Panasonic aj-hpd2500 operating instructions

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Operating Instructions

Memory Card Recorder

Model No. AJ-HPD2500P

Model No. AJ-HPD2500E

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

• AVCHD capability is available when the optional AVCHD Codec board AJ-YCX250G is installed.

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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 mains plug from the AC receptacle.

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:

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock and

WARNING:

This equipment must be grounded. To ensure safe operation, the three-pin plug must be inserted only into a standard three-pin power outlet which is effectively grounded through normal household wiring. Extension cords used with the equipment must have three cores and be correctly wired to provide connection to the ground. Wrongly wired extension cords are a major cause of fatalities. The fact that the equipment operates satisfactorily does not imply that the power outlet is grounded or that the installation is completely safe. For your safety, if you are in any doubt about the effective grounding of the power outlet, please consult a qualified electrician.

WARNING:

• To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture.

• To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, 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.

annoying interference, use the recommended accessories only.

CAUTION:

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, refer mounting of the optional interface boards to qualified service personnel.

CAUTION:

This apparatus can be operated at a voltage in the range of 100 – 240 V AC. Voltages other than 120 V are not intended for U.S.A. and Canada. Operation at a voltage other than 120 V AC may require the use of a different AC plug. Please contact either a local or foreign Panasonic authorized service center for assistance in selecting an alternate AC plug.

CAUTION:

Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss.

CAUTION:

A coin type battery is installed inside of the unit. Do not expose the unit to excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like.

CAUTION:

• Keep the temperature inside the rack to between 5 °C to 40 °C.

• Bolt the rack securely to the floor so that it will not topple over when VTR is drawn out.

indicates safety information.

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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.

S3125A

Notice (U.S.A. only):

This product has a fluorescent lamp that contains mercury. Disposal may be regulated in your community due to environmental considerations. For disposal or recycling information, please contact your local authorities, or the Electronic Industries Alliance: http://www.eiae.org.

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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FCC NOTICE (U.S.A.)

Declaration of Conformity

Model Number: AJ-HPD2500P

Trade Name: Panasonic

Responsible Party: Panasonic Corporation of North America

One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ07094

Support contact: 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.

Note:

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.

Warning:

To assure continued FCC emission limit compliance, follow the attached installation instructions and 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.

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WARNING:

This equipment must be earthed. To ensure safe operation, the three-pin plug must be inserted only into a standard three-pin power point which is effectively earthed through normal household wiring. Extension cords used with the equipment must have three cores and be correctly wired to provide connection to the earth. Wrongly wired extension cords are a major cause of fatalities. The fact that the equipment operates satisfactorily does not imply that the power point is earthed or that the installation is completely safe. For your safety, if you are in any doubt about the effective earthing of the power point, please consult a qualified electrician.

WARNING:

• To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not

expose this equipment to rain or moisture.

• To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, 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:

Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss.

CAUTION:

A coin type battery is installed inside of the unit. Do not expose the unit to excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like.

CAUTION:

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock and annoying interference, use the recommended accessories only.

CAUTION:

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, refer mounting of the optional interface boards to qualified service personnel.

CAUTION:

Do not remove panel covers by unscrewing them. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the covers. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

CAUTION:

• Keep the temperature inside the rack to between 5 °C to 40 °C.

• Bolt the rack securely to the floor so that it will not topple over when VTR is drawn out.

indicates safety information.

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Caution for AC Mains Lead

FOR YOUR SAFETY PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT CAREFULLY.

This product is equipped with 2 types of AC mains cable. One is for continental Europe, etc. and the other one is only for U.K. Appropriate mains cable must be used in each local area, since the other type of mains cable is not suitable.

FOR CONTINENTAL EUROPE, ETC.

Not to be used in the U.K.

FOR U.K. ONLY

This appliance is supplied with a moulded three pin mains plug for your safety and convenience. A 13 amp fuse is fitted in this plug. Should the fuse need to be replaced please ensure that the replacement fuse has a rating of 13 amps and that it is approved by ASTA or BSI to BS1362.

Check for the ASTA mark or the BSI mark on the body of the fuse.

If the plug contains a removable fuse cover you must ensure that it is refitted when the fuse is replaced. If you lose the fuse cover the plug must not be used until a replacement cover is obtained. A replacement fuse cover can be purchased from your local Panasonic Dealer.

FOR U.K. ONLY

How to replace the fuse

1.Open the fuse compartment with a screwdriver.

2.Replace the fuse.

Fuse

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EEE Yönetmeliğine Uygundur. EEE Complies with Directive of Turkey.

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EMC NOTICE FOR THE PURCHASER/USER OF THE APPARATUS

1. Applicable standards and operating environment (AJ-HPD2500E)

The apparatus is compliant with:

• standards EN55103-1 and EN55103-2 1996.11, and

• electromagnetic environments E1, E2, E3 and E4

2. Pre-requisite conditions to achieving compliance with the above standards

<1> Peripheral equipment to be connected to the apparatus and special connecting cables

• The purchaser/user is urged to use only equipment which has been recommended by us as peripheral equipment to be connected to the apparatus.

• The purchaser/user is urged to use only the connecting cables described below.

<2> For the connecting cables, use shielded cables which suit the intended purpose of the

apparatus.

• Video signal connecting cables Use double shielded coaxial cables, which are designed for 75-ohm type high-frequency applications, for SDI (Serial Digital Interface). Coaxial cables, which are designed for 75-ohm type high-frequency applications, are recommended for analog video signals.

• Audio signal connecting cables If your apparatus supports AES/EBU serial digital audio signals, use cables designed for AES/EBU. Use shielded cables, which provide quality performance for high-frequency transmission applications, for analog audio signals.

• Other connecting cables (IEEE1394, USB) Use shielded cables, which provide quality performance for high-frequency applications, as connecting cables.

• When connecting to the DVI signal terminal, use a cable with a ferrite core.

• If your apparatus is supplied with ferrite core(s), they must be attached on cable(s) following instructions in this manual.

3. Performance level

The performance level of the apparatus is equivalent to or better than the performance level required by these standards.

However, the apparatus may be adversely affected by interference if it is being used in an EMC environment, such as an area where strong electromagnetic fields are generated (by the presence of signal transmission towers, cellular phones, etc.). In order to minimize the adverse effects of the interference on the apparatus in cases like this, it is recommended that the following steps be taken with the apparatus being affected and with its operating environment:

1. Place the apparatus at a distance from the source of the interference.

2. Change the direction of the apparatus.

3. Change the connection method used for the apparatus.

4. Connect the apparatus to another power outlet where the power is not shared by any other

appliances.

To remove the battery

Back-up Battery (Lithium Battery)

• For the removal of the battery for disposal at the end of its service life, please consult your dealer.

• SDHC logo is a trademark of SD-3C, LLC.

• “AVCHD” and “AVCHD” logo are trademarks of Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation.

•Microsoft

States and/or other countries.

• Microsoft product screen shots reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.

• Names of products, brands, etc., appearing in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective own-

ers.

• This product is licensed under the AVC Patent Portfolio License for the personal and non-commercial use of the following

activities of a consumer but no license is granted or implied for any other use.

- Encoding video in compliance with the AVC standard (hereafter referred to as “AVC video”).

- Decoding AVC video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and non-commercial activity.

- Decoding AVC video that was obtained from a video provider licensed to provide AVC video.

Additional information may be obtained from MPEG LA, LLC (http://www.mpegla.com).

- Using this product to make recordings on SD memory cards for distribution to end users for a commercial purpose requires

a separate license agreement from MPEG-LA. End user refers to a person or organization using content for private purpos-

es.

, Windows® and Windows Vista® are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation of the United

Illustrations in this manual

• Note that illustrations of the unit and menu screens may differ from the ones you actually see.

Page references

• In this manual, references to pages are indicated as: (➝ page 00).

Terminology

• The term “SD memory card” will be used below as a generic for SD and SDHC memory cards.

• A memory card with the “P2” logo (for example the separately sold AJ-P2C064AG) is referred to as a “P2 card.”

• A hard disk drive (HDD) is referred to as a “hard disk.”

• A continuous video recording created during a single recording is referred to as a “clip.”

• The state when the THUMBNAIL and PLAY LIST buttons are off is referred to as the “recording/playback mode.” (Refer to

page 37.)

Contents

Read this first! (For AJ-HPD2500P) .............................................................2

Read this first! (For AJ-HPD2500E) .............................................................5

Accessories ...............................................................................................15

Included Accessories ................................................................................. 15

Optional Accessories .................................................................................. 15

Adjusting Lower Front Panel Tilt ................................................................16

Introduction Features .....................................................................................................18

Control Reference Guide ...........................................................................22

Audio and Video Controller ......................................................................... 22

GUI Operations ...........................................................................................26

Panel Control Unit and Card Slots .............................................................. 30

LCD Panel ...................................................................................................32

Rear Panel and Connectors Inside the Lower Front Panel .........................34

Moving Between Screens and Menu Operations .......................................37

Operating Modes ........................................................................................37

Menu Operations .........................................................................................38

Using the On-screen Keyboard ..................................................................39

Using the Full Keyboard ..............................................................................39

Using the Ten Keypad ................................................................................ 39

Using a USB Keyboard ............................................................................... 40

Recording, Playback and P2 Card Handling ..............................................41

Insert a P2 Card ..........................................................................................41

Recording and Playback .............................................................................41

P2 card and recording times ...................................................................... 42

LOOP REC Function ....................................................................................43

Removing P2 Cards ....................................................................................43

Preventing Accidental Deletion ................................................................... 44

Connections ...............................................................................................45

Example of Connections in 23.98/24/29.97/25 Hz Mode ............................ 45

Example of Connections for Remote Control .............................................. 45

Recording From a Variable Frame-Rate Camera ......................................46

Recording HD SDI Output Signals from a Variable Frame-rate Camera as

720/23.98p ............................................................................................. 46

Recording HD SDI Signals Output by an HD Camera as 1080/23.98p ...... 47

Jog and Shuttle Operations Using the Search Dial ....................................48

Jog Mode ....................................................................................................48

Shuttle Mode and Slow Mode (SHTL Mode/SLOW Mode) ......................... 48

Clip Management Thumbnail and Clip Management ..............................................................49

Thumbnail Screen Names and Functions ................................................... 50

Thumbnail Menu .......................................................................................... 53

Changing Thumbnail Display ...................................................................... 54

Thumbnail Editing ....................................................................................... 57

Selecting Clips ...........................................................................................58

Playing Back Clips .....................................................................................59

Playing Back Single Clips ........................................................................... 60

Attaching Text Memos and Shot Marks .................................................... 61

Attaching Text Memos ................................................................................ 61

Attaching Shot Marks .................................................................................. 62

Copying Clips ............................................................................................ 63

Deleting Clips ............................................................................................ 64

Repairing and Reconnecting Clips ............................................................ 65

Repairing Bad Clips .................................................................................... 65

Reconnecting Incomplete Clips .................................................................. 65

Viewing and Revising Clip Information ..................................................... 66

Viewing Clip Information ............................................................................. 66

Revising Clip Metadata ............................................................................... 67

Attaching Metadata to Clips ...................................................................... 68

Preparing a Metadata Upload File .............................................................. 68

Setup to Attach Metadata ........................................................................... 68

Loading Set Metadata Values .....................................................................69

Recording Clips Containing Metadata ........................................................71

Using SD/SDHC Memory Cards ............................................................... 72

Displaying Miscellaneous SD Memory Card Information ............................ 72

Formatting SD Memory Cards .....................................................................72

Formatting P2 Cards ................................................................................. 74

Formatting Individual P2 Cards ...................................................................74

Formatting All P2 Cards ..............................................................................74

Checking Card Status ............................................................................... 75

Selecting Information to Display ................................................................. 75

Displaying Card Status Information ............................................................. 76

Editing Playlist Function ........................................................................................ 78

Editing Workflow ..........................................................................................79

Insert Editing Mode and Overwrite Editing Mode .......................................80

Handling of Sections without Audio and Video ...........................................80

Undoing and Redoing ................................................................................. 80

Audio Fading between Events ....................................................................80

Names and Functions of the Playlist Screen ...............................................81

Buttons Used in Playlist Operations ............................................................ 86

Preparing for Playlist Creation .................................................................. 90

Setting System Frequency .......................................................................... 90

Setting Playlist Format ................................................................................. 90

Setting the Playback Time Code (TC) .........................................................90

Other Settings .............................................................................................90

Creating a New Playlist ...............................................................................91

Naming Playlists .......................................................................................... 92

Creating Playlists ...................................................................................... 93

Registering Events in a Playlist ...................................................................93

Registering Events by Clip ..........................................................................99

Revising Registered Events ........................................................................ 99

Saving a Playlist to a P2 Card ................................................................... 103

Opening a Playlist File ............................................................................... 104

Deleting Playlist Files ...............................................................................105

Recording Voice-Overs ............................................................................106

Preparing for Voice-Overs ......................................................................... 106

Voice-Over after Assigning the IN and OUT Points ..................................107

Revising Voice-Overs ................................................................................ 108

Setting Audio Level ..................................................................................109

Setting a Constant Audio Level for the Entire Event during

Event Recording .................................................................................. 109

Changing Audio Level in an Event during Event Registration ..................110

Setting Audio Levels for Specific Sections ............................................... 110

Viewing Event and Clip Information .........................................................112

Event Property Indication .......................................................................... 112

Clip Property Indication ............................................................................. 112

Playing Back Playlists ..............................................................................114

Playing Back Playlists ...............................................................................114

Reviewing Events ...................................................................................... 114

Creating New Clips from the Playlist (Edit Copy) .....................................115

Connections Using USB or eSATA Connectors ...........................................................116

Using the Unit as a USB Device ............................................................... 116

Using the Unit as a USB Host ...................................................................116

Connecting a PC to This Unit ...................................................................117

Switching to USB Device Mode ................................................................117

Using This Unit With a Hard Disk .............................................................118

Supported Hard Disks ............................................................................... 118

Formatting Hard Disks .............................................................................. 120

Exporting Data by Card to a Hard Disk .................................................... 120

Copying Clips to a Hard Disk .................................................................... 121

Displaying Hard Disk Information (Explorer Screen) ................................ 122

Hard Disk Operations ................................................................................123

Importing Data from a Hard Disk to a P2 Card .........................................124

Displaying Clip Thumbnails on a Hard Disk ............................................. 125

Viewing Hard Disk Clip Information .......................................................... 127

Deleting Hard Disk Clips (TYPE S and FAT Formatted Hard Disks) ......... 127

Playing Back Audio and Video of Hard Disk Clips for Confirmation ......... 127

External Remote Control ..........................................................................128

Remote Operation of External Devices ..................................................... 128

Automatic Recording of Cards .................................................................. 129

Connecting This Unit to a Network ..........................................................130

Network Settings .......................................................................................130

Using FTP Client Functions ....................................................................... 135

Displaying Clip Thumbnails on the FTP Server (FTP Thumbnail Screen) . 136

Deleting Clips on the FTP Server ..............................................................137

Viewing FTP Server Clip Information .........................................................137

Transferring Clips ...................................................................................... 137

Transferring SD Memory Card Data .......................................................... 139

Using Server Functions ............................................................................. 140

Using Browser Functions .......................................................................... 141

RS-232C Interface .................................................................................. 144

Conditions for receiving commands via an RS-232C interface ................ 144

Hardware Specifications ...........................................................................144

Software Specifications (Protocol) ............................................................144

Clip Select Function About the Clip Select Function ................................................................ 148

Clip Select Setting ..................................................................................... 148

Canceling Clip Select ................................................................................148

AVCHD Recording and

Playback

Using an Optional AVCHD Board ........................................................... 149

SD/SDHC Memory Cards .......................................................................... 149

Operating the AVCHD Thumbnail Screens ...............................................152

Setting up for Playback ............................................................................. 159

Playing Back AVCHD Clips .......................................................................160

Recording AVCHD Material on P2 Cards ..................................................160

Recording AVCHD to an SD Memory Card ...............................................162

Setup Unit Setup ............................................................................................... 164

Changing Settings ................................................................................... 165

Change Operations ...................................................................................165

Using a Lock to Protect the User Setting File ........................................... 166

Returning to Factory Defaults (Initial Settings) ..........................................166

Setup Menu ............................................................................................. 167

Item Settings ........................................................................................... 169

SYSTEM ..................................................................................................... 169

BASIC ........................................................................................................ 171

OPERATION ..............................................................................................177

INTERFACE ...............................................................................................179

EDIT ........................................................................................................... 180

TIME CODE ............................................................................................... 180

VIDEO ........................................................................................................ 183

AUDIO ....................................................................................................... 187

LCD ........................................................................................................... 191

MENU ........................................................................................................ 192

Saving Menu Settings to SD Memory Cards ............................................. 193

Time Code, User Bit and CTL ................................................................. 195

For Long and Trouble-Free

Operation

Superimpose Screen .............................................................................. 198

List of Compatible Input and Output Formats ......................................... 199

Audio V Fade Function ........................................................................... 201

Audio Recording Channels Selection ..................................................... 202

Audio Recording Channels ....................................................................... 202

Condensation .......................................................................................... 203

Maintenance ........................................................................................... 203

Error Messages ....................................................................................... 204

WARNING Information Display ................................................................. 205

“HOURS METER” Information Display ...................................................... 213

List of Shortcuts ......................................................................................... 214

List of Multiple Button Operations ............................................................. 215

Updating the Firmware in This Unit ..........................................................216

Rack Mounting .........................................................................................217

Mounting the Recorder in the Rack .......................................................... 217

Handling P2 Card Recording ...................................................................218

Handling SD Memory Card Recording .....................................................219

Specifications ........................................................................................................................................................220

Index .....................................................................................................................................................................223

■ Information on software for this product

1. Included with this product is software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and GNU Lesser General Pub-

lic License (LGPL), and users are hereby informed that they have the right to obtain, change and redistribute the source

codes of this software.

To obtain the source codes, go to the following home page:

http://pro-av.panasonic.net/

The manufacturer asks users to refrain from directing inquiries concerning the source codes they have obtained and other

details to its representatives.

2. Included with this product is software which is licensed under MIT-License.

3. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).

4. This product includes software which is licensed under OpenBSD License.

5. This product includes PHP, freely available from <http://www.php.net/>.

6. This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

Details on the above software can be found on the installation CD provided with the unit. Refer to the folder called “LDOC”.

(Details are given in the original (English language) text.)

■ Panasonic makes no guarantees for your recordings

Please understand that Panasonic makes no guarantees for your recordings in cases where video and/or audio were not

recorded as you intended due to problems with this unit, P2 cards, or SD memory cards.

■ What to remember when throwing memory cards away or transferring them to others

Formatting memory cards or deleting data using the functions of the unit or a PC will merely change the file management infor-

mation: it will not completely erase the data on the cards. When throwing these cards away or transferring them to others, either

physically destroy them or use a data deletion program for PCs (commercially available) to completely erase the data. Users

are responsible for managing the data on their memory cards.

■ Place of Installation

Do not install this unit in a location exposed to direct sunlight as this may deform the cabinet or damage the LCD screen.

■ Liquid crystal displays

• While 99.99 % or more of the pixels on an LCD screen will function normally, 0.01 % may either be dead or constantly lit (seen

as red, blue or green dots). This is not a malfunction.

• There may be some unevenness on the screen depending on the image displayed.

• Wiping or rubbing the LCD screen with a rough cloth may damage it.

• Leaving an unchanging image on the screen for a long period of time may create a temporary afterimage (burn-in).

• LCD response and brightness vary with ambient temperature.

• In a high-temperature and high-humidity location, the LCD panel characteristics may change and result in uneven image quality.

Accessories

Included Accessories

Power cable.................................................1 (AJ-HPD2500P)

2 (AJ-HPD2500E)

CD-ROM ................................................................................ 1

◆ NOTE:

• Be sure to appropriately dispose of the packing material when you have unpacked the product.

• Consult your supplier regarding purchase of accessories.

Optional Accessories

• Rack mount adapter

AJ-MA75P

• AVCHD Codec board

AJ-YCX250G

◆ NOTE:

• Do not use optional boards other than the above product.

• Have your supplier install optional boards.

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Accessories

Adjusting Lower Front Panel Tilt

◆NOTE:

• Take care to avoid pinching your fingers when adjusting the tilt of the lower front panel.

Opening the lower front panel

1 Raise the lower front panel to open it.

Lower front panel

フロントパネル（下部）

2 Lock the lower front panel at one of the positions

shown below.

Closing the lower front panel

1 Pull up the levers at either end of the lower front pan-

el to release the lock.

Lever

レバー

2 Lower the lower front panel while pulling on the lever

to close it.

⑤

④

③

①

②

◆NOTE:

• The front panel can be adjusted to one of 5 positions.

• When opening the front panel, be sure to secure it at one of

the 5 positions.

Adjusting Lower Front Panel Tilt

①

②

③

◆NOTE:

• When closing the lower front panel, make sure the eSATA,

USB HOST and USB DEVICE connector cover is closed.

➝Refer to “Closing the eSATA, USB HOST and USB DE-

VICE connector cover” (page 17).

④

⑤

Opening the eSATA, USB HOST and USB DEVICE connector cover

1 Open the lower front panel.

2 Press the right end of the cover to release the lock.

3 As shown below, open the cover to 90°.

Closing the eSATA, USB HOST and USB DEVICE connector cover

1 Disconnect all connected cables and close the con-

nector cover as shown below.

Adjusting Lower Front Panel Tilt

Introduction

Features

The AJ-HPD2500 is a memory card recorder equipped with six P2 card slots and a 4.3-inch color LCD monitor.

