Panasonic HC-X900M 1, 2, 3, 4

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VQT4C76

1Connect this unit to the AC adaptor.

≥Use the AC adaptor to free you from worrying about the battery running down.

≥Connect with the AC adaptor when using the Conversion Assist Function.

2Turn on the unit.

≥This function is available in all modes.

3Connect this unit to a PC.

≥The USB function selection screen will appear.

4Touch [PC] on the screen of this unit.

≥The Smart Wizard Screen is automatically displayed when HDWriter AE 4.1 is installed.

≥This unit is automatically recognized as an external drive of the PC. (l144)

≥When you select an option other than [PC], reconnect the USB cable.

≥When using the battery, the LCD monitor tu rns off after about 5seconds. Touch the screen

to turn the LCD monitor on.

≥Do not use any other USB cables except the supplied one. (Operation is not guaranteed

with any other USB cables.)

≥When performing reading/writing between a PC and an SD card, be aware that some SD

card slots built into PCs and some SD card readers are not compatible with the SDHC

Memory Card or SDXC Memory Card.

≥When using an SDXC Memory Card, check the following support site.

http://panasonic.net/avc/sdcard/information/SDXC.html

∫To disconnect USB cable safely

Select the icon in task tray displayed on the PC, and then click [Eject Panaso nic

Camcorder].

≥Depending on your PC’s settings, this icon may not be displayed.

About the screen indication of the unit

≥Do not disconnect the USB cable, the battery or the AC adaptor while the access lamp

is on or card access icon ( ) appears on the unit screen.

≥

Do not disconnect the USB cable, the battery or the AC adaptor while the access lamp

is on or built-in memory access icon ( ) appears on the unit screen.

≥If the screen does not change when the unit is operated while connected to a PC,

disconnect the battery and/or AC adaptor, wait approximately 1 minute, reconnect the

battery and/or AC adaptor, wait approximately 1 minute again, and then turn the unit

back on. (Data may be destroyed when above operation is performed while accessing

the SD card or built-in memory.)

