Panasonic Memory Card SRecorder AG-AC90P AG-AC90PJ AG-AC90PX Operating Instructions

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Quick Start
1Press and hold down the QUICK START 
button until the display on the LCD monitor/
viewfinder disappears.
The quick start lamp  E flashes green and the unit goes into 
Quick Start Standby Mode.
2 Press the QUICK START button.The quick start lamp  E goes off and the unit is put into 
recording pause about 0.6 seconds.
≥ When in Quick Start Standby Mode about 80% of the power used in recording pause mode 
is being consumed, so the recording time will be reduced.
≥ This unit is turned off...

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Zebra
Zebra display:
Parts where white saturation (color saturation) is likely to occur (extremely brightly lit or shiny parts) 
are displayed with diagonal lines (zebra pattern).
Marker display:
Displays the luminance level of the center of the screen (luminance display frame) in %.
It makes the adjustment of the brightness of the object easier, by checking the luminance level of 
the object, when recording same object in different surroundings.
≥Marker display is displayed between 0% and 99%. It...

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Switching the screen indications/mode information 
display
≥To cancel, press the DISP/MODE CHK button again.
∫ To display the Mode Information
List of functions assigned to the USER butto ns (USER1 to USER3) and settings of the 
[SUB REC BUTTON] and [SUB ZOOM] are displayed by pressing and holding the DISP/MODE 
CHK button.
≥ They are displayed only while the DISP/MODE CHK button is held. It is disappeared when the 
button is released.
DISP/MODE CHK buttonAll the screen display other than the...

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You can use convenient functions just by the easy operation of touching the screen.
1Touch the LCD monitor in the recording 
screen.
≥The operation icons are displayed.
2Touch an operation icon.≥The following function is available. Refer to the respective 
pages for the operation.
*1 It is not displayed in the Intelligent Auto Mode.
*2 It is displayed only when connected to the headphone terminal.
≥ If you touch the screen while an operation icon is being displayed or do not touch the icon for a...

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1Change the mode to  .
2Touch the play mode select icon A .
3Select the [MEDIA] and [VIDEO/PICTURE] you 
wish to play back.
≥ Touch [ENTER].
4Touch the scene or the still picture to be played 
back.
≥The recording format is displayed in the thumbnail display of the 
motion pictures. ( ,  , etc.)
≥ Next (Previous) page can be displayed by touching  / .
5Select the playback operation by touching the operation icon.
Playback
Motion picture/Still picture playback
B Operation icon
≥ If you touch the...

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* When pressed two times, the fast forward/fast rewind speed increases. (The screen display changes from 5  to  .)
∫Change the thumbnail display
While the thumbnail is displayed, the thumbnail display changes in 
the following order if the zoom lever or the sub zoom lever is 
operated to   side or   side.
* Detailed information of the scene is displayed when playing back motion pictures. Following 
information is displayed.
jStart TC
j Start UB
j Date
j Time zone
j Recording time
j Format
≥ 9...

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Speaker/Headphone volume adjustment
Operate the volume lever or the sub 
zoom lever to adjust the speaker/
headphone volume during Motion 
Picture Playback Mode.
To w a r d s  “ r”:
Increases the volume
To w a r d s  “ s”:
Decreases the volume
≥ Sound will be heard only during normal playback.
≥ If pause play is continued for 5 minutes, the screen returns to the thumbnails.
≥ When changing from scenes recorded using the recording format [PS] to other scenes or when 
changing from scenes recorded...

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Motion picture playback using operation icon
For details on the basic playback operations, refer to page 65.
Playback operationPlayback displayOperating steps
Skip playback
(to the start of a  scene) During Playback
Press the :
 or 9  
button during playback.
(Operation is possible 
with the wireless remote 
control only.)
Slow-motion  Playback
During PauseWith the playback paused, continue 
touching .
(  is for slow rewind playback.)
Playback is slow while touching.
≥
Normal playback is restored...

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Direct playbackDuring Playback1)
Touch   to display the direct playback 
bar
 A.
2) Touch the direct playback bar or slide it 
while touching.
≥ The playback pauses temporarily and skips 
to the position touched or slid to while 
touching.
≥ Playback will start by releasing your 
touching or sliding finger.
≥ Touch   to display the operation icon.
≥ Direct playback bar cannot be operated with 
the wireless remote control.
Playback operationPlayback displayOperating steps
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Creating still picture from motion picture
A single frame from the recorded motion picture can be saved as a still picture.
The number of recording pixels of photos created changes depending on the recording format of 
video taken and the image aspect ratio.
Press the   button at the location to be saved as a still picture during the 
playback.
≥It is convenient to use Pause, Slow-motion Playback and Frame-by-frame Playback.
≥ Date the motion picture was recorded will be registered as date of the...