Panasonic Memory Card Portable Recorder Player Ajhpm100 Operating Instructions

							Clip Management: Thumbnail and Clip Management41
 Clip Management
4Press the SET button. 
◆NOTE: 
 Selecting [THUMBNAIL INIT] opens a confirmation screen. 
Select [YES]. 
5Press the MENU button to end processing. 
1Attach a text memo to video you want to edit. 
➝For details, refer to “Attaching Text Memos” (page 44).
2Change thumbnail display to text memo display. 
3Move to the row below the text memo and move the 
cursor to the thumbnail you want to edit.
4Press the MENU button. 
5Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] – 
[EXCH. THUMBNAIL] and press the SET button. 
6Select [YES] and press the SET button
The Menu closes and the thumbnail reflects the changes 
that have been made. 
◆NOTE:
 The Thumbnail field in the clip information display shows the 
change in thumbnail location (number of frames from the start). 
The number for a normal first thumbnail is 0.  Playback starts from the beginning of the clip regardless of a 
change in thumbnail location. 
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							42Clip Management: Selecting Clips
Selecting Clips
Select clips for processing in the thumbnail screen as 
described below. 
1Use the cursor buttons to place the yellow frame 
(cursor) on the desired clip.
◆NOTE: 
 Hold down the SHIFT button and press the REW/FF button or the 
4/5 buttons to move the cursor to the first or last clip. 
2Press the SET button. 
A blue frame appears on the clip selected with the cursor 
to indicate that it is selected. 
◆NOTE: 
 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to select multiple clips. 
 After selecting a clip, move the cursor to another clip, hold down 
the SHIFT button and press the SET button to select another 
clip. This method allows you to select both clips. 
1Place the cursor on a selected clip and press the SET 
button again.
This cancels the selection. 
◆NOTE: 
 Holding down the SHIFT button while pressing the EXIT button 
cancels made selections. 
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							Clip Management: Playing Back Clips43
 Clip Management
Playing Back Clips
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Use the cursor buttons to select the clip you want to 
play back.
◆NOTE: 
 The search dial can also move the cursor.
 Hold down the SHIFT button and press the REW/FF button or the 
4/5 buttons to move the cursor to the first or last clip. 
3Press the PLAY   button 
Playback starts from the clip the cursor is on. 
After the clip at the cursor location has been played, 
subsequent clips are played back in order. When the last 
clip has been played, the thumbnail screen appears. 
◆NOTE: 
 There is no need to select (that is when the thumbnail appears 
inside a blue frame) a clip to play it back. 
 The thumbnail display settings can be changed to play back 
only selected clips or play back only clips that contain text 
memos. 
 Pressing the STILL   button instead of the PLAY button shows 
a still of the first frame in the clip. 
 A clip whose clip number is red cannot be played back. 
 Pressing the REW   button instead of the PLAY button results 
in rewind playback, while pressing the FF   results in fast 
forward playback. 
 Pressing the STOP   button during clip playback, stops 
playback and the thumbnail screen appears. 
 When playback stops, the cursor moves to the clip played prior 
to stopping.
 Video and audio playback may be disrupted between clips of 
different formats (DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO/DV, 
AVC-Intra50*, AVC-Intra100*). This is normal and not indicative 
of a malfunction. 
 Pressing the THUMBNAIL button to close the thumbnail screen 
will in most cases change the playback start position back to the 
clip with the oldest recording time (clip number 1). 
 Changing the thumbnail screen to text memo display makes it 
possible to start play back from text memo location. 
➝For details, refer to “Attaching Text Memos” (page 44).
* Available when the optional AVC-Intra Codec board AJ-
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							44Clip Management: Attaching Text Memos and Shot Marks
Attaching Text Memos and Shot Marks
A text memo can be attached in a clip to mark a specific 
location. The user can attach shot marks to distinguish clips 
from each other. This function is not available on cards where 
the write protect switch has been set to PROTECT. 
Use the NEXT and PREV buttons to locate attached text 
memos during video playback.
1Press the TEXT MEMO button during recording, 
playback or when thumbnails are displayed.
 Press this button during recording and playback where 
you want to attach a text memo.
 Pressing this button in the thumbnail screen adds a text 
memo at the thumbnail clip location (normally at the 
beginning).
◆NOTE: 
 Up to 100 text memos can be attached in one clip.
 Pressing the TEXT MEMO button during playback may 
temporarily halt playback. This is normal and not a malfunction. 
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The Thumbnail Screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Press the thumbnail menu button and choose 
[THUMBNAIL] – [TEXT MEMO CLIPS] from the 
thumbnail menu. 
The thumbnails of clips with text memos appear at the top 
of the LCD monitor. Information on the selected clip text 
memo appears in the lower half of the LCD monitor. 
◆NOTE:
 In the following instances, the thumbnail in the row below at the text 
memo location may be grayed out when a text memo clip appears. 
 An AVC-Intra clip when an optional AVC-Intra Codec board has 
not been installed.
 An AVC-Intra clip with a different SYSTEM FREQ. setting. 
