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Setup Menu: Menu Structure

Menu Structure

CLIP

I/F SETUP

BASIC

CLOCK

VIDEO

AUDIO

LAN

DISPLAY

LCD MONITOR

EXT DC IN

USER BUTTON

PARALLEL PORT

STORAGE COPY SETUP

PROPERTY

THUMBNAIL SETUP

REPOSITION

FORMAT

㧔

STORAGE

㧕

DELETE

COPY

EXPORT

IMPORT

REPAIR

RE-CONNECT

EXCH. THUMBNAIL

EXPLORE

AUTHENTICATE

CHANGE PARTITION NAME

DELETE LAST PARTITION

DELETE FOLDER

REC/PB

REC/PB FUNCTION

REC/PB SETUP

PROXY SETUP

TC/UB/CTL

REC META DATA

Summary of Contents for AJ-PD500E

Page 1: ...the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use AVCHD capability is available when the optional AVCHD Codec board AJ YCX500G is installed VQT5C69A E ENGLISH M1013KT0 PS Register now ヵㄉㄊㄔチㄑㄓㄐㄅㄖㄕチㄊㄔチㄆㄍㄊㄈㄊㄍㄆチㄇㄐㄓㄕㄉㄆチヱビラュチブチヺㄆㄓチヸㄓㄓㄏㄕㄚンㄆㄑㄊㄓチヱㄓㄐㄈㄓㄎハョㄐㄓチㄅㄆㄕㄊㄍㄔネチㄔㄆㄆチㄑㄈㄆチヒヒハㄉㄕㄕㄑホババㄑㄏㄔㄐㄏㄊハㄊㄛバㄔㄗバㄑㄔㄔㄆバ ...

Page 2: ...e power supply cord shall remain readily operable The AC receptacle mains socket outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible To completely disconnect this equipment from the AC mains disconnect the mains plug from the AC receptacle CAUTION In order to maintain adequate ventilation do not install or place this unit in a bookcase built in cabinet or any other confined...

Page 3: ...your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table ...

Page 4: ...io frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged t...

Page 5: ...ptional accessory out of the reach of babies and small children CAUTION To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock and annoying interference use the recommended accessories only CAUTION To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock refer mounting of the optional interface boards to qualified service personnel CAUTION Do not remove panel covers by unscrewing them To reduce the risk of electric sho...

Page 6: ...se an increase in the time taken to resume from Stand by mode Caution for AC Mains Lead FOR YOUR SAFETY PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT CAREFULLY This product is equipped with 2 types of AC mains cable One is for continental Europe etc and the other one is only for U K Appropriate mains cable must be used in each local area since the other type of mains cable is not suitable FOR U K ONLY This appli...

Page 7: ...signal connecting cables If your apparatus supports AES EBU serial digital audio signals use cables designed for AES EBU Use shielded cables which provide quality performance for high frequency transmission applications for analog audio signals Other connecting cables IEEE1394 USB Use shielded cables which provide quality performance for high frequency applications as connecting cables When connec...

Page 8: ...A P2 memory card and microP2 memory card are referred to as a P2 card Furthermore a P2 memory card slot and microP2 memory card slot are referred to as a P2 card slot Recording with the system frequency at 23 98 Hz or 24 Hz is referred to as native recording In this manual the following operating system is referred to as Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 7 operating system In this manual the following o...

Page 9: ... Metadata to Clips During Recording 43 Formatting P2 Cards and SD Memory Cards 45 Checking the Card Status 45 Manual and Automatic CPS Authentication 46 Connecting an External Device via the USB HOST Port 47 Using the Unit Connected to a Network 56 Network Settings 56 Using FTP Client Functions 58 Viewing the Thumbnails of Clips on an FTP Server FTP Thumbnail Screen 59 Deleting Clips on the FTP Se...

Page 10: ... damage the unit and result in it be coming unable to be operated correctly Do not get insecticides or other volatile materi als on the unit The unit may be deformed and the paint may peel off if in secticides or other volatile materials get on the unit Do not leave the unit in contact with rubber or vinyl products for long periods Notes on the disposal or transfer of memory cards and storage devi...

Page 11: ...ww php net 6 This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group This information is provided on the installation CD ROM supplied with the unit Please refer to the LDOC folder The docu ments are in English For details on obtaining the source code see the Panasonic website Website URL on page 8 Users are requested to refrain from making any inquiries about the source code they ...

Page 12: ... and microP2 memory cards P2 Cards page 22 Proxy recording data storage and AVCHD playback SD SDHC and SDXC memory cards Using SD SDHC SDXC Memory Cards page 25 Before use download the necessary drivers from the Panasonic website and install them on the personal computer For the installation procedure refer to installation manual on the Panasonic website Always confirm the year month day time and ...

Page 13: ...er cord caps and packing materials properly AVCHD codec board AJ YCX500G Note Do not use the options with other than the above product For details on installing options contact your dealer Accessories AC power cord CD ROM Operating instructions AJ PD500P AJ PD500E For the U K For areas other than the U K Options ...

Page 14: ... is CTL press this button to reset the counter display to 0 00 00 00 Time Code User Bits and CTL page 77 4 TC PRESET button This button sets the TC or UB value Time Code User Bits and CTL page 77 5 AUDIO LEVEL buttons AUDIO LEVEL REC button This button displays the recording audio level adjustment screen Recording Clips page 27 AUDIO LEVEL PB button This button displays the playback audio level ad...

Page 15: ...use STILL play back to display a still image Press the button while playback is paused to resume play back Press the button during recording to switch to the record ing standby PAUSE state Press the button in the recording standby state to resume recording 17 REC button This button allows you to check video and audio in EE mode during playback image output With the exception of when playback is st...

Page 16: ...compat ible storage devices 6 P2 memory card access lamps P2 Card Access Lamp and P2 Card Status page 22 7 P2 memory card slots P2 Cards page 22 8 EJECT buttons P2 Cards page 22 9 SD SDHC SDXC memory card slot and access lamp Insert an SD SDHC SDXC memory card Insert the card cut corner edge first and label side up un til the card latches into place To remove it check that the access lamp is not l...

