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 up using the TC MODE item, TCG 
item and the First REC TC item. 
ON:  The signal recorded will use the time code from signal being recorded from the DV 
connector. 
Note:   When ON is used, it will take precedence over TC MODE item, TCG item and the 
First REC TC item.  If no Time code is supplied to the DV connector, TC MODE item, TCG 
item and the First REC TC item will be used. 
 
TC Mode  
 this item selects DF (Drop Frame) or NDF (Non-drop Frame) modes and as 
explained earlier this item corrects for timing differences. 
Note:  When the progressive mode, 24P or 24P ADV is used, the non drop frame mode is 
set regardless of the setting.  See more information about Time Code on page 21 
 
Item Settings Default 
REC SPEED SP / LP SP 
AUDIO REC 12bit / 16 bit 16bit 
1394 TC REGEN OFF / ON ON 
TC MODE DF / NDF -50dB 
TCG FREE RUN / REC RUN -50dB 
FIRST REC TC REGEN / PRESET DF 
TC PRESET INPUT START OF TIME CODE - - - - 
1394 UB REGEN OFF / ON OFF 
UB MODE USER, TIME, DATE, TCG, FRM 
RATE USER 
UB PRESET USER bit - - - -  
						

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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 First Rec 
TC is selected. 
Note:  When the 24P or 24P ADV modes are used you must set the frame value to 0 or a 
multiple of 5.  If you use any other value the time code recorded will shift. 
 
1394 UB Regen   This item selects the user’s bit to be recorded when the DV connector is 
used. 
OFF:   The user’s bit selected in the UB Mode item is used for the recording. 
ON:    The user’s bit of the signals input of the DV connector is used for recording. 
Note:   When set to ON, this setting takes precedence over the UB MODE item setting. 
The user’s bit is not recorded if the signal does not contain the user’s bit information 
And when there is no signal supplied to the DV connector the UB MODE item is used. 
 
UB Mode   
This selection allows the user to set up the information to be recorded as user 
bits.  The user may select one of 5 items: 
User:  the user’s information, which is selected in the UB PRESET item. 
Time:  The time that the recording was made. 
Date:  
The date that the recording was made. 
TCG:  The time code generator’s value is recorded. 
FRM Rate:  The frame rate information for frame conversion is recorded.  This is a 8 bit 
digital number, which contains the following information.  The user’s bit value verification 
information, the frame sequence number, the frame rate information and the recording con-
trol information.
 
 
UB Preset  
This item is used for setting the user’s bit, make sure that USER is selected in 
the UB Mode item setting.  The user’s bit has 8 bits, which can be set 0 to 9, A to F  
						

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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 connector.  .   
 
5.4 DISPLAY SETUP Screen 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date/time  
This item is used to set the date and /or time that is displayed in the EVR, LCD  
or video output.  You have four selections OFF, TIME will be displayed, DATE will be dis-
played, and TIME & DATE will be displayed.   
Note: If TIME, DATE or TIME & DATE is selected it will be displayed in the video output re-
gardless of the VIDEO OUT OSD setting 
 
Item Settings Default 
A DUB INPUT MIC / A_IN MIC 
DV OUT OFF / ON OFF 
Item Settings Default 
DATE / TIME OFF, TIME, DATE, TIME&DATE OFF 
LEVEL METER OFF / ON ON 
TAPE BATTERY OFF / ON ON 
OTHER DISPLAY OFF, PARTIAL, ALL PARTIAL 
VIDEO OUT OSD OFF / ON OFF 
CAMERA DATA OFF / ON ON 
LCD BACKLIGHT HI, NORMAL NORMAL 
LCD / EVF SET LCD BRIGHT, COLOR LEVEL 
EVF BRIGHTNESS YES 
EVF MODE ON / AUTO ON  
						

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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 PAR-
TIAL,  See page 24 for the list of displayed items. 
 
Video Out OSD  
When turned ON all information displayed on the LCD or EVR is out-
put to the video output signal with the video image. 
 
Camera Data   This item allows the user to turn ON the camera information, such as 
camera shake correction, iris value and gain value when the unit is in VCR mode and 
playing back.  OFF turns this feature OFF. 
 
LCD Backlight   Allows the user to adjust the LCD’s monitor’s backlight slightly 
brighter, NORMAL and HI are the two choices. 
 
LCD/EVF Set  Allows the user to adjust the viewfinder and LCD monitors brightness 
and the LCD’s color level.   
 
EVF Mode  
This item is used to select where the video will be displayed.  ON video im-
age will be shown at all times in the viewfinder.  In the AUTO mode, when the LCD moni-
tor is opened the video no longer appears in the viewfinder.  
 