3Place the cursor on the clip (with a text memo) you 
want play back and press the SET button. 
The cursor moves to the lower half of the LCD monitor. 
Attaching Text Memos
Playing Back From Text Memo Location
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Thumbnail 
displayIndicates the total 
number of text memos 
attached to clipsIndicates still images 
included with the text 
memos
The cursor moves 
						

							Clip Management: Attaching Text Memos and Shot Marks45
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4When the cursor is in the lower half of the LCD 
monitor, use the right and left (b a) cursor buttons 
to go to the thumbnail text memo you want to play 
back and press the PLAY button. 
The clip is played back from the text memo time code 
location selected with the cursor. 
When you press the STOP button to interrupt ongoing 
playback, or when playback stops upon reaching the end 
of the clip, the thumbnail screen reappears and the cursor 
returns to the thumbnail text memo location where 
playback was started. 
Press the thumbnail menu button to select EXIT or press 
the EXIT button and the cursor returns to the upper half of 
the thumbnail screen. 
Opening the text memo display from the thumbnail screen 
allows you to delete text memos. 
1Open the text memo display from the thumbnail 
screen. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move to the thumbnail for 
which you want to delete the text memo and press 
the SET button. 
The cursor moves to the row below. 
3Select the thumbnail for witch you want to delete the 
text memo and select [DELETE] from the menu. 
4Select [YES] in the confirmation screen that appears. 
The text memo is deleted. Attach shot marks to distinguish clips from each other.
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Use the cursor buttons to place the cursor on the 
desired clip.
3Hold down the SHIFT button and press the TEXT 
MEMO button. 
Each press of this button turns the shot mark indicator on 
and off. 
◆NOTE: 
 When attaching or deleting shot marks for clips that span 
multiple P2 cards, be sure to load all the P2 cards that the clip 
is recorded on.
Deleting Text Memos
Attaching Shot Marks
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							46Clip Management: Copying Clips
Copying Clips
Clips can be copied to a P2 card in any slot. 
◆NOTE: 
 Take care not to turn off the power or remove a card during copying. 
Otherwise the copied clip may become bad. 
If the copied clip is bad, delete it and make a new copy. 
 Reconnect incomplete clips before copying them. 
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Select a clip to copy.
3Press the MENU button. 
4Use the cross cursor buttons to choose 
[OPERATION] – [COPY] – [SLOTn] (the number of 
the P2 card slot where the copy will be placed) and 
press the SET button. 
When multiple clips are selected, the number of selected 
clips appear after pressing the SET button. 
5Select [YES] and press the SET button.
This starts copying. 
◆NOTE: 
 To interrupt copying, press the SHIFT and EXIT buttons or the 
SET button to cancel the job.
The incomplete copy at the destination is deleted. 
 [OVER WRITE] appears when an attempt is made to place a 
copy (having the same GLOBAL CLIP ID) at a destination 
already containing an identical item. Select [YES] to overwrite or 
[NO] to cancel copying and then press the SET button.
6Press the SET button when the completion message 
appears. 
7Press the MENU button to end processing. 
◆NOTE: 
 No copying is performed when any of the following error 
messages appear. 
 [LACK OF REC CAPACITY]
Copy failed because there is not enough space at the copy 
destination. 
 [UNKNOWN CONTENTS FORMAT!]
Copy failed because the selected clip was bad.
 [NO COPY TO SAME CARD!]
Copy failed because an attempt was made to place the copy 
on the same disk. 
 [TOO MANY CLIPS!]
Copy failed because too many clips were selected. 
 Copying performed at the bottom row of a text memo when the 
text memo is selected copies the selected text memo and the 
next text memo. When there is no text memo beyond the 
selected text memo, all data to the end of the clip is copied.  
						

							Clip Management: Deleting Clips47
 Clip Management
Deleting Clips
Use the following procedure to delete a defective clip from a 
P2 card. 
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Select the clip to delete.
3Press the MENU button. 
4Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] – 
[DELETE]. 
5Select [YES] and press the SET button.
This deletes all selected clips. 
6Press the MENU button to end processing. 
◆NOTE: 
 Instead of steps 3 to 4, you can also hold down SHIFT and press 
the INSERT button to delete a clip. 
 To interrupt deleting, press the SHIFT and EXIT buttons or the 
SET button to cancel the operation. 
Partially deleted clips cannot be restored by canceling.  
						

							48Clip Management: Repairing and Reconnecting Clips
Repairing and Reconnecting Clips
This section describes how to restore bad clips that have 
been damaged due sudden power outages during recording 
or for other reasons. Such clips are marked by the bad clip 
indicator (yellow  ). Use the following procedure to repair 
bad clips. 
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Select the bad clip to repair.
3Press the MENU button. 
4Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] – 
[REPAIR CLIP]. 
5Select [YES] and press the SET button.
6Press the MENU button to end processing. 
◆NOTE: 
 Some clips are so badly damaged they cannot be repaired. 
Such clips are indicated by a red  . 
