Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder Ajhpx3000g Operating Instructions

							111PreparationConnection of the remote control unit (AJ-RC10G)
 Preparation
It is possible to control some of the functions remotely by
connecting the remote control unit AJ-RC10G (optional
accessory).
When AJ-RC10G is connected to the REMOTE connector
on the unit and the power switches of both of the unit and
AJ-RC10G are turned on, the unit automatically enters the
remote control mode.
The remote control mode is released when AJ-RC10G is
removed or the power for the AJ-RC10G is turned OFF.
In the remote control mode, the following switches and
buttons on the unit are disabled.
zSHUTTER switch
zMENU button
zJOG dial button
zGAIN switch
zOUTPUT/AUTO KNEE switch
zWHITE BAL switch
zUSER MAIN button
zUSER 1 button
zUSER 2 button
‹Note
In the remote control mode where AJ-RC10G (optional) is
connected, it is impossible to apply skin tone detail to the
VIDEO/MON output by using the AJ-RC10G  SKIN TONE
DTL menu.When the remote control is connected, recording and
playback can be controlled through both the camera-
recorder and the AJ-RC10G.
‹Notes
zThe state that was adjusted by connecting AJ-RC10G is
stored in the unit. Not to store the adjusted state in the
unit, open the FUNCTION MENU of AJ-RC10G to set
the RC DATA SAVE item to “OFF”.
zWhen the dedicated cable is connected or removed,
ensure that the POWER switches on both the main unit
and AJ-RC10G are turned “OFF”.
zFor software of the AJ-RC10G, use Version 1.10-00-000
or higher.
For instructions on updating of the AJ-RC10G, refer to
the support page on the following website.
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/
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. 
Connection of the remote control unit
(AJ-RC10G)
Switch functions in the remote control mode
Recording and playback Operations in the remote 
control mode
AJ-RC10G
Dedicated cable
REMOTE connector
Attaching the Front Audio Level Control Knob
Screw Î
Front Audio 
Level Control 
Marks
Knob 
(Accessory) 
Screw 
(Accessory) 
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							112PreparationConnection of the external switch
It is possible to draw 1.5 A current from the DC OUT
connector of the unit.
REC start/stop can be controlled by connecting an external
switch to this connector.
Since a tally lamp can be used by connecting an LED to
this connector, it is useful for shooting video when fixing
the camera on a crane.
1: GND
2: TALLY OUT
Open collector output on the unit side
TA L LY  O N
Low impedance
TA L LY  O F FHigh impedance
3: REC start/stop switch
This is connected in parallel to the REC START button on the 
unit or the VTR button on the lens
4: +12 V
Connection of the external switch
1
2 3 4
DC OUT connector
LEDConnector at the cable side
HR10A-7R-4P(73)
(Hirose Denki)
Resistance
Max. 50 mA REC start/stop
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							113Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Thumbnail Manipulations Overview
 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: zPlayback, delete, copy or restore the clip.
zAdd or delete a shot mark and a text memo on the clip
thumbnail.
zCopy part of a clip by using the test memo.
zChange the thumbnail image.
zFormat P2 cards and SD memory cards.
zUploading and editing clip metadata from the SD
memory card
Thumbnail screens are configured as follows: 
Thumbnail Manipulations Overview 
THUMBNAIL
OPERATION PROPERTY
ALL CLIP
SELECTED CLIPS
TEXT MEMO CLIPS
SLOT CLIPS
SETUP
EXITALL HIDE
TEXT MEMO IND.
DATE FORMAT
THUMBNAIL SIZE
EXIT
DELETE
FORMAT
REPAIR CLIP
EXIT
CARD STAT US CLIP PROPERTY
EXIT WIDE IND.
DATA  D ISPLAY SAME FORMAT CLIPS
RE-CONNECTION
COPY
DEVICE SETUP
PROXY IND.
DEVICES
THUMBNAIL INIT
PROPERTY SETUP
MARKED CLIPS
MARKER IND.
META DATA
LOAD
RECORD
USER CLIP NAME
EXITINITIALIZE
PROPERTYHDD
EXPORT
EXPLORE
FORMAT
EXITSETUPEXCH. THUMBNAIL
Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
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							114Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Thumbnail Screen Press the THUMBNAIL button to display the thumbnail
screen on the LCD monitor. Pressing the THUMBNAIL
button again returns the display to the regular display.
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 MENU button allows you to navigate the
thumbnail menu.
‹Note
With the TCG switch positioned at [SET], when the time
code or user bits are set or when camera menus are being
manipulated, thumbnails cannot be manipulated.
1.Display Mode
The type of the thumbnail indicated on the display and
the types of the other information screens are
indicated.
ALL:Display all clips. 
