Panasonic Camera Recorder AG-DVX100BP Operating Instructions

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                  are the factory settings. 
CAMERA SETUP screen
Item/ (Display 
mode)Description of settings
SYNCRO SCAN (camera)Adjusts the synchro scan shutter 
speed used for shooting images on a 
TV screen, etc. 
If you move and hold the OPERATION 
to e or r, changing speeds up and a 
beep sounds. 
• PROGRESSIVE MODE OFF: 
1/60.3 1/250.0
• PROGRESSIVE MODE 30P: 
1/30.1   1/48.0
  1/250.0
• PROGRESSIVE MODE 24P/24PA: 
1/24.1  1/48.0
 1/250.0
ASPECT CONV
 (camera)Selects the aspect ratio of the...

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Setup menu list (continued) 
                  are the factory settings. 
SW MODE screen
Item/ (Display 
mode)Description of settings
USER1 (camera)Enables a function to be allocated to 
the USER1 button. 
COLOR BAR: Color bar display (Page 35) SPOTLIGHT: Sets the auto iris control for the 
spotlight to ON or OFF. 
BACKLIGHT: Auto iris control for the backlight 
compensation (Page 35) 
BLACKFADE: Blackfade (Page 35) WHITEFADE: Whitefade (Page 35) MODECHECK: Press the button to check the status 
of the...

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                  are the factory settings. 
32K (12bit) AUDIO item/AUDIO OUT item settings and audio track signals output from the AUDIO IN/
OUT jack
PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen
Item/ (Display 
mode)Description of settings
32K (12bit)  AUDIO (VCR) Sets the sound to be output as CH1 
and CH2 signals when playing back a 
tape that was recorded in the 32K 
(12bit) audio mode. 
ST1: Selects the sound that was recorded 
during shooting. 
CH1 signals = CH1 track
CH2 signals = CH2 track
ST2: Selects the sound...

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Setup menu list (continued)
                is the factory setting. 
RECORDING SETUP screen
Item/ (Display 
mode) Description of settings
REC SPEED 
(camera)   
(VCR) Set the recording-time mode. SP: SP (standard) modeLP: LP (long) mode
AUDIO REC 
(camera)   
(VCR) Set the audio recording mode for con-
version to PCM audio. 
32K (12bit): 12bit/21kHz48K (16bit): 16bit/48kHz
MIC ALC  (camera) Sets microphone level auto control to 
ON or OFF. 
ON  OFFSet this ON to reduce distortion at high 
input...

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                  are the factory settings. 
RECORDING SETUP screen (continued) 
Item/
 (Display 
mode) Description of settings
UB MODE  (camera)    (VCR) 
Set the information you want for user 
information. 
USER: Records user information. TIME: Records the current time. DATE: Records the current date.TCG: Records the data from the time code 
generator. 
FRM. RATE: Records the frame conversion frame 
rate. 
a: Checking information for user 
information
b: Frame sequence No.
• 0 to 4 are displayed...

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Setup menu list (continued)
                  are the factory settings. 
DISPLAY SETUP screen 
Item/ (Display 
mode) Description of settings
ZEBRA 
DETECT 1  (camera) 
Sets the brightness level of the left-
leaning zebra patterns on the screen. 
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100%, 105%
ZEBRA 
DETECT 2
  (camera) 
Sets the brightness level of the right-
leaning zebra patterns on the screen.
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100%, 105%, OFFNote
The zebra patterns do not appear if 
you select OFF.
MARKER  (camera) Select ON to...

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                  are the factory settings. 
OTHER FUNCTIONS screen
Item/ (Display 
mode) Description of settings
REMOTE  (camera)  (VCR) 
Sets the operations of the supplied 
remote control unit. (For settings on the 
remote control (Page 20) 
VCR1: Accepts commands from a remote 
control set to VCR1. 
VCR2: Accepts commands from a remote 
control set to VCR2.
OFF: Operations are not accepted from 
any remote control. 
DV CONTROL  (camera) Sets the control method for backup 
recording with a backup...

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Setup menu list (continued) 
                  are the factory settings. 
OTHER FUNCTIONS screen
Item/ (Display 
mode) Description of settings
POWER SAVE  (camera) Select the power saving mode. 
When you don’t perform any specified 
operations for five minutes*
ON: the camera recorder turns off 
automatically. 
OFF: the cylinder head pauses and 
goes into standby mode without cutting 
the power
. *The camera recorder does not go into 
power save mode if you use the follow-
ing controls.
•AUTO Button
•...

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Before calling for service
Power supply
Battery
Normal video recording
There’s no power. • Make sure the battery and AC adapter are connected properly. 
Check the connections again. P 10
Power shuts off for no 
apparent reason. • To prevent the battery from running down needlessly and to safe-
guard the tape from wear, the camera-recorder automatically 
turns off when the camera-recorder has been left in the shooting 
pause mode for more than 5 minutes. 
Check the settings in the OTHER FUNCTIONS...

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Before calling for service (continued)
Other types of video recording
Editing
Displays
Playback (images) 
Cannot focus 
automatically. • Make sure the camera is in manual mode. 
You can focus automatically when the auto focus mode is 
selected. 
• You may be shooting a scene where it is difficult to bring the 
subject into focus in the auto focus mode. 
If this is the case, focus in the manual focus mode. 
It may be hard to bring the subject into focus when 
* both close and distant objects are to be...