Panasonic SV-AS10 User Manual

Setting the White Balance

Use this function to adjust the whiteness when a recorded scene looks bluish or reddish.

• The setting of the white balance is reflected to other REC mode. And it is retained even if the power is turned off. When turning the power on again in different lighting conditions, set the white balance again.

• When taking a picture with the flash, the white balance will be automatically adjusted, but the white balance may not be properly adjusted when the flash light is insufficient.

• The white balance may not be adjusted correctly in dark places.

• Adjustment of white balance in Manual (P42) is effective under the following conditions.

• When recording under reddish

lighting (halogen light bulb, incandescent light bulb, etc.).

• When recording under multiple light

sources.

• When recording a picture of

mono-tone colour.

Access the menu in the recording

. (P17)

mode Select the desired item from White

balance.

• Select the item from the table on the right.

Item Details of Setting

Auto [ ]

Incandescent []

Daylight

[]

Cloudy [ ]

Manual [ ]

It is designed to automatically adjust the camera to produce natural tones. In most situations it works fine. In some situations where several different types of lighting are present, enhanced performance can be achieved by setting the white balance manually.

For recording under incandescent lighting

For recording outdoors on a bright day

For recording under a cloudy and shady sky

For manual setting (Read the following page where the manual setting is explained in detail)

Setting the White Balance (Manual)

• When taking a picture with the flash after setting the white balance manually, the white balance may not be properly adjusted. We recommend setting the white balance to Auto when using the flash.

• The white balance may not be able to be set manually in too bright or dark places. In this case, set the white balance to the mode other than Manual.

Access the menu in the recording

. (P17)

mode Select Manual from White balance.

Aim the unit at a sheet of white paper A or similar object so that it completely fills the frame to white on the LCD monitor and press the jog ball.

• White balance is set.

Setting the Application Menu

Access the menu in the recording

. (P17)

mode Select the desired item from

Advanced setup.

• Select one from the items below.

• Exposure [ ]

• ISO Sensitivity [ ]

• Auto review [ ]

‑

_ Exposure Compensation [ ]

In some situations the illumination of the background and your subject may differ. Auto exposure systems may not always calculate the exposure correctly. This feature allows you to manually compensate the exposure.

Item Details of Setting

EV auto

[]

EV manual

[]

The compensation is automatically adjusted according to the brightness of the subject and the background.

You can compensate from j2 EV to i2 EV with 1/3 EV step by rotating the jog ball. Compensating to i side brightens the picture and to j side darkens it.

‑

• When compensating the exposure, the brightness of the LCD monitor may differ from that of the recorded pictures. Check the brightness by playing back the picture.

Setting the Application Menu (Continued)

_ ISO Sensitivity [ ]

ISO is the sensitivity to light. It is convenient to take pictures without the flash.

Item Details of Setting

Auto [ ]

ISO 100/ ISO 200/ ISO 400

• When you take a picture in high ISO sensitivity, picture noise appears and the picture quality is deteriorated.

The ISO setting is automatically increased according to the brightness. If the picture is still dim, use the flash.

Increasing the ISO value will make the camera more sensitive in low light.

_ Auto Review [ ]

When setting the Auto review to ON, you can check the picture for about 2 seconds after taking the picture. You can delete the picture by pressing the jog ball and selecting Yes on the confirmation screen.

• Auto review is not activated for the following materials.

• Video

• Burst

• Still Picture with Audio

_ Night mode

Access the menu in the recording mode. (P17) Select ON from Night mode.

• The shutter speed becomes slow and the night scene is exposured to natural brightness.

• When the REC mode is set to Video, you cannot select the Night mode.

• When taking pictures outdoors at night, be careful of camera shake.

• You can take a picture of people with the night view background using the flash.

Using the Playback Zoom

Select the picture in the playback mode. (P27)

Move the target zoom frame to the position to magnify.

Roll the jog ball upwards to display the target zoom frame

Press the jog ball.

• The picture in the target zoom frame is enlarged on the whole of LCD monitor.

Set the zoom magnification.

• After enlarging the picture, The magnification is restored by pressing the jog ball.

• You can playback the picture enlarging up to 10 times.

• The more the picture is enlarged, the more the picture quality is deteriorated.

• You can cancel the playback zoom by pressing the MENU button.

• Playback zoom may not be done on a picture recorded with other equipment.

Marking the Picture as a “Favorite”

Pictures registered as a Favorite can be displayed as thumbnails (P35) or watched on the Slide show (P47).