It allows you to record and play back audio and video in the compressed DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO, DV and AVC-

Intra formats on the six P2 cards, to edit P2 card and hard disk video data and edit using an external VTR as a player. In addition,

you can use the unit like a conventional editing VTR player. The AJ-HPD2500 comes with the following features.

Introduction: Features

■ Connecting a P2 Card Camera

A P2 card recorded in a P2 camera recorder plugs directly

into a PC card slot for immediate access. The P2 card is a

semiconductor memory card that Panasonic developed for

professional AV use.

■ Dial Jog/Dial Shuttle

The jog provides slow playback at rates between –1.0 to +1.0.

The shuttle allows high-speed forward and reverse playback

up to 100 times normal speed. At speeds up to 10x, the sound

is also audible.

■ Thumbnails for Managing Clips Visually

The 4.3-inch color LCD monitor on the front panel displays

clips (thumbnails) that represent P2 card content. Settings

can be made to show only specific clips in the thumbnail

screen.

Clips selected from the thumbnail list can be played back

immediately, shot marks can be added, file data regarding the

clips can be confirmed and edited and other clip

management operations are also available.

A clip is a single data item that contains video, audio,

metadata and other additional information. Normally, a clip is

one shot generated from the start of recording until recording

stops. However, when a shot spans multiple P2 cards, the

video on each card is handled as an independent clip. The

image at the start of recording appears in the thumbnail

screen as a representative image of that clip.

■ Expanded high-speed hard disk interface

● High-speed eSATA interface

The unit now supports hard disks using the eSATA

interface, which is faster than the regular USB interface.

This interface provides faster backup of video data on a P2

card to hard disk and can restore hard disk data to a P2

card.

● Playback (best effort) and playlist editing of hard disk video

data

Video data on a hard disk can be viewed as thumbnails or

a smooth

continuous audio output even if reading performance drops

due to use of a slow hard disk or through interference such

as vibrations.

Playback of hard disk video data

on a hard disk in the same way as editing video on a P2

card.

*1:This does not guarantee playback without frame

skipping.

video stream. A protective feature ensures a

enables editing of video

high speed via an FTP server on the Internet. Video stored

on an FTP server can be displayed and selected as a

thumbnail for downloading to a P2 card or external hard

disk. And SD memory card data can be sent by the card to

and from an FTP server. The network also enables

transmission of data encrypted using SSH.

● Browser

A browser mode enables the user to browse web sites with

web page authentication required for connecting to the

Internet.

● FTP server

The unit can operate as an FTP server allowing a PC or other

FTP client to load video files stored on P2 cards or in an

external hard disk.

● SAMBA server

When connected to a Windows PC or other network PC, the

unit can operate as a SAMBA server to load video files

stored on P2 cards or in an external hard disk.

● HTTP server

Using the unit as an HTTP server allows you to view lists of

video data from a browser on a PC, view metadata, and play

back proxy data.

■ Editing and GUI

● Independent audio and video editing

Any video and audio (4ch) tracks can be independently

selected for editing.

● Insert editing and overwrite editing

Two types of editing are available: insert editing, in which

new events are added between two editing events and

overwrite editing, in which a new event overwrites an event.

● Two screens for editing material and playlist video

Editing material (player) and playlist (recorder) video

appear in two screens at all times. A timeline indicating

editing status appears simultaneous with these screens for

intuitive editing.

● Capability to edit both tape and hard disk material

Use of a VTR or similar device with an RS-422A interface as

player makes possible linear-like editing (deck-to-deck

editing). Video data transferred to an eSATA or USB hard

disk can also be edited.

● Function for adjusting audio level (variable) of any section

Audio level adjustments make it possible to operate the

audio playback level for the required audio section to adjust

the audio level (variable).

● Display and playback of player thumbnails

A player using P2 cards or a hard disk can display player

thumbnails. Thumbnails can be set to limit the clips used by

the player to the required clips.

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■ Gigabit Ethernet network supported

● FTP client

In the thumbnail screen, this network allows to select video

stored on a P2 card or external hard disk and transfer it at

■ Time code/Player function for editing provided

This unit has a built-in TCG (time code generator) and TCR

(time code reader). In addition to the internal time code,

external time code input or a VITC input signal can be

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recorded as the time code.

The unit can also be used as a player for an editing system

using RS-422A.

◆ NOTE:

• Some USB keyboards may not enable normal input.

■ Compatible with HD and SD

This unit can record and play back HD and SD signals.

It can also handle analog video and SDI input and output.

■ Audio AES/EBU input and output supported (16-bit, 48 kbps/8ch)

The unit comes with a 8-channel AES/EBU input and output

interface as standard. This enables interfacing with digital

audio equipment and digital VTRs using a 48 kHz sampling

rate.

In addition, 8-channel PCM audio where each channel (HD-

SDI·AES/EBU has 8 independent channels while the analog

interface has 2 independent channels) can be recorded

separately or mixed.

■ AVCHD option (AJ-YCX250G)

Installation of the AJ-YCX250G, an optional AVCHD codec

board, will enable recording and playback of the AVCHD

format on SD memory cards.

This makes the following possible.

• Dubbing AVCCAM recorded clips onto a P2 card in the

DVCPROHD or AVC-Intra format, playlist editing of such

clips and ingesting such clips to non-linear editor.

• Dubbing P2 card clips recorded on a P2HD camera-

recorder to an SD memory card in the AVCHD format.

• HD-SDI or other external input can be recorded as

DVCPROHD or AVC-Intra to a P2 card simultaneous with

recording of the same input in AVCHD format video on an

SD memory card.

■ Waveform and vector display

The LCD screen can display either video waveform or vector

waveform.

During up-conversion, a waveform is displayed after up-

conversion.

■ VANC data recording/playback function (59.94 Hz, 50 Hz only)

Recording and playback of ancillary data (VANC data) of up

to 5760 bytes per frame conforming to SMPTE 291M is

superimposed on the vertical blanking area of video.

■ Menu-based Setup

Perform setup while viewing the setup menus on the 4.3-inch

color LCD monitor of this unit or a monitor TV display.

■ AVC-Intra standard feature

The AVC-Intra codec is provided as a standard feature.

An Intra-Frame compression format based on the H.264 video

compression standard makes possible a high compression

rate and high-quality image.

The AVC-Intra codec for this product is compatible with the

following two formats.

AVC-Intra 100: High-quality video supporting full-bit HD

AVC-Intra 50: Low-rate and low-cost operation

■ Built-in up/down/cross converter for output and up converter for input

The AJ-HPD2500 provides a built-in up/down/cross converter

for output as standard. It also up-converts composite and SD-

SDI input signals to record in the same HD format as the

system.

◆ NOTE:

• The cross converter function is not available during up-conversion

recording.

• SD closed caption signals during up-conversion recording are

recorded in the 608 HD (VANC) signal format (59.94 Hz only).

• Closed caption signals are not output during playback with down-

and cross-conversion.

• Nor are closed caption signals output during playback of up-

converted SD signals.

◆ NOTE:

• A waveform is not displayed when there is no input signal.

■ HD-SDI remote

When the unit is connected to a camera-recorder with an

external device control, start and stop of recording of HD-SDI

signal input can be automatically controlled through

recording start and stop signals in the input.

■ USB keyboard

A USB keyboard can be connected to enable the following

functions.

● Entry and editing of clip metadata

● Network setup, operation on browser

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■ Frame rate conversion

Recording input from variable frame-rate cameras at 24PN

(Native), the unit is also capable of playing back cards

recorded at 24 fps and converting the output to 1080/24 PsF.

It can also record input from a variable frame-rate camera at

25PN (Native).

◆ NOTE:

• Do not use cards that have been edited or contain clips shot in

different formats as the loss of management data may prevent

normal playback.

■ Native recording

The unit provides support for native recording, a mode that

records only active frames. This provides longer recording

time when a VariCam, AJ-HPX2000/2100 or AJ-HPX3000 is

connected to the HD-SDI IN connector. Variable frame rate

(VFR) recording becomes possible by connecting a VariCam.

● Native recording defined

Native recording extracts only the active frames during

1080i AVC-Intra recording as well as 720P DVCPRO HD

and AVC-Intra recording. At 720P, this lengthens the

recording time 2 to 2.5 times over pull-down recording.

During native recording at a 59.94 Hz or 50 Hz setting in

setup menu No. 25 (SYSTEM FREQ), the unit produces pull-

down output.

Example of 1080-24PN (Native)

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Camera video

2:3 pull-down

Native recording

Example of 720-24PN (Native)

Camera video

2:3 pull-down

Active frames

Native recording

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■ 4U rack mount

Use the optional rack mount adapter (AJ-MA75P) to place the

4U-size unit in a 19-inch rack.

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Control Reference Guide

Audio and Video Controller

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1. POWER switch (|/M)

Turns the power on and off.

Set the switch to “|” to turn it on.

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➝Refer to “Operating the AVCHD Thumbnail Screens”

(page 152)

2. REMOTE button (REMOTE indicator)

REMOTE button

Press to enable control of this unit from an external

device.

REMOTE

button is on:

MODE (SHIFT+REMOTE) button

Press the MODE and SHIFT buttons simultaneously,

and the mode selection screen appears on the display

panel.

Select the USB device mode to connect the unit to a

PC, the LAN mode to use the unit as a network server,

the browser mode, or the AVCHD mode (available only

when an optional board is installed).

➝Refer to “Using USB or eSATA Connectors” (page

116)

➝Refer to “Connecting This Unit to a Network” (page

130)

This unit can be controlled via the 9-

pin remote, RS-232C, parallel

connector, or camera recorder.

3. Mode indicators

A lamp corresponding to the currently selected mode

lights up.

4. TCG switch

INT

REGEN:

INT

PRESET:

Synchronizes the internal time code

generator with the time code read from the

P2 card.

Use setup menu No. 505 (TCG REGEN) to

select whether to make TC or UB the

REGEN.

Uses the internal time code generator of

this unit. Settings can be preset on the

operation panel and the remote control.

➝Refer to “Time Code, User Bit and CTL”

(page 195)

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EXT: Uses the external time code input from the

TIME CODE IN connector or VITC, SLTC or

SVITC video input signals.

Select in setup menu No. 507 (EXT TC

SEL).

10.COUNTER button

Press to switch the counter display of the LCD panel.

Each press of this button changes the counter display

as follows: [CTL (relative position from the beginning)]

➝ [TC (read time code)] ➝ [UB (user bit of the read

time code)].

5. SUPER switch

Switches the super output as follows.

ON: Outputs superimposed data such as time

codes to the LCD monitor, SD SDI MON

connector or the ANALOG VIDEO MON

connector.

OFF:

Does not output any superimposed information.

6. REC INH switch

Select to enable or disable recording to P2 cards.

ON: The REC INH lamp on the display panel

lights indicating that recording is disabled.

OFF: Turns off the REC INH function to enable P2

card recording.

7. STOP switch

Press to select signals in stop mode.

PB: Outputs signals played back from a P2 card.

EE: Outputs input signals selected with the

VIDEO IN (SHIFT + EDIT MODE) / AUDIO IN

(SHIFT + VIDEO) buttons.

8. TC PRESET button

Set the TC or UB value. To make a setting, first press

this button to change the flashing digits.

Note that this button is not available in thumbnail

mode, USB device mode, LAN mode and browser

mode.

9. RESET/NEW button

RESET button

Press this button when the LCD panel counter is in the

CTL mode to reset the counter display to [0:00:00:00].

Hold down the TC PRESET button and press this

button when the LCD panel counter is in the TC mode

(read time code) or UB mode (user bit of the read time

code) to reset the time code generator.

When using the on-screen keyboard, use this button to

delete all text, IN/OUT points in playlists, etc.

NEW (SHIFT + RESET) button

Use these buttons in the playlist.

➝Refer to “Creating a New Playlist” (page 91).

11.SEARCH button

Press this button to engage the search mode. Set the

search dial to the SHTL mode, turn it to the desired

position and press this button to start playback at the

speed set with the search dial.

12.Search dial

Use to search and check video. Each time you press

the dial, the SHTL (Shuttle)/SLOW mode and the JOG

mode are engaged alternatively. The respective

indicator lamp lights. When the power is turned on, the

search dial will not operate unless it is first returned to

the STILL position.

13.SHTL/SLOW button

Press this button when the search dial is in SHTL

(shuttle)/SLOW mode to toggle between SHTL (shuttle)

and SLOW modes.

14.TEXT MEMO/MARKER button

TEXT MEMO button

Press this button during recording and playback

where you wish to enter a text memo. In the thumbnail

screen, press this button to add a text memo to a clip

thumbnail (normally at the start of a clip).

➝Refer to “Attaching Text Memos” (page 61).

MARKER (SHIFT + TEXT MEMO) button

In the thumbnail screen, hold down the SHIFT button

and press this button to turn the marker of the clip at

the pointer position on and off.

➝For details, refer to “Attaching Shot Marks” (page

62).

15.CLIP SELECT button

Press this button to play back video clip by clip.

➝For details, refer to “Clip Select Function” (page

148).

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16.HEADPHONES

Connect stereo headphones to the HEADPHONES

jack to monitor the sound during recording and

playback. Use the headphone volume control knob to

adjust headphone volume.

Use setup menu No. 712 (MONI OUT) to determine

whether or not MON L/R output connector output

should be controlled by this knob.

17.AUDIO MON SEL MIX button

Switches audio mix signal output by the MON L/R

connectors.

Hold down this button and press the AUDIO MON SEL

L button to switch signals output from the MON L

connector as follows: [CH1 + CH2] ➝ [CH3 + CH4] ➝

[CH5 + CH6] ➝ [CH7 + CH8] ➝ [Mix cancelled].

Use the AUDIO MON SEL R button to switch the mixed

signals output by the MON R connector.

18.AUDIO MON SEL L/R buttons

Switches the audio signals that are output to the MON

L/R connectors. Each press of the button switches the

signals output to the MON L/R connectors as

described below.

Pressing only the

AUDIO MON SEL

button:

Holding down the SHIFT

button and pressing the

AUDIO MON SEL

button:

The L/R lamps in the audio level meter indicate which

signal is selected. Steady L/R light indicates that

channels specified in Menu No.767 (METER SELECT)

are selected. Flashing L/R light indicates that channels

not specified in Menu No.767 (METER SELECT) are

selected.

CH1 ➝ CH2 ➝ CH3 ➝ CH4

➝ CH5 ➝ CH6 ➝ CH7 ➝

CH8 ➝ CH1

CH8 ➝ CH7 ➝ CH6 ➝ CH5

➝ CH4 ➝ CH3 ➝ CH2 ➝

CH1 ➝ CH8

19.METER FULL/FINE selector button

Switches the scale of the audio level meter.

FULL mode: Selects the standard scale

(– ∞ to 0 dB range)

FINE mode: Selects a 0.5 dB increment scale.

“ ” shows the reference level,

while “●” shows increments of 1 dB.

Use setup menu No. 776 (REF

LEVEL) to set the reference level.

20.VIDEO IN (SHIFT + EDIT MODE) / AUDIO IN

(SHIFT + VIDEO) buttons

Switch between video and audio input signals.

VIDEO IN: Press the VIDEO IN (SHIFT + EDIT

MODE) button to open a screen for

selecting input signal. Pressing the

button when the screen is open enables

selection of CMPST, HDSDI, SD SDI,

1394 or SG input. When SG is selected,

the signal switches to the internal signal

selected in setup menu No. 601 (VIDEO

INT SG).

Selecting composite or SD SDI when

setup menu No. 020 (SYS FORMAT) is

set to 1080i or 720p automatically up-

converts SD to HD when recording. The

unit indicates this as CMPST (U/C) and

SDSDI (U/C).

AUDIO IN: Press the AUDIO IN (SHIFT + VIDEO)

button to open a screen for selecting

input signal. Pressing the button when

the screen is open enables selection of

ANALOG, AES/EBU, SDI or SG input.

◆ NOTE:

• The selected input item blinks when there is no input signal.

• Press the input signal selection button once to show the

current setting. When you do not want to change the

setting, press the EXIT button or wait for 3 seconds to allow

the display of the current setting to vanish.

21.AUDIO VOL SEL switch and audio level controls

REC/UNITY/PB switch

REC: Audio level controls are used for adjusting

recording level.

UNITY: Records and plays back audio signals at a

fixed level regardless of the positions of

the audio level controls.

PB: Audio level controls are used for

controlling playback level.

Audio level controls

Use these controls to adjust the recording and

playback levels of audio signals (CH1/CH2/CH3/CH4/

CH5/CH6/CH7/CH8).

➝For operation details, refer to “Setup Menu No. 790

(VOL SEL)” (page 189).

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22.REW/PREV button

REW button

Press to rewind. Select the speed in setup menu No.

102 (FF. REW MAX).

PREV (SHIFT + REW) button

During playback or while displaying a still picture with

JOG/VAR/SHTL, hold the SHIFT button and press this

button to move to the beginning of the current or

previous clip.

During playback of a recorder in playlist mode, the

beginning of the previous video event is located. The

operation interrupted by this function resumes when

the beginning of a clip is located.

During thumbnail display, hold down the SHIFT button

and press this button to move to the first thumbnail.

23.PLAY/REVIEW/1 CLIP PLAY button

PLAY button

Press to start playback.

Press this button and the REC button simultaneously to

start recording.

REVIEW (SHIFT + PLAY) button

In playlist mode, hold down the SHIFT button and

press this button to review the event at the cursor

location (starting 3 seconds before the IN point to 1

second beyond the OUT point).

1 CLIP PLAY (SHIFT + PLAY) button

In the thumbnail display or while displaying a still

picture by pressing the SEARCH button in the

thumbnail display, hold down the SHIFT button and

press this button to play back only the clip at the cursor

position or the currently located clip. During playback

only the STOP button is available.

25.FF/NEXT button

FF button

Press to fast forward. Select the speed in setup menu

No. 102 (FF. REW MAX).

NEXT (SHIFT + FF) button

During playback or while displaying a still picture with

JOG/VAR/SHTL, press this button to move to the

beginning of the next clip.

During thumbnail display, press this button to move to

the last thumbnail.

26.REC button

In the stop mode, press this button and the PLAY

button simultaneously to start recording. Press this

button to check EE mode video and audio on the

monitor in the stop mode with the STOP switch set to

PB mode.

Press the STOP button to return to the original video

and audio.

27.SHIFT button

This button is used in combination with other buttons.

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24.STOP button

When the STOP switch is set to PB mode, press this

button to engage the stop mode to view still pictures.

Use setup menu No. 104 (REF ALARM) to determine

whether or not this button should flash as a warning

alarm when no reference video signal is input.

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GUI Operations

LCD Monitor Display Panel

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1. THUMBNAIL button

Press this button and the button lights, and the

thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. Press

again to return to the recording/playback mode and

the button goes out.

Setting setup menu No. 051 (GUI OUTPUT) allows you

to transfer the thumbnail screen and the playlist screen

to the video output.

2. PLAY LIST button

Press to start or end playlist mode.

➝Refer to “Playlist Function” (page 78).

3. Cursor buttons (b / a / 4 / 5)

The four outer buttons are cursor buttons. Use them to

move the cursor in thumbnails, menus, events, etc. The

SET button at the center is used to select menu items

and clips.

In the thumbnail or playlist screen, hold down the

SHIFT button and press a cursor button to move the

cursor to the beginning or the end. Or hold down the

SHIFT button and press the SET button to select

multiple clips or events.

Holding down the SET button in the playlist screen,

selects all track events with the same IN and OUT

points as the event at the cursor.

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4. MENU/DIAG/OPERATION button

MENU button

Press this button to open the setup menu, thumbnail or

playlist menus. Press again to return to the previous

screen.

➝Refer to “Moving Between Screens and Menu

Operations” (page 37).

Refer to “Setup” (page 164).

DIAG (SHIFT + MENU) button

When not in the thumbnail or playlist screen, press this

button to show information about this unit. Press again

to return to the previous screen. However, in the

thumbnail or playlist screen, it has the same effect as

pressing the OPERATION (SHIFT+MENU) button.

Information about this unit includes [VIDEO SYSTEM],

[WARNING], [HOURS METER] and [UMID]. Use the

SET button or the right and left cursor buttons (b / a)

to switch among them.

[VIDEO SYSTEM]

screen:

[WARNING]

screen:

[HOURS METER]

screen:

Shows current system frequency,

recording format, input and

output formats and other

information.

Shows warning information.

Shows the unit serial number, the

number of hours it has been on,

and the number of times it has

been switched on and off.

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[UMID] screen: Shows UMID information for the

current video.

OPERATION (SHIFT + MENU) button

In the thumbnail and playlist screen (when no menu is

displayed), press the SHIFT button and this button

simultaneously to show and select the [OPERATION]

menu.

5. EXIT/CANCEL/PF button

When the PLAYLIST/

THUMBNAIL buttons

are lit:

When the PLAYLIST/

THUMBNAIL buttons

are off:

Press this button to return

from clip property, card

status or HDD thumbnail to

the previous screen.

Selecting [EXIT] in a menu

has the same effect as

pressing the SET button.

Press the SHIFT button and

this button simultaneously to

cancel a selection.

Press this button to use the 12

(IN), 14 (ENTRY) and 16

(OUT) buttons as PF1 to PF3,

respectively.

Press this button again

before pressing another

button and this mode will

close after a short interval.

➝Refer to “Making changes

using the PF buttons”

(page 165).

6. EDIT MODE button

Use to select edit mode in the playlist mode.

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

7. VIDEO button

Use to select material for editing (video) in the playlist

mode.

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

8. A1/A3 button

Use to select target for editing in the playlist mode

(audio channels 1 and 3).

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

9. A2/A4 button

Use to select target for editing in the playlist mode

(audio channels 2 and 4).

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

10.LAST X/DELETE button

LAST X button

In the playlist mode, use this button to return a previous

editing operation.