SAME FORMAT:
The clips in the same format as the system
format are shown.
SELECT:The clips selected with the SET button are
shown.
MARKER:Display clips with shot marks.
TEXT MEMO:
Display clips with text memo data.
SLOT n:Display clips in the specified P2 card.
 (n: 1 to 5, which indicates Slots 1-5.)
UPDATING..:
Indicated when the camera-recorder is
updating the screen or reading data. When
the screen is being updated, the rotating
icon  is indicated.
Please refer to [Switching the Thumbnail Display]
(page 117) for more information.
2.Slot numbers and HDD status
This section indicates on which P2 card the pointed
clip is recorded. The number of the slot that contains
the appropriate P2 card is indicated in yellow. If the
clip is recorded on more than one P2 card, then the
numbers of all slots that contain the appropriate cards
are indicated. The numbers of the other slots are
shown in white if they contain P2 cards.
When the following P2 card is inserted, the slot num-
ber is displayed with a pink frame.
zRUN DOWN CARD
(A P2 card on which the amount of data exceeds the
limit defined in the standards.)
zDIR ENTRY NG CARD
(A P2 card on which the directory structure does not
comply with the standards.)
The USB HDD section is indicated as follows:
zOther than the USB HOST mode: gray
zNot connected in USB HOST mode: gray
zHDD recognized and usable in USB HOST mode:
white
zHDD recognized and thumbnails shown in USB
HOST mode: yellow
zHDD recognized and data unable to be copied in
USB HOST: red
3.Time Display
You can set this to display the time code at the start of
clip recording, the user bits at the start of clip
recording, the shooting time, the shooting date, the
shooting and date or USER CLIP NAME.
Thumbnail Screen
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Thumbnail screen
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							115Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Thumbnail Screen
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
4.Recording mode
The recording mode for the clip on which the pointer is
located is indicated.
5.System format
The format for the clip on which the pointer is located
is indicated.
6.Duration
The duration of the clip on which the pointer is located
is indicated.
7.USB HOST mode indicator
Indicated when the mode has been switched to USB
HOST.
8.Clip Number
The numbers set by the camera for all the clips
recognised correctly by the P2 card. These numbers
are allocated in chronological order, by shooting dates
and times. 
If clips cannot be played because of different recording
formats, they are displayed in red.
9. Defective Clip Indicator  and
 Unknown Clip indicator
This marker is displayed for defective clips, which may
result from a variety of causes, e.g., powering-down
during recording. 
Clip with yellow defective clip indicators can be
restored in some cases. Please refer to [Restoring
Clips] (page 121) for more information. 
A clip displayed with a red corrupt marker cannot be
restored and must be deleted. If the clip cannot be
deleted, format the P2 card. 
When clips have different formats,   is displayed
instead of  .
10. Incomplete Clip Indicator
Indicates that although a clip is recorded across
multiple P2 cards, one of these cards is not inserted
into a P2 card slot.
11. Shot Mark Indicator
This marker is displayed for a clip with a shot mark
attached. Please refer to [Shot Mark] (page 119)  for
more information about shot marks.
12. Indicator for clips with proxy
This marker is displayed for clips with proxy attached.
13. Text Memo Indicator
This marker is displayed for a clip with a text memo
attached.
14. Edit Copied Clip Indicator
This marker is displayed on a clip when the model
supports edit copy, such as the AJ-HPM100. For more
information about edit copying, see the instruction
manual for a mode that supports edit copying.
15. Wide Clip Indicator
This marker is displayed for clips recorded with the
16:9 aspect ratio. However, it does not accompany
clips in HD format.
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							116Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : 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 blue frame. Press the SET button again to deselect 
the clip. 
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 117) for more information.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer over the 
desired clip. 
3Press the PLAY/PAUSE 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
zWhen playing back clips, it is not necessary to
“select” the clips (blue frames around the
thumbnails). 
zClips with clip numbers displayed in red cannot be
played.
4During playback, pressing the REW button starts 4a 
speed reverse playback, and the FF button starts 4
a 
speed fast playback. Press the PLAY/PAUSE button 
to return to normal playback. 
5During clip playback, pressing the PLAY/PAUSE 
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.
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. However, 
when the THUMBNAIL button is pressed to close the 
thumbnail screen, the pointer will move to the starting 
clip (i.e., the clip with the earliest recording date and 
time), not the clip on which the pointer was last 
positioned.
Selecting Thumbnails 
MENU 
Button
LCD Monitor
CURSOR Buttons
SET Button
THUMBNAIL 
Button
EXIT Button
Playing back Clips
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							117Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Switching the Thumbnail Display
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
The display can be switched so that only those clips matching the specified conditions are displayed in the thumbnail 
screen. 
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button. The thumbnail 
menu appears. 
