Panasonic Memory Card Portable Recorder AG-HPG10P Operating Instructions

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Preparations
1  Hold down [POWER] for at least 2 seconds 
to turn the power on.
2  Press [MODE] to display the thumbnail 
display off screen.
3 Press [MENU].
Basic operations on the setting menus. (page 
70)
4  At the “TIME ZONE” item on the setting 
menu “OTHER FUNCTION” screen, set the 
time difference from Greenwich Mean Time 
(GMT) using [STOP] and [PLAY] (page 78).
If the unit is going to be used in Japan, set to 9 
hours ahead (factory mode) of GMT.
OTHER FUNCTIONS
PUSH  MENU  TO  RETURN
PC...

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P2 cards
•  When the unit is to be used for the first time, the first step is always to set the internal clock. (Page 23)
Inserting P2 cards
1 Hold down [POWER] for at least 2 seconds 
to turn the power on.
2 Insert the P2 card into the P2 card slot as far 
as it will go.
•  When the P2 card is inserted into the unit, the 
P2 card status is displayed by the P2 card 
access LED.
  For details on the P2 card status displayed, 
refer to “P2 card access LED and P2 card 
status.”
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P2 card access LEDP2...

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Preparations
1  Hold down [POWER] for at least 2 seconds 
to turn the power on.
The thumbnail screen now appears.
2 Press [MENU].
3  Using [STOP], [PLAY] and [STILL], select 
“OPERATION” – “FORMAT”, and press 
[STILL].
•  A screen such as the one shown below 
now appears. Select the number of the slot 
in which the P2 card to be formatted has 
been inserted. If the card is not going to be 
formatted, select “EXIT”.
•  If [MENU] is pressed, the menu display is 
cleared.
4  Select “YES” on the...

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P2 cards (continued)
Ejecting P2 cards
1 Press [STOP].
When the access LED of the P2 card to be 
ejected is blinking in orange, press the [STOP] 
to stop it blinking.
2 Push the card eject button once, and when 
the button pops out, push it again.
•  Do not eject cards or turn off the power in the 
following situations: otherwise, this may cause 
P2 card trouble.
 a  While the orange card access lamp of the P2 
device is changing from blinking to lighting 
after the P2 card has been inserted
 b...

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Preparations
Model number CapacityDVCPRO/DV 
Audio 2CHDVCPRO50 
Audio 4CHDVCPRO HD∗1
AJ-P2C004HG 4 GB Approx. 16 minutes Approx. 8 minutes Approx. 4 minutes
AJ-P2C008HG 8 GB Approx. 32 minutes Approx. 16 minutes Approx. 8 minutes
AJ-P2C016RG 16 GB Approx. 64 minutes Approx. 32 minutes Approx. 16 minutes
•  AJ-P2C002SG (2 GB) cards cannot be used.
•  The memory needed for management and other purposes is included in the memory figure displayed, so 
the amount of memory you can use for recording is less...

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Using SD memory cards
SCENE files and USER files can be saved or 
loaded using SD or SDHC memory cards (both 
types of cards will now be referred to as “SD 
memory cards”). (Page 27)
Inserting/ejecting SD memory cards
Insertion
1  Open the cover, and insert the card while 
paying attention to its direction.
2  Close the cover.
Removal
1  Open the cover, and check that the SD card 
access lamp is not lighted.
2  Push the card further into the unit, clasp it 
between your fingers, and remove.
3  Close...

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Preparations
Up to four sets of settings can be saved as four 
files on the SD memory card, and they can be 
loaded from the card.
1  Press [MODE] to display the thumbnail 
display off screen.
2  Select “USER FILE” on the setting menu 
“CARD FUNCTIONS” screen, select “YES”, 
and press [STILL].
•  Basic operations on the setting menus (page 
70) 
CARD FUNCTIONS
SD CARD FORMAT USER FILE- - - -
- - - -
3  Using [FF] or [REW], select the file number 
(1, 2, 3 or 4).
  
SCENE FILE (SD CARD)
FILE SELECT...

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Thumbnail display
The video data produced on a P2 card by a single shooting session is referred to as a clip.When the unit’s 
power is turned on, the clips are displayed as thumbnails on the LCD monitor. (If there are many clips, it 
will take a few moments for all the clips to be displayed.)
Playback formats
The formats which can be played back by this 
unit are as follows.
DVCPRO HD
  1080/60i (30P over 60i/24P over 60i/24PA over 
60i) 
∗  1080/50i (25P over 50i)
  720/60P (30P over 60P /24P over...

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Playback
Menu configuration of thumbnail display screen 
1 Display statuses
The types of information which are displayed on 
the screen are displayed as follows.
ALL:All clips
SAME FORMAT:Clip whose format is the 
same as the system format
SELECT:Clip selected by the SET 
button
MARKER:Clip to which the shot mark 
has been added
TEXT MEMO:Clip with text memo data
SLOT n:Clip on the P2 card in slot 
“n”
PROPERTY:Detailed clip information
P2/REMAIN:Media information 
(remaining memory)
P2/USED:Media...

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Thumbnail display (continued)
3 Time display
Depending on what has been set, the time code 
at the clip recording start point or the user’s bit 
at the clip recording start point, shooting time, 
shooting date, shooting date/time or USER 
CLIP NAME is displayed.
4 Recording mode
The recording mode of the clip where the 
pointer is positioned is displayed.
5 System format
The recording format of the clip where the 
pointer is positioned is displayed.
6 Duration
The duration of the clip where the...