Using The Movie Camera With A Video Printer - Panasonic NV-MX300B Operating Instructions Manual

Using the Movie Camera with a Video Printer

If you connect the Movie Camera to a Video Printer, you can print still pictures from scenes recorded with the
Movie Camera.
If you do not intend to use the Automatic Printing Function, connecting the Edit Cable is not necessary.
After making the connections shown above,
perform the necessary operations.
Movie Camera:
1
Slide the [OFF/ON/MODE] Switch from the
[ON] position to put the Movie Camera in
the VCR Mode.
2
Insert a recorded cassette.
4
Press the Play Button [1].
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[EDIT]
Edit Cable VW-K8E
[S-VIDEO IN]
(optional)
[EDITD (MINI)]
S-VIDEO
S-Video Cable
IN/OUT
[S-VIDEO IN/OUT]
EDITE (MINI)
Video Printer:
3
Turn the Video Printer on.
5
Store the image in memory.
6
Start printing.
≥For details about the operation of the Video
Printer, read its operating instructions.
≥Compatibility cannot be guaranteed for pictures
recorded on other video equipment and played
back on this Movie Camera, or vice versa.
∫ Using the Automatic Printing Function
(Autoprint)
If you connect the Movie Camera to a Video
Printer equipped with 5-pin Edit Socket, you can
use the Autoprint Function to automatically print all
still pictures recorded in the Photoshot Mode.
After making the connections shown on the
left, perform the necessary operations.
Video Printer:
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Turn the Video Printer on.
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Make the necessary settings on the Video
Printer according to the input signal.
Movie Camera:
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Slide the [OFF/ON/MODE] Switch from the
[ON] position to put the Movie Camera in
the VCR Mode or Card Playback Mode.
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Search for the first still picture from which
you want to start printing with the
Autoprint Function.
If you want to print all still pictures recorded
on the cassette, rewind the tape to its
beginning.
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Press the [MENU] Button.
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Set [AUTO PRINT] on the [PLAYBACK
FUNCTIONS] or [CARD EDITING] Sub-
Menu to [YES].
Automatic printing starts.
≥If you want to stop the automatic printing in the
middle, press the Stop Button [∫] on the Movie
Camera.
≥In the following cases, some pictures may be
skipped when printing with the Autoprint
Function.
When you print still pictures recorded in the
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Photoshot Mode on a video camera of another
brand.
If you turn the Movie Camera on and off several
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times (3 times or more) between recording two
still pictures in the Photoshot Mode.
When you record a still picture in the Photoshot
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Mode on the same part of a cassette where a
Photoshot picture was recorded before.
When you select a different recording speed
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(SP/LP) between the recording of two still
pictures in the Photoshot Mode.
At the first Photoshot picture to be printed.
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≥When the cooling function of the Video Printer is
activated and the printing speed slows down,
automatic printing may stop. In this case, set
[AUTO PRINT] to [YES] again.
≥If you replace the ink cassette or paper during
printing, the same picture may be printed twice.
≥Before storing an image in memory on the Video
Printer, press the [OSD] Button (p. 98) on the
Remote Controller of the Movie Camera so that
no indications appear in the picture. Otherwise,
the Counter Indication and other function
indications are also printed in the picture.
≥The [PRINTER ERROR] Indication appears if the
Movie Camera is not correctly connected to the
Video Printer or when the ink cassette and/or the
paper in the Video Printer are not loaded or used
up.
≥When Mega-Pixel Pictures are to be printed, print
them from the Card so as to ensure that their
picture quality will be maintained.
≥When pictures except for Mega-Pixel pictures are
to be printed, it is recommended that the
Progressive Photoshot Function (p. 32) is used
in recording and connect an S-Video Cable to a
Video Printer.
≥Some printers may not be able to print out the
Mega-Pixel Pictures recorded using this Movie
Camera. The Video Printer (NV-MPD7B) is
available.
≥As index signals are not recorded with the still
pictures recorded in the Continuous Photoshot
Mode, automatic printing of these pictures is not
possible.
≥If still pictures are recorded successively in the
Photoshot Mode, some pictures may be skipped
during printing.
≥A picture that is recorded very close to the
beginning of the tape may not be printed.
≥Pictures that you have edited or composed on a
Video Printer (NV-MPD1B, NV-MPD5B,
NV-MPD7B) can be recorded on the Card,
however, they can no longer be played back on
this Movie Camera.
≥With some printers, it may not be possible to
print out pictures which were recorded on the
cassette in the Wide Mode. Refer to the
Operating Instructions of your printer for further
information.
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