Panasonic Hdc Sx1 Operating Instructions

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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 2 second intervals when 
normal charging resumes. Even in such 
cases, it may start flashing in 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 129 for details on the 
battery. 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 CARD]  # [YES] 
from the menu, and then press and hold 
the delete/video light 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 status indicator during 
chargingAbout the SD card
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≥When the LCD monitor gets dirty, wipe it 
with a soft cloth such as eye glass cleaner.
≥ Do not touch the LCD monitor with your 
finger nails, 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.
≥ In a place with drastic temperature 
changes, condensation may form on the 
LCD monitor. Wipe it with a soft cloth such 
as eye glass cleaner.
≥ 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. ( l86)
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 featuring a total of approximately 
230,000 dots. 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.
About personal information
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When condensation forms on the unit, the 
lens will cloud up and the unit may not work 
properly. Make every effort to ensure that 
condensation does not form. If it does form, 
take the actions described below.
Causes of condensationCondensation takes place when the 
ambient temperature or humidity is 
changed as follows.
≥When this unit is brought inside from the 
cold (e.g. a ski slope) to a warm room.
≥ When this unit is moved from an 
air-conditioned car to outside.
≥ When a cold room has been warmed up 
quickly.
≥ When cool wind from an air conditioner is 
directly blown onto this unit.
≥ After rain showers.
≥ When this unit is in a very humid place 
where the air is thick with steam. (e.g. a 
heated swimming pool)
Helpful hint
If, for example, you have used this unit for 
recording on a ski slope and are taking it into 
a heated room, place the unit inside a plastic 
bag, remove as much of the air from inside 
the bag as possible, then seal the bag. 
Leave the unit for about an hour in the room 
so the temperature of the unit is close to the 
ambient temperature of the room, then use it.
About condensation
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About copyright
∫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” and the “AVCHD” 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
®, Core™, Pentium® and Celeron® are 
the registered trademarks or trademarks 
of Intel Corporation in the United States 
and other countries. ≥
AMD Athlon
™ is a trademark of Advanced 
Micro Devices, Inc.
≥ iMovie and Mac are trademarks of 
Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and 
other countries.
≥ PowerPC is a trademark of International 
Business Machines Corporation.
≥ 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
.
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Recording modes/approximate 
recordable time
≥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. ( l21)
≥ The default setting is [HG] mode.
≥ Maximum continuously recordable time for one scene: 12 hours
≥ The recording is paused once when the recording time for one scene exceeds 12 hours, 
and the recording will automatically resume after a few seconds.
≥ If a recording with a lot of action is recorded, the recording time is reduced.
≥ The recordable time may be reduced if 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).
Recording format AVCHD
Recording modeHAHGHXHE
Picture size1920k10801920k10801920k10801920k1080
SD card 4GB
30min 40min 1h 1h30min
8GB 1h 1h20min 2h 3h20min
16 GB 2h 2h40min 4h10min 6h40min
32 GB 4h10min 5h30min 8h20min 13h40min
48 GB 6h20min 8h10min 12h30min 20h20min
64 GB 8h30min 11h 16h50min 27h30min
Recording format MP4
Recording mode1280k720p640k480piFrame
Picture size1280k 720640k480960 k540
SD card 4GB
50min 3h20min 19min
8GB 1h45min 7h40min
16 GB 3h30min 14h1h20min
32 GB 7h30min 30h2h40min
48 GB 11h44h50min 4h
64 GB 15h60h30min 5h20min
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Approximate number of recordable 
pictures
≥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 whether   and   are used 
together and on the subject being recorded.
≥ Maximum number of recordable pictures that can be displayed is 99999.
If the number of recordable pictures exceeds 99999, the number will not change when the 
picture is taken until the number of recordable pictures gets less than 99999.
≥ 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.
