Waveform Monitor Function; Adjusting The Volume While Shooting; Backup Recording - Panasonic SD AG-HPX171E Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)

Waveform monitor function

Press the WFM button in CAM mode to display a
waveform of the image on the LCD monitor.
Pressing the WFM button once again closes the
waveform display.
• WFM (Page 104) on the setting menu SW
MODE screen allows you to switch between the
waveform and vector display.
• The viewfinder does not show the waveform
display.
• The waveform does not appear when the focus
assist function is used.
• The waveform display cannot be recorded.

Adjusting the volume while shooting

Adjusting the volume
If you are monitoring the sound through
headphones while shooting, you can adjust the
volume with the PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button.
• To adjust the recording level (Page 53)

Backup recording

If you have connected equipment to the 1394
terminal (Pages 78 and 79), you can make
automatic backup recordings of whatever you are
shooting.
• In the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS
screen, 1394 CONTROL and 1394 CMD SEL,
select how to control the equipment you have
connected. (Pages 112)
E-
PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR
Note the following when backup recording.
• Menu settings are retained even if you turn
the power off. So if you use the camera-
recorder with the settings for backup
recording still in effect, images on media in
any unit that connected may be overwritten.
After backup recording, check the menu item
settings before you operate the camera-
recorder.
• If you use another AG-HPX171E as the
external unit for backup recording, select
"OFF" for 1394 CONTROL on the external
unit and set it to MCR mode.
• Backup recording may not work properly if
you connect two or more external units.
• Use a 1394 cable of 4.5 m or less for
connection.
• Set the external unit up to receive 1394
signals before backup recording.
• You can have a media in the external unit
start recording automatically when the media
in this unit is almost finished. Set 1394
CONTROL on the setting menu OTHER
FUNCTIONS screen (Page 112) to "CHAIN".
• Note that images are recorded even when
you perform a rec check.
• You cannot perform backup recording when
the unit is set up for native recording.
• Backup recording does not work in three
of the special recording modes: Interval
recording, One-shot recording and Loop
recording (Pages 47 – 49)
• Backup recording does not work during direct
shooting (Page 67) in MCR mode.