Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder Ag-hpx500p, Ag-hpx500e Operating Instructions

111Setting of Clip Meta Data
Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails

■ Example of recording (DVCPRO50) a clip on 
one P2 card:
REC start (recording start)REC/PAUSE (recording pause)
Recording duration = Approx. 15 min.
Clip 1 COUNT value = 0001
Clip 2 COUNT value = 0002
10 min. 5   m i n.
■
 Example of recording a clip on two P2 
cards:
REC start (recording start) REC/PAUSE (recording pause)
Clip 1 
COUNT value 
= 0001 Clip 2 
COUNT value 
= 0002
1st card2nd card
If the clip thumbnails are...

112Formatting P2 and SD Memory Cards
Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
Formatting P2 and SD Memory Cards
Formatting a P2 Card
1Press the MODE button to enter the 
MCR mode. 
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Press the thumbnail menu button to 
open the menu. 
3From the menu bar, select OPERATION → 
FORMAT.
•  The following screen appears. Select the slot 
number for the P2 card you want to format.
•  Select EXIT if formatting is not required.
4Use the CURSOR and SET...

113Properties
Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
Properties
The clip’s properties and the P2 card’s status are 
displayed.
Clip Property
Select PROPERTY → CLIP PROPERTY.
The following screen appears.
2
1
3
5
4
1  Clip number
2  Thumbnail
3  Slot number
4  Clip information
Various 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 name
•  START TC:  Time code value when recording...

114Properties
Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails

Contents of P2 Card Status Display 
Settings
Select PROPERTY → CARD STATUS. The following 
screen appears.
■ When “REMAIN” is selected:
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2
1  Write-protect Mark
The mark  appears if the P2 card is write-
protected.
2  P2 Card Status (remaining free space)
The remaining memory capacity of the P2 card is 
indicated by a bar graph and percentage. The bar 
graph indicator moves to the left as the remaining 
free space decreases.
The...

115Properties
Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails

3  P2 Card memory capacity/ Total Capacity
Displays the used memory capacity on a P2 card 
and the total capacity, in minutes. 
 
Because fractions are truncated, the figure shown 
for used memory capacity on a P2 card may differ 
from the figure for total capacity.
The used memory capacity of a write-protected 
P2 card is displayed as 100% .
4  Total used memory capacity for all slots
•  Displays the total used memory capacity for all  4...

116Viewfinder and LCD Menus
Chapter 7 Menu Operations

Chapter7Menu Operations
Viewfinder and LCD Menus
Using the menus
Use the setup menus to change the settings to suit the 
scenes you are shooting or what you are recording.
•  If the thumbnail menu is displayed, press the THUMBNAIL button to release the display.
•  The menu items indicated in the blue characters  cannot be used.
1  JOG dial button
2  MENU button
3  CURSOR buttons
4  SET button
5  Thumbnail menu button
6  Thumbnail button
1When the unit...

117Viewfinder and LCD Menus
Chapter 7 Menu Operations

4Use the JOG dial button (or the Up and 
Down cursor buttons) to highlight the 
item you want to change.
HIGH GAINW.BAL.PRESETUSER MAINSPOTLIGHTUSER1USER2
MID GAIN
SLOTSEL
6dB12dB
3.2K
GAIN:18dB
PUSH  MENU  TO  RETURN 
SW MODE
5Use the JOG dial button (or the SET 
button) to change the setting value.
HIGH GAINW.BAL.PRESETUSER MAINUSER1USER2
MID GAIN
SLOTSEL
6dB12dB3.2K
GAIN:18dB
PUSH  MENU  TO  RETURN 
SW MODE
5.6K
6To change other settings, repeat...

118Setup menu structure
Chapter 7 Menu Operations

Setup menu structure
Camera (CAM) mode menu
CAMERA MENU
NAME EDIT
TC MODE*V DETAIL FREQPREREC MODE
SETUP*SYNCRO SCANDETAIL LEVEL
HIGH GAINDETAIL CORINGW.BAL.PRESET
CHROMA LEVELUSER MAINCHROMA PHASE
USER2
COLOR TEMP Bch
MASTER PED
480i (576i) REC MODE NEWS GAMMAREC FUNCTION
GAMMA
INTERVAL TIMEMA TRIXSTART DELAYSKIN  TONE DT L 
OPER
ATION  TYPE
KNEEONE SHOT TIME
USER1
COLOR TEMP Ach
V DETAIL LEVELMID GAINSW MODE FRAME RA
TE
ASPECT CONV CAMERA SETUP
A.IRIS...

119Setup menu structure
Chapter 7 Menu Operations

ENDURA-D NEAR BATTERY SELECTHYTRON50 NEA
R
EXT DC IN SELBATTERY SETUP PROPAC14 NEAR
USER FILETRIMPAC14 NEARSD CARD FORMATBATTERY MODE
SCENE FILECARD FUNCTIONS
1394 CONFIG1394 STATUSOPTION MENU DIONIC90 NEAR
SHADING (USER)
DIONIC160 NEAR
CAC PROPERTY
NP-L7 NEARCAC CARD READENDURA7 NEARCAC FILE DELETECAC FILE INIT ENDURA10 NEARIRIS ADJUSTHYTRON140 NEAR
SHADING SELECTLENS SETUP
BP-GL65/95 NEAR
1394 CONTROL
NICD14 NEAR 
1394 CMD SEL TYPE A FULL
ACCESS...

120Setup menu list
Chapter 7 Menu Operations

Setup menu list
■ Marks used in the list
: Indicates that the item can be set in the CAMERA mode.
: Indicates that the item can be set in the MCR mode.
/: Indicates that the item can be set in both CAMERA and MCR modes.
SCENE FILE screen
ItemDescription of settings (Items in bold are factory settings.)
LOAD/SAVE/INITSaves, loads and initializes scene files.●- - - - (No operation) , LOAD (Load), SAVE (Save), INITIAL (Initialize)
OPER ATION TYPE
Switches the...