HC-X900M

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Contents

Main Dear Customer, Safety Precautions WARNING: CAUTION! CAUTION Page Concerning the battery AC adaptor Batteries Product Identification Marking CAUTION U.S.A./CANADA CONSUMERS: ATTENTION: IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Precautions WARNING CAUTION About the recording format for recording motion pictures Indemnity about recorded content Handling of built-in memory About Condensation (When the lens, the viewfinder or LCD Monitor is fogged up) About Condensation (When the lens or LCD Monitor is fogged up) Cards that you can use with this unit For the purposes of this owners manual Contents Preparation Basic Advanced (Recording) Advanced (Playback) Copy/Dubbing With a PC Others Accessories Inserting the battery Charging the battery Inserting/removing an SD card Quick Guide Turning the unit on/off Selecting a mode How to use the touch screen Language selection Selecting a media to record Recording motion pictures Recording still pictures Motion picture/Still picture playback F Names and Functions of Main Parts Page Page About batteries that you can use with this unit Inserting/removing the battery Open the LCD monitor and install the battery by inserting it in the direction shown in the figure. Power supply Removing the battery Charging the battery 1 2 Connecting to the AC outlet Charging and recording time Charging/Recording time Battery capacity indication Cards that you can use with this unit Recording to a card Inserting/removing an SD card insert/remove the SD card into/ from the card slot. 2 part of the S D card cover and close the SD card cover. Access lamp [ACCESS] A Turning the unit on/off To turn off the unit Operate the mode switch to change the mode to , or . Selecting a mode Preparation of the LCD monitor/ Viewfinder How to use the touch screen About the operation icons About the Touch Menu Touch (left side)/ (right side) of on the Touch Menu. To display the Touch Menu 1 2 . Setting date and time Basic camera positioning Basic motion picture recording Recording yourself Rotate the LCD monitor towards the lens side. Attaching/Removing the lens hood Before recording 1 2 3 4 Selecting a media to record 2 3 to start recording. 4 again to pause recording. Recording motion pictures 0h00m00s0h00m00s0h00m00s About the compatibility of the recorded motion pictures 2 3 4 Recording still pictures About the screen indications in Still Picture Recording About the focus indication About the focusing area Recording still pictures in Motion Picture Recording Mode Change the mode to . Press the button fully (press to the bottom) to take the picture. Intelligent Auto Mode Intelligent auto/Manual button Intelligent Auto Mode Automatic White Balance Auto Focus 2 3 4 Motion picture/Still picture playback 5 Change the thumbnail display Speaker/Headphone volume adjustment Motion picture compatibility Still picture compatibility 2 3 4 menu. Using the menu screen 1 Touch [SET WORLD TIME]. 2 Touch [HOM E]. 3 Touch / to select your home region and touch [ENTER]. 4 Using the Setup Menu [DISPLAY] [CLOCK SET] [SET WORLD TIME] 5 Touch / to select your travel destination and touch [ENTER]. [DATE/TIME] [DATE FORMAT] [ZOOM/REC DISPLAY] [O.I.S. LOCK DISPLAY] [EXT. DISPLA Y] [ECONOMY (BATT)] [ECONOMY (AC)] [QUICK START] [QUICK POWER ON] 1 Set [QUICK START] to [ON]. 2 Close the LCD monitor and retract the viewfinder. 3 Open the LCD monitor or extend the viewfinder. [REMOTE CONTROL] [REC LAMP] [ALERT SOUND] [SELECT OPERATION ICONS] 1 Touch [LCD SET]. 2 Touch the desired setting item. 3 Touch / to adju st settings. [POWER LCD] : [LCD SET] [EVF SET] [AV MULTI] [COMPONENT OUT] Page 1 Touch [FORMAT MEDIA]. 2 Touch [SD CARD] or [Built-inMemory]. [FORMAT CARD] [FORMAT MEDIA] [CARD STATUS] [MEDIA STATUS] [DEMO MODE] [O.I.S. DEMO] [LANGUAGE] Using with the remote control Replace a button-type battery Remote control usable range Operation of direction buttons/OK button 15 1515 1 2 direction button. 3 pressing the OK button. Using the zoom T Zoom lever/Zoom button icons W Zoom ratio during the Still Picture Recording Mode Image Stabilizer Function Optical image stabilizer button Changing Image Stabilizer Mode 1080/60p recording 1080/60p button 1 the Touch Menu to display Touch function icons. (l29) 2 Recording with the Touch function Touch Zoom 2 Touch the object and lock the target. 3 Start recording. About target frame AF/AE tracking 1 Press the Optical Image Stabilizer button to turn the image stabilizer on. 2 Touch and hold . To make the display of disappear 2 Touch the subject. Optical Image Stabilizer Lock Touch Shutter 1 Recording functions of operation icons To select the color for fade in/out Fade Intelligent Contrast Control PRE-REC only) Smile Shot To adjust the brightness of the flash Built-in flash Red-eye Reduction To stop the timer midway through Self-timer Intelligent Exposure Backlight Compensation Tele Macro Displaying Guidelines at playback Guidelines Headphone volume adjustment Color Night Rec Recording functions of menus [SCENE MODE] [ZOOM MODE] [REC MODE] [TIME LAPSE REC] [DIGITAL CINEMA] [RELAY REC] Registering a face for Face Recognition 1 Align the persons face with the guide. 2 Touch [REC] or press the button fully. 3 Enter the persons name. [FACE RECOG.] Changing the information of a registered person 2 Touch the desired item to enter the setting. / Canceling a registered person 2 Touch the person to cancel. [NAME DISPLAY] [FACE FRAMING] Prioritized face framing [AUTO SLOW SHTR (2D)] [AUTO SLOW SHTR (3D)] [AGS] [Digital Cinema Color] [SHOOTING GUIDE] [WIND NOISE CANCELER] [MIC SETUP] [ZOOM MIC] 2 Touch / to adjust. 3 Touch [ENTER] to set the microphone input level and then touch [EXIT]. [MIC LEVEL] 2 Touch the desired setting items. 3 Touch / to adjust settings. [BASS SETTING] [PICTURE ADJUST] [ZEBRA] [LUMINANCE] [HISTOGRAM] Picture size and Maximum zoom ratio Example of the display [PICTURE SIZE] Picture size in Motion Picture Recording Mode [ASPECT RATIO] 2 Press the button. 3 Touch [Record] or [Delete]. 4 Touch [REC ALL] or [SELECT]. 