Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder AG-AC7P Operating Instructions

							111VQT3Q78
Others
Optional accessories
Product numbers correct as of May 2011. These may be subject to change.
Some optional accessories may not be available in some countries.
∫Attaching the optional 
accessories on the accessory 
shoe
The video DC light/VW-LDC103PP 
(optional) etc. can be mounted the 
accessory shoe.
∫Attaching the conversion lens/
filter kit
Attach the wide conversion lens 
(VW-W4607H; optional), ND filter or MC 
protector of the Filter kit (VW-LF46N; 
optional) in front of the lens.
≥It is not possible to attach it to the front of 
the lens hood. (l13) AC adaptor (VW-AD21PP-K)
*1
Battery pack (lithium/VW-VBG130)
Battery pack (lithium/VW-VBG260)
Battery pack (lithium/VW-VBG6)
HDMI cable (RP-CDHG15, RP-CDHG30, 
RP-CDHG50)
Wide conversion lens (VW-W4607H)
Filter kit (VW-LF46N)
*2
Video DC light (VW-LDC103PP)
Light bulb for video DC light (VZ-LL10PP)
*1 The supplied DC cables cannot be 
used on this unit.
*2 When using the VW-LF46N, remove 
the lens hood (supplied).
Be careful about the following.
When 2 lens accessories, such as the ND 
filter and wide conversion lens, are fitted 
and the zoom lever is pressed toward the 
W side, the 4 corners of an image will be 
darkened. (Vignetting)
AG-AC7P-VQT3Q78_mst.book  111 ページ  ２０１１年５月１８日　水曜日　午後１時４０分 
						

							112VQT3Q78
Limited Warranty 
(ONLY FOR U.S.A. AND PUERTO RICO)
One Panasonic Way 2A-4 Secaucus, NJ 07094
PANASONIC SOLUTIONS COMPANY
UNIT COMPANY OF PANASONIC CORPORATION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Limited Warranty
Panasonic Solutions Company or Panasonic Sales Company (collectively referred to as “the 
Warrantor”) will repair this product and all included accessories with new or refurbished parts, 
free of charge in the USA or Puerto Rico, from the original date purchase in the event of a 
defect in materials or workmanship as follow:
Carry-in or mail-in service in the USA or Puerto Rico may be obtained during the warranty 
period by contacting a Panasonic Solutions Company Authorized Service Center either by 
using the website
http://www.panasonic.com/support/
or by calling toll free 1-800-524-1448 to locate the nearest authorized Service Center.
This warranty is extended only to the original purchaser and is non transferable. A purchase 
receipt or other proof of date of original purchase from Panasonic Solutions Company 
Authorized Dealer will be required before warranty service is rendered. Whenever the date of 
original purchase can not be satisfactorily determined, the date of manufacture will be 
considered as the warranty effective date. The Warrantor reserves the right to audit any claim 
and to nullify any claim that cannot be substantiated.
Serial numbers that have been altered, defaced or removed void this warranty.
Warranty Part WarrantyLabor 
Warranty
Exceptions
90 days or
500 Hours90 days or
500 Hours
Camera CCD 2 Years 1 Year
Monitor CRT 2 Years 1 Year D3 & D5 Video Heads
All Accessories
Including batteries, cables, and
tapes.10 Days None
P2 Memory Card 1 Year None
SD/SDHC Memory Card 90 Days None All Monitors, VCRs, Cameras,
Camcorders, P2 Product, DVDs,
Switchers, and Plug-in Computers.1 Year 1 Year
AG-AC7P-VQT3Q78_mst.book  112 ページ  ２０１１年５月１８日　水曜日　午後１時４０分 
						

							11 3VQT3Q78
This warranty only covers failures due to defects in materials or workmanship, which occur 
during normal use. The warranty does not cover damage which occur in shipping or failures 
which are caused by products not supplied by the warrantor, or failures which result from faulty 
installation, set-up adjustments, improper antenna, inadequate signal pickup, maladjustment of 
user controls, improper operation, power line surge, improper voltage supply, lighting damage, 
or service by anyone other than an authorized repair facility, or damage that is attributable to 
acts of God or force majeure.
The Warrantor does not warrant, and shall not be responsible for, any lost data or images 
contained in any product (including in any returned product), regardless of the cause of the 
loss. The Warrantor shall also not be responsible for any costs associated with determining the 
source of system problems or removing and installing Panasonic products.
FOR THE NEAREST SERVICE CENTER
CALL 1-800-524-1448
OR
Website: http://www.panasonic.com/support/
FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT
CALL 1-800-524-1448
OR
Email: [email protected]
There are no express warranties except as listed above.
THE WARRANTOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL 
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE TO DISCS) RESULTING FROM 
THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THE WARRANTY. 
ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED TO THE 
APPLICABLE WARRANTY PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE.
Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, or 
limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above exclusions or limitations may 
not apply to you. 
This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights, which vary 
from state to state.
If you have a problem with this product that is not handled to your satisfaction, then write the 
Consumer Affairs Department at the Company address indicated above.
LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS
IN THE USA AND PUERTO RICO
AG-AC7P-VQT3Q78_mst.book  113 ページ  ２０１１年５月１８日　水曜日　午後１時４０分 
						

