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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 
screen, and then press the 
 button.
The disc will be finalized.
4Choose “YES”, and then 
press the 
 button.
The message showing 
that the disc is being 
finalized will appear, and 
the disc will then be 
finalized.
 will appear on the Disc 
Navigation screen for a 
finalized disc.
5When finalization is complete, the Disc 
Navigation screen of all programs will appear.
Important Note:Do not finalize a disc recorded on this DVD Palmcorder 
using any other device.
No recording can be done on any DVD-R disc that has 
been finalized.
If the disc in the DVD Palmcorder has already been 
finalized, you cannot choose “Finalize Disc”.
Be sure to use the AC adapter/charger when finalizing 
disc. Finalization cannot be executed using a battery 
pack. If finalization is interrupted by power turning off, the 
disc will not be finalized correctly, or it may be damaged.
The time required to finalize the disc that appears on the 
“Finalize Disc” screen is only for reference.
The shorter the recording time on disc, the longer it will 
take to finalize it.
ENTER
Further recording on this
disc will be impossible.
Finalize? (Apporox. 23min.) Finalize Disc
YESNO
0 01/ 015 All Programs
PLAY
Finalized DVD-R disc
SELECT  I TEM
TOP PREV NEXT END001 / 01001 :SEP 10 2003
02 :SEP 15 2003
03 :SEP 18 2003
04 :OCT 8 2003
05 :OCT 10 200306 :NOV 10 2003
07 :NOV 10 2003
08 :NOV 10 2003
09 :DEC 10 2003
10 :DEC 10 2003
(Screen when viewed 
on DVD player)
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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 
 button.
All: To display all scenes, movies or stills, 
in the order of recording.
VIDEO: To display only movies in the order of 
recording.
PHOTO: To display only photos in the order of 
recording.

Playing Back Scenes Repeatedly (Repeat Play)
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Press the MENU button.
3Choose “Repeat Play” on 
the “Others” menu screen , 
and then press the 
 
button.
4Choose “On”, and then 
press the 
 button: 
Playback will start.
Choose “Off” to cancel Repeat Play Setting.
●When Repeat Play is set:
If one scene has been specified: When playback of 
the last scene is finished, playback of all scenes will 
repeat from the first scene.
If the range for playback has been specified: 
Playback of the scenes in that range will repeat.
●To release Repeat Play
Use one of the following 3 methods to release:
Choose “Off” in step 4 above.
Turn the DVD Palmcorder off once.
Press the DISC EJECT button to remove the disc.
Note:Press the  button to terminate playback. However, the 
Repeat Play setting will not be cancelled.
Still images can also be played back repeatedly.Repeat playback will not function when playback is 
instructed from the recording pause status.
Others
ENTER
RAMRETURN
CategoryRepeat PlayVIDEO Al l
PHOTO
0 06/ 015 All Programs
PLAY
RAM
(When “PHOTO” is 
specified)
Others
ENTER
RAMRETURN
CategoryRepeat PlayOn
Off
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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 
been set in slide show.
Pressing the 
 button will start slide show. 
When playback is finished, the DVD Palmcorder 
will enter the playback pause status at the final 
still.
Pressing the  button will restore the Disc 
Navigation screen.
Note:One still is played for approx. 5 seconds.With slide show, playback starts from the first still on card.If you press the  button or turn the DVD Palmcorder off, 
Slide Show will be canceled.
Slide Show
ENTER RETURN
Al lDPOF
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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 “This file is not used on another application. Do you wish to 
delete it together?” during uninstalling, click “No” for all such questions.
Note:This guide uses the screen of Windows® XP to explain in stalling software: Use the same procedure for Windows®  98 
Second Edition/Me/2000 Professional to install the DVD-RAM driver.
Compatible PC for use with DVD Camcorder: VDR 
M30
Personal computer : IBM PC/AT compatible computer
OS : Windows® 98 Second Edition/ME/2000 Professional/XP
CPU : Pentium® III 450 MHz or faster or Celeron® 633 MHz or faster
(Pentium®IV 1.2 GHz or faster is recommended.)
This unit may not be operated with the Pentium® compatible CPU not made by 
Intel® or AMD®.  
This unit also may not be operated with K6-2/K6-III by AMD®.
