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Customer Services Directory
Service in Canada: As per Sevicenter listed in Canadian warranty information on page -92-.
Obtain Product Information and Operating Assistance; locate your nearest Dealer 
or Servicenter; purchase Parts and Accessories; or make Customer Service and  
Literature requests by visiting our Web Site at:
http://www.panasonic.com/consumersupport
or, contact us via the web at:
http://www.panasonic.com/contactinfo
You may also contact us directly at:
1-800-211-PANA (7262),
Monday-Friday 9 am-9 pm; Saturday-Sunday 10 am-7 pm, EST
Accessory Purchases
For hearing or speech impaired TTY users, TTY : 1-877-833-8855
As of October 2005
Service in Puerto Rico
Panasonic Puerto Rico, Inc.
Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5, San Gabriel Industrial Park,
Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985
Phone (787)750-4300, Fax (787)768-2910
For hearing or speech impaired TTY users, TTY : 1-866-605-1277
Purchase Parts, Accessories and Instruction Books online for all Panasonic Products 
by visiting our Web Site at:
http://www.pasc.panasonic.com
or, send your request by E-mail to:
[email protected]
You may also contact us directly at:
1-800-332-5368 (Phone) 1-800-237-9080 (Fax Only) 
(Monday – Friday 9 am to 8 pm, EST.) 
Panasonic Services Company
20421 84th Avenue South, 
Kent, WA 98032 
(We Accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express, and Personal Checks)  
410B Airport Road
Elgin, IL 60123-9333
Attention: Camcorder Repair
MAIL TO:
Panasonic Services Company
Product RepairsCentralized Factory Servicenter
Please carefully pack and ship, prepaid and insured, to the Elgin Centralized Factory Servicenter
Customer’s in Puerto Rico, please ship or carry in to location below (“Service in Puerto Rico”).
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Warranty (For Canadian Customers)
Panasonic Canada Inc.
5770 Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 2T3
PANASONIC PRODUCT – LIMITED WARRANTY
Panasonic Canada Inc. warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship and 
agrees to remedy any such defect for a period as stated below from the date of original purchase.
Camcorder Product – One (1) year, parts and labour
LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS
This warranty does not apply to products purchased outside Canada or to any product which has been 
improperly installed, subjected to usage for which the product was not designed, misused or abused, 
damaged during shipping, or which has been altered or repaired in any way that affects the reliability or 
detracts from the performance, nor does it cover any product which is used commercially. Dry cell 
batteries are also excluded from coverage under this warranty.
This warranty is extended to the original end user purchaser only. A purchase receipt or other proof of 
date of original purchase is required before warranty service is performed.
THIS EXPRESS, LIMITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR 
IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR 
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
IN NO EVENT WILL PANASONIC CANADA INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR 
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
In certain instances, some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or 
consequential damages, or the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above limitations and exclusions 
may not be applicable.
WARRANTY SERVICE
For product operation and information assistance, please contact your Dealer or our Customer 
Care Centre at:
Telephone #: (905) 624-5505 Fax #: (905) 238-2360 Web: www.panasonic.ca
For product repairs, please contact one of the following:
≥Your Dealer who will inform you of an authorized Servicentre nearest you.
≥Our Customer Care Centre at (905) 624-5505 or www.panasonic.ca
≥A Panasonic Factory Servicentre listed below:
IF YOU SHIP THE PRODUCT TO A SERVICENTRE
Carefully pack and send prepaid, adequately insured and preferably in the original carton.
Include details of the defect claimed, and proof of date of original purchase.
Richmond, British ColumbiaPanasonic Canada Inc.
12111 Riverside Way
Richmond, BC
V6W 1K8
Tel:   (604) 278-4211
Fax:  (604) 278-5627Mississauga, OntarioPanasonic Canada Inc.