Page 17: ...ing 1080P or 720P without an HD or SD refer ence input the data may be recorded with the phase offset in relation to the input signal 5 VIDEO OUT jack This jack is for outputting analog composite video signals 6 HD SD SDI IN OUT MON jacks These jacks are for inputting and outputting serial digital component audio video signals The output jack for superimposition can be changed in the OSD OUTPUT pa...

Page 18: ...lly even if the power supply voltage recovers Press the but ton to turn the power on Note For the DC cable use a shielded cable that is shorter than 2 m 78 3 4 inches Using a DC cable of 2 m 78 3 4 inches or longer may result in noise appearing on the screen 13 AES EBU IN OUT connectors These connectors are for inputting and outputting digital audio signals that comply with the AES EBU standard No...

Page 19: ...Install the unit where the ventilation holes will not be blocked Note If the fan is stopped while the power is on the FAN STOPPED warning is displayed The unit will operate even if the fan is stopped However please stop using the unit imme diately Pin No Port Name Function 1 PORT1 Command input port 1 2 PORT2 Command input port 2 3 PORT3 Command input port 3 4 PORT4 Command input port 4 5 PORT5 Co...

Page 20: ... flashes during the power off process and then turns off The unit has a function to automatically turn the power off after a short period of time if no operation such as recording playback copying or formatting is performed during that time To resume operation after the power turns off automatically turn the power on again Note The time until the power turns off can be set in the AUTO POWER OFF pa...

Page 21: ...ter configuring the settings press the SET button Pressing the SET button sets the clock to the changed time Note The clock is affected by deviation so check that the time is correct before use When an accurate time is required check and reset the time before use Time zone Time difference Area Time difference Area 00 00 Greenwich 01 00 Central Europe 00 30 01 30 01 00 Azores Islands 02 00 Eastern ...

Page 22: ...g orange Card being recognized The P2 card is being recognized Slow flashing green Card full There is no available space on the P2 card Only reading is possible Write protected The write protect switch on the P2 card is set to Protect Only reading is pos sible Card not supported for re cording Recording is not possible with the currently set recording format because an SD memory card or other unsu...

Page 23: ...ng P2 Cards and SD Memory Cards page 45 on the unit microP2 memory cards in an encrypted format are authenticated automatically to enable use as microP2 memory cards for recording and playback only on devices for which the same CPS password is set For details on CPS passwords refer to Manual and Automatic CPS Authentication page 46 Note Up to 16 characters can be set for the password An encrypted ...

Page 24: ...memory card compatible device To prevent data loss when transferring the data on a P2 card to a PC or other device or when writing the data stored on a PC back to a P2 card be sure to use the dedicated P2 Viewer Plus software which can be downloaded from the Panasonic website For the URL refer to Website URL page 8 When transferring data to a PC using a general IT tool such as Microsoft Windows Ex...

Page 25: ...iniSDHC microSD microSDHC or microSDXC card in the unit be sure to use it with the correct ded icated adapter attached Note that the unit will not operate normally when only an adaptor without a card is inserted Please note that a miniSD miniSDHC microSD microSDHC or microSDXC card will not operate normally in the unit when in AVCHD playback mode even if the dedicated adapter is attached Be sure t...

Page 26: ...mode Recording playback screen Displays video time code and other information and enables recording and playback Thumbnail screen Displays clip thumbnails various properties and other information and enables the management and playback of clips 䇭MODE 䇭 MODE SET PLAY STILL STOP PLAY STILL STOP THUMBNAIL REC Mode menu Main mode Recording and playback USB device mode Connecting to PC or other devices...

Page 27: ...e cording 1 Press the AUDIO LEVEL REC button The recording volume appears 2 Turn the multi control dial The levels of all channels can be adjusted Note Operation is also possible with the up and down cursor buttons 3 Use the left or right cursor button to select an audio channel The selected channel number flashes Each of the chan nels can be adjusted 4 After adjustment is finished press the AUDIO...

Page 28: ...f the P2 card access lamps for the P2 cards used for recording are lit orange Note that removing any of the P2 cards will stop loop recording When LOOP is selected in the RECORDING menu item LOOP is displayed on the second line of the OSD However even when LOOP is selected in RECORDING the loop re cording will not work if only one card is inserted or the remaining recording time on a card is less ...

Page 29: ...he available space Check the number of clips recorded to the SD memory card in NUMBER OF CLIP of the SD CARD PROPERTY page 102 menu item When the number of clips becomes 1 000 or more proxy data cannot be recorded to the SD memory card even if there is free space remaining Shot marks and text memos cannot be added to clips in an SD memory card Even if you delete the clips recorded to the P2 card i...

Page 30: ... to select an audio channel The selected channel number flashes Each of the chan nels can be adjusted 4 After adjustment is finished press the AUDIO LEV EL PB button or EXIT button The setting values are saved and the displayed informa tion disappears Note The setting values do not change when you turn off the pow er If you press the multi control dial during the changing of the volume levels the ...

Page 31: ...ng this playback Note One clip playback is also performed when the PLAY button is pressed while holding down the SHIFT button 1 Switch to playback or a still image or other image dis play state 2 Press the PREV button or NEXT button The clip beginning or text memo position is located in accor dance with the SEEK POS SEL page 87 menu item Play back playable clips repeatedly 1 Press MENU 2 Set the R...

Page 32: ...g and deleting shot marks Formatting P2 cards Viewing clip properties Viewing P2 card status Note Thumbnails are generated from only a sample of the recorded video Therefore they appear coarser than the actual video The menu items for thumbnails can be set when the thumbnail screen is displayed 1 Press the button on the unit to turn on the power Note If THUMBNAIL is selected in the POWER ON GUI pa...

