Panasonic Hdc Sd9 Operating Instructions

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It is possible to display and record the time at the travel destination by selecting your home region and 
the travel destination.
1Select the menu. (l27)
≥If the clock is not set, adjust the clock to the 
current time. (l30)
≥When the [HOME] (your home region) is not 
set, such as the time for the initial settings, the 
message appears. Press the cursor button to 
move to Step 3.
2(Only when setting your home region)
Select [HOME] with the cursor 
button.
3(Only when setting your home region)
Select your home region and 
enter the selection with the 
cursor button.
≥The current time appears on the left top of the 
screen. The time difference from GMT 
(Greenwich Mean Time) appears on the left 
bottom of the screen.
≥If your home region season is summer, move 
the cursor button up. [ ] appears and the 
summer time setting is turned on; the clock is 
set forward by one hour. Move the cursor 
button up again to return to the normal time 
setting.
4(Only when setting the region of your travel 
destination)
Select [DESTINATION] and press 
the cursor button.
≥When the home region is set for the first time, 
the screen for selecting 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)
Select your travel destination 
and enter the selection with the 
cursor button.
≥The local time at the selected travel destination 
appears on the right top of the screen. The 
time difference between the travel destination 
and the home region appears on the left 
bottom of the screen. 
≥If the travel destination season is summer, 
move the cursor button up. [ ] appears 
and the summer time setting is turned on; the 
clock is set forward by one hour. Move the 
cursor button up again to return to the normal 
time setting.
≥Close the setting by pressing the MENU 
button. [ ] appears and the time of the 
travel destination is indicated.
To return the display to the home setting
Set the home region using Step 1 to 3, and close 
the setting by pressing the MENU button.
≥If you cannot find your travel destination in the 
area shown on the screen, set it by using the 
time difference from your home region.
World time setting (Displaying the time of the travel 
destination)
[BASIC] # [SET WORLD TIME] # [YES]
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Setup
6
Adjusting LCD monitor
≥These settings will not affect the images actually recorded.
1Select the menu. (l27)
2Select the item with the cursor 
button.
[BRIGHTNESS]:
Brightness of the LCD monitor
[COLOR]:
Color level of the LCD monitor
3Press the cursor button to make 
the adjustment.
≥After adjustments are made if no operations 
are performed for about 2 seconds, the bar will 
disappear.
≥Press the MENU button to exit the menu 
screen.
¬Operate the mode switch to select 
.
Rotate the LCD monitor towards the 
lens side.
≥The image is 
horizontally flipped as if 
you see a mirror image. 
(However the image 
recorded is the same 
as a normal recording.)
≥Only some indications will appear on the 
screen. When [°] appears, return the 
direction of the LCD monitor to normal position 
and check the warning/alarm indication. 
(l111 )
Increasing the brightness of the LCD monitor
POWER LCD EXTRA button
Each time the POWER LCD EXTRA button 
is pressed, the indication changes by one 
setting in the following order: [ ] > 
[] > setting canceled (standard)
≥If you use the AC adaptor, the [ ] 
indication appears and the screen 
becomes brighter automatically when the 
power is turned on.
1+
2+1+
Adjusting the brightness 
and the color level of the 
LCD monitor
[SETUP] # [LCD SET] # [YES]
Recording Yourself
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Preparation
Recording
Playback
Backup
With a PC
Others
34Recording (Basic)
47Recording (Advanced)
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Recording 
(Basic)
1
Before recording
∫Basic camera positioning
≥When you are outdoors, record pictures with the sunlight behind you. If the subject is backlit, it will 
become dark in the recording.
≥When recording, make sure your footing is stable and there is no danger of colliding with another 
person or object.
1Hold the unit with both hands.
2Put your hand through the grip belt.
3Do not cover the microphones A.
4Keep your arms near your body.
5Separate your legs for better balance.
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If the unit continues to be tilted upside down from 
the normal horizontal position while recording 
motion pictures, it is automatically put into 
recording pause.
¬Operate the mode switch to select 
.
Select the menu. (l27)
≥The AGS function may activate and cause the 
unit to pause the recording if you are recording 
a subject right above or right below you. In 
these cases, set [AGS] to [OFF] then continue 
the recording.
≥Use the recording start/stop button to pause 
the recording.
About auto mode
Color balance (white balance) and focusing 
are adjusted automatically.
Depending on the brightness of the subject 
etc., the aperture and shutter speed are 
automatically adjusted for an optimum 
brightness.
