Contents

Read this first! ................................................

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .........

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Recommendation for Use of Genuine

 

Panasonic Battery

 

(Rechargeable Battery) ..........................

3

Using the portable recorder ..........................

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Precaution for use........................................

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Before use

 

Operating precautions .................................

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Accessories ..................................................

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Optional accessories ...................................

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Description of parts

 

Description of parts......................................

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Operation panel, LCD and system parts .........

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Terminals and system parts.............................

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Preparation

 

Power sources..............................................

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Charging..........................................................

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Using the battery .............................................

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Using the AC adapter ......................................

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Turning the power on/off .............................

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Tally lamp ......................................................

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SD Memory Card access lamp ....................

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Operation modes..........................................

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Using the setup menus................................

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Using the menus .............................................

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Initializing the setup menus .............................

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Setting the date and time/Recharging the

 

built-in battery/Adjusting the LCD

 

monitor ..................................................

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Setting the date and time ................................

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Recharging the built-in battery ........................

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Adjusting the LCD monitor ..............................

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SD Memory Cards.........................................

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Inserting and removing SD Memory Cards .....

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Protecting SD Memory Cards..........................

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Repairing SD Memory Cards ..........................

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Formatting SD Memory Cards.........................

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SD Memory Card recording times ...................

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Recording

 

Recording onto an SD Memory Card

 

(REC mode) ...........................................

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Performing HD-SDI input recording

 

(SDI mode)..................................................

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Shooting and recording with a camera

 

(CAM mode)................................................

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Setting the time code ...................................

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Setting the time code.......................................

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Specifying the time code (TC PRESET)..........

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Setting user information ..................................

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Using the [USER] button..............................

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Useful recording and shooting functions ..

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White balance and black balance adjustment ...

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Adjusting the white balance and black balance ...

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Using focus assist (FA)....................................

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Wave form monitor (WFM) ..............................

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Temporarily switching to auto focus mode

 

(ONE PUSH AF)..........................................

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Preventing accidental operation (KEY LOCK)...

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Turning off the LCD monitor screen (LCD OFF)...

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Adjusting the recording level of

 

the input audio (MIC LEV)...........................

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Color bar..........................................................

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Time stamp function ........................................

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Operating the camera head .........................

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Using the zoom function..................................

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Digital zoom function .......................................

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PRE REC ........................................................

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Optical Image Stabilizer ..................................

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Performing manual adjustments

 

(CAMERA FUNCTIONS).............................

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Shooting in progressive mode....................

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Clip metadata................................................

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Uploading the metadata (META DATA) ...........

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Selecting the USER CLIP NAME recording

 

method ........................................................

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