Language selection

You can select the language displayed on the screen.

1 Press the MENU button, then select [LANGUAGE] and press the joystick.

2 Select [English] and press the joystick.

Menu list

*1 It will be displayed only in the manual mode. *2 It is not displayed when the Intelligent auto

mode is set to on.

Part of the menu will not be used depending on the used functions. (l 92)

Motion picture recording menus

[BASIC]

[SCENE MODE]*1 (l 50) [REC MODE] (l 35) [ASPECT] (l 47) [CLOCK SET] (l 28)

[SET WORLD TIME] (l 29)

[ADVANCED] [D.ZOOM] (l 38)

[FACE FRAMING] (l 44) [WIND CUT]*2 (l 47) [GUIDE LINES]*2 (l 47) [ZOOM MIC] (l 39)

[AUTO SLW SHTR]*2 (l 47) [FADE COLOR] (l 43)

[SETUP]

[DISPLAY]

≥ [OFF]

≥ [ON]

The screen indications are selected as shown in the illustration below.

[OFF][ON]

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[DATE/TIME] (l 28) [DATE FORMAT] (l 28) [FORMAT CARD] (l 63) [QUICK START] (l 39) [ECONOMY]

≥ [OFF]

≥ [5 MINUTES]

[OFF]:

The economy function is not activated.

[5 MINUTES]:

When about 5 minutes have passed without any operation, this unit automatically turns off to save battery life. To use this unit, turn it on again.

The economy function will not activate when:

jconnected to AC adaptor

jusing the USB for PC, DVD burner, printer jPRE-REC is used

[AUDIO REC] (l 34)

[BEEP SOUND]

≥ [OFF]

≥ [ON]

This allows operations such as starting and ending recording to be signaled by a beep.

1 Beep

When you start recording When you turn on the power

When this unit is recognized by the PC or the printer, etc.

2 Beeps

When you pause recording

When you turn off the power

2 Beeps for 4 times

When an error occurs e.g. recording not starting. Check the sentence displayed on the screen. (l 90)

[POWER LCD] (l 30)

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Panasonic SDR-S26PC operating instructions Language selection, Menu list, Motion picture recording menus

SDR-S26P, SDR-S26PC specifications

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