(The shutter speed is adjusted to a maximum 
of 1/250 in recording mode.)
jAutomatic white balance (l127)
jAuto focus (l127)
≥Color balance and focus may not be 
adjusted automatically depending on light 
sources or scenes. If so, manually adjust 
these settings. (l59)
Auto Ground-Directional 
Standby (AGS)
[VIDEO] # [AGS] # [ON]
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Recording 
(Basic)
2
Recording motion pictures
This unit records high definition images that are compatible with the AVCHD format on an SD card.
Sound is recorded with the Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator.
Use an SD card that can be used for motion picture recording. (l24)
≥Operate the mode switch while at the same time pressing in the lock release button A if changing 
from OFF to another mode.
1Operate the mode switch to 
select   and open the LCD 
monitor.
≥It is impossible to start recording when closing 
the LCD monitor.
2Press the recording start/stop 
button to start recording.
≥While recording is in progress, the recording 
will not stop even if the LCD monitor is closed.
3Press the recording start/stop 
button again to pause recording.
≥[¥] and [;] are red during recording. Do not 
move this unit until [;] is green.
≥The images recorded between pressing the recording start/stop button to start recording and 
pressing it again to pause recording become one scene.
VIDEO
0h00m00s0h00m00s0h00m00sR1h20mR1h20mR1h20m
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About the compatibility of the 
recorded motion pictures
≥They are not compatible with devices other 
than those that support AVCHD. Images 
cannot be played with equipment that does 
not support AVCHD (ordinary DVD 
recorders). Confirm that your equipment 
supports AVCHD by referring to the 
operating instructions.
≥There are some cases where the recorded 
motion pictures cannot be played back, 
even if the device supports AVCHD. In such 
cases, play the recorded motion picture with 
this unit instead.
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≥When about 5 minutes have passed without any operation in recording pause, the unit automatically 
turns off to prevent the battery from running down. When you want to use the unit, turn it on again.
This power save feature can also be set to [OFF]. ([POWER SAVE]: l28)
≥(The maximum number of recordable pictures on a single SD card)
Maximum number of recordable scenes: 3998
Maximum number of recordable scenes with different dates: 200 (l67)
When either of them reaches to the maximum limit, more scenes cannot be recorded.
≥When recording motion pictures, do not remove the battery or disconnect the AC adaptor. Also, do 
not remove the SD card while the card access lamp lights up. If you do either of the above, the 
recovery operation will begin when the SD card is next inserted or the power is turned back on. 
(l112)
∫Screen indications in the 
recording modeARecording mode
BRemaining time left for recording
(When the remaining time is less than 
1 minute, [R0h00m] flashes red.)
CRecording time elapsed
Each time the unit is put into recording 
pause, the counter display will be reset to 
“0h00m00s”.
0h00m00s0h00m00s0h00m00sR1h20mR1h20mR1h20m
When motion picture recording stops suddenly
For some SD cards, the message appears suddenly, and recording 
stops.
Use a Panasonic SD card or another SD card which can be used to 
record motion pictures. (l24)
When the unit stops while a usable SD card for recording motion 
pictures (l24) is used, the data writing rate has deteriorated.
We recommend formatting the SD card being used. (l77) When an 
SD card is formatted, all the data recorded on it will be deleted so copy 
valuable data to the PC prior to formatting. (l96)
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Switch the picture quality of the motion pictures to be recorded.
Select the menu. (l27)
*1  (1920k1080): Motion pictures can be recorded with the highest picture quality.*
*2  (1920k1080): Motion pictures can be recorded with high picture quality.
*3  (1920k1080): Motion pictures can be recorded with normal picture quality.
*4  (1440k1080): Motion pictures can be recorded for a longer time.
* This means the highest quality for this unit.
≥The recording is in high definition picture quality no matter what recording mode is used to 
record.
≥This unit records in VBR (Variable Bit Rate). VBR recording automatically varies the bit rate (amount 
of data in a fixed time) depending on the subject being recorded. This means if a recording with a lot 
movements is recorded, the recording time is reduced.
≥Recordable time using the battery (l22)
≥Mosaic-pattern noise may appear on a playback image in the following cases.
jWhen there is a complicated pattern in the background
jWhen the unit is moved too fast
jWhen a subject with sharp movements has been recorded 
(Particularly if it has been recorded in HE mode.)
≥Many repeated recording and deletion of motion pictures may reduce the usable time for recording on 
an SD card. In that case, format the SD card using this unit. Since all data recorded on the SD card 
will be deleted once the SD card has been formatted, save important data to your PC. (l96)
Recording modes/approximate recordable time
[VIDEO] # [REC MODE] # desired setting
CapacityHA*1HG*2HX*3HE*4
SD card 1 GB7 min 9 min 14 min 21 min
2GB15 min 20 min  30 min 45 min
4GB30 min 40 min 1 h 1 h 30 min
8GB1h 1h20min 2 h 3 h
16 GB2h 2h40min 4h 6h
HAHG
HX
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This unit will resume recording/pause mode about 0.6 seconds after the LCD monitor is reopened.
