Panasonic Aj Hdc20a Operating Instructions Manual

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Saving the data settings on the
card
Select the file No.
Give a title to the selected file.
Setup card operations
1Perform the menu operations (pages 70 to 72),
and display the “CAM CARD READ/WRITE”
screen.
n< CAM CARD READ/WRITE >
READ
SELECT      :1
WRITE
SELECT      :1
CARD CONFIG
READ USER DATA
TITLE        :4Turn the JOG dial button to move the arrow
(cursor) to the TITLE item.
< CAM CARD READ/WRITE >
READ
SELECT      :1
WRITE
SELECT      :1
CARD CONFIG
READ USER DATA
m
TITLE        :
2Turn the...

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If one of the following messages appears when the JOG dial
button is pressed, the data cannot be saved.
12Press the MENU button to exit the menu
operations.
The setting menu is cleared, and the display
showing the unit’s current statuses appears at
the top and bottom of the viewfinder screen.
Error messageRemedial action
WRITE NG
NO CARD
(setup card has not been
inserted)Insert the card.
WRITE NG
FORMAT ERROR
(formatting error)The card was formatted by a
device other than the unit.
Replace the card....

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6Turn the JOG dial button to move the arrow
(cursor) to YES, and press the JOG dial button.  
When the data loading is completed, the following
message appears.
To load the VTR unit’s data, open the VTR CARD
READ/WRITE screen, and perform steps 
4to 6.
< CAM CARD READ/WRITE >
READ
SELECT      :1
WRITE
SELECT      :1
CARD CONFIG
READ USER DATA
TITLE        :
READ OK
YES
nNO
TITLE        :
If one of the following messages appears when the JOG dial
button is pressed, the data cannot be loaded.
7Press the...

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Loading a cassette tape
Cassette tapes
1Check that there are no cables around the cassette
holder or top panel, and set the POWER switch to
ON.

When condensation has formed inside the unit, the
HUMID display lights.  Wait until this display is
cleared before proceeding with the intended
operation.
Ejecting the cassette tape
While the power is still on, press the EJECT button to
open the cassette holder, and take out the cassette
tape.  If another cassette is not going to be loaded
immediately after...

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This section describes the basic steps for shooting
and recording.
Before actually departing to shoot scenes, carry out
inspections to ensure that the system is functioning
properly.
OFor details on how to perform these inspections,
refer to “Inspections prior to shooting” (pages 109
to 112).
From providing the power supply to
loading the cassette
Recording
1Install a fully charged battery pack.
From adjusting the white balance and
black balance to stopping the recording
Turn on the power, and after...

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Shooting
Recording
1-1Select the filter to match the lighting conditions,
and set the WHITE BAL switch to “A” or “B” if
the white balance has been stored in the
memory ahead of time.
If the white balance and/or black balance
have not been stored in the memory and
there is no time to adjust the white balance:
Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST.  The
white balance for the filter is achieved in
accordance with the setting position of the
FILTER control (outer).
1-2When adjusting the white balance on the...

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If the unit is in the rec-pause mode, it is possible to
ensure scene-to-scene continuity with an accuracy of
0 up to 1 frame just by pressing the VTR START
button or lens VTR button.
If the unit is in a mode other than rec-pause, the point
at which the scene-to-scene continuity is to be
maintained must be located before recording is
started.
Scene-to-scene continuity
The scene-to-scene continuity timing is located
automatically. However, the time taken until the start
of recording differs depending on...

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When the PLAY/PAUSE button is pressed, the
playback pictures can be monitored in black and white
on the viewfinder screen.
These playback pictures can be monitored in two
other ways.
Rec review
When recording is temporarily stopped and the lens
RET button is pressed, the last two seconds of the
tape are automatically rewound, and the playback
pictures on this part of the tape appear on the
viewfinder screen.  This makes it possible to check
whether recording was performed properly.
After the two...

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Other VTR functions
The NEWS REC function is set using NEWS REC
MODE on the VTR MENU “FUNCTION” screen.
By controlling the VTR START button
acknowledgment time during recording (by up to 2
seconds), the time taken for the unit to transfer from
the recording mode to the rec-pause mode can be
delayed.
In other words, by controlling the VTR start button
operation acknowledgment time, the unit can
continuously record without the user having to
interrupt the recording: this safeguards against the
failure...

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Menu operations
The setting menu operations are performed using the
MENU button and JOG dial button.  The menu
configuration is divided into the camera unit’s setting
menus and VTR unit’s setting menus.
It is possible to select the engineer menu which
enables all the setting menu items to be set or,
alternatively, the user menu which consists of
individually tailored menus so that only those menus
which will be used most frequently can be set.

The engineer menu is displayed at all times when the...