Cautions For Use - Panasonic PV-GS16 Operating Instructions Manual

DPOF
• Perform the DPOF Settings with your Camcorder.
• Verifying the DPOF Settings may take a little time.
Wait until the Card Access Lamp goes out.
Lock Setting
• The Lock Setting carried out by this Camcorder is
only effective for this Camcorder.
• The SD Memory Card has a write protection switch
on it. If the switch is moved to the [LOCK] side, you
cannot write to or format the Card. If it is moved
back, you can.
Playing Back on Your TV
• Depending on your TV, nothing may be shown even
if you correctly connect the Camcorder with your
TV. In this case, set [AV JACK] on the [INITIAL]
Sub-Menu to [OUT].
• Picture size may be displayed differently when
playing back a Cinema picture on a wide-screen TV
with Playback Digital Effect.
Recording Pictures from a Card onto a
Tape
• When recording the Card Image on a Tape, its size
is transformed into 720 × 480 pixels according to the
DV format.
• If you attempt to record a still picture with a large
image size on a Tape, there may be a reduction in
the quality of the image.
Audio Dubbing
• The blank section of a tape cannot be dubbed.
• Sounds sent through the DV terminal cannot be
dubbed.
• 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.
• If you set the tape counter back to 0 at the position
where you want to stop Audio Dubbing so as to
make it possible to use the Memory Stop Function
(p. 65), Audio Dubbing is terminated automatically
when the tape reaches this position.
• In the case of importing data recorded with Audio
Dubbing to a PC using the PC's software, only the
original sound (ST1) may be imported, depending on
the software.
Using the DV Cable for Recording
(Digital Dubbing)
• Regardless of the setting, digital dubbing is carried
out automatically in the same audio recording mode
as that of the playback Cassette.
• The images on the recorded monitor may be
disturbed, but it does not affect the recorded images.
• Even if Playback Digital Effects, Playback Zoom, or
Playback Title In have been used, these effects are
not output from the DV terminal.
• Even if you use a device equipped with DV
Terminals, you may not be able to perform Digital
Dubbing in some cases.
Others
• Date or other information to be displayed cannot be
displayed if the software of the connected equipment
does not support the display function.

Cautions for Use

After Use
1
Take out the Cassette. (p. 15)
2
Set the [OFF/ON] Switch to [OFF].
3
Take out the Card. (p. 15)
4
Detach the power supply and retract the
Viewfi nder or the LCD Monitor. (pp. 13~14,
16)
5
To protect the Lens, attach the supplied
Lens Cap.
Cautions for Use
When you use your Camcorder on a rainy or
snowy day or on a beach, make sure that no
water enters the Camcorder.
• Water may cause the Camcorder or Cassette to
malfunction. (Irreparable failure may occur.)
• If sea water splashes onto the Camcorder, wet a
soft cloth with tap water, wring it well, and use it to
wipe the camera body carefully. Then, wipe it again
thoroughly with a soft dry cloth.
Keep the Camcorder away from magnetized
equipment (such as a microwave oven, TV,
video game equipment, etc.).
• If you use the Camcorder on or near a TV, images
or sounds may be disturbed due to electromagnetic
wave radiation.
• Do not use near a cell phone because doing so
may cause noise to adversely affect the picture and
sound.
• Recordings on the tape may be damaged, or images
may be distorted, by strong magnetic fields created
by speakers or large motors.
• Electromagnetic wave radiation generated by a
microprocessor may adversely affect the Camcorder,
causing the disturbance of images and sounds.
• If the Camcorder is affected by magnetically charged
equipment and does not function properly, turn off
the Camcorder power and detach the Battery or AC
Adaptor and then connect the Battery or AC Adaptor
again. Thereafter, turn on the Camcorder power.
Do not use your Camcorder near radio
transmitters or high-voltage cables.
• If you record pictures near radio transmitters or
high-voltage cables, recorded images or sounds
may be adversely affected.
Do not use this Camcorder for surveillance
purposes or other business use.
• If you use the Camcorder for a long period of
time, the internal temperature increases and,
consequently, this may cause malfunction.
• This Camcorder is not intended for business use.
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