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

DELETE (SHIFT+LAST X) button

In the thumbnail or playlist screen, press this button to

delete the selected clip or event.

11.GO TO/A. DUB MODE button

GO TO button

Hold down this button and press the IN/OUT button to

cue up to an IN or OUT point.

◆ NOTE:

• Cue up may fail when the time code is not continuous. Be

sure to use a continuous time code.

A. DUB MODE (SHIFT + GOTO) button

Press this button to engage the A. DUB mode and

record voice-overs.

➝Refer to “Recording Voice-Overs” (page 106).

12.IN/SLOT CLIP/PF1 button

IN button

Use this button to perform the following functions

during clip playback or when the unit is controlled

externally.

•IN+ENTRY

Press the ENTRY button and this button to set an IN

point.

•IN

Press this button to confirm a set IN point. “--:--:--:--”

is displayed when no point has been set.

• IN+RESET

Press the RESET button and this button

simultaneously to delete the current IN point.

•IN+GOTO

Press the GOTO button and this button

simultaneously to cue up to the set IN point.

SLOT CLIP (SHIFT + IN) button

In the thumbnail screen, each simultaneous press of

the SHIFT button and this button switches the clip

display between a specific slot or selected clip.

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PF1 button

In recording/playback mode, press this button after

pressing the PF button to start the setup menu

operation registered in the PF1 button.

13.TRIM – /SLOT SELECT – button

SLOT SELECT – (SHIFT + TRIM –) button

Hold down the SHIFT button and this button

simultaneously to move to the previous recording slot

position. Pressing this button when the unit is in slot 1

results in a move to slot 6.

TRIM – button

Use this button to move to a hard disk partition.

➝Refer to “Displaying Clip Thumbnails on a Hard Disk”

(page 125).

Use this function for trimming.

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

14.ENTRY/CLIP ➝ LIST/PF2 button

ENTRY button

During clip playback or control of an external device,

press the IN or OUT button simultaneous with this

button to set an IN or OUT point.

CLIP ➝ LIST (SHIFT + ENTRY) button

Clip load function

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

PF2 button

In recording/playback mode, press this button after

pressing the PF button to start the setup menu

operation registered in the PF2 button.

15.TRIM + /SLOT SELECT + button

SLOT SELECT + (SHIFT + TRIM +) button

Hold down the SHIFT button and this button

simultaneously to move to the previous recording slot

position. Pressing this button when the unit is in slot 6

results in a move to slot 1.

TRIM + button

Use this button to move to a hard disk partition.

➝Refer to “Displaying Clip Thumbnails on a Hard Disk”

(page 125).

Use this button for trimming.

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

16.OUT/ALL CLIP/PF3 button

OUT button

Use this button to perform the following functions

during clip playback or when the unit is controlled

externally.

•OUT + ENTRY

Press the ENTRY button and this button to set an

OUT point.

•OUT

Press this button to confirm a set OUT point. “--:--:--

:--” is displayed when no point has been set.

•OUT + RESET

Press the RESET button and this button

simultaneously to delete the current OUT point.

• OUT + GOTO

Press the GOTO button and this button

simultaneously to cue up to the set OUT point.

ALL CLIP (SHIFT + OUT) button

In the thumbnail screen, press the SHIFT button and

this button simultaneously to return the clip display to

ALL.

PF3 button

In recording/playback mode, press this button after

pressing the PF button to start the setup menu

operation registered in the PF3 button.

17.PREVIEW/A LEVEL REC button

PREVIEW button

Press this button to preview (playback from the IN

point of set preroll time to 1 sec past the OUT point)

footage edited in play list mode.

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

A LEVEL REC (SHIFT + PREVIEW) button

Adjust level of audio tracks.

➝Refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

Use this button to preview playback of event that is

being registered. Before the preview, the event is

registered and appears on the time line. When the

player is a P2 card, any level changes made using the

audio level control during preview when registering an

event are recorded.

➝Refer to “Setting Audio Level” (page 109).

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18.PLAYER/SOURCE SELECT button

PLAYER button

Use this button to control an external device or operate

a player in playlist mode.

• In modes other than thumbnail or playlist mode:

Switches to operation of an external device (RS-

422A). Pressing PLAY or other operation button will

remote control an external device and display

externally input video, audio and time code.

• In playlist mode:

Switches to player/recorder.

➝Refer to “Preparing for Playlist Creation” (page

90), “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations” (page

86).

SOURCE SELECT (SHIFT + PLAYER) button

• In recording/playback mode:

Switches to operation of an external device (RS-

422A).

• In playlist mode:

Sets the source (interface) used as a player.

➝Refer to “Playlist Function” (page 78).

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Panel Control Unit and Card Slots

1 2 3 4 65 4 65

1. 4.3-inch Color LCD Monitor

Use this monitor for thumbnail screens and other

screens to facilitate video/audio searches and checks.

2. SUPER switch

Switches the super output as follows.

ON: Outputs superimposed data such as time

codes to the LCD monitor and the output

connector selected in setup menu No.005

(SUPER).

OFF: Does not output any superimposed

information.

3. SD/SDHC Memory Card Slot / Access Lamp

Insert the SD/SDHC memory card with the label side

facing up and the end with the corner cut off facing in.

Push in the card until it locks into place.

To remove the card, first make sure that the green

lamp is on or orange lamp is not blinking, then push it

in the direction of insertion to release the lock.

➝When using an SD/SDHC memory card for AVCHD

recording and playback (option), refer to “Using SD/

SDHC Memory Cards” (page 72).

◆ NOTE:

• Do not insert any cards other than SD/SDHC memory

cards.

• This unit uses only SD/SDHC memory cards that comply

with the SD/SDHC specifications. Other memory cards

such as MultiMediaCard

miniSD or microSD card, be sure to use an adaptor

dedicated for use with the miniSD or microSD card.

*1: The SDHC (SD High Capacity)/miniSDHC/microSDHC

memory card is a new standard, established by the SD

Card Association in 2006, for large-scale memory

cards with capacities above 2 GB.

*2: MultiMediaCard (MMC) is a registered trademark of

Infineon Technologies AG.

• Cards that will be used on this unit should also be formatted

on this unit.

• This unit supports the following SD and SDHC memory

card capacities.

– SD: 8 MB to 2 GB

– SDHC: 4 GB to 32 GB

• For the latest information not available in the Operating

Instructions, visit the P2 support desk at the following Web

sites.

For English: http://pro-av.panasonic.net/

➝When using an SD/SDHC memory card for

AVCHD recording and playback (option), refer

also to “Using SD/SDHC Memory Cards” (page

72).

cannot be used. When using a

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4. P2 Card Access LEDs

These LEDs indicate P2 card status.

➝Refer to “P2 card access LEDs and P2 card status”

(page 42).

5. P2 Card Slots

Insert P2 cards into these slots.

Firmly insert the card until the EJECT button pops out.

After inserting a card, flip the EJECT button to the right.

6. EJECT button

Use this button to remove a P2 card inserted in a P2

card slot. Raise the button and press it in firmly. Do not

use the EJECT button when a P2 card access LED

flashes orange.

➝Refer to “P2 card access LEDs and P2 card status”

(page 42).

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LCD Panel

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CH-1 CH-2 CH-3 CH-4 CH-5 CH-6 CH-7 CH-8

-4

-8

L R L R L R L R

-4

-8

16 20

-4

-8

16 20

8910

1. Level meter

Indicates the levels of audio signals for CH1, CH2,

CH3 and CH4 (when setup menu No.767 (METER

SELECT) is set to CH1-4.

When setup menu No.767 (METER SELECT) is set to

CH5-8, the levels of audio signals for CH5, CH6, CH7

and CH8 are displayed.

It indicates the input signal level of audio signals

during recording and when EE is selected. During

playback the meter indicates output signal levels.

Use the METER FULL/FINE selector button to switch

the audio level indication to FULL mode or FINE mode.

FINE mode

CH-1

L R

FULL mode

CH-1

-4

-8 12

16 20

L R

2. REMOTE lamp

Lights when REMOTE status is engaged with the

REMOTE button.

REMOTE

1080i 720p

DVCPRO

AV C

CTL

TC UB

SYSTEM

59.94

29.97

VIDEO

CMPST

AUDIO

ANALOG AES/EBU

23.98 24

SDI

25 50

SG12

3. TV system display

Indicates the selected TV system. Use the SYSTEM

setting No. 25 (SYSTEM FREQ) setup menu to switch

between 59.94 Hz or 50 Hz.

59.94: Lights when a 59.94 Hz system frequency

29.97: Lights when a 29.97 Hz system frequency

23.98: Lights when 23.98, 59-23 Hz system

24: Lights when 24, 60-24 Hz system

25: Lights when 25, 60-25 Hz system

50: Lights when a 50 Hz system frequency is

4. Input selection display

Selected input for VIDEO and AUDIO are indicated.

When there is no signal input excluding analog audio,

the display blinks.

When SDI input is selected, the display also blinks if

the input signal does not match the system format.

VIDEO

CMPST: Analog composite video input signal

SDI: Serial digital video input signal

SG: Internal reference signal

AUDIO

ANALOG: Analog audio input signal

AES/EBU

SDI: Serial digital audio input signal

SG: Internal reference signal

*1: “AES/EBU” blinks when no recordable signal, according

to the system settings, is input.

REC

WIDE

INH

is selected.

frequencies are selected.

selected.

: 8-channel digital audio input signal

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5. U lamp

In the EE mode, this lamp lights when an input signal

contains UMID information.

Lights during playback when the recording contains

UMID information.

Goes off in the playlist mode.

6. WIDE lamp

This lamp lights when 16:9 aspect ratio (wide) data is

recorded on a P2 card in SD mode.

Use the setup menu No.645 (WIDE SELECT) to specify

whether or not wide data be recorded.

This lamp lights to indicate that 16:9 aspect ratio data

is recorded when playing back a clip recorded in SD

mode.

This lamp goes off in the playlist mode.

7. REC/REC INH lamp

Indicates selected recording status of a P2 card.

REC lamp on: Lights in recording mode.

REC INH lamp

on:

Lights when recording is disabled

(when the REC INH switch on the

front panel is lit or all P2 cards are

write protected).

No recordings can be made on P2

cards when this lamp is on.

8. Format display

Indicates the recording format or the format of video

recorded on inserted P2 cards.

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9. Counter display

Indicates the CTL, TC and UB counter and time code

values.

CTL: Relative position from the beginning.

TC: Read time code.

UB: User bits of read time code.

10.Operating mode

Indicates the operating status of this unit.

: Normal playback and recording

: Playback at speeds lower than 1×

: Playback at speeds higher than 1×

: FF

: Reverse playback at 1× speed

: Reverse playback at speeds lower than

1×

: Reverse playback at speeds higher than

1×

: REW

: STILL

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Rear Panel and Connectors Inside the Lower Front Panel

21 3 4 5 6

*1: For how to open the connector cover, refer to “Opening the eSATA,

USB HOST and USB DEVICE connector cover” (page 17).

1. Fan

Cools this unit. Install the unit making sure that the air vents are not blocked. If the fan stops due to a breakdown, “E-10” will appear on the counter display. While the unit will operate even when the fan has stopped, it should be shut down immediately.

2. SERIAL DIGITAL COMPONENT AUDIO and VIDEO

IN/OUT connectors

I/O connector for digital component audio and video data. The SD-SDI MONITOR connector outputs video signals with superimposed data. Use setup menu No.005 (SUPER) and the SUPER switch at the top of the front panel to turn superimposing on or off.

◆ NOTE:

• The SD SDI MONITOR connector always outputs 480/

59.94i or 576/50i signals.

• The input digital audio signals must be synchronized with the video input signals. Otherwise, the audio signals will be affected by noise.

• Use a 5C-FB compatible double-shielded cable for connection to the SERIAL DIGTAL COMPONET connector.

3. DIGITAL AUDIO IN/OUT connectors

This connector inputs and outputs digital audio signals compliant with the AES/EBU standard.

◆ NOTE:

• The input digital audio signals must be synchronized with the video input signals. Otherwise, the audio signals will be affected by noise.

• Use double shielded cable for making connections to DIGITAL AUDIO IN/OUT connectors.

Connector cover

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4. TIME CODE IN/OUT connector

This connector inputs and outputs time code signals.

TIME CODE IN: Use to record an external time

code onto P2 cards.

TIME CODE

OUT:

This terminal outputs the playback

time code during playback.

During recording, it outputs the

time code generated by the time

code generator.

◆ NOTE:

• When setup menu No.25 (SYSTEM FREQ) is set to 59-23,

60-24 or 60-25, time code signals cannot be input to the

TIME CODE IN connector.

• Use double shielded cable for making connections to TIME

CODE IN/OUT connectors.

5. REF VIDEO IN connectors

This connector inputs and outputs HD and SD

reference video signals and outputs loop-through

signals.

◆ NOTE:

• It is recommended that this unit be used with a system that

inputs a reference video signal since video and audio

output signals may otherwise deteriorate.

• Input tri-level sync signals with both positive and negative

polarities as HD reference video signals. Input signals that

meet the input signal and data format.

➝ For a reference signal, refer to “Example of Connections

in 23.98/24/29.97/25 Hz Mode” (page 45).

• Input a black burst signal that complies with SMPTE170M

and ITU624-4 to use for SD reference video signals.

• When no cable is connected to the REF VIDEO loop

15 16 17

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through connector, the REF VIDEO IN connector is

automatically terminated at 75 ohm. Connecting a cable to

this connector releases 75 ohm termination. When a cable

is connected to the REF VIDEO loop-through connector, be

sure to connect the other end of the cable to a connector.

• At 720P recordings that input or do not input an HD

reference signal, the phase of the input signal may be

displaced in the recording of the signal.

• When setup menu No. 25 (SYSTEM FREQ) is set to 59-23,

60-24 or 60-25, only playback is synchronized to the HD

reference signal.

• Use double shielded cable for making connection to REF

VIDEO IN connector.

6. ANALOG VIDEO IN/MON connector

IN connector: Inputs analog composite video

signals.

When no cable is connected to the

loop through connector, the IN

connector is automatically

terminated at 75 ohm. Connecting

a cable to this connector releases

75 ohm termination.

MON connector: Outputs analog composite monitor

video signals.

◆ NOTE:

• Use double shielded cable for making connections to

ANALOG VIDEO IN/MON connectors.

7. AC IN socket

Connect the supplied power cord to a power outlet.

8. LAN connector

Use this connector to connect to a 1000BASE-T/

100 BASE-TX/10BASE-T network.

➝

Refer to “Connecting This Unit to a Network” (page 130).

◆ NOTE:

• Use a shielded cable for a connection to the LAN connector.

• A green LED lights to indicate that the LAN link is

established in100BASE-T mode. An orange LED blinks

during data transfer.

Pin No. Signal

1PLAY COMMAND

2STOP COMMAND

3 FF COMMAND

4REW COMMAND

5REC COMMAND

6—

7 SHTL 0.0 COMMAND

9—

10 CLIP SELECT OFF COMMAND

11 1 CLIP PLAY COMMAND

12 +10 V or more, +300 mA max.

13 PLAY STATUS

14 STOP STATUS

15 FF STATUS

16 REW STATUS

17 REC STATUS

18 EJECT STATUS

19 STAND BY ON STATUS

20 —

21 —

22 OPERATION ENABLE STATUS

23 CLIP SELECT STATUS

24 —

25 GND

◆ NOTE:

• Use COMMAND at TTL level, low active (negative logic)

and of electrical signals with an edge of 100 msec or more.

• STATUS outputs open collector and sync current up to

6mA.

• OPERATION ENABLE STATUS becomes active when

playback from PARALLEL REMOTE is available with the

setup menu 213 EXTENDED CMD set to ON.

• OPERATION ENABLE STATUS becomes active at the

REMOTE status with the setup menu 213 EXTENDED CMD

set to OFF.

• Use shielded cable for making connections to PARALEL

IN/OUT connectors.

10.ENCODER REMOTE connector

Connect an external encoder remote controller to

adjust video output signal settings.

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9. PARALLEL IN/OUT connector

This is a 25-pin parallel remote connector.

10111213

12345678

123456789

101112131415

Pin No. Signal

141516171819202122232425

1 FRAME GROUND

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4REM(G)

7 REM RX(X)REMOTE CONTROL

PROTOCOL RECEIVE

8 REM COMMANDREMOTE CONTROL

PROTOCOL TRANSMIT

14 REM RX(Y)REMOTE CONTROL

PROTOCOL RECEIVE

15 REM TX(Y)REMOTE CONTROL

PROTOCOL TRANSMIT

◆ NOTE:

• The ENCODER REMOTE connector supports digital

signals only.

• Use shielded cable for making connection to ENCODER

REMOTE connector.

11.RS-232C connector

Use this connector to control this unit from a PC or

other device.

Pin No. Signal

1—

2TXD

3RXD

4DSR

5SG

6DTR

7CTS

8RTS

9—

◆ NOTE:

• Use double shielded cable for making connection to RS-

232C connector.

12.REMOTE connector

This unit can be connected to an external controller to

enable remote operation of the unit or connect and

control an external device.

RS-422A REMOTE(9P)

Pin No. Signal

1 FRAME GROUND

2 TRANSMIT A

3 RECEIVE B

4 RECEIVE COMMON

5—

6 TRANSMIT COMMON

7 TRANSMIT B

8 RECEIVE A

9 FRAME GROUND

345

6789

3254

◆ NOTE:

• Use shielded cable for making connection to REMOTE

connector.

13.ANALOG AUDIO connectors

Inputs and outputs analog audio signals.

CH1/CH2 IN

connector:

CH1/CH2 OUT

connector:

MON L/R

connector:

Analog audio input connectors.

A switch permits switching the

input impedance of CH1 and CH2.

Analog audio output connectors.

Outputs signal selected in setup

menu No.750 (A CH1/2 SEL).

Analog audio output connectors.

During playback, these

connectors output the audio

signals (CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4,

CH5, CH6, CH7 and CH8) that are

selected with the AUDIO MON SEL

buttons.

14.SIGNAL GND connector

Connect this connector to the signal ground connector

of connected devices to lower noise.

This is not a safety ground connector.

15.eSATA connector

Enables connection of a hard disk drive with an eSATA

connector using the unit as host device.

➝Refer to “Using This Unit With a Hard Disk” (page

118).

16.USB 2.0 HOST connector (Type A)

Connect P2 store and USB 2.0 compliant hard disk

drives for use in the USB host mode.

➝Refer to “Using USB or eSATA Connectors” (page

116).

17.USB 2.0 DEVICE connector (Type B)

Connect personal computers and other devices for

use in the USB device mode.

7698

➝Refer to “Using USB or eSATA Connectors” (page

116).

◆ NOTE:

• Use double shielded cable for making connections to USB

2.0 connectors.

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Moving Between Screens and Menu Operations

Operating Modes

This unit provides the three operating modes described

below. Use the THUMBNAIL and PLAY LIST buttons to select

these modes. Lamps indicate which mode is currently

engaged.

There is also an external control mode for controlling

externally connected devices. The figure below shows a

schematic diagram of these modes.

Thumbnail mode Recording/playback mode

STOP/ THUMBNAIL

THUMBNAIL

Recording/

playback mode

Displays video and performs

recording or playback.

Thumbnail mode Shows thumbnails of clips and

manages clips.

Playlist mode Creates playlists.

External control

mode

In this mode, the unit controls an

external device connected to the

REMOTE connector and monitors

audio and video from this device.

PLAYER

SOURCE SELECT

PLAYER

PLAY LIST

THUMBNAIL

PLAY LIST

External control mode

Off

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PLAYER

SOURCE SELECT

PLAY/FF/ REW/SHTL

A. DUB

PLAYER

SOURCE SELECT

THUMBNAIL PLAY LIST

PLAY LIST

Playlist mode

PLAYER

SOURCE SELECT

A. DUB

PLAYER

SOURCE SELECT

PLAYER

SOURCE SELECT

THUMBNAIL

THUMBNAIL PLAY LIST

PLAY LIST

THUMBNAIL PLAY LIST

THUMBNAIL

PLAYER

THUMBNAIL

PLAY/FF/REW/SEARCH

THUMBNAIL

PLAYER

SOURCE SELECT

PLAY LISTPLAY LIST

PLAYER

SOURCE SELECT

PLAYER

SOURCE SELECT

THUMBNAIL

THUMBNAIL PLAY LIST

PLAY LIST

PLAYER

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Menu Operations

In the playlist or thumbnail mode, press the MENU button to

open the menu.

In the recording/playback mode, the setup menu appears.

➝Refer to “Setup” (page 164).

To perform menu operation, proceed as follows.

1,42

1 Press the MENU button to open the menu.

2 Use the cursor buttons to place the cursor on menu

items.

a appears when a lower level menu exists.

◆ NOTE:

• Use the ▲ and ▼ buttons to move the cursor up and down.

• Press the a button or the SET button to open submenus.

• Press the b button or the EXIT button to return to a higher level.

3 Press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

• Some menu items may display a confirmation dialog.

• Use the cursor buttons to select a process and press the SET button.

• A check mark appears at the beginning of the process set by the SET button.

4 Press the MENU button to exit the menu.

◆ NOTE:

• Some menu items, when selected, will automatically return you to the previous screen.

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Using the On-screen Keyboard

Using the Full Keyboard

The full keyboard appears when necessary.

Move the cursor to the character you want to enter and press

the SET button.

Use the cursor buttons to move the cursor.

The keyboard keys have the functions listed below.