5.5 OTHER FUNCTIONS Screen 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Remote  
This item is used to set the operations of the wireless remote control.  There 
are 3 settings, VCR1, VCR2 and OFF.  When using two DVX-100’s this setting allows the 
two camcorder to be control from on remote control, by selecting what camcorder you 
want to control on the remote control.  This item makes sure that only that one button 
(VCR1 or VCR2) will operate this camcorder from the remote control.  OFF setting the 
remote will not be able to control the camcorder. 
Item Settings Default 
REMOTE VCR1, VCR2, OFF VCR1 
CLOCK SET SETS INTERNAL CALENDAR - - - - 
TIME SHIFT +23h—+1h, OFF, 1h—23h OFF 
USER FILE LOAD, SAVE, INITIAL - - - - 
HOUR METER VIDEO HEAD HOUR METER 00000H  
						

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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 and also a OFF position 
which is the factory default. 
 
User File   This item has three settings:   
Load:  which will store the last settings in the user file. 
Save:  this item allows the user to save any settings that have been changed. 
Initial:  this item allows the user to re-install the factory settings. 
Note: When the LOAD or INITIAL operation has been performed, turn the power OFF and 
then ON in order to enable the settings.
 
 
Hour Meter   
This item keeps a record of total hours that the video head has been rotat-
ing, this is a 5 digit number, measured in 1 hour increments.  
						

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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 
MHz and R-Y, B-Y are each sampled at 6.75 MHz. This method of digitizing provides a 
wider chrominance bandwidth relative to luminance. 
A 
ALC Automatic Level Control, a circuit that is used to maintain a constant signal level. 
Amplifier A component that increases the level of an audio signal from line level to speaker 
level. 
Analog A signal that can be continuously varied in amplitude and frequency. 
Analog Components Video signals in which a continuously variable voltage or current 
represents the value of a pixel. 
Aspect Ratio The ratio of the width to height of a video screen or film when it is projected 
on a screen. The old standard NTSC aspect ratio was 1.33 to 1 or 4 to 3, but now with at 
advent High Definition technology 16 by 9 is common. 
B 
Back Light The main function of the backlight is to separate the individual subjects from the 
background and give them depth and dimension.   
Back Porch The period of time during horizontal blanking that follows the horizontal sync 
pulse and continues to the beginning of active video. 
Backlit Refers to the illumination used to light a projectors control panel or the buttons of a 
remote control, so it can be used in the dark. 
Black Level The level of the video signal that corresponds to the maximum limits of the 
black areas of the picture. 
Blanking or Composite Blanking Related to composite sync, this signal has both horizon-
tal and vertical components and is at its negative level whenever video is to be blanked or 
turned off. 
Blanking Level Also known as pedestal, it is the level of a video signal, which separates 
the range that contains the picture information from the range that contains the synchroniz-
ing information. The level of the front and back porches. Is Zero IEEE units. 
C 
CCD Charge Coupled Device 
CCIR - Comite Consultatif International Radiocommunications, the French standards body 
which now falls under the control of the ITU-R. 
CCIR 601 (ITU-R 601) - This standard defines the encoding parameters of digital television. 
Charged Coupled Device Is a sensor used in scanners, camcorders, digital cameras, etc., 
to capture an image. CCDs work by converting light into electrical energy. 
Chroma The color information contained in a video signal, consisting of hue (phase angle) 
and saturation (amplitude) of the color sub carrier. Also, known as Chrominance. 
Chrominance The color part of a signal, relating to the hue and saturation but not to the 
brightness or luminance of the signal, e.g. black, gray and white, have no chrominance, but  
any colored signal has both chrominance and luminance.  U,V: Cr, Cb: I,Q: (R-Y, B-Y) rep-
resent the chrominance information of a signal. 
  
						

