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Prepare spare batteries when going out for 
recording.
≥Prepare batteries enough to last for 3 to 4 
times the period you are planning to record 
for. Cold places such as a ski resort can 
shorten recording time.
If you drop the battery accidentally, check to 
see if the terminals are damaged.
≥ Inserting a battery with damaged terminals 
can damage the unit.
Do not throw an old battery into fire.
≥ Heating a battery or throwing it into a fire may 
result in an explosion.
If the operating time is very short even after 
the battery has been recharged, the battery 
has worn out. Please purchase a new 
battery.
≥ If the temperature of the battery is extremely 
high or extremely low, charging may take time 
or the battery may not be charged.
≥ If you use the AC adaptor near a radio, radio 
reception may be disturbed. Keep the AC 
adaptor 1 m (3.3 feet) or more away from the 
radio.
≥ When using the AC adaptor, it may generate 
whirring sounds. However, this is normal.
≥ After use, be sure to disconnect the AC 
adaptor. (If it is left connected, a minute 
amount of current is consumed.)
≥ Always keep the electrodes of the AC 
adaptor and battery clean. When the status indicator is flashing at a 
particularly fast or slow rate, the following 
should be considered.
Flashing with approx. 4 second period (off 
for approx. 2 seconds, on for approx. 
2 seconds):
≥
When the battery is over discharged or the 
temperature of the battery is too high or low. 
It can be charged, but it may take a few hours 
to complete the charging normally.
≥ It will flash in approx. 2 second intervals 
when normal charging resumes. Even in such 
cases, it may start flashing in approx. 
4 second intervals until charging is completed 
depending on the conditions of use.
Flashing with approx. 0.5 second period (off 
for approx. 0.25 second, on for approx. 
0.25 second):
≥ The battery is not charged. Remove the 
battery from the unit, and try charging again.
≥ Check that the terminals of the unit or battery 
are not dirty or covered with a foreign object, 
and connect the battery correctly once again. 
If a foreign object or dirt is present, turn off 
the unit before removing.
≥ The battery or environment is at an extremely 
high or low temperature. Wait until the 
temperature has returned to an appropriate 
level and try charging again. If you are still 
unable to charge, there may be a fault in the 
unit, battery or AC adaptor.
Off:
≥ Charging has finished.
≥ If the status indicator stays off despite the 
charging being unfinished, there may be a 
fault in the unit, battery or AC adaptor. Refer 
to page  180 for details on the battery.
About the AC adaptor
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About 3D viewing
Anyone who is hyper sensitive to light, 
suffers from heart disease or is otherwise 
unwell should avoid viewing 3D image.
≥
Doing may have an adverse affect on such 
medical conditions.
If you feel tired, uncomfortable or otherwise 
strange when viewing 3D image, stop 
viewing at once.
≥ Continuing to view may cause illness.
≥ Please rest appropriately after stopping the 
viewing.
When viewing 3D images, we recommend 
taking a break every 30 to 60 minutes.
≥ Viewing for extended periods may cause eye-
fatigue.
Near-sighted or far-sighted persons, those 
with differences in the sight of their right 
and left eyes, and those with astigmatism 
are advised to correct their vision by 
wearing glasses etc.
Stop viewing if you can clearly see a double 
image while viewing a 3D image.
≥ There are differences in the way that different 
people experience 3D images. Please correct 
your sight appropriately before viewing 3D 
image.
≥ You can change the 3D setting of your 
television or 3D output setting of the unit to 
2D. When disposing of or giving away the SD 
card, note that:
≥
Formatting and deletion of this unit or 
computer only changes the file management 
information and does not completely delete 
the data in the SD card.
≥ It is recommended that the SD card is 
physically destroyed or the SD card is 
physically formatted using this unit when 
disposing of or giving away the SD card.
/
To physically format the SD card, connect the 
unit via the AC adaptor, select [SETUP]  # 
[FORMAT MEDIA]  # [YES] from the menu, 
and then press and hold the recording start/
stop button on the screen below for about 3 
seconds. When the SD card data deletion 
screen appears, select [YES], and then follow 
the on-screen instructions.