Key Function Shortcut keys

BS Deletes one character SHIFT+LAST X

Caps Toggles between upper and lower

case

OK Saves made entries and closes the

on-screen keyboard

EXIT Cancels made entries and closes the

on-screen keyboard

Moves the cursor to the first character SHIFT+REW

▲

Moves the cursor 1 character space

▲

▲▲

back

Moves the cursor 1 character space forward

▲

Moves the cursor to the location after the last character

GO TO

ENTRY

EXIT

–

SHIFT+FF

Using the Ten Keypad

The ten keypad appears when necessary.

Move the cursor to the character you want to enter and press

the SET button.

Use the cursor buttons to move the cursor.

The keypad keys have the functions listed below.

Key Function Shortcut keys

BS Deletes one character SHIFT+LAST X

OK Saves made entries and closes the

soft keyboard

EXIT Cancels made entries and closes the

soft keyboard

▲

Moves the cursor 1 character space back <Time code entries> Moves the cursor 2 character spaces

▲

back

<Decimal entries> Moves the cursor 1 character space forward <Time code entries> Moves the cursor 2 character spaces forward

ENTRY

EXIT

–

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◆ NOTE:

• The RESET button deletes all entered characters.

• When you press the shortcut EXIT button, a confirmation message

appears. Select [YES] and press the SET button to close the on-

screen keyboard.

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Using a USB Keyboard

Connect a USB keyboard to the USB HOST terminal, select a

full keyboard or ten keypad menu to enable input from a USB

keyboard.

Selecting keyboard layout

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [THUMBNAIL] –

[SET UP] – [KEYBOARD].

4 Press the SET button.

This opens a menu for keyboard setup.

5 Move the cursor to the keyboard layout you want and

press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

• Keyboard input is limited to alphanumeric characters.

• Some keyboards may not operate normally.

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Recording, Playback and P2 Card Handling

Insert a P2 Card

◆ NOTE:

• When you use this unit for the first time, be sure to set the internal

clock in setup menu No. 069 (CLOCK SET) (page 175).

1 Turn on the POWER switch of this unit.

2 Insert a P2 card in a P2 card slot, and push it in until

the EJECT button pops out.

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3 Flip the protruding EJECT button to the right.

• The P2 card access LEDs on this unit show P2 card status

when a P2 card is inserted.

➝For details on P2 card status, refer to “P2 card access

LEDs and P2 card status” (page 42).

Recording and Playback

To start recording after a stop in the recording mode, press

the REC button and the PLAY button simultaneously.

Recording starts on the P2 card whose access LED lights

orange. Press the STOP button to stop recording.

Press PLAY to start playback.

Recording cannot be started from the thumbnail/playlist

mode.

➝Refer to “Control Reference Guide” (page 22).

◆ NOTE:

• The P2 card access LED for a slot where a P2 card is inserted during

playback of a previously inserted card will remain off and the

second P2 card is not recognized. The second P2 card is

recognized when playback ends.

• While a clip is selected, a newly inserted P2 card will not be

recognized. The recorder will stay in this condition until the selected

clip is cancelled.

• A P2 card inserted in another slot during recording of a previously

inserted card will cause the P2 card access LED to flash and the

card will be recognized. Do not remove the P2 card from the slot

while it is being recognized.

• Removing or inserting P2 cards that are not being recorded during

recording on other cards may disrupt EE audio after recording but

will not affect the recording.

• P2 cards are played back and recorded in the following slot order:

1 ➝ 2 ➝ 3 ➝ 4 ➝ 5 ➝ 6 ➝ 1

• When the power is turned on and the slot selected for recording at

the last power off contains the same P2 card, that slot will again be

selected for recording. If the slot does not contain a P2 card or

contains another P2 card, a card in a slot with the lowest number will

be selected for recording.

• When a P2 card becomes full during recording, a slot with a higher

number that contains a card with free space will be selected for

recording.

• Format P2 cards only on a P2 card device.

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P2 card access LEDs and P2 card status

P2 card access LED P2 card status

Green light Reading and writing are possible.

Orange light Reading and writing are possible.

The card is selected for recording

(including loop recording).

Flashes orange Reading or writing is being

performed.

The unit is in USB DEVICE mode

and is accessing a P2 card.

The unit is in LAN mode, and a P2

card can be accessed or is being

accessed.

◆ NOTE:

• Do not turn the unit off or remove a

P2 card during recording or when

the LED flashes orange.

Flashes rapidly in

P2 card is being recognized.

orange

Flashes green The P2 card has no remaining

memory capacity. Available only

for reading.

The write-protection switch on the

P2 card is set to [PROTECT].

Available only for reading.

Off The P2 card is not properly

formatted. Reformat the card on

this unit.

This card cannot be used in this

unit. Replace the card.

No P2 card has been inserted.

The unit is in the USB DEVICE

mode and is not accessing the P2

card.

◆ NOTE:

• Detailed check of P2 card status is possible. Refer to “Checking

Card Status” (page 75).

P2 card and recording times

Recording time on a single 64 GB P2 card

HD mode

Video format

1080-59.94/

50i

1080-30PN/

25PN (Native)

1080-24PN

(Native)

720-59.94P/

50P

720-30PN/

25PN (Native)

720-24PN

(Native)

*1: Includes recording with pull-down at 30P, 24P and 25P.

Video format

480-59.94i/

576-50i

*2: For 2-channel audio recording

*3: Includes recording at 30P, 24P and 25P with pull-down.

Recording format and recording times

DVCPRO HD

Approx.

64 min.

---- Approx.

Approx.

64 min.

Approx.

128 min.

Approx.

160 min.

AVC-Intra100 AVC-Intra50

Approx.

64 min.

Approx.

128 min.

Approx.

64 min.

128 min.

Approx.

80 min.

Approx.

64 min.

Approx.

128 min.

Approx.

160 min.

Approx.

128 min.

Approx.

256 min.

Approx.

320 min.

SD mode

Recording format and recording times

DVCPRO 50 DVCPRO

Approx.

128 min.

Approx.

256 min.

Approx.

256 min.

◆ NOTE:

• This unit cannot use AJ-P2C002SG (2 GB) cards.

• The recording time of 32 GB, 16 GB and 8 GB P2 cards are 1/2,

1/4 and 1/8, respectively of that provided by a 64 GB P2 card.

●

Visit the web site below and go to P2 support desk page for the

latest information on P2 card and SD/SDHC memory cards.

For English: http://pro-av.panasonic.net/

Dividing clips over 4 GB in length

A continuous recording that is longer than the durations given

below when an 8 GB (or larger) P2 card is used in this unit will

result in the automatic division of the recording into different

clips. Even so, the recordings on the two clips can be handled

as a single clip in thumbnail operations (display, delete,

repair, copy, etc.) on a P2 device.

Such a recording may be handled as separate clips in

nonlinear editing software or on PCs.

Recording format Recording duration

DVCPRO HD Approx. 5 min.

DVCPRO50 Approx. 10 min.

DVCPRO/DV Approx. 20 min.

AVC-Intra50 Approx. 10 min.

AVC-Intra100 Approx. 5 min.

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LOOP REC Function

When two or more P2 card slots contain cards, the unit

records continuously by switching cards. When available

space on the P2 cards has been used up, recording

continues from the first card overwriting previously recorded

loop recording.

To use the LOOP REC function, set setup menu No. 041

(LOOP REC) to ON.

➝Refer to “Setup Menu No. 041 (LOOP REC)” (page 175).

State of cards prior to loop recording

Recording cycle 1

Recording cycle 2

Loop recording records the unrecorded areas (A  B  C order) on the P2 cards. When all unrecorded areas on the cards have been recorded, recording continues by overwriting previous loop recording in area A (D).

Card 1

Unrecorded area

Recording starts

Card 2

Recorded area

Card 3

◆ NOTE:

• Turning the POWER switch OFF turns off the LOOP REC function

and it will remain off when the unit is powered up next time.

• Loop recording requires P2 cards with at least one minute of free

space each.

• During loop recording, the access LEDs for all P2 cards used in the

recording light orange. Note that removing any of the P2 cards will

terminate loop recording.

• When setup menu No. 041 (LOOP REC) is set to ON, the text

“LOOP” is superimposed on the first line of the display. Loop

recording is not available even if LOOP REC is set to ON when only

one P2 card is inserted or when there is less than one minute of free

space on the cards. The text “LOOP” superimposed on the screen

flashes when loop recording is attempted under such conditions.

However, this text does not appear when the THUMBNAIL and

PLAYLIST buttons are on. When setup menu No.155 (AUTO REC) is

set to something other than OFF in remote-control status, “LOOP&A”

is displayed.

• When setup menu No. 041 (LOOP REC) is set to ON, P2 card

remaining free space indicates the minimum guaranteed recording

time. Minimum guaranteed recording time is the estimated time of a

recording in a clip when loop recording stops immediately after

deleting old data.

• Shot marks cannot be added or deleted during loop recording.

• Text memos cannot be added during loop recording.

• Loop recording is not available during AUTO CAPTURE when an

external device is remote controlled.

• Loop recording is not available in VFR mode.

Introduction

Removing P2 Cards

◆ NOTE:

• Do not remove a P2 card or turn off the power during access or

during recognition directly after insertion (when the P2 card access

LED flashes orange).

1 Press the STOP button.

When the P2 card access LED of a card to be removed

flashes orange, press the STOP button to stop the

flashing.

Terminating loop recording mode

Use one of the following two methods.

• Set the unit POWER switch to OFF.

setup menu No. 041 (LOOP REC) to OFF.

•Set

2 Flip up the EJECT button.

Introduction: Recording, Playback and P2 Card Handling

3 Press the EJECT button to eject the P2 card.

②

◆ NOTE:

• Removing a P2 card in the thumbnail screen automatically closes

the thumbnail screen.

• Do not remove a P2 card or turn off the power during access or

Preventing Accidental Deletion

Set the write-protection switch to [PROTECT] to prevent

accidental deletion of data recorded on a P2 card.

①

during recognition directly after insertion (when the P2 card access

LED flashes orange) as this could damage it. If a P2 card by any

chance is removed during access, [E-30] appears on the LCD

monitor and the LCD panel displays the [AUTO OFF] warning. All P2

card access LEDs will flash rapidly in orange. Turn off the power,

and then turn it back on.

• The clips on a P2 card that was removed during access may no

longer be in the right order. Check the clips and perform the

necessary repair operation.

➝ Refer to “Repairing Bad Clips” (page 65).

• Removing a P2 card during formatting will in most cases destroy the

formatting. Reformat the card after restarting the unit.

• Removing or inserting P2 cards that are not being recorded during

recording on other cards may disrupt EE audio after recording but

will not affect the recording.

Write-protection switch

PROTECT

◆ NOTE:

• Switching the write-protection switch during recording, playback or

other access operation will not take effect until after these access

operations complete.

• Setting the REC INH switch at the top of the front panel to ON will

disable writing to all P2 cards, but formatting, deleting clips and

turning shot marks ON and OFF are still possible.

• Sliding the write-protection switch to [PROTECT] on a P2 card

disables recording, formatting, deleting clips and all other write

operations on the card.

Introduction: Recording, Playback and P2 Card Handling

Connections

Example of Connections in 23.98/24/

29.97/25 Hz Mode

When playing back a card recorded at a frame rate of 24 fps (25 fps), the unit is capable of converting the output to 1080/ 24 PsF (1080/25 PsF or 1080/50i) for recording on an AJHD3700 series. Shown in the figure below is an example of deck-to-deck connections. Input the following reference signals as REF input.

AJ-HPD2500

(source rear panel)

Reference signal

23.98 Hz mode: HD REF 47.95 Hz (interlace) 24 Hz mode: HD REF 48 Hz (interlace ) 25 Hz (HD)/50 Hz (HD) mode: HD REF 50 Hz (interlace) or SD REF 50 Hz (inter lace)

29.97 Hz mode: HD REF 59.94 Hz (interlace) or SD REF 59.94 Hz (interlace)

HD SDI OUT

REMOTE IN/OUT

75 Ω termination OFF

• In 23.98 Hz mode, the composite monitor video signal output by the ANALOG COMPOSITE MONITOR OUT connector does not include VITC signals.

• For details on compatible input and output formats, refer to “List of Compatible Input and Output Formats” (page 199).

• In 23.98/24 Hz mode, HD SDI output is delayed by approximately 2 frames relative to analog VIDEO output.

• Composite monitor video is not output in 24 Hz mode.

Example of Connections for Remote Control

These connections make it possible to send commands via the remote control connector to enable remote control of external devices. The playlist mode allows control of the source device to capture video directly to the timeline. Shown in the figure below is an example of deck-to-deck connections. Set the CONTROL switch on the front panel of the external device to REMOTE. Press the REMOTE button on this unit to turn the button off.

Introduction

HD SDI signal

AJ-HD3700B

(recorder rear panel)

AC IN

FUSE 125V 5A

HD REF IN

Remote signal (9P)

HD REF signal

OFF

REMOTE

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 CH 5

CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4

PUSHPUSHPUSHPUSHPUSHPUSHPUSH

SIGNAL GND

75 Ω termination ON

SD REF IN

SD REF signal

123

OFF

AUDIO IN

AUDIO OUT

75 Ω termination ON

INPUT

OUTPUT

REMOTE

OUT

REMOTE IN/OUT

(

)

SUPER

ACTIVE THROUGH

HCHCHCHC

SPARE

HCHCHCHC

OIDUALATIGIDTUOFER

REMOTE

IN/OUT

CONTROL

PANEL

TIME CODE

OUT

PUSH

MONITOR

CUE L R

Video monitor

OUT1

OUT2

MONITOR

(

SUPER

V/A

CONTROL

HD SDI IN

OUT

ACTIVE THROUGH

OUT

)

AJ-HD1400, etc. (source rear panel)

VIDEO OUT

HD/SD REF IN

AUDIO OUT

PUSH

MONITOR

HD SDI signal

OUT

CH1

CH2

PUSH

HD/SDI IN

OUT1

OUT2

SD/SDI

DVCPRO /DV

HDSDISDSDIWFMVIDEO OUTREF IN

OUT

MONITOR

(

)

SUPER

RS-232C

PARALLEL IN/OUT (

)

50P

AJ-HPD2500

AUDIO IN

Remote

CH1

ENCODER REMOTE

(SUPER)

AUDIO

CH2

MON OUT

R E M O T E

DC OUT

12V 250mA

FUSE 250V T2.5AH F1

AC IN

SIGNAL

GND

DC IN

(recorder rear panel)

◆ NOTE:

• Synchronization with REF input at start of playback in 23.98/24 Hz mode may distort the first number of frames and mute sound output. Note that movement in HD SD video output at speeds other than 1x may look unnatural.

Introduction: Connections

Recording From a Variable Frame-Rate Camera

Recording HD SDI Output Signals from a Variable Frame-rate Camera as 720/

23.98p

Combined with a variable frame-rate camera (VariCam: AJ-

HDC27 series), the unit makes it possible to record HD SDI (720/

23.98p over 59.94p) output from the camera as DVCPRO HD or

AVC-Intra 720/23.98p native recording.

Recording HD SDI signals from camera output

2 Make the following setup menu settings.

Item Setting

No.25 SYSTEM FREQ 59-23

No.020 SYS FORMAT 720p

No.040 VFR REC OFF

1 Connect the camera HD SDI (720/23.98p over

59.94p) output to the SDI IN connector and press the

VIDEO IN (SHIFT + EDIT MODE) / AUDIO IN (SHIFT

+ VIDEO) button to select HD SDI.

HD SDI (720/23.98p over 59.94p) output

SDI IN connector

◆ NOTE:

• To record 720/24p over 60p output from a variable frame-rate camera, set menu No. 25 (SYSTEM FREQ) to 60-24. No output is made to a composite monitor video in this mode.

3 While confirming the camera HD SDI output video,

press the REC button and PLAY button

simultaneously.

Recording starts.

◆ NOTE:

• Set setup menu No. 155 (AUTO REC) to TYPE1 and press the

REMOTE button to turn the button on. The unit will then automatically

start and stop recording as the REC and STOP buttons are pressed

on the camera.

• SDI is output in the 1080/23.98 PsF video format.

• No time code can be input to the TIME CODE IN connector.

• The SDI output is delayed relative to LCD monitor and monitor video

output. Analog audio, speaker and headphone output is

synchronized to the LCD monitor and monitor video output. To

synchronize these outputs to SDI output, set setup menu No. 778

(AUD OUT DLY) to ON.

• Set camera TCG to FREE RUN/NDF (non drop frame) mode. A TC/

UB of an SDI input that cannot be properly read cannot be normally

recorded.

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Introduction: Recording From a Variable Frame-Rate Camera

• The P2 card that is being recorded cannot be changed during

Variable Frame Rate-Recording

To record active frames from the output of a variable frame-

rate camera, set setup menu No. 040 (VFR REC) to ON. This

enables instant viewing of slow-motion and fast-motion speed

effects during shooting.

◆ NOTE:

• Audio and external time codes cannot be recorded in this mode.

recording.

• In this mode, the remaining P2 card capacity at 60p (50p), the

slowest slow-speed effect, is indicated.

• When 59-23 or 60-24 is set in setup menu No. 25 (SYSTEM FREQ),

movement in HD SDI video output may look unnatural when the

input frame rate is something other than 24p.

• Changing the frame rate while recording a video signal from a variable

frame rate camera may result in frame loss in the changeover phase.

Recording HD SDI Signals Output by an HD Camera as 1080/23.98p

Introduction

The unit is capable of AVC-Intra 1080/23.98p native recording

of HD SDI (1080/23.98p over 59.94i) output from an HD camera.

Recording HD SDI signals from camera output

Connect the HD camera HD SDI (1080/23.98p over

59.94p) output to the SDI IN connector and press the

VIDEO IN (SHIFT + EDIT MODE) / AUDIO IN (SHIFT

+ VIDEO) button to select HD SDI.

HD SDI (1080/23.98p over 59.94i) output

SDI IN connector

2 Make the following setup menu settings.

Item Setting

No.25 SYSTEM FREQ 59-23

No.020 SYS FORMAT 1080p

3 While confirming the camera HD SDI output video,

press the REC button and PLAY button

simultaneously.

Recording starts.

◆ NOTE:

• Set setup menu No. 155 (AUTO REC) to TYPE2 and press the

REMOTE button to turn the button on. The unit will then automatically

start and stop recording as the REC and STOP buttons are pressed

on the camera.

• SDI is output in the 1080/23.98 PsF video format.

• No time code can be input to the TIME CODE IN connector.

• The SDI output is delayed relative to LCD monitor and monitor video

output. Analog audio, speaker and headphone output is

synchronized to the LCD monitor and monitor video output. To

synchronize these outputs to SDI output, set setup menu No. 778

(AUD OUT DLY) to ON.

• Set camera TCG to FREE RUN. A TC/UB of an SDI input that cannot

be properly read cannot be normally recorded.

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Introduction: Recording From a Variable Frame-Rate Camera

Jog and Shuttle Operations Using the Search Dial

The search dial is used to search and check video.

Each press of the dial switches it between the SHTL/SLOW mode and JOG mode.

When the power is turned on, the search dial will not operate unless it is first returned to the STILL position.

Jog Mode

2 Turn the search dial.

The dial’s click stops are released and playback is

performed at the speed the dial (–1 to +1×) is turned.

When the dial stops turning, the video becomes a still

picture.

3 To go to another mode from the jog mode, press the

button of the desired mode.

◆ NOTE:

• The direct search mode that allows you to go directly to the shuttle mode or jog mode by turning the search dial is a factory default.

• You can set setup menu No. 100 (SEARCH ENA) to KEY so that

1 Press the search dial so that it remains pressed in.

The jog mode is now engaged.

the unit will not engage the search mode unless you press the SEARCH button.

Shuttle Mode and Slow Mode (SHTL Mode/SLOW Mode)

3 Turn the search dial.

The playback picture speed changes depending on dial

position.

Use setup menu No. 101 (SHTL MAX) to set maximum

speed in shuttle mode to ±8, ±16, ±32, ±60 or ±100×. The

dial has a click-stop at the center for viewing still pictures.

4 To go to another mode from the shuttle mode, press

the STOP button or other button.

◆ NOTE:

• The playback audio is audible at speeds in the range –10 to +10× from the audio monitor output.

1 Press the search dial to release it.

This engages the shuttle mode.

When the power has just been turned on, turn the search

dial to its center position.

2 Press the SHTL/SLOW button to select the SHTL

(shuttle) mode or SLOW mode.

• The playback audio in the search mode contains noise.

• Playing back a clip that spans a multiple of P2 cards at speeds faster than ±1× may break up the sound in the transition to another card; this is normal and not indicative of a malfunction.

• Playing back a clip at speeds faster than –10× may break up the sound; this is normal and not indicative of a malfunction.

• Using search mode to play back a clip recorded in AVC-Intra 1080/23.98p format may result in uneven playback.

Introduction: Jog and Shuttle Operations Using the Search Dial

Clip Management

Thumbnail and Clip Management

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Clip Management

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This unit provides a thumbnail screen for managing clips. A

clip is a single data item that contains video, audio, metadata

and other additional information. Normally, a clip is one shot

generated from the start of recording until recording stops. A

shot that spans multiple P2 cards is handled as a single clip.

The thumbnail screen displays a list of thumbnails of the

recorded clips. These thumbnails allow you check and also

perform the following clip management operations.

• Play back, copy, delete and repair clips

• Attach text memos in clips

• Check and delete text memos

• Display and delete shot marks

• Format P2 cards

• Show clip property

• Show P2 card status

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◆ NOTE:

• Thumbnails are generated from part of the captured video and

therefore appear rougher than the actual video.

Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management

Thumbnail Screen Names and Functions

1. Display status

Display status indicates the type of thumbnails

displayed on the screen.

ALL: All clips

SAME FORMAT: Clips with the same format

as the system

SELECT: Clips selected with the SET

button

MARKER: Clips with shot markers

TEXT MEMO: Clips with text memo data

SLOT n: Clips on P2 card in slot No.

