Turn On/Off The Camera; Tally Lamp - Panasonic SD AG-HPX171E Operating Instructions Manual

Turn on/off the camera

While pressing the lock release, turn the POWER
switch.
Turn on the camera:
The mode lamp (CAM) lights red (CAM mode) and
the camera is now in the shooting standby mode.
Turn off the camera:
The mode lamp (CAM) goes out.
• Power saving mode
When the camera is left idle in pause mode
for about 5 minutes, it will behave as follows
depending on what POWER SAVE settings
have been made in the setting menu OTHER
FUNCTIONS screen (Page 113).
ON: The camera-recorder turns off automatically.
OFF: The camera-recorder does not turn off
automatically.
See the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS
screen, POWER SAVE (Page 113) for details.
• When the operation mode buttons flash in
sequence starting with the top one and the power
then goes off, it means that there is no charge left
in the battery. Recharge the battery.

Tally lamp

The tally lamp can be made to light up during
shooting by selecting "ON" as the REC LAMP
setting in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen.
(Page 112)
When the camera-recorder is in any of the
following states, the tally lamp blinks.
• When an operation initiated by the remote control
unit has been received (8 blinks/sec.)
• When the remaining battery capacity runs out (4
blinks/sec.)
• When the available recording space on the P2
card or the battery power is low (1 blink/sec.)
• When removing the P2 card during access (4
blinks/sec.)
• When there is no recording space left on the P2
card (4 blinks/sec.)
Mode lamp
CAM
SLOT SEL
MCR
PC
MODE
Mode button
Tally lamp
ENGLISH
POWER
ON
OFF
Lock release
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