Page 33: ...ting clip name user clip name and slot number Changing the Thumbnail Display page 35 7 Thumbnail Shows the thumbnail recorded for each clip You can use the EXCH THUMBNAIL function to change this thumbnail Changing the Thumbnail Display page 35 8 Clip number Indicates the numbers assigned to P2 card clips which are normally assigned in order from the earliest shooting date For a clip that cannot be...

Page 34: ...the P2 card and storage device or LAN connec tion status as shown below to White The numbers of P2 card slots that contain P2 cards are indicated in white Yellow The number of the P2 card slot of the P2 card that contains the clip at the cursor position is indicated in yellow When a clip spans multi ple P2 cards the numbers of all the slots with cards that contain the clip are indicated Note For a...

Page 35: ...r than DC PWR SUPPLY is set the DC voltage value is indicated even with AC power supply input The thumbnail screen can be customized according to the op erating conditions to improve efficiency Example Set the settings of the THUMBNAIL SETUP page 84 menu item as shown below Set INDICATOR to ALL HIDE Set DATA DISPLAY to CLIP NAME Set THUMBNAIL SIZE to LARGE Set the REPOSITION page 82 menu item to S...

Page 36: ... played the subse quent clips are played back in order When the last clip has been played the thumbnail screen reappears Note To play back a clip you do not need to select it so that the thumbnail appears inside a blue frame You can change the thumbnail display settings to play back clips only from specified slots or play back only clips with text memos added You can change the order that clips ar...

Page 37: ...ame as in the recording playback screen Variable speed playback page 30 Frame by frame playback page 31 1 Select TEXT MEMO CLIPS in the REPOSITION page 82 menu item The thumbnails of clips with text memos are displayed at the top of the LCD monitor Information on the clip text memo selected with the cursor is displayed at the bottom of the LCD monitor Note When a text memo clip with different sett...

Page 38: ...or copying and seek move to the text memo position by pressing the NEXT or PREV button during video playback Setup Menu SEEK POS SEL page 87 1 Assign TEXT MEMO to any USER button It is assigned to USER3 by default Setup Menu USER BUTTON page 99 2 Press the USER button to which TEXT MEMO has been assigned during recording playback or thumb nail display Press this button during recording or playback...

Page 39: ...tem and press the SET button When multiple clips are selected the number of selected clips is indicated when you press the SET button When the copy destination is a storage device Con necting an External Device via the USB HOST Port page 47 select the details of the copy destination When COPY is assigned to a USER button you can also perform the copy operation by pressing the USER button instead o...

Page 40: ...d they cannot be repaired Such clips are indicated by a red indicator A clip that is recorded on multiple P2 cards may become an incomplete clip indicator due to not being recognized as a continuous clip When this happens you can use the recon nection function to reconnect the continuous clip segments to restore the original clip Note Incomplete clips occur under the following conditions When the ...

Page 41: ...Time at start of recording DURATION Clip length V_FORMAT Clip recording format FRAME RATE Playback frame rate REC RATE Recording frame rate 2 4 1 3 5 GLOBAL CLIP ID Global clip ID This is a unique number and there is no clip anywhere in the world with the same number USER CLIP NAME The clip name the user assigns This normally includes the GLOBAL CLIP ID VIDEO Video signal system FRAME RATE PULL DO...

Page 42: ...nt to change Adding text memos page 38 2 Change the thumbnail display to the text memo dis play Select TEXT MEMO CLIPS in the REPOSITION page 82 menu item 3 Use the cursor buttons to move to the thumbnail to be changed and press the SET button The cursor moves to the bottom 4 Use the left or right cursor button to move to the thumbnail you want to change 5 Press the MENU button 6 Use the cursor bu...

Page 43: ...s USER CLIP NAME in the USER CLIP NAME page 90 menu item The data recorded varies depending on the combination of the USER CLIP NAME and RECORD menu items Counter value The counter value is indicated as a four digit number When the recording method of USER CLIP NAME is set to TYPE2 and a metadata file is loaded the counter value is increment ed by 1 each time recording is performed to generate a n...

Page 44: ...the cursor and press the SET button Each setting of the loaded metadata can be checked 3 While viewing the metadata settings use the cursor buttons to move the cursor to the item for which you want to change the setting and press the SET but ton When the software keyboard appears change the setting Note Metadata types that can be set Use the cursor button to align the cursor with the metadata item...

Page 45: ...ge and press the SET button Formatting begins Note To cancel formatting select NO and press the SET but ton Be sure to check the data before formatting since data erased by formatting cannot be recovered 3 When the confirmation message appears select OK press the SET button Note To format a P2 card or SD memory card in another P2 card slot repeat steps 1 to 3 The P2 card slot status P2 card usage ...

Page 46: ...ry structure is not supported microP2 memory cards in an encrypted format are authenti cated automatically by the unit and can be used if authenti cation is successful If a microP2 memory card in a different encrypted format is in serted in a card slot of a device authenticated with a different CPS password an authentication error occurs To temporarily use the card for which the authentication err...

Page 47: ...of the CPS password file file name p2p generat ed in step 2 etc Setting the CPS password with the software key board 1 Select the CPS PASSWORD SET page 82 menu item The software keyboard for entering the CPS password ap pears 2 Enter the CPS password with the software keyboard When you enter the password in PASSWORD and in RETRY PASSWORD for verification and then select OK the CPS password is set ...

Page 48: ...storage device depending on its performance and operating condi tions Perfect playback cannot be guaranteed 4 2 TB or larger storage devices cannot be formatted Storage device types and available functions Storage device type Features Available functions Thumbnail Display P2 card basis Clip basis Play back check 3 Clip image display Format P2 microP2 32 GB Storage microP2 32 GB Storage Storage P2 ...

Page 49: ...orage device SATA serial ATA or PATA parallel ATA interface storage devices connected via a USB adapter cable may not be recognized Do not connect or disconnect cables during recording or playback with the unit Recording or playback may not be performed nor mally Depending on the storage device the performance of the initial playback confirmation after a connection is established may be re duced 1...