							114VQT3Q78
Index
∫AAC adaptor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 20, 101Accessory shoe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13, 111Alert sound  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Approximate number of recordable 
pictures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Audio output connector   . . . . . . 14, 78, 85Auto focus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Auto Ground-Directional Standby 
(AGS)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Automatic white balance   . . . . . . . . . . . 35
∫B
Backlight compensation  . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Bass setting   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Battery   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 100Battery capacity indication  . . . . . . . . . . 19
∫CCard  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Card status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Charging time   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Color night rec function   . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Component out   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Component terminal   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Copy
Dubbing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Creating still picture from motion 
picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
∫D
Date and time display   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Date and time setting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Date format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Delete  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Digital cinema color  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Digital zoom   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Direct playback   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Display   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Divide  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Drag  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Dubbing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
∫EEconomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Extra optical zoom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Eyepiece corrector knob   . . . . . . . . . . . 26
∫FFace-to-face recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Fade  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Fade color  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Focus indication   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Frame-by-frame playback   . . . . . . . . . . 67
∫GGain   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65Grip belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Guide display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Guidelines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
∫H
HDMI connector  . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 78, 82HDMI resolution  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Headphone terminal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Headphone volume adjustment  . . . . . . . 52Histogram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60HYBRID O.I.S.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
∫Ii.Zoom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Image stabilizer function  . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Indications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90Initial setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Intelligent auto mode   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Intelligent contrast control  . . . . . . . . . . . 50Intelligent exposure   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Iris  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
∫L
Language   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44LCD monitor   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 25, 102LCD set  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Lens cap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Lens hood  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Limited Warranty 
(USA and Puerto Rico)  . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Luminance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
∫MManual focus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Manual recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39MF assist  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Microphone level   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Microphone terminal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Mode switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Motion picture compatibility  . . . . . . . . . . 38
∫OO.I.S. LOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Operation icons   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
∫P
Picture adjustment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Picture quality   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Picture size   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Playback Operations   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Playing back motion pictures/
still pictures by date   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Power LCD   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Power switch  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23PRE-REC   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
AG-AC7P-VQT3Q78_mst.book  114 ページ  ２０１１年５月２３日　月曜日　午後４時５６分 
						

							11 5VQT3Q78
∫QQuick power on  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
∫RRecordable time   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 105Recording aspect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Recording lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Recording modes   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Recording time elapsed  . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Remaining number of still pictures   . . . . 33Remaining time left for recording   . . . . . 31Repeat playback   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Resume playback   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
∫SScene mode   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Scene protect   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77SD Memory Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21SD Speed Class Rating  . . . . . . . . . . . . 21SDHC Memory Card   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21SDXC Memory Card   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Shoulder strap fixture  . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 16Shutter sound   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Shutter speed   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Simultaneous recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Slide show   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 72Slow-motion playback   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Soft skin mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Still picture compatibility  . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
∫T
Tele macro   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Time frame index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Touch screen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Touch screen calibration   . . . . . . . . . . . 44Tripod receptacle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13TV aspect  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
∫VVideo output connector   . . . . . . 14, 78, 85VIERA Link  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Viewfinder  . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 26, 42, 102Volume adjustment   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
∫WWhite balance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Wind noise canceler   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56World time setting   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
∫ZZebra   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Zoom   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Zoom microphone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Zoom mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
AG-AC7P-VQT3Q78_mst.book  115 ページ  ２０１１年５月２３日　月曜日　午後４時５６分 
						

							VQT3Q78
F0511TS0 (  2000  )
P
© Panasonic Corporation 2011
Printed in Japan
AG-AC7P-VQT3Q78_mst.book  116 ページ  ２０１１年５月１８日　水曜日　午後１時４０分