Panasonic AG-HPX250EN - Manual (Page 47)

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Shooting
One-clip recording (ONE CLIP REC)
Instead of creating a new clip for each recording
session (i.e., operation from REC start to stop),
this mode compiles images from multiple recording
sessions into a single clip.
REC Start REC Start REC Start
First
Recording
Second
Recording
Nth
Recording*
REC stop REC stop REC stop
Single Combined Clip
* Up to a maximum of 99 recordings can be
combined into a single clip. When the 99th
recording ends, recordings are no longer
automatically combined into the same clip.
Subsequent recordings are combined into a new
clip.
To use this function, set the menu option ONE
CLIP REC to ON in the RECORDING SETUP
screen. (Page 142)
When one-clip recording mode is enabled, “1-CLIP”
appears in the viewfinder and at the top of the LCD
monitor.
When you press the START/STOP button on
the camera-recorder to start your first recording,
“START 1CLIP” appears.
Any subsequent recordings are automatically
combined into the clip. Up to a maximum of 99
clips can be combined into a single clip.
To record a new clip
Follow the instructions below to use a new and
separate clip and end combining to the clip.
• Push and hold the Operation lever in the 
direction (STOP) for about 2 seconds while
recording is paused. (operating while recording is
on standby)
Or
• Press and hold the START/STOP button for
about 2 seconds to stop recording. (operating
while recording is in progress)
Follow the instructions above to end combining
to the clip. “END 1-CLIP” displays. Subsequent
recordings use a new and separate clip.
• In addition to the aforementioned steps, the
following ends combining to the clip and
subsequent recordings use a new clip.
· When the power is turned off
· When the P2 card with the previous recording
is removed
· When the P2 card is formatted or the clip is
deleted (when the previous combined clip
does not exist)
• The clip does not stop combining even
when the STOP button is pressed in the
Menu or on the thumbnail display.
To exit one-clip recording mode
Set the menu option ONE CLIP REC to OFF.
To cue to the start of the combined section of
the clip
A text memo can be automatically added to the
start of the recording, the start of a section can
be cued for playback, and the thumbnail of the
location can be checked before each recording.
To automatically add a text memo to the start point
of the recording, set the menu option START TEXT
MEMO to ON in the RECORDING SETUP screen.
(Page 142)
Check and playback the location of the added text
memo by selecting THUMBNAIL → TEXT MEMO
CLIPS from the Thumbnail Menu and moving the
cursor over the desired clip.
Refer to “Playing back a clip at the position where
a text memo is recorded” (Page 83) for details.
To cue to the location of the text memo during
playback, set the menu option SEEK SELECT to
CLIP&T in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, and
push the Operation lever in the   direction
while playback is paused.