Page 50: ... the cursor with YES in the confirmation mes sage and press the SET button Exporting begins A progress bar is displayed during ex porting When exporting is completed COPY COMPLETED ap pears Note When the TYPE S format is used for exporting the P2 card data and the copied data on the storage device can be ver ified compared automatically after exporting In the factory default settings verification ...

Page 51: ...ge and press the SET button Partially copied clips at the copy destina tion are deleted When a clip is copied to a TYPE S storage device it will not be possible to import data by card to that partition In that case UNKNOWN will be displayed for the card model number 5 Press the SET button to complete the process You can display storage device information select the display of a storage device part...

Page 52: ... the item is not set and a warning appears Note A clip recording that spans a partition whose MODEL has be come UNKNOWN 1 and another partition on a TYPE S storage device will not become one normal clip 1 When a clip is copied to a TYPE S storage device MODEL of the copy destination partition changes to UNKNOWN Partition names can be set for a TYPE S storage device A set partition name is displaye...

Page 53: ...Storage device information When TYPE S When FAT 1 The creation date and time are not displayed for root Note You can change the thumbnail screen display if necessary The operation is the same as when displaying thumbnails for a P2 card Changing the Thumbnail Display page 35 There is a limit of 1000 clips and clips that exceed this limit will not be displayed EXIT SET 1 2 SERIAL P2 card serial numb...

Page 54: ...en the clip at the cursor position ends subsequent clips are played back in order When the last clip has been played the thumbnail screen of the storage device is redisplayed Note To play back a clip you do not need to select it so that the thumbnail appears inside a blue frame You can change the thumbnail display settings to play back only selected clips or play back only clips with text memos ad...

Page 55: ... message appears Note When data is imported to a P2 card that differs from the orig inal P2 card some clips may become incomplete display the incomplete indicator Should this happen use the re connection function to rebuild the clips Reconnecting incomplete clips page 40 You can select whether to perform verification at the time of copying in the VERIFY page 85 menu item It is not possible to impo...

Page 56: ... the NETWORK SEL setting is changed the change is not applied until the unit is restarted When the settings are changed it may take a while for the settings screen to close because the network service is restarted The combination of the IP address subnet mask and default gateway must be correct If the CANNOT ACCESS GATEWAY warning appears when the settings screen closes consult with your network a...

Page 57: ... menu 2 Use the cursor buttons to align the cursor with the STATUS DISPLAY page 96 menu item and press the SET button The connection status appears 3 After you finish checking press the EXIT button to return to the menu Note The status information is not updated in real time To view the most recent information perform the steps above again When DHCP is set to ENABLE the values may differ from thos...

Page 58: ... is the 101st folder or a subsequent folder Connectivity and folder display may differ from that of a PC connected to an FTP server Depending on the FTP server and the connection envi ronment error messages may not be displayed correct ly To stop an operation when connected press the SET button If an error occurs perform the operation again An error may be generated when a network operation is per...

Page 59: ...S folder will not display thumbnails Be sure to press the SET button in fold ers above the CONTENTS folder or in the current folder indi cated by When there is both an uppercase CONTENTS folder and lowercase contents folder the contents of the uppercase folder are displayed When there is a mixture of folders with uppercase names and folders with lowercase names below the CONTENTS folder correct ac...

Page 60: ... nail screen The detailed information of a clip can be displayed and checked on a screen 2 Press the MENU button 3 Use the cursor buttons to align the cursor with the CLIP PROPERTY page 82 menu item and press the SET button Note Metadata can be viewed but not edited The FTP server may disconnect the connection if you leave the FTP thumbnails and FTP properties displayed without performing an opera...

Page 61: ...pends on the FTP server If an error is not generated use the procedure above to stop the operation Clips cannot be copied to an FTP server folder that contains more than 1000 clips To use SSH the FTP server must be SSH compliant Setting SSH to ENABLE will reduce the transfer speed Before you can check the result of a transfer on a PC or other device you may need to refresh the display on the PC or...

Page 62: ...g time depending on factors such as the number of files file sizes and network conditions To stop exporting press the SET button align the cursor with YES in the CANCEL confirmation message and press the SET button If the network is not disconnected the partially exported files on the FTP server are deleted If the network is disconnected incomplete files may remain on the FTP server After exportin...

Page 63: ...nd press the SET button Partially imported files in the SD memory card are deleted but successfully imported files re main After importing starts disconnection errors will no longer be detected Use the above procedure to stop an import operation that has stalled Writing back may take a long time depending on factors such as the number of files file sizes and network condi tions Any files with the ...

Page 64: ...er to the operating instructions sup plied with your PC and software 1 Press the MODE button when the unit is in the idle state 2 Align the cursor with USB DEVICE in the selec tion screen and press the SET button USB DEVICE flashes on the LCD monitor and the unit switches modes After the mode is switched USB DE VICE DISCONNECT appears on the LCD monitor This message is replaced with the USB DEVICE...

Page 65: ...at that are compliant with the SD standard SDHC memory cards of 4 GB or more without the SDHC logo and SDXC memory cards of 48 GB or more without the SDXC logo are not compliant with the SD standard MultiMediaCards cannot be used When an SD memory card is inserted in the SD memory card slot of the unit the recorded clips can be displayed as thumb nails and played back Note Before playing back the ...

Page 66: ...k indicator page 69 Displayed during repeat playback 3 Card status display page 68 Displays the SD memory card status 4 Record mode indicator Indicates the recording mode of the clip at the cursor po sition 5 Cursor yellow frame Displayed for the selected thumbnail 6 Recording format display Indicates the recording format of the clip at the cursor po sition 7 Duration display Indicates the duratio...

Page 67: ...clips to display XX indicates the factory default setting INDICATOR Turn the indicators on or off The factory default setting is ON The clip protect indicator and resume playback indicator are displayed even when this is set to OFF DATA DISPLAY Select the information to display in the time display of a clip XX indicates the factory default setting 4 Press the MENU button to return to the thumbnail...

