Panasonic AG-HPX170P Slot continuous recording, Shot mark function, Text memo recording

Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)

2-slot continuous recording

If you insert two P2 cards into the two card slots, this function allows you to record continuously on the two cards.

You can also record continuously on three or more cards by replacing one card while data is being recorded on the other. (Hot swap recording) However, depending on when the P2 card is inserted into an empty slot (immediately after pre- recording, or before or after continuous recording spanning two slots), there may be a delay in recognizing the P2 card. We recommend inserting the P2 card while there is at least one minute remaining on the card that is recording.

The SLOT SEL button offers a one-touch mechanism to select the slot whose card will be recorded.

•You cannot change slots while recording so do this during recording standby.

•Does not support hot swap playback.

Shot mark function

The marks attached to the thumbnails of clips are called shot marks. On the thumbnail screen monitor you can select only those clips with a shot mark and display them or play them back.

During recording, when you press the USER button to which the SHOT MARK function has been allocated, MARK ON appears in the LCD monitor or the viewfinder, and a shot mark is set for the thumbnail of the clip being recorded. If you press the button again, the shot mark is released.

You can also set or release the shot marks by performing the thumbnail operations for clips. (Page 66)

However, note that you cannot set or release shot marks during playback.

•INVALID appears when you cannot set or release shot marks.

•When the video data of a single shoot using hot swap recording is made up of multiple clips, you cannot set or release shot marks unless all the P2 cards that make up the video data are inserted into the slots.

•You cannot set or release shot marks during loop recording.

Text memo recording

This function adds text memos at the video points on the clip now being recorded or played back. When you press the USER button to which the TEXT MEMO function has been allocated, the text memo will be recorded at that point. (Page 42)

On the thumbnail screen you can select only those clips where text memos have been added, and then either display those clips or play them back. You can record up to a hundred text memos per clip.

You will need the latest updated version of P2 Viewer to edit the text memos. (Page 121)

•You cannot record text memos during interval recording or one-shot recording.

•INVALID appears when you cannot record text memos.

Time stamp function

Use the time stamp function to record date and time of shooting on the video.

Select ON under TIME STAMP on the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen.

“ R  ” prefixes the date and time display in the

viewfinder and the LCD monitor when the time stamp function is on.

•“ R  ” is not recorded on the video.

•The size and location of the date and time characters will vary with the recording format.

•The data recorded depends on the DATE/TIME setting on the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen. No data is recorded when OFF is selected.

•Superimposed characters are output only during

1394 output.

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