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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 few (8 to 10) cycles of 3.58MHz color sub carrier, which occur during the 
back porch interval. Color burst amplitude is 40 IEEE units and phase is 180 degrees. The 
color oscillator of a color television receiver is phase locked to the color burst. 
Color Difference Signal The calculation of the chroma signal (R-Y, B-Y and G). 
Color Phase The correct timing relationship within a color display - color is considered to 
be in-phase when the hue is reproduced correctly. 
Color Sub carrier The 3.58MHz signal which carries color information. This signal is super-
imposed on the luminance level. Amplitude of the color sub carrier represents saturation 
and phase angle represents hue. 
Color Temperature A measurement of overall color of a source of light, measured in de-
grees Kelvin (K). The higher the Kelvin reading the more blue the light, the lower the Kelvin 
Temperature the redder the light. Normally, video uses lights that are 3200 Degrees Kelvin. 
Component The normal interpretation of a component video signal is one in which the lumi-
nance and chrominance are sent as separate components, e.g. Analog components in MII 
and Betacam VCRs, digital components UCRCB in CCIR re 601. RGB is, however, also a 
component signal. Component video signals retain maximum bandwidth, unlike composite 
systems. 
Composite A composite video signal is one in which the luminance and chrominance infor-
mation have been combined using one of the coding standards: NTSC, PAL, SECAM, etc. 
Composite Sync A signal consisting of horizontal sync pulses, vertical sync pulses, and 
equalizing pulses only, with a no signal reference level. 
Composite Video A mixed signal comprised of the luminance (black and white), chromi-
nance (color), blanking pulses, sync pulses and color burst.  
Compression A process used to store digital information in a smaller block of space than it 
would normally take 
Compression Ratio This is the ratio of data in the original video picture signal to the 
amount of data after compression. 
Contrast The range of light and dark values in a picture or the ratio between the maximum 
and the minimum brightness values. Low contrast is shown mainly as shades of gray, while 
high contrast is shown as blacks and whites with very little gray. It is also a TV monitor ad-
justment, which increases or decreases the level of contrast of a televised picture. 
Contrast Ratio A method of measuring the dynamic range of an image. A large contrast 
ratio indicates that the projector works well despite extraneous light. 
D 
DATA Digital information stored or used by a computer 
dB Decibel 
dBm A measurement of sound, measurement made across 600 ohms.   
DCT - Discrete Cosine Transformer is widely used to compress video; here 8x8 picture ele-
ments are converted to 8x8 frequency elements. This way the higher frequency numbers 
can be minimized and compression made simpler. 
DV Digital Video 
 
  
						

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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 Frame A type of time code that can be used as a real time reference. 
E 
Error Concealment Use to conceal errors in digital recorded. 
F 
Fade Used in editing to gradually increase or decrease the video signal from black. Fading 
in is from black to full strength and fade out is from full strength to black. 
Field One half of a scanned image. A field can be referred to as an odd field or an even 
field. Each field is made up of 262 1/2 lines. There are two fields per frame and 60 fields per 
second. 
Two fields make up a complete television picture (frame). The lines of Field 1 are vertically 
interlaced with Field 2 for 525 lines of resolution. 
Flying Erase Head A special video erase head that allow for cleaner edits. 
F Number In lenses with adjustable irises, the maximum iris opening is expressed as a ra-
tio, (focal length of the lens) (maximum diameter of aperture). 
Focal Length The distance from the center of the lens to a plane at which point a sharp im-
age of an object viewed at an infinite distance from the camera is produced. The focal 
length determines the size of the image and the angle of the field of view seen by the cam-
era through the lens. That is the distance from the center of lens to the pickup device. 
Foot Candle The amount of light reflected by a white surface one foot away from a lit can-
dle. The metric equivalent is the lux. 
Foot Lambert One lumen or one foot candle of light over a one square foot surface. 
Format In recording of video, C, U-Matic, Betacam, M, Betacam SP, M-II, D1 D2, D3, D5, 
DV, DVCPRO, Beta, VHS, Hi8, 8mm and S-VHS are all current formats. 
Frame The combination of an odd and even field of the video signal. In each frame of video 
there are 525 lines of information in the NTSC system. There are thirty frames in a second. 
(625 lines, 1/25 sec. in Europe and many other countries). 
Frame Rate The amount of frames per second that has been set up for a particular televi-
sion system. Black and white television uses a thirty frame per second rate, while color tele-
vision uses 29.97 frames per second rate. 
Frequency Response The frequency range that both audio or video systems can repro-
duce a signal within a stated amplitude range. 
Front Porch That period of time during horizontal blanking that starts from the end of the 
scanned video image and goes to the horizontal sync pulse. 
G 
Gain The amplification of a unit. 
Gray Scale A series of tones, which range from true black to true white, it is usually ex-
pressed in 10 steps. 
H 
HDTV High Definition Television 
Hz Hertz 
Head The parts of a tape machine that play back or record signals on the tape. 
  