_ Attaching the Background music

Access the menu in the playback mode. (P17) Select the desirable setting from

Mark.

Item Details of Setting

¡Select/

Unselect [ ]

Select/

Unselect []

You can register the picture as favorite. 999 files can be registered.

You can attach the Background music to the picture. 36 files can be registered.

Select the picture and press the jog ball. (Only when selecting ¡,

Select/Unselect)

• ¡ or appears on the LCD monitor.

If you select the picture again, the marking is cancelled.

• Press the MENU button to exit from the menu.

After selecting Select/Unselect in step 1, select Ye s in Background music select screen. If you are inserting the card with music files, the list of the Background music appears. Select 1 Background music and press the jog ball.

_ Cancelling all marks

Select the mark [ ] [ ] to be deleted in step 1. All pictures registered

in ¡ or are cancelled.

Playing back Still Pictures on the Slide Show

Still pictures are automatically played in sequence. This function is suitable for making a story with still pictures.

• You cannot watch a slide show of the

Access the menu in the playback

. (P17)

mode Select Slide show from Play mode

[].

Select the desired item from Slide show.

• Select the item from the table on the right.

Item Details of Setting

Slide show []

Slide

show

[]

SD slide show

[]

¡Slide show []

All the pictures are played back for about 5 seconds per 1 picture in the order of the file number.

The pictures set on Mark are played back for about 5 seconds per 1 picture. Background music can be attached. (P46)

The pictures set by SD Viewer (supplied software on the CD-ROM) are played back for about 5 seconds per 1 picture.

The pictures set on ¡ Mark are played back for about 5 seconds per 1 picture.

motion image.

• You can stop slide show when pressing the jog ball during slide show.

• You can adjust the volume with the volume button on the remote controller

during the Mark slide show with Background music. (The volume control screen does not appear. You cannot adjust the volume by keeping the button pressed.)

• Still pictures recorded with other equipment may not be displayed on the Slide show or they may take time to be displayed.

• It may take time to display the Mark slide show with Background music. But this is not a malfunction.

Setting the Still Pictures to be Printed (DPOF print)

You can tell others which and how many pictures are to be printed by setting DPOF printing.

Access the menu in the playback

. (P17)

mode

Select the desired item from DPOF

print.

Item Details of Setting

Single print []:

All prints

[]:

Print date

[]

Set DPOF printing for each files.

Set DPOF printing for all files in the card.

Refer to P49.

Select the picture. (Only when selecting Single print)

Select the number of printing and press the jog ball.

• You can set the number up to 999.

• When setting to 0, DPOF setting is cancelled.

_ About printing with date

When selecting ON from Print date of Step 1, you can print all the pictures that DPOF setting is designated on Steps 1 to 3 with the date and time.

• All pictures will print with the date. You cannot choose which pictures are printed without the date when it is set to ON.

• You cannot print the date on the pictures that DPOF setting is not designated.

• You cannot print the date on the pictures without setting of the recording date.

• The date may be cut or not be displayed depending on the printer.

• When selecting OFF, the setting of all pictures is cancelled.

_ About DPOF

DPOF is the abbreviation for Digital Print Order Format. This feature allows

you to designate which pictures will be printed. Some photo printers as well as many commercial photo-processing companies support DPOF. If the DPOF setting is determined, you do not need to indicate which or how many pictures are to be printed.

• If the file is not based on the DCF standard, the DPOF setting cannot be designated.

DCF is the abbreviation for Design rule for Camera File system, stipulated by JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association).

• When using the DPOF feature, this unit will overwrite any previous DPOF settings made by other products.

• When the message of CARD FULL is displayed, delete the unnecessary files and designate DPOF again.

• When designating or cancelling many files, use a fully charged battery or AC adaptor and USB cradle.

• DPOF setting may not be added on a picture recorded with other equipment.

Preventing Accidental Erasure of Files (Lock setting)

We recommend locking your precious files without fail.

_ To cancel all locked files

Access the menu in the playback

. (P17)

mode Select

Lock/Unlock from Lock.

Select the file and press the jog ball.

• [ ] is displayed on the LCD monitor. The setting is cancelled when selecting the picture again.

When you select Unlock all in step 1 and then select Yes on the confirmation screen, all the lock settings are cancelled.

• Formatting the card will delete all the data on the card, even if you protect the files in this procedure. (P18)

• You cannot delete the locked files. If you want to delete the file, cancel the lock setting first.

