Panasonics AG-DVX100 Set-up Menus Manual

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5.2 RECORDING SETUP Screen  
(Same Menu used for the Camera, some functions not used) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rec Speed  
allows the user to select the recording time, either SP for standard play or LP 
for long play 
 
Audio Rec  
used for selecting the method of recording audio, 12 bit (12bit/32kHz) or 16 bit 
(16 bit/48kHz) 
 
1394 TC Regen   This item is used to select the time code that will recorded from the DV 
connector. 
OFF:  The signal recorded will use the time code set...

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TCG  This item selects FREE RUN OR REC RUN, as explain its best to leave in the REC 
RUN mode. 
 
First Rec TC  
This item allow the user to select the time code that will be used when  
recording is started. 
PRESET: here the time code is recorded using the value set in the TC PRESET item serv-
ing as the initial value. 
REGEN:  in this mode the time code is regenerated from the time code on the video tape
 
 
TC PRESET  This item is used to set the initial value used, when the PRESET in...

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5.3 AV IN / OUT SETUP Screen 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A Dub Input  
This selection allows you to pick the audio source to be used when an audio 
dub is performed. 
MIC: Selects the audio from the internal microphone or the external inputs to be recorded 
from the INPUT 1 and INPUT 2 XLR jacks.  This is chosen with  the CH1 SELECT and the 
CH2 SELECT switches on the side of the DVX-100. 
A_IN   The audio connected to the RCA AUDIO IN connectors is recorded. 
 
DV OUT   This item turns ON or OFF the DV...

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Level Meter  This item allows the user to display the audio level meter in the display or 
turn it OFF. 
 
Tape Battery  
This item allows the user to display the remaining tape amount and re-
maining battery charge in the display or turn it OFF.
 
 
Other Display  
The viewfinder and LCD monitor are capable of displaying 21 items of 
information when the MODE CHK button is pressed, some cases certain information is 
displayed already.  This item has three choices OFF, PARTIAL and ALL.  Default is...

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Clock Set  This item allows the user to set the internal time and calendar of the Camcor-
der.  The Year, Month, day, Hour and minutes.
 
 
Time Shift   
When you travel, this item allows the user to set the time for different time 
zones and countries without changing his original home time (CLOCK SETTING) setting.                                 
This item effects both the viewfinder, LCD and the clock time recorded on the tape.  This 
adjustment is done in 1 hour increments, from +23 to –23 Hours...

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6. Video Glossary 
 
24p 24 frames per second progressive, a standard for digital video 
4:1:1 A sampling frequency ratio used in digitizing a video picture’s luminance and color 
difference components (Y, R-Y, and B-Y). In this ratio the luminance is sampled at 13.5 
MHz and R-Y , B-Y are each sampled at 3.37 MHz. 
4:2:2 A sampling frequency ratio used in digitizing a video picture’s luminance and color 
difference components (Y, R-Y, and B-Y). In this ratio the luminance is sampled at 13.5...

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Coated Optics Is lens with a special coating to minimize the amount of light reflected back 
to the lamp, and the amount of ambient light that mingles with the focused light leaving the 
lens. 
Codec Coder Decoder, a device used to encode a signal and decode it. 
Color Bars A test signal that should be recorded at the beginning of every videotape. The 
color bars test signal provides the necessary elements of a video signal that are added dur-
ing the initial set up of a tape machine. 
Color Burst A...

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DVCPRO - New digital format 
Decibel (dB) One decibel is one tenth of a Bel and is used to measure audio and video sig-
nals expressed by the ratio of two amounts of electric.  It is also used to measure power dif-
ferences in voltage, current, watts and sound pressure
. 
Depth of Field The front to back zone in a field of view, which is in focus in the televised 
scene. With a greater depth of field, more of the scene, near to far, is in focus. 
Detail Resolution or clarity of the picture. 
Drop...

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Herz A measurement of cycles per second. 
High Definition Television (HDTV) Refers to the new television format which has an elon-
gated shape and a significantly higher resolution than current television.
 
Horizontal Blanking The period of time which the electron beam is blanked off while it 
moves back to the left side of the picture to get ready to start scanning the next line. 
Horizontal Frequency The inverse of the time it takes for a monitor to scan from the begin-
ning of one line to the...

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being passed through. 
Letterbox Format used to fit wide screen movies (1.85:1 and 2.35:1, for example) on the  
average, 1.33:1 TV screen. The image is shrunk to fit the screen, leaving blank space on 
the top and bottom. 
Line Frequency The rate or number of video lines that are being read or scanned by the 
electron beam per interval. There are 262 1/2 lines scanned per field, 525 lines scanned 
per frame and 15,750 lines of video information scanned every second. 
Liquid Crystal A liquid in which...