Page 68: ...ta Press the SET button while the clip information screen is displayed to display details such as the video and audio formats and shooter information Use the up or down cur sor to select an item Note This option can only display ASCII characters Other char acters are displayed as Clip metadata is nor added to clips recorded with devices other than an AVCCAM device Even if you press the SET button ...

Page 69: ...Clips with black numbers can be played back while clips with red numbers cannot be played back When the REPEAT PLAY page 86 menu item is set to ON all playable clips will be played repeatedly About clip metadata GLOBAL CLIP ID Global clip ID This is a unique number and there is no clip anywhere else in the world with the same num ber USER CLIP NAME Clip name set by the user 1 VIDEO AUDIO FRAME RAT...

Page 70: ...om thumbnails 1 Use the cursor buttons to move the cursor to the clip you want to play 2 Press the PLAY button The clip at the cursor position plays Press the SEARCH button when the thumbnails are dis played to pause playback at the beginning of the clip at the cursor position Note however that stopping playback during resume playback will pause playback at the re sume position Press the STOP butt...

Page 71: ... the card or contact your dealer AVCHD warning information when the AJ YCX500G AVCHD codec board option is in stalled Message Description CANNOT BE USED DUE TO INCOMPATIBLE DATA Cannot be used because the data standard differs CANNOT PLAY Cannot play CHECK CARD Check the card CONTROL DATA ERROR HAS BEEN DETECTED A control data error has been detected NO CARD No card is inserted THUMBNAIL DATA ERRO...

Page 72: ... Recording format PH 1080 60i Recording format PH 1080 60i Recording format PH 1080 60i Recording format PH 720 60P The video plays back smoothly The video does not play back because it does not match the playback format The video is paused when the clips are switched Recording format HA 1080 60i Recording format HE 1080 60i Recording format HA 1080 60i Recording format PH 1080 60i The video is pa...

Page 73: ...e to be recognized as AVCHD data or the card no longer being able to be used in an AVCHD device Handling of the unit metadata The metadata supported by the unit uses a manufacturer unique area in the management file area for the AVCHD standard If you delete or copy files add or delete clip protection or otherwise edit the metadata supported by the unit with unsupported editing software or a camcor...

Page 74: ...ated in hours with an h appended after the number When the remaining time and card length information are not defined the indication is blank Time exceeding 99 hours is indicated as 99 h When recording to an SD memory card with proxy recording is not possible for example when the remaining space on the SD memory card is 0 r remaining proxy record ing space flashes 3 Operating status display Indica...

Page 75: ...e DC voltage value is indicated even with AC power supply input 11 Gamma display Indicates the setting value as GM1 GAMMA1 to GM3 GAMMA3 when the GAMMA SELECT page 93 menu item is other than OFF This displays the deck information Deck information includes USER button and warning information 1 Press the DIAG button The USER button setting information appears After information is displayed the first...

Page 76: ...orm monitor on the screen for monitoring video It can be displayed by setting the WFM TYPE page 96 menu item WAVE Waveform display VECTOR Vector display Note Switch the output destination to display in the OSD OUTPUT page 96 menu item This information is not displayed when a menu or thumbnail is displayed ...

Page 77: ... in the TCG MODE page 88 and UBG MODE page 88 menu items 5 Use the TC PRESET button to set the start values of the time code and user bits How to set TC UB 1 Press the TC PRESET button The left most digit starts flashing 2 Press the up or down cursor button to change the value 3 Press the left or right cursor button to select the digit to set The selected digit starts flashing The setting ranges a...

Page 78: ...m is changed the run data is cleared 1 Press the STOP button to switch to stop mode 2 Use the COUNTER button to select TC 3 Set the TCG MODE page 88 and UBG MODE page 88 menu items to EXT External time code selection 4 Select the external input time code type in the EXT TC SEL page 89 menu item Note When SLTC or SVITC is set and SD SDI is selected as the input signal the VITC of the input video si...

Page 79: ...lti control dial performs the same operation as the up and down cursor buttons Pressing the multi control dial performs the same operation as the SET button 3 Press the SET button Note A confirmation screen is displayed for some menu items Use the cursor buttons to select a process and press the SET button A check mark is displayed before a set item A screen for setting a numerical value is displa...

Page 80: ...USER BUTTON PARALLEL PORT STORAGE COPY SETUP PROPERTY THUMBNAIL SETUP MENU REPOSITION FORMAT FORMAT㧔STORAGE㧕 DELETE COPY EXPORT IMPORT REPAIR RE CONNECT EXCH THUMBNAIL EXPLORE AUTHENTICATE CHANGE PARTITION NAME DELETE LAST PARTITION DELETE FOLDER REC PB REC PB FUNCTION REC PB SETUP PROXY SETUP TC UB CTL REC META DATA ...

Page 81: ...Setup Menu Menu Structure 81 Setup Menu SYSTEM MENU SYSTEM SETUP SYSTEM MODE HOURS METER VERSION SETUP DATA SD CARD SETUP DATA SELECT SD CARD PROPERTY FORMAT SD CARD LOAD USER DATA INITIALIZE FILE ...

Page 82: ...ace indication FREE CAP OF PARTITION Displays the free space on a partition Note This is displayed only when storage explorer Item Settings and brief function description FREQ indications REPOSITION Selects the clips to display in the thumbnail screen ALL CLIP Displays thumbnails for all clips SAME FORMAT CLIP Displays thumbnails only for clips recorded in the same format as the system format and ...

Page 83: ...me clips may be so badly damaged they cannot be repaired Bad clips that are beyond repair are indicated by a red indicator RE CONNECT Use this reconnection function to rejoin continuous clips that span across multiple P2 cards but are not recognized as continuous clips and are indicated by the incomplete clip indica tor Note Incomplete clips occur under the following conditions When the segments o...

Page 84: ...ettings the bad clip indicator unknown clip indi cator and incomplete clip indicator are always displayed DATA DISPLAY Selects the items to display in the time display TC Time code UB User bits TIME Time of recording DATE Date of recording DATE TIME Date and time of recording CLIP NAME Clip name USER CLIP NAME Up to the first fifteen characters in the user clip name SLOT Slot number THUMBNAIL TC T...

