Panasonic AG-MDR15P Operating Instructions Manual

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Recording45Turning off the LCD monitor screen(LCD OFF)The LCD monitor screen can be turned off.1 While pressing the [SHIFT/EXEC] button,press the [USER] button.• Press the same buttons again to cancel thesetting.• The setting is canceled when the power isturned off.• When the LCD monitor screen is off, inaddition to the buttons for turning the screenback on, the [POWER] button and [REC/PAUSE] button can also be operated.Adjusting the recording level of theinput audio (MIC LEV)The recording level of the input audio from themicrophone connector can be adjusted.1 While pressing the [SHIFT/EXEC] button,press the [AUDIO MON/ADV + ] or[AUDIO MON/ADV - ] button.AUDIO MON/ADV + : Raises the input level.AUDIO MON/ADV - : Lowers the input level.While adjusting, refer to the level display formicrophone input adjustment on the LCDmonitor screen.• Check the recording volume level prior toshooting.• The recording level is set approximately 8 dBhigher than Panasonic broadcasting camera-recorders (AJ series products).• When an external microphone is connectedto the microphone terminal, the input audioswitches automatically to the externalmicrophone.• When an external microphone is notconnected to the microphone terminal, theinput audio is selected as follows.CAM mode: Built-in microphone of the AG-MDC10G camera head (optional)SDI mode: HD-SDI embedded audio signalColor barBy selecting [INT SG] → [ON] in the [RECORDINGSETUP] setup menu, you can display a color barduring REC mode, which is useful when adjustingthe image quality of a television or externalmonitor.• While the color bar is displayed, a test tone of1 kHz∗ will be output from the headphoneterminal and built-in speaker. (However, inCAM mode there is no output from the built-inspeaker.)∗ When [SYSTEM FREQ] is set to [50Hz],a test tone of 997 Hz is output.• The color bar can be recorded by pressing the[REC/PAUSE] button.• The function is not canceled even whenthe power is turned off. To cancel the colorbar display, select [INT SG] → [OFF] in the[RECORDING SETUP] setup menu.To output the color bar from the SDI OUTterminal, select [SDI EE SEL] → [NORMAL] inthe setup menu [AV OUT SETUP].Time stamp functionThe date and time of recording can be recorded onthe video images.Select [TIME STAMP] → [ON] in the [RECORDINGSETUP] setup menu.When [TIME STAMP] is [ON], R is displayed onthe LCD monitor.• R itself is not recorded on the video images.• The size and position of the date and timecharacters recorded on the image will varydepending on the recording format.• The size and position of the date and timecharacters recorded on the image in externaloutput displays may vary from the displays on theLCD monitor.• The recorded date and time display will follow the[DATE/TIME] setting in [DISPLAY SETUP].When [DATE/TIME] is set to [OFF], the date andtime of recording are not recorded even if [TIMESTAMP] is set to [ON].• To avoid date and time displays overlappingwhen clips with time stamps recorded are playedwith this portable recorder, select [DATE/TIME]→ [OFF] in the [DISPLAY SETUP] setup menu.