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Panasonic AG-HPG20E Manual
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2 Read this firstCAUTION WARNING: CAUTION: 3 Operating precautionIMPORTANT 4 Read this first! (continued)For U.K FOR YOUR SAFETY PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT CAREFULLY FOR CONTINENTAL EUROPE, ETC FOR U.K. ONLY Not to be used in the U.K How to replace the fuse This appliance is supplied with a moulded 1. Open the fuse compartment with a three pin mains plug for your safety and screwdriver convenience A 5 amp fuse is fitted in this plug Should the fuse need to be replaced please ensure that the replacement fuse has a rating of 5 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 2. Replace the fuse fuse is replaced obtained A replacement fuse cover can be purchased from your local Panasonic Dealer For USA and Canada 5 Recommendation for Use of Genuine Panasonic Battery (Rechargeable Battery)6 To remove the battery8 Operating precautions9 Characteristics of the batteryAfter using the unit, always remember to remove the battery Protect the battery terminals Liquid crystal display Connector protection 10 ContentsRecommendation for Use of Genuine Panasonic Battery Introduction Name of the parts PreparationsInstalling and removing the power Playback Recording 11 Saving dataCopying data from P2 cards to the Editing Displays Menu For your referenceUpdating the drivers installed Handling the data recorded on 12 How to use the unit13 4 HD/SD-SDIconnection (Page 63)HD/SD-SDIsignal Using an external hard drive (HDD) Saving data onto an external hard drive (Page 67) Hard drive USB 2.0 cable 6 Checking the content saved onto an external hard drive (Page 78) Video output/Audio output 14 How to use the unit (continued)Using a PC Editing by connecting the unit to a PC (Page 79) 15 About this manualBefore use 17 Accessories18 Name of the parts20 Charging the battery21 Installing and removing the power supply22 Basic operations23 Menu operationsOperations performed when the function buttons are pressed EXIT/2 ALT/3 Example of a menu operation: (when the 1 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] to display the menu 2 Press and to move the menu highlighting, and select the item 3 Press 4 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] to exit the menu 24 Basic operations (continued)Operation modes Thumbnail display screen Normal display screen 25 PC mode26 LCD monitor settings27 Setting date and time6 Press or to set “YEAR” to “2009” 7 Press to move the setting item to “MONTH” 8 Press or to set “MONTH” to “MAY” 9 Use the same method as in steps 7 and 8 to set “DAY”, “HOUR” and “MINUTE” 28 P2 cards29 Formatting P2 cards2 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] 3 Using , and , select “OPERATION” – “FORMAT”, and press 4 Select “YES” on the confirmation screen, and press 5 When the completion message has appeared, press “OK” () P2 card protection Write-protectswitch 30 P2 cards (continued)Ejecting P2 cards 1 Confirm P2 card access LED is not blinking orange 2 Open the card slot cover and raise the P2 card eject button When a card was ejected while it was being formatted: 3 Push the P2 card eject button to remove the When a card was ejected while its data was being accessed: P2 card P2 card eject button 4 After ejecting the P2 card, close the card slot cover Precaution for using P2 cards 31 P2 card recording durationsDVCPRO/DV DVCPRO50 DVCPRO HD Audio 4CH Capacity AVC-Intra100 AVC-Intra50 Audio 8CH •AJ-P2C002SG(2 GB) cards cannot be used Dividing clips over 4 GB in size •Dividing clips recorded on P2 cards Recording format Recording time 32 Other33 Using SD/SDHC memory cards34 Saving USER files on SD cards35 Thumbnail display36 Thumbnail display (continued)Names and functions of thumbnail display screen parts (continued) 1Display statuses ALL: SAME FORMAT: SELECT: MARKER: TEXT MEMO: SLOT n: PROPERTY: P2/REMAIN: P2/USED: META DATA: 2P2 card slot numbers and hard drive statuses • P2 card 37 • HDD3Clip information display 4Clip format 5Duration 6USB HOST mode indicator 7Clip number 8X Defective clip indicator ? Unknown clip indicator 9 ! Incomplete clip indicator 10MShot mark indicator 11P Clip-with-proxyindicator 12 T Text memo indicator 