Model No. HDC-SD80
VQT3J47
Information for Your Safety
If the HDD experiences any abnormality, back up data immediately
Once the HDD is out of order, data cannot be restored
Operation may stop in hot or cold environments
The unit is disabled in order to protect the HDD
Do not use the unit in low atmospheric pressures
Contents
Advanced (Playback)
Copy/Dubbing
Motion picture playback using
operation icon
Creating still picture from motion
Parts identification and handling
14Mode switch (l 16)
15Status indicator (l 15)
16Recording start/stop button (l 21)
17LCD monitor (Touch screen) (l 16)
≥It can open up to 90o
23Photoshot button [ ] (l 23)
Thumbnail display switch [ / ]/ Volume lever [sVOLr] (In playback mode) (l 28)
25Grip belt
25
DC input terminal [DC IN] (l 10)
Power supply
Inserting/removing the battery
Charging the battery
Charging and recording time
HDC-HS80
Battery model
number
Actual
[Voltage
Recording to a card
Cards that you can use with this unit
Inserting/removing an SD card
Turning the unit on/off
Turning the unit on and off with the power button
Turning the unit on and off with the LCD monitor
Selecting a mode
How to use the touch screen
About the touch menu
Setting date and time
Before recording
Selecting a media to record
Recording motion pictures
≥ Still pictures can be recorded while recording the motion picture. (l 24)
≥ (Maximum recordable scenes of a single SD card, built-inmemory or HDD)
Recording formats
[HA]/[HG]/[HX]/[HE]
Different dates (l 71)
Recording still pictures
Recording still pictures in motion picture recording mode
Intelligent auto mode
∫Intelligent auto mode
Automatic white balance
Auto focus
Motion picture/Still picture playback
5 Select the playback operation by touching the operation icon
COperation icon
Motion picture playback
Still picture playback
1/;:
Motion picture compatibility
Still picture compatibility
Using the menu screen
Using the Setup Menu
Touch / to select your travel
destination and touch [ENTER]
CThe local time at the selected
travel destination
DThe time difference between the travel destination and the home region
[QUICK POWER ON]
mode set to or
≥Depending on the recording conditions, start time may be longer than 1 second
≥In the quick power on mode, the zoom magnification becomes 1k
[QUICK START]
[ALERT SOUND]
[OFF]
2 Beeps for 4 times
[POWER LCD]
[LCD SET]
[VIERA Link]
[TV ASPECT]
[16:9]/[4:3]
[INITIAL SET]
[NUMBER RESET]
[FORMAT MEDIA]
1Touch [FORMAT MEDIA]
Touch [SD CARD] or [Built-inMemory]
Touch [SD CARD] or [HDD]
Formatting built-inmemory or HDD is only available with this unit
[MEDIA STATUS]
[CALIBRATION]
1Touch [CALIBRATION]
≥ Touch [ENTER]
2Touch the [_] that appears on the screen with the supplied stylus pen
Zoom in/out function
Extra optical zoom
Image stabilizer function
Recording with the Touch function
Touch function icons
Touch zoom
Zoom operation can be performed by touching the touch zoom bar
1 Touch
2Touch and hold the touch zoom bar
AF/AE tracking
2 Touch the object and lock the target
A Target frame
3 Start recording
∫About target frame
Optical image stabilizer lock
AOptical image stabilizer lock icon
1Press the optical image stabilizer button to turn the image stabilizer on
2Touch and hold
≥is displayed while you are touching the icon
Recording functions of operation icons
Operation icons
Fade
When you start recording, the image/audio gradually appears. (Fade in)
When you pause recording, the image/audio gradually disappears. (Fade out)
∫To select the colour for fade in/out
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [FADE COLOUR] #
Smile shot
([ON]) # ([FACE RECOG.]) # [OFF]
[OFF]
Video light
([ON]) # ([AUTO]) # ([OFF])
Photo light
∫To adjust the brightness of the photo light
MENU : [PICTURE] # [PHOTO LIGHT LEVEL] # desired setting
Red eye reduction
Reduces the phenomena where human eyes become red from photo light
≥The photo light is activated 2 times
Self-timer
This is for recording still pictures using the timer
Tele macro
≥The unit can focus on the subject at a distance of approx. 70 cm
[ 4:3 0.3M]/[ 3:2 2.8M]
3:2
jLower than 37k (when picture size is [ 16:9 3M]/[ 16:9 2.1M])
Recording functions of menus
