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

							
101Attaching Accessories
Chapter 5 Preparation

Attaching the Shoulder 
Strap
To detach the shoulder strap, first open the hooks, 
then detach the strap.
< Note >
Make sure that the shoulder strap is securely attached.
Attaching the Rain Cover
When using the SHAN-RC700 Rain 
Cover
Shoulder Strap
Press to open the 
hook.
Tighten the cord
Secure with the surface fastener
Secure with the surface fastener
Attaching the FRONT 
AUDIO LEVEL Control Knob
If you use the FRONT AUDIO LEVEL control 
frequently, attach the accessory knob so that it can be 
easily operated.
Remove the screw in the center of the FRONT AUDIO 
LEVEL control, and attach the accessory knob using 
the screw (included). When attaching the knob, be 
sure to align the marks on the control with the marks 
on the knob.
Screw
FRONT AUDIO LEVEL Control
MarksScrew (Accessory)
Knob (Accessory) 
						

							
102Connecting the AJ-RC10G Extension Controller
Chapter 5 Preparation
Connecting the AJ-RC10G Extension 
Controller
•  Some functions can be remote-controlled when the AJ-RC10G extension control unit (optional) is 
connected to the camera.
•  When the AJ-RC10G is connected, the camera  automatically enters remote control mode after the 
power switches of both the camera and the AJ-
RC10G are turned ON.
< Note >
•  Be sure to turn OFF both the camera and the AJ-RC10G 
power switches before connecting or disconnecting 
the controller cable.
•  If RC DATA SAVE (AJ-RC10G) is set to OFF, the  camera-related setting values, which have been 
adjusted or set using the AJ-RC10G, will be cancelled 
when the camera power switch is turned OFF. Also, 
the setting values cannot be written to an SD memory 
card. However, the menu settings performed using the 
AJ-RC10G can be written to an SD memory card. Next 
time the AJ-RC10G is connected, the setting values will 
return to the AJ-RC10G settings.
•  If RC DATA SAVE (AJ-RC10G) is set to ON, the values  adjusted or set using the AJ-RC10G are retained, even 
after the camera power switch is turned OFF.
•  The USER switch on the camera does not function  when the AJ-RC10G is connected.
•  Refer to the Operating Instructions of the AJ-RC10G  incuded in the supplied CD-ROM. AJ-RC10G
REMOTE connector 
						

							
103Thumbnail Operations
Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
Chapter6
Manipulating Clips with 
Thumbnails
A clip is a data group that includes the images and voices created from one shooting session, together with 
additional information such as text memos and meta data.
The following manipulations can be performed using the cursor and SET buttons, while checking the images 
displayed on the LCD monitor:
● Play back, delete and repair clips
● Add or delete a shot mark and text memo on the clip thumbnail.
●  Format P2 cards and SD memory cards.
● Upload the clip meta data from an SD memory card.
Thumbnail Operations
Thumbnail Overview
Thumbnail screens are configured as follows:
PROPERTY 
CLIP PROPER TY
EXIT
CARD STATUS
DEVICES
PROPERTY SETUP
SYSTEM INFO
META DATA
LOAD
EXIT RECORD
USER CLIP NAME
INITIALIZE
PROPER TY
OPERATION
DELETE
EXIT
FORMAT
REPAIR CLIPREPAIR CLIP (LOOP)
THUMBNAIL
ALL CLIP
SAME FORMAT CLIPSSELECTED CLIPS
MARKED CLIPS
TEXT MEMO CLIPS
SLOT CLIPS
SETUP
EXIT
• Thumbnail screens are not output from the SDI OUT/COMPONENT OUT connectors. 
						