13 E Edit-copyclip indicator 14wWide indicator 15Remaining battery charge display 38 Changing the displays on the thumbnail display screen1 Display the thumbnail display screen ALL CLIP: SAME FORMAT CLIPS: SELECTED CLIPS: MARKED CLIPS: TEXT MEMO SLOT CLIPS: SETUP: EXIT: 39 Setting the items to be displayed3 Using , and , select the item to be set at the lower level of “THUMBNAIL” – “SETUP”, and press INDICATOR: DATA DISPLAY: DATE FORMAT: SIZE: PLAYBACK RESUME: INIT: SORT: 40 Clip management41 Repairing and connecting clipsRepairing defective clips 2 Select the clip to be repaired – “REPAIR CLIP”, and press Connecting incomplete clips 2 Select the incomplete clip to be connected – “RE-CONNECTION”,and press 42 Clip management (continued)Copying clips 2 Select the clip to be copied 43 Displaying the clip information2 With cross cursor operation, move the cursor to the target clip 4 Using and , select “PROPERTY”, and press 5 Select “CLIP PROPERTY” on the sub-menudisplayed, and press 1)Information added to clips (Page 37) •V Voice memo indicator 2)Clip number 3)Thumbnail 4)Clip information CLIP NAME: START TC: START UB: DATE: TIME: DURATION: V_FORMAT: FRAME RATE: REC RATE: 5)Clip meta-data 44 Displaying the clip information (continued)6 If necessary, reference the clip meta-data NEWS: contents MEMO: GLOBAL CLIP ID: USER CLIP NAME: VIDEO: AUDIO: ACCESS: DEVICE: SHOOT: SCENARIO: THUMBNAIL: 7 Press [MENU/MODE CHK], and select “EXIT” to exit 45 Editing the clip information4 Using , and , select “PROPERTY” –“CLIP PROPERTY”, and press 5 Using and , select the item to be edited, and press 8 Select “OK” with cross cursor operation, and press to quit editing 9 Using and , select “OK” to exit the item display 46 Adding the meta-datato clipsPreparation of the meta-dataupload file 47 Setting to add meta-data48 Adding the meta-datato clips (continued)COUNT value 50 How the COUNT value of USER CLIP NAME is added when the data exceeds 4 GBLoading the meta-datasetting value 51 Checking and revising the loadedmeta-data 52 Checking and revising the loaded meta-data(continued)Deleting the meta-data 53 Recording clips to which the meta-datawas added54 Adding shot marks to clipsDisplaying the P2 card status 55 1)Write-protectmark2)P2 card status FORMAT ERROR: NOT SUPPORTED: NO CARD: P2 card details display 3)P2 card remaining memory (or used memory) and total memory 4)Slot remaining memory (or used memory) total 5)P2 card warning displays •RUN DOWN CARD: •DIR ENTRY NG: 56 Displaying SD card information–“DEVICES” – “SD CARD”, and press SD STANDARD: BLANK: TOTAL: NUMBER OF PROTECT: 4 Press 5 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] to exit the procedure 57 Clip playback58 Clip playback (continued)Playing back clips (continued) Basic playback operations Play () Rapid forward playback () Rapid reverse playback () Stop () Pause () Single clip playback 59 Variable-speedplayback1 Press during playback 2 Press , and change the playback speed Clip and text memo forward/reverse 1 Press during playback to establish the pause mode 2 Press or Rapid forward/rapid reverse playback 1 During playback, press or Frame feed playback Repeat playback 1 Press [THUMBNAIL/MODE] to display the normal display screen 3 Using , and , select “PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS” – “REPEAT PLAY” – “ON” 4 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] twice Repeat playback icon 5 Press [THUMBNAIL/MODE] to display the thumbnail display screen 6 Using , move the cursor (yellow frame) to the repeat playback clip, and press 7 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] 8 Using and , select “THUMBNAIL” – “SELECTED CLIPS”, and press 9 Press 60 Thumbnail display areaAdding text memos Playback from text memo position 3 Using , and , select “THUMBNAIL” –“TEXT MEMO CLIPS”, and press Indicated here are the still images located at the text memos Indicated here is the total number of text memos which were added to the clips The cursor moves here 6 Press [MENU/MODE CHK], and then select “EXIT” using , , and press 61 Deleting text memos2 Move the cursor to the text memo to be deleted, and press 3 Press [MENU/MODE CHK], and then select “OPERATION” – “DELETE” using , and 4 Select “YES”, and press Dividing and copying clips