5770 Ambler Dr.
Mississauga, ON
L4W 2T3
Tel:   (905) 624-8447
Fax:  (905) 238-2418
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ªNumerics
0 Lux MagicPix Function ................................ 36
ªA
AC Adaptor .............................................. 16, 81
Aperture .........................................................45
Audio Dubbing ............................................... 55
Auto Ground-Directional Standby (AGS) ....... 39
ªB
Backlight Compensation ................................ 36
Black Balance ................................................ 44
Blank Search ................................................. 32
ªC
Camcorder Accessory Order Form ................ 88
Card Playback ............................................... 50
Card Slow Shutter .......................................... 46
Charging the Battery ......................................15
Condensation ................................................. 79
Customer Services Directory ......................... 91
ªD
Date/Time Setting .......................................... 18
Digital Dubbing .............................................. 54
Digital Zoom ................................................... 35
DPOF Setting ................................................. 52
Dubbing .........................................................53
ªE
Erasure Prevention Slider .............................. 21
ªF
Fade ............................................................... 38
Flash .............................................................. 40
Formatting ...................................................... 51
Frame-by-frame Playback ............................. 48
ªH
Help mode ..................................................... 25
ªL
LCD Monitor ............................................. 19, 82
Limited Warranty (Canada) ............................ 92
Limited Warranty (USA) ................................. 90
Low Light Mode ............................................. 43
ªM
Magic Wire Remote Control ........................... 29
MagicPix Function ......................................... 36
Manual Focus ................................................ 45
Mega Optical Image Stabilizer ....................... 42
Microphone Sensitivity Level ......................... 39
Mode Dial .......................................................23
MotionDV STUDIO ........................................ 63
ªP
Photoshot .......................................................33
PictBridge ...................................................... 56
Portrait Mode ................................................. 43
Pro-Cinema Function ..................................... 41
ªQ
Quick Movie Magic ........................................ 63
Quick Start ..................................................... 20
ªR
RapidFire Consecutive Photoshot ................. 42
Recording Check ........................................... 32
Recording Speed ........................................... 30
Remaining Tape Time ................................... 72
Remote Control ............................................. 27
Repeat Playback ........................................... 47
Request for Service Notice (USA Only) ........ 89
ªS
Scene Mode .................................................. 43
SD Memory Card ........................................... 68
Self-Recording ............................................... 36
Self-timer Recording ...................................... 41
Shutter Speed ............................................... 45
Slow Motion Playback ................................... 48
Soft Skin Mode .............................................. 37
Sound Volume ............................................... 47
SP/LP Mode .................................................. 30
Sports Mode .................................................. 43
Spotlight Mode .............................................. 43
Surf & Snow Mode ........................................ 43
ªT
Tele Macro Function ...................................... 37
ªV
Variable Speed Search ................................. 48
Video Head Clogging .................................... 80
Viewfinder ................................................ 19, 83
ªW
Web Camera ................................................. 60
White Balance ............................................... 44
Wide Function ............................................... 41
Wind Noise Reduction Function .................... 38
ªZ
Zoom ............................................................. 35
Zoom Microphone ......................................... 35
Index
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Spanish Quick Use Guide/
Guía española para el uso rápido
ªCarga de la batería
1Conecte el cable eléctrico de CA al 
adaptador de CA y a la toma de la red de 
CA.
2Meta la batería en el respectivo soporte 
alineando la marca, luego encájela.
ª
Montaje de la bateríaEmpuje la batería contra el porta batería y hágala 
deslizar hasta que dispare.
ª
Insertar/quitar un cassette
1Haga deslizar la palanca [OPEN/EJECT] y 
abra la tapa del cassette.
2Una vez que el compartimiento del cassette 
esté abierto, inserte/quite el cassette.
3Apriete la marca [PUSH] 1 a fin de cerrar el 
compartimiento del cassette.
4Sólo cierre la tapa del cassette después de 
que el respectivo compartimiento esté 
cabalmente alojado.
ª
Insertar/quitar una tarjeta
1Haga deslizar la tapa de la ranura de la 
tarjeta hacia fuera para abrirla.
2Inserte/quite la tarjeta en/de la ranura.
≥Cuando inserta una tarjeta, con su lado 
etiquetado vuelto 1 hacia Ud., la apriete 
derecha de un solo golpe hasta que tope.
≥Cuando quita la tarjeta, abra la tapa de la 
respectiva ranura, apriete en el medio de la 
tarjeta y tírela fuera derecha.
3Cierre firmemente la tapa de la ranura de la 
tarjeta.
ª
Cómo activar la alimentación
1Mientras que oprime el botón 1, ponga el 
interruptor [OFF/ON] en [ON].
OPEN/EJECT
PUSH
1
1
2
1
OFF
ON
1
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ªCómo apagar la alimentación
1Mientras que oprime el botón 1, ponga el 
interruptor [OFF/ON] en [OFF].
ª
Grabación en una cinta≥Ajuste al modo de grabación de cinta.
1Oprima el botón de inicio/parada de la 
grabación para empezar a grabar.
2Oprima de nuevo el botón de inicio/parada 
de la grabación para detener brevemente la 
grabación.
ª
Grabación de imágenes fijas en una 
tarjeta (Photoshot)
≥Ajuste al modo de grabación de tarjeta.
1Oprima el botón [PHOTO SHOT].
ª
Reproducción de la cinta≥Ajuste al modo de reproducción de cinta.
1Actúe en la palanca de mando.
1/;: Reproducción/Pausa
6: Rebobinado/Localización regresiva 
(Vuelve para reproducir con el icono 
1/;).
5: Avance rápido/Localización progresiva 
(Vuelve para reproducir con el icono 
1/;).
∫: Parada
ª
Reproducción de tarjeta≥Ajuste al modo de reproducción de imagen.
1Actúe en la palanca de mando.
E: Reproducción de la imagen anterior.D: Reproducción de la siguiente imagen.
1/∫: Diapositiva (Reproduce por orden las 
imágenes fijas en la tarjeta), inicio/parada
OFF
ON
1
PC
;
PC
PHOTO SHOT
PC
PC
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© 2006 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company,  
Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094  
Panasonic Puerto Rico, Inc.
Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5, San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985
Panasonic Canada Inc.
5770 Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 2T3
P
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