Recording check, Blank search function | Panasonic PV-GS300 manual

Record mode

Recording check

The last image recorded is played back for 2 to

3 seconds. After checking, the Camcorder will be set to a recording pause.

≥Set to Tape Recording Mode.

1Press the joystick to display the icon during the recording pause. Move the joystick down until icon 1 appears.

2Move the joystick left to select the recording check icon [ ].

≥The [RECORDING CHECK STARTED]

indication appears on the screen of the

Camcorder.

Blank search function

Searches for the last part of the image recorded (unused part of the tape). After the search is finished, the blank search function is canceled and the Camcorder is put into recording pause. ≥Set to Tape Recording Mode.

1Press the joystick to display the icon during the recording pause. Move the joystick down until icon 1 appears.

2Move the joystick right to select the blank search icon [ ].

3When the confirmation message appears, select [YES] and press the center of the joystick.

ªStopping blank search midway

through

Move the joystick down to select the [∫] icon.

≥If the cassette tape has no blank part, then the Camcorder will stop at the end of the tape.

≥The Camcorder stops at a point approx. 1 second before the end of the last image recorded. When you start recording at that point, the image can be recorded seamlessly from the last image.

Recording still pictures on a card while recording image onto a tape

You can record still pictures while recording image onto a tape.

≥Set to Tape Recording Mode.

1Press the [PHOTO SHOT] button fully while recording image onto a tape.

PHOTO SHOT

≥For the number of still pictures to be recorded on a card, refer to -78-.

≥When recording pictures onto a card, the recording start/stop button is disabled.

≥You can select the picture quality for still pictures to be recorded. (-32-)

≥The sizes of pictures to be recorded are [ 0.2 ]

(16:9) or [ 0.3M ] (4:3). (This is not mega pixel still picture recording.)

≥In order to record higher quality still pictures, you must use the card recording mode.

≥When recording still pictures, hold the Camcorder firmly with your hands and keep your arms stationary at your side so as not to shake the Camcorder.

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PV-GS300 specifications

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