Turning 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 the setting.

•The setting is canceled when the power is turned off.

•When the LCD monitor screen is off, in addition to the buttons for turning the screen back on, the [POWER] button and [REC/ PAUSE] button can also be operated.

Adjusting the recording level of the input audio (MIC LEV)

The recording level of the input audio from the microphone 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 for microphone input adjustment on the LCD monitor screen.

<When the AG-HCK10G camera head is connected>

<When the microphone connector is connected>

•Check the recording volume level prior to shooting.

•The recording level is set approximately 8 dB higher than Panasonic broadcasting camera- recorders (AJ series products).

•When an external microphone is connected to the microphone terminal, the input audio switches automatically to the external microphone.

•When an external microphone is not connected to the microphone terminal, the input audio is selected as follows.

CAM mode: Built-in microphone of the AG- HCK10G camera head (optional)

SDI mode: HD-SDI embedded audio signal

Color bar

By selecting [INT SG] → [ON] in the [RECORDING SETUP] setup menu, you can display a color bar during REC mode, which is useful when adjusting the image quality of a television or external monitor.

• While the color bar is displayed, a test tone of

1 kHz∗ will be output from the headphone

 

terminal and built-in speaker. (However, in

 

CAM mode there is no output from the built-in

 

speaker.)

 

∗ 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 when

 

the power is turned off. To cancel the color

Recording

To output the color bar from the SDI OUT

bar display, select [INT SG] → [OFF] in the

 

[RECORDING SETUP] setup menu.

 

terminal, select [SDI EE SEL] → [NORMAL] in

 

 

the setup menu [AV OUT SETUP].

 

Time stamp function

The date and time of recording can be recorded on the video images.

Select [TIME STAMP] → [ON] in the [RECORDING SETUP] setup menu.

When [TIME STAMP] is [ON], R is displayed on the LCD monitor.

•R itself is not recorded on the video images.

•The size and position of the date and time characters recorded on the image will vary depending on the recording format.

•The size and position of the date and time characters recorded on the image in external output displays may vary from the displays on the LCD 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 and time of recording are not recorded even if [TIME STAMP] is set to [ON].

•To avoid date and time displays overlapping when clips with time stamps recorded are played with this portable recorder, select [DATE/TIME] → [OFF] in the [DISPLAY SETUP] setup menu.

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