Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder AG-HPX170P Operating Instructions

							
Shooting
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Setting user information
Setting user information allows you to store 8-digit memo (information such as the date and time) in the hexagonal format on the sub code track area.User information is automatically saved in the memory and retained after you turn off the power.
1 Set the POWER switch to ON.
 In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen UB MODE, select USER.For menu operation (Page  94)You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control. (Page 14)Example: In the CAM modeRECORDING SETUP
PUSH  MENU TO RETURN
MIC GAIN2-50dB2CHDFREC RUN– – – –USER– – – –OFF
25M REC CH SEL
UB MODEUB PRESET
TC MODETCGTC PRESET
TIME STANP
 Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction to move to UB PRESET and press it again.RECORDING SETUP
PUSH  MENU TO RETURN
MIC GAIN2-50dB2CHDFREC RUN– – – –USER– – – –OFF
25M REC CH SEL
UB MODEUB PRESET
TC MODETCGTC PRESET
TIME STANP
 Push the Operation lever in the r direction to move to YES and press it again.RECORDING SETUP
PUSH  MENU TO RETURN
MIC GAIN2-50dB2CHDFREC RUN– – – –USER– – – –YES
25M REC CH SEL
UB MODEUB PRESET
TC MODETCGTC PRESET
TIME STANP
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 Set the user information.Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction to select user information characters.You can use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F.UB PRESET
PUSH  MENU TO RETURN
MONTH
+/– : PUSH q / g
0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
SEL : PUSH t / y
Push the Operation lever in the q direction to move to the next digit, then push it in the er direction to select a character.UB PRESET
PUSH  MENU TO RETURN
MONTH
+/– : PUSH q / g
F0   0   0   0   0   0   0
SEL : PUSH t / y
You can reset the user information to nothing by pressing RESET on the camera or the remote control.BARS
CH1 SELECT
RESET/TC SETREC
CH2 SELECT
AUDIOINT(L)INPUT1INPUT2
SHUTTERSPEES SELECT
INT(R)INPUT2INPUT1
MIC POWER+48VONOFFINPUT2ONOFF
LCD
ZEBRA
EVF DTL
OIS
WFM
OSDCOUNTERRESETTITLE
VOL +MULTI/P-IN-PRECA.DUBPLAY/REWFF/
ZOOM
DATE/TIMEPHOTOSHOTSTART/STOP
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COUNTER
Camera or Remote control
 Press the MENU button when you have finished setting the user information.MENU
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Charging the built-in battery/Setting the time data (continued)
7 Push the Operation lever in the e direction to move to YES and press it again.UB PRESET
PRESET OK?
YES– ––PUSH STILLNO
8 Press MENU twice to exit the menus.MENU 
						

							
Playback

Basic playback operations
SLOT SEL
MODE
CAMMCRPC
POWERON
OFF
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Lock release
1 Turn the POWER switch to ON.While pressing the lock release, turn the POWER switch to ON.
 Press the mode button so the MCR lamp turns on.The camera is now in the MCR mode.Each time you press the button, the mode changes as below.MCR v CAMWhen you press the mode button while MCR is selected, the unit enters the PC (PC connection) mode. (Page 81)
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For details on playing back clips using thumbnails, see page .
Operations using the Operation leverRemote Control
Play ( q)Use this button in stop mode to start playback from the beginning of the selected clip.During playback, the unit enters the variable speed search mode and starts 1x playback. (Page 74)
INDEXSTOPINDEXSTILL ADVPAUSESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEXSTOP
V-/REWFF/
Fast-forward ( y)Use this button during playback to fast-forward the selected clip (4 x speed).When the thumbnail screen is cancelled, you can also perform this operation while the camera is stopped. When this button is held down, the playback speed becomes faster 
(32 x speed).When pressed during a pause, playback advances one clip.
INDEXSTOPINDEXSTILL ADVPAUSESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEXSTOP
V-/REWFF/
Rewind (t )Use this button during playback to rewind the selected clip (4 x speed).When the thumbnail screen is cancelled, you can also perform this operation while the camera is stopped.When this button is held down, the playback speed becomes faster (32 x speed).When pressed during a pause, playback goes back one clip.
INDEXSTOPINDEXSTILL ADVPAUSESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEXSTOP
V-/REWFF/
Stop ( g )
INDEXSTOPINDEXSTILL ADVPAUSESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEXSTOP
V-/REWFF/
Pause ( h )Press again to return to playback.INDEXSTOPINDEXSTILL ADVPAUSESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEXSTOP
V-/REWFF/
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Thumbnail screen
Video data created on the P2 card in one shooting session is called a cl\
ip. When the MCR mode has been established, the clips will be displayed on the LCD screen as thumbnails. (When there is a large number of clips, it will take some time for them to be displayed on the screen.)You can perform the following operations using the thumbnail screen.Play, repair and delete clips, add and delete shot marks, as well as add text memos.Format P2 cards and SD memory cards.Load the metadata (shooting information, etc.) from SD memory cards to the unit.
