Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder Ajhpx3700g Operating Instructions

141Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails: Formatting SD memory cards
Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
SD memory cards can also be formatted from the thumbnail 
screen. With an SD memory card inserted into the unit, 
perform the following operation:
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and select 
OPERATION  FORMAT from the thumbnail menu.
The following screen appears. Select “SD CARD”, then 
press the SET button.
Select “EXIT” if...

142Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails: Setting the Thumbnail Display Mode The thumbnail display mode can be customized to suit your 
preferences.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and select 
THUMBNAIL  SETUP from the thumbnail menu.
The following screen appears.
ALL HIDE:
ON:All indicators are not displayed.
OFF:Indication/No indication will be set depending 
on the following menu. The factory settings 
are as follows.
MARKER...

143Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails: Properties
Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
The clip’s properties and the P2 card’s status are displayed.
It is possible to edit and rewrite recorded clip metadata while clip properties are displayed.
From the thumbnail menu, select PROPERTY  CLIP 
PROPERTY. The following screen appears.
1. Clip Number
2. Thumbnail
3. Clip Information
Indicates the indicators added to the clip and the 
number of text and voice memos added to the clip.
The   mark appears if the...

144Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails: Properties
3Press the SET button.
The input window (soft keyboard) for modifying 
metadata is displayed. Use the keyboard to modify the 
metadata.
The keyboard operation is the same as [Checking and 
modifying read metadata] (page 138).4Press OK on the keyboard to write the modified 
metadata on the clip and return to the metadata window.

145Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails: Properties
Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
From the thumbnail menu, select PROPERTY  CARD STATUS. The following screen appears.
When “REMAIN” is selected:
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 following...

146Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails: Properties The status display enables a confirmation of the SD memory 
card formatted condition, available memory capacity etc.
From the thumbnail menu, select PROPERTY  DEVICES 
 SD CARD.
If the format is compatible with SD standards, the message 
“SD STANDARD: SUPPORTED” is displayed.
If the format is not compatible with SD standards, the 
message “SD STANDARD: NOT SUPPORTED” is 
displayed. If this is the case, writing or reading will not be 
successful. Format...

Connection with external device
147Connection with external device: Connection with external devices using the USB 2.0 port
Connection with external device
By connecting the unit with an external PC using USB 2.0, the P2 card inserted to the unit can be used as a mass storage 
device.
1Connect the USB cable to the USB 2.0 port.

148Connection with external device: Connection with external devices using the USB 2.0 port The unit can be connected to a hard disk drive that supports 
USB 2.0 to store data from cards on it, view thumbnails for 
stored clips, and write data back to P2 cards.
1By navigating the menu, set the PC MODE SELECT 
menu option on the  screen on the 
SYSTEM SETTING page to “USB HOST”, then the PC 
MODE option to “ON”. This will place the unit in USB 
HOST mode.
yWhen the unit is in USB HOST mode, the viewfinder...

149Connection with external device: Connection with external devices using the USB 2.0 port
Connection with external device
You can view the information on the hard disk drive 
connected via USB 2.0 with the following steps.
1Switch the mode to USB HOST. For more information, 
see [Switching to the USB HOST mode] (page 148).
2Connect the hard disk drive to the unit via USB 2.0.
3Press the THUMBNAIL button to display the thumbnail 
screen.
4Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and select HDD 
 EXPLORE from...

150Connection with external device: Connection with external devices using the USB 2.0 port
8. MODEL
This section indicates the model of the P2 card that 
originally contained data on the partition.