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6-7 Voice Memo
A voice memo is audio data that can be attached to the clip
separately from the voice recorded during shooting. 

A voice memo can be attached during recording. Please
refer to [3-8 Voice Memo Function] for more information. 
6-7-1 Playing Back Voice Memos
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the MENU BAR button. The pointer moves to the
menu bar. 
3From the MENU BAR, select THUMBNAIL  VOICE
MEMO CLIPS. 
The clip thumbnails with voice memos attached are
displayed in the upper section of the LCD monitor. The
lower section of the LCD monitor shows information
about the voice memo on the clip selected by the
pointer. 
4Move the pointer over the clip that contains the desired
voice memo to playback and press the SET button. 
The pointer moves to the lower part of the LCD monitor. 
5Press the left/right cursor buttons ( ) to move the
pointer over the still image that is related to the voice
memo you wish to play back. Then, press the SET
button. 
6The voice memo will be played back. 
During voice memo playback, the still image related to
the voice memo is displayed on the LCD monitor and
the viewfinder. The video output signal is also the still
image. 
To stop the voice memo playback, press the STOP
button. 
7To return the pointer to the thumbnail display after
playback of a voice memo, press the MENU BAR
button to move the pointer to the menu bar, and then
select EXIT.

The voice memo playback signal is emitted through the
speaker and the PHONES jack on the camera. This
signal is not emitted from the AUDIO OUT jack. 
6-7-2 Recording a Voice Memo
During thumbnail display, voice memos can be added to the
clip on which the pointer is positioned.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer over the clip
to which you want to attach a voice memo. 
3Press the Voice Memo button and record the voice
memo through the Voice Memo Microphone. 
“VOICE REC” is displayed at the top of the screen. 

z When a voice memo is attached during thumbnail
display, the voice memo is related to the first still
image of the clip. Please refer to [3-8 Voice Memo
Function] for more information. 
z When the power is abruptly turned off while a voice
memo is being recorded during playback of a clip, the
clip will not be affected by this, but the voice memo
will not be recorded.
4Press the Voice Memo button or the stop button again
to stop recording. 
Thumbnail 
Display
Shows the total number of voice 
memos attached to the clip. 
Shows the still image that 
the voice memo is related to. 
The pointer moves down. 
Voice Memo 
Microphone
Voice Memo Button
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6-7-3 Deleting Voice Memos
1Perform Steps 1 to 4 in the [6-7-1 Playing Back Voice
Memos] section to select the voice memo in the clip. 
2Move the pointer over the clip you want to delete, and
press the MENU BAR button. The pointer moves to the
menu bar. 
3From the menu bar, select OPERATION   DELETE. 
YES and NO appear to confirm deletion. Use the cursor
buttons and the SET button to select YES. 
The voice memo is deleted. 
6-8 Deleting Clips
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer over the clip
you want to delete. 
Press the SET button to select the clip. 
3Press the MENU BAR button and select OPERATION
  DELETE from the menu bar. 
4The following screen appears. Use the cursor buttons
and the SET button to select YES. 
5The clip is deleted. All selected clips (in blue-green
frames) are deleted by this operation. 

Pressing the SET button stops the deletion operation in the
middle.
6-9 Restoring Clips
Restores clips that are defective as a result of sudden
powering-down during recording, or removal of the P2 card
being accessed.

Only those clips with yellow corrupt clip markers can be
restored. Delete the clips with red corrupt clip markers. If the
clip cannot be deleted, format the P2 card. 
During restoration of the clips, however, the defective-clip
indicator may change from yellow to red, resulting in inability
to restore the clips.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer over the clip
you want to restore (defective clips are indicated by
corrupt clip marks). 
Press the SET button to select the clip. 
3Press the MENU BAR button, and select OPERATION
 REPAIR CLIP from the menu bar. 
4The confirmation window appears. Use the cursor
buttons and the SET button to select YES. 
6-10 Reconnection of Incomplete 
Clips
Incomplete clips may be generated when clips recorded on
multiple P2 cards (connected clips) are separately copied to
different cards. Reconnection function generates one clip
(the original, connected clip) from incomplete clips.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Use the cursor and SET button to select incomplete
clips to reconnect.
Usually, thumbnails of incomplete clips (clips with 
marker) are displayed in line.
3Press the MENU BAR button and select OPERATION
 RE-CONNECTION from the menu bar.
4The confirmation window appears. Use the cursor
buttons and SET button to select YES.