Basic thumbnail screen operations
To use the thumbnail menu:
1 On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU button to display the menu.
 Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction and press it (or push it in the q direction).If another menu appears, repeat this step.To return to the previous screen, select EXIT and press the Operation lever or push it in the w direction.To release the menu mode, press MENU.
To select a clip: Push the Operation lever in the w or q direction to move the yellow frame to the clip you want to select, and press it again. (The frame changes to blue.) Pressing the Operation lever a second time deselects the thumbnail. To scroll the pages, press the PAGE (- or +) button.To Play back clips: Select a thumbnail and push the Operation lever in the q (playback) direction. (For details on playback, see page 63.)Only clips recorded in the same format as the playback format (6 in the figure below) can be played back.
THUMBNAILOPERATION
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PROPERTYMETA DATA
ALL CLIPSAME FORMAT CLIPSSELECTED CLIPSMARKED CLIPSTEXT MEMO CLIPSSLOT CLIPSSETUPEXIT
DELETEFORMATREPAIR CLIPRE-CONNECTIONEXCH. THUMBNAILEXIT
CLIP PROPERTYCARD STATUSDEVICESPROPERTY SETUPSYSTEM INFOEXIT
LOADRECORDUSER CLIP NAMEINITIALIZEPROPERTYEXIT
Thumbnail screens are output only from the VIDEO OUT terminal.
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MENU
PUSH-SET
PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR
THUMBNAIL12MENU
PUSH-SET
PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR
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1 Slot number displayThe number of the slot with the P2 card containing the clip indicated by the yellow frame is shown here. (The number appears in yellow.) If a clip extends over the P2 cards in two slots, both numbers will appear in yellow.When one of the following warnings applies to an inserted P2 card, the frame around the slot number turns pink.1) RUN DOWN CARD (page 91)2) DIR ENTRY NG CARD (page 91)
 ThumbnailsThis is where the images representing the clips are displayed. (The initial images are displayed in the default setting.)
 Thumbnail display status (Page 7)The types of clips displayed as thumbnails appear in this area.
 Clip numbersThe clips are displayed in the order in which they were shot. (up to 2000)Clips in the wrong recording format or clips which cannot be played back for other reasons are shown in red.To play back clips indicated in red, change the playback format while the thumbnail is displayed (Page 68), or change the MCR FORMAT and 480i MCR MODE on the setup menu RECORDING SETUP screen to the format described in 6 below. (Page 104)Clips on the playlist which have been edited and copied using the AJ-SPD850 memory card recorder or other such unit and which have more than one format (DV, DVCPRO or DVCPRO50) are shown in red, and these clips cannot be played back even when the MCR FORMAT item has been set.
 Menu displayThis is where the menu items are displayed.Select EXIT and press the Operation lever to close the menu and return to the original 
screen.
6 Recording mode/format displayThis is where the recording mode and format of the recorded images are displayed.
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7 Indicators
M : Shot markThis indicates that a clip has a shot mark.
W : WideThis indicates that a clip has been recorded in the 16:9 aspect ratio (wide screen). (480i recording)
! : Incomplete clipThis indicator appears when the recording of a clip extends over two P2 cards and one of the cards is not found in the slot.
X : Defective clipThis indicator appears for a clip whose recording was defective because the power was cut off during the recording process, for instance.Clips indicated by the yellow defective clip indicator can be repaired.Clips indicated by the red defective clip indicator cannot be repaired so delete them. If a clip cannot be deleted, first back up its data, and then format the P2 card. Clips in the wrong format are indicated by ( ? ) instead.
T : Text memoThis indicates that a clip has a text memo.
E : Edit copyThis indicates that this is an edit copy clip. (You cannot perform editing with this camera.)
P : ProxyThis indicates that a proxy has been added and recorded. (You cannot perform recording with this camera.)
8 Duration displayThis displays the duration of the selected clip. 
						

							


Adding shot marks to clips
Adding shot marks ( M ) will make it easier to find the clips you are looking for.
1 Push the Operation lever in the w or q direction to move the yellow frame to the clip to which you will add a shot mark.
 Press the USER button to which the shot mark function has been allocated. (Page )To release a shot mark, repeat the above steps.When the video data of a single shot is recorded in multiple P2 cards, you cannot set or release shot marks unless all the P2 cards that make up the video data are inserted into slots.