						

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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 beginning of the next line; typically stated in kilohertz. 
Horizontal Resolution Smallest increment of a television picture that can be discerned in 
the horizontal plane. This increment is dependent upon the video bandwidth and is meas-
ured in frequency. 
Hue The degrees of the vector on the vectorscope which represents a color.   
 (A) Distinction between colors. Red, blue, green, yellow, etc. are hues. White, black, and 
gray are not considered hues. (B) The dimension of color that is referred to a scale of per-
ceptions ranging from red through yellow, green, blue, black to red. 
I 
IC - Integrated Circuit 
IRE Institute of Radio Engineers 
ITU International Telecommunications Union 
Impedance A measure of how much something resists (impedes) the flow of electricity. 
Insert Edit A type of edit where new video or audio is recorded onto existing materials. The 
existing materials control track remains unchanged. 
Interlace Scanning The process of combining two fields of video information One field has 
the odd lines of the image scanned and the other field has the even lines of the image 
scanned. The two fields, odd and even, are interlaced together to form one complete image, 
or frame of video. 
IRE Units of measurement dividing the area between the bottom of sync and white level into 
140 equal units. 140 IRE units are equal to 1 volt peak-to-peak. 
Iris The amount of light transmitted through a lens is controlled by an adjustable diaphragm, 
or iris, located in the lens barrel. The opening is referred to as the aperture, and the size of 
the aperture is controlled by rotating the aperture control ring on the lens barrel. The 
graduations on the lens barrel are expressed in terms of the focal length f of the lens di-
vided by the diameter of the aperture at that setting. This ratio is called the f-number. 
J 
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group is a subcommittee of the International Standards 
Organization (ISO), which defines standards for digital photographic compression and de-
compression. 
Jitter Small and rapid variations in a waveform due to mechanical disturbances, changes in 
the characteristics of components, supply voltages, imperfect synchronizing signals, cir-
cuits, etc. 
K 
K - Or Kilo is the term used in computers to define 1,024 bytes. 
KHz Kilohertz 
Kelvin An International standard unit of color temperature. This standard is measured in 
digress. 
Kilohertz (KHz) A 1000 Hertz 
L 
LCD Liquid Crystal Display -- a display that works by controlling the opacity of LCD glass 
by varying the electrical signal. Each individual pixel acts as a shutter, to modulate light     
  
						

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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 the molecules are arranged in a regular pattern. 
LTC (Longitudinal Time Code) This is another expression for the SMPTE time code sig-
nal recorded onto the third audio track of a videocassette tape. 
Luminance refers to the amount of visually effective light emitted by a light source. Typi-
cally expressed in nits, foot lamberts (fL) or candelas per square meter (cd/m2). One fL = 
3.43 cd/m2 or 3.42626 nits, One cd/m2 = 0.292fL or 1 nit 
Lux A unit of measuring the e intensity of light. (1 FC=10.76 lux). 
M 
MHz Short for megahertz, which is 1 million Hz. 
MPEG Motion Pictures Expert Group 
Megabyte One million bytes of data. 
Memory A storage place for computer data. 
Microphone A piece of equipment that will convert sound into electrical signals for re-
cording and use by audio equipment, such as sound amplifiers. 
N 
NTSC National Television Systems Committee 
National Television Standard Committee (
NTSC) This organization formulated the 
NTSC system, 525 lines 60 field; usually taken to mean the NTSC color television system 
itself, or its interconnect standards. 
Non-Drop Frame A type of time code that runs at thirty frames a second and does not 
allow for the slower color frame rate of television. 
NTSC Color Bars A pattern generated by the NTSC Generator, consisting of eight equal 
width color bars. Colors are white (75%), black (7.5% set-up level),  75% saturated pure 
colors red, green, and blue, and 75% saturated hues of yellow, cyan, and magenta. 
(Mixtures of two colors in 1:1 ratio without third color). 
O 
One Volt Peak to Peak - A reference to the measurement of a video signal which 
should go from -40 IRE units for sync up to 100 IRE units for the luminance level. The dis-
tance from -40 to 100 (140 IRE units) is referred to as 1 volt peak to peak. 
P 
PCM Pulse Code Modulation 
Peak White The white portion of the video signal. 
Pedestal The level of the video signal representing black, normally set at 7.5 IRE units. 
Phone Plug This type of plug is mostly used on a microphone or pair of headsets. There 
are basically two types stereo and mono. 
Phono Plug Known as a RCA plug it is used with audio amplifiers. 
Pixel Picture Element or Pix Element; related to a particular image address in digital sys-
tems or to the smallest reproducible element in analog systems. 
Pixel Depth The number of bits used to address a pixel. Also called color depth, the bit 
depth determines the number of colors that can be displayed at one time. 
Power Zoom A zoom lens that has a motor, which allows you to zoom in and out from the