Panasonic Digital Video Camera Recorder AG-DVC60P Operating Instructions

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PREPARATION
Press the battery straight against the camera-recorder
body and slide it down until it clicks into place.
To remove the battery, hold down the battery release
button and slide it up.
Mounting
Removing
•Turn the POWER lever to the OFF position, check
that the POWER lamp (CAM/VCR) has gone off,
and then remove the battery.
•Support the battery with your hand so that it does
not drop off. 

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Viewfinder
This camera-recorder offers a choice of viewfinders: a
viewfinder with a small LCD screen and one with a 2.5-
inch LCD monitor.
Use the viewfinder that best suits the application and
shooting conditions.
•The brightness and hue may differ between the
images appearing on the viewfinder and LCD monitor
and those displayed on a TV monitor. 
To see how the final images will appear, check them
on a TV monitor.
1Set the POWER lever to the ON position, and
check that images appear in the...

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PREPARATION
1Use the menus (P62-64) to select “YES” as the
LCD/EVF SET item setting on the DISPLAY
SETUP screen.
2The LCD/EVF SET screen with “LCD BRIGHT-
NESS” selected appears. Turn the multi dial to
adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor screen.
3Upon completion of the settings, press the multi dial
to select “LCD COLOR LEVEL”.
4Turn the multi dial to adjust the color level of the
LCD monitor screen.
5Upon completion of the settings, press the multi dial
to select “EVF BRIGHTNESS”.
6Turn the...

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Viewfinder (cont.)
•If the RESET button (counter) is pressed when it is
possible to change the settings by selecting the
LCD/EVF SET item, the values set for those items
(LCD BRIGHTNESS and COLOR LEVEL, and EVF
BRIGHTNESS) can be returned to the factory set-
tings.
•When “ON” is selected as the setting for the EVF
MODE item on the DISPLAY SETUP screen, the
images will always be displayed on the viewfinder
even if the LCD monitor is open. (P72)
•Using the EVF COLOR item on the DISPLAY
SETUP screen,...

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PREPARATION
Time data
This shows you how to adjust the calendar to 5:20 PM
on December 25, 2004.
1Set the POWER lever to the ON position.
2Use the menus (P62-64) to select “YES” as the
CLOCK SET item setting on the OTHER FUNC-
TIONS screen.
3The CLOCK SET screen with  “YEAR” selected
appears. Turn the multi dial to set 2004.
Any year from 2000 to 2089 can be set.
4Press the multi dial to move the setting item to
“MONTH.”
5Turn the multi dial to set DEC.
6In the same way, use the multi dial to set 25...

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Time data (cont.)
The calendar data (year/month/day/hours/ minutes) is
kept in the memory by the internal battery (three
months when fully charged). 
When the “ ” display appears on the viewfinder and
LCD monitor screen, it means that the battery has run
out. 
Follow the steps below to charge the battery. 
Set the date and time after the battery is fully
recharged.
1Connect the AC adapter to the camera-recorder.
(P10)
•Keep the LCD monitor closed.
2Leave the POWER lever at the OFF position.
3Leave the...

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PREPARATION
Press the multi dial to move to the next digit.
6Press the MENU button when you finish setting the
user’s bit.
7The screen shown below appears. Turn the multi
dial to select “YES”.
8The user’s bit is entered when the multi dial is
pressed.
9Press the MENU button twice to exit the menu
mode.
Perform the settings related to the time code using the
items below on the RECORDING SETUP screen.
(P70)
•TCG
•FIRST REC TC
•TC PRESET
•1394 TC REGEN (the menu items appear in the VCR
mode)
•In the VCR...

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Time data (cont.)
You can record a value of your choice as the initial set-
ting for the time code to be used at the start of record-
ing.
1Set the POWER lever to the ON position.
2Use the menus (P62-64) to select “PRESET” as the
FIRST REC TC item setting on the RECORDING
SETUP screen.
3Turn the multi dial to move to the TC PRESET item.
4Press the multi dial to move q to “YES”.
5The screen shown below appears. Use the multi
dial to set the time code.
Turn the multi dial to specify the time code....

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PREPARATION
Press the multi dial to move to the next digit.
6Press the MENU button when you finish setting the
time code.
7The screen shown below appears. Turn the multi
dial to select “YES”.
8The time code is entered when the multi dial is
pressed.
9Press the MENU button two times to exit the menu
mode. If the RESET button (counter) is pressed when the
time code has been set, the time code is cleared to
zero.
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Regular shooting
Before shooting, check that the camera-recorder is
operating properly. 
Check the equipment as warranted by the shooting
conditions.
gBattery (P20) 
Have a fully charged battery ready. 
We also recommend that you keep a spare battery
on hand.
gCassette tape (P15) 
Check that the cassette tape can be used for record-
ing:
•Is the cassette’s accidental erasure prevention
tab not set to the SAVE position?
•Is there not already any important material on the
tape?
•Is the cassette cover...