using text memos 2 Move the cursor to the text memo to be copied, and press 4 Using or and , select the slot with the copy destination card, select “YES”, and press Replacing thumbnail images – “EXCH. THUMBNAIL”, and press 62 Outputting images to an external monitor for playback63 Recording data on P2 cards64 Recording data on P2 cards (continued)Recording (continued) 2-slotcontinuous recording Waveform monitor (WFM) displays When the “WFM” setting on “DISPLAY SETUP” is “OFF” When the “WFM” setting on “DISPLAY SETUP” is “WAVE” When the “WFM” setting on “DISPLAY SETUP” is “VECTOR” 65 Time code displays1 Press [COUNTER] TC: UB: FR: No display: COUNTER: Resetting the counter value Setting the recording time code •TC MODE •TCG •TC PRESET Specifying the time code (TC PRESET) 2 Select “OFF” on the “EXT TC REGEN” item on the setting menu “TIMECODE SETUP” 3 Select “CHANGE” for the “TC PRESET” item on “TIMECODE SETUP”, and press 4 When the following screen appears, set the time code value 66 Setting the recording time code (continued)Specifying the time code (TC PRESET) (continued) 5 After the time code value has been set, press 6 Using , move to “YES”, and press 7 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] 2 times to release the menu mode Set the user’s bit 3 Select “USER” for the “UB MODE” item on “TIMECODE SETUP” 4 Select “CHANGE” for the “UB PRESET” item on “TIMECODE SETUP”, and press 5 Set the user’s bit 6 After the user’s bit has been set, press . 7 Using , move to “YES”, and press 8 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] 2 times to release the menu mode 67 Copying data from P2 cards to the hard drive68 Copying data from P2 cards to the hard drive (continued)Switching to the USB HOST mode 1 Hold down [POWER] for at least 1 second to turn the power on 2 seconds 4 Using , and , select “OTHER FUNCTIONS” – “PC MODE SELECT”, and press 5 Using and , select “USB HOST”, and press 6 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] twice to display the normal display screen To exit the USB HOST mode 1 Hold down [THUMBNAIL/MODE] for at least Usable hard drives The following hard drive can be used 69 Types of hard drives and usable functionsHard drive type Features Functions that can be used 70 Formatting the hard drive71 Exporting data to a hard drive in 1-cardincrements3 Insert the P2 card 4 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] 5 Using , and , select “HDD” – “EXPORT”, and press 7 Select “YES”, and press Saving data 72 Exporting one clip at a time to a hard drive3 Select the clip on the P2 card to be copied onto the hard drive 5 Using , and , select “OPERATION”– “COPY”–“HDD(FAT)”, and press 6 Select “YES”, and press . Clip copying now starts 74 Hard drive data display4 Using , and , select “HDD” – “EXPLORE”, and press With a TYPE S or P2STORE hard drive With FAT 75 Deleting the partition76 Thumbnail displays of clips on the hard drive1 Display the HDD EXPLORE screen 2 Using and , select the partition to be displayed, and press 4) Disk information NUMBER (NO.): PARTITION: DATE/TIME: VERIFY: Displaying the clip information on the hard drive 1)Display statuses 2)Partition information SERIAL: MODEL: 3)Recording mode and system format 1 Select the target clip on the thumbnail display screen of the hard drive 3 Using , and , select “PROPERTY”– 77 Connecting the hard drive for use79 Editing by means of external devices80 Screen displays81 4Compressed recording format displayAVC-I100: AVC-I50: HD: 50M: 25M: DV: 5System frequency displays 60: 50: 6INPUT LOCK 7Squeeze recording display 8Date and time display 9Playback frame rate display 24P, 24PA, 60P, 30P, 50P, 25P 10Audio level meter display 11USB HOST display 12Text memo, shot mark displays MARK ON: MARK OFF: TEXT MEMO: INVALID: 13Information display 14Operation status displays REC: Recording L-REC: PAUSE: L-PAUSE: 82 Screen displays (continued)REPEAT 1CLIP 1CLIP R x /x (x /x ): CLIP (CLIP ): 15HDD easy playback display 16Repeat playback setting display 17Remaining battery charge display 18Media information displays 1 2 Lighted: Lighted in green: Blinking: F : X : E : 19Remaining media memory displays 20Monitor volume level meter Major warning displays CANNOT ACCESS CANNOT ACCESS CARD CANNOT ACCESS TARGET CANNOT DELETE CANNOT