PROPERTY: Detailed clip information

P2/REMAIN: Media information (amount

of remaining space)

P2/USED: Media information (amount

of space used)

META DATA: Set meta data

➝For details on how to change display, refer to

“Switching the type of information that is displayed”

(page 54).

2. Record mode

Indicates the record mode of the clip at the cursor

position.

3. System format

Indicates the recording format of the clip at the cursor

position.

6. Time display

One of the following data is displayed: the TC (time

code)/UB (user bit) at the start of clip recording/time of

shooting/day of shooting/date and time of shooting/

clip name/the user clip name/slot number.

➝Refer to “Setting items to display” (page 55).

7. Thumbnail

Shows the thumbnails recorded for each clip. The

EXCH.THUMBNAIL function allows you to replace this

thumbnail.

➝Refer to “Thumbnail Editing” (page 57).

8. Clip no.

Indicates the numbers assigned to P2 card clips,

which are normally assigned starting in order from the

earliest shooting date. Numbers of clips that cannot be

played back are shown in red. The SORT function

allows you to change the order the clips appear.

➝Refer to “Setting items to display” (page 55).

9. Shot mark indicator

Indicates that a shot mark has been attached to a clip.

10. Proxy indicator

Indicates that a clip contains a proxy attached using

the AJ-HPX2700, AJ-HPX3700 or other camera.

This unit cannot record proxies.

4. Duration

Indicates the length (duration) of the clip at the cursor

location and the rough location of current playback.

When resume is set to on (➝ Refer to “Setting items to

display” (page 55)) and the playback start position is

not the beginning of the clip, the rough location of the

playback position is displayed.

5. Selected number of clips

Indicates the number of selected clips and the total

number of clips.

Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management

11. Text memo indicator

Indicates a clip that contains text memo data.

12. Edit Copy indicator

Indicates an edit-copied clip.

13. Wide indicator

Indicates a clip recorded in the 16:9 aspect ratio. This

is not indicated for an HD format clip.

14. Incomplete clip indicator

Indicates a clip spanning multiple P2 cards where one

of the cards that contain part of the clip has not been

inserted.

X ?

15. Bad clip Unknown clip indicator

Indicates a clip that became defective because the

power was shut down during recording or was

damaged for some other reason. Clips with the yellow

bad clip indicator can sometimes be repaired.

➝Refer to “Repairing Bad Clips” (page 65).

Clips with the red bad clip indicator cannot be repaired

and should be deleted. If deleting is not possible,

format the P2 card.

Instead of , appears to indicate that a clip is not

in the P2 standard format.

X ?

16.P2 card slot, hard disk and LAN status

P2 card, USB or eSATA hard disk drive and LAN status

is indicated as shown below.

USB

123 4 5 6

11 6166

(white)

(yellow)

■ Hard disk status display

USB

Hard disk drives are indicated as USB or eSATA

depending on their interface.

USB

(gray)

USB

The numbers of P2 card slots that contain

a P2 card are indicated in white.

The number of the P2 card slot of the P2

card that contains the clip at the cursor

position is indicated in yellow. When a

clip spans multiple P2 cards, the

numbers of all the slots housing cards

that contain the clip are indicated.

◆ NOTE:

A slot number with a pink frame indicates

either of the following conditions for an

inserted P2 card.

• [RUN DOWN CARD]

The maximum number of overwrites has

been exceeded.

• [DIR ENTRY NG CARD]

The P2 card directory structure does not

conform to standard specifications.

eSATA

Gray indicates that the hard disk drive is

not connected.

White indicates that the hard disk drive is

available.

eSATA

USB

(red)

■ LAN status display

Indicates that the unit is connected to a LAN.

(gray)

(white)

(yellow)

(red)

Red indicates that a hard disk drive is

connected but is not available.

Gray indicates that the LAN is set to OFF.

White indicates that the LAN is set to ON.

Yellow indicates that a LAN cable is

connected and that the network is

running.

Red indicates a problem occurred in the

unit. Consult your supplier.

17.Status message

Shows messages indicating processing status. For

example, screen updating shows an [UPDATING] text

message and a rotating icon.

18.Simple property display

Displays the properties of clips at the cursor location.

A menu allows you to select the information that will

appear.

➝Refer to “Selecting items to be displayed as

properties” (page 56).

◆ NOTE:

• When there are more characters than can be displayed, only those that can be displayed appear and the remaining characters are omitted.

19.Thumbnail scroll bar

Indicates the location of the currently displayed

thumbnail among displayed thumbnails.

Clip Management

(white)

USB

(yellow)

Yellow indicates that clips on the hard

disk drive clips appear as thumbnails.

Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management

Cursor operations in thumbnail screen

Use the up, down, right and left cursor buttons to move the

cursor.

◆ NOTE:

• The search dial also allows you to move the cursor.

■ High-speed cursor movement and jumping

• Hold down the SHIFT button and press the up or down

cursor button to move the cursor to the first or last clip.

• Hold down the SHIFT button and turn the search dial. The

thumbnails change to blue and only the scroll bar moves to

allow high-speed movement between cursor pages.

Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management

Thumbnail Menu

THUMBNAIL MENU

THUMBNAIL ALL CLIP

SAME FORMAT CLIPS

SELECTED CLIPS

MARKED CLIPS

TEXT MEMO CLIPS

SLOT CLIPS

SETUP

OPERATION DELETE

FORMAT

REPAIR CLIP

RE-CONNECTION

COPY

EXCH. THUMBNAIL

PROPERTY CLIP PROPERTY

CARD STATUS

DEVICES

PROPERTY SETUP

SYSTEM INFO

Clip Management

META DATA LOAD

RECORD

USER CLIP NAME

INITIALIZE

PROPERTY

HDD (USB) EXPORT

EXPLORE

SETUP

HDD (eSATA) EXPORT

EXPLORE

SETUP

NETWORK EXPORT

EXPLORE

SETUP

STATUS

TOOLS

INITIALIZE

Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management

Changing Thumbnail Display

The thumbnail screen can be customized to suit operating

conditions and improve efficiency.

Switching the type of information that is displayed

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

SELECTED CLIPS: Show clips selected using

the SET button.

At this time the thumbnails

appear in selected order.

Use this function to change

the order clips are played

back.

MARKED CLIPS: Show clips to which shot

marks have been attached.

TEXT MEMO CLIPS: Show clips that contain text

memo data.

◆ NOTE:

When a text memo clip

appears, the following type of

thumbnails at the text memo

location in the row below may

be displayed as .

• An AVC-Intra clip with a

different SYSTEM FREQ.

setting

SLOT CLIPS: Show clips on P2 card in

slot No. n

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to select the clip type that

should appear under [THUMBNAIL].

ALL CLIP: Show all clips

SAME FORMAT CLIPS: Show clips in the same

format as the system

◆ NOTE:

• When 23.98, 24, 29.97, 59-23,

60-24, 25 or 60-25 is selected

in setup menu No. 25

(SYSTEM FREQ) only clips in

a format that can be recorded

appear.

4 Press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

These operations can also be performed using buttons.

• Press SLOT CLIP (SHIFT + IN) and the indication changes in the following order each time these buttons are pressed: SELECTED ➝ SLOT 1 ➝ SLOT 2 … SLOT 6 ➝ SELECTED. (Only slots with cards will appear.)

• Press ALL CLIP (SHIFT + OUT) to switch to ALL CLIP.

Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management

Setting items to display

The thumbnail display can be customized to suit different

operating needs. The following describes procedures for

changing thumbnail display indicators and data settings.

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1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to select the item that should

appear under [THUMBNAIL] – [SETUP].

• XX indicates factory default settings.

INDICATOR: Press SET to add a check mark for

any of the following items you want

to display. Select ALL HIDE to

disable item selection.

ALL HIDE: Hides all indicators

MARKER

TEXT

MEMO:

WIDE

PROXY

: Shows the shot mark

indicator

Shows the text memo

indicator

: Shows the wide

indicator

: Shows the proxy

indicator

DATA DISPLAY: Select items to appear in the time

display (➝ refer to 6 in “Thumbnail

Screen Names and Functions”

(page 50)).

UB User bit

TIME Time of recording

DATE Date of recording

DATE

TIME

CLIP

NAME

USER

CLIP

NAME

SLOT Slot number

THUMBNAIL TCTime code of thumbnail

DATE FORMAT: Select the format for indicating the

time.

Y-M-D Year/month/day

M-D-Y

D-M-Y

*1: The default setting for the

AJ-HPD2500P is “M-D-Y”, and for the AJ-HPD2500E is “D-M-Y”.

Time code

Date and time of

recording

Clip name

The first fifteen

characters in the user

clip name

position

Month/day/year

Day/month/year

◆ NOTE:

• This setting is reflected in the date of

recording shown in the clip property,

the date and time of recording

indicated when selecting DATE in the

DATA DISPLAY, the date of recording

that appears in the clip information in

the event property screen of a playlist

and also in the created date indicated

when loading metadata or in other file

indications.

THUMBNAIL SIZE: Determines the size of thumbnails

that appear on the screen in

thumbnail mode.

LARGE Large (thumbnail

display: 3 × 2)

NORMAL

Normal (thumbnail

display: 4 × 3)

Clip Management

Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management

PB POSITION: Set the playback start position for

playback in the thumbnail screen.

RESUME From the position

where playback was

stopped

THUMBNAIL TCFrom the time code of

thumbnail position

START

SORT: Specify the order thumbnails

appear.

OFF

SLOT Slot order (clips in the

PROPERTY DISP.: Specifies the items that will appear

in a simplified property display on

the left side of the thumbnail.

➝Refer to “Selecting items to be

displayed as properties” (this

page).

STOP MODE: Specifies whether or not to return to

the thumbnail screen after stopping

playback started from the

thumbnail screen.

STAY Stays in playback

RETURN

THUMBNAIL INIT: Return above settings to their

factory defaults (initial values).

From the start time

code (beginning of the

clip)

In recorded order

same slot appear

according to date and

time of recording).

mode

Return to thumbnail

mode

➝Refer to “Playing

Back Clips” (page

59).

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [THUMBNAIL] –

[SET UP] – [PROPERTY DISP.].

4 Press the SET button to open the setup menu.

All selected items are indicated by check marks.

5 Press the SET button and add check marks for items

to be displayed.

Pressing the SET button causes unchecked items to be

checked and checked items to be unchecked.

◆ NOTE:

• Up to six items can appear simultaneously.

• When the sixth item has been selected, no other unchecked item can be selected. Removing the check mark for a checked item makes it possible to select other items.

4 Press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

• Selecting [THUMBNAIL INIT] opens a confirmation dialog. Select [YES].

5 Press the MENU button to end processing.

Selecting items to be displayed as properties

Select items that will appear in a simplified property display on

the left side of the thumbnail.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management

Thumbnail Editing

Use the following procedure for editing thumbnails.

Editing thumbnails by adding a text memo

1 Attach a text memo to video you want to edit.

➝Refer to “Attaching Text Memos” (page 61).

2 Use the cross cursor buttons to select the clip where

you want to replace a thumbnail.

2 Change thumbnail display to text memo display. 3 Move to the row below the text memo and move the

cursor to the thumbnail you want to edit.

4 Press the MENU button. 5 Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] –

[EXCH. THUMBNAIL] and press the SET button.

6 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

The menu closes and the thumbnail reflects the changes

that have been made.

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3 Start playback.

➝For details, refer to “Playing Back Clips” (page 59).

4 Hold down the ENTRY button and press the TEXT

MEMO button during playback or while displaying a

still picture with JOG/VAR/SHTL.

This selects the frame where the buttons were pressed as

a thumbnail.

5 Press the STOP button to return to the thumbnail

screen.

•The thumbnail is replaced.

•You can also move to the beginning of the clip or allow

the clip to end to return to the thumbnail screen, and the

thumbnail will still be replaced.

◆ NOTE:

• The Thumbnail field in the clip information display shows the change in thumbnail location (number of frames from the start). The number for a normal first thumbnail is 0.

• For how to change the playback start position for playback in the thumbnail screen, refer to the NOTE in “Playing Back Clips” (page 59).

Replacing thumbnails during playback

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

◆ NOTE:

• If the ENTRY and TEXT MEMO buttons are pressed several times, the frame where the two buttons were last pressed is selected.

• Pressing the ENTRY and the TEXT MEMO buttons simultaneously places a text memo where the buttons were pressed. When the number of text memos in a clip reaches 100, no further thumbnail changes can be made.

• When a thumbnail is being replaced, “UPDATING” appears and the icon spins in the location of the thumbnail. Do not remove P2 cards at this time.

• Do not remove the P2 card until the thumbnail screen returns. If the card is removed before this, the thumbnails will not be replaced.

Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management

Selecting Clips

Select clips for processing in the thumbnail screen as

described below.

Canceling a selection

1 Place the cursor on a selected clip and press the SET

button again.

This cancels the selection.

1 2

1 Use the cursor buttons to place the yellow frame

(cursor) on the desired clip.

◆ NOTE:

• Hold down the SHIFT button and press the REW/FF button or the

cursor buttons (4 / 5 / b / a) to move the cursor to the first or last clip.

2 Press the SET button.

A blue frame appears on the clip selected with the cursor

to indicate that it is selected.

◆ NOTE:

• Hold down the SHIFT button and press the EXIT button to cancel all the made selections.

◆ NOTE:

• Repeat steps 1 and 2 to select multiple clips.

• After selecting a clip, move the cursor to another clip, hold down the SHIFT button and press the SET button to select another clip. This method allows you to select the two clips as well as all the clips between them.

• Selecting a clip updates the number of selected clips shown in the lower right corner of the screen.

Clip Management: Selecting Clips

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

Playing Back Clips

• Pressing the REW button instead of the PLAY button results in rewind playback, while pressing the FF results in fast forward playback.

• Pressing the STOP button during clip playback, stops playback and the thumbnail screen appears.

• When playback stops, the cursor moves to the clip played prior to stopping.

• Video and audio playback may be disrupted between clips of different formats (DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO, DV, AVC-Intra50, AVC-Intra100). This is normal and not indicative of a malfunction.

• Changing the thumbnail screen to text memo display makes it possible to start play back from text memo location.

➝ Refer to “Playing back from text memo location” (page 61).

◆ NOTE:

• Select [THUMBNAIL] – [SETUP] – [PB POSITION] from the

menu to change the playback start position for playback in

the thumbnail screen.

Clip Management

2 Use the cursor buttons to select the clip you want to

play back.

3 Press the PLAY button.

Playback starts from the clip the cursor is on.

After the clip at the cursor location has been played,

subsequent clips are played back in order. When the last

clip has been played, the thumbnail screen appears.

◆ NOTE:

• There is no need to select a clip (that is when the thumbnail appears inside a blue frame) to play it back.

• The thumbnail display settings can be changed to play back only selected clips or play back only clips that contain text memos. Selected clip thumbnails and selected clips are displayed and played back in the order of selection.

• Pressing the SEARCH button instead of the PLAY button shows a still of the first frame in the clip.

• A clip whose clip number is red cannot be played back.

PB POSITION: RESUME Playback starts from the

position playback was

stopped, unless the

cursor was not moved

THUMBNAIL TCPlayback starts from the

time code of thumbnail

position

START

• Select [THUMBNAIL] – [SETUP] – [STOP MODE] from the

menu to determine whether or not to return to the thumbnail

mode when playback in the thumbnail screen is stopped.

STOP MODE: STAY Stay in playback mode

RETURN

indicates factory default settings.

• XX

Playback starts from the

start time code

(beginning of the clip)

Return to thumbnail

mode

Clip Management: Playing Back Clips

Playing Back Single Clips

To play back the clip at the cursor location, hold down the

SHIFT button and press the PLAY button.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Use the cursor buttons to select the clip you want to

play back.

3 Press the 1 CLIP PLAY (SHIFT + PLAY) button.

◆ NOTE:

• The thumbnail screen appears when playback stops at the

end of the clip or when the STOP button is pressed.

The cursor then moves to the next clip.

• All buttons other than the STOP button are not available

during single clip playback.

• Select [PB POSITION] from the menu to determine the

playback start position for the single clip playback.

• STOP MODE is disabled for playback of single clips.

• When playback is started in the thumbnail screen and a still

picture is displayed by JOG/VAR/SHTL, pressing the 1 CLIP

PLAY (SHIFT + PLAY) button starts playback from the still

picture position to the end of the clip.

Clip Management: Playing Back Clips

Attaching Text Memos and Shot Marks

A text memo can be attached in a clip to mark a specific

location. The user can attach shot marks to distinguish clips

from each other. This function is not available on cards where

the write protect switch has been set to PROTECT.

Attaching Text Memos

Use the NEXT and PREV buttons to locate attached text

memos during video playback.

➝Refer to “Setup menu No. 103 (SEEK SEL)” (page 177).

2 Press the MENU button and choose [THUMBNAIL] –

[TEXT MEMO CLIPS] from the thumbnail menu.

The thumbnails of clips with text memos appear at the top

of the LCD monitor. Information on the selected clip text

memo appears in the lower half of the LCD monitor.

Thumbnail display

◆ NOTE:

• In the following instances, the thumbnail in the row below at the text

memo location may be replaced with when a text memo clip

appears.

- An AVC-Intra clip with a different SYSTEM FREQ setting.

Blue indicates selected number of text memo clips and white indicates total number of text memo clips.

Indicates still images included with the text memos.

Clip Management

1 Press the TEXT MEMO button during recording,

playback or when thumbnails are displayed.

•Press this button during recording and playback where

you want to attach a text memo.

•Pressing this button in the thumbnail screen adds a text

memo at the thumbnail clip location (normally at the

beginning).

◆ NOTE:

• Up to 100 text memos can be attached in one clip.

• Pressing the TEXT MEMO button during playback may temporarily halt playback. This is normal and not a malfunction.

• Text memos are not recorded during LOOP REC or VFR ON recording.

Playing back from text memo location

1 Press the THUMBNAIL button.

The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.

3 Place the cursor on the clip (with a text memo) you

want play back and press the SET button.

The cursor moves to the lower half of the LCD monitor.

The cursor moves.

Clip Management: Attaching Text Memos and Shot Marks

4 When the cursor is in the lower half of the LCD

monitor, use the right and left (b/a) cursor buttons to

go to the thumbnail text memo you want to play back

and press the PLAY button.

The clip is played back from the text memo time code

location selected with the cursor.

When you press the STOP button to interrupt ongoing

playback, or when playback stops upon reaching the end

of the clip, the thumbnail screen reappears and the cursor

returns to the thumbnail text memo location where

playback was started.

Press the MENU button to select EXIT or press the EXIT

button and the cursor returns to the upper half of the

thumbnail screen.

Attaching Shot Marks

Attach shot marks to distinguish clips from each other.

◆ NOTE:

• During playback all buttons other than the STOP button are not available.

Deleting text memos

Opening the text memo display from the thumbnail screen

allows you to delete text memos.

1 Open the text memo display from the thumbnail

screen.

2 Use the cursor buttons to move to the thumbnail for

which you want to delete the text memo and press

the SET button.

The cursor moves to the row below.

3 Select the thumbnail for witch you want to delete the

text memo and select [DELETE] from the menu.

4 Select [YES] in the confirmation dialog that appears.

The text memo is deleted.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Use the cursor buttons to place the cursor on the

desired clip.

3 Hold down the SHIFT button and press the TEXT

MEMO button.

Each press of this button turns the shot mark indicator on

and off.

◆ NOTE:

• When attaching or deleting shot marks for clips that span multiple P2 cards, be sure to load all the P2 cards that the clip is recorded on.

• Shot marks cannot be added or deleted during loop recording.

Clip Management: Attaching Text Memos and Shot Marks

Copying Clips

Clips can be copied to a P2 card in any slot, a hard disk or FTP

server.

◆ NOTE:

• Take care not to turn off the power or remove a card during copying.

Otherwise the copied clip may become bad.

If the copied clip is bad, delete it and make a new copy.

• Reconnect incomplete clips before copying them.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Select a clip to copy.

3 Press the MENU button.

4 Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] –

[COPY], select destination from the list that appears

and press the SET button.

When multiple clips are selected, the number of selected

clips appear after pressing the SET button.

When copying to a hard disk or FTP server, select the

destination of the copied data as required.

Hard disk and FTP server details:

➝Refer to “Using This Unit With a Hard Disk” (page 118).

➝Refer to “Connecting This Unit to a Network” (page 130).

5 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

This starts copying.

◆ NOTE:

• To interrupt copying, press the SET button or the CANCEL (SHIFT + EXIT) button to cancel the operation. The incomplete copy at the destination is deleted.

• “OVER WRITE” appears when an attempt is made to place a copy (having the same GLOBAL CLIP ID) at a destination already containing an identical item. Select [YES] to overwrite or [NO] to cancel copying and then press the SET button.

6 Press OK (SET button) when the completion

message appears.

◆ NOTE:

• No copying is performed when any of the following error messages appear.

• [LACK OF REC CAPACITY]

Copy failed because there is not enough space at the copy destination.

• [UNKNOWN CONTENTS FORMAT!]

Copy failed because the selected clip was bad.

• [NO COPY TO SAME CARD!]

Copy failed because an attempt was made to place the copy on the same disk.

• [TOO MANY CLIPS!]

Copy failed because too many clips were selected.

• Copying performed in the lower half of text memo display when the text memo is selected copies the section from the selected text memo to the next text memo. When there is no text memo beyond the selected text memo, the section from the selected text memo to the end of the clip is copied.

Clip Management

Clip Management: Copying Clips

Deleting Clips

Use the following procedure to delete a defective clip from a

P2 card.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Select the clip to delete.

3 Press the MENU button.

4 Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] –

[DELETE] and press the SET button.