Page 85: ...es the recording frame rate LAST UP DATE Indicates the last update date LAST UP PERSON Indicates the last person who updated the clip MANUFACTURER Indicates the name of the manufacturer SERIAL NO Indicates the serial number MODEL NAME Indicates the model name ALTITUDE Indicates the altitude LONGITUDE Indicates the longitude LATITUDE Indicates the latitude 1ST TEXT MEMO Indicates the contents of th...

Page 86: ...t to other than OFF and the status becomes REC PAUSE in REMOTE mode AREC is displayed in a superimposed screen Set the REMOTE mode To start automatic recording press the REC and PAUSE buttons simultane ously to switch the unit to the REC PAUSE state This function does not work in any state other than REC PAUSE Also the unit switches to the REC PAUSE state after an auto matic stop In normal recordi...

Page 87: ...ed caption signals in the second field output from the SD SDI and analog composite output during playback BLANK Forcibly blanks signals THROUGH Does not blank signals Note In EE mode the closed captions are output superimposed on the input signal STOP EE SEL Selects whether to switch to EE mode or playback mode when STOP is pressed EE EE mode PB Playback mode SHUTTLE MAX Sets the maximum speed for...

Page 88: ... the 12 or 24 hour format for the CTL counter display 12h 12 hour format display 24h 24 hour format display TCG MODE Sets the operating mode of the internal time code generator REGEN Synchronizes the internal time code generator to maintain continuity with the last time code recorded on the P2 card PRESET Starts recording from the value set with the TC PRESET button EXT Uses the external time code...

Page 89: ...o LINE 22 Note The same line as the VITC POS 2 menu item cannot be selected This setting is enabled only during VIDEO and SD SDI output Pressing the RESET button will not restore the factory defaults VITC POS 2 Sets the position to insert the VITC signal When set to 59 94 Hz LINE 10 to LINE 18 to LINE 20 When set to 50 Hz LINE 7 to LINE 13 to LINE 22 Note The same line as the VITC POS 1 menu item ...

Page 90: ...s not add the metadata USER CLIP NAME Sets the data to be recorded to USER CLIP NAME When RECORD is ON TYPE1 Records the loaded data setting values TYPE2 Records the loaded data and counter values When RECORD is OFF TYPE1 Records the same values as GLOBAL CLIP ID TYPE2 Records the same values as CLIP NAME INITIALIZE Deletes and initializes all the loaded metadata PROPERTY Allows you to check and e...

Page 91: ...ep sound OFF Does not output a beep sound Note A beep sound is also output from the ANALOG AUDIO MON output connectors KEYBOARD Sets the type of keyboard to be connected QWERTY 101 QWERTY 109 AZERTY QWERTZ POWER ON GUI Sets whether to display the thumbnail screen at power on THUMBNAIL Displays the thumbnail screen OFF Does not display the thumbnail screen AUTO POWER OFF Sets the button operation i...

Page 92: ... 59 94i or 576 50i WIDE Records the information NORMAL Does not record the information SETUP 7 5 1 Switches the setup When 480 59 94i only ON Switches to the 7 5 setup OFF Turns off the 7 5 setup EDH SD Selects whether to superimpose EDH on SD SDI output signals ON Superimposes EDH OFF Does not superimpose EDH OUTPUT FORMAT Selects the video signal output from the video output connector AUTO Switc...

Page 93: ...V Changes the ratio to match the input size to the output size along the horizontal and vertical axes The aspect ratio may be distorted GAMMA SELECT Selects gamma correction GAMMA1 Corrects video shot by Varicam or in the FILM REC mode on an AJ HPX3100 to film quality video Equivalent to Telecine 5 of HD Gamma Corrector on the AJ GBX27G GAMMA 2 Corrects video shot by Varicam or in the FILM REC mod...

Page 94: ...gnal selected in OUTPUT REF page 106 also need to be synchronized If they are not synchronized noise may be output OUTPUT CH1 L LEVEL Selects the level for the CH1 L analog audio output 4 dB 0 dB 3 dB 20 dB OUTPUT CH2 R LEVEL Selects the level for the CH2 R analog audio output 4 dB 0 dB 3 dB 20 dB OUTPUT EMBD SD CH Selects the channels to multiplex on the SD SDI output OFF Does not superimpose CH1...

Page 95: ...the volume of the audio monitor output to the monitor audio adjustment knob SPEAKER OUT Turns on off speaker output ON Outputs from the speakers OFF Does not output from the speakers BEEP sounds are also not output LEVEL METER Switches the channels to indicate on the audio level meter CH1 4 Outputs the four channels CH1 4 CH5 8 Outputs the four channels CH5 8 CH1 8 Outputs the eight channels CH1 8...

Page 96: ... displayed only on the LCD monitor LCD MONITOR Outputs to MONITOR OUT ALL Outputs to all of the LCD MONITOR OUT and SDI OUT OSD GRADE Sets superimposed display for the recording or playback screen ALL Displays all NO LEVEL METER Does not display the audio level meter OSD TC SELECT Sets the superimposed display items Here data indicates the CTL TC UB value selected with the COUNTER button TIME Data...

Page 97: ...the LCD monitor backlight 3 Darkest l 0 Normal brightness 1 Brighter than normal BRIGHTNESS Adjusts the brightness of the LCD monitor 15 to 0 to 15 COLOR LEVEL Adjusts the color level of the LCD monitor 15 to 0 to 15 CONTRAST Adjusts contrast of the LCD monitor 30 to 0 to 30 Note This value multiplied by the R G and B contrast setting becomes the contrast adjustment value for R G and B R CONTRAST ...

Page 98: ...0 1 V steps at which to automatically turn off the power of the unit when the voltage drops for the battery to be used as TYPE A selected in the EXT DC IN SE LECT menu item 10 6 V to 12 4 V to 15 0 V Note A voltage that will be higher than NEAR cannot be set TYPE B NEAR END Sets the voltage in 0 1 V steps at which to display warning information when the voltage drops for the battery to be used as ...

