SDR-H50 SDR-H40
Model No. SDR-H60
LSQT1346 B
Operating Instructions Instrukcja obsługi
≥ DISPOSE OF BATTERIES IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MANNER
≥ USE ONLY THE RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK OR PRODUCT DAMAGE
Information for Your Safety
ENGLISH
Use only the recommended accessories
∫ EMC Electric and magnetic compatibility
Information on Disposal in other Countries outside the European Union
∫ Indemnity concerning recording content
∫ Carefully observe copyright laws
Setup
Contents
Before using
Preparation
Specifications
Using software
Using a Macintosh
With a PC
Battery pack
Accessories
Optional accessories
AC adaptor
Using with a PC
Features
Using with a DVD burner
Extended recording
Recording Playback With a PC Others
10 Before using 23 Setup
Preparation
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5 When recording Zoom lever W/T l
Before using
1 Open/close switch for the lens cover 2 Auto button AUTO l
When playing back Volume lever sVOLr l 6 LCD monitor open part
Grip belt
Adjust the belt length and the pad position
LCD monitor
11 Lens 12 Grip belt 13 Microphone built-in, stereo
19 Status indicator l 20 Mode dial l 21 Joystick
16 Power LCD plus button POWER LCD PLUS l
17 DVD COPY button DVD COPY l 18 HDD access lamp ACCESS HDD l 21
Joystick
Tripod receptacle
28 SD card slot l 29 Tripod receptacle 30 Battery holder l 15
31 Battery release lever BATTERY l 15
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∫ About batteries that you can use with this unit
Power supply
Charging the battery
Charging lamp CHARGE A
Removing the battery
Inserting the battery
2 Insert the battery on the battery charger by aligning the arrows
1 Connect the AC cable to the AC adaptor and the AC outlet
Battery capacity indication
Battery model number
Battery model
Charging time and recordable time
Removing the DC cable
Connecting to the AC outlet
2 Connect the DC cable to the AC adaptor
3 Connect the DC cable to this unit
SD Memory Card
Before using 3 About HDD and SD cards
Internal HDD
SDHC
http//panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/ecam
About SD cards
∫ About the miniSD Card
High Speed SD
About SD cards that you can use for motion picture recording
SD card handling
Class 2 SD/SDHC
∫ Indemnity about recorded content
Access lamp
∫ Take note of the temperature of this unit
B A A HDD access lamp ACCESS HDD
2 Open the LCD monitor and then open the SD card slot cover
cardInserting/removing an SD
A 1 Rotate the mode dial to OFF
3 Insert/remove the SD card
To turn off the power
How to turn the power on and off with the LCD monitor
Setup
Turning the unit on/off
Setup 2 Using the menu screen
1 Press the MENU button
Menu list
∫ SETUP
Language selection
1 Press the MENU button, then select LANGUAGE and press the joystick
Motion picture playback menus
∫ PHOTO SETUP
Still picture recording menus
Still picture playback menus
SETUP # DATE FORMAT # desired display style
Setting date and time
4 Press the MENU button to finish the setting
SETUP # DATE/TIME # desired display style DATED/T
2 Select the item and then adjust the settings with the joystick
Setup 4 Adjusting LCD monitor
Adjusting the brightness and colour level 1 Select the menu. l
Press the POWER LCD PLUS button
Preparation
Recording
30 Recording Basic 39 Recording Advanced
Playback With a PC Others
Basic camera positioning
Before recording
∫ About auto mode
2 Select the recording destination by the menu. l24
Recording motion pictures
1 Rotate the mode dial to select and open the LCD monitor
3 Press the recording start/stop button to start recording
Audio recording modes
SETUP # AUDIO REC # DOLBY or MPEG DOLBY Dolby AC-3
∫ Screen indications
Select the menu. l24
Select the menu. l
BASIC # REC MODE # desired setting
Recording modes and recordable time
∫ HDD
C D A Size of still pictures B Selected recording destination
Recording still pictures
3 Press the recording start/stop button
D Quality of still pictures ∫ To record still pictures clearly
Number of pixels and picture quality
BASIC # PICTURE SIZE # desired setting
BASIC # PICT.QUALITY # desired setting
Recording with a shutter sound effect Select the menu. l
Zoom in/out function
ADVANCED # D.ZOOM # desired setting SDR-H60
Recording functions
Move the zoom lever
Recording yourself
SETUP # QUICK START # ON
To cancel Quick start
Quick start
Press the O.I.S. button
To cancel the image stabilizer function Press the O.I.S. button again
Image stabilizer function
¬ Rotate the mode dial to select or
operation icons
To cancel the function
