Panasonic PV-GS31 „ White Balance, „ Manual Shutter Speed Adjustment, „ Manual Iris Adjustment

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Sports Mode/Portrait Mode

•If you record a still picture in Progressive Photoshot Mode, the brightness and hue of the recorded still picture may become unstable.

•If this mode is used for indoors, the screen may flicker. If so, change the [ SCENE MODE] setting to [OFF].

Low Light Mode

•Extremely dark scenes may not be able to be recorded finely.

Spotlight Mode

•If the subject is extremely bright, the recorded image may become whitish and the periphery of the recorded image extremely dark.

Surf & Snow Mode

•If the recording subject is extremely bright, the recorded image may become whitish.

„White Balance

•When the Camcorder is turned on with the Lens Cap attached, the automatic White Balance adjustment may not function properly. Please turn the Camcorder on after removing the Lens Cap.

•When setting both the White Balance and the Iris/ Gain, set the White Balance first.

•Whenever recording conditions change, re-set the White Balance for correct adjustment.

In the following cases, you cannot change White Balance:

•When you set the Zoom higher than 24× (PV-GS19) / 26× (PV-GS31) / 30× (PV-GS35)

•When you display a Menu

•When you use the MagicPix Mode

About flashing of the [ ] Indication:

When the manual adjustment mode is selected

•Flashing indicates that the White Balance previously adjusted is stored. This setting is stored until the White Balance is adjusted again.

When white balance cannot be set in the manual adjustment mode

•White balance may not be adjusted properly in the manual adjustment mode in dark places. If so, use the auto white balance mode.

During setting in the manual adjustment mode

• When the setting is completed, it will remain lit.

„Manual Shutter Speed Adjustment

•If you increase the shutter speed manually, the sensitivity lowers and accordingly the gain value increases automatically, which may increase the noises on the screen.

•You may see vertical lines of light in the playback image of a brightly shining subject or highly reflective subject, but this is not a malfunction.

•During normal playback, image movement may not look smooth.

•Avoid recording under fluorescent light, mercury light or sodium light because the color and brightness of the playback image may change.

•When recording in the extremely bright place, the color of the screen may change or flickers. If so adjust the shutter speed manually to 1/60 or 1/100.

•If you are using MagicPix Mode (p. 30) or Scene Mode (p. 31), you cannot adjust the shutter speed.

„Manual Iris Adjustment

•Depending on zoom magnification, there are iris values that are not displayed.

•If the value does not become [OPEN], you cannot adjust the gain value.

•If the gain value is increased, the noise on the screen increases.

•If you are using MagicPix Mode (p. 30) or Scene Mode (p. 31), you cannot adjust the iris.

•If you attempt to adjust the Shutter Speed after setting the Iris, the value set for the Iris will be canceled.

„Playing Back

Repeat Playback

If you set [ ADVANCE] >> [ REPEAT PLAY]

>>[ON], the Camcorder switches to Repeat Play

Mode, and the [ Ź] Indication appears. (To cancel Repeat Playback Mode, set the [ REPEAT PLAY] to [OFF].)

• When you set [ USB FUNCTION] >> [WEB CAM] and then connect the USB Cable, the Repeat Playback Mode is canceled.

Choosing Sound during Playback

You can select the sound by using the [ AUDIO OUT] setting on the [ SETUP] 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 [ SETUP] Sub-Menu, playback sound becomes stereo sound regardless of the [ AUDIO OUT] setting if [ 12bit AUDIO] is set to [MIX].

„Playing Back a Card

•While the data on a card is playing back, do not operate the Mode Dial.

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

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

•When the Access Lamp is lit, do not insert or remove a card.

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

•It takes time to display the file depending on the number of pixels of the file.

•When playing back a file recorded on other equipment, the date and time display is different from when it was recorded.

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