Panasonic Camera Recorder AG-DVX100BP Operating Instructions

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Screen displays
1Warnings 
REMOTE: Blinks when the wrong equipment 
setting is selected on the remote control unit. 
: Lights when condensation has formed 
inside the camera-recorder. 
: Blinks when cylinder heads are dirty. 
: Blinks when a tape has not been inserted 
or the write-protect switch is engaged. 
END: Blinks when the tape has reach the 
end. 
: Lights if a problem has occurred while 
taking a self-portrait in the mirror mode. 
: Lights when the internal battery for the 
calendar has run...

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Screen displays (continued)
9Mic level auto control 
Appears when in the setup menus, 
RECORDING SETUP screen, MIC ALC, you 
have selected “ON”. 
10Auto iris control displays
STD :  Standard auto-iris control
SPOT :  Auto iris control for spotlight
BACK :  Auto iris control for backlight 
compensation
11Shutter speed
The shutter speed is normally displayed here. 
“SLOW” appears when using the slow shutter 
speed. 
When the ZEBRA button is pressed to display 
the markers (Page 33), the brightness level...

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27Zoom position display
The zoom poison is displayed with Z00 
(maximum wide-angle) - Z99 (maximum zoom). 
28Scene file name display
29Displays marker
During shooting, pressing the ZEBRA button 
once or twice will display the marker. 
30Counter display
The following data is selected in turn each time 
the COUNTER button is pressed. 
COUNTER: 
Counter value
M COUNTER: 
Counter value in memory stop mode
TC: 
Time code value
When the time code value could not be read 
correctly from the tape, [TC*] is...

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Screen displays (continued)
34Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS)  display
When the CAMERA DATA item of the DISPLAY 
SETUP screen of the Setup menu is set to ON, 
and you are using the Optical Image Stabilizer, 
 is displayed even if playing back the tape as 
camera data. 
35DVTC display
Appears when you have set DV IN PRESET to 
ON in the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP 
screen. 
 
It does not appear when you have set REGEN for 
FIRST REC TC.
36Search number displayDisplays the index numbers performed the...

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Display the following items on the viewfinder and LCD monitor screen by pressing the MODE CHK button or 
by configuring OTHER DISPLAY of the DISPLAY SETUP screen of the setup menus (Page 76). 
3: Displayed 
x: Not displayed 
—:  Displayed depending on other settings  
Press and hold the DISPLAY/AUDIO DUB button 
for about 3 seconds in the camera mode to clear all 
of the above from the screen. 
Press and hold it again to restore the displays. 
Setting the DISPLAY items
DisplaysMODE CHK 
buttonOTHER...

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Using the setup menus
Use the setup menus to change the settings to suit 
the scenes you are shooting or what you are 
recording. 
You can also use the menu buttons on the remote 
control. (Page 19)
1When not shooting or recording, press the 
MENU button. 
The camera enters the menu mode and the 
following is displayed on the screen. 
2Move the OPERATION lever e or r to highlight 
the item you want to change.
3Press the OPERATION lever (h) (or move it 
y) to display the items. 
4Move the OPERATION...

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5Press the OPERATION lever (h) (or move it 
y), then move it e or r to select the setting 
you want to change. 
 
To change a setting, move [q], then move the 
OPERATION lever e or r. 
Example: 
6To change other settings, repeat steps 4 and 5. 
When you have finished, press the MENU 
button to return to the function screen. 
7To change other settings, repeat steps 2 to 5. 
When the menu mode is finished, press the 
MENU button again and return to the normal 
screen. The setup menus are divided into...

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Setup menu structure
Camera mode menu
VCR mode menu
SCENE FILE CAMERA MENU
CAMERA SETUP
NAME EDIT
SAVE/INIT
RECORDING SETUP
REC SPEED
AUDIO REC
MIC ALCMIC GAIN 1MIC GAIN 2
TC MODE
TCGFIRST REC TCTC PRESETUB MODEUB PRESET
REC TIME ONE-SHOT REC
OTHER FUNCTIONS
REMOTE
DV CONTROL
DV CMD SEL
REC LAMP END SEARCHBEEP SOUNDCLOCK SETTIME SHIFTPOWER SAVELANGUAGEH.P MODE
FILE TRANS
USER FILE
HOUR METER
SYNCRO SCAN
ASPECT CONV
SETUP COLOR BAR
SW MODE
AUTO SW 
MID GAIN
HIGH GAIN
ATWHANDLE ZOOMIRIS DIAL
AF ATW AGC...

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Setup menu list
                  are the factory settings. 
SCENE FILE screen
Item/(Display 
mode)Description of settings
DETAIL LEVEL (camera)Adjusts the amount of detail. -7 - 0 - +7
V DETAIL 
LEVEL
 (camera)
Adjusts the level of outline correction in 
vertical screen. 
-7 -  0 - +7
DETAIL 
CORING
 (camera)
Adjusts the level of removing noises of 
the detail signal. 
-7 - 0 - +7 Set to - for a clearer image. Noise 
increases slightly. 
Set to + to decrease noise. 
CHROMA 
LEVEL (camera)
Adjusts...

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Setup menu list (continued)
                  are the factory settings. 
SCENE FILE screen
Item/(Display 
mode)Description of settings
MATRIX (camera)Chooses a MATRIX table, and sets the 
color for shooting. 
NORM: Makes colors suitable for a shooting 
in the open air or in using a halogen 
lamp as the source of light. 
ENRICHED: Makes colors brighter than the 
NORM1 mode. 
FLOU: Makes colors suitable for shooting 
indoors under fluorescent lights. 
CINE-LIKE: Makes colors suitable for movie-like...