To physically format the SD card, connect the 
unit via the AC adaptor, select [SETUP] 
# [FORMAT MEDIA]  # [SD CARD] from the 
menu, and then press and hold the recording 
start/stop button on the screen below for 
about 3 seconds. When the SD card data 
deletion screen appears, select [YES], and 
then follow the on-screen instructions.
≥ The customer is responsible for the 
management of the data in the SD card.
About 3DAbout the SD card
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≥When the LCD screen is dirty or 
condensation has occurred, please wipe it 
using a soft cloth such as eyeglass cleaner.
≥ Do not touch the LCD monitor with your 
fingernails, or rub or press with strong force.
≥ It may become hard to see or hard to 
recognize the touch when the LCD protection 
sheet is affixed.
≥ When the unit has become very cold, for 
example due to storage in a cold area, its 
LCD monitor will be slightly darker than usual 
immediately after the unit is turned on. The 
normal brightness will be restored when the 
unit’s internal temperature rises. After you have set up the Face Recognition 
function, personal information will be held in this 
unit and included in recorded images.
≥
When the unit is serviced, or given away/
disposed of, the personal information should 
be deleted in the interests of protecting 
personal information. ( l94)
Indemnity
≥ Information, including personal information, 
may be changed or lost as a result of 
mistaken operation, static electricity effects, 
accident, breakage, repair or other handling.
It should be noted before use that Panasonic 
does not accept any responsibility for direct 
or indirect problems which occur as the result 
of the change to or loss of the information 
including personal information.
LCD monitor
Extremely high precision technology is 
employed to produce the LCD Monitor 
screen. The result is more than 99.99% 
effective dots with a mere 0.01% of the dots 
inactive or always lit. However, this is not a 
malfunction and does not affect the recorded 
picture.
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∫
Carefully observe copyright 
laws
Whatever you have recorded and created 
can be used for your personal entertainment 
only. Under copyright laws, other materials 
cannot be used without obtaining 
permission from the holders of the 
copyrights.
∫Licenses
≥SDXC Logo is a trademark of SD-3C, LLC.
≥ “AVCHD”, “AVCHD Progressive” and the 
“AVCHD Progressive” logo are trademarks of 
Panasonic Corporation and Sony 
Corporation.
≥ Manufactured under license from Dolby 
Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol 
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
≥ HDMI, the HDMI Logo, and High-Definition 
Multimedia Interface are trademarks or 
registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing 
LLC in the United States and other countries.
≥ VIERA Link
™ is a trademark of Panasonic 
Corporation.
≥ EZ Sync
™ is a trademark of Panasonic 
Corporation.
≥ HDAVI Control
™ is a trademark of Panasonic 
Corporation.
≥ x.v.Color
™ is a trademark.
≥ Microsoft®, Windows® and Windows Vista® 
are either registered trademarks or 
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the 
United States and/or other countries.
≥ Microsoft product screen shot(s) reprinted 
with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
≥ IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of 
International Business Machines Corporation 
of the U.S.
≥ Intel
®, Pentium®, Celeron® and 
Intel® Core™ are trademarks of Intel 
Corporation in the U.S. and/or other 
countries.
≥ AMD Athlon™ is a trademark of Advanced 
Micro Devices, Inc. ≥
iMovie, Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of 
Apple Inc. registered in the U.S. and other 
countries.
≥ App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.
≥ Android and Google Play are trademarks or 
registered trademarks of Google Inc.
≥ The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Logo is a certification 
mark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
≥ The Wi-Fi Protected Setup Mark is a mark of 
the Wi-Fi Alliance.
≥ “Wi-Fi”, “Wi-Fi Protected Setup”, “WPA” and 
“WPA2” are marks or registered marks of the 
Wi-Fi Alliance.
≥ DLNA, the DLNA Logo and DLNA 
CERTIFIED are trademarks, service marks, 
or certification marks of the Digital Living 
Network Alliance.
≥ QR Code is a registered trademark of 
DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.
≥ Other names of systems and products 
mentioned in these instructions are usually 
the registered trademarks or trademarks of 
the manufacturers who developed the system 
or product concerned.
