Panasonic Hc V550 Owners Manual

- 31 -
≥When the home region is set for the first time, the screen for selecting home/travel destination 
appears after setting the home region successively. If the home region has already been set 
once, execute the menu operation for Step 1.
5(Only when setting the region of your travel 
destination)
Touch  /  to select your travel 
destination and touch [ENTER].
≥Touch [DAYLIGHT SAVING] to set daylight 
saving time.   is displayed and the 
summer time setting is turned on, the time 
difference between...

- 32 -
It is possible to change the date and time display mode.
≥The date and time are not displayed while the recording mode switching icon is displayed. ( l17)
≥ When the Touch Shutter is enabled, the recording mode switching icon is constantly displayed. 
This causes the date and time to disappear from the screen.
It is possible to change the date format.
You can set the display method of the zoom button icons ( / ) and recording button icon 
().
Please refer to page  62.
Please refer to page  105....

- 33 -
When about 5 minutes have passed without any operation, this unit automatically turns off to save 
battery life.
≥This unit will not automatically turn off even if [ECONOMY (BATT)] is set to [ON] in following 
cases:
jUsing the AC adaptor*
j Using the USB cable for PC etc.
j PRE-REC is used
j During slide show playback
j Using the Wi-Fi function
* When [ECONOMY (AC)] is activated, this unit automatically turns off.
When about 30 minutes have passed without any operation while connecting AC adaptor...

- 34 -
This unit is put into recording pause approx. 0.6 seconds after the LCD monitor is reopened.
≥When in Quick Start Standby Mode about 50% of the power used in recording pause mode 
is being consumed, so the recording time will be reduced.
≥ Quick Start will not work if there is no SD card inserted.
1 Select the menu.
2 Close the LCD monitor.
The status indicator  A flashes green and the unit goes into 
Quick Start Standby Mode.
≥ The lens cover does not close.
3 Open the LCD monitor.The status...

- 35 -
You can change the operation icons (l64) to display in the Touch Menu.
Register 3 favorite operation icons.
≥ The default settings are,   (Fade),   (PRE-REC) and   (Backlight Compensation) for 
Motion Picture Recording Mode, and   (Self-timer),   (Backlight Compensation) and   
(Tele Macro) for Still Picture Recording Mode.
1 Select the menu.
2 Touch the operation icon you would like to change to cancel the setting.
3 Touch the operation icon to be set.
≥Name of the function is displayed by...

- 36 -
Please refer to page 106.
Please refer to page  107.
Please refer to page  105.
Set to [YES] for changing the menu settings back to the default condition.
≥ Settings for [CLOCK SET] and [LANGUAGE] will not be changed.
≥If you restore the default settings, this unit will switch to the Motion Picture Recording Mode.
Set to [YES] for changing the Wi-Fi settings back to the default condition.
≥ The “LUMIX CLUB” Login ID and Wi-Fi Password are also deleted.
The entered character is confirmed in approx....

- 37 -
Set the file number of the MP4/iFrame and still picture recorded next to 0001.
≥Folder number is updated and file number will start from 0001. ( l178 )
≥ To reset the folder number, format the SD card, and then perform [NUMBER RESET].
≥
The file numbers of still pictures you record in Stop Motion Animation Assist Mode are not reset.
Please be aware that if a medium is formatted, then all the data recorded on the medium will be 
erased and cannot be restored. Back up important data on a PC, DVD...

- 38 -
The used space and remaining recordable time of the SD card can be checked.
≥The remaining recordable time in the currently set Recording Mode is displayed only in the 
Motion Picture Recording Mode.
≥ Touch [EXIT] to close the indication.
≥The SD card requires some space to store information and manage system files, so the actual 
usable space is slightly less than the indicated value. The usable SD card space is generally 
calculated as 1 GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. The capacities of this unit, PCs...

- 39 -
This item is used to start the unit demonstration.
≥If [DEMO MODE] is switched to [ON] and you touch [EXIT] when there is no SD card inserted and 
while this unit is connected to the AC adapt or, the demonstration automatically starts.
If any operation takes place, the demonstration is canceled. However if no operations take place 
for approx. 10 minutes, the demonstration automatically starts again. To stop the demonstration, 
set [DEMO MODE] to [OFF] or insert an SD card.
≥ When Demo Mode is in...

- 40 -
AZoom bar
≥ Maximum zoom ratio for recording motion pictures can be set with [ZOOM MODE]. ( l69)
∫ About the zoom bar
The zoom bar is displayed during the zoom operation.
∫About the zoom speed
≥The zoom speed varies depending on the range over which the zoom lever is moved.
≥ The zoom operation using the zoom button icons will be performed at a constant speed 
respectively.
Zoom ratio during the Still Picture Recording Mode
The zoom ratio can be expanded up to 100 k without degrading the picture...