FORMAT 83 CANNOT RE-CONNECTCANNOT RECOGNIZE HDD CANNOT REPAIR CARD FULL COPY INHIBITED DIR ENTRY NG CARD FORMAT ERR HDD CAPACITY FULL HDD DISCONNECTED INCOMPATIBLE CARD LACK OF REC CAPACITY LOW BATTERY MISMATCH COMPONENT MISSING CLIP NO CARD NO COPY TO SAME CARD NO REPAIR CLIP P2 CARD IS UNFORMATTED PLEASE FORMAT P2 CARD 84 RUN DOWN CARDTOO MANY CLIPS TOO MANY PARTITIONS TOO MANY TARGETS TURN POWER OFF UNKNOWN CONTENTS FORMAT UNKNOWN DEVICE CONNECTED VERIFICATION FAILED WRITE PROTECTED Error displays ■Number 1394 INITIAL ERROR CANNOT PLAY CARD ERR (1) (2) (1/2) REC WARNING SYSTEM ERROR TURN POWER OFF 85 Selecting what is to be displayed on the screenItem displayed MODE CHECK OTHER DISPLAY setting 21 Setting compressed recording format 22 USER SW 23 INPUT SELECT 24 Audio output channel 86 Recording/output supporting format88 Basic operations on the setting menus89 Setting menu configuration90 List of setting menus91 RECORDING SETUP screen (continued)INT SG 100%CB 75%CB: SMPTE: ARIB: BLACK: black 25M REC CH 2CH: 4CH: LOOP REC ON: OFF: AUTO REC TYPE1: TYPE2: TYPE3: 92 List of setting menus (continued)CC REC Panasonic camera recorder, recording format and Recording Mark Model Recording Mark Type Remarks 93 WIDE SELECTWIDE NORMAL COMP MODE DARK: NORMAL: TIMECODE SETUP screen EXT TC REGEN TC MODE NDF: TCG FREE RUN: REC RUN: TC PRESET 94 TIMECODE SETUP screen (continued)EXT UB REGEN UB MODE USER: TCG: FRM. RATE: a:Information on the verification of the user’s bit value b:Frame sequence number c:Frame rate information d:Recording control information When playing back native recorded clips UB PRESET 95 VITC BLANKTHRU: VITC POS-1 10L 16L 20L 11L 22L 96 VITC POS-218L 13L HD EMBD VITC HD EMBD LTC 97 SW MODE screenUSER1 INPUT SEL: SYS FORMAT: REC FMT/SD: REC FMT/HD: SHOT MARK: LCD BL: OSD OUTSEL: AUDIO OUT: SLOT SEL: LCD RVS: WFM: ONE CLIP: USER2 EXIT USER3 ALT: 98 PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screenREPEAT PLAY AUDIO OUT CH1 · CH2: CH1: CH2: CH3 · CH4: CH3: CH4: CH5 · CH6: CH5: CH6: CH7 · CH8: CH7: CH8: 99 PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen (continued)SDI IN LOCK INT: INPUT: SPEED MAX X32: X60: X100: SEEK POS CLIP CLIP&TMEMO: AV OUT SETUP screen SDI SEL AUTO: 1080i: 720P: 480i: 576i: SDI OUT SDI EDH 100 AV OUT SETUP screen (continued)UMID REC UMID GEN EXT: UMID POS BLANK 12L 17L 19L 101 EMBEDDED AUDIOAUDIO REF LEVEL (AG-HPG20P) FS-20: FS-18: FS-12: (AG-HPG20E) FS-18 SD SDI AUDIO CH1-4: CH5-8: CH1-8: VIDEO SETUP 0%: 7.5%: 102 CC(F1) BLANKCC(F2) BLANK 103 DISPLAY SETUP screenOSD OUT SEL LCD: LCD·VIDEO: For LCD: For LCD·VIDEO: For ALL: DATE/TIME TIME&DATE: LEVEL METER CARD/BATT P2CARD REMAIN ONE-CARD: TOTAL OTHER DISPLAY LCD BACKLIGHT HIGH: 104 DISPLAY SETUP screen (continued)LCD SETTING RETURN CHANGE: Adjusted LCD COLOR LEVEL LCD BRIGHTNESS LCD CONTRAST LCD REVERSE REVERSE: LCD ASPECT 4:3: 4:3MARKER MENU BACK DOWNCON MODE SIDE CROP: LETTER BOX: SQUEEZE: 105 UPCON MODES-PANEL: CROP: STRETCH: EDGE CROP –120~ 0~ +120 WFM WAVE: VECTOR: REC COUNTER CLIP: CARD FUNCTIONS screen SD CARD FORMAT 106 OTHER FUNCTIONS screenPC MODE SELECT USB HOST: USB DEVICE: BEEP SOUND CLOCK SETTING TIME ZONE 0:00 Time Region (city) (from GMT) 107 OTHER FUNCTIONS screen (continued)POWER SAVE SYSTEM FREQ 59.94 Hz, 50 Hz (AG-HPG20P) 59.94 Hz, 50 Hz (AG-HPG20E) LOAD: SAVE: INITIAL: DIAGNOSTIC screen VERSION MODEL NAME SERIAL NO OPERATION LCD OPERATION 108 OPTION MENU screen1394 STATUS RATE: 60/50: CH: SPEED: STATUS: 1394 CONFIG DFLT: 109 Warning system table110 Troubleshooting (Q&A)113 Updating the drivers installed in the unitMaintenance Condensation 114 Storage precautions115 Handling the data recorded on P2 cards116 Use of SD/SDHC memory cards117 Specifications118 Specifications (continued)[MEMORY CARDS] Recording/playback time [AUDIO] Audio recording formats 48kHz 16bits 8CH Audio input Audio outputs Headroom [OTHER INPUTS/OUTPUTS] IEEE1394 digital input/output USB [P2 CARD SLOTS] [SD CARD SLOT] [LCD MONITOR] [AC ADAPTER] Rated input Rated output [ACCESSORIES] Battery 119 For EuropeFor business users in the European Union Information on Disposal in other Countries outside the European Union Note for the battery symbol (bottom two symbol examples):
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