 indication stays illuminated until all the incomplete clips
that comprise the original clip are reconnected.
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6-11 Copying Clips
Selected clips can be copied to the P2 card or SD memory
card in the desired slot.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer to the
desired clip and press the SET button.
3Press the MENU BAR button and select OPERATION
 COPY from the menu bar.
Select Slot 1-5 or SD memory card as the destination.
4The confirmation window appears. Use the cursor
buttons and SET button to select YES.

z Do not turn the power off or remove or insert a card during
copying. If you should accidentally perform one of the
above operations, defective clips will be generated. Delete
them, and then copy them again.
z When clips are copied to P2 cards, all the information on
the clips is copied. However, when they are copied to the
SD memory card *
1, video and sound information is not
copied, only thumbnails, clip metadata, icons, Voice
Memo, proxy, and real-time metadata.
z When there is insufficient recording capacity on the
destination, the message “LACK OF REC CAPACITY” is
displayed, and copying will not proceed. When clips to be
copied include some with defects, the message “CANNOT
ACCESS” is displayed, and copying will not proceed. If
selected clips include any that are already recorded on the
destination P2 card, copying will not proceed.
z To stop copying, press the SET button. Clips currently
being copied to the destination will be deleted.
z When identical clips exist on the destination card, the
“OVERWRITE?” is displayed. Select “YES” or “NO”.
*1: Regarding SD memory cards to be used, see  (page 17).
6-12 Setting of Clip Meta Data
Information such as the name of person who shot the video,
the name of the reporter, the shooting location, or a text
memo can be read from the SD memory card, and can be
recorded as Clip Meta Data.
Reading Clip Meta Data (metadata upload)
1Insert the SD memory card that contains the Clip Meta
Data (metadata upload file).
2Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.

When the thumbnail screen is displayed,
simultaneously pressing the MODECHECK button and
the MENU BAR button jumps to Step 
5.
3Press the MENU BAR button. The cursor moves to the
menu bar.
4Select OPERATION   DEVICE SETUP   META
DATA   LOAD from the menu bar, and press the SET
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5Names of metadata upload files stored on the SD
memory card are displayed. Select the desired files
using the cursor buttons, and choose YES. Upload
starts.
Uploaded metadata is retained even if the power is
turned off. For [more information on] confirmation of
uploaded data, see [6-17-4 Confirmation of Metadata
Upload].
Clip Meta Data items
Clip Meta Data includes the following items: Underlined
items can be set by reading the metadata upload file on the
SD memory card. Other items are set automatically during
shooting. Using the latest update version of P2 viewer,
metadata upload files can be written to SD memory cards
using a PC. Download the latest update version of P2 viewer
from the following URL and install it to your PC:
http://panasonic.biz/sav/p2
Regarding SD memory cards to be used, see  (page 17).