Aspect ratio4:3
Picture size1952k 1464640k480
Picture quality
SD card
512 MB 300 500 3600 6100
1GB600 1000 7400 12000
2GB1200 2000 15000 25000
4GB2500 4000 30000 50000
8GB5000 8000 60500 102000
16 GB10000 16000 122000205000
32 GB20000 32000246000 414000
48 GB31000 49000364000 613000
64 GB42000 66000492000 829000
Aspect ratio3:216:9
Picture size2064k13761920k1080
Picture quality
SD card
512 MB 300 500 440 690
1GB600 1000 900 1400
2GB1200 2000 1800 2800
4GB2500 4000 3600 5600
8GB5000 8000 7300 11000
16 GB10000 16000 14000 23000
32 GB20000 32000 29000 46000
48 GB31000 49000 44000 69000
64 GB42000 66000 59000 93000
2.9M0.3M
2.8M2.1M
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Specifications
High Definition Video Camera
Information for your safety
Signal system:
AVCHD;1080/60i
MP4; 720/30p, 540/30p, 480/30p
Recording format:
AVCHD; AVCHD format compliant
MP4, iFrame; MPEG-4 AVC file format compliant (.MP4)
Image sensor: 1/4.1z 1MOS image sensor
Total; 3320 K
Effective pixels; Motion picture; 1920 K to 1360 K (16:9), 1440 K to 1020 K (4:3)
Still picture; 2160 K to 1520 K (4:3), 2080 K to 1460 K (3:2), 1920 K to 1360 K (16:9)
Lens:  Auto Iris, 16.8 k Optical Zoom, F1.8 to F2.6
Focal length; 2.9 mm to 48.7 mm
Macro (Full range AF)
35 mm equivalent; Motion picture; 35.8 mm to 716 mm (16:9)/43.9 mm to 878 mm (4:3)
Still picture; 35.8 mm to 716 mm (4:3/3:2/16:9)
Minimum focus distance;
Normal; Approx. 4 cm (1.6 q) (Wide)/Approx. 1.2 m (3.9 feet) (Tele)
Tele macro; Approx. 50 cm (20 q) (Tele)
Intelligent auto Macro; Approx. 1 cm (0.4 q) (Wide)/Approx. 50 cm (20 q) (Tele)
Zoom:  i.Zoom OFF 20 k, 23 k i.Zoom, 50 k/1200k  Digital Zoom
Using image sensor effective area
Image Stabilizer Function:
Optical (HYBRID O.I.S., active mode, O.I.S. LOCK function)
Monitor:  2.7z wide LCD monitor (Approx. 230 K dots)
Microphone:  Stereo (with a zoom microphone function)
Speaker: 1 round speaker, dynamic type
Power source:
 DC 5.0 V (When using AC adaptor)/DC 3.6 V (When using battery)
Power consumption: Recording; 4.4 W/Charging; 7.7 W
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White balance adjustment: Auto tracking white balance system
Standard illumination: 1,400 lx
Minimum required illumination:
Approx. 4 lx (1/30 with Low light mode in the Scene mode)
Approx. 1 lx with the Color Night Rec function
AV multi connector video output level: 
AV video output level; 1.0 Vp-p, 75 h, NTSC system
Component video output level; Y; 1.0 Vp-p, 75 h/Pb; 0.7 Vp-p, 75 h/Pr; 0.7 Vp-p, 75 h
HDMI mini connector video output level:  HDMI™ (x.v.Color™) 1080i/480p
AV multi connector audio output level (Line):  316 mV, 600h, 2 ch
HDMI mini connector audio output level:
AVCHD; Dolby Digital/Linear PCM
MP4; Linear PCM
USB:
Card reader/writer function (No copyright protection support)
Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0), USB terminal Type Mini AB
USB host function (for DVD burner)
Battery charging function (Charges from  USB terminal when the main unit is off)
WEB camera; Compression; Motion JPEG
Picture size; 640 k480(VGA), 320 k240(QVGA), 160 k120(QQVGA)
Flash:  Available range; Approx. 1.0 m to 2.5 m (3.3 feet to 8.2 feet)
Dimensions:
51.5 mm (W) k57.5 mm (H)k 107.5 mm (D)
[2.03 q (W) k2.26 q (H)k 4.23q (D)] (excluding projecting parts)
Mass (Weight):
Approx. 185g (Approx. 0.41 lbs.) [without battery (supplied) and an SD card (optional)]
Mass (Weight) in operation:
Approx. 229g (Approx. 0.5 lbs.) [with battery (supplied) and an SD card (optional)]
Operating temperature:  0°Cto40°C (32°Fto104°F)
Operating humidity: 10%RH to 80%RH
Battery operation time:  See page 21
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∫Motion pictures
Recording media:
SD Memory Card (FAT12 and FAT16 system compliant)
SDHC Memory Card (FAT32 system compliant)
SDXC Memory Card (exFAT system compliant)
Refer to page 22 for details on SD cards usable in this unit.
Compression:  MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Recording mode and transfer rate:
AVCHD; 
HA; Approx. 17 Mbps (VBR)
HG; Approx. 13 Mbps (VBR)
HX; Approx. 9 Mbps (VBR)
HE; Approx. 5 Mbps (VBR)
MP4; 1280k 720p; Approx. 10 Mbps (VBR)
640 k480p; Approx. 2.5 Mbps (VBR)
iFrame 960 k540p; Approx. 28 Mbps (VBR)
Refer to page 135 for the recordable time.
Picture size:
AVCHD; HA/HG/HX/HE; 1920 k1080/60i
MP4; 1280k 720p; 1280k 720/30p
640 k480p; 640 k480/30p
iFrame 960 k540p; 960k 540/30p
Audio compression:
AVCHD; Dolby Digital/2ch
MP4; AAC/2ch
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∫Still pictures
Recording media:
SD Memory Card (FAT12 and FAT16 system compliant)
SDHC Memory Card (FAT32 system compliant)
SDXC Memory Card (exFAT system compliant)
Refer to page 22 for details on SD cards usable in this unit.
Compression:
JPEG (Design rule for Camera File system, based on Exif 2.2 standard),
DPOF corresponding
Picture size:
Picture aspect [4:3]; 1952 k1464/640 k480
Picture aspect [3:2]; 2064 k1376
Picture aspect [16:9]; 1920 k1080
Refer to page 136 for the number of recordable pictures.
AC adaptor
Information for your safety
Dimensions:
46 mm (W) k25 mm (H)k 75.5 mm (D)
[1.8 q (W) k1.0 q (H)k 3.0q (D)]
Mass (Weight): 
Approx. 115
g (Approx. 0.25 lbs.)
Specifications may change without prior notice. Power source:
Power consumption:
DC output:
AC 110 V to 240 V, 50/60 Hz
12 W
DC 5.0 V, 1.6 A
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