Page 99: ...s DATA DISPLAY Changes the DATA DISPLAY settings STOP EE SEL Changes the STOP EE SEL settings OUTPUT REF Changes the OUTPUT REF settings SEEK POS SEL Changes the SEEK POS SEL settings CTL DISPLAY Changes the CTL DISPLAY settings TCG MODE Changes the TCG MODE settings UBG MODE Changes the UBG MODE settings RUN MODE Changes the RUN MODE settings EXT TC SEL Changes the EXT TC SEL settings VIDEO IN SE...

Page 100: ...e same operation as the up cursor button DOWN BUTTON Performs the same operation as the down cursor button LEFT BUTTON Performs the same operation as the left cursor button RIGHT BUTTON Performs the same operation as the right cursor button SET BUTTON Performs the same operation as the SET button THUMBNAIL BUTTON Performs the same operation as the THUMBNAIL button SHIFT BUTTON Performs the same op...

Page 101: ... INPUT 0 TC INPUT 1 Becomes active in accordance with the time code generator selection state INPUT0 1 0 0 External SLTC 0 1 External LTC 1 0 Undefined 1 1 INT AUDIO INPUT UNITY Becomes active when all of the audio input channels are UNITY PANEL STOP Becomes active when the STOP button is in the pressed state REC INHIBIT Becomes active when all of the recording target P2 cards are in the write pro...

Page 102: ...gs of the unit to an SD memory card after a file name and title have been entered SETUP DATA SELECT Item Settings and brief function description FREQ indications SYSTEM Handles the SYSTEM MODE menu REC PB Handles the REC PB menu CLIP Handles the CLIP menu I F SETUP Handles the I F SETUP menu SD CARD PROPERTY SD STANDARD Indicates whether an SD memory card is formatted in compliance with the SD SDH...

Page 103: ...the file name up to 8 characters and title name up to 12 characters you want to set from the key board Using a Keyboard page 108 2 After entering the file name and title name use the cursor buttons to select the OK button 3 Align the cursor with YES in the confirmation mes sage and then press the SET button Saving of the file begins 4 When the completion message appears press the SET button Note S...

Page 104: ...of the unit 3 When the confirmation message appears select OK and press the SET button The SAVE USER DATA menu item is redisplayed Loading written user data 1 Move the cursor to the LOAD USER DATA page 102 menu item and then press the SET button A confirmation message appears 2 Move the cursor to YES in the confirmation mes sage and then press the SET button The setup data is loaded from the user ...

Page 105: ...lects AVC LongG25 DVCPRO HD Selects DVCPRO HD 100 Mbps DVCPRO50 Selects DVCPRO50 50 Mbps DVCPRO Selects DVCPRO 25 Mbps DV Selects DV 25 Mbps AUDIO SMPL RES REC FORMAT submenu Selects the quantization bit rate for audio recording in the AVC Intra 100 or AVC Intra 50 recording format 16BIT Sets the audio recording bit rate to 16 bit 24BIT Sets the audio recording bit rate to 24 bit Note The audio re...

Page 106: ...e reference If there is no such signal the internal clock is used INPUT Uses the VIDEO input signal as the reference If there is no such signal the internal clock is used HOURS METER Item Settings and brief function description OPERATION Displays the total time that the power of the unit has been on P ON TIMES Displays the total number of times that the power of the unit has been turned on LCD Dis...

Page 107: ...0 50p 1 1080 59 94p 1080 50p AVC Intra100 4 2 2 10 bit Recording playback Recording playback Recording playback 3G SDI AVC Intra50 4 2 0 10 bit Recording playback Recording playback AVC LongG50 4 2 2 10 bit Recording playback Recording playback AVC LongG25 4 2 2 10 bit Recording playback Recording playback Recording playback 3G SDI DVCPRO HD 4 2 2 8 bit Recording playback Recording playback Compre...

Page 108: ...rd is selected The type of keyboard must first be set in the menu KEYBOARD page 91 menu item Note If the keyboard draws more than 100 mA a protective circuit may shut down the unit Input is limited to alphanumeric characters and symbols Some keyboards may not work properly Full Keyboard Key Function BS Deletes one character Caps Toggles between upper and lower case OK Saves the entered characters ...

Page 109: ...humid location When moving the unit to locations such as these leave it standing for about 10 minutes rather than switching on the power im mediately Store the unit in a location where the humidity is low and the temperature is relatively constant Recommended ambient temperature 15 C to 25 C 59 F to 77 F Recommended relative humidity 40 to 60 Unit Wrap the unit in a soft cloth to protect it from d...

Page 110: ...s internally inconsistent and a restart is required Recording playback operation Not possible Measure Turn the power off and then back on as described in the message and then check that an error is not displayed Monitor display Displays the error code power lamp Flashes 4 times per second Beep sound Repeats rapidly Warning description An error occurred in the internal memo ry of the unit because a...

Page 111: ... System error E 39 SYSTEM ERROR INITIALIZE Video initialization error To continue operation turn the power off and then back on Video initialization error E 50 INPUT DC TOO LOW Displayed when the input DV voltage is below the undercut voltage Low voltage E 55 OPT SYS ERROR SYSTEM NOT RESPONSE HALT Displayed when an error occurs with the system of the AVCHD codec board AJ YCX500G option To continue...

Page 112: ...aler to replace the battery Operation continues REC WARNING FRAME SIGNAL Displayed when a video or audio error occurs during recording To continue operation turn the power off and then back on If the input signal becomes disrupted during recording recording will continue but disrupted video will be recorded Check the signal input to the unit Even if recording is continued video and sound will be r...

Page 113: ...OSSIBLE An SDHC SDXC memory card is inserted in a P2 card slot Recording to an SDHC SDXC memory card is not possible is the slot number mark for indicating where the error occurred Record to a microP2 memory card or P2 memory card Operation continues AUTH NG CARD CPS authentication of the microP2 memory card failed is the slot number mark for indicating where the error occurred Recording and playb...

