Panasonic Vdr M53pp Operating Instructions Manual

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LCD/EVF Setup
Setting Brightness of LCD Screen (Brightness)
1Press the MENU button, 
choose “Adjust” on the 
“LCD/EVF Setup” menu 
screen, and then choose 
“LCD Brightness”.
2Use the control buttons 
for adjustment.
Press the d button:
the screen becomes 
dimmer
Press the c button:
the screen becomes 
brighter
3Press the MENU button to end setting.
Note:The brightness setting will be stored in memory even when 
the DVD Video Camera is turned off.
Setting Brightness of Viewfinder (EVF Brightness)
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Setting Color Density (Color Level)
1Press the MENU button, 
choose “Adjust” on the 
“LCD/EVF Setup” menu 
screen, and then choose 
“Color Level”.
2Use the control buttons 
for adjustment.
Press the d button:
for lighter color
Press the c button:
for denser color
3Press the MENU button to end setting.
Note:The color level setting will be stored in memory even 
when the DVD Video Camera is turned off.
Even if the brightness or density is changed, the 
brightness or density of the recorded image...

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Initial Settings
Switching Operating Sound On or Off (Beep)
1Press the MENU button, 
choose “Beep” on the 
“Initial Setup” menu 
screen, and then press 
the A button.
2Select “On” or “Off ”, and then press the A 
button.
3Press the MENU button to end setting.
Note:The “Beep” setting will be stored in memory even when the 
DVD Video Camera is turned off.
Turning DVD Video Camera Off Automatically (Power Save)
1Press the MENU button, 
choose “Power Save” on 
the “Initial Setup” menu 
screen, and...

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Turning Record LED On or Off (Record LED)
You can switch off the recording indicator on the front of DVD Video Camera even during recording.
1Press the MENU button, 
choose “Record LED” on 
the “Initial Setup” menu 
screen, and then press 
the  A button.
2Select “On” or “Off ”, and then press the  A 
button.
3Press the MENU button to end setting.
Note:The Record LED setting will not appear in the on-screen 
information display.
The Record LED setting will be stored in memory even 
when the DVD Video...

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Resetting Menu Settings to Defaults (Reset)
You can restore menu settings to defaults [initial settings at the factory (P. 163)].
1Press the MENU button, 
choose “Reset” on the 
“Initial Setup” menu 
screen, and then press 
the A button.
The screen for verifying 
reset will appear.
2If you are sure that you 
wish to reset, use the 
control buttons to choose 
“YES”, and then press the 
A button.
The settings have now 
been reset to defaults.
3Press the MENU button to end setting.
Note:To cancel...

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Disc Navigation
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Using Disc Navigation
Starting or Terminating Disc Navigation
Disc Navigation is a tool for editing scenes recorded on this DVD Video Camera.
Following is an explanation of “scene” and “program” so that you will be able to make the most use of the 
Disc Navigation function.
The screens in this operating manual are basically those that will appear when DVD-RAM disc is used: 
Some items will not appear when DVD-R disc or card is used, but the operations are the same.
1Press the DISC...

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The following screen will appear when DVD-RAM disc is used: Some display components will not appear 
when DVD-R disc or card is used.
*1Scene number refers to display number on thumbnail display screen.
*2No still icon will appear for card.
*3The operation guide will vary depending on the operation status of DVD Video Camera.
*4Appears when 13 scenes or more have been recorded.
*5“ R” appears for DVD-R disc. “  ” will appear for card.
Note
:The background color of screen allows you to identify...

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Playing Back from Disc Navigation Screen
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Use the control buttons to select the desired 
scene.
The selected scene will be framed: This is called 
a “cursor”.
3Press the A button.
Playback will start from the selected scene.
Note:Pressing the d / c button will move the cursor to the 
preceding or following scene.
Pressing the 
f / e button will move to preceding or 
following page.
lWhen playback ends
The DVD Video Camera will 
enter playback pause mode 
at the last...

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Selecting Multiple Scenes
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Use the control buttons to select the desired 
scene.
3Press the SELECT button once:
The selected scene will be framed in red and 
yellow.Repeat steps 2 and 3 to randomly select multiple 
scenes.
To cancel a selected scene, select the scene to 
be canceled, and then press the SELECT 
button.
To cancel all selected scenes, press the g 
button.
Note:Although scenes can be randomly selected, playback will 
always start from the lowest scene...

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Disc Navigation Menu
Functions Available with Disc Navigation
Disc Navigation allows you to do the following:
Note:Effect functions (thumbnail, skip, fade) are unique to this DVD Video Camera. When a disc edited on this DVD Video 
Camera is directly played back on a DVD-RAM recorder or read into PC, the editing results will not be reflected in the 
playback or reading. To reflect the editing results, connect both devices using the AV/S input/output cable and then perform 
recording (dubbing)....