Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder AG-HVX200AP Operating Instructions

Shooting
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7 Press the  button to select YES, and press 
the  button.
        
8  Press MENU twice to exit the menus.
With this unit, the time code value is adjusted in 
accordance with the format and frame rate. For 
this reason, bear in mind that making a change in 
the format or frame rate may result in discontinuity 
from the last time code value of the previous 
recording.
Setting user information
Setting user information allows you to store 8-digit 
information (such...

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2  In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen UB MODE, select USER.
• For menu operation (Page 97)
• You can also use the menu buttons on the  remote control. (Page 15)
Example: In the MCR mode
        
3 Press the  and  buttons to select UB 
PRESET, and press the  button.
        
4 Press the  button to select YES, and press 
the  button.
        
5  Set the user information. Press the  and  buttons to select the user 
information characters.
• You can use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters  from A to...

Playback
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3
VCR DUB
MCR
PC
CAMERA
1
P2 TAPE
Lock release
1 Before turning the POWER switch to ON
Set the MEDIA switch to the P2 position.
2  Turn the POWER switch to ON.
While pressing the lock release, turn the 
POWER switch to ON.
3  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 
 CAMERA
  When you press the mode button while  MCR is selected, the unit enters the PC (PC 
connection) mode. (Page...

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3
VCR DUB
MCR
PC
CAMERA
1
P2 TAPE
Basic playback operations (Tape) 1
 Before turning the POWER switch to ON
Set the MEDIA switch to the TAPE position.
2  Turn the POWER switch to ON.
While pressing the lock release, turn the 
POWER switch to ON.
3  Press the mode button so the VCR lamp lights.
The camera is now in the VCR mode.
•  Each time you press the button, the mode  changes as below.
 VCR 
 CAMERA
  When you press the mode button while VCR  is selected, the unit enters the DUB (dubbing)...

Playback
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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 by the MEDIA switch set to the P2 status, 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 as well as add and delete shot marks.
•  Format...

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Thumbnail screen (continued)P2
1  Slot number/dubbing mode displayThe 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 slots, both 
numbers will appear in yellow.
In the dubbing mode, the arrow and tape mark 
light up.
•  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 94)
  2) DIR ENTRY NG CARD...

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Adding shot marks to clips
Adding shot marks (M) will make it easier to find 
the clips you are looking for.
1 Press the  and  buttons to move the 
yellow frame to the clip to which you will 
add a shot mark.
2  Press the USER button to which the shot  mark function has been allocated. (Page 
105)
To release a shot mark, repeat the above steps.
•  When the video data of a single shot is made up  of multiple clips, you cannot set or release shot 
marks unless all the P2 cards that make up the...

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Thumbnail operations
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 65)
2  Select THUMBNAIL using the  and  
button, and press the  (or  ) button.
      
3  Select the desired item using the  and  
buttons, and press the  button.
      
Selecting the thumbnail display method (THUMBNAIL)
P2
ALL CLIP: 
  All the clips are...

Playback
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4  Select the desired setting item using the  
and  buttons, and press the  button.
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).
VOICE MEMO IND.: 
  Select this to set whether the voice 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...

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You can perform any of the following operations. If 
necessary, make preparations prior to undertaking 
the operations.
Deleting clips
•  Select the clip to be deleted, and then press the 
 button.
Formatting P2 cards or SD memory cards
•  Insert the card to be formatted into the unit.
•  When a card is formatted, all its data will be  deleted.
Repairing defective clips
•  Select the defective clip (indicated by 
X) to be 
repaired.  (Clips indicated by the red defective 
clip indicator cannot be...