HDC-HS900P/PC
Things You Should Know
Following Applies only in the U.S.A
FCC Note
Following Applies only in Canada
Concerning the battery
AC adaptor
Batteries
Product Location
A./CANADA Consumers Attention
Product Identification Marking
For USA-California only
Important Safety Instructions
Precautions
USE & Location
Care
Handling of built-in memory HDC-TM900
Indemnity about recorded content
About the recording format for recording motion pictures
Handling of HDD HDC-HS900
Cards that you can use with this unit
Contents
Preparation
Basic
With a PC
Accessories
CD-ROM
Access lamp Access a
Inserting the battery
Charging the battery
Quick Guide
Selecting a mode
How to use the touch screen
Turning the unit on/off
Language selection
Recording motion pictures
Recording still pictures
Selecting a media to record
Picture you wish to play back
Motion picture/Still picture Playback
Select the Media and Video
Operation icon
Attaching the lens hood
Parts identification and handling
Concave l Lens Leica Dicomar
AF assist lamp l
Zoom buttons l Sub recording start/stop button l
LCD monitor Touch screen l
Viewfinder l
Tripod receptacle
≥ When the unit is connected with the AC
Microphone terminal MIC
≥ Do not use any other AC adaptors except the supplied one
≥ Press the power button to turn off the unit. l
Power supply
Inserting/removing the battery
About batteries that you can use with this unit
Connect the AC adaptor to the DC input terminal
Charging the battery
Connecting to the AC outlet
DC input terminal ≥ Insert the plugs as far as they will go
Charging/Recording time
Battery model number Charging Recording Maximum Actual
Charging and recording time
Continuous
Mode
Battery model Maximum Actual
Time
35 min
Battery capacity indication
≥ These times are approximations
Sdhc
Recording to a card
Cards that you can use with this unit
Sdxc
Inserting/removing an SD card
Access lamp Access a
Check that the access lamp has gone off
Securely close the SD card/ terminal cover
Status indicator lights on Status indicator goes off
Turning the unit on and off with the power button
Clicking sound is heard when the unit is shaken
Turning the unit on/off
Operate the mode switch to change the mode to , or
Selecting a mode
How to use the touch screen
Change the mode to recording or playback
About the operation icons
About the Touch Menu
Slide while touching
Touch left side/ right side of on the Touch Menu
To display the Touch Menu
Setting date and time
Menu Setup # Clock SET
Select the menu. l
Basic motion picture recording
Before recording
Basic camera positioning
Basic
Attaching/Removing the lens hood
Change the mode to or Select the menu. l
Selecting a media to record
Touch the media to record motion pictures or still pictures
Recording motion pictures
When you begin recording, changes to ¥
Recording mode Recording time elapsed
0h00m00s
About the compatibility of the recorded motion pictures
When motion picture is recorded in Avchd format
When motion picture is recorded in iFrame format
Recording formats HA/HG/HX/HE 1080/60p IFrame
Recording still pictures
¬ Change the mode to
Recording still pictures in Motion Picture Recording Mode
About the focusing area
About the screen indications in Still Picture Recording
Manual
Intelligent Auto Mode
Mode Scene Effect
Intelligent auto/Manual
Intelligent Auto Mode
Automatic white balance
Auto focus
Touch the scene or the still picture to be Played back
Is displayed when 1080/60p is touched
Motion picture/Still picture playback
≥ Touch Enter
Select the playback operation by touching the operation icon
Change the thumbnail display
Still picture compatibility
Speaker/Headphone Volume adjustment
Motion picture compatibility
Towards r
≥ Touch left side/ right side
Using the menu screen
Touch Menu
≥ Next previous page can be displayed by touching
Using the quick menu
Touch Q.MENU
Icon Function
Clock SET
Using the Setup Menu
Select the menu
SET World Time
Touch / to select your travel Destination and touch Enter
Date Format
Economy
DATE/TIMEOFF/D/T/DATE
Quick Start
Quick Power on
Remote Control
Open the LCD monitor or extend the viewfinder
Alert Sound
Power LCD
REC Lamp
LCD SET
EVF SET
Hdmi Resolution
Number Reset
AV Multi
Touch Format Media
Format Media
Media Status
Touch SD Card or Built-inMemory
S. Demo
Demo Mode
Calibration
Language
Menu Setup # Remote Control # on
Using with the remote control
Replacing a button-type battery
Power on/off button
Press a direction button
Remote control usable range
Operation of direction buttons/OK button
≥ Selected item will become yellow
Zoom in/out function
About the zoom speed
Ring zoom Extra Optical Zoom
Image Stabilizer Function
Changing Image Stabilizer Mode
Still Picture Recording Mode
S. Optical image stabilizer button
1080/60p recording
1080/60p button
1080/60p
Touch the Touch function icon
Recording with the Touch function
Touch function icons
Touch Zoom
