User manual PANASONIC PALMCORDER PV-GS180

[. . . ] Operating Instructions Digital Video Camcorder Model No. PV-GS180 Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read the instructions completely. Guía para rápida consulta en español está incluida. Mini For USA assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262) or, contact us via the web at: http://www. panasonic. com/contactinfo For Canadian assistance, please call: 1-800-561-5505 or visit us at www. panasonic. ca P PC LSQT0973 C Things You Should Know Thank you for choosing Panasonic!You have purchased one of the most sophisticated and reliable products on the market today. Used properly, we're sure it will bring you and your family years of enjoyment. [. . . ] Regardless of the menu settings on the recorder, digital dubbing is carried out in the same mode as the [AUDIO REC] mode of the playback tape. The images on the recorder monitor may be disturbed, but it does not affect the recorded images. If a picture containing a copyright protection signal (copy guard) is recorded by the Camcorder, the picture is distorted by mosaic-like patterns at playback. Disconnect the USB cable since input signals from the external input terminal cannot be recorded while it is connected with the USB cable. When wide images are input, the display such as the menu screen or the operation icon is expanded horizontally. While pictures are input from the DV terminal, the operation icon blinks on instead of appearing from the side of the screen when you press the center of the joystick. Using the DV cable for Recording (Digital Dubbing) By connecting other digital video equipment with DV terminal and the Camcorder by using the DV cable PV-DDC9/PV-DDC9-K (optional) 1, high-image-quality dubbing can be done in digital format. (Player/ recorder) 1 Connect the Camcorder and digital video equipment with the DV cable. DV 1 DV 2 Set [ADVANCE] >> [REC STDBY] >> [YES]. (Recorder) You do not have to follow this step when the remote control is used in the digital dubbing. (Recorder) Move the joystick up to select [¥/;] icon. 46 LSQT0973 Edit mode 5 Press the [;] button on the remote control CAUTION: Unauthorized exchanging and/or copying of copyrighted recordings may be copyright infringement. to stop audio dubbing. Audio dubbing You can add music or narration to the recorded cassette. 1 Insert an external microphone securely into the [MIC] terminal as far as it will go. MIC If a tape has a non-recorded portion when the tape is dubbed, images and sounds may be disturbed when this portion of the tape is played back. ª Before recording with audio dubbing Set to Tape Recording Mode. When you want to preserve the original sound taken during recording, set [SETUP] >> [AUDIO REC] >> [12bit] to take pictures. (When set [16bit], the sounds taken during recording are erased after recording with audio dubbing. ) Set [BASIC] >> [REC SPEED] >> [SP] to take pictures. ª To play back the sound recorded with 2 Find a scene that you want to add sound to, and press the [;] button on the remote control. ; audio dubbing You can switch between the sound recorded with audio dubbing and the original sound. Set [SETUP] >> [12bit AUDIO] >> [ST2] or [MIX]. [ST1]: It only plays back the original sound. [ST2]: It only plays back the sound added by audio dubbing. [MIX]: It simultaneously plays back the original sound and the sound added with audio dubbing. ª To dub audio while listening to a 3 Press the [AUDIO DUB] button on the remote control to make audio dubbing ready. A. DUB ; pre-recorded sound 4 Press the [;] button on the remote control to start audio dubbing. A. DUB ¥ When pausing the audio dubbing, set the [12bit AUDIO] on the [SETUP] Sub-Menu to [ST2] and you can check the pre-recorded sound. Talk into the microphone. 47 LSQT0973 Edit mode Printing pictures by directly connecting to the printer (PictBridge) To print pictures by directly connecting the Camcorder to the printer, use a printer compatible with PictBridge. (Read the operating instructions for the printer. ) Insert a card and set to Picture Playback Mode. 1 Connect the Camcorder and the printer with the supplied USB cable. 3 Move the joystick left and right to select a desired picture, and then press it. 4 Select the desired number of prints. You can set up to 9 prints. 5 Select the setting for date printing. If the printer is not capable of date printing, this setting will be unavailable. [STANDARD]: Size specific to the printer [4k5 INCH] [5k7 INCH] [4k6 INCH] [A4] You cannot set paper sizes not supported on the printer. [. . . ] 36 Surf & Snow Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ªD Date/Time Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Digital Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Digital Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 DPOF Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ªE Erasure Prevention Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ªF Fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Frame-by-frame playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 ªT Tele-Macro Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 ªI Image stabilizer function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ªV Variable Speed Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Video Head Clogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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