Panasonic P2HD AG-HPG20 Operating Instructions Manual

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Panasonic P2HD AG-HPG20 Operating Instructions Manual Manual pdf 10 page image

10ContentsRead this first! ................................................ IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ......... 5Recommendation for Use of GenuinePanasonic Battery(Rechargeable Battery) .......................... 5Operating precautions ................................... How to use the unit ...................................... 1IntroductionAbout this manual ........................................ 15Before use ..................................................... 15Accessories .................................................. 1Name of the partsName of the parts ......................................... 1Operation area ................................................ 18Mechanism area and input/output connectorarea ............................................................. 19PreparationsCharging the battery .................................... 0Charging .......................................................... 20Installing and removing the powersupply .................................................... 1Installing and removing the battery ................. 21Connecting and disconnectingthe power cable ........................................... 21Basic operations........................................... Turning the power on and off........................... 22Using the LCD monitor .................................... 22Menu operations .............................................. 23Operation modes ............................................. 24LCD monitor settings ....................................... 26Setting date and time ...................................... 27P cards......................................................... Inserting P2 cards ........................................... 28P2 card access LED and P2 card status ......... 28Formatting P2 cards ........................................ 29P2 card protection ........................................... 29Ejecting P2 cards ............................................ 30P2 card recording durations ............................ 31Dividing clips over 4 GB in size ....................... 31LOOP REC recording ...................................... 32Other .............................................................. USER button ................................................... 32Charging the internal battery ........................... 32Using SD/SDHC memory cards ................... Inserting and removing the SD card ................ 33Formatting SD cards ....................................... 33Precaution for using SD cards ......................... 33Saving USER files on SD cards................... PlaybackThumbnail display ........................................ 5Playback formats ............................................. 35Names and functions of thumbnail displayscreen parts................................................. 35Changing the displays on the thumbnaildisplay screen ............................................. 38Setting the items to be displayed .................... 39Clip management.......................................... 0Selecting clips ................................................. 40Deleting clips ................................................... 40Repairing and connecting clips ....................... 41Copying clips ................................................... 42Displaying the clip information ......................... 43Editing the clip information .............................. 45Adding meta-data to clips ................................ 46Adding shot marks to clips .............................. 54Displaying the P2 card status .......................... 54Displaying SD card information ....................... 56Clip playback ................................................ 5Playing back clips ............................................ 57Single clip playback ......................................... 58Variable-speed playback ................................. 59Clip and text memo forward/reverse ............... 59Rapid forward/rapid reverse playback ............. 59Frame feed playback ....................................... 59Repeat playback .............................................. 59Adding text memos .......................................... 60Playback from text memo position .................. 60Deleting text memos ........................................ 61Dividing and copying clips using text memos... 61Replacing thumbnail images ........................... 61Outputting images to an external monitorfor playback .......................................... 6Setting the outputs .......................................... 62Adjusting the output volume level duringrecording and playback ............................... 62Adjusting the output volume level duringvariable-speed playback.............................. 62RecordingRecording data on P cards ........................ 6Recording ........................................................ 632-slot continuous recording ............................ 64Waveform monitor (WFM) displays ................. 64Time code displays .......................................... 65Setting the recording time code....................... 65Set the user’s bit.............................................. 66