Clearing the thumbnail screen
Before performing setting menu operations (Page 94), you must clear the thumbnail screen.Release this in the same way when the camera-recorder is to be controlled from a nonlinear editor.
1 Press the THUMBNAIL button.THUMBNAIL
The normal playback standby screen (1394 input mode) appears.
Direct shooting functions
If you press the START/STOP button (red) in MCR mode, CAM mode will be automatically activated, and shooting will start.
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Playback
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Thumbnail operations
Selecting the thumbnail display method (THUMBNAIL)
You can display the kind of clips you want to see as thumbnails.You can also set more precisely how you want the thumbnails to appear on the screen.
1 On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU button.A menu now appears. (Page 64)
 Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction to select THUMBNAIL and press it (or push it in the q direction) again.
THUMBNAILOPERATIONPROPERTYMETA DATAEXIT
 Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction to make a selection and press it again.
THUMBNAILOPERATIONPROPERTYMETA DATAEXIT
ALL CLIPSAME FORMAT CLIPSSELECTED CLIPSMARKED CLIPSTEXT MEMO CLIPSSLOT CLIPSSETUPEXIT
ALL CLIP: All the clips are displayed.SAME FORMAT CLIPS: The clips in the format same as the MCR format are displayed.SELECTED CLIPS: The clips you have selected are displayed.MARKED CLIPS: The clips with shot marks are displayed.TEXT MEMO CLIPS: The clips with text memos are displayed. The thumbnails at text memo positions, time codes (TC), total number of memos and the current order of the clips are displayed.
To delete a text memo:1)    Move the yellow frame to the clip whose text memo is to be deleted, and press the Operation lever. A thumbnail of the text memo now appears.2)   Select the thumbnail of the text memo to be deleted.3)   Press the MENU button to display the menu, and select OPERATION-DELETE.
SLOT CLIPS: The clips on the P2 card in the specified slot are displayed.SETUP: Various setup operations are performed.EXIT: Select this to return to the last screen.
Proceed to step 4 only when you have selected SETUP.
 Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction to select an item and press it again.ALL HIDE:Selecting ON hides MARKED IND., TEXT MEMO IND., WIDE IND. and PROXY IND.
MARKED IND.: Select this to set whether the shot mark indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).TEXT MEMO IND.: Select this to set whether the text memo indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).WIDE IND.: Select this to set whether the wide indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).PROXY IND.: Select this to set whether the proxy indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).DATA DISPLAY: Select the time code (TC), user information (UB), shooting time (TIME), shooting date (DATE), shooting date (DATE TIME) or user clip name (USER CLIP NAME) for the area where the clip time is displayed.
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DATE FORMAT: Select year/month/day (YMD), month/day/ year (MDY) or day/month/year (DMY) as the order for displaying the recording date/time.This format will be the same for the recording date displayed by the clip properties and the recording date displayed by DATA DISPLAY.THUMBNAIL SIZE: Select LARGE (3x2) or NORMAL (4x3) for full-screen displays of thumbnails.PLAYBACK RESUME:Resumes playback from the point where a previous playback operations was halted.THUMBNAIL INIT: Select this to return all the above settings to the factory (initialization) settings.EXIT:Select this to return to the last screen.
 Press the MENU button to release the menu mode.
Changing playback format
Use the following steps to change the playback format in order to play back a clip in a playback format (a clip whose clip number is indicated in red) that differs from that currently selected.
1 Use the Operation lever in the thumbnail screen to move to the clip you want to play back.
 Push the Operation lever in the r direction and hold it down for  or more seconds.Thumbnail status indicates “UPDATING…” after which the previous screen reappears.When the recording format of a clip indicated by the yellow frame is a format playable by this unit, the playback format changes to enable playback of the clip with the yellow frame.
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Deleting clips and formatting cards 
(OPERATION)
You can perform any of the following operations. If necessary, make preparations prior to undertaking the operations.Deleting clipsSelect the clip to be deleted.Formatting P cards or SD memory cardsInsert the card to be formatted into the unit.When a card is formatted, all its data will be deleted.Repairing bad clipsSelect the bad clip (indicated by X ) you want to repair. (Note that clips indicated by a red X symbol cannot be repaired.)Reconnecting incomplete clipsSelect an incomplete clip (indicated by “ ! ”) you want to reconnect. Incomplete clips are usually grouped together.Replacing thumbnailsAttach text memos to clips and change them to TEXT MEMO CLIPS. Move the yellow frame to the thumbnail you want to edit.
1  On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU button.A menu now appears. (Page 64)
 Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction to select OPERATION and press it (or push it in the q direction) again.
