AUTO/MANUAL switch has been pressed.

4 Backup unit displays

The status of the backup unit connected to the 1394 connector is displayed here. Nothing is displayed if in the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, 1394 CONTROL, you have selected “OFF”. 1394

: Recording

1394

: Recording standby

1394

: The backup unit cannot be controlled. 1394 : The backup unit is not connected. 1394- - : The backup unit is connected but is

5 Recording format (P2 card) (Page 107)/

recording time (tape) display

6 1394TC display

Appears when the 1394 IN PRESET option on the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen is ON. However, it does not appear when the FIRST REC TC item is REGEN. (This appears in the MCR/VCR mode.)

7 Information display

Following information is displayed depending on the situation.

• Performance of the auto white balance or the

• Warning (Page 94)

• The functions allocated to the USER buttons

8 Squeeze information

Appears when in the setup menus, CAMERA SETUP screen, ASPECT CONV, you have selected “SQUEEZE” (page 103) or when playing back images recorded in the squeeze mode.

9 Mic level auto control

Appears when in the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen, MIC ALC, you have selected “ON”.

10 AWB error

LOWLIGHT: Appears when the brightness level adjusted by the auto white balance is too low.

in a mode other than recording or recording standby.

auto black balance

are displayed while you hold down the DISP/ MODE CHK button.

11 Marker luminance display

When markers are displayed, the brightness level around the center of the screen is indicated as 0% to 99%. “99%↑” appears if the percentage is over 99.

12 Calendar

Month:

JAN (January), FEB (February), MAR (March), APR (April), MAY (May), JUN (June), JUL (July), AUG (August), SEP (September), OCT (October), NOV (November), DEC (December)

Day of the month

Year: 2000 - 2030

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

mmm dd yyyy hh:mm:ss

13 Recording/playback frame rate display

Apart from the case of 720/30PN and 720/24PN, only the recording frame rate is displayed.

14 Audio sampling frequency (Tape only)

15 Shutter speed

The shutter speed is displayed here.

16 Audio level meter (Page 54)

17 Auto iris control displays

STD : Standard auto-iris control SPOT : Auto iris control for spotlight BACK : Auto iris control for backlight

compensation

18 IRIS display

Displays F value. The F value during shooting is also displayed during playback when ON was selected under CAMERA DATA of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen.

19 Zoom position display

The zoom poison is displayed with Z00 (maximum wide-angle) - Z99 (maximum zoom). The unit can be switched to mm in the ZOOM•FOCUS option of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen.

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20 Focus control display

Displays the focus control information with 99-00. In the auto focus mode, AF appears. In the manual focus mode, MF appears. When the display is set to macro control, the black and white of AF or MF are displayed in reverse. 95 (Focal distance: infinity) : 00 (Focal distance: approx. 5 cm) Depending on the zoom position, the macro range may not be enabled. Also, depending on the zoom position, the lower limit value of macro range may be different. The units can be switched between feet and m in the ZOOM•FOCUS option of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen.

21 INDEX/MEMO/MARK IN recording display

This display lights when the USER button to which the INDEX/MEMO function has already been allocated is pressed while recording and the index/memo signals are recorded. It blinks when the USER button is pressed before recording. (Index/memo signal recording standby status)

22 Recommended ND filter

The recommended ND filter under the current shooting conditions is displayed here.

23 ND filter display

ND filter selected is displayed. When [ND--] is displayed, the ND filter may be out of alignment. (OFF, the position except 1/8, 1/64) Check the position of the ND filter switch.

24 Gain display

Displays the gain value of the image amplifier configured. (During the auto mode, AGC is displayed.) When the CAMERA DATA option on the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen is set to ON, the value of the gain used during shooting is also displayed during playback using tape.

25 AWB operation display

The white balance operation is indicated here.

26 AWB information display

Displays the information of white balance.