5 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

This deletes all selected clips.

◆ NOTE:

• Instead of steps 3 and 4, you can also use the DELETE (SHIFT + LAST X) button to delete a clip.

• To interrupt deleting, press the SET button or the CANCEL (SHIFT + EXIT) button to cancel the operation. Clips being deleted will not be restored even though you interrupted deleting.

Clip Management: Deleting Clips

Repairing and Reconnecting Clips

Repairing Bad Clips

This section describes how to restore bad clips that have

been damaged due sudden power outages during recording

or for other reasons. Such clips are marked by the bad clip

indicator (yellow ). Use the following procedure to repair

bad clips.

on multiple cards are separately copied to a hard disk and then

copied back to a P2 card.

• When a 5-minute or longer DVCPRO HD or AVC Intra100 clip (10-

minute or longer DVCPRO50 or AVC Intra50 and 20-minute or longer

DVCPRO or DV clip) is copied to a hard disk drive and later written

back to a P2 card.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

Clip Management

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Select the bad clip to repair.

3 Press the MENU button.

4 Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] –

[REPAIR CLIP] and press the SET button.

5 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

• Some clips are so badly damaged they cannot be repaired. Such clips are indicated by a red .

Reconnecting Incomplete Clips

2 Select the incomplete clips to reconnect.

◆ NOTE:

• Normally, thumbnails with the incomplete clip mark are usually grouped together.

3 Press the MENU button.

4 Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] –

[RE-CONNECTION] and press the SET button.

5 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

• When some but not all the clip segments in a clip that consists of three or more clip segments are reconnected, the incomplete clip mark will remain.

A clip spanning multiple P2 cards that cannot be recognized

as a complete clip is marked by the incomplete clip (

indicator). The reconnection function allows you to reconnect

related clips and restore the original clip.

◆ NOTE:

Incomplete clips occur under the following conditions.

• When the individual clip segments on each P2 card that make up the

clip are copied separately.

• When the clip segments on each card that make up a clip recorded

Clip Management: Repairing and Reconnecting Clips

Viewing and Revising Clip Information

Viewing Clip Information

3) Information added to clips

Indicates the number of indicators, attached text memos

Detailed clip information can be displayed on the screen.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Place the cursor on the desired clip.

3 Press the MENU button.

Or with the menu closed, press the PROP (SHIFT +

TC PRESET) button.

4 Use the cursor buttons to choose [PROPERTY] –

[CLIP PROPERTY] and press the SET button

and voice memos in a clip. The mark appears when

the P2 card where the clip resides is write-protected.

◆ NOTE:

• Voice memo/Indicator

Indicates that a voice memo has been attached to a clip. This indicator appears only in the clip property mode.

• This unit cannot record and play back voice memos.

4) Clip information

The following information appears.

CLIP NAME: CLIP NAME

START TC: Time code at start of recording

START UB: User bit value at start of recording

DATE: Date recorded

TIME: Time at start of recording

DURATION: Clip length

V_FORMAT: Clip recording format

FRAME RATE: Playback frame rate

REC RATE: Recording frame rate

5) Clip metadata

This area shows more detailed information on a clip.

This displays information on the selected clip.

1) Clip no.

2) Thumbnail

5 Browse the clip metadata as necessary.

Use the cursor buttons to select a metadata item and

press the SET button to view the information.

GLOBAL

CLIP ID:

Global CLIP ID

(This is a unique number. There is no clip

anywhere in the world with the same

number.)

Clip Management: Viewing and Revising Clip Information

USER CLIP

NAME:

VIDEO: Video signal system

AUDIO: Audio channel system and other

ACCESS: The date of the last update and other

DEVICE: Serial number of recording equipment

SHOOT: Date when recording started and ended,

SCENARIO: Program name and other information.

NEWS: Reporter and other information.

MEMO:

The name a user assigns to a clip.

This normally includes a GLOBAL CLIP

ID.

(FRAME RATE, PULL DOWN,

ASPECT RATIO)

information

(SAMPLING RATE, BITS PER SAMPLE)

information

(CREATOR, CREATION DATE,

LAST UPDATE DATE,

LAST UPDATE PERSON)

and other information

(MANUFACTURER, SERIAL NUMBER,

MODEL NAME)

etc.

(SHOOTER, START DATE, END DATE,

LOCATION, ALTITUDE, LONGITUDE,

LATITUDE, SOURCE, PLACE NAME)

(PROGRAM NAME, SCENE NO.,

TAKE NO.)

(REPORTER, PURPOSE, OBJECT)

Text memo number and other information.

(NO., OFFSET, PERSON, TEXT)

Revising Clip Metadata

Use the steps below to revise clip metadata.

1 Display clip metadata.

2 Use the cursor buttons to select the metadata you

want to revise and press the SET button.

Data that can be revised is indicated as “TEXT”, like in the

illustration below.

3 Use the cursor buttons to move to the item you want

to revise and press the SET button.

•The metadata revise screen (on-screen keyboard)

appears. The USB keyboard also becomes available.

•Use the keyboard to revise metadata.

➝Refer to “Using the On-screen Keyboard” (page 39).

Clip Management

◆ NOTE:

• OFFSET is indicated in frame numbers from

the start.

• Up to 1000 characters of text can be added,

but only the first 100 characters will be

displayed.

• Use the right and left cursor buttons to move

text numbers.

THUMBNAIL: Frame location of video that makes up the

thumbnail and size of the thumbnail.

(OFFSET, WIDTH, HEIGHT)

◆ NOTE:

• Unsupported characters that are entered will not be correctly displayed.

6 Select EXIT from the menu or press the EXIT button

to stop processing.

4 Select [OK] after revising (or press the ENTRY

button).

•This saves the revised metadata to the clip and the

metadata display reappears.

•Select [EXIT] to cancel the entry and return to the

previous display.

◆ NOTE:

• To delete latitude and longitude, enter a blank for altitude. They cannot be deleted separately.

• Note that the metadata of a clip marked cannot be revised. Insert the P2 card with the remainder of the clip.

• MEMO of metadata item to which a 100 character or larger memo has been attached cannot be revised.

Clip Management: Viewing and Revising Clip Information

Attaching Metadata to Clips

A metadata upload file containing the name of the person who shot the video, the reporter, the shooting location or a text memo

and other information can be saved to an SD memory card. This data file can be read and recorded as clip metadata.

Create a metadata upload file on a Windows PC

↓

Save the file to an SD memory card

↓

Read the metadata upload file to this unit

↓

When video is recorded the metadata will be added to the resulting clip

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [META DATA] –

Preparing a Metadata Upload File

Use P2 viewer to create meta data upload files on a PC.

P2 viewer allows you to use a PC for processing clips

recorded on a P2 card. Download the latest version of P2

viewer from the URL given below.

For English: http://pro-av.panasonic.net/

Install P2 viewer on a PC, create a metadata upload file and

write it to an SD memory card.

[USER CLIP NAME] and press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

• Use the latest version of the P2 viewer.

• For details on how to create a metadata upload file, refer to the help

function in P2 viewer.

• Write the metadata upload file to an SD memory card formatted on

this unit.

➝ Refer to “Formatting SD Memory Cards” (page 72).

Setup to Attach Metadata

Make the required settings to enable this unit to read the

metadata upload file.

Select method for recording the USER CLIP NAME

Set the method for recording the USER CLIP NAME.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

4 Select [TYPE 1] or [TYPE 2] and press the SET

button.

Recording method USER CLIP NAME to be recorded

Use clip metadata TYPE 1 Read metadata settings

TYPE 2 Read metadata settings

+ counter value

Do not use clip meta

data

*1:The metadata upload file has been read, but [META

DATA] – [RECORD] is set to [OFF]

TYPE 1 Same as GLOBAL CLIP

TYPE 2 Same as CLIP NAME

5 Press the MENU button to end processing.

Clip Management: Attaching Metadata to Clips

Counter value

The counter value is indicated as a four-digit number. When

recording method “TYPE 2” is selected for the USER CLIP

NAME in the clip metadata that is loaded, the counter value is

incremented by 1 for each new recording and a new clip is

generated.

■ To reset the counter value

Use the following procedure to reset the counter value.

1. Open the thumbnail screen.

2. Press the MENU button.

3. Use the cursor buttons to choose [META DATA] –

[PROPERTY] – [USER CLIP NAME] and press the

SET button.

■ Incrementing the counter value of the USER CLIP NAME for clips exceeding 4 GB

In the following case, one shot is recorded as multiple clips

and the counter value is automatically incremented and

recorded for each shot.

• When an 8 GB or larger P2 card is used in this unit and each

continuous recording exceeds a preset time.

➝For details, refer to “Dividing clips over 4 GB in length”

(page 42)

• When one recording spans multiple cards.

Example of a recording on one P2 card (DVCPRO HD):

REC start (start of recording)

Recording duration = 6 minutes

Clip 1

Counter value = A

Approx. 5 min.

Example of recording a clip on two P2 cards:

REC start (start of recording)

Stop (recording stop)

Clip 2

Counter value = A + 1

Approx.

1 min.

Stop (recording stop)

Clip Management

4. Use the cursor buttons to select [COUNT RESET]

and press the SET button.

The counter value is reset to 1.

Clip 1

Counter value = A

1st card

A P2 device will indicate the thumbnail and the counter value

of clip 1 when thumbnails and property of the clip are

displayed.

Clip 2

Counter value = A + 1

2nd card

Loading Set Metadata Values

Use the following procedure to load metadata from an SD

memory card.

1 Insert the SD memory card storing the metadata

upload file.

2 Open the thumbnail screen.

3 Press the MENU button.

5. Press the EXIT button to end processing.

Clip Management: Attaching Metadata to Clips

4 Use the cursor buttons to select [META DATA] –

[LOAD] and press the SET button.

The metadata name of the metadata upload file on the SD

memory card appears.

3 Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer and press

the SET button.

Use this function to check loaded metadata settings.

◆ NOTE:

• When the metatada name is displayed, use the right cursor

button (a) to show the file name. Use the left cursor button (b) to show the metadata name.

5 Use the cursor buttons to select the file to load and

press the SET button.

6 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

The file is now loaded.

7 Press the MENU button to end processing.

Checking and revising loaded metadata

Use the following steps to check metadata loaded from an SD

memory card.

1 Press the THUMBNAIL button.

The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.

2 Press the MENU button and select [META DATA] –

[PROPERTY] from the thumbnail menu.

The screen shown below appears.

4 While viewing metadata settings, use the cursor

buttons to move the cursor to the setting you want to

change and press the SET button.

The on-screen keyboard appears. Make the required

changes. The USB keyboard also becomes available.

➝For details, refer to “Using the On-screen Keyboard”

(page 39).

◆ NOTE:

• Use the cursor buttons to select a metadata item and press the SET button to view the information.

USER CLIP NAME:

CREATOR: Creator

LAST UPDATE

PERSON:

SHOOT: The person who shot

PLACE NAME: Shooting location

SCENARIO: Program name, scene No., take No.

NEWS: Name of the reporter, purpose of

MEMO: Name of the person who recorded

Loaded USER CLIP NAME, counter

value and recorded data

The person who last updated the

data

data collection, object of data

collection

the text memo and text memo data

Clip Management: Attaching Metadata to Clips

• Press the EXIT or SET button after confirming to close the window.

• Select [OK] after completing all changes.

5 Press EXIT to exit the metadata confirmation dialog.

Deleting metadata

Use the following procedure to delete metadata stored in this unit.

4 Select [ON] and press the SET button.

This setting records the loaded metadata simultaneous

with video recording. The USER CLIP NAME is attached to

metadata as specified by the recording method.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to select [META DATA] –

[INITIALIZE] and press the SET button.

4 Select [YES] in the confirmation dialog and press the

SET button.

This deletes the metadata.

5 Press the MENU button to end setup.

6 Record video on this unit.

◆ NOTE:

• When [OFF] is selected in step 4, no metadata is attached to the clip.

Clip Management

5 Press the MENU button to end processing.

Recording Clips Containing Metadata

This procedure attaches the loaded metadata to clip that is

recorded.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [META DATA] –

[RECORD] and press the SET button.

Clip Management: Attaching Metadata to Clips

Using SD/SDHC Memory Cards

This unit can use SD and SDHC memory to store setup

menus, recorded metadata and AVCHD recordings

*1: Requires AVCHD codec board (optional accessory).

◆ NOTE:

• Further information on the above functions is provided in the

following sections in this manual.

- Loading metadata

➝Refer to “Attaching Metadata to Clips” (page 68).

- Storing and loading setup menus

➝Refer to “Setup” (page 164).

- AVCHD recording and playback

➝Refer to “Using an Optional AVCHD Board” (page 149).

• The SD memory card access lamp lights in orange during AVCHD

recording and playback. It lights in green in the following cases.

- While loading metadata

- While storing and loading the setup menu

- While formatting the card from the P2 card thumbnail screen or the setup menu

- While reading the SD memory card property information on the P2 card thumbnail screen

Displaying Miscellaneous SD Memory Card Information

Use the following procedure to display SD memory card

status on dialog for checking.

SD STANDARD: Indicates that an SD memory

card is formatted according to

the SD/SDHC standard.

SUPPORTED: Complies with SD/

SDHC

NOT SUPPORTED: Does not

comply with SD/SDHC

USED: Used capacity (bytes)

BLANK: Free space (bytes)

TOTAL: Total capacity (bytes)

NUMBER OF CLIPS: The number of clips on an SD

memory card when clips have

been copied to an SD memory

card using a proxy or a P2

camera recorder.

PROTECT: Write protected

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [PROPERTY] –

[DEVICES] – [SD CARD] and press the SET button.

The following information may also appear depending on

card status.

• This unit cannot record proxies.

4 Press the SET button and the MENU button to end

processing.

Formatting SD Memory Cards

Use the following procedure to format an SD memory card

inserted in an SD memory card slot.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to select [OPERATION] –

[FORMAT] – [SD CARD].

Clip Management: Using SD/SDHC Memory Cards

4 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

The card is now formatted.

◆ NOTE:

• To cancel formatting, select [NO] and press the SET button.

• Check that no important data remains on a card before formatting since data erased by formatting cannot be recovered.

5 Press OK (SET button) when the completion

message appears.

Clip Management

6 Press the MENU button to end processing.

Clip Management: Using SD/SDHC Memory Cards

Formatting P2 Cards

Formatting Individual P2 Cards Formatting All P2 Cards

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] –

[FORMAT] – [SLOT n] (the number of the P2 card

slot containing the card to format) and press the SET

button.

4 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

The card is now formatted.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] –

[FORMAT] – [ALL P2] and press the SET button.

4 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

The card formatting starts.

◆ NOTE:

• To cancel formatting, select [NO] and press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

• To cancel formatting, select [NO] and press the SET button.

5 Press OK (SET button) when the completion

message appears.

◆ NOTE:

• Repeat the procedures in steps 3 to 5 to format P2 cards in other P2 card slots or SD memory cards.

6 Press the MENU button to end processing.

5 Press OK (SET button) when the completion

message appears.

6 Press the MENU button to end processing.

Clip Management: Formatting P2 Cards

Checking Card Status

Use the following procedure to display P2 card slot status and P2 card usage and other card information on the screen for

checking.

Selecting Information to Display

Select whether remaining capacity or used capacity should

appear in the P2 card information.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [PROPERTY] –

[PROPERTY SETUP] – [P2 CARD CAP] and press

the SET button.

Clip Management

4 Use the cursor buttons to select an item and press

the SET button.

REMAIN: Remaining capacity indication (initial value)

USED: Used capacity indication

• XX indicates factory default settings.

5 Press the MENU button to end processing.

Clip Management: Checking Card Status

Displaying Card Status Information

After completing the settings described on the previous page,

you can use the procedure described below to check the

status of P2 cards in P2 card slots.

1 Open the thumbnail screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [PROPERTY] –

[CARD STATUS] and press the SET button to

display P2 card status.

2)1)

1) Write protect mark

A write-protected P2 card is indicated by the mark

displayed here.

2) P2 card status

The remaining free memory on the P2 card is

displayed here in the form of a bar meter and a

percentage value.

Memory used on the P2 card is also displayed in the

form of a bar meter and a percentage value.

The following status information may also appear

depending on card status.

FORMAT ERROR: An unformatted P2 card is

inserted.

NOT SUPPORTED: This unit does not support the

inserted card.

NO CARD: No P2 card has been inserted.

3) P2 card remaining memory (or memory used)/total

memory

Indicates P2 card remaining free memory (or memory

used)/total memory in time left in minutes. Fractions of

a minute are rounded off on the display so that the sum

total of the remaining memory available for recording

on each P2 card may not tally with the figure for the

total memory.

4) Slot remaining memory (or memory used) total

The figure obtained by totaling the remaining free

memory on the six P2 slots is shown here.

◆ NOTE:

• Free space of write-protected P2 cards is not included in

the free space total.

5) Detailed P2 card status

Select the slot of the P2 card whose status you want to

check and press the SET button to view the P2 card

model number and other detailed information.

Press the SET or EXIT button again to close the

detailed information dialog.

Clip Management: Checking Card Status

6) Card warning messages

This warning appears when the following P2 cards are

inserted.

[RUN DOWN CARD]

The maximum number of overwrites has been

exceeded.

[DIR ENTRY NG CARD]

The P2 card directory structure is not supported.

Open Detailed P2 Card Status for more information on

this warning.

4 Press the EXIT button to end processing.

Clip Management

Clip Management: Checking Card Status

Editing

Playlist Function

This unit allows the user to create a playlist that combines the

desired audio and video sections recorded on a P2 card. The

user can play back the clip sections on the playlist to check

what the created footage will look like after editing. Sections

of audio and video selected for playback are referred to as an

event and a list of such events is called a playlist. Editing

results can easily be checked since editing does not involve

any direct changes of clip data.

In normal playback, playback starts from the starting point

and goes on until the last clip.

P2 card 1

P2 card 2

Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3-1

Current position

Clip 3-2 Clip 4 Clip 5

Continuous playback

Playlist playback continuously plays back only the required

clip sections.

P2 card 1

P2 card 2

Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3-1

Event A Event B

IN OUT

Clip 3-2 Clip 4 Clip 5

IN OUT

Event A Event B Event C

IN OUT

Event C

Continuous playback of events according to playlist (when started from event A)

Playlist playback

Use the playlist mode to create playlists.

◆ NOTE:

• Playlists are stored in the playlist area of memory in this unit and can

always be accessed from the playlist screen. Playlists can also be

stored on a P2 card.

• Voice-overs can also be recorded. Since the audio data should be

saved to the same P2 card as the playlist, first save the playlist to a

P2 card.

• Do not use 24PN clips that have undergone nonlinear editing in a

playlist. Edit points may not be correctly recorded.

• Do not use and register multiple copies of the same clip since that

may result in incorrect recognition.

• Up to 100 events can be created per track.

• The maximum duration of a playlist is 23:59:59:29. (23:59:59:24 when

50, 25 or 60-25 is selected in setup menu No.25 (SYSTEM FREQ),

24:01:26.13 in drop-frame indication and 23:59:59:20 in 24PN)

Editing: Playlist Function

Editing Workflow

Playlist mode uses a player and a recorder to create a playlist

that stores editing results.

Player

The player thumbnails or playback video appear on the left

side of the playlist screen.

Normally, clips on a P2 card are used, but clips from a hard

disk, VTR or other device connected and controlled via the

REMOTE connector (RS-422A) can also be used.

➝Refer to “Names and Functions of the Playlist Screen” (page

81).

Recorder

The recorder playback video appears on the right side of the

playlist screen and the timeline is shown below. The recorder

allows you to check playback and editing results.

➝Refer to “Names and Functions of the Playlist Screen” (page

81).

Cut editing workflow

The following walks you through the steps to perform cut

editing.

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5 Press the PLAYER button to switch to player (left

side) operations.

The PLAYER button goes on during player operation.

Editing

6 Start player playback, set the IN point (IN + ENTRY

button) and OUT point (OUT + ENTRY button) to

specify the section of the clip you need.

7 Press the PLAYER button to switch to recorder (right

side) operations.

The PLAYER button goes out.

8 To add a cut when there are events in the recorder,

start playback and set an IN point by pressing the IN

+ ENTRY button.

After the playlist has been cleared in step 3, an IN point is

automatically set at the beginning of the recorder.

4 6,8 5,7

1 Determine the format for the clip playlist you want to

edit in the setup menu.

➝Refer to “Preparing for Playlist Creation” (page 90).

2 Press the PLAY LIST button to open the playlist

screen.

3 Press the NEW (SHIFT + RESET) button to clear

playlists stored in the unit.

4 Press the EDIT MODE button to select overwrite

editing and select all tracks.

9 Press the PREVIEW button to preview and check

editing results.

In the preview, the edited section is added to the timeline.

Repeat steps 5 to 9 to connect cut sections.

Finally, use the cursor buttons to move the cursor

to the beginning of the event and start playback on

the recorder.

The playlist is played back.

Use Edit Copy ([OPERATION] – [EDITCOPY] menu) as

required to create a new clip from the created playlist.

Editing: Playlist Function

Insert Editing Mode and Overwrite

Handling of Sections without Audio

Editing Mode

In playlist mode, events can be added either in insert editing

mode or in overwrite editing mode.

Use the EDITMODE button to switch between the two modes.

Insert editing mode

This mode inserts an event at the specified location and the

event previously at this location now comes after the inserted

event. This increases the duration of the entire playlist by the

length of the inserted event.

Clip 4

Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3

Clip 1

Overwrite editing mode

In overwrite editing mode, the inserted event overwrites other

events starting from the specified point. The duration of other

events will differ, but total playlist duration will remain the

same.