≥When in quick start standby mode about 60% of the power used in recording pause mode is 
being consumed, so the recording time will be reduced.
1Select the menu. (l27)
2Close the LCD monitor while the 
mode switch is set to  .
The status indicator A flashes green and the unit 
goes into quick start standby mode.
≥The lens cover does not close.
3Open the LCD monitor.
The status indicator A lights red and the unit is 
put into recording pause approx. 0.6 seconds 
after it is turned on.
≥Set [QUICK START] to [OFF] to cancel the 
quick start mode.
≥Quick start standby mode is canceled if
jabout 5 minutes has elapsed
jmode switch is set to 
junit is turned off
≥In the 24p digital cinema setting, the required 
time for the quick start operation is slightly 
longer than 0.6 seconds.
≥In the quick start mode, it may take some time 
for automatic white balance to adjust, if the 
scene being recorded has a light source 
different from the scene last recorded. (When 
the MagicPix function is used, however, the 
white balance of the scene last recorded is 
retained.)≥In the quick start mode, the zoom 
magnification becomes 1k and the picture size 
may differ from what it was before quick start 
standby mode.
≥If [POWER SAVE] (l28) is set to 
[5 MINUTES] and the unit automatically goes 
into quick start standby mode, close the LCD 
monitor and then open it again.
≥If the unit is exposed to vibration or shock, the 
time for the quick start mode to start may be 
slightly longer than 0.6 seconds.
Quick start
[SETUP] # [QUICK START] # [ON]
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This allows recording of the pictures and sound 
to start approximately 3 seconds before the 
recording start/stop button is pressed.
1Press the PRE-REC button.
[ ] appears on the screen and the unit 
repeats the update by recording motion pictures 
for about 3 seconds onto the built-in memory and 
then deleting them. 
≥Aim this unit at the subject and position it 
securely.
≥Press the PRE-REC button again to cancel the 
setting.
2Press the recording start/stop 
button to start recording.
≥Images and audio are recorded for about 3 
seconds before pressing the recording start/
stop button.
≥There is no beep sound.
≥After recording starts, the PRE-REC setting is 
canceled.
≥To use the PRE-REC function again, press the 
PRE-REC button again.
≥PRE-REC is canceled in the following cases.
jIf you operate the mode switch.
jIf you open the SD card cover.
jIf you press the MENU button.
jIf you turn the unit off.
≥When the remaining time left for recording 
motion pictures is less than 1 minute, PRE-
REC cannot be set.
≥If you start recording less than 3 seconds after 
pressing the PRE-REC button, or while the 
PRE-REC indication flashes within about 
3 seconds after initiating the quick start 
operation, motion pictures taken 3 seconds 
before pressing the recording start/stop button 
cannot be recorded.
≥When the recording start/stop button is 
pressed, image shake and operation sound 
may be recorded.≥
The image when pressing the recording start/stop 
button appears in thumbnail view, and it is 
different from the image when starting playback.
The messages instructing how to record in dark 
places and diminish camera shake are displayed 
for recording better images.
Select the menu. (l27)
≥This function’s default setting is [ON].
A message appears in the following cases.
When you move the unit quickly:
When “CAMERA PANNING IS TOO FAST.” 
appears, move the unit slowly while recording.
When the unit is shaken:
When “USE O.I.S.” appears, set [O.I.S.] to [ON].
(When the image stabilizer function is on, the 
message does not appear.)
When the image contrast is too strong such 
as when using backlight:
When “USE INTELLIGENT CONTRAST.” 
appears, select [ ] on the operation icons.
(When the face detection & AE mode is on, the 
message does not appear.)
When the scene is dark:
When “USE LOW LIGHT MODE.” appears, 
select [ ] on the operation icons.
≥Set to [OFF] to turn off the message 
indication.
≥In some recording conditions, messages may 
not appear.
≥A message recommending cancellation of 
Intelligent Contrast Control or Low Light also 
appears.
≥Once the message recommending turning on 
the Intelligent Contrast Control or Low Light 
appears, it will not appear again until the 
recording starts or stops.
≥When the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch is 
set to MANUAL, messages warning that the 
image contrast is too strong (such as backlight) 
or that the scene is too dark will not appear.
PRE-REC
This prevents you from missing a shot.
PRE-REC
Shooting guide
[ADVANCED] # [SHOOTING GUIDE] # [ON]
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