5 Touch the range of pictures that will be stored. [HI-SPEED BURST] [AF ASSIST LAMP] [SHTR SOUND] When using the LCD monitor 1 2 Manual recording When using the viewfinder 1 2 select the setting and press the CAMERA FUNCTION button to enter the setting. White Balance 1 2 1 2 Recording with Manual Focus 1 2 3 4 manual ring. Adjust the focus by touchi ng / . Recording 3D image Recording 3D image 4 5 Press the recording start/stop button to start recording. (l33) Press the button to record still pictures. (l35) To switch the image during the recording to 2D (3D) display Functions that cannot be used during 3D recording Functions not available during 3D recording Motion picture playback using operation icon Playback Operations Creating still picture from motion picture Press the button fully at the location to be saved as a still picture during playback. Highlight & Time Frame Index 2 3 Touch / to set the time. 4 Repeat Playback Resuming the previous playback 1 2 Playing back motion pictures/still pictures by date 1 2 3 Various playback functions Highlight Playback 1 2 3 4 Setting up the custom effect Playing back with the settings changed Scene setting Checking the favorite scen es Playing back the favorite scenes Priority settings Playback time setting Setting up the title Saving the Highlight Playback Changing the playback settings and playing back the slide show 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 Deleting scenes/still pictures (When [SINGLE] is selected in Step 2) Touch the scene/still picture to be deleted. 4 Touch [Delete]. 4 When you stop deleting halfway To complete editing Deleting part of a scene (AVCHD) 2 3 5 6 7 Dividing a scene (AVCHD) 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 Deleting personal information 2 3 When you stop deleting halfway Protecting scenes/still pictures 2 1 2 3 4 displayed. To cancel relay information Relay scene combining 1 Watching Video/Pictures on your TV 2 3 To watch images on a regular TV (4:3) or when both sides of the images do not appear on the screen To display the on-screen information on the TV Connecting with a HDMI mini cable Listening in 5.1 channel sound (AVCHD) Connecting with the AV multi cable Changing the component output setting Change the mode to . 2 Playback using VIERA Link 3 Other linked operations 1) 2) Viewing with 3D compatible TV 3D image playback 3 4 Connect this unit to the 3D compatible television using an HDMI mini cable (optional). (l108) 5 compatible to the side-by-side format) 2 3 Converting and playing back 2D (3D) images as 3D (2D) 2 3 To convert to 3D (2D) image while playing back 1 Play back the scenes or still pictures. 2Touch ( ). Adjusting 3D effect of the 3D image 3D image playback 2 Connect this unit to the 3D compatible television using an HDMI mini cable (optional). (l108) 3 compatible to the side-by-side format) 4 Converting and playing back 2D images as 3D Adjusting 3D effect of the 3D image Check the used space of the copy destination 1 2 Copying between SD card and Built-in Memory Copying 3 4 When you stop copying halfway Approximate time for copying Preparing for copying/playing back Connecting a DVD burner to copy to/ play back a disc We recommend using Panasonic DVD burner VW-BN01. Page Copying to discs 1 2 3 4 About recording formats when copying motion pictures [High Definition]: [Standard] ([XP]/[SP]): Important Notice Approximate time for copying to a disc Playing back the copied disc 1 2 back. Managing the copied disc Formatting discs 2 To release the disc protection Displaying disc information Check before dubbing Dubbing with a Blu-ray disc recorder, video devices, etc. To dub using equipment with an SD card slot To dub using equipment with a USB terminal 1 (AVCHD) compatible DVD recorder. Dubbing in high-definition picture quality 2 3 4 definition (AVCHD) compatible DVD recorder . 1 2 Dubbing in standard picture quality Copying unaltered as 3D images Copying after conversion to 2D images 3D image storage Copying with a DVD burner Dubbing with a Blu-ray disc recorder, video device, etc. Dubbing in standard picture quality Copying unaltered as 3D motion picture Copying between SD card and built-in memory [HC-X900M] Using HD Writer AE 4.1 Using a Mac HD Writer AE 4.1 Smart Wizard What you can do with a PC About Conversion Assist Function Important Notice http://panasonic.net/avc/sdcard/information/SDXC.html End User License Agreement Article 1 License Article 2 Use by a Third Party Article 3 Restrictions on Copying the Software Article 4 Computer Operating environment Page To use the HDWriter AE 4.1 Operating environment for the card reader function (mass storage) 1 2 Uninstalling HD Writer AE 4.1 Installation Connecting to a PC 1 2 3 4 http://panasonic.net/avc/sdcard/information/SDXC.html About the PC display Copying your still pictures to your PC DCIM DCIM CAM_SD Starting HD Writer AE 4.1 If using Mac 1 2 3 4 Recording indications Indications R 1h20m 0h00m00s 1h30m 1h30m Page Playback indications Indication of connection to other devices Confirmatory indications Confirmatory indications when a DVD burner is connected About recovery Messages It is not a malfunction in following cases Troubleshooting Power Indication Recording Power Playback With other products Recording With a PC With other products If AVCHD scenes do not change smoothly when played back on another device Others Cautions for use About this unit About the battery About the AC adaptor About status indicator during charging About 3D recording About 3D About 3D viewing About the SD card LCD monitor/viewfinder Causes of condensation About personal information About copyright Carefully observe copyright laws Licenses Recording modes/approximate recordable time Approximate number of recordable pictures Page Specifications Page Page 3D Conversion Lens (optional) Optional accessories Page Page Accessory Order Form HC-X900M&X800P&PC&PU-VQT4C76_mst.book 173 In CANADA, please contact your local Panasonic dealer for more information on Accessories. Others Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A. AND PUERTO RICO) Panasonic Camcorder Products Limited Warranty Limited Warranty Coverage (For USA and Puerto Rico Only) Carry-In or Mail-In Service Page Others HC-X900M&X800P&PC&PU-VQT4C76_mst.book 176 Warra nty Panasonic Canada Inc. PANASONIC PRODUCT LIMITED WARRANTY Camcorder Products - One (1) year, parts and labour Useful Information (Only For Latin American Countries) Customer Service Customer Service Directory http://www.lar.panasonic.com Mexico Service Index Page Insertar la batera Carga de la batera Insertar/extraer una tarjeta SD Spanish Quick Use Guide/Gua espaola para el uso rpido Encender/apagar el dispositivo Seleccin del modo Cmo usar la pantalla tctil Seleccin del idioma Seleccionar un medio para grabar Grabacin de pelculas Reproduccin de pelcula/ fotografa P