							
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Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails

Thumbnail Screen
Press the MODE button to engage the MCR mode and 
open the thumbnail screen on the LCD monitor. When 
switching is done from the regular screen display 
to the thumbnail screen display, all the clips will be 
displayed on the thumbnail screen.
Pressing the thumbnail menu button in the thumbnail 
screen moves the pointer to the setting menu providing 
access to allow thumbnail menu functions.
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1  Slot number
•  The number of the slot with the P2 card containing the selected clip is indicated here. 
(The number appears in yellow.)
•  If a clip extends over the P2 cards in two or  more slots, numbers will appear in yellow.
•  The slot number is surrounded by a pink border  when a DIR location error or life end-up occurs.
2  Thumbnails
This is where the initial images of the clips are 
displayed.
3  Thumbnail display status
The types of clips displayed as thumbnails 
appear in this area.
4  Clip numbers
•  The clips are displayed in the order in which they were shot. 
•  Clips in the wrong recording format or clips 
which cannot be played back for other reasons 
are shown in red.
•  To play clips indicated by the red numbers, set  the format for the REC FORMAT/ MCR FORMAT 
option on the RECORDING SETUP setting 
menu to the format 
6 below.
•  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 (DVCPRO/DV or DVCPRO50) 
are shown in red, and these clips cannot be 
played back even when the REC FORMAT item 
has been set.
5  Menu display
• This is where the menu items are displayed.
•  When EXIT is selected and the SET button is pressed, the menu display is cleared, and the 
original screen is restored.
6  Recording mode /format display
This is where the recording mode and format of 
the recorded images are displayed.
7  Indicators
M (Shot mark) :
This indicates that a clip has a shot mark.
W (Wide) :
This indicates that a clip has been recorded in 
the 16:9 aspect ratio (wide screen). (480i /576i 
recording)
! (Incomplete clip) :
This 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 clip) :
•  This 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.
V (Voice memo) :
This indicates that a clip has a voice memo. (You 
cannot perform recording /playback with this 
camera.)
T (Text memo) :
This indicates that a clip has a text memo.
E (Edit copy) :
This indicates that this is an edit copy clip. (You 
cannot perform editing with this camera.)
P (Proxy) :
This indicates that a proxy has been added and 
recorded. (You cannot perform recording with this 
camera.)
< Note >
For detailed explanations on V, T, E, and P,  
refer to the Operating Instructions supplied with 
the devices used to record or edit the voice memo, 
text memo, edit copy clip, and proxy respectively.
8  Duration display
This displays the duration of the selected clip.
Selecting Thumbnails
Multiple thumbnails can be randomly selected in the 
thumbnail screen.
1Use the cursor buttons to move the 
pointer (yellow frame) to the desired 
clip and press the SET button.
•  The frame around the selected thumbnail  changes to a blueframe. Press the SET 
button again to deselect the clip. 
						

							
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2Additional clips can be selected by 
repeating Step 1.
It is possible to display only the selected thumbnails 
in the thumbnail screen for playback. Please refer to 
[Switching the Thumbnail Display] (page 105) for more 
information.
Switching the Thumbnail 
Display
The display can be switched so that only those clips 
matching the specified conditions are displayed in the 
thumbnail screen.
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. 
3Move the pointer to THUMBNAIL and 
select with the SET button. 
•  The setting sub-menu appears. 
•  Select the desired item to specify the type of thumbnail display. 
• ALL CLIP:
Display all clips.
• SAME FORMAT CLIPS:
The clips in the same recording (or MCR) format are 
displayed.
• SELECTED CLIPS:
Display randomly selected clips.
• MARKED CLIPS:
Display clips with shot marks attached.
• TEXT MEMO CLIPS:
Clips with text memos are displayed. Thumbnails at 
text memo positions, time codes (TC), total number 
of memos and the current order of the clips are 
displayed. 
• SLOT CLIPS:
Display clips recorded in the P2 card inserted in the 
specified slot.
• SETUP:
Various setup operations are performed. 
• EXIT: 
The previous screen reappears. 
■ To delete a text memo
1Select THUMBNAIL → TEXT MEMO 
CLIPS, move the cursor to the text 
memo to be deleted and press the SET 
button. 
2Move the cursor to the text memo 
thumbnail to be deleted. 
3Press the MENU button to open the 
setting menu and choose OPERATION 
→ DELETE.
• The text memo is deleted. 
•  Pressing the thumbnail button and selecting  EXIT returns the pointer to the top of the 
thumbnail display. 
Thumbnail menu button
CURSOR and SET buttons
Thumbnail menu button
LCD Monitor
THUMBNAIL Button 
						