THUMBNAILOPERATIONPROPERTYMETA DATAEXIT
 Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction to make a selection and press it again.
THUMBNAIL OPERATION PROPERTY META DATA EXIT 
DELETE FORMAT REPAIR CLIPRE-CONNECTIONEXCH. THUMBNAILEXIT
DELETE:Select this to delete the selected clip.Select YES to delete the clip or NO to cancel the deletion, and press the Operation lever.
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Playback
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FORMAT:Select this to format a P2 card or SD memory card.When you move to FORMAT, the card selection screen will appear. Select the P2 slot (SLOT1 or SLOT2) or select SD CARD, and press the Operation lever. Select YES to format the card or NO to cancel the formatting, and press the Operation lever.REPAIR CLIP:Select this to repair defective clips.Select YES to repair the clip or NO to cancel the repair, and press the Operation lever.The SHOT MARK and TEXT MEMO data are deleted when a clip is repaired.RE-CONNECTION:Use this function to reconnect clips that span multiple P2 cards.Clips recorded across multiple P2 cards may become incomplete clips.Should this happen, use the RE-CONNECTION function to merge the different clips to create one single clip.Select YES/NO and push the Operation lever.EXCH. THUMBNAIL:Use this function to replace thumbnail images with images to which text memos have been attached.Select YES/NO and push the Operation lever. EXIT:Select this to return to the last screen.
 Press the MENU button to release the menu mode.
When clips have been copied by operating Explorer, for instance, the “ ! ” indicator may appear on the clips. If this happens, “ ! ” can sometimes be released by downloading the latest version of the P2 viewer from the web site given below, installing it in your computer, and copying the clips again.
 https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/
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Checking the clip or card information 
(PROPERTY)
You can perform any of the following operations. If necessary, make preparations prior to undertaking the operations.Checking and repairing clip informationMove the yellow frame to the clip to be checked.Checking the P card informationInsert the P2 card into the unit.Checking the SD memory card informationInsert the SD memory card into the unit.Setting the P card memory capacity displayChecking the version of this system
1  On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU button.A menu now appears. (Page 64)
 Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction to select PROPERTY and press it (or push it in the q direction) again.
THUMBNAILOPERATIONPROPERTYMETA DATAEXIT
 Push the Operation lever in the e or r direction to make a selection and press it again.
THUMBNAILOPERATIONPROPERTYMETA DATAEXIT
CLIP PROPERTYCARD STATUSDEVICESPROPERTY SETUPSYSTEM INFOEXIT
CLIP PROPERTY:The information of the clip indicated by the yellow frame is displayed. (Page 70)CARD STATUS:The P2 card information is displayed. (Page 70)
DEVICES:The SD memory card information is displayed. (Page 71)PROPERTY SETUP:Set the method of displaying the P2 card memory capacity. After selecting the P2 CARD CAP, select REMAIN (remaining memory) or USED (memory used), and press the Operation lever.
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SYSTEM INFO:The version of the system in this camera is displayed.EXIT:Select this to return to the last screen.Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button in a thumbnail screen displays the CLIP PROPERTY screen. Press the button again to return to the thumbnail screen. 
 To exit the information screen, press the MENU button, push the Operation lever in the q direction to select EXIT, and press it again.
Clip information screen
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1  Clip number
 Thumbnail
 Slot number
 Clip informationVarious indicators that have been added to the clip and also various kinds of data are displayed. ( appears if the P2 card is writeprotected)CLIP NAME: Clip nameSTART TC:  
Time code value when recording startedSTART UB:   User information value when 
recording startedDATE:  Date when the recording was madeTIME:  
Time when recording startedDURATION:   Clip lengthV_FORMAT:  
Video signal formatFRAME RATE:   Playback frame rate
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REC RATE:  Recording frame rateThis display appears when recording using a setting for the FRAME RATE item on the SCENE FILE screen other than the default during 720P/24PN or 720P/30PN recording operations.
  Clip metadataThe video and audio formats, videographer information and other detailed data are displayed here.Select the desired item using the Operation lever, and press the Operation lever. (For details on the clip metadata, see page 57.)
P card information screen
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1 Write protection mark
 P card statusThe amount of memory remaining on the P2 card is displayed using a percentage bar. The following displays may appear, depending on the card status.FORMAT ERROR:  An unformatted P2 card has been inserted.NOT SUPPORTED:  A card not supported by the unit has been inserted.NO CARD:  A card has not been inserted.The information on the card in the slot indicated by the yellow frame (with yellow number) can be viewed by pressing the Operation lever.BRAND: Name of manufacturerMODEL NO.: Model numberSERIAL NO.: Serial numberUSER ID: User IDWARNING: Warning information
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