Panasonic Memory Card Portable Recorder AG-HPG20P AG-HPG20E Operating Instructions

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Displays

 Compressed recording format displayDuring recording or on standby, the recording format of the setting menu is displayed.During playback, the compressed recording format of the clip being played back is displayed.
AVC-I 100:
 AVC-Intra100 compressed recording format
AVC-I 50:
 AVC-Intra50 compressed recording format
HD:
 DVCPRO HD compressed recording format
50M:
 DVCPRO50 compressed recording format
5M:
  DVCPRO compressed recording format
DV:
 DV compressed recording...



Screen displays (continued)
: Normal playback: Playback pauseREPEAT : Repeat playback1CLIP : Single clip playback1CLIP R : Single clip repeat playback (  ) : Rapid forward playback (rapid reverse playback)  (   ):
  Forward frame feed playback (reverse frame 
feed playback)x  /x  (x  /x  ):   Forward variable-speed playback (reverse variable-speed playback)CLIP   (CLIP   ):
  Forward clip feed (reverse clip feed)
15 HDD easy playback displayThis is displayed during easy playback from the...


Displays

CANNOT RE-CONNECT!Clips cannot be reconnected because content which is contained on no more than one card has been selected or because of a similar reason. Check the selected content.
CANNOT RECOGNIZE HDD!The connection destination target cannot be recognized correctly. Turn the power of the hard drive off and then back on or change the connected hard drive.
CANNOT REPAIR!You thought the clip would be repaired and it was tried to be repaired, but could not actually be repaired....



Screen displays (continued)
Error displays
Errors are displayed when trouble has occurred in the unit, P2 card, etc. If the error persists even after turning the power off and back on, depending on what the error message says, replace the card or contact your dealer.
Number1 INITIAL ERROR  (Connection trouble)There is trouble in the DVCPRO/DV input/output connector (IEEE1394) connection or the signals are not being input or output correctly. Check the connections between the...

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Displays

Selecting what is to be displayed on the screen
The following items appearing on the LCD monitor screen are displayed when [MENU/MODE CHK] is held down or when a setting for the “OTHER DISPLAY” item (Page 103) on the setting menu “DISPLAY SETUP” screen has been selected. 
Item displayedMODE CHECKOTHER DISPLAY setting
ONOFF
1 Time code displays——
2  Warning information
———
3  System format displays
x
4  Compressed recording format display
5 System frequency displaysx
6  INPUT LOCK
—x
7...

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Recording/output supporting format
■	Setting	the	system	frequencyThe recording/output format is selected as below by setting the setting menu.AG-HPG0 output format (EE/recording)
Setting menuRecordingOutputSetting menuOutputSetting menuOutput
SYSTEM FREQSYS FORMATREC FMT (SD)25M  REC CHREC FMT (HD)INPUT SELECT
Signal recorded on P2 card
1394 signal format AUDIOSDI SELSDISD SDI AUDIO
SDI AUDIO packet*1
59.94Hz /50Hz
1080/60i 1080/50i––
AVC100 AVC50SDI  INT SG1080i Audio 8ch...


Displays

AG-HPG0 output format (during playback)
Setting menuPlaybackOutputSetting menuOutputSetting menuOutput
SYSTEM FREQSignal recorded on P2 card1394 signal format AUDIOSDI SELSDI outputSD SDI AUDIOSDI AUDIO packet*
59.94Hz
1080/59.94i1080/29.97p over  
  59.94i (2:2)
1080/23.98p over  
  59.94i (2:3)
1080/23.98pA over  
  59.94i (2:3:3:2)
1080/23.98pN1080/29.97pN
1080/59.94i 8ch
AUTO1080/59.94i
–8ch1080i1080/59.94i
720P720/59.94p
480i480/59.94i
CH1-88ch
CH1-4/CH5-84ch...



Basic operations on the setting menus
1 Hold down [POWER] for at least 1 second to turn the power on.
 Press [THUMBNAIL/MODE] to switch to the normal display screen.
3 min12
1CH2CH
TC   12 : 34 : 56 : 00 
1080i 
3CH4CH
60AVC-I100
 Press [MENU/MODE CHK] to display the menu.Example:
MAIN MENU
PUSH MENU TO EXIT 
1 . TIMECODE SETUP2 . RECORDING SETUP
SW MODE3 .4 . PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS5 . AV OUT SETUP6 . DISPLAY SETUP7 . CARD FUNCTIONS8 . OTHER FUNCTIONS
 Using  and , move the...


Menu

Setting menu configuration
RECORDING SETUPINPUT SELECTSYS FORMATREC FMT(SD)REC FMT(HD)INT SG25M REC CHLOOP RECAUTO REC
WIDE SELECTCC REC
COMP MODE
DISPLAY SETUPOSD OUT SELDATE/TIME
CARD FUNCTIONS
USER FILESD CARD FORMAT
LEVEL METERCARD/BATTP2CARD REMAINOTHER DISPLAYLCD BACKLIGHT
OTHER FUNCTIONSPC MODE SELECTBEEP SOUNDCLOCK SETTINGTIME ZONEPOWER SAVE
DIAGNOSTICVERSIONMODEL NAME
OPTION MENU1394 STATUS1394 CONFIG
SERIAL NO.OPERATIONLCD OPERATION
SYSTEM FREQUSER FILE
LCD SETTINGLCD...

        The underlined settings are the factory mode settings.
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List of setting menus
RECORDING SETUP screen 
ItemDescription of settings
INPUT SELECTThis is used to select the input signals for video and audio.SDI:Set the input signal to SDI.When the SDI input signal differs from the recording system format, the images are displayed black and sound is muted. Also, TC is not correct. (When the setting menu “SYSTEM FREQ” is set to 59.94 Hz and if exactly 60.00 Hz signal is input, the output image...