							
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Setting the Thumbnail 
Display Mode
The thumbnail display mode can be customized to suit 
your preferences.
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. 
3Select THUMBNAIL → SETUP.
• MARKER IND. : Shows or hides (ON /OFF) the shot mark indicator. 
The factory setting is ON (indication).
• TEXT MEMO IND. : Shows or hides (ON /OFF) the text memo indicator. 
The factory setting is ON (indication). 
• VOICE MEMO IND. :
Shows or hides (ON /OFF) the voice memo indicator. 
The factory setting is ON (indication).
• WIDE IND. : Shows or hides (ON /OFF) the wide indicator. The 
factory setting is ON (indication).
• PROXY IND. : Shows or hides (ON /OFF) the proxy indicator. The 
factory setting is ON (indication).
• DATA DISPLAY:
The time display field of the clip offers a choice of 
Time Code (TC), User Bits (UB), Shooting Time 
(TIME) or Shooting Date (DATE)/Shooting Time and 
Date (DATE TIME). The factory setting is Time Code. • DATE FORMAT:
You can specify the display order for the shooting 
date as either Year/ Month /Day (YMD), Month /Day/
Year (MDY) or Day/ Month /Year (DMY). The factory 
setting is Year/ Month / Day.
This setting is reflected in the recording date 
shown in the clip property and the shooting date 
shown when DATE is selected under the item DATA 
DISPLAY.
• THUMBNAIL SIZE:
For the size of thumbnails displayed on one screen, 
either LARGE (3 × 2 thumbnails displayed) or 
NORMAL (4 × 3 thumbnails displayed) can be 
selected. The factory default value is NORMAL.
• THUMBNAIL INIT:
Return the above thumbnail display settings to 
default.
Move the cursor to this option, and press the SET 
button. Select “YES” when the confirmation screen is 
displayed.
• EXIT: Returns to the previous menu. 
						

							
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Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
Clip Operations
Playing Back Clips
1Press the MODE button to enter the 
MCR mode. 
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Use the cursor buttons to move the 
pointer over the desired clip.
3Press the PLAY button, and the clip 
under the pointer will be played back 
on the LCD monitor.
•  After playback of the clip under the pointer, subsequent clips are played back in order, 
according to when they were shot. The 
thumbnail screen returns after the last clip 
has been played back.
< Notes >
•  When playing back clips, it is not necessary 
to “select” the clips (blue frames around the 
thumbnails) .
•  Clips with clip numbers displayed in red cannot  be played.
4During playback, pressing the REW 
button starts 4× speed reverse 
playback, and the FF button starts 4× 
speed fast playback.
•  Press the PLAY button to return to normal playback.
5During clip playback, pressing the 
STILL button will temporarily stop 
(pause) the process.
•  During a pause, pressing the REW button moves the pause position to the beginning of 
the clip.
•  Pressing the REW button again moves  the pause position to the beginning of the 
previous clip.
•  During a pause, pressing the FF button 
moves the pause position to the beginning 
of the next clip. (Holding down the FF button 
displays the last image in the last clip. “EOS” 
appears at this time.) 
6Pressing the STOP button during 
clip playback stops the playback and 
returns the display to the thumbnail 
screen.
< Note >
When playback is stopped, the position of the 
pointer remains on the clip that was being played 
back, regardless of where the playback started.
Shot Mark
A shot mark can be added to a clip thumbnail to 
distinguish this clip from the others.
1Press the MODE button to enter the 
MCR mode. 
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Use the cursor buttons to move the 
pointer over the clip to which you want 
to attach a shot mark.
3Press the USER button to which the 
shot mark function has been assigned. 
•  Use the setting menu SW MODE screen to assign the SHOT MARK function to a USER 
button. 
4A shot mark will be attached to the clip 
thumbnail under the pointer.
•  To delete a shot mark, reposition the pointer over the clip and press the Shot Mark button.
USER MAIN, USER1 and USER2 
buttons 
						

