User manual PANASONIC PALMCORDER PV-GS300

[. . . ] Operating Instructions Digital Video Camcorder Model No. PV-GS300 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 LSQT0974 A 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. [. . . ] 2 Move the joystick to select a file to be locked, and then press it. printed Select [CANCEL ALL] in Step 1. DPOF stands for Digital Print Order Format. This enables the printing information to be added to the pictures on the card so that it can be used on a system supporting DPOF. 1 47 LSQT0974 Edit mode Edit mode Recording from a tape onto a card Still pictures can be recorded on a memory card from scenes that have already been recorded on a cassette. Insert a tape which already has recorded contents and a card. 1 Start playback. Connecting with the Multi cable 2 A/V [VIDEO IN] [S-VIDEO IN] [AUDIO IN] 1 2 Pause at the scene you wish to record, and press the [PHOTO SHOT] button. Connect the Camcorder and the recorder by using the Multi cable 1. If the recorder has an S-Video terminal, then also connect to this terminal 2. Connecting with the optional DV cable: PV-DDC9/PV-DDC9-K (Only for equipment with a DV terminal) S 2 (L2) / PHOTO SHOT Audio will not be recorded. The size of still pictures recorded on a card becomes 0. 2 (16:9) or 0. 3M (4:3). (This is not mega pixel still-picture recording. ) If you set [TV ASPECT] >> [4:3], black bands are added to the top and bottom of the picture when wide pictures are recorded to the card. (-38-) If you press the [PHOTO SHOT] button without pausing, blurred pictures may be recorded. 2 Turn on the Camcorder and set to Tape Playback Mode. 3 Select the input channel on the TV set and recorder. 4 Move the joystick up to select the [1/;] icon to start playback. (Player) The image and sound are reproduced. (Recorder) 7 Move the joystick down to select the [] icon to stop playback. (Player) For more information, refer to the operating instructions for your TV set and recorder. When you do not need functional indications or date and time indication, set [SETUP] >> [DATE/TIME] >> [OFF] in the Tape Playback Mode and press the [EXT DISPLAY] button on the remote control for no indication. (When you connect the Camcorder and a recorder with the DV cable, these indications may not appear. ) Copying onto a DVD recorder or a VCR (Dubbing) Pictures recorded by the Camcorder can be stored on a DVD-RAM or other such media. Refer to the instructions for the recorder. Place a recorded cassette in the Camcorder, and an unrecorded DVD-RAM or cassette in the DVD recorder or VCR. 1 Connect the Camcorder and the recorder. 48 LSQT0974 Edit mode ª When neither image nor sound from 5 Move the joystick up to select the [¥/;] icon again or press the [;] button on the remote control to stop recording. (Player) ª To cancel the standby for recording When the Camcorder is standby for recording, move the joystick down and select the [] icon or press the [] button on the remote control. Do not plug or unplug the DV cable during dubbing, or the dubbing may not be completed properly. If a picture (bilingual video, etc. ) containing main sound and sub sound has been dubbed, select the desired sound by [SETUP] >> [AUDIO OUT] on playback. Even if you use a device equipped with DV terminals such as IEEE1394, you may not be able to perform digital dubbing in some cases. [. . . ] 39 Surf & Snow Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 ªC Camcorder Accessory Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Card Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Condensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Customer Services Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 ªD Date/Time Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Digital Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Digital Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 DPOF Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 ªT Tele Macro Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ªV Variable Speed Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Video Head Clogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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