≥(Night scenery/Night portrait)
≥(Night portrait)
jThe photo light is set to [ON]
[ZOOM MODE]
Set the maximum zoom ratio for the motion picture recording mode
[RELAY REC]
≥Set [MEDIA SELECT] to [Built-inMemory]
≥Set [REC MODE] to [HA], [HG], [HX] or [HE]. (l 51)
≥Insert an SD card
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [RELAY REC] # [ON]
∫Registering a face for face recognition
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [FACE RECOG.] # [SET] # [SAVE]
1Align the person’s face with the guide
2Touch [REC] or press the button fully
3 Entering the person’s name
∫Changing the information of a registered person
1 Select the menu
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [FACE RECOG.] # [SET] # [EDIT]
2 Touch the desired item to enter the setting
≥Up to 3 face shots can be registered. To additionally register
[NAME DISPLAY]
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [NAME DISPLAY] # desired number
[OFF]/[1]/[2]/[3]
≥Displayed name will disappear after a while
≥This function is not displayed during recording of yourself or playback mode
[AGS]
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [AGS] # [ON]
[AUTO SLOW SHTR]
≥Switch to manual mode. (l 63)
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [AUTO SLOW SHTR] # [ON]
[SHOOTING GUIDE]
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [SHOOTING GUIDE] # [ON]
[WIND NOISE CANCELLER]
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [WIND NOISE CANCELLER] # [ON]
[ZOOM MIC]
[MIC LEVEL]
≥Switch to manual mode. (l 63) 1 Select the menu
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [MIC LEVEL] # desired setting
[AUTO]:
[SETr
[PICTURE ADJUST]
MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [PICTURE ADJUST]
2 Touch the desired setting items
[SHARPNESS]:
[EXPOSURE]:
[PICTURE SIZE]
MENU : [PICTURE] # [PICTURE SIZE] # desired setting
∫Picture size and Maximum zoom ratio
4:3:
3:2:
[QUALITY]
MENU : [PICTURE] # [QUALITY] # desired setting
[HI-SPEEDBURST]
MENU : [PICTURE] # [HI-SPEEDBURST] # desired setting
[25 Frames/sec]:
5(When [SELECT] is selected in step 4)
Touch the range of pictures that will be stored
≥Previous (Next) page is displayed by touching
*Only select the picture for start point if only 1 picture is to be stored
AStart point* B Finish point
Manual recording
White balance
Manual shutter speed/iris adjustment
Manual focus adjustment
1 (When MF assist function is used)
Playback Operations
Motion picture playback using operation icon
Creating still picture from motion picture
Highlight&Time frame index
3 (When [MINUTES] is selected)
Repeat playback
Resuming the previous playback
Zooming in on a still picture during playback (Playback zoom)
Various playback functions
Playing back motion pictures/still pictures by date
Highlight playback
(Only when you would like to change the settings)
2(When [SELECT SCENES] is selected)
(When [SELECT DATE] is selected)
2 (When [FACE RECOG.] is selected)
Changing the playback settings and playing back the slide show
3 (When [DATE SETUP] is selected)
(When [EFFECT SETUP] is selected)
(When [SLIDES INTERVAL] is selected)
(When [MUSIC SELECT] is selected)
(To test the music audio)
Deleting scenes/still pictures
3 (When [MULTI] is selected in step 2)
(When [SINGLE] is selected in step 2)
4 (When [MULTI] is selected in step 2)
When you stop deleting halfway
Touch [CANCEL] while deleting
To complete editing
Touch [Return]
Scenes which cannot be played back (the thumbnails are displayed as
Dividing a scene (AVCHD)
Dividing a scene to partially delete (iFrame)
Deleting personal information
Protecting scenes/still pictures
DPOF setting
Relay scene combining [HDC-TM80]
To cancel relay information
MENU : [EDIT SCENE] # [RELAY INFO CANCEL]
The personal information of the relayed scene in the
Watching Video/Pictures on your TV
≥Check that the plugs are inserted as far as they go
Always use a genuine Panasonic HDMI mini cable
≥Do not use any other AV multi cables except the supplied one
2 Select the video input on the TV
≥Example:
the screen
MENU : [SETUP] # [TV ASPECT] # [4:3]
Example of images with a [16:9] aspect ratio on a regular TV (4:3)