							
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Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
< Note >
When adding a shot mark to (or deleting the shot mark 
from) a clip recorded across multiple P2 cards, do this 
with all these P2 cards inserted into P2 card slots.
Deleting Clips
1Press the MODE button to enter the 
MCR mode.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Use the cursor buttons to move the 
pointer over the clip you want to delete, 
and press the SET button.
• Press the SET button to select the clip.
3Press the thumbnail menu button to 
select OPERATION 
→ DELETE from the 
menu bar. 
4A screen to confirm the delete 
operation appears. Use the cursor 
buttons and the SET button to select 
YES.
• The clip is deleted.
•  All selected clips (in blue-green frames) are  deleted by this operation.
< Note >
After selecting multiple clips and during deletion with 
“CANCEL” indication displayed, pressing the SET button 
stops the deletion operation in the middle.
Restoring Clips
Restores clips that are defective as a result of sudden 
poweringdown during recording, or removal of the P2 
card being accessed.
< Note >
•  Only those clips with yellow corrupt clip markers can 
be restored. Delete the clips with red corrupt clip 
markers. If the clip cannot be deleted, format the P2 
card.
•  During restoration of the clips, however, the defective- clip indicator may change from yellow to red, resulting 
in inability to restore the clips.
1Press the MODE button to enter the 
MCR mode.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Use the cursor buttons to move the 
pointer over the clip you want to restore 
(defective clips are indicated by corrupt 
clip marks), and press the SET button.
• Press the SET button to select the clip.
3Press the thumbnail menu button to 
select OPERATION 
→ REPAIR CLIP 
from the menu bar. 
< Note >
To restore a bad clip generated during loop 
recording, select REPAIR CLIP (LOOP) . Clip 
repair may take some time. 
4The confirmation window appears. Use 
the cursor buttons and the SET button 
to select YES. 
						

							
109Setting of Clip Meta Data
Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
Setting of Clip Meta Data
Information such as the name of person who shot the 
video, the name of the reporter, the shooting location, 
or a text memo can be read from the SD memory card, 
and can be recorded as Clip Meta Data.
Reading Clip Meta Data (metadata 
upload)
1Insert the SD memory card that 
contains the Clip Meta Data (metadata 
upload file) .
2Press the MODE button to enter the 
MCR mode. 
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
3Press the thumbnail menu button to 
open the menu. 
4Select META DATA → LOAD from the 
menu bar.
5Names of metadata upload files stored 
on the SD memory card are displayed.
•  Select the desired files using the cursor  buttons, and choose YES. Upload starts.
•  Uploaded metadata is retained even if the 
power is turned off. 
 
For confirmation of uploaded data, see 
[Confirmation of Metadata Upload] (page 
115).
Clip metadata content
•  Clip Meta Data includes the following items:  Underlined items can be set by reading the metadata 
upload file on the SD memory card.
•  Other items are set automatically during shooting.  Using the latest update version of P2 viewer, 
metadata upload files can be written to SD memory 
cards using a PC.
•  Download the latest update version of P2 viewer from  the following URL and install it to your PC:
 