• The lock setting may not be effective in other products.

• Sliding the SD Memory Card Write-Protect switch to LOCK prevents the picture from deletion even if the protection is not set. (P16)

• Audio dubbing, resizing and altering the colour cannot be done with locked pictures. (P51, 52, 53)

Adding Audio to the Still Picture (Audio dubbing)

This is an enjoyable function to add a narration or sound to still pictures.

• When you delete the audio added or

already included in the picture, select Erase [ ] on Step 1. And then

select Yes.

• You can record up to a 10-second narration to a recorded picture.

• You can stop recording when pressing the shutter button again.

• The audio dubbing cannot be used with the motion images or locked pictures.

• Be careful not to touch the jog ball or any other buttons. The noise may be recorded.

Select the desired picture and then access the menu in the playback

. (P17)

mode Select Add audio from Arrange [].

Select Recording [] from Add audio.

Press the shutter button to start.

• When audio has already been recorded, the message is displayed. Select Yes to start recording. The audio that has already been recorded will be overwritten. Select No to cancel the recording.

Resizing the Still Picture

This function is useful when you want to reduce the volume of still pictures for e-mail or website.

• It is not possible to resize pictures in a

size lower than/equal to 320a240 or with an aspect ratio that is not 4:3.

• It is not possible to resize motion images, still pictures with audio or a locked picture.

• It may not be possible to resize pictures recorded with other equipment.

• The quality of resized picture may be deteriorated.

• The date and time when a picture is resized is recorded.

Select the desired picture and then access the menu in the playback mode. (P17) Select the desirable size from Resize.

• 640a480

• 320

a240

Press the jog ball to resize it.

• Confirm the message and select Yes or No. When selecting Yes, the source picture is deleted. When selecting No, the source picture is not deleted.

• You cannot retrieve the original state after resizing pictures.

Altering the Colour of the Still Picture (Colour Creator)

You can add a nostalgic effect to still pictures with this function.

• Motion images, still pictures with audio

or Locked picture cannot be altered.

• Pictures recorded with other equipment may not be altered.

• The quality of altered picture may be deteriorated.

• The date and time when a picture has been altered is recorded.

Select the desired picture and then access the menu in the playback mode. (P17)

Select Colour creator from Arrange [].

Select the effect (Monochrome, Sepia) and press the jog ball.

• Monochrome: The picture turns black and white.

• Sepia: The picture turns brownish/red to create an aged look.

• Confirm the message and select Yes or No. When selecting Yes , the source picture is deleted. When selecting No, the source picture is not deleted.

Connecting to PC

_ Operating Environment

SD Viewer Ver.2.1 SD-Jukebox Ver.4

OS Windows 98SE, Windows Me,

CPU

RAM 64 MB or more (Windows 98SE, Me)

Display High Colour (16 bit) or more

Free hard disk space

Drive CD-ROM drive

Interface USB port Sound Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 or compatible device

• Even if the system requirements mentioned in these operating instructions are fulfilled, some personal computers cannot be used.

• This software cannot be used on Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Macintosh.

• Operation on an upgraded OS is not guaranteed.

• Operation on an OS other than the one pre-installed is not guaranteed.

• Multi-CPUs environment is not supported.

• Multi-boot environment is not supported.

Windows 2000, Windows XP

Intel® Pentium® II 300 MHz or higher

(128 MB or more recommended)

128 MB or more (Windows 2000, XP)

(256 MB or more recommended)

Desktop resolution of 800 a 600 pixels or more

(True Colour (24 bit) or more recommended) (1024 a 768 pixels or more recommended)

40 MB or more Free hard disk

- required to install this program

OS Windows 98SE, Windows Me,

CPU (Windows 98SE, Me)

RAM 128 MB or more (Windows 98SE, Me)

Display High Colour (16 bit) or more

space

Necessary software

Drive CD-ROM drive

Interface USB port

Windows 2000 SP2 or later, Windows XP

Intel® Pen ti um® II 333 MHz or higher (Windows 2000, XP)

Intel® Pen ti um® II 500 MHz or higher

256 MB or more (Windows 2000, XP)

Desktop resolution of 800 a 600 pixels or more

(True Colour (24 bit) or more recommended) (1024 a 768 pixels or more recommended)

100 MB or more

DirectX 8.1 or later

(required to install this program) / A CD-ROM drive capable of digital recording is required. Four-speed or higher is recommended. (Recording may not work proper ly with CD-ROM drives connected through an IEEE1394 or USB connection.)

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