Panasonic Vdr M30 Operating Instructions Manual

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Finalizing Disc (DVD-R)
If you want to play back a DVD-R disc recorded on this DVD Palmcorder, using a device conforming to 
8 cm DVD-R disc - such as a DVD player, etc. - you must finalize the disc on this DVD Palmcorder.
The finalized DVD-R disc can be played on a DVD player, as “DVD Video”: The date of program will 
appear on the menu screen of DVD player as a title.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Press the MENU button.
3Choose “Finalize Disc” on the “Disc” menu 
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Others
Displaying Movies or Stills Independently (Category)
Scenes recorded on this DVD Palmcorder will be displayed in the order of recording regardless of whether 
they are movies or stills. You can use the Disc Navigation screen to switch this display to stills only or 
movies only.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Press the MENU button.
3Choose “Category” on 
the “Others” menu 
screen, and then press the 

 button.
4Specify the desired option for display, and then 
press the 
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Slide Show (Continuous Playback of Stills)
If you play back stills recorded on a card, the DVD Palmcorder will enter the playback pause status after 
each still is played back.
Setting Slide Show allows you to continuously play back stills.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Press the MENU button.
3Choose “Slide Show”, 
“All” or “DPOF”, and 
then press the 
 
button.
All: To play all stills 
recorded on 
card in slide show.
DPOF: To play only stills to which DPOF has 
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Installing Software
Before installing the DVD-RAM driver on the CD-ROM provided with this DVD Palmcorder, make sure that 
another DVD-RAM driver has not already been installed in your PC.
If another DVD-RAM driver has already been installed, uninstall it, and then install the DVD-RAM driver 
bundled on the provided CD-ROM. Uninstall the previous DVD-RAM driver  by choosing “Add/Remove 
Programs” or “Add/Remove Applications” on Windows
® Control Panel.
If any question messages appear that mean...

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Contents on Provided CD-ROM
The CD-ROM supplied with the DVD Palmcorder contains the following folders:
Although the CD-ROM may contain a folder or file other than the above, they will not be needed on this DVD 
Palmcorder unless some special instruction is given.
Contains the installer for DVD-MovieAlbumSE (see page 142 
for installation).
You can use DVD-MovieAlbumSE to edit the images recorded 
on DVD-RAM disc and create a 3D title.
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●DVD-MovieAlbumSE
You can read the instruction manual using either of 
the following procedures:
Open the PDF file in 
DVD-MovieAlbumSE\manual\English 
folder contained on the provided CD-ROM.
After installing DVD-MovieAlbumSE, open 
“Programs”or “All Programs” from the 
Windows “Start” menu, choose “Panasonic” and 
“DVD-MovieAlbumSE”, and then open “On-
line Manual”.
To read the above manual, you will need Adobe 
Acrobat Reader.
If Adobe Acrobat Reader has not been installed in 
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INSTALLING USB DRIVER
When you install the USB driver “Panasonic DVD CAMERA USB Interface”, at the same time you install 
the “Panasonic “DVD CAMERA SCSI Interface”. Use the following procedure to install the both:
1Insert the provided CD-ROM into PC, and open 
the “VDR-M30” drive from “My Computer”, and 
then double-click “USBready” icon. “USB 
Ready” messege will appear.
2Set the power switch of DVD Palmcorder to            
“O VIDEO“, and then use the provided PC 
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4When installation of the USB device driver for 
DVD-CAM is finished, click “Finish”.
5When the “Found New Hardware Wizard” screen 
appears again (Panasonic DVD CAMERA SCSI 
Interface), make sure that “Install the software 
automatically [ Recommended ]” has been 
checked, and then click “Next”.
(If the window for choosing Dz31u.inf or 
Dz31s.inf appears, choose Dz31u.inf.)
6When using Windows 2000 or XP, a warning 
message will appear, but click “Continue 
Anyway”.
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●Operation with DVD Palmcorder 
connected
The following operations are not possible when 
connected to PC:
-Camera recording and playback using 
operation buttons on DVD Palmcorder
-Power off using the power switch on DVD 
Palmcorder
No image will appear on the LCD screen or 
viewfinder of DVD Palmcorder when it is 
connected to PC:
Make sure of the connection with PC, using the 
ACCESS/PC indicator that shows access to 
DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc, or the beep sound 
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Installing DVD-RAM Driver
The following explanation uses the screens for Windows® XP: Use the same procedure for Windows® 98 
Second Edition / Me / 2000 Professional to install the DVD-RAM driver.
1Open the “DVD-RAM Driver” folder on the 
provided CD-ROM and click “setup” or 
“setup.exe” to start it.
2The driver setup screen will appear: Click the 
“Driver and Formatter Setup” button.
3Click “Next”.
4Check the contents of License Agreement: If you 
accept it, click “Yes” (The contents...