Recording functions of
1 Press the joystick, and icons will be displayed on the screen
Picture recording mode
Operation icons
Video recording mode
SDR-H50
stops and the fade setting is cancelled
When you start recording, the image/audio gradually
When you pause recording, the image/audio gradually
Backlight
PRE-REC
ØSelf-timer
To stop the timer midway through
SDR-H60/SDR-H50
Guideline function
menusRecording functions of
Menus
Aspect ratio
1 Manual mode
Manual recording functions
Press the MANUAL AF/MF button
2 Manual focus mode
Scene mode
BASIC # SCENE MODE # desired setting
To cancel the scene mode function
1 Select the manual mode. l44 2 Select the menu. l
Manual adjustment mode
Manual focus adjustment
Auto white balance adjustment
White balance
2 Select with the joystick
To set the white balance manually
∫ White balance sensor A
To restore to automatic adjustment Press the AUTO button
Manual shutter speed/ aperture adjustment
3 Adjust the settings with the joystick
Manual shutter speed adjustment
Preparation Recording
Playback
50 Playback 55 Editing 67 Media management 68 With other products
With a PC Others
2 Select the playback medium by the menu. l24
Motion picture playback
1 Rotate the mode dial to select
3 Select the scene to be played back, then press the joystick
To cancel the resume function
To adjust the speaker volume during playback Move the volume lever
SETUP # RESUME PLAY # ON
To change the playback speed
2 Select the playback date, then press the joystick
Playing back motion pictures by date
1 Select BY DATE, then press the joystick
Playing back a playlist
4 Select the playback operation with the joystick
Still picture playback
3 Select the file to be played back, then press the joystick
1 Rotate the mode dial to select
∫ About still picture compatibility
Deleting scenes/files one at a time
The deleted scenes/files cannot be restored
Deleting scenes/files
Deleting multiple scenes/ files
To continue deleting other scenes/files
Deleting the copied scenes collectively
Press the button
To complete editing
Locking motion pictures
To complete the settings
Editing scenes
1 Select the menu. l EDIT SCENE # LOCK SET # YES
2 Select the scene to be divided, then press the joystick
Dividing a scene to delete
1 Select the menu. l EDIT SCENE # SPLIT&DELETE # YES
Select with the joystick
To continue dividing and deleting other scenes
6 Select YES, then press the joystick
Dividing a scene to delete
Function
2 Select CREATE, then press the joystick
Using playlists
Creating a new playlist
¬ Rotate the mode dial to select ¬ Select HDD in MEDIA SELECT
2 Select the playlist to be edited, then press the joystick
Editing a playlist
4 Press the MENU button
Deleting scenes
Moving scenes within a playlist
Adding scenes to playlist
Select the menu. l24 EDIT # ADD # YES
1 Select the menu. l 24 EDIT # MOVE # YES
Locking still pictures
1 Select the menu. l PHOTO SETUP # LOCK SET # YES
Editing still pictures
2 Select the file to be protected, then press the joystick
To cancel all DPOF settings
DPOF setting
1 Select the menu. l PHOTO SETUP # DPOF SET # SET
2 Select the file to be set, then press the joystick
2 Select desired direction and press the joystick
1 Select the menu. l 24 PHOTO SETUP # COPY
Copying still picture files
3 Select SELECT or ALL then press the joystick
To continue copying other files
To cancel copying halfway
Copying still picture files Continued
Function
SETUP # FORMAT CARD # YES
SETUP # FORMAT HDD # YES
SETUP # HDD STATUS # YES
HDD and SD card
Playback on TV
SETUP # TV ASPECT #
TV ASPECT setting
1 Connect this unit and a TV
With a DVD burner
Device capable of copying images to discs by connecting to this unit
sDVD burner/VW-BN1 ≥ We recommend using VW-BN1
About discs that can be used
2 Connect this unit to the AC adaptor
Connecting this unit to the DVD burner
3 Turn on the power to this unit
5 Insert the disc in the DVD burner
1 Copying all the scenes to discs
1 Select menus with the following procedures
DVD COPY function
2 Copying added scenes to discs
2 Select the scenes to be copied and then press the joystick
FAVOURITE SCENES function
3 Selecting the scenes to copy to 1 disc
Select START, then press the joystick
2 Select the date/playlist to be copied and then press the joystick
4 Selecting the scenes by date to copy to discs
5 Selecting the scenes by playlist to copy to discs
3 Press the MENU button
Disc type
Notes for copying data to discs using the DVD burner
∫ About the time it takes to copy
Copy time
2 Select PLAY DISC, then press the joystick
Playing back a disc inserted in the DVD burner