ATW: When ATW is set P3.2K/P5.6K: In the case of preset Ach/Bch: In the case of A/B LOCK: When ATW is locked

27 Displays marker

During shooting, pressing the ZEBRA button once or twice will display the marker.

28 Optical Image Stabilizer (

[

] also appears during tape playback as camera data when images were shot in the optical image stabilization mode if ON was selected under CAMERA DATA of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen.

29 Scene file name display (in camera mode)/

DUB display (in dubbing mode) (Pages 55

and 87)

30 Remaining battery charge

As the remaining battery charge drops, the display changes as follows:

When the battery has completely discharged,

( ) blinks. (When the AC adapter is being used, a display other than of malfunctioning.)

31 Media remaining memory display

There is no display while the remaining memory is being calculated. Also, the remaining memory is not displayed during slow playback using tape. “LOOP” is displayed during Loop recording (LOOP REC).

32 Operational state display

REC : Recording PAUSE : Recording pause

: Play pause

STNDBY :

Standby (the cylinder-head is stopped)

A. DUB

Standby for dubbing record

A. DUB

Dubbing record

: Play

( ) :

Fast-forward/Fast-forward play (Rewind/Fast-backward play)

( ) :

Slow play (Reverse slow play)

CHK : Rec check

( ) :

Cue (reverse cue)

( ) :

Frame-by-frame (Reverse Frame-by-frame)

BLANK :

Blank search

may appear: this is not a sign

(Continued on the next page)

) display

Displays

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Screen displays (continued)

REC END :

End of recording search

/x (x /x ):

Variable-speed search (Reverse variable-

speed search)

33 Media information display

The card slot where the P2 card was inserted and the basic information of the media are displayed here.

lights:

P2 card on which data can be recorded.

lights green:

P2 card on which data is to be recorded.

flashes:

Card recognition underway.

No card inserted.

P: Write-protected F: Full memory X: Cannot recognize E: Card with a folder structure error (becomes

normal if formatted)

34 Special recording display

This display appears when the REC FUNCTION option of the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen is set to INTERVAL, ONE SHOT or LOOP, and when PRE REC is set to ON.

35 Monitor sound volume level meter

When you press the PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button, the sound volume output from the builtin speaker and headphone jack is displayed.

36 Safety zone

The range of the zone is indicated by the SAFETY ZONE item (page 113) on the DISPLAY SETUP screen. 4:3 This indicates the position

which is cropped to 4:3.

90% This indicates the range

(90%) in which signals can be displayed by an ordinary homeuse TV set.

Warnings

COPY INHIBITED

Can not record correctly because of the input

signal copy-guarded.

EXTERNAL 1394 DISCONNECT

When the 1394 CONTROL item of the OTHER

FUNCTIONS screen of the Setup menu is set to EXT and recording without connecting external units with 1394 terminal, this display appears.

INCOMPATIBLE CARD

The card cannot be used since it does not

comply with the specified standard.

RUN DOWN CARD

The end of the P2 card service life has been reached. We recommend that you replace the card. Recording and playback can be performed even when this warning is displayed. However, a warning will be displayed when this P2 card is inserted into a P2 device and when recording is finished.

DIR ENTRY NG CARD

The card has a folder structure error. It cannot be used for special recordings (interval recording, one-shot recording and loop recording). A warning will be displayed when this P2 card is inserted into a P2 device and when recording is finished.

FORMAT ERR !

This card is not compliant with the P2 standard.

INCOMPATIBLE TAPE

Can not use because the tape is not the standard

for this unit (e.g. a tape for saving data).

LOW BATTERY

No operations can be performed since the

battery charge is low.

UNPLAYABLE TAPE (OTHER FORMAT)

Can not playback because of the different tape

format.

UNABLE TO A. DUB (LP RECORDED)

Can not perform dubbing because the tape was

recorded with LP mode.

<Thumbnail operations> CANNOT ACCESS

Cannot access clips.

