Document Outline

• Cover
• Read this first!
• IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• Recommendation for Use of Genuine Panasonic Battery (Rechargeable Battery)
• Operating precautions
• Contents
• How to use the unit
• About this manual
• Before use
• Accessories
• Name of the parts
  • Operation area
  • Mechanism area and input/output connector area
• Charging the battery
  • Charging
• Installing and removing the power supply
  • Installing and removing the battery
  • Connecting and disconnecting the power cable
• Basic operations
  • Turning the power on and off
  • Using the LCD monitor
  • Menu operations
  • Operation modes
  • LCD monitor settings
  • Setting date and time
• P2 cards
  • Inserting P2 cards
  • P2 card access LED and P2 card status
  • Formatting P2 cards
  • P2 card protection
  • Ejecting P2 cards
  • P2 card recording durations
  • Dividing clips over 4 GB in size
  • LOOP REC recording
• Other
  • USER button
  • Charging the internal battery
• Using SD/SDHC memory cards
  • Inserting and removing the SD card
  • Formatting SD cards
  • Precaution for using SD cards
• Saving USER files on SD cards
• Thumbnail display
  • Playback formats
  • Names and functions of thumbnail display screen parts
  • Changing the displays on the thumbnail display screen
  • Setting the items to be displayed
• Clip management
  • Selecting clips
  • Deleting clips
  • Repairing and connecting clips
  • Copying clips
  • Displaying the clip information
  • Editing the clip information
  • Adding the meta-data to clips
  • Adding shot marks to clips
  • Displaying the P2 card status
  • Displaying SD card information
• Clip playback
  • Playing back clips
  • Single clip playback
  • Variable-speed playback
  • Clip and text memo forward/reverse
  • Rapid forward/rapid reverse playback
  • Frame feed playback
  • Repeat playback
  • Adding text memos
  • Playback from text memo position
  • Deleting text memos
  • Dividing and copying clips using text memos
  • Replacing thumbnail images
• Outputting images to an external monitor for playback
  • Setting the outputs
  • Adjusting the output volume level during recording and playback
  • Adjusting the output volume level during variable-speed playback
• Recording data on P2 cards
  • Recording
  • 2-slot continuous recording
  • Waveform monitor (WFM) displays
  • Time code displays
  • Setting the recording time code
  • Set the user’s bit
• Copying data from P2 cards to the hard drive
  • Switching to the USB HOST mode
  • Usable hard drives
  • Types of hard drives and usable functions
  • Formatting the hard drive
  • Exporting data to a hard drive in 1-card increments
  • Exporting one clip at a time to a hard drive
  • Hard drive data display
  • Deleting the partition
  • Thumbnail displays of clips on the hard drive
  • Displaying the clip information on the hard drive
• Connecting the hard drive for use
  • Importing data from a hard drive to P2 cards
  • Easy playback of clips on the hard drive (For viewing materials)
  • Deleting clips on the hard drive
• Editing by means of external devices
  • Editing data content on the P2 card (USB DEVICE mode)
  • Editing in the USB DEVICE mode
• Screen displays
  • Normal displays
  • Major warning displays
  • Selecting what is to be displayed on the screen
• Recording/output supporting format
• Basic operations on the setting menus
  • Initializing the setting menu
• Setting menu configuration
• List of setting menus
  • RECORDING SETUP screen
  • TIMECODE SETUP screen
  • SW MODE screen
  • PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen
  • AV OUT SETUP screen
  • DISPLAY SETUP screen
  • CARD FUNCTIONS screen
  • OTHER FUNCTIONS screen
  • DIAGNOSTIC screen
  • OPTION MENU screen
• Warning system table
• Troubleshooting (Q&A)
• Software information for this product
• Updating the drivers installed in the unit
• Maintenance
• Condensation
• Storage precautions
• Handling the data recorded on P2 cards
• Use of SD/SDHC memory cards
• Specifications