[TV ASPECT] setting
[16:9][4:3]
Connecting with a HDMI mini cable
Connecting with the AV multi cable
Playback using VIERA Link
3 Operate with the remote control for the TV
AOperation icons
D Display/Cancel operation icons
Zoom in on still picture
jYellow: Deleting scenes/still pictures
Copying between SD card and Built-inMemory/HDD
3 Touch desired items following the screen display
≥It will return to the previous step by touching
≥(When [SELECT SCENES] is selected)
≥(When [SELECT DATE] is selected)
≥Up to 99 scenes/still pictures or 99 dates can be set in succession
Connecting a DVD burner to copy to/ play back a disc
Preparing for copying/playing back
1 Connect the AC adaptor (supplied with DVD burner) to the DVD burner
2 Connect this unit to the AC adaptor and change the mode to
4 Insert the disc in the DVD burner
5 Touch the desired item
[BURN DISC]:
Copying to discs
≥(When [SELECT SCENES] is selected)
≥(When [SELECT DATE] is selected)
Important Notice
Approximate time for copying to a disc
To copy motion pictures to the full capacity of a disc
Copy time
[AVCHD]
≥It is impossible to stop copying halfway
≥The order in which the scenes were copied cannot be changed
≥Data that has been recorded on another device may not be copied
Playing back the copied disc
Managing the copied disc
Dubbing with a Blu-raydisc recorder, video, etc
∫To dub using equipment with an SD card slot
You can dub by directly inserting an SD card
∫To dub using equipment with a USB terminal
You can dub by connecting a USB cable
≥Use the AC adaptor to free you from worrying about the battery running down
About the screen indication of the unit
Start recording on the connected device
Dubbing in standard picture quality
∫Dubbing using equipment without an SD card slot or a USB terminal
or using a video device
You can dub by connecting an AV multi cable
What you can do with a PC
≥Please refer to page 115 for details about using a Mac
When using an SDXC Memory Card, check the following support site
http://panasonic.net/avc/sdcard/information/SDXC.html
∫About Conversion assist function
≥Please refer to page 111 about the connection of this unit and a PC
End User License Agreement
Operating environment
Sound
DirectSound Support
Interface
USB port [Hi-SpeedUSB (USB 2.0)]
Other
∫Operating environment for the card reader function (mass storage)
Installation
7 When installation is complete, some notes will appear
Connecting to a PC
∫To disconnect USB cable safely
About the screen indication of the unit
∫Charging the battery by connecting it to different devices
About the PC display
Starting HD Writer AE
(On the PC)
Reading the operating instructions of the software applications
If using Mac
Indications
OPEN/F2.0
0dB
±(White)/¥ (Green)// ///Focus indication (l 23)
∫Playback indications
No.10
∫Indication of connection to other devices
∫Confirmatory indications
(Time
Messages
About recovery
Troubleshooting
Indication
Remaining battery
indication is not
displayed properly
The unit arbitrarily stops
Object seems to be
warped
Playback
Any scenes/still pictures
cannot be played back
When connected by the
USB cable, this unit is
not detected by the other
devices
VIERA Link does not
Cannot import AVCHD
scenes with iMovie’11
Others
Item other than the
touched one is selected
Cautions for use
Do not use the unit for surveillance purposes or other business uses
When you are not going to use the unit for an extended time
When disposing of or giving away this unit, note that:
About the battery
Be sure to detach the battery after use
If the battery is kept in
Prepare spare batteries when going out for recording
≥Inserting a battery with damaged terminals can damage the unit
About status indicator during charging
2 seconds):
Off:
≥Charging has finished
Refer to page 128 for details on the battery
LCD monitor
About personal information
Indemnity
About condensation
Causes of condensation
≥When a cold room has been warmed up quickly
≥When cool wind from an air conditioner is directly blown onto this unit
≥After summer afternoon showers of rain
About copyright
Recording modes/approximate recordable time
Page
Approximate number of recordable pictures