CANNOT DELETE

Cannot delete clips.

CANNOT FORMAT

Cannot format P2 cards or SD memory cards.

CANNOT REPAIR Cannot repair clips. CARD FULL

The P2 card does not have enough free space

for recording.

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WRITE PROTECTED

The P2 card or SD memory card is write-

protected.

NO CARD

A P2 card or SD memory card has not been

inserted.

NO FILE

There are no files (version upgrade files, etc.).

Errors

These are displayed when an error occurs in the unit, P2 card, tape, or other component. If the problem is not fixed by turning the power off and then on again, either replace the card or tape based on the error information, or consult with your dealer as to which one is to be purchased.

AUTO OFF

When trouble occurs with tape running systems,

AUTO OFF is displayed.

When AUTO OFF is displayed, the power supply

of this device is automatically set to OFF.

CYLINDER LOCK LOADING LOCK UNLOADING LOCK T REEL LOCK (Take up reel lock) S REEL LOCK (Supply reel lock) CANNOT PLAY

This is displayed when trouble has occurred

during playback.

CARD ERR (1) (2) (1/2)

(Trouble has occurred in the P2 card found in the

slot indicated by the number.) CLIP ERROR (clip trouble) UPDATING (clip recording)

ERROR (other type of trouble) SYSTEM ERROR

This is displayed when trouble has occurred in

the system. Switch ON the power again. P2 MICON ERROR (no P2 microcomputer

response) P2 CONTROL ERROR (trouble in P2 control) REC RAM OVERFLOW (recording RAM

overflow)

TURN POWER OFF

This display appears when an abnormality occurs

as a result of the card being pulled out while data

is being accessed.

REC WARNING

This is displayed when trouble has occurred

during recording. Carry out recording once again.

If the warning persists, consult your dealer.

CARD ERR (1) (2) (1/2) (Trouble has occurred in the P2 card found in the

slot indicated by the number.)

• If the warning continues, turn off the power.

• If the warning appears even when recording is carried out again, replace the card with another one.

ERROR (other type of trouble)

WARNING

When trouble occurs with camera systems,

WARNING is displayed. FOCUS LOCK (Abnormal focus operation) PSD NG (Abnormal vibration detected) GYRO NG (Abnormal Optical Image Stabilizer

control)

1394

This is displayed when trouble has occurred in

the 1394 connections or signals. (P2 mode only) 1394 INITIAL ERROR (connection error) 1394 INPUT ERROR (input error) 1394 INPUT ERROR (OTHER FORMAT) (wrong

input format)

Displays

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Screen displays (continued)

Setting the DISPLAY items

Display the following items on the viewfinder and LCD monitor screen by pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button or by configuring OTHER DISPLAY of the DISPLAY SETUP screen of the setup menus. (Page 114)

Displays

MODE

CHECK

DISPLAY

Audio dubbing mode

ALL PARTIAL OFF

1 Time code display ———— 3 AUTO/MANUAL switch operation display 5 Recording format/recording time display 7 Information display

—xxx

8 Squeeze information display x 9 Microphone level auto-control display 12 Calendar display 13 Recording/playback frame rate display 14 Audio-sampling frequency display

———

∗

xx 15 Shutter speed display x 16 Audio level meter display 17 Auto-IRIS control display 18 IRIS display

19 Zoom position display

20 Focus control display

22 Recommended ND filter display 23 ND filter display 24 Gain display 26 AWB information display 28 Optical Image Stabilizer display 29 Scene file name/DUB display 30 Remaining battery display

———

x x

———

∗

x x x

——— 31 Media remaining memory display ——— 36 Safety zone display — — — — —

The item in The item in

∗

1 Not displayed when FRAME RATE is set to 60i.

∗

2 0 dB is not displayed.

∗

3 Only preset 3.2K and 5.6K are displayed.

in the MODE CHECK space appears when you press and hold the DISP/MODE CHK button. in the DISPLAY space disappears when you press the DISP/MODE CHK button.

