Panasonic Vdr M30 Operating Instructions Manual

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Disc Navigation Menu
Functions Available with Disc Navigation
Disc Navigation allows you to do the following:
Available functionDisc or card usedContentsReference 
page
Deletion of scenes
You can delete unnecessary scenes. 103
Editing of scenes

You can attach fade and skip to a scene, 
combine scenes, or divide one scene.105 - 110
Scene information 
display

You can display information on one scene 
or multiple scenes, such as image quality, 
recording time, etc.115
Setting of title

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Understanding Flow of Disc Navigation Menu
Press the MENU button on the Disc Navigation screen: The menu screens for Disc Navigation and menu 
screens for disc and card will appear.
See pages 80-81 and 98 for how to interpret the screen.
Refer to pages indicated for details of settings.
●When using DVD-RAM disc
●When using DVD-R disc
●When using card
Delete (P.103)
Edit (P.105)
Copy (P.111)
Select (P.114)
Detail (P.115)Thumbnail (P.105)
Skip (P.106)
Fade (P.107)
Combine (P.109)
Divide...

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Scene


Deleting Scenes (Delete)
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the scene to be 
deleted.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose “Delete” on the 
“Scene” menu screen, 
and then press the 
 
button.
5The “Delete Scene” 
screen will appear: If you 
are sure you want to delete the selected scene, 
press the 
 button.
If you want to change the scene to be deleted, 
you can change it on this screen.
6The screen for verifying 
deletion will appear: 
Choose “YES”, and then 
press the 
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●Editing using submenu
Press the MENU button before pressing the 
 button in step 5 (See page 103): The submenu will appear.
Pressing the  button will restore the screen in step 5.
Note:Although the submenu screen will appear for each setting, some menu items may not appear, depending on the setting.
Ed i t
RAM
ENTER RETURN
Ex i t
De l e t eSe l e c t
RAM
ENTER RETURN
Start– Current
Cu r r en t –  End
All
Go  To
RAM
ENTER RETURN
En d To p
Edit Exit .....................To restore the Disc...

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Changing Images for Thumbnails (Edit - Thumbnail)
The thumbnail refers to a reduced image displayed on Disc Navigation to help distinguish recorded 
scenes. Normally, the first image of the recorded scene is displayed as a thumbnail: You can choose another 
image of the scene for thumbnail. If you set a vivid image to thumbnail, you can know what you recorded 
from a glance at the Disc Navigation screen.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the thumbnail of the scene to be changed....

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Playing Back by Skipping Scenes (Edit - Skip)
You can specify “Skip” for scenes you do not want to play back: The selected scenes will be skipped.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the scene to be skipped.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose “Scene”, “Edit”, 
“Skip”, and then press the 

 button.
5The “Set Skip” screen will 
appear: If you are sure 
you want to skip the 
selected scene, press the 
 button.
If you want to change the scene to be skipped, 
you can change it on this...

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Adding Special Effects (Edit - Fade)
You can add fading to the beginning and/or end of scene.
There are three types of special effects:
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the scene for adding special effects.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose, “Scene”, “Edit”, 
“Fade” and then press the 

 button.
5The “Fade Set” screen will 
appear: If you are sure 
you want to add the fade 
effect to the scene, press the 
 button.
If you want to change the scene to which fade is 
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Note:Setting fade will interlock with sound.Fading can also be set to either “IN” or “OUT”.Any registered fade can be changed at any time using the same procedure as above.Fade can also be added to on-screen information displayed during playback.Adding fade to multiple scenes is also possible.If the playback time of scene is short, fade will cut off midway.If you set fade-in and fade-out to a still image or a movie with recording time of no more than 3 seconds, only fade-in 
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Combining Multiple Scenes (Edit - Combine)
You can combine multiple scenes into one.
If you have recorded numerous short scenes, combining them will be facilitated by the use of Disc 
Navigation.
Be sure to select consecutive multiple scenes. Combining scenes is possible only when “Category: All” is 
specified.  Stills cannot be combined.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the consecutive multiple scenes to be 
combined.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose, “Scene”, “Edit”, 
“Combine”...

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Dividing Movies (Edit - Divide)
You can divide a scene into two parts.
To delete unnecessary portion of scene, first divide the scene, and then delete the unnecessary portion.
You can also cut out a part of scene and use it in the play list.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the scene to be divided.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose, “Scene”, “Edit”, 
“Divide” and then press 
the 
 button.
5The “Divide Scene” 
screen will appear: If you 
are sure you want to 
divide the selected...