Panasonic Digital Video Camera Recorder AG-DVC60P Operating Instructions

DISPLAYS
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The amount of information to be displayed can be set
by using the menus (P62-64) to select the DISPLAY
item setting on the DISPLAY SETUP screen. (P71)
When “PARTIAL” is selected as the DISPLAY item
setting
When “ALL” is selected as the DISPLAY item set-
ting
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Menu operations
Using menus, you can change the camera-recorder’s settings to suit the scenes to be shot or material to be
recorded.
•You cannot perform menu operations while you are shooting or recording.
1Press the MENU button.
The main items now appear on the screen.
•The camera menu appears in the CAMERA mode;
the VCR menu appears in the VCR mode.2Turn the multi dial.
The highlighting moves to the next main item in
turn.
3Press the multi dial at the position of the item to be
displayed.
The sub...

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4Turn the multi dial.
The highlighting moves to the next sub item in turn.
5Press the multi dial at the position of the item to be
changed, and move q to the desired setting.
The setting is now changed.
5Press the multi dial at the position of the item to be
changed, then press the dial again and move q to
the position of the numerical value which is to be
changed.
•Turn the multi dial, and change the setting.
•Press the multi dial to enter the setting.
Selecting the sub items
Entering the...

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Menu operations (cont.)
6To set another sub item, repeat steps 4 and 5.
7Press the MENU button.
8To set another main item, repeat steps 2 to 5.
9Press the MENU button again.•When “INITIAL” is selected as the USER FILE item
setting on the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, you can
return the menu settings in the currently used user
file to their factory settings. (P73)
•If “INITIAL” is selected as the SAVE/INT item setting
on the SCENE FILE screen while you are using a
scene file (in the SETTING item on the SCENE...

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Menu configuration
CAMERA mode menu
CAMERA MENU
SCENE FILE
CAMERA SETUP
SCENE FILE
SETTING
NAME EDITSAVE/INIT
RECORDING SETUP
REC SPEED
AUDIO REC
WIND CUTID SETTIME STAMPTCGFIRST REC TCTC PRESETUB MODEUB PRESET
ONE-SHOT REC EFFECTREC TIME
OTHER FUNCTIONS
REMOTE
DV CONTROL
DV CMD SELREC LAMPBEEP SOUNDCLOCK SETTIME SHIFTTAPE PROTECTIR LEDUSER FILEHOUR METER
SYNCRO SCAN
ASPECT CONV
SETUP COLOR BARSW MODEUSER1
USER2
USER3FOCUS RINGIRIS DIALZOOM MODE
HANDLE ZOOM
HANDLE S/S INHIBITSNS
SNS SET MEM
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Menu configuration (cont.)
The underlining indicates the factory setting.
SCENE FILE screen
Item/
(Display
mode)Description of settings
SCENE FILE
(CAM)Settings corresponding to four shooting con-
ditions are saved as scene files in this cam-
era-recorder. Use this item to select the
scene file to be used.
1. SCENE1:
For files where the various menu settings
are normal.
2. SCENE2:
The same as SCENE 1 (this is an extra).
3. B.PRESS:
This file is useful for shooting dark areas
with a sharper contrast....

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The underlining indicates the factory setting.
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
SEARCH
(VCR)Use this to set the operation to be performed
when an INDEX button (i or u) on the
remote control unit is pressed.
PHOTO:
A photo search is conducted. (P47)
SCENE:
An index search is conducted. (P47)
32K (12bit)
AUDIO
(VCR)Use this to set the sound to be output as...

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Menu configuration (cont.)
The underlining indicates the factory setting.
SW MODE screen
Item/
(Display
mode)Description of settings
USER1
(CAM) (VCR)This enables one function to be allocated to
the USER1 button.
gCamera menu mode(PUSH) AF+ZOOM:Select this to execute one-touch zooming.
(P36)
(PUSH) AF:
Select this to switch to auto focus mode
when the camera-recorder is operated in
the manual focus mode but only while the
button is held down.
WHITE BAL:
This works in the same way as the WHITE
BAL...

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The underlining indicates the factory setting.
SW MODE screen
Item/
(Display
mode)Description of settings
FOCUS
RING
(CAM)Use this to select the function to be allocated
to the focus ring.
ZOOM:
Zooming can be performed using the
focus ring when the camera-recorder is
operated in the auto focus mode.
IRIS:
Iris adjustments can be performed using
the focus ring when the camera-recorder
is operated in the auto focus mode and
the iris is to be adjusted manually.
OFF:
The focus ring is used to...

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Menu configuration (cont.)
The underlining indicates the factory setting.
RECORDING SETUP screen
Item/
(Display
mode)Description of settings
TCG
(CAM) (VCR)Use this to set the mode in which to advance
the time code.
FREE RUN:
The time code is advanced continuously
regardless of the operation mode.
It is recorded on the basis of the time
appearing on the camera-recorder’s cal-
endar clock.
REC RUN:
The time code is advanced only when
recording is underway.
It is recorded while ensuring that continu-...