This product is licensed under the AVC patent 
portfolio license for the personal and 
non-commercial use of a consumer to (i) 
encode video in compliance with the AVC 
Standard (“AVC Video”) and/or (ii) decode AVC 
Video that was encoded by a consumer 
engaged in a personal and non-commercial 
activity and/or was obtained from a video 
provider licensed to provide AVC Video. No 
license is granted or shall be implied for any 
other use. Additional information may be 
obtained from MPEG LA, LLC. 
See http://www.mpegla.com
.
Others
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This product incorporates the following software:
(1) the software developed independently by or for Panasonic Corporation,
(2) the software owned by third party and licensed to Panasonic Corporation,
(3) the software licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0 (GPL V2.0),
(4) the software licensed under the GNU LESSER General Public License, Version 2.1 (LGPL V2.1), and/or
(5) open source software other than the software licensed under the GPL V2.0 and/or LGPL V2.1.
The software categorized as (3) - (5) are distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
ANY WARRANTY, without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Please refer to the detailed terms and conditions thereof shown in the 
attached Application Software CD-ROM.
At least three (3) years from delivery of this product, Panasonic will give to any third party who 
contacts us at the contact information provided below, for a charge no more than our cost of 
physically performing source code distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the 
corresponding source code covered under GPL V2.0 or LGPL V2.1, as well as the respective 
copyright notice thereof.
Contact Information: [email protected]
The source code and the copyright notice are also available for free in our website below.
http://panasonic.net/avc/oss/index.html 
						

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≥SD cards are only mentioned with their main memory size. The stated times are the approximate 
recordable times for continuous recording.
A Favors image quality
B Favors Recording time
≥ If recording for long periods, prepare batteries for 3 or 4 times the period you wish to record for. 
(l 12)
≥ The default setting is [HG] Mode.
≥ Maximum continuously recordable time for one scene: 6 hours
≥ The recording is paused once when the recording time for one scene exceeds 6 hours, and the 
recording will automatically resume after a few seconds.
≥ The recordable time may be reduced if recording with a lot of action is recorded or recording of 
short scene is repeated.
≥ Use time in the row of 4 GB in above table as a guideline for the time that can be copied onto one 
DVD disc (4.7 GB).
Others
Recording modes/approximate 
recordable time
Recording mode[1080/60p][1080/60i]
[PH][HA][HG][HE]
Picture size/
Frame rate1920k1080/
60p1920k1080/
60i1920k1080/
60i1920k1080/
60i1920k1080/
60i
SD card 4GB
19min 21min 30min 40min 1h30min
16 GB 1h20min 1h30min 2h 2h40min 6h40min
64 GB 5h20min 6h 8h30min 11h
27h30min
Built-in 
memory 16 GB
1h20min 1h30min 2h 2h40min 6h40min
Recording mode[iFrame]
Picture size/
Frame rate960k540/
30p
SD card 4GB
19 min
16 GB 1h20min
64 GB 5h20min
Built-in 
memory 16 GB
1h20min
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≥SD cards are only mentioned with their main memory size. The stated number is the approximate 
number of recordable pictures.
≥ The number of recordable pictures depends on the subject being recorded.
≥ Maximum number of recordable pictures that can be displayed is 9999. If the number of 
recordable pictures exceeds 9999, R 9999+ is displayed. The number will not change when the 
picture is taken until the number of recordable pictures is 9999 or less.
≥ The memory capacity indicated on the label of an SD card is the total of the capacity for copyright 
protection and management and the capacity which can be used on the unit, a PC etc.
Others
Approximate number of recordable 
pictures
Picture size4224 k23761920k 10803136k2352640 k480
Aspect ratio[16:9][4:3]
SD card 4GB
600 3200 800 28000
16 GB 2500 12500 3300117000
64 GB10000 52000 13000475000
Built-in memory 16 GB
2500 12500 3300117000
Picture size3408k22721728 k11 5 2
Aspect ratio[3:2]
SD card 4GB
800 2200
16 GB 3200 8500
64 GB 13000 36000
Built-in memory 16 GB
3200 8500
10M2.1M7.4M0.3M
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7.7M2M
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