Panasonic AG-HPX370P, AG-HPX371E To Prevent Accidental Erasure of, of P2 cards, P2 Card Content, P2 CARD ACCESS LED and status

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NOTE

•When a P2 card is being accessed or recognised after insertion (P2 CARD ACCESS LED blinks in orange), do not remove the P2 card. Removing a P2 card during access could damage it.

•If a P2 card being accessed is removed, the viewfinder displays “TURN POWER OFF” and the AG-HPX370P/AG- HPX371E gives a warning using an alarm and the WARNING LED. In addition, all P2 CARD ACCESS LEDs blink rapidly in orange. If this is the case, turn the power off.

For details, refer to [Warning System] (page 161).

•Removing a P2 card during access may corrupt clip data. Check the clips and restore them if required.

For details, refer to [Restoring Clips] (page 118).

•If a P2 card being formatted is removed, it may be not be formatted properly. In this case, the viewfinder displays “TURN POWER OFF”. If this message appears, turn off the power, then restart the AG-HPX370P/AG-HPX371E to reformat the card.

•If a P2 card is inserted while another P2 card is being played back, the inserted P2 card is not recognised and the P2 CARD ACCESS LED for that card does not come on. Card recognition starts when playback ends.

•A P2 card inserted in an empty slot during recording may not be immediately recognized during the following events.

• Immediately following PRE REC operation

•The CARD ACCESS LED can be set to stay off in the menu option ACCESS LED in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen. When the camera is used in this way, remove cards when the camera has been powered down or a sufficiently long time after terminating recording, playback and other operating modes.

•Removing a P2 card during thumbnail display terminates the thumbnail display.

To Prevent Accidental Erasure of

P2 Card Content

To prevent the content of a P2 card being accidentally erased, position the write-protect switch on the P2 card at [Protect].

Write-protect switch

NOTE

Write-protect switchover can be performed while the card is being accessed (during recording or playback), but does not take effect until access to the card ceases.

P2 CARD ACCESS LED and status

of P2 cards

P2			MODE
CARD
	Status of P2 Card		CHECK
ACCESS
			indication *1
LED
Stays on	Recording	Writing and	ACTIVE
in green	enabled	reading enabled.
		Writing and
		reading enabled
Stays on	Selected for	for current
		recording mode	ACTIVE
in orange	recording
		(loop, interval
		or one-shot
		recording).
Blinks in	Being	Writing or reading	ACCESSING
orange *2	accessed	being performed.
Quickly	Being	The P2 card is	INFO
blinks in
	recognized	being recognised.	READING
orange
		The P2 card has
	Card full	no free space.	FULL
		Only reading is
		enabled.
Blinks in		The write-protect
green		switch on the P2
	Write-	card is positioned	PROTECTED
	protected	at [PROTECT].
		Only reading is
		enabled.
		The card is not
	Card not	supported by your	NOT
		AG-HPX370P/
	supported		SUPPORTED
		AG-HPX371E.
		Replace the card.
		The P2 card
Stays off	Incorrect	is not properly	FORMAT
	format	formatted.	ERROR
		Reformat the card.
		No P2 card is
	Card not	inserted.	NO CARD
	inserted	Card recognition
		standby.

*1  MODE CHECK appears in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor.

For details, see [Viewfinder Screen Status Displays] (page 74).

*2  Blinks orange also when a PROXY card (optional accessory) is inserted in slot 2.

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