Clip 2-1

Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3

Clip 4

Clip 2-2

Clip 4

Clip 3

and Video

Overwrite editing can generate sections on the timeline

missing both audio and video. When played back, sections

without video generate no image (black) and sections without

audio are silent. The same effect will be produced when a

card with editing material is not inserted or by a section with

an event that cannot be played back.

◆ NOTE:

• Edit Copy of sections that contain no video cannot be executed.

However, Edit Copy of sections without audio can be executed.

Undoing and Redoing

Only the last edit operation in playlist mode can be undone. A

cancelled operation can also be redone. Use the LAST X

button to cancel or redo an operation.

◆ NOTE:

• The following operations cannot be cancelled or redone.

- Menu operations other than OPERATION menu operations

- Playlist name changes

([OPERATION] – [CHANGE PLAYLIST NAME])

• When something other than a P2 card is selected as the player, a

cancellation of a temporary registration made using a three-point

edit cannot be redone.

• An undo/redo operation cancels an event selection.

• An event created through registration or preview cannot be

previewed after a redo.

Clip 1

The result of other operations will also differ depending on

whether they are performed in insert or overwrite editing mode.

Operation Insert editing mode Overwrite editing mode

Deleting

events

Trim

(extend)

Trim

(contract)

Events following the

deleted event are

moved forward.

Subsequent events are

moved backwards by

an amount that

corresponds to the

extension.

Subsequent events are

moved forward by an

amount that

corresponds to the

contraction.

Clip 2-1

Clip 4

Clip 3-2

The deleted event

becomes a section

without video or sound.

Subsequent events are

overwritten by an

amount that

corresponds to the

extension.

Subsequent events are

extended by an

amount corresponding

to the contraction.

Audio Fading between Events

The following fade settings can be made between audio

events. Use setup menu No. 731 (PB FADE) to switch settings.

AUTO: V fade (A fade out of the previous audio event is

followed by a fade in of the next audio event.)

CUT: No fade setting

Editing: Playlist Function

Names and Functions of the Playlist Screen

The picture below shows that the playlist interface is made up of four elements.

Player screen

Timeline

Player screen

The player screen consists of the player thumbnail screen that

shows thumbnails and the player playback screen that shows

player video

between the player thumbnail screen and the player video

screen.

*1: The player video screen does not play back clips that are in

different playlist formats. While the player thumbnail screen shows

all clips, it displays the clip number of clips that cannot be played

back, for example, because they are in a different format in red.

. Use the THUMBNAIL button to switch

Recorder screen

Editing

Data bar

Player video screen

◆ NOTE:

• In A.DUB mode, the player screen does not show video but shows

only the characters “A.DUB”.

1 2

Player thumbnail screen

1. Player time code indication

Indicates the time code of the player playback position

and other information.

• Displayed information

TCR: Indicates player time code.

UBR: Indicates player user bits.

CTL: Indicates the position relative to player

start position.

IN: Indicates the time code of the IN point

set on the player when the IN button is

pressed.

OUT: Indicates the time code of the OUT

point set on the player when the OUT

button is pressed.

Editing: Playlist Function

DUR: Indicates the duration between the set

IN and the OUT points on the player

when the IN and OUT buttons are

simultaneously pressed.

◆ NOTE:

• When either one of the IN and OUT points

has not been set, this function indicates

the duration between the set IN or OUT

point and the current location.

When the player is a P2 card, this

Ext

HDD

appears before the left end of the

player time code display.

When the player is an external device,

this appears before the left end of the

player time code display.

When the player is a hard disk, this

appears before the left end of the

player time code display.

2. Player thumbnail status indication

Indicates the following player thumbnail status: [ALL],

[SAME FORMAT], [SELECTED], [MARKER],

[TEXTMEMO] and [SLOT n].

3. Player thumbnail display

Displays player thumbnails.

Displayed clip number, indicators and other

information are the same as those displayed on the

thumbnail display.

➝Refer to “Thumbnail Screen Names and Functions”

(page 50).

Green

triangle (a):

Indicates the rough location of the IN

point when a player IN point is set.

◆ NOTE:

• When the player is an external device, the

green triangle appears at 1/3 of the time

bar regardless of IN point location.

• When player thumbnail status is set to

SELECTED CLIPS or other status and the

clip with the set IN point does not belong

to these clips, a green bar ( | ) appears to

the left of the time bar.

Red triangle

(b):

Indicates the rough location of the OUT

point when a player OUT point is set.

◆ NOTE:

• When the player is an external device, the

red triangle appears at a location 2/3 of the

time bar regardless of OUT point location.

• When player thumbnail status is set to

SELECTED CLIPS or other status and the

clip with the set OUT point does not

belong to these clips, a red bar ( | )

appears to the right of the time bar.

5. Player playback screen display

Displays video of player playback.

Recorder screen

The recorder screen shows video of events registered in the

playlist.

4. Player time bar indication

The total width of the time bar indicates the total length

of the player (total duration). The background color of

the time bar is light gray when the player is operating

and dark gray when the recorder is operating.

Yellow bar

(|):

Editing: Playlist Function

Indicates the rough location of current

playback.

◆ NOTE:

• When the player is an external device, the

yellow bar ( | ) indicating playback

location does not appear.

1. Recorder time code indication

Indicates the time code of the recorder playback

location.

• Displayed information

TCR: Indicates recorder time code.

UBR: Indicates recorder user bits.

CTL: Indicates the position relative to

recorder start position.

IN: Indicates the time code of the IN point

set on the recorder when the IN button

is pressed.

OUT: Indicates the time code of the OUT

point set on the recorder when the OUT

button is pressed.

DUR: Indicates the duration between the set

IN and OUT points of the recorder

when the IN and OUT buttons are

simultaneously pressed.

A3: Audio channel 3

A4: Audio channel 4

• Selected status

Orange: Selected track

Gray: Track not selected

◆ NOTE:

• When either one of the IN and OUT points

has not been set, this function indicates

the duration between the set IN or OUT

point and the current location.

2. Recorder playback screen display

Displays video of recorder playback.

3. Recorder time bar indication

The total length of the time bar indicates the total

length of the recorder (total duration). The background

color of the time bar is light gray when the recorder is

operating and dark gray when the player is operating.

Yellow bar

(|):

Green

triangle (a):

Red triangle

(b):

Indicates the rough playback location

of the recorder in the playback list.

Indicates the rough location of the IN

point when a recorder IN point is set.

Indicates the rough location of the OUT

point when a recorder OUT point is set.

Timeline

Indicates the state of events recorded in the playlist on the

timeline.

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3. Event indication

Gray event: The source clip of the event is on the P2

card and can be played back normally.

Yellow

event:

Black event: A section without video or audio

Red (X)

event:

Thumbnail

display:

Event at cursor location. (➝4. Cursor

indication)

caused by the deletion of an event.

(➝7. Indication of section without video

or audio)

Event whose source clip is not on a P2

card. (➝8. Invalid event indication)

Indicates thumbnails for IN and OUT

point thumbnails of events with IN point

priority when there is space for the

indicator to display video track events.

(➝6. IN/OUT point thumbnail

indication)

4. Cursor indication

The event at the cursor location is yellow.

Use the cursor buttons to move the cursor up, down,

right and left. Hold down the SHIFT button and press

the up, down, right and left cursor buttons (b / a / 4

/ 5) to move to events at the top.

◆ NOTE:

• The cursor cannot be moved during playback or search. It

can be moved during standstill or pause.

Editing

12 13 1415 16 17

1. Editing mode indication

Indicates editing mode of an event.

INST: Indicates insert editing

OW: Indicates overwrite editing

2. Track name indication

Indicates track data and selected status.

• Displayed information

V: Video

A1: Audio channel 1

A2: Audio channel 2

5. Event frame

Blue: Selected event

Orange: Events that are temporarily registered

when the player is an external device or

hard disk.

Red (X): Event whose source clip is not on a P2

card. However, a selected clip is

indicated in a blue frame and has

priority.

◆ NOTE:

• Follow the instructions below to make clip selections.

➝ For details, refer to “Buttons Used in Playlist Operations”

(page 86).

Editing: Playlist Function

- SET button

Selecting and deselecting an event at cursor location.

- Hold down the SET button for 1 second or longer

Selecting the same IN/OUT events at the cursor location.

- Use of the MULTI SEL (SHIFT + SET) button after

selecting one event:

This operation selects all events from a previously

selected location up to the current location.

- CANCEL (SHIFT + EXIT) button

This operation cancels all selections.

13.Mark indicating change in audio level

This mark appears on events to indicate that a change

in audio level has occurred, but only if the event has

room for the mark.

14.Seek bar

Indicates the current playback position of the recorder.

Next playback will start from the location indicated on

the seek bar.

6. IN/OUT point thumbnail indication

➝Refer to “3. Event indication”.

7. Indication of section without video or audio

➝Refer to “3. Event indication”.

8. Invalid event indication

➝Refer to “3. Event indication”.

9. Recorder IN point indication

A green triangle (a) indicates the location of an IN

point when a recorder IN point is set.

10.Recorder OUT point indication

A red triangle (b) indicates the location of an OUT

point when a recorder OUT point is set.

11.Scale indication

Displays the time code and scale according to the

zoom ratio of the timeline.

When REPLACE TC

is ON:

When REPLACE TC

is OFF:

The timeline indicates the time

code for start, middle and end

positions.

The time code is not indicated.

15.Indication of change in audio channels

Indicates the channel numbers where material was

switched for events whose audio channels were

switched.

No indication is made for events that remain

unchanged or for events when the indication does not

have room for channel numbers.

16.Display of duration of event at cursor location

Displays the time (duration) of the event at the cursor

location.

17.Total playlist time indication

Indicates the total duration of all events.

Data bar

1 2 3 4

1. Playlist format indication

Indicates playlist format.

2. Playlist name indication

Indicates the name of a playlist.

12.Start time code indication

When REPLACE TC

is ON:

When REPLACE TC

is OFF:

The A.DUB mode indicates time remaining for a voice-

over, not the start time code.

Editing: Playlist Function

The set start time code value is

indicated.

“--:--:--:--” is displayed.

◆ NOTE:

• No indication appears for playlists without names.

• Playlist names that are too long are abbreviated and end in

“..”.

3. Indication of slots storing playlist files

The numbers of slots that store playlist files are

indicated in white.

Slots that do not store a playlist are indicated in white

“-” symbol.

Slots containing read-only files are indicated in gray.

Slots with P2 cards that do not contain any saved files

are indicated in red “-” symbol.

4. Playlist file name indication

Names of playlist files are indicated in white.

Gray file name: Indicates read-only files.

Red file name: Indicates that the P2 card

storing the file has not been

inserted.

◆ NOTE:

• When a card does not contain files, white “------” appears.

Editing

Editing: Playlist Function

Buttons Used in Playlist Operations

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15 17 16 218 18 1922

20 5

1. PLAY LIST button

Press to engage the playlist mode to create playlists or

play back created playlists. This button lights in the

playlist mode. Pressing this button in the playlist mode

opens the recording/playback mode screen (GUI off).

2. THUMBNAIL button

Use this button in playlist mode to turn the thumbnail

display on or off.

3. SET/MULTI SEL button

Use this button to select menus, run menu items and

select an event or multiple events. Selected events are

indicated in a blue frame.

• Event selection

SET: Selects and deselects (toggle

button) the event at cursor

location.

Hold down the SET

button for 1 second

or longer:

MULTI SEL (SHIFT

+ SET) button after

selecting an event:

Selects all events with the same

IN and OUT points as the event

at the cursor location.

This operation selects all events

from a previously selected

location up to the current

location.

4. Cursor buttons (▲ / ▼ / b / a)

• During recorder operation

Moves the cursor up, down, right and left on the

timeline. Also available for events without video (black)

or audio.

Left and right

cursor buttons

(b / a):

Up and down

cursor buttons

(▲ / ▼):

Moves the cursors and

simultaneously the playback start

position to the beginning of the

event at the cursor location.

Pressing the

event at the end of the track moves

the cursor to the last frame of the

playlist +1. Use this function to set

the recorder IN point when

registering new events. (The IN

point is then entered as “**:**:**:**”.)

Holding down the SHIFT button and

pressing the b or a button moves

the cursor to the beginning or end

of the track at the cursor location.

Moves up or down tracks in events

at the current playback position.

Hold down the SHIFT button and

press the ▲ or ▼ button to move to

the current playback location of the

video track or the lowest audio

track.

button beyond the

Editing: Playlist Function

• During player thumbnail operation

These buttons move the cursor in the same way as the

thumbnail screen.

➝Refer to “Cursor operations in thumbnail screen”

(page 52).

• During menu operations

These buttons operate in the same way as in the

thumbnail menu.

➝Refer to “Moving Between Screens and Menu

Operations” (page 37).

SOURCE SELECT (SHIFT + PLAYER) button

Press this button and select a player from the devices

(interfaces) listed in the menu that appears. Select a

device with the cursor and press the SET button to use

it as the source player.

P2 CARD

(default):

EXT PLAYER

<RS422>:

Select to use a clip on a P2 card as

a player.

Select EXT PLAYER to use an

external device controlled via

RS-422A.

5. EXIT/CANCEL button

EXIT button

This button performs the same function as EXIT in a

menu.

CANCEL (SHIFT + EXIT) button

To cancel all selected events or temporary

registrations, hold down the SHIFT button and press

the EXIT button.

6. MENU/OPERATION button

MENU button

After entering the STOP status by pressing the STOP

button, press the MENU button to open the menu

window and press again to close it.

OPERATION (SHIFT + MENU) button

Hold down the SHIFT button and press the MENU

button to open OPERATION in the GUI menu.

7. (TC PRESET)/PROP button

PROP (SHIFT + TC PRESET) button

Holding down the SHIFT button and pressing the TC PRESET button performs the following functions depending on the current operation.

• During recorder operation Displays detailed information on the event at the cursor location.

• During player operation Displays detailed information on the clip at the cursor location. However, the details that appear are the same as those obtained by the properties on the left side of the thumbnail screen in thumbnail mode. Press the EXIT button to return to the normal screen.

➝Refer to “Viewing Event and Clip Information” (page

112).

8. PLAYER/ SOURCE SELECT button

PLAYER button

Use this button to switch between player and recorder

operation. During player operation, the button lights

and the player screen is available. During recorder

operation, the button goes out and the recorder screen

and timeline become available.

◆ NOTE:

• When the playlist format is 24PN or

30PN, you can only select the

corresponding value (24PN or 30PN)

in setup menu No. 25 (SYSTEM

FREQ).

USB HDD: Select USB HDD to use a hard disk

connected via USB as a player*1.

eSATA HDD: Select eSATA HDD to use a hard

disk connected via eSATA as a

player

CANCEL: Ends without making a selection.

*1: You must first use HDD EXPLORE to select partitions that

allow playback.

➝Refer to “Displaying Hard Disk Information

(Explorer Screen)” (page 122) and “Selecting

partition or folder as target” (page 123).

9. RESET/NEW button

RESET button

Resets the CTL counter.

RESET + IN/OUT button

Hold down the IN/OUT button and press the RESET

button to reset the IN or OUT point for the player or

recorder, whichever is active.

NEW (SHIFT + RESET) button

Hold down the SHIFT button and press the RESET

button to create a new playlist (fulfils the same function

as [FILE] – [NEW]).

10.VIDEO/A1/A2/A3 (SHIFT + A1)/A4 (SHIFT + A2)

button

Selects tracks for editing. Audio channels 5 to 8 cannot

be selected for editing, but when the source clip is

available, choose [SETTING] – [AUDIO CH] – [CH5-8]

from the menu to set output or disable output for

playback or Edit Copy.

➝Refer to “Creating New Clips from the Playlist (Edit

Copy)” (page 115).

Editing

Editing: Playlist Function

11.EDIT MODE button

Press this button to toggle between insert and

overwrite editing.

12.GO TO/A. DUB MODE button

GOTO button

Hold down the GOTO button and press the IN/OUT

button to move the playback location to the currently

set IN/OUT point.

A. DUB MODE (SHIFT + GOTO) button

Hold down the SHIFT button and press the GOTO

button to engage the A.DUB mode. The A.DUB mode

allows you to record voice-overs.

➝Refer to “Recording Voice-Overs” (page 106).

13.LAST X/DELETE button

LAST X button

Press this button to cancel the last edit operation and

return to the previous editing stage. Pressing this

button again after cancelling restores the operation.

DELETE (SHIFT + LAST X) button

Use this button to delete events during recorder

operation. Place the cursor on the event you want to

delete and press the SET button to select it. Then hold

down the SHIFT button and press the LAST X button to

delete the selected event.

14.TRIM (+/–)/SLOT SELECT button

TRIM (+/–) button

Use to zoom in (+) or zoom out (–) the timeline.

IN/OUT + TRIM (+/–) button

• When no event is selected

Use to fine adjust the IN and OUT points set for the

player and recorder.

➝Refer to “Revising IN and OUT points for the player

and recorder” (page 97).

• When an event is selected (blue frame)

Use to fine adjust IN and OUT points for recorder of

selected event.

➝Refer to “Revising Registered Events” (page 99).

SHIFT + IN + TRIM (+/–) button

• When an event is selected (blue frame)

Use to simultaneously fine adjust the IN points for

selected events on the player and recorder.

➝Refer to “Revising Registered Events” (page 99).

SLOT SELECT (SHIFT + TRIM (+/–)) button

Select slot of card that will be used for loading video on

the timeline from an external device (RS-422A) or hard

disk.

15.IN/SLOT CLIP button

16.OUT/ALL CLIP button

IN/OUT button

Hold down the IN or OUT button to superimpose on the

monitor the time code of IN or OUT point set on the

player and recorder.

IN + OUT buttons

Hold down the IN and OUT buttons to display the

duration between the IN and OUT points set on the

player or recorder. If either one of the IN and OUT

points has not been set, it will show the duration up to

the current location.

SLOT CLIP (SHIFT + IN) button

During player thumbnail operation, hold down the

SHIFT button and press the IN button to change the

type of clips that are displayed.

➝Refer to “Changing Thumbnail Display” (page 54).

ALL CLIP (SHIFT + OUT) button

During player thumbnail operation, hold down the

SHIFT button and press the OUT button to change to

display ALL clip types.

➝Refer to “Changing Thumbnail Display” (page 54).

For details on other operations, refer to the

descriptions of the ENTRY button, TRIM+ /– button,

RESET button and GO TO button.

17.ENTRY/CLIP ➝ LIST button

ENTRY button

Press to confirm trimming of IN and OUT points.

IN/OUT + ENTRY buttons

Hold down the IN or OUT button in the player or

recorder and press the ENTRY button to set the current

playback location as the IN or OUT point.

CLIP ➝ LIST (SHIFT + ENTRY) button

Inserts a clip selected in a player thumbnail at the

recorder IN point of the event at the cursor location.

18.PLAY/REVIEW button

PLAY button

Use to play back video on the player or recorder.

REVIEW (SHIFT + PLAY) button

Use to review playback of event at the cursor location

or temporarily registered event during recorder

operation.

Editing: Playlist Function

19.REC button

Finalizes an edit operation, registers the event and

displays it on the timeline. Imports video to a P2 card

from an external device (RS-422A) or hard disk used

as the player.

Use the REC + PLAY button during playback in the

A.DUB mode to start voice-over recording.

➝Refer to “Recording Voice-Overs” (page 106).

20.PREVIEW/A LEVEL REC buttons

PREVIEW button

Use this button to preview playback of event that is

being registered. Before the preview, the event is

registered and appears on the timeline. When the

player is a P2 card, the level changes made using the

audio level control during a preview are set in a

registered event.

➝Refer to “Setting Audio Level” (page 109).

◆ NOTE:

• Events created from external devices or hard disks are

indicated in orange as temporarily registered events.

A LEVEL REC (SHIFT + PREVIEW) button

Press this button to enable adjustment of the audio

level with the audio level control simultaneous with a

preview of the IN and OUT points of the recorder. This

mode allows you to dynamically change the audio level

in the event.

➝Refer to “Setting Audio Level” (page 109).

22.REC/UNITY/PB selection switch and audio level

controls

Select recording (REC position) or playback (PB

position) by the selection switch and adjust the levels

of audio signals by the audio level controls for audio

recording/playback and voice-over recording (sound

mixed with playback sound).

◆ NOTE:

• Levels cannot be adjusted during playback of a playlist.

Editing

21.SHIFT button

This button is used in combination with other buttons.

Editing: Playlist Function

Preparing for Playlist Creation

This chapter will describe the setup required prior to creating

playlists.

Setting System Frequency

Use setup menu No. 25 (SYSTEM FREQ) to adjust the system

frequency. Setting the system frequency determines what

playlist formats are available.

Setting Playlist Format

A playlist format is the format that a playlist can handle and is

determined using a combination of the setup menus given

below.

No.020 SYS FORMAT

No.024/025 REC FMT(SD)/REC FMT(HD)

No.026 PLY LST FMT

For details on each menu, refer to “Setup” (page 164).

The playlist format is set when a new playlist is created. Thus

a new playlist must be created when a change in playlist

format is made.

4 Select [ON] and press the SET button.

This setting replaces the time code during playback.

◆ NOTE:

• When set to [OFF], the time code is not replaced, instead the time code of each clip is output. Then the drop-frame flag of the clip referenced by the first event is used by all drop-frame flags in the playlist.

• During playback or Edit Copy on the recorder, the time code of the video track clips is output intact and this may result in noncontinuous time code. [ON] is therefore the normal recommended setting.

• When set to [OFF], go to step 7 and end setup.

5 Use the cursor buttons to choose [SETTING] –

[REPLACE TC] – [START TC] and press the SET

button to enter the start value of the time code.

The initial value is 00:00:00:00.

