Frame-by-frame playback (P2 card / Tape)

1 Press the button during playback to set the unit to the pause mode.

2 Press the PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button to play frame-by-frame.

On the remote control unit, press the STILL ADV ( or ) button.

Press and hold the button to perform frame- by-frame play continuously.

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/REW

PLAY

FF/

 

STILL ADV

PAUSE

STILL ADV

PAGE/

INDEX

STOP

INDEX

AUDIO MON/VAR

 

 

 

Camera or Remote control

Press the button to return to normal playback.

Clip skip (P2 card)

1 During playback, press the button to pause the camera.

2 Press the (backward) or (forward) button.

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/REW PLAY FF/

STILL ADV PAUSE STILL ADV

INDEX STOP INDEX

Camera or Remote control

End search (Tape)

You can find unrecorded parts or the end of the last scene shot.

1 In the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, END SEARCH, set the search method. (Page 116)

BLANK: Find unrecorded parts.

REC END: Find the end of the last scene shot.

2 When in the VCR mode

Press the END SEARCH button.

The unrecorded parts are found, and an unrecorded blank on the tape is found, and a

still picture several seconds before the blank is displayed.

When in the camera mode

Press and hold the END SEARCH button for at least a second.

A blank portion of the tape is found, and an unrecorded blank on the tape is found, and the pause status is established several seconds before the blank.

END SEARCH

If you change the tapes, the camera will not be able to find the end of the last scene shot even if you have set REC END.

If the tape is blank, searching stops at the end of the tape.

This function may not work properly if there are blank parts near the beginning of the tape or part way through the tape.

Before recording, check the still picture first.

Playback

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Panasonic AG-HVX200AP operating instructions Frame-by-frame playback P2 card / Tape, Clip skip P2 card, End search Tape

AG-HVX200AP specifications

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