Page 114: ...cannot be changed for a text memo that is indicated by a gray because the thumbnail could not be generated Edit the settings or content to enable thumbnail dis play CANNOT DELETE Deletion is not possible because the content ver sions do not match Match the device and content versions CANNOT FORMAT Formatting is not possible because of a problem with the P2 card etc Check the P2 card CANNOT RE CONN...

Page 115: ...contain multiple copies of the same clip duplicated by copying Multiple copies of the same clip duplicated by copy ing cannot be simultaneously copied Deselect all of the selected clips that are identical copies TOO MANY CLIPS Too many clips are selected Reduce the number of selected clips UNKNOWN CONTENTS FORMAT This warning is for when the version of the con tent is not compatible with the unit ...

Page 116: ... be performed since the card is emp ty FORMAT P2 CARD Importing to a P2 card containing clips is not possible Format the P2 card LACK OF CAPACITY Not enough free space left on the storage de vice Use a new storage device with enough free space or a formatted storage device MISMATCH COMPONENT The model numbers of the copy source P2 card and copy destination P2 card do not match Copying is not possi...

Page 117: ...ck whether the USER ID and USER PASSWORD items of FTP CLIENT are correct PING FAILED The ping failed Check that the LAN settings and the URL item of FTP CLIENT are correct LAN cable is connected proper ly and network is working properly CANNOT ACCESS GATE WAY The gateway server cannot be accessed Check that the LAN settings are correct CHECK LAN SETTING The gateway server cannot be accessed Check ...

Page 118: ...or our P2HD 5 Year Warranty Repair Program Check the firmware version of the unit in the SYSTEM VERSION menu item and then access the following website to check the most recent firmware information and download the firmware if necessary Download the update file place the update file on an SD memory card and then insert the SD memory card in the unit For how to update the firmware visit the Panason...

Page 119: ... Proxy audio AAC LC Linear PCM Video recording signals 1080 59 94p 1080 50p 1080 59 94i 1080 50i 480 59 94i 576 50i Audio recording signals AVC LongG50 AVC LongG25 48 kHz 24 bit 8 channels AVC Intra100 AVC Intra50 48 kHz 16 bit 8 channels 48 kHz 24 bit 8 channels DVCPRO HD 48 kHz 16 bit 8 channels DVCPRO50 48 kHz 16 bit 4 channels DVCPRO DV 48 kHz 16 bit 4 channels Recording times Note With 1080 5...

Page 120: ... 10 bit DVCPRO HD DVCPRO50 DVCPRO DV 8 bit Video compression methods AVC Intra100 AVC Intra50 MPEG 4 AVC H 264 Intra Profile AVC LongG50 AVC LongG25 MPEG 4 AVC H 264 High Profile DVCPRO HD DV Based Compression SMPTE ST 370 Color sampling AVC Intra100 AVC LongG50 AVC LongG25 Y PB PR 4 2 2 Resolution AVC Intra100 AVC LongG25 1920 1080 1080 59 94p 1080 50p AVC Intra100 AVC LongG50 AVC LongG25 1920 10...

Page 121: ... L R selectable XLR 2 Digital outputs BNC 2 CH1 2 CH3 4 AES EBU format Headphone output Stereo mini jack 3 5 mm 1 8 inchs dia 8 Ω variable level HDMI outputs 2 channels linear PCM Internal speaker Round 1 monaural OTHER I O Time code input BNC 1 0 5 V p p to 8 0 V p p 10 kΩ Time code output BNC 1 low impedance 2 0 V 0 5 V p p REMOTE 9 pin D SUB 1 RS 422A interface PARALLEL REMOTE D SUB 15 pin 1 LA...

Page 122: ...30 36 Reconnecting 40 Recording 27 Repairing 40 Selecting 38 forward rewind 31 Clip metadata 69 Adding 43 Changing 42 Viewing 41 CLIP PROPERTY 82 CLOCK 91 Clock 21 COLOR LEVEL 97 Condensation 109 Content protection system 23 CONTRAST 97 COPY 83 Copying Clips 39 Storage device 51 COUNTER button 14 Counter value 43 CPS 23 Automatic CPS authentication 47 Manual CPS authentication 46 CPS PASSWORD 82 C...

Page 123: ...ORD 95 LOGIN USER 95 LOOP REC 28 M MAC ADDRESS 95 Main Mode 27 Maintenance 109 Menu Menu operations 79 Menu structure 80 MENU button 15 Metadata upload file 43 44 microP2 memory card access lamps 16 microP2 memory card slots 16 MODE button 14 Monitor audio volume adjustment knob LEVEL 16 MONITOR CH 95 MONITOR OUT VOL 95 Multi control dial 15 N NETWORK SEL 95 Network settings 56 NETWORK TOOLS 96 NE...

Page 124: ...ons 119 SSH 95 STATUS DISPLAY 96 STOP button 15 STOP EE SEL 87 STORAGE COPY SETUP 85 Storage device 34 47 48 Connecting 49 Copy 51 Export 50 Format 49 Import 55 Information display 51 Storage Precautions 109 SYS H HD 105 SYS H SD 105 SYSTEM 102 105 SYSTEM MODE 105 SYSTEM SETUP 105 T TC OUTPUT REF 89 TC PRESET button 14 TC SUPER 88 TC UB CTL 88 TCG MODE 88 Text memo 38 Deleting 38 forward rewind 31...

Page 125: ...Index 125 Index W Warnings 110 Waveform monitor WFM display 76 WFM 76 WFM POSI 97 WFM TYPE 96 Wide indicator 34 WIDE SEL 92 Y Year Month Day 21 ...

Page 126: ...priate waste handling For more information about collection and recycling of old products and batteries please contact your local municipality your waste disposal service or the point of sale where you purchased the items Penalties may be applicable for incorrect disposal of this waste in accordance with national legislation For business users in the European Union If you wish to discard electrica...

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