Panasonic Hx Dc10 Owners Manual

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HINT
Do not attempt to forcibly remove the cardi Doing so may damage the card or the stored files.
If the status indicator is lit red...
i Never remove the card when the status  indicator is flashing red, as doing 
so may result in loss of  files stored in the card. 

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TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND 
OFF
Turning on the camera
1 Open the monitor unit, and 
press the power button.
hThe LCD monitor turns on.
Monitor unit Power button
LCD monitor
180°
105°
90° 

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Turning off the camera
1 Press the power button for at least 1 second.
hThe camera turns off.
h If you briefly press the power button, once, the camera will switch to 
the sleep mode.
Turning on the camera when it is in the sleep 
mode
In order to preserve battery pack power, the ECONOMY function operates to 
automatically turn off the camera (sleep mode) after about 5 minutes of no 
use during shooting, or about 5 minutes of no use during playback (factory-
preset settings).
i When the...

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DATE AND TIME SETTING
The camera will record the date and time an image or audio recording is 
taken so that you can display them during playback. Therefore, before 
capturing images, make sure the correct date and time are set.h If the screen to set the date and time appears when you turn on the 
camera, skip to step  3 and follow the steps to set the date and time.
h To correct the date and time setting, please see under  HINT on page 36.
Example: To set the clock to 7:30 p.m. on...

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4 Set the clock.
1Select [TIME].
2 Press the SET button.
hThe Set Time Screen 
appears.
3 Set the time to “07:30 PM”.
hThe time is set in the 
following order: Set the hour 
→ Set the minute.
4 Press the SET button.
5 Set the order in which the date is 
displayed during playback.
1Select [DISP].
2 Press the SET button.
hThe Set Date Format Screen 
appears.
3 Toggle the SET button up or 
down.
hThe order of the date display 
changes.
4 Press the SET button.
6 Press the MENU button.
hThe...

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HINT
To correct the date and time settings
1Turn on the camera.
2 Display the Option Setting Menu 1 (page 103).
3 Select [CLOCK SET] and press the SET button.
h The screen to set the date and time appears.
h The current date and time settings are shown.
4 Select the line you wish to change, and make the correction.
If the camera’s date and time are not set...
hThe screen display and capture date information will show as follows:
* The date and time format is determined by the [DISP]...

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SETUP
SWITCHING BETWEEN THE RECORDING 
MODE AND PLAYBACK MODE
Switch between the recording mode (for recording) and the playback mode 
(for viewing your recorded images).
1 Turn on the camera (page 32).
2 Press the REC/  button.
hThe mode changes.
h The mode changes each time 
the REC/  button is pressed.
REC/  button 

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MENU SCREEN
Accessing/exiting the Menu Screen
1 Set the camera to the recording or playback mode (page 37).
2 Press the MENU button.
hThe Menu Screen appears.
h To cancel the Menu Screen, press the MENU button again.
SET
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2
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PICTURE SIZE
SCENE MODE
COLOR MODE
FLASH
SELF TIMER
ENTER
RECORDING MENU 1
MENU button
Option tab Ta b
SET button
k To display a different Tab Menu
h The Menu Screen consists of the 
Tabs Menu (tabs 1, 2 and 3) and 
the Option Tabs Menu...

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Using the Menu
1 Display the desired menu (page 38).
2 Toggle the SET button up or down to select the item you wish to 
change, and press the SET button.
hThe Setting Screen for the selected item appears.
h To return to the Menu Screen, press the MENU button.
HINT
About the applicable mode indicator
i This indicator shows the shooting mode(s) for which the selected setting is 
effective.
i O @: This setting is effective during photo shooting.
i O @
: This setting is effective during video...

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Overview of the Menu Screen
Recording Menu

1 Recording mode (page 68)

 2
Recorded pixels (page 71)

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RECORDING MENU 1
REC MODE
PICTURE SIZE
SCENE MODE
COLOR MODE
FLASH
SELF TIMER
ENTER
: Record at 1920 × 1080 pixels (60i).
: Record at 1920 × 1080  pixels (30p).
: Record at 1280 × 720 
pixels (60p).
: Record at 1280 × 720  pixels (30p).
:Record at 960 × 540 
pixels (30p).
: Record at 640 × 480  pixels (30p).