3Select THUMBNAIL from the thumbnail menu. Switch 
the thumbnail display by selecting one of the following 
items: 
ALL CLIP:
Display all clips. 
SAME FORMAT CLIPS:
Displays clips in the same format as the system
format. System format means the image system set
in SYSTEM MODE and REC MODE. Press the
MODE CHECK button to display the viewfinder.
Refer to [1.System mode] (70 page) and [3.REC
mode] (70 page) of [
Viewfinder Status Indication
Layout
].
SELECTED CLIPS:
Display randomly selected clips. 
MARKED CLIPS:
Display clips with shot marks attached. 
TEXT MEMO CLIPS:
Display clips with text memo data attached.
SLOT CLIPS:
Display clips recorded in the P2 card inserted in the
specified slot.
When this item is selected, SLOT1 to SLOT5 are
displayed as a sub-menu. Select the desired slot to
display the clips. 
SETUP:
Please refer to [Setting the Thumbnail Display Mode]
(page 128) for information about this item.
EXIT:
Close the sub-menu. 
Switching the Thumbnail Display 
THUMBNAIL 
MENU button
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							118Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Switching the Thumbnail Display It is possible to replace thumbnails with images that
include previously attached text memos while images are
recorded or played back.
1Add text memos to images that you intend to change. 
Refer to [Text Memo Function] (page 41) for the 
method to add text memos.
2Select THUMBNAIL > TEXT MEMO CLIPS to display 
thumbnails of the clips with text memos.
3Place the pointer on the clip of the thumbnail that you 
intend to change, and then press SET. Move the 
pointer to the text memo display on the lower row.
4Select the thumbnail that you intend to replace, place 
the pointer on it, and then select OPERATION > 
EXCH. THUMBNAIL on the thumbnail menu.
5Press SET. When the YES/NO confirmation window is 
displayed, select YES by using the cursor button and 
the SET button. The menu closes and the thumbnail 
for the clip is replaced.
‹Notes
Display clip properties by selecting PROPERTY > CLIP
PROPERTY on the thumbnail menu to confirm the position
of the thumbnail (the number of frames from the top of the
clip). Since thumbnails come generally from the top of the
clip, [0] is displayed.
Changing thumbnails
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							119Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Shot Mark
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
A shot mark can be added to a clip thumbnail to distinguish this clip from the others.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
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 Shot Mark 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. 
‹Notes
zA shot mark can be attached during recording. Please
refer to [Shot Mark Function] (page 42) for more
information. 
zWhen 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.
During recording or playback, you can add text memos to clips. Text memos can be used to play back clips at some point 
or break clips into chunks and copy the necessary portions.
Text memos can be added in one of the following ways.
zPress the TEXT MEMO button during recording or
playback of a clip. A text memo is added to the position
where the button is pressed. 
zPress the TEXT MEMO button when the thumbnail
screen is displayed. A text memo is added to the
beginning of the clip.
‹Note
One clip can have up to 100 text and voice memos in
combination. Note that camera-recorder is not capable of
adding or showing voice memos.
Shot Mark
Shot Mark Button
Text Memo
Adding a text memo
Text Memo Button
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							120Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Text Memo
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and select 
THUMBNAIL 
> TEXT MEMO CLIPS from the 
thumbnail menu.
The clip thumbnails with text memos attached are 
displayed in the upper section of the LCD monitor. 
The lower section of the LCD monitor shows 
information about the text memo on the clip selected 
by the pointer. 
3Move the pointer over the clip that contains the 
desired text memo to playback and press the SET 
button. 
The pointer moves to the lower part of the LCD 
monitor. 
4With the pointer located in the lower part, move the 
pointer to the desired text memo number using the 
cursor right and left buttons (
"!). Then, press the 
PLAY button.
5Playback will start from the time code position of the 
text memo where the pointer is located. If the STOP 
button is pressed during playback or the playback has 
finished at the end of the clip, then the thumbnail 
screen appears again with the pointer replaced with 
the text memo where the playback started.
6Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button to select EXIT 
or press the EXIT button to return the pointer to the 
upper part of the thumbnail screen.
1Select the desired text memo by carrying out steps 1-
3 for [Playing back a clip at the position where a text 
memo is recorded] (page 120).
2Move the pointer to the desired text memo, and then 
press the SET button.
3Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button to select 
OPERATION 
> DELETE from the thumbnail menu.
YES and NO appear to confirm deletion. Use the 
cursor buttons and the SET button to select YES. 
The text memo is deleted. 
Playing back a clip at the position where a text memo is recorded
Thumbnail 
Display
Shows the total number of text 
memos attached to the clip. 
Shows the still image that the 
text memo is related to. 
The pointer moves down. 
Deleting a text memo
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