The file which was edited by except P2 viewer is displayed
as “UNKNOWN DATA”, and may not be read.
GLOBAL CLIP ID:Displays the global clip ID, which indicates the
shooting status of the clip.
VIDEO: Displays [FRAME RATE] (frame rate of the clip),
[PULL DOWN], and [ASPECT RATIO].
AU D IO : [SAMPLING RATE] (sampling frequency of
recorded sound) and [BITS PER SAMPLE]
(digitized bit[s] of recorded sound).
USER CLIP NAME:
Displays the clip name specified by the user.*1
ACCESS: Displays [CREATOR] (person who recorded the
clip), [CREATION DATE] (date when the clip was
recorded), [LAST UPDATE DATE
] (date of the
latest update of the clip) and [LAST UPDATE
PERSON] (person who made the latest update of
the clip).
DEVICE: Displays [MANUFACTURER] (name of the device
manufacturer), [SERIAL NO.] (serial number of
the device) and [MODEL NAME] (model name of
the device).
SHOOT: Displays [SHOOTER
] (name of the person who
shot the video), [START DATE] (start date of
shooting), [END DATE] (end date of shooting),
and [LOCATION] ALTITUDE/LONGITUDE/
LATITUDE/SOURCE/PLACE NAME
 (altitude,
longitude, latitude, and source of the information
and name of the location).
SCENARIO*
2:
Displays [PROGRAM NAME
], [SCENE NO.], and
[TAKE NO.
].
NEWS: Displays [REPORTER
] (name of the reporter),
[PURPOSE
] (purpose of shooting), and
[OBJECT
] (object of shooting). MEMO*
3:
Displays [OFFSET] (location of the frame where
the text memo is added), [PERSON
] (person who
recorded the text memo added to the clip) and
[TEXT
] (contents of the text memo). The AJ-
SPC700P can record one text memo per clip.
*1 The USER CLIP NAME recording method is selectable.
*2 Be sure to enter PROGRAM NAME when entering SCENARIO. It is not possible to record only the
SCENE NO or TAKE NO. 
*3 Be sure to enter TEXT when entering MEMO. It is not possible to record only PERSON or OFFSET.

The AJ-SPC700P only displays printable ASCII
characters.
To set whether or not  the uploaded metadata is 
recorded
Set ON/OFF by selecting META DATA   RECORD from the
menu bar.
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Selecting the USER CLIP NAME recording method
Select META DATA  USER CLIP NAME from the menu
bar to select the recording method. Two options are
available: TYPE1 and TYPE2.
* The COUNT value is indicated as a four-digit number. The COUNT value is incremented each time a new clip is
captured if clip metadata has been read in and TYPE2 has
been selected as the recording method.
The COUNT value can be reset using the following
procedure.
Select PROPERTY   DEVICE   META DATA from the
menu bar, then select USER CLIP NAME to display the
menu shown below. Select “COUNT RESET” with the
cursor and press the SET button to reset the COUNT
value to 1.

When a P2 card with a memory capacity of 8 GB or more is
used in this unit and a one-time continuous recording
exceeds the prescribed duration (approx. 10 minutes for
DVCPRO50 or approx. 20 minutes for DVCPRO or DV) or
when a one-time recording extends over more than one P2
card, the recording concerned will automatically be
undertaken as a separate clip.  At this time, each clip will be
provided with its own COUNT value.
If the clip thumbnails are displayed as shown in the example
above or their properties are indicated using a P2 device, the
thumbnail and COUNT value of clip 1 will be displayed.
Clear the uploaded metadata
S e l e c t  M E TA  D ATA    INITIALIZE from the menu bar, and
press the SET button. Select “YES” when the confirmation
screen is displayed. 
6-13 Setting of Proxy (optional)
By attaching the video encoder card (AJ-YAX800G, optional)
either to the optional slot or Slot 5, it is possible to specify
the proxy recording setting.
Select OPERATION   DEVICE SETUP   PROXY from
the menu bar to specify the setting.
For more information on settings, see the video encoder
card instruction manual.
z
TYPE1
USER CLIP NAME to be recorded
If clip metadata has been 
read in Uploaded data
If no clip metadata has been 
read in or if the setting for 
recording clip metadata has 
been turned off
Same as GLOBAL CLIP ID
(UMID data)
zTYPE2
USER CLIP NAME to be recorded
If clip metadata has been 
read in Uploaded data 
+ COUNT value*
If no clip metadata has been 
read in or if the setting for 
recording clip metadata has 
been turned off
Same as CLIP NAME
REC start (recording start)  REC/PAUSE (recording pause)
Recording duration = Approx. 15 min.
Clip 1
COUNT value
   = 0001 Clip 2
COUNT value
   = 0002
Example of recording (DVCPRO50) a clip on one P2 card
REC start (recording start) 
REC/PAUSE (recording pause)
Clip 1
COUNT value
   = 0003Clip 2
COUNT value
   = 0004
Example of recording a clip on two P2 cards:
1st card
2nd card
10 min.
5 min.
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6-14 Formatting a P2 Card 
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the MENU BAR button. The pointer moves to the
menu bar. 
3From the menu bar, select OPERATION  FORMAT. 
The following screen appears. Select the slot number
for the P2 card you want to format. 
Select EXIT if formatting is not required. 
4The following screen appears. Use the cursor buttons
and the SET button to select YES. 
5The selected P2 card is formatted. 
6-15 Formatting SD memory cards
SD memory cards can also be formatted from the thumbnail
screen. With an SD memory card inserted into the camera-
recorder, perform the following operation:
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Press the MENU BAR button. The pointer moves to the
menu bar.
3From the menu bar, select OPERATION   FORMAT.
The following screen appears. Select “SD-CARD”.
Select “EXIT” if formatting is not required.
4The following screen appears. Use the cursor buttons
and the SET button to select YES.
5The SD memory card is formatted.