https: / /eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp /pro-av/
 
See [Memory Card Usage] (page 83).
< Note >
The file which was edited by except P2 viewer is 
displayed as “UNKNOWN DATA”, and may not be read.
• GLOBAL CLIP ID:
Displays the global clip ID, which indicates the 
shooting status of the clip.
• USER CLIP NAME:
Displays the clip name specified by the user.*
*  If the metadata upload file does not contain any 
data, the global clip ID serves as the USER CLIP 
NAME. The USER CLIP NAME recording method is 
selectable. For more information, see [Selecting the 
USER CLIP NAME recording method] (page 110).
• VIDEO:
Displays [FRAME RATE] (frame rate of the clip), 
[PULL DOWN], and [ASPECT RATIO].
• AUDIO:
[SAMPLING RATE] (sampling frequency of recorded 
sound) and [BITS PER SAMPLE] (digitized bit [s] of 
recorded sound). Corresponds to CH1- CH4.
• ACCESS:
Displays [ CREATOR ] (person who recorded the clip), 
[CREATION DATE] (date when the clip was recorded), 
[LAST UPDATE DATE] (date of the latest update of 
the clip), and [ LAST UPDATE PERSON ] (person who 
made the latest update of the clip).
• DEVICE:
Displays [MANUFACTURER] (name of the device 
manufacturer), [SERIAL NO.] (serial number of the 
device) and [MODEL NAME] (model name of the 
device).
• SHOOT:
Displays [ SHOOTER ] (name of the person who shot 
the video), [START DATE] (start date of shooting), 
[END DATE] (end date of shooting), and [LOCATION /
ALTITUDE/ LONGITUDE/ LATITUDE/SOURCE/ PLACE 
NAME ] (altitude, longitude, latitude, and source of the 
information and name of the location).
• SCENARIO*:
Displays [ PROGRAM NAME ], [SCENE NO. ], and 
[TAKE NO. ].
*  Be sure to enter PROGRAM NAME when entering  SCENARIO. It is not possible to record only the 
SCENE NO or TAKE NO. 
						

							
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• NEWS:
Displays [REPORTER ] (name of the reporter), 
[PURPOSE ] (purpose of shooting), and [ OBJECT] 
(object of shooting).
• MEMO*:
Displays the NO. (memo number), OFFSET (frame 
position from the beginning of the clip), PERSON
 
(name of the person who recorded the text memo), 
and TEXT (memo content). 
*  Be sure to enter TEXT when entering MEMO. It is not  possible to record only PERSON.
< Note >
“*” appears when text cannot be correctly displayed, 
for example, when Japanese or Chinese metadata is 
displayed in English or when the metadata contains 
characters that cannot be rendered in English. 
To set whether or not the uploaded 
metadata is recorded
Set ON /OFF by selecting META DATA → RECORD.
Selecting the USER CLIP NAME 
recording method
Select META DATA → USER CLIP NAME from the 
menu bar to select the recording method. Two options 
are available: TYPE1 and TYPE2.
● TYPE1 (factory setting)
USER CLIP NAME  
to be recorded
If clip metadata has been read in Uploaded data
If no clip metadata has been read 
in or if the setting for recording clip 
metadata has been turned off Same as GLOBAL CLIP 
ID (UMID data)
●
TYPE2
USER CLIP NAME  
to be recorded
If clip metadata has been read in Uploaded data + 
COUNT value*
If no clip metadata has been read 
in or if the setting for recording clip 
metadata has been turned off Same as CLIP NAME
*  The COUNT value is indicated as a four-digit number.
 
The COUNT value is incremented each time a new clip is 
captured if clip metadata has been read in and TYPE2 has 
been selected as the recording method.
 
The COUNT value can be reset using the following 
procedure.
 
Select METADATA → PROPERTY → USER CLIP NAME.  
Select “COUNT RESET” with the cursor and press the SET 
button to reset the COUNT value to 1.
< Note >
When a P2 card with a memory capacity of 8 GB or more 
is used in this unit and a one-time continuous recording 
exceeds the prescribed duration (approx. 5 minutes 
for DVCPRO HD, approx. 10 minutes for DVCPRO50, or 
approx. 20 minutes for DVCPRO / DV) or when a one-
time recording extends over more than one P2 card, the 
recording concerned will automatically be undertaken 
as a separate clip. At this time, each clip will be provided 
with its own COUNT value.