1 Connect this unit to the DVD burner. l70
3 Select the scene/file to be played back, then press the joystick
Dubbing images onto other video devices
∫ Using SD card slot of other video devices
With other video devices
1 Connect this unit to a video device
2 Select PictBridge # HDD or SD CARD then press the joystick
With a printer PictBridge
1 Connect this unit to a printer
3 Select a file to be printed, then press the joystick
9 Select PRINT # YES and press the joystick
8 Select the layout setting on PAGE LAYOUT, then press the joystick
When you want to stop printing halfway Move the joystick down
STANDARD
Preparation Recording Playback
80 Before using 84 Setup 88 Using software 90 Using a Macintosh
With a PC
Others
A B C
What you can do with a PC
∫ Adobe Reader
Personal computer
Operating environment
∫ VideoCam Suite
Display
Personal computer
∫ SD card reader function mass storage
Interface
End User License Agreement
4 Select where the application is to be installed, then click Next
Setup 1 Installation
Installing VideoCam Suite
6 Select the country or region where you live, then click Next
1 Select Start # Settings # Control Panel # Add/Remove Programs
Uninstalling the software
# Uninstall a program
2 Select VideoCam Suite 1.0, then click Uninstall
About the PC display
When accessing the HDD
Connection and recognition
1 Connect this unit to a PC
∫ Example folder structure
When accessing the card
To disconnect USB cable safely
1 Double click the icon in task tray
Select start # All Programs Programs # Panasonic # VideoCam Suite
Using VideoCam Suite
Reading the operating instructions of the software
# Manual
¬ Insert a DVD disc in a drive for DVD writing on the PC
1 Connect this unit to a PC. l86 2 Press the DVD COPY button
DVD COPY function
∫ Copying still pictures on PC
If using a Macintosh
∫ Operating environment for the card reader function mass storage
1 Connect this unit to a PC via the supplied USB cable
Preparation Recording Playback With a PC
Others
92 Indications 97 Helpful hints
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∫ Media indications
∫ Recording indications
1/100
0h00m00s
∫ Playback indications
No.10
card l
∫ Indications when other products are connected
∫ Confirmatory indications
display
THIS BATTERY CANNOT BE USED
HDD BACKUP RECOMMENDED
ERROR OCCURRED. RECORDING IS STOPPED
EXIT THE MENU THEN CHANGE TO MANUAL MODE CANCEL NIGHT VIEW MODE
PUSH THE RESET SWITCH
About recovery
OPERATION STOPPED. TEMPERATURE TOO LOW
ALL CONTENTS ON THIS DISC WILL BE DELETED. DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?
Adjusting the shutter speed, iris/gain
disable the functions
Soft skin mode Set and cancel
Functions that cannot be
∫ With a DVD burner
Frequently asked questions
What should I do when the HDD is full?
What kind of cards can be used on this unit?
Can I write data from a PC onto the unit’s HDD or SD card?
∫ With a PC
Is playback and editing possible on a PC?
Battery runs down quickly This unit is turned off automatically
Troubleshooting
Problem
A clicking sound is heard when the power is turned off
Auto focus function does not work
Recording does not start although power is supplied to this unit
The operation arbitrarily stops
Problem
Scenes or files cannot be deleted or edited
“CHECK THE LENS COVER.” is displayed
Sound is not played back from the built-in speaker of this unit
Even if HDD or an SD card is formatted, it cannot be used
When the SD card is inserted in this unit, it is not recognised
“PUSH THE RESET
SWITCH.” is displayed
When the SD card is inserted in another device, it is not recognised
With a PC
When connected by the USB cable, this unit is not detected by the PC
With other products
It takes a long time to create a DVD
Cautions for use
When carrying the unit, do not drop or bump it
Do not use benzine, paint thinner or alcohol for cleaning the unit
About this unit
Be sure to detach the battery after use
About the battery
When you are not going to use the unit for an extended time
Prepare spare batteries when going out for recording
Licenses
About condensation
Causes of condensation
Helpful hint
Explanation of terms
White balance adjustment
Auto focus has the following characteristics
Automatic white balance
Recording a fast-moving subject
Recording a subject with little contrast
Power consumption
Specifications
Power source
Signal system
Mass
Dimensions
Operating temperature
Operating humidity
Number of recordable
Still pictures
Picture size
pictures
640k480
Number of recordable pictures on the HDD or an SD card
Picture size
0.2 640k360