Memory : 128 MB or more
Free  disk  space : 400 MB or more (not including the space for which images and stills are copied and 
edited)
Display resolution : 1024 × 768 dots or more
Display  mode : High Color (16 bits), 65,536 colors or more (Display adapter supported by DirectX
® 
8.1, video memory ; 4 MB or more.) 
Sound card : This unit requires sound card supported by DirectSound
®.
USB : This unit requires one USB port.
Operations will not be guaranteed under the 
following conditions.
The OS other than Windows® 98 Second Edition/Me/2000 Professional/XP is installed.
Operating computers installing Pentium® compatible CPU not made by Intel® or AMD®.
Connecting this unit to your computer through a USB hub.
Connecting this unit to your computer without the provided USB Cable and 5 pin Mini USB Cable of 
type B(Generally available). 
Connecting USB equipments other than the keyboard, the mouse and this unit to your computer.
This unit does not support multiprocessors.
In some cases, defects or limitations may occur depending on the combinations of other software or 
devices despite the fact that your computer satisfies the conditions described above.
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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.
Contains the installer for MyDVD (see page 144 for installation).
You can use MyDVD to create a DVD-Video disc from movies 
edited on DVD-MovieAlbumSE.
Contains the installer for DVD-RAM Driver 
(see page 140 for installation).
Install this driver if you wish to use JPEG stills recorded on 
DVD-RAM disc, on your PC.
Contains the installer for USB driver (see page 137 for 
installation).
Install this driver when using the provided USB cable to connect 
this DVD Palmcorder to PC: If the USB terminal of your PC is 
USB, use this driver.
Contains the installer for Acrobat Reader.
If Acrobat Reader is not installed in your PC, you will need to 
install it in order to open the on-line manuals (instruction 
manual files) for DVD-MovieAlbumSE and DVD-RAM Driver.
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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 
your PC, start AcrobatReader\English
\AR505ENU.exe on the provided CD-ROM to 
install it.
●MyDVD
After installing MyDVD, open “Programs” or 
“All Programs” from the Windows “Start” menu, 
choose “Sonic” and “MyDVD”, and then open 
the electronic instruction manual in 
“Documentation” folder.
To read the above manual, a Web browser (Internet 
Explorer, Netscape Communicator, etc.) must be 
set up in your PC.
If you cannot open the electronic instruction 
manual of MyDVD, consult the maker of your PC 
about the setup method for Web browser.
●DVD-RAM driver
After installing the DVD-RAM driver, open 
“Programs” or “All Programs” from the 
Windows “Start” menu, choose “Panasonic 
DVD-RAM” and “DVD-RAM Driver”, and then 
open “Using DVD-RAM disc”.
No electronic instruction manual is provided with 
the USB driver.
Note:Although the above software programs can be used on 
Windows®98 Second Edition or later is needed to fully 
utilize all functions of DVD-MovieAlbumSE.
Read the electronic instruction manuals (on-line manuals) on PC for complete information on using each 
software program.
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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 
connection cable to connect the DVD 
Palmcorder to the USB terminal of PC.
When the “Found New Hardware Wizard” screen 
appear (Panasonic DVD CAMERA USB 
Interface), make sure that “Install the software 
automatically [ Recommended ] has been 
checked, and then click “Next”. When using OS other than Windows
® XP, 
choose the following folder:
D: \ USB_Driver \
(D : shows the name of drive into which the CD-
ROM is inserted.)
3When using Windows 2000 or XP, a warning 
message will appear, but click “Continue 
Anyway”
(If the window for choosing Dz31u.inf or 
Dz31s.inf appears , choose Dz31u.inf.)
Check Click
Click
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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”.
7When installation of the SCSI device driver for 
DVD-CAM is finished, click “Finish”.
If a message that prompts you to restart the PC 
appears, restart it.
8If still images are recorded on disc, use Windows 
Explorer to double-click the drive icon of DVD 
Palmcorder, and then click the 
“DCIM \ 100CDPFP \ “folder : The still JPEG files 
will appear.  
Click
Click
Click
CheckClick
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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 
that indicates the start and end of PC 
connection.(When disc is not accessed, the 
ACCESS/PC indicator will not blink or light.)
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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 displayed on 
actual screen may differ from those in the 
figure.).
5Check the folder in which the DVD-RAM driver 
will be installed, and then click “Next”.
Click
Click
Click
Click
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