Touch the object and lock the target
AF/AE tracking
About target frame
Start recording
Touch Shutter
Menu Record Setup # O.I.S. Lock Display # desired setting
Optical Image Stabilizer Lock
Optical Image Stabilizer Lock icon
Touch an operation icon
Recording functions of operation icons
Operation icons
Fade*1 Intelligent contrast control*1
Intelligent contrast control
Menu Record Setup # Fade Color #
Fade
PRE-REC
To adjust the brightness of the flash
Smile shot
Built-in flash
Red-Eye Reduction
Self-timer
Soft skin mode
Intelligent exposure
Guideline
Headphone volume adjustment
Tele macro
Displaying Guidelines at playback
Scene Mode
Recording functions of menus
Zoom Mode
REC Mode
Time Lapse REC
Setup time
Menu Record Setup # Digital Cinema # on
Digital Cinema
Menu Record Setup # Relay REC # on
Relay REC
Face Recog
Touch REC or press the button fully
Registering a face for face recognition
Align the person’s face with the guide
Entering the person’s name
Touch the person to cancel
Canceling a registered person
Touch the desired item to enter the setting
Changing the information of a registered person
Auto Slow Shtr 2D
Name Display
Face Framing
Prioritized face framing
Auto Slow Shtr 3D
Menu Record Setup # Auto Slow Shtr 3D # on
Menu Record Setup # AGS # on
AGS
Menu Record Setup # Shooting Guide # on
Wind Noise Canceler
MIC Setup
Menu Record Setup # Wind Noise Canceler # on
Auto
Touch / to adjust
MIC Level
SETr
Touch the desired setting items
Bass Setting
Picture Adjust
Zebra
Histogram
On Adjust
Luminance
Example of the display
Picture size in Motion Picture Recording Mode
Picture Size
Picture size and Maximum zoom ratio
Quality
Menu Picture # Quality # desired setting
Menu Picture # Aspect Ratio # desired setting
Aspect Ratio
Touch Record or Delete
HI-SPEED Burst
Press the button
Touch REC ALL or Select
AF Assist Lamp
You can add a shutter sound when recording still pictures
Menu Picture # Shtr Sound # desired setting
Shtr Sound
≥ Press the iA/MANUAL button to cancel manual setting
Manual recording
≥ MNL appears on the screen
Touch WB Touch / to select White balance mode
White balance
To set the white balance manually
Manual shutter speed/iris adjustment
Touch Shtr or Iris Touch / to adjust settings
Recording with Manual focus
Adjust the focus by rotating the multi manual ring
Menu Record Setup # MF Assist # on
Touch Focus Touch MF to change to Manual Focus
Recording 3D video
Setup # 3D CONV. Lens Setup
Recording 3D video
Attach the 3D Conversion Lens to the unit
Touch Exit to end the adjustment
≥ After adjustment, a single screen appears
3D appears
Functions that cannot be used during 3D recording
Setup menu
Functions not available during 3D recording
Button/lever operations Recording functions
Motion picture playback using operation icon
Playback Operations
Playback display Operating steps
Touch the desired search condition
Creating still picture from motion picture
Highlight&Time frame index
SECONDS/6 SECONDS/12 SECONDS/MINUTES/FACE*/HIGHLIGHT
Zooming in on a still picture during playback Playback zoom
Repeat playback
Resuming the previous playback
Touch / to set the time
Zooming out from the zoomed still picture
Various playback functions
Playing back motion pictures/still pictures by date
Touch the date select icon. l
Highlight Playback
Effect setting
Priority setting
Playback time setting
Music setting
Touch the desired effect
Touch Start and start the audio testing
Touch the playback date
Touch the interval of playback for the slide show
Touch ALL SCENES, Multi or Single
Deleting scenes/still pictures
Select the playback operation. l
Touch the scene/still picture to be deleted
Menu Edit Scene # Divide # SET
Dividing a scene AVCHD, 1080/60p
Touch Return to complete dividing
≥ Unwanted parts can be deleted. l
Stop the playback
Dividing a scene to partially delete iFrame
Touch the part for deletion
Touch YES
Deleting personal information
Menu Video Setup # Delete Personal Info
Menu Video Setup or PICT. Setup # Scene Protect
Protecting scenes/still pictures
Menu PICT. Setup # Dpof SET # SET
Dpof setting
What is DPOF?
Menu PICT. Setup # Dpof SET # Cancel ALL
Insert the SD card that was used for Relay recording
When the confirmation message appears, touch YES
Relay scene combining HDC-TM900
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Menu Edit Scene # Relay Info Cancel
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Watching Video/Pictures on your TV
Connect this unit to a TV
Picture quality
104
Change the mode to to play back
Select the video input on the TV
≥ Example Select the Hdmi channel with a Hdmi mini cable
To display the on-screen information on the TV
105
Listening in 5.1 channel sound AVCHD, 1080/60p
Connecting with a Hdmi mini cable
Connecting with the AV multi cable
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Menu Setup # Viera Link # on
Playback using Viera Link
What is the Viera Link Hdavi Control?
