Panasonic PV-GS2 Playing Back, Index Search Functions, Playback Zoom Function, Slide Show

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Playing Back

Repeat Playback

If you continue to press the [►] Button for 5 seconds or longer, the Camcorder switches to Repeat Playback Mode, and the [R ] Indication appears. (To cancel Repeat Playback Mode, set the [OFF/ON] Switch to [OFF].)

Listening to Playback Sound through Headphones

If you want to use the headphones to listen to the playback sound, set [AV JACK] on the [INITIAL] Sub-Menu to [OUT/PHONES] and connect the headphones to the [PHONES] Jack (p. 11) on the Camcorder. In this case, no sound (including warning and shutter sounds) will be reproduced through the built-in speaker of the Camcorder.

Choosing Sound during Playback

You can select the sound by using the [AUDIO OUT] setting on the [PLAYBACK] Sub-Menu.

STEREO: Stereo Sound (main sound and sub sound)

L:Left channel sound (main sound)

R:Right channel sound (sub sound)

•If you dub a tape recorded at the [12bit] selected as the [AUDIO REC] on the [RECORDING] Sub-Menu, playback sound becomes stereo sound regardless of the [AUDIO OUT] setting if [12bit AUDIO] is set to [MIX].

Index Search Functions

•Index Search may not be possible at the beginning of the tape.

•Scene Index Search may not function properly if the interval between 2 scene index signals is less than 1 minute.

Playback Zoom Function

•You cannot adjust the sound volume with the Remote Control in Playback Zoom Mode.

•If you turn off the Camcorder power or if you operate the Mode Dial, Playback Zoom Mode is automatically canceled.

•Even if Playback Zoom Functions are being used, images that are output from the DV Terminal (p. 11) are not enlarged.

•As you enlarge an image, the quality of the image deteriorates.

•During a Playback Zoom, the Variable Speed Search Function cannot be changed with the Remote Control.

Playback Digital Effect Functions

•Signals of images to which digital effects are added during playback cannot be output from the DV Terminal (p. 11).

•You cannot use the Wipe or Mix Function while playing back the non-recorded portion of tape.

Playing Back a Card

•If a blank (nothing recorded) Card is played, the screen becomes white.

•If you attempt to play back a file recorded in a different format or if file data is defective, the whole display becomes bluish and the [UNPLAYABLE CARD] Indication may appear as warning.

•When playing back a picture recorded on other equipment, its size and that of this Camcorder may appear differently.

•When playing back a picture recorded on other equipment, the picture may not be played back or the quality of pictures may be deteriorated.

•When playing back a non standardized file, the Folder File Number may not be displayed.

•In the following cases, black bars may appear, depending on the playback device.

•When playing back a mega-pixel still-picture with this Camcorder and recording it onto a tape

•Changing the picture size to 640 x 480 pixels with

DV STUDIO

Slide Show

•Playback time may take longer than usual depending on the picture.

Creating a Title

•Even if the contrast of the Title is adjusted, the portions where there is little difference between light and dark and where the boundary between light and dark is unclear may not appear.

•The Title may not be clear if something small is used for it.

•If titles are created, the number of images that can be recorded on a Card decreases.

•If the number of images that can be recorded on a Card is small, you may not be able to create a title.

Adding a Title

•The Title In Function and Digital Effects cannot be used simultaneously.

•The Title In Function and RapidFire Consecutive Photoshot cannot be used simultaneously.

•When a title is displayed in Tape Playback Mode, the title is not output from the DV Terminal.

•The Multi-Picture Mode cannot be used once the title is inserted.

•A full-colored title made on other equipment cannot be played back or added to the picture with this Camcorder.

•A title with a size than 640 x 480 pixels cannot be displayed.

•When the title is displayed on the Multi screen, the recording and the playback cannot be performed.

•During DV input, you cannot use Title In Function or display titles on the Multi screen. Select the desired titles to display them on the screen before connecting the DV cable to the Camcorder.

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