A clip spanning multiple P2 cards that cannot be recognized 
as a complete clip is marked by the incomplete clip (  
indicator). The reconnection function allows you to reconnect 
related clips and restore the original clip.
◆NOTE: 
Incomplete clips occur under the following conditions. 
 When the individual clip segments on each P2 card that make up the 
clip are copied separately. 
 When the clip segments on each card that make up a clip recorded 
on multiple cards are separately copied to a hard disk drive and 
then copied back to a P2 card. 
 When a 5-minute or longer DVCPRO HD clip (10-minute or longer 
DVCPRO50 and 20-minute or longer DVCPRO/DV clip) is copied to 
a hard disk drive and later written back to a P2 card.
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Select the incomplete clips to reconnect.
◆NOTE: 
 Normally, thumbnails with the incomplete clip mark are usually 
grouped together. 
3Press the MENU button. 
4Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] – 
[RE-CONNECTION]. 
5Select [YES] and press the SET button.
6Press the MENU button to end processing. 
◆NOTE: 
 When some but not all the clip segments in a clip that consists 
of three or more clip segments are reconnected, the incomplete 
clip mark will remain. 
Repairing Bad Clips
Reconnecting Incomplete Clips
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							Clip Management: Viewing and Repairing Clip Information49
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Viewing and Repairing Clip Information
Detailed clip information can be displayed on the screen. 
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Place the cursor on the desired clip
3Press the MENU button. 
Or with the menu closed, hold down the SHIFT 
button and press the SPLIT button. 
4Use the cursor buttons to choose [PROPERTY] – 
[CLIP PROPERTY] and press the SET button
This displays information on the selected clip. 
1)Clip no. 
2)Thumbnail
3)Clip information
Indicates the number of indicators, inserted text memos 
and voice memos in a clip. The   mark appears when 
the P2 card where the clip resides is write-protected. 
◆NOTE: 
  Voice memo/Indicator
Indicates that a voice memo has been attached to a clip. This 
indicator appears only in the clip property mode. 
 This unit cannot record and play back voice memos. 
4)Clip information
The following information appears. 
5)Clip metadata
This area shows more detailed information on a clip. 
5Browse the clip metadata as necessary.
Use the cursor buttons to select a metadata item and 
press the SET button to view the information. 
Viewing Clip Information
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CLIP NAME:  CLIP NAME
START TC: Time code at start of recording
START UB: User bit value at start of recording
DATE: Date recorded
TIME: Time at start of recording
DURATION: Clip length
V_FORMAT: Clip recording format
FRAME RATE: Playback frame rate
REC RATE: Recording frame rate (indicated for 
clips recorded using special recording 
functions on a camera recorder)
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							50Clip Management: Viewing and Repairing Clip Information
6Press the MENU button or the EXIT button to end 
processing.
Use the steps below to revise clip metadata. 
1Display clip metadata. 
2Use the cursor buttons to select the metadata you 
want to revise and press the SET button.
Data that can be revised is indicated as “TEXT”, like in the 
illustration below. 
3Use the cursor buttons to move to the item you want 
to revise and press the SET button. 
 The metadata revise screen (on-screen keyboard) 
appears. 
 Use the on-screen keyboard to revise metadata. 
◆NOTE:
 Use the cursor buttons to move keyboard location, then press 
the SET button at the BS location. 
b a to move the insertion point one character to the right or 
left and d c to move it to the beginning or end. 
GLOBAL CLIP ID: Global CLIP ID
(This is a unique number. There is 
no clip anywhere in the world with 
the same number.)
USER CLIP NAME: The name a user assigns to a clip. 
This normally includes a GLOBAL 
CLIP ID. 
VIDEO: Video signal system
(FRAME RATE, PULL DOWN, 
ASPECT RATIO)
AUDIO: Audio channel system and other 
information 
(SAMPLING RATE, 
BITS PER SAMPLE)
ACCESS: The date of the last update and 
other information 
(CREATOR, CREATION DATE, 
LAST UPDATE DATE, 
LAST UPDATE PERSON)
DEVICE: Serial number of recording 
equipment and other information 
(MANUFACTURER, 
SERIAL NUMBER, MODEL NAME) 
SHOOT: Date when recording started and 
ended, etc. 
(SHOOTER, START DATE, 
END DATE, LOCATION, 
ALTITUDE, LONGITUDE, 
LATITUDE, SOURCE, 
PLACE NAME) 
SCENARIO: PROGRAM NAME, SCENE NO., 
etc. (program name, 
scene number, take number)
NEWS: REPORTER, OBJECT and other 
information (reporter, purpose, 
object)
MEMO: TEXT MEMO number, location, 
name and text content
(NO., RECORDING LOCATION, 
person, text)
◆NOTE:
 Offset is indicated in frame numbers 
from the start. During text memo 
display of thumbnails, the offset is 
converted to TC. 
 While up to 1000 characters of text 
can be added only the first 100 
characters will appear. 
 Use the right and left cursor buttons 
to move text numbers. 
THUMBNAIL: Frame location and size (frame 
offset, height, width) of video that 
makes up the thumbnail 
Revising Clip Metadata