≥ If you are not using Viera Link, set to OFF
Other linked operations
Operate with the remote control for the TV
Automatic input switching
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3D video playback
Menu Setup # 3D Playback # 3D
Menu Setup # 3D Playback # 2D
Playing back scenes recorded in 3D as conventional 2D video
Functions not available during 3D playback
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Check the used space of the copy destination
Change the mode to
Copying between SD card and Built-in Memory/HDD
111
Touch desired items following the screen display
Touch Exit when the copy complete message is displayed
When copying a recorded motion picture of full 4 GB size
Approximate time for copying
113
Connecting a DVD burner to copy to/ play back a disc
Preparing for copying/playing back
DVD-R DVD-RAM DVD-RW DVD-R DL +RW +R DL
114
Insert the disc in the DVD burner
Touch the desired item
Burn Disc
115
About recording formats when copying motion pictures
Copying to discs
Avchd HA/HG/HX/HE
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Important Notice
Approximate time for copying to a disc
DVD-RAM/DVD-RW/DVD-R/+RW/+R
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≥ When playing back on a TV, connect this unit to the TV. l
Playing back the copied disc
USB Connection Cable supplied with DVD burner
Managing the copied disc
Dubbing with a Blu-ray disc recorder, video device, etc
Check before dubbing
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To dub using equipment with an SD card slot
To dub using equipment with a USB terminal
≥ Turn on the unit This function is available in all modes
121
Touch Recorder on the screen of this unit
Touch the media you wish to dub
About the screen indication of the unit
You can dub by connecting an AV multi cable
122
≥ Images are dubbed in standard quality
Copying after conversion to 2D video
3D video storage
Copying unaltered as 3D video
Dubbing in standard picture quality
Menu Copy # or
Copying scenes recorded in 3D
124
≥ Scenes recorded in 3D are not supported by iMovie’11
Smart Wizard
What you can do with a PC
HD Writer AE
125
About Conversion Assist Function
126
End User License Agreement
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Operating environment
Operating environment for HD Writer AE
CPU
To use the HD Writer AE
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Installation
Insert the CD-ROM into the PC
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Uninstalling HD Writer AE
PC must be rebooted for the application to work
132
Connect this unit to a PC
Connecting to a PC
Connect this unit to the AC adaptor
Touch PC on the screen of this unit
To disconnect USB cable safely
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135
About the PC display
Copying your still pictures to Your PC
Example folder structure of an SD card
If using Mac
Starting HD Writer AE
136
Operating environment
Double-click Camsd displayed on the desktop
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Indications
Recording indications
3000 1h30m
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OPEN/F2.0
140 Indication of connection to other devices
Confirmatory indications when a DVD burner is connected
Playback indications
Confirmatory indications
Messages
141
About recovery
142
Scenes with will be deleted
143
Troubleshooting
Error Occurred
Please Turn Unit
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Others
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About this unit
When carrying the unit, do not drop or bump it
Cleaning
148
When disposing of or giving away this unit, note that
About the battery
When you are not going to use the unit for an extended time
Be sure to detach the battery after use
About the AC adaptor
Prepare spare batteries when going out for recording
Do not throw an old battery into fire
150
About 3D viewing
About status indicator during charging
About 3D About 3D recording
151
LCD monitor/viewfinder
When disposing of or giving away the SD card, note that
152 About the SD card
≥ Viewing for extended periods may cause eye-fatigue
Causes of condensation
About personal information
About condensation
153
Licenses
About copyright
Carefully observe copyright Laws
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Recording modes/approximate recordable time
155
HDD
Picture size
Approximate number of recordable pictures
156
4032k3024 3200k2400 2560k1920 640k480
4864 k2736 3840 k2160 3072 k1728 1920 k1080
When Aspect Ratio is set to 169 and Quality is set to
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220 GB
Specifications
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159
USB
3D Conversion Lens optional
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Motion pictures
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Information for your safety
Still pictures
Mm Wk26 mm Hk86.3 mm D 2.1 q Wk1.0 q Hk3.4 q D
Optional accessories
Accessory No Description
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Attaching the lens cap of the Filter Kit VW-LF46N optional
Attaching the optional accessories on the shoe Adaptor
Attaching the conversion lens/ filter kit
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Accessory Order Form For USA and Puerto Rico Customers
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Limited Warranty Limits And Exclusions
Limited Warranty Coverage For USA and Puerto Rico Only
Carry-In or Mail-In Service
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168
As of November
Panasonic Product Limited Warranty
169
Camcorder Products One 1 year, parts and labour
Date and time display Date and time setting
Numerics
170
171
USA and Puerto Rico Luminance
Insertar/extraer una tarjeta SD
Spanish Quick Use Guide/Guía española para el uso rápido
Insertar la batería
Carga de la batería
Cómo usar la pantalla táctil
Encender/apagar el dispositivo
Selección del modo
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Selección del idioma
Grabación de películas
Seleccionar un medio para grabar
Reproducción de película Fotografía
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Panasonic Canada Inc