Panasonic Dvx 100 A Manual

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Setting menus
SW MODE screen
Item/
(display mode)Description of settings
USER1
(Camera)For setting the operation of the function
allocated to the USER1 button.
COLOR BAR:The color bar display is set to ON or
OFF.
SPOTLIGHT:The auto iris control for the spotlight is
set to ON or OFF.
BACKLIGHT:The auto iris control for backlight
compensation is set to ON or OFF.
BLACKFADE:When the button is held down, the whole
image is faded out into black.  The
sound is also faded out at the same
time.
WHITEFADE:When...

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Setting menus
The underlining indicates the factory setting.
PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen
Inputs and audio tracks recorded
Item/
(display mode)Description of settings
END SEARCH
(VCR)For setting what kind of operation is to be
performed when the END SEARCH button
is pressed.
BLANK:The unrecorded blanks on the video tape
are searched.
REC END:The part which was shot last is
searched.

OEven when the REC END setting is
selected, the part which was shot last
will not be searched when the tape is
switched....

Item/
(display mode)Description of settings
1394 TC REGEN
(VCR)For selecting the time code to be recorded
when recording the signals of a component
connected to the DV connector.
OFF:The signals are recorded using the time
code which was set using the TC MODE
item, TCG item and FIRST REC TC
item.
ON:The signals are recorded using the time
code of the signals which have been
input to the DV connector.
OWhen ON has been selected as this
item’s setting, this setting takes
precedence over the TC MODE item,...

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Setting menus
The underlining indicates the factory setting.
Item/
(display mode)Description of settings
REC TIME
(Camera)For setting the recording duration for which
intermittent recording is to be performed.
0.5s:0.5 sec.1s :1.0 sec.1.5s :1.5 sec.2s :2.0 sec.
INTERVAL TIME
(Camera)For setting the duration of the interval time
with which intermittent recording is to be
performed.
30s:30 sec.1m :1 min.5m :5 min.10m :10 min.
AV IN/OUT SETUP screen
Item/
(display mode)Description of settings
A DUB...

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Setting menus
The underlining indicates the factory setting.
DISPLAY SETUP screen
Item/
(display mode)Description of settings
ZEBRA DETECT
1
(Camera)For setting the level of the zebra pattern
leaning to the left and displayed in the
viewfinder and on the LCD monitor.
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100%
ZEBRA DETECT
2
(Camera)For setting the level of the zebra pattern
leaning to the right and displayed in the
viewfinder and on the LCD monitor.
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100%, OFF
When OFF has been set, the zebra...

Item/
(display mode)Description of settings
BEEP SOUND
(Camera)
CLOCK SET
(Camera)
(VCR)For setting the internal calendar of the
camera recorder.
HOUR METER
(Camera)
(VCR)For indicating the total rotational time of the
cylinder head (5-digit display in 1-hour
increments).
TIME SHIFT
(Camera)
(VCR)For adding the time which was set using
this item to the time of the internal calendar
(to compensate for time differences) for
display in the viewfinder and on the LCD
monitor. The clock time after the...

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Screen displays
Camera mode and VCR mode
1Counter display
Each time the COUNTER button is pressed,
the data is selected in the sequence given
below.
COUNTER:
Counter value
M COUNTER:
Counter value in the memory stop mode
TC:
Time code value
“TC2” is displayed when the time code
value could not be read out properly from
the tape.
During operation in the drop frame mode, a
colon (:) appears between the seconds and
frames.
UB:
User’s bit value
“UB
2” is displayed when the user’s bit
value could not be...

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Screen displays
=Zoom position display
The zoom position from Z00 (max. wide
angle) to Z99 (max. telephoto) appears here.
>AWB information display
The white balance information appears here.
?Focus control information display
The focus control information from 99 to 00
appears here.
95 (focal length: infinity)
:
50 (focal length: approx. 1 meter)
Under 49 (macro range)
:
00 (focal length: approx. 2 cm)
ODepending on the zoom position, the focus
may not be within the macro range.
Similarly, depending...

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FRemaining battery charge display
As the remaining battery charge diminishes,
the display changes in the following
sequence:
555
5
.
When the battery has run down completely,
(and then  ) flashes.
(When the AC adapter is used, a display
other than  may appear: this is normal
and not indicative of malfunctioning.)
GRemaining tape display
Nothing appears here while the remaining
tape is being calculated.
The remaining tape amount is not displayed
when intermittent recording or slow-motion
playback has...

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Screen displays
MIndex recording display
This lights when the INDEX button is pressed
during recording and the index signal is
recorded.
It flashes when the INDEX button is pressed
before recording (index signal recording
standby status).
NAUTO button operation display
“” appears when the AUTO button has
been pressed and the function which was set
on the setting menu AUTO SW screen has
been activated.
A
JOperation mode displays
REC :Recording
O:Recording (during face-to-face
shooting)
PAUSE :Recording...