SD memory cards can also be formatted from the menu
screen. For more information, see [4-10-2 Formatting,
Writing and Reading an SD memory card].
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6-16 Setting the Thumbnail Display Mode
The thumbnail display mode can be customised to suit your
preferences. 
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the MENU BAR button. The pointer moves to the
menu bar. 
3From the menu bar, select THUMBNAIL  SETUP. 
The following screen appears. 
MARKER IND. :
Switches the shot mark marker between indication and no
indication (ON/OFF). The factory setting is ON (indication). 
VOICE MEMO IND. : Switches the voice memo marker between indication
and no indication (ON/OFF). The factory setting is ON
(indication). 
WIDE IND. :
Switches the wide marker between indication and no
indication (ON/OFF). The factory setting is ON (indication). 
PROXY IND. : Switches the proxy indicator between indication and no
indication (ON/OFF). The factory setting is ON
(indication).
DATA DISPLAY: The time display field of the clip offers a choice of Time
Code (TC), User Bits (UB), Shooting Time (TIME) or
Shooting Date (DATE) Shooting Time and Date (DATE
TIME). The factory setting is Time Code. 
DATE FORMAT: You can specify the display order for the shooting date
as either Year/Month/Day (YMD), Month/Day/Year
(MDY) or Day/Month/Year (DMY). The factory setting is
Year/Month/Day. This setting is reflected in the
recording date shown in the clip property and the
shooting date shown when DATE is selected under the
item DATA DISPLAY. 
THUMBNAIL SIZE: For the size of thumbnails displayed on one screen,
either LARGE (3  C 2 thumbnails displayed) or
NORMAL (4  C 3 thumbnails displayed) can be
selected. The factory default value is NORMAL. THUMBNAIL INIT:
Return the above thumbnail display settings to default.
Move the cursor to this option, and press the SET
button. Select “YES” when the confirmation screen is
displayed. 
EXIT: Returns to the previous menu. 
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6-17 Properties
The clip’s properties and the P2 card’s status are displayed.
6-17-1 Clip Property
From the menu bar, select PROPERTY  CLIP
PROPERTY. 
The following screen appears. 
Clip Number
Thumbnail
Slip Information 
Displays the number of markers and voice memos
attached to the clip. 
The   mark appears if the clip is recorded on a write-
protected P2 card. 
Slot Number
Clip Information 
Displays detailed information about the clip. 
CLIP NAME: Display clip names.
START TC:
The time code value at the start of the
recording. 
START UB: The user bit value at the start of the recording. 
DATE: The date of the recording. 
TIME The time at the start of the recording. 
DURATION: The time length of the clip. 
CODEC: The recording format of the clip. 
Clip Meta Data
Displays more detailed data about the clip. Use the
cursor buttons to move the pointer, and press the SET
button to check the detailed content. The underlined
items are automatically set during shooting. For more
information on displayed metadata, see [6-12 Setting of
Clip Meta Data].
6-17-2 P2 Card Status Display
P2 Card Status Display Settings
Select PROPERTY   CARD STATUS from the menu bar to
set the desired indication mode (remaining free space or
used memory capacity) for the P2 card status display. 
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Press the MENU BAR button. The pointer moves to the
menu bar.
3From the menu bar, select PROPERTY   PROPERTY
SETUP.
The following screen appears. Select the P2 card
status display settings from the P2 CARD CAP menu
option. 
REMAIN: Show remaining free space on the P2 card as the P2
card status display. 
USED: Show used memory capacity on the P2 card as the P2
card status display. 
