Panasonic VDR-M30 Operating Instructions Manual page 16

Advanced Techniques
Understanding Flow of Menu............................ 80
Setting Up Camera Functions........................... 82
Selecting Shooting Mode to Match the Subject
(Switching Program AE Mode) ...........................82
Adjusting Color (White Balance)............................83
Using the Electronic Image Stabilizer (EIS)...........85
Magnifying Subject Image (Dig. Zoom) .................86
Reducing Wind Noise During Recording
(Wind Cut)...........................................................87
Setting Up Record Functions............................ 88
Switching Movie Quality (VIDEO Mode)................88
Switching Quality of Still Image (Quality)...............89
Receiving Image from Another Device
(Input Source) .....................................................90
Switching External Input Recording Method
(PHOTO Input)....................................................90
Self Timer ..............................................................91
Setting OSD Output On or Off
(On-Screen Display) ...........................................92
LCD Setup ........................................................ 93
Setting Brightness of LCD Screen (Brightness) ....93
Setting Color Density of LCD screen
(Color Level) .......................................................93
Initial Settings ................................................... 94
Switching Operating Sound On or Off (Beep) .......94
Turning DVD Palmcorder Off Automatically
(Power Save) ......................................................94
Turning Record LED On or Off (Record LED) .......95
Changing Display Language (Language) ..............95
Resetting Menu Settings to Defaults (Reset) ........96
Disc Navigation
Using Disc Navigation....................................... 97
Starting Disc Navigation ........................................97
Exiting Disc Navigation..........................................99
Playing Back from Disc Navigation Screen ...........99
Selecting Multiple Scenes ...................................100
Selecting Consecutive Scenes Together.............100
Disc Navigation Menu..................................... 101
Functions Available with Disc Navigation ............101
Understanding Flow of Disc Navigation Menu.....102
Scene.............................................................. 103
Deleting Scenes (Delete).....................................103
Changing Images for Thumbnails
(Edit - Thumbnail) .............................................105
Playing Back by Skipping Scenes (Edit - Skip) ...106
Adding Special Effects (Edit - Fade)....................107
Arranging Order of Scenes (Edit - Move) ............108
Combining Multiple Scenes (Edit - Combine) ......109
Dividing Movies (Edit - Divide).............................110
Copying Stills on DVD-RAM Disc to Card
(Copy) ...............................................................111
Locking Scenes on Card (Lock) ..........................112
Designating Scenes to be Printed (DPOF)..........113
Selecting Scenes Using Menu Screen (Select)...114
Displaying Information Using Menu Screen
(Detail) ..............................................................115
Program .......................................................... 116
What is "program"?..............................................116
Switching to Thumbnail Display of Specific Date
16
(Switch) ............................................................ 116
Playing Back Program (Play) .............................. 117
Changing Title of Program (Title) ........................117
Play List .......................................................... 119
What is "Play List"? .............................................119
Creating New Play List (Create).......................... 119
Switching to Display of Each Play List (Switch) .. 120
Playing Back a Play List (Play)............................ 121
Adding Scenes to Play List (Editing Play List)..... 122
Deleting Scenes from Play List
(Editing Play List) .............................................123
Adding Scenes Using Submenu for Editing
(Editing Play List) .............................................123
Deleting Scenes Using Submenu for Editing
(Editing Play List) .............................................124
Selecting Scenes Using Submenu for Editing
(Editing Play List) .............................................124
Arranging Order of Scenes (Move) ..................... 125
Changing Title of Play List (Title) ........................126
Deleting Play List (Delete)................................... 126
Go To.............................................................. 127
Top (End) ............................................................ 127
Disc or Card Management.............................. 128
Verifying Remaining Free Space on Disc or Card
(Capacity) ......................................................... 128
Protecting Disc from Writing (Protect Disc) ......... 128
Initializing DVD-RAM Disc or Card
(Format Disc. format Card)............................... 129
Updating Control Information of DVD-RAM Disc. 130
Finalizing Disc (DVD-R) ...................................... 131
Others............................................................. 132
Displaying Movies or Stills Independently
(Category) ........................................................ 132
Playing Back Scenes Repeatedly (Repeat Play) 132
Slide Show (Continuous Playback of Stills)......... 133
Installing Software
Compatible PC for use with DVD Camcorder:
VDR M30 ..................................................... 134
Operations will not be guaranteed under the
following conditions. ..................................... 134
Contents on Provided CD-ROM ..................... 135
Installing USB Driver ........................................... 137
Installing DVD-RAM Driver..................................140
Installing DVD-MovieAlbumSE............................ 142
Installing MyDVD................................................. 144
Creating DVD Video on PC from DVD-RAM Disc
Recorded on DVD Palmcorder .................... 145