: Displayed x : Not displayed — : Displayed depending on other settings

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Using the setup menus

Use the setup menus to change the settings to suit the scenes you are shooting or what you are recording.

Operation buttons

MENU button

SET

Using the menus

• If the thumbnail menu is displayed, press the AUDIO/THUMBNAIL button to release the display. (Page 67)

• The menu items indicated in the blue characters cannot be used.

1 When the unit is in other than playback or

recording mode, press the MENU button.

The following is displayed on the viewfinder and LCD screen.

CAMERA mode (Example)

3 Press the (or ) button to display the

items.

Example:

4 Use the and buttons to move to the

option that you want to set.

Example:

5 Press the button to make the setting.

To change a number, use the to change the setting value.

Example:

and buttons

MCR/VCR mode (Example)

2 Press , to highlight the function you

want to change.

(Continued on the next page)

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Using the setup menus (continued)

6 To change other settings, repeat steps 4 and

When you finish, press the MENU button to return to the function screen.

7 To change other functions, repeat steps 2 to

When you exit the menu mode, press the MENU button again to return to the normal screen.

Initializing the menu settings

The menu settings contain both the user file settings and the scene file settings. You can initialize them separately.

To initialize the user file (i.e. all the settings other than the scene file settings)

Select INITIAL in USER FILE of the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen. The current menu settings of user file will return to the factory settings.

To initialize the scene file

From the 6 scene files, select the one you want to initialize with the scene dial. Then in the SCENE FILE screen, SAVE/INIT, select INITIAL. The settings for only the selected scene file are returned to the factory settings.

• This does not effect the other scene files.

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Setup menu structure

Camera mode menu

P2 TAP E

CAMERA MENU

OPTION MENU

(Page 119)

indicates the available setting in P2 mode only or TAPE mode only.

SCENE FILE

(Pages 101 - 103)

ASPECT CONV

CAMERA SETUP

(Page 103)

SW MODE

(Pages 104 and 105)

AUTO SW

(Page 106)

SETUP(P2) SETUP(TAPE)

MID GAIN HIGH GAIN ATW HANDLE ZOOM IRIS DIAL USER1 USER2 USER3

A.IRIS AGC ATW AF

RECORDING SETUP

(Pages 107 - 109)

AV IN/OUT SETUP

(Page 112)

DISPLAY SETUP

(Pages 113 and 114)

CARD FUNCTIONS

(Page 115)

CMPNT OUT SEL

HP MODE

ZEBRA DETECT 1 ZEBRA DETECT 2 MARKER SAFETY ZONE VIDEO OUT OSD DATE/TIME LEVEL METER ZOOM FOCUS CARD/TAPE BATT OTHER DISPLAY LCD BACKLIGHT LCD SET EVF SET SELF SHOOT EVF MODE DISPLAY ASPECT EVF COLOR

SCENE FILE USER FILE SD CARD FORMAT

OTHER FUNCTIONS

(Pages 115 - 118)

TAPE

1394 STATUS 1394 CONFIG

OPERATION TYPE FRAME RATE SYNCRO SCAN DETAIL LEVEL V DETAIL LEVEL DETAIL CORING CHROMA LEVEL CHROMA PHASE COLOR TEMP MASTER PED A.IRIS LEVEL NEWS GAMMA GAMMA KNEE MATRIX SKIN TONE DTL V DETAIL FREQ NAME EDIT SAVE/INIT

REC FORMAT(P2) REC FORMAT(TAPE) 480i REC MODE REC FUNCTION ONE SHOT TIME INTERVAL TIME PREREC MODE REC SPEED AUDIO REC MIC ALC MIC GAIN 1 MIC GAIN 2 25M REC CH SEL TC MODE TCG FIRST REC TC TC PRESET

UB MODE UB PRESET

REMOTE 1394 CONTROL 1394 CMD SEL END SEARCH PC MODE REC LAMP ACCESS LED BEEP SOUND CLOCK SET TIME ZONE POWER SAVE USER FILE HOUR METER OPERATION

TAPE

P2 P2

P2 P2 P2

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Setup menu structure (continued)

MCR/VCR (playback and external input) mode menu

P2 TAP E

MCR/VCR MENU

indicates the available setting in P2 mode only or TAPE mode only.