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Contents of P2 Card Status Display Settings
From the menu bar, select PROPERTY  CARD STATUS.
The following screen appears. 
When “REMAIN” is selected:
Write-protect Mark
The   mark appears if the P2 card is write-protected. 
P2 Card Status (remaining free space)
The remaining memory capacity of the P2 card is
indicated by a bar graph and percentage. The bar graph
indicator moves to the left as the remaining free space
decreases.
The following indications may appear, depending on the
card status: 
FORMAT ERROR: An unformatted P2 card is inserted. 
NOT SUPPORTED: An unsupported card is inserted in the camera. 
NO CARD: P2 cards are not inserted. 
To check unique information, such as serial number or
user ID, move the cursor to the desired P2 card and
press the SET button.
P2 Card Remaining Capacity/Total Capacity 
Displays the P2 card remaining capacity and total
capacity in minutes. The total of the remaining memory
capacity for each P2 card that is displayed may not
match the actual total remaining memory capacity for
the P2 cards because only the figure in minute is
displayed.
Total remaining free space for the slot
Displays the total remaining free space for all 5 slots.
Please note that the remaining capacity of a write-
protected P2 card is not included in the total remaining
capacity. 
When “USED” is selected:
Write-protect Mark
The   mark appears if the P2 card is write-protected. 
P2 Card Status (used memory capacity)
The used memory capacity of the P2 card is indicated
by a bar graph and a percentage figure. The bar graph
indicator moves to the right as the used memory
capacity increases.
The following indications may appear, depending on the
card status: 
FORMAT ERROR: An unformatted P2 card is inserted. 
NOT SUPPORTED: An unsupported card is inserted in the camera. 
NO CARD: P2 cards are not inserted. 
To check unique information, such as serial number or
user ID, move the cursor to the desired P2 card and
press the SET button.
P2 Card memory capacity/Total Capacity 
Displays the used memory capacity on a P2 card and
the total capacity, in minutes. Because fractions are
truncated, the figure shown for used memory capacity
on a P2 card may differ from the figure for total capacity. 
The used memory capacity of a write-protected P2 card
is displayed as 100%. 
Total used memory capacity for all slots
Displays the total used memory capacity for all 5 slots.
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6-17-3 SD memory card Status Display
The status display enables a confirmation of the SD memory
card formatted condition, available memory capacity etc.
From the menu bar, select PROPERTY   DEVICES   SD
CARD.
If the format is compatible with SD standards, the message
“SD STANDARD: SUPPORTED” is displayed.
If the format is not compatible with SD standards, the
message “SD STANDARD: NOT SUPPORTED” is
displayed. If this is the case, writing or reading will not be
successful. Format the card with the AJ-SPC700P.For more
on formatting SD memory cards, see [6-15 Formatting SD
memory cards].
6-17-4 Confirmation of Metadata Upload
The contents of the metadata upload file that is read from
the SD memory card can be checked.
From the menu bar, select PROPERTY   DEVICES  
META DATA. The following screen appears:
For more information on each item, see [6-12 Setting of Clip
Meta Data].
The META NAME is the meta data name written in the meta
data upload file, and is not recorded in the clip.
6-17-5 Video Encoder Card Status Display 
(optional)
Attaching the video encoder card (AJ-YAX800G, optional),
select PROPERTY   DEVICES   PROXY from the menu
bar.
The number of the slot in which the video encoder card is
inserted is displayed.
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