6 Use the cursor buttons to choose [SETTING] –

[REPLACE TC] – [DROP FRAME]. Then press the

SET button and select [DF] (drop frame) or [NDF]

(non drop frame).

Setting the Playback Time Code (TC)

During playlist playback, you can select whether the time

code should be replaced and output as a continuous value or

the separate time code of each clip should be retained.

You can set the time code start value when it is replaced at

output.

1 Press the PLAY LIST button to open the playlist

screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [SETTING] –

[REPLACE TC] – [REPLACE] and press the SET

button.

◆ NOTE:

• A [DF] setting cannot be made for a playlist in the 24PN format.

• When an event is imported from a VTR or other external device during control via the REMOTE connector, a clip is created (recorded) from the external device when a playlist is registered. Events in a playlist follow the [REPLACE TC] setting, but the clip that is the source of the event retains its original time code.

7 Press the MENU button to end setup.

Other Settings

Setting preroll time

Set the preroll time for preview or voice-over recording.

1 Press the MENU button, use the cursor buttons to

choose [SETTING] – [PREROLL TIME] and press

the SET button.

Editing: Preparing for Playlist Creation

2 Select 3, 5 or 7 seconds for the preroll time.

Changing audio channel content

Setting Auto Entry

You can replace audio content that will become available

when creating events.

1 Press the MENU button, use the cursor buttons to

choose [SETTING] – [AUDIO CH] and press the SET

button.

2 Select the channels that will be switched.

Example: Select as shown below to switch CH1 and CH2

locations.

[AUDIO CH]-[CH1]=CH2

[CH2]=CH1

[CH3]=CH3

[CH4]=CH4

◆ NOTE:

• Press the MENU button, choose [SETTING] – [AUDIO CH] – [RESET] to reset all audio channels to their defaults.

• The settings described here can also be used for switching audio channel operations.

➝For details, refer to “Switching audio channels” (page

102).

Setting output for audio channels 5 - 8

When Auto Entry is enabled, after confirming edit using the

PREVIEW or REC button, the IN point of the recorder is

automatically set to the location after the last frame in the

edited section.

1 Press the MENU button and use the cursor buttons

to choose [SETTING] – [AUTO ENTRY].

2 Press the SET button, select [ON] and press the SET

button.

◆ NOTE:

• When all the following conditions apply, the time code of the IN point for the recorder is displayed as “**:**:**:**.”.

- AUTO ENTRY is set to ON

- REPLACE TC is set to OFF

- Editing that includes the last frame of the recorder timeline is

performed

Setting up voice-over recording

This sets the presence of mix recording and recorded audio

output required for recording voice-overs (refer to “Recording

Voice-Overs” (page 106)).

Use the following setup menus.

Editing

Use the steps below to set output for audio channels 5 - 8 for

playback or Edit Copy of playlists.

1 Press the MENU button, use the cursor buttons to

choose [SETTING] – [AUDIO CH] and press the SET

button.

2 Select [CH5-8] and press the SET button to change

settings.

NONE: Audio is not output via channels 5 - 8.

CH5-8: Outputs audio for channels 5 - 8 of

video clips as audio channels 5 - 8.

Setting audio fade

Use setup menu No. 731 (PB FADE) to set up audio fade that

will become available when creating events.

No.793 A DUB PB MIX

No.797 A DUB MONI

➝For details on the menu, refer to “Setup” (page 164).

Creating a New Playlist

This section describes how to delete a playlist and prepare a

new playlist.

1 Set the items in “Preparing for Playlist Creation”

(➝ refer to page 90).

2 Press the PLAY LIST button to open the playlist

screen.

3 Press the MENU button.

4 Use the cursor buttons to choose [FILE] – [NEW] and

press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

• Pressing the NEW (SHIFT + RESET) button has the same effect as choosing [FILE] – [NEW].

Editing: Preparing for Playlist Creation

5 Select [YES] and press the SET button.

This registers an event where the start of the clip is the IN

point and its end is the OUT point.

Naming Playlists

Use the steps below to name playlists.

1 Press the PLAY LIST button to open the playlist

screen.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] –

[CHANGE PLAYLIST NAME] and press the SET

button.

4 Use the on-screen keyboard to enter a name and

press [OK].

5 Close the menu to register the name in [PLAYLIST

NAME].

Editing: Preparing for Playlist Creation

Creating Playlists

Registering Events in a Playlist

1 Press the PLAY LIST button to open the playlist

screen.

To register an event in a playlist, either set IN and OUT points

using the player and the recorder, or select clips from the

player thumbnails.

Setting IN and OUT points to assign an event

Defining any three of four points (the IN and OUT points of

both the player and the recorder) automatically defines the

remaining point.

It is also possible to set only the IN points for the player and

the recorder.

◆ NOTE:

• When only the IN points for the player and the recorder are set and

the player is a P2 card or hard disk, the audio and video of the event

from the IN point of the player until the end of the clip where the IN

point is set is inserted at or starts overwriting data from the recorder

IN point.

• When an external device is used as the player, audio and video up

to 24 hours (excluding the preview time) is inserted at or starts

overwriting data at the IN point of the recorder.

2 Press the SOURCE SELECT (SHIFT + PLAYER)

button.

Editing

3 Use the cursor buttons to select an interface for the

player and press the SET button.

This determines the external device (interface) that can be

remotely operated.

➝For details on connecting and setting up external

devices, refer to “Connections” (page 116) and

“External Remote Control” (page 128).

Selecting player

Select a P2 card, hard disk or external device (RS-422A) as a

player.

A P2 card is normally used as a player. Use the steps below

to select other devices as a player or to again select a P2 card

as a player.

Editing: Creating Playlists

Switching between player and recorder

2,4

1 Press the PLAY LIST button to open the playlist

screen.

The recorder (right side) is selected upon entering the

playlist mode. The player (left side) displays thumbnails.

3 Press the THUMBNAIL button to switch to player

video.

The THUMBNAIL button goes off and the screen shows

the video of the player.

4 Press the PLAYER button to switch to recorder

operations.

The PLAYER button goes off and the right side of the

screen appears in a yellow frame.

2 Press the PLAYER button to switch to player

operations.

The PLAYER button goes on and the left side of the screen

appears in a yellow frame.

◆ NOTE:

• All clips in thumbnail display become available when clips on a P2 card or hard disk are used as a player, though it is possible to limit the number of clips.

➝ Refer to“Limiting the number of clips used as a player” (page

95).

• When an external device (RS-422A) is used as a player, playback location (yellow bar) on the player bar is not displayed. Nor is it possible to switch to thumbnails.

Editing: Creating Playlists

Limiting the number of clips used as a player

The player is normally composed of all clips on a P2 card that

conform to the playlist format. Use the steps below to limit the

player to a clip or specific clips.

◆ NOTE:

• Clips not in the playlist format are indicated by red numbers and

cannot be selected for playback.

• This function is not available on external devices.

◆ NOTE:

• To select specific clips as a player, select clips to be used from the player thumbnails and select [SELECTED CLIPS]. The clips then appear in the order they were selected.

• Each press of the SLOT CLIP (SHIFT + IN) button switches the clip in the following order SELECTED ➝ SLOT1 ➝ SLOT2…SLOT6 ➝ SELECTED (only slots with cards).

• Press ALL CLIP (SHIFT + OUT) to switch to ALL CLIP.

5 Press the SET button.

The player screen opens and the player will now only use

the selected clips.

Editing

Setting IN and OUT points

1 Switch to player operation.

Press the PLAYER button to switch to player operation.

2 Display player thumbnails.

During player operation, press the THUMBNAIL button to

display thumbnails on the player screen.

3 Press the MENU button.

4 Use the cursor buttons to select the clip type that

should appear under [THUMBNAIL].

ALL CLIP: Selects all clips SAME FORMAT

CLIPS: SELECTED

CLIPS: MARKED

CLIPS: TEXT MEMO

CLIPS: SLOT CLIPS: Selects clips on P2 card in slot No. n

Selects clips of the playlist format

Only uses selected clips

Selects clips to which shot marks have

been attached Selects clips with text memos

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1 Selecting insert or overwrite editing.

Use the EDIT MODE button to select insert or overwrite

editing.

2 Select tracks.

Use the VIDEO/A1/A2/A3/A4 buttons to select the tracks

that should be imported. The names of selected tracks are

indicated in yellow on the left side of the timeline.

3 Switch to player operation.

Press the PLAYER button to switch to player operation.

4 Set the IN point of the player.

While looking at the player screen, hold down the IN button

and press the ENTRY button at the start location of the

required section to set the player IN point. A green is

added to the player bar. The time code of the set IN point

appears on the player screen while the IN button is held

down.

Editing: Creating Playlists

5 Set the OUT point of the player.

While looking at the player screen, hold down the OUT

button and press the ENTRY button at the end location of

the required section to set the player OUT point. A red

is added to the player bar. The time code of the set OUT

point appears on the player screen while the OUT button

is held down.

• When the IN and OUT points of the player spans multiple clips, multiple events are created.

00:00:01:00

CLIP1

00:00:01:15

CLIP2

OUT

00:00:03:29

6 Switch to recorder operation.

Press the PLAYER button to switch to recorder operation.

7 Set the IN point of the recorder.

Hold down the IN button and press the ENTRY button at

the location to which you want to set the recorder IN point

where the section specified by the player is to be inserted

or overwritten. A green is added to the recorder bar.

The time code of the set IN point appears on the recorder

screen while the IN button is held down. When the playlist

is new (and there are no events), the beginning of the

recorder is used for insert and overwrite editing even if no

recorder IN point has been set.

8 Set the OUT point of the recorder.

Hold down the OUT button and press the ENTRY button at

the location where you want to set the recorder OUT point

and end the overwrite using the section selected on the

player. A red is added to the recorder bar. The time

code of the set OUT point appears on the recorder screen

while the OUT button is held down.

EVENT

EVENT1

• When the IN and OUT points become reversed, the most recently set point has priority.

• When all the following conditions apply, the time code of the IN point for the recorder is displayed as “**:**:**:**”.

- REPLACE TC is set to OFF

- The IN point for the recorder is set after the last frame on the

timeline.

• To create consecutive events in the playlist (assembly editing), enable AUTO ENTRY in the menu. When events have been assigned, the recorder IN point is automatically set to the frame after the last frame in the playlist. Thus there is no need to set the IN point for the recorder as setting the IN point and OUT point for the player will automatically create consecutive events.

• The IN and OUT points for a P2 card or external device used as the player are retained after exiting the playlist mode.

EVENT2

◆ NOTE:

• The IN and OUT points for the player and the recorder can be set in any order.

• Setting the fourth point when any three points of player or recorder IN and OUT points have been defined, automatically cancels the point corresponding to the fourth point (for example, the recorder IN point when the player IN point has been set).

• Set the IN point and OUT point so that the resulting events have a duration of at least 10 frames. A shorter event may not play back normally.

• In the 24PN playlist format, editing is performed in 4-frame units.

Editing: Creating Playlists

Revising IN and OUT points for the player and recorder

Preview and assigning events (when the player is a P2 card)

After setting the IN or OUT point, preview to check edit result

on the recorder.

2,3,4 34

1 Switch to player or recorder operation.

Press the PLAYER button to switch to player or recorder

operation.

2 Use the GOTO button and the IN or OUT button to

find the IN or OUT point.

Hold down the IN or OUT button and press the GOTO

button to move the playback location to the IN or OUT

point.

3 Set the IN or OUT point of the player or recorder.

While looking at the player or recorder screen, hold down

the IN or OUT button and press the ENTRY button to set

the IN or OUT point again. Or hold down the IN or OUT

button and press the RESET button to cancel the IN or

OUT point.

Editing

1 Press the PREVIEW button to preview.

Start preview by pressing the PREVIEW button to play

back the edited section on the recorder starting 3 seconds

before the beginning of the edit section (PREROLL TIME

setting) to 1 second beyond the end of the section.

2 The result is assigned as events to the timeline.

4 Move the IN or OUT point of the player or recorder as

necessary.

To fine adjust, hold down the IN or OUT button and press

the TRIM+ or TRIM– button to move the IN or OUT point.

Hold down the button for 1 second or more to make

continuous settings.

◆ NOTE:

• To end preview, press the STOP button.

• The audio level for each event can be separately set during preview.

➝ Refer to “Setting Audio Level” (page 109).

• To confirm the edit result without previewing it, press the REC button.

• Setting the OUT point for the recorder during preview stops preview and newly starts editing with the set OUT point.

• When only the IN points for the player and the recorder are set, you can edit up to the end of the player clip, which becomes the OUT point for the player.

• When no other operation has been performed after confirming an edit, a second preview will play back the section edited immediately before. The audio level for this section can then be adjusted. This level is cancelled if an IN or OUT point is set or event operations are performed.

Editing: Creating Playlists

Preview and assigning events (when the player is something other than a P2 card)

After setting the IN or OUT point, preview to check edit result

on the recorder.

1 3

1 Press the PREVIEW button to preview.

Start preview by pressing the PREVIEW button to play

back the edited section on the recorder starting 3 seconds

before the beginning of the edit section (PREROLL TIME

setting) to 1 second beyond the end of the section.

2 Events are indicated in orange during a preview.

During a preview, a temporary event (an event displayed

in orange) that indicates a temporary edit section is

created on the timeline. This is referred to as a temporary

registration. In this state, the event is not imported (not

stored on the P2 card).

4 The event is recorded and appears on the timeline.

◆ NOTE:

• To end preview, press the STOP button.

• A temporarily registered section on an external device (RS-422A) used as the player is played back or reviewed without video or sound. A review plays back the entire temporarily registered section.

• To confirm the edit result without previewing it, press the REC button.

• When an edit is started by defining only IN points of the player and recorder, a temporary event of up to 24 hours will be created on the recorder. Set an OUT point during the preview or press the STOP button during capture to reset the length of the event.

• The margin before and after a temporarily registered section that is imported in a capture is a maximum of 2 seconds. Data that exceeds the IN and OUT points when a hard disk is used as the player, and data that exceeds the start and end points of material when the player is an external device are not imported. Also, the preroll needs a period of time equal to the set preroll time plus 2 seconds.

• When the player is a device other than a P2 card, a preview without defining the IN and OUT points is not possible after finalizing the edit (after capture).

• When an external device (RS-422A) is used as the player and the time code of the external device is intermittent, the event may not be properly imported to the timeline even if the capture operation works. As long as the OUT point shift is not longer than 2 seconds, it is possible to revise the event after using the trimming function for importing.

• Audio levels cannot be set during registration or preview of events when the player is something other than a P2 card.

• Audio channels cannot be switched during editing that uses an external device (RS-422A) as the player.

➝ Refer to “Changing audio channel content” (page 91).

• Events cannot be selected and menu operations are not available during temporary registration. To cancel temporary registration, press the CANCEL (SHIFT + EXIT) button.

3 Press the REC button to register an event.

This operation records the required video section on the

P2 card in the slot selected for recording. If required, use

the SLOT SELECT button to select the slot to be used for

recording prior to recording. This recording extends 2

seconds beyond the IN and OUT points to allow room for

trimming after editing.

Editing: Creating Playlists

Registering Events by Clip

• The selected clip will be inserted even when the overwrite editing is active.

Use the following procedure to add selected clips to the playlist. This operation registers the start of a clip as the IN point and its end as the OUT point.

43,53,6

1 Switch to player operation.

Press the PLAYER button to switch to player operation.

Revising Registered Events

Events registered on the timeline can be revised.

Trimming events

You can change IN and OUT points for events in frame

increments (in 4-frame increments at 24PN). The result of

trimming will depend on whether insert or overwrite editing is

selected.

Operation Insert editing Overwrite editing

Trim

(extend)

Trim

(contract)

Subsequent events are

moved backwards by

an amount that

corresponds to the

extension.

Subsequent events are

moved forward by an

amount that

corresponds to the

contraction.

Previous or

subsequent events will

be overwritten by an

amount corresponding

to the extension.

Previous and

subsequent events are

extended by an

amount corresponding

to the contraction.

Editing

2 Display player thumbnails.

During player operation, press the THUMBNAIL button to display thumbnails on the player screen.

3 Use the cursor buttons to select the clip you want to

add to the event and press the SET button.

The frame of the clip turns blue.

4 Press the MENU button.

5 Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] –

[APPEND SELECTED CLIPS].

6 Press the SET button.

An event is registered with the start of a selected clip as the IN point and its end as the OUT point.

◆ NOTE:

• Clips not in the playlist format are indicated by red numbers and cannot be registered.

• This operation inserts a clip right before the event at the cursor location. It is not possible to add the clip at any other location or through overwriting.

• It is possible to use CLIP ➝ LIST (SHIFT + ENTRY) button instead of operation described in step 5 to add a clip as an event.

• The clip cannot be added when its addition causes the number of events in a track to exceed 100.

• You can also add multiple clips. The clips are added in the order they are selected.

Example showing overwrite editing of Event2 whose IN

point is trimmed by 1 frame in + direction

(A1 is the first frame from the beginning of ClipA that Event1

references.)

Before trimming

Trimming recorder IN point (IN + TRIM+ button during recorder operation)

Simultaneous trimming of player and recorder IN points (SHIFT + IN + TRIM+ button during recorder operation)

Trimming player IN point (IN + TRIM+ button during player operation)

Example showing insert editing of Event2 whose OUT point is trimmed by 1 frame in + direction

Before trimming

Simultaneous trimming of player and recorder OUT points (OUT + TRIM+ button or SHIFT + OUT + TRIM+ button during recorder operation, or OUT + TRIM+ button during player operation)

Event1 Event2 Event3

A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3

Trim

A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 C1 C2 C3

A1 A2 A3 A4 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3

A1 A2 A3 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 C3

Event1 Event2 Event3

A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3

A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 C3

Trim

Editing: Creating Playlists

1 3 4 2 2

1 Select insert or overwrite editing.

Use the EDIT MODE button to select insert or overwrite

editing.

2 Select the event to trim.

Press the PLAYER button to switch to recorder operation.

Use the cursor buttons to move the cursor to the event to

be trimmed and press the SET button.

◆ NOTE:

• Only events at the same location and of the same length in the source clip can be simultaneously selected for trimming. Trimming is not available when other types of events are selected. Use the CANCEL (SHIFT + EXIT) button to cancel selections.

4 Press the ENTRY button to finalize trimming.

◆ NOTE:

• Performing any of the following operations will discard the changes and redisplay the playlist screen.

- Pressing the EXIT button

- Pressing the CANCEL (SHIFT + EXIT) button

• You cannot make changes that go beyond the start and end points of the source clip.

• You cannot make changes that reverse the IN and OUT points.

• The timeline stays the same during trimming. It is updated after finalizing the trimming results.

• During trimming, the search dial can be used to move video and the IN/OUT + ENTRY buttons can be used to register editing points in addition to the use of TRIM+ and TRIM– buttons.

• Events in red cannot be trimmed.

• Trimming cannot be performed on a player other than a P2 card.

3 Start trimming.

Hold down the IN (OUT) button and press the TRIM+ or

TRIM– button to open the trimming dialog. Press TRIM+ or

TRIM– button to extend or contract the IN point in frame

increments (in 4-frame increments at 24PN).

◆ NOTE:

• In insert editing, trimming is performed simultaneously on the recorder and player.

• To trim the IN and OUT points of the player, press the PLAYER button to select the player and press the TRIM+ or TRIM– button.

• Hold down the SHIFT button and perform a trimming operation on the recorder side to enable simultaneous trimming on the player and recorder.

Editing: Creating Playlists

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Panasonic aj-hpd2500 operating instructions

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Read this first! (For AJ-HPD2500P)

Read this first! (For AJ-HPD2500E)

Accessories

Included Accessories

Optional Accessories

Adjusting Lower Front Panel Tilt

Introduction

Features

Control Reference Guide

Audio and Video Controller

GUI Operations

Panel Control Unit and Card Slots

LCD Panel

Rear Panel and Connectors Inside the Lower Front Panel

Moving Between Screens and Menu Operations

Operating Modes

Menu Operations

Using the On-screen Keyboard

Using the Full Keyboard

Using the Ten Keypad

Using a USB Keyboard

Recording, Playback and P2 Card Handling

Insert a P2 Card

Recording and Playback

P2 card and recording times

LOOP REC Function

Removing P2 Cards

Preventing Accidental Deletion

Connections

Example of Connections for Remote Control

Recording From a Variable Frame-Rate Camera

Recording HD SDI Signals Output by an HD Camera as 1080/23.98p

Jog and Shuttle Operations Using the Search Dial

Jog Mode

Shuttle Mode and Slow Mode (SHTL Mode/SLOW Mode)

Clip Management

Thumbnail and Clip Management

Thumbnail Screen Names and Functions

Thumbnail Menu

Changing Thumbnail Display

Thumbnail Editing

Selecting Clips

Playing Back Clips

Playing Back Single Clips

Attaching Text Memos and Shot Marks

Attaching Text Memos

Attaching Shot Marks

Copying Clips

Deleting Clips

Repairing and Reconnecting Clips

Repairing Bad Clips

Reconnecting Incomplete Clips

Viewing and Revising Clip Information

Viewing Clip Information

Revising Clip Metadata

Attaching Metadata to Clips

Preparing a Metadata Upload File

Setup to Attach Metadata

Loading Set Metadata Values

Recording Clips Containing Metadata

Using SD/SDHC Memory Cards

Displaying Miscellaneous SD Memory Card Information

Formatting SD Memory Cards

Formatting P2 Cards

Formatting Individual P2 Cards Formatting All P2 Cards

Checking Card Status

Selecting Information to Display

Displaying Card Status Information

Editing

Playlist Function

Editing Workflow

Undoing and Redoing

Audio Fading between Events

Names and Functions of the Playlist Screen

Buttons Used in Playlist Operations

Preparing for Playlist Creation