RECORDING SETUP

(Pages 107 - 109)

PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS

(Pages 110 and 111)

AV IN/OUT SETUP

(Page 112)

32K(12bit) AUDIO AUDIO OUT (P2) AUDIO OUT (TAPE)

CMPNT OUT SEL A.DUB INPUT 1394 OUT

TAPE

REC SPEED AUDIO REC 1394 TC REGEN TC MODE TCG FIRST REC TC TC PRESET 1394 UB REGEN UB MODE UB PRESET 1394 IN PRESET

TAPE TAPE

TAPE

DISPLAY SETUP

(Pages 113 and 114)

OTHER FUNCTIONS

(Pages 115 - 118)

OPTION MENU

(Page 119)

VIDEO OUT OSD DATE/TIME LEVEL METER CARD/TAPE BATT OTHER DISPLAY CAMERA DATA LCD BACKLIGHT LCD SET EVF SET EVF MODE DISPLAY ASPECT

EVF COLOR

REMOTE

END SEARCH

PC MODE ACCESS LED CLOCK SET TIME ZONE USER FILE HOUR METER

OPERATION

Dubbing mode menu

This screen appears only in the dubbing mode.

DUBBING MENU

RECORDING SETUP

(Pages 107-109)

DUBBING SETUP

(Page 112)

FORMAT SEL PULLDOWN SEL SETUP(TAPE)

TAPE

1394 STATUS 1394 CONFIG

REC SPEED TC MODE TCG FIRST REC TC TC PRESET UB MODE UB PRESET

TAPE

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Panasonic AG-HVX200AP User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Read this first!

Recommendation for Use of Genuine Panasonic Battery Pack (Rechargeable Battery)

Software information for this product

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Contents

Outline of operations

Precaution for use

Accessories

About this manual

Description of parts

Right side and rear side

Left side

Terminals and mounting parts

Remote control

The battery

Charging

Installing and removing the power supply

Installing and removing the battery

Connecting and disconnecting the power cord

Adjusting the hand strap

Attaching the shoulder strap

Detaching and attaching the lens hood

The remote control

Insert the battery

Remote control setup

Turn on/off the camera

Tally lamp

Viewfinder

Using the viewfinder

Using the LCD

Emphasizing outlines

Adjusting the screen display

Setting the calendar

Basic shooting operations (P2 card)

Preparing to shoot using a P2 card

Shooting in auto mode

Checking photos taken (REC CHECK)

P2 card access lamps

Protecting against a possible erasure

Formatting P2 cards

Recording times

Remove the P2 card

Basic shooting operations (Cassette tape)

Preparing to shoot using a tape

Shooting in auto mode

Checking scenes taken (REC CHECK)

Remove the cassette tape

Cassette tapes

Using SD/SDHC memory cards

Installing and removing the SD memory card

Formatting SD memory card

Cautions in using SD memory cards

Using the zoom function

Variable frame rates (VFR)

Native recording

Standard recording

Using variable frame rates (VFR)

Shooting in 1080i/480i progressive mode

Shooting in manual mode

Switching to manual mode

Manual focusing

Using focus assist

Iris adjustments

Adjusting the gain

Light intensity adjustments

Adjusting the white balance

Shooting techniques for different targets

Low-angle shooting

Self-portrait shooting

Zebra pattern

Marker

Checking and displaying shooting status

Changing the image size

Optical Image Stabilizer

Adding effects to images

Using the USER buttons