Using The [User] Button - Panasonic AG-MDR15P Operating Instructions Manual

Using the [USER] button

You can assign one of eleven functions to the
[USER] button. Using the [USER] button allows
you to easily switch the portable recorder function.
1
Select [USER] from the [OTHER
FUNCTIONS] setup menu.
Using the setup menus (Page 27)
2
Select the function ∗ that you want to assign
to the [USER] button, and then press the
[ENTER] button.
∗ The functions that can be assigned are shown
in the table below.
3
Press the [MENU] button to close the menu.
4
Press the [USER] button.
The function that you assigned to the [USER]
button operates.
USER ASSIGN:COUNTER
Screen display
INH
REC CHECK
SPOTLIGHT
BACKLIGHT
ATW LOCK
LCD DTL
LCD REVERSE
INDEX
SHOT MARK ∗
1
LAST CLIP
COUNTER ∗
2
∗
If [SHOT MARK] is assigned to the [USER] button,
1
it can be used during the thumbnail display.
∗
If [COUNTER] is assigned to the [USER] button,
2
it can be used during clip playback.
• [COUNTER] is assigned as the factory default.
• If you press the [USER] button to operate a
function and then turn off the power, the function is
canceled. (However, [LCD DTL] is not canceled.)
Press the [SHIFT/EXEC]
button during REC mode
to display the assigned
function on the LCD
monitor screen.
Usable modes
SDI CAM
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○
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○
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■
INH (Disable operation)
When INH is assigned, there is no operation
when the [USER] button is pressed.
■
REC CHECK (Check the recording)
When the [USER] button is pressed during
shooting standby, about 2 seconds of the video
and audio that were recorded immediately
before are played back. After playback, the
portable recorder returns to shooting standby.
• Only the [POWER] button, [REC/PAUSE]
button and [AUDIO MON/ADV] buttons are
operable during REC CHECK.
• The REC CHECK images are also recorded
when a device is connected to the portable
recorder and backup images are being
recorded.
• The [USER] button will not work even if it is
pressed when any of the following operations
have been performed upon completion of
recording/shooting.
• Operation is switched to the PB mode
• Recording format is changed
• Portable recorder's power is turned off and
then turned back on
• SD Memory Card is ejected
■
SPOTLIGHT
Performs auto iris control for the spotlight.
"SPOT" is displayed on the screen.
Press the [USER] button again to cancel.
When [MANUAL] is selected from the setup
menu [CAMERA SETUP] → [IRIS], even pressing
the [USER] button will not cause this to operate.
■
BACKLIGHT (Backlight compensation)
When the shooting subject is lit from behind,
performs backlight compensation auto iris control
so that the subject does not come out dark.
"BACK" is displayed on the screen.
Press the [USER] button again to cancel the
backlight compensation.
When [MANUAL] is selected from the setup
menu [CAMERA SETUP] → [IRIS], even pressing
the [USER] button will not cause this to operate.
■
ATW LOCK
Fixes the white balance value when the [USER]
button is pressed during ATW.
"LOCK" is displayed on the screen.
Press the [USER] button again to perform the
ATW function.
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