Panasonic AJ-SPX900e Operating Instructions Manual page 6

4-9 Menu-driven Function Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4-9-1 Setting the Switchover of USER SW GAIN . . . . .57
4-9-2 Selecting Video Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
4-9-3 Selecting Function for the FRONT AUDIO LEVEL
Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
4-9-4 Assigning Functions to USER MAIN,
USER1 and USER2 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
4-9-5 Setting Color Temperature Manually. . . . . . . . . .58
4-10 Handling data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4-10-1 Handling SD memory cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
4-10-2 Formatting, Writing and Reading
an SD memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
4-10-3 How to Use the User Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
4-10-4 How to Use Scene File Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
4-10-5 Resetting Menu Option Settings to Defaults . . . .66
4-10-6 Lens File Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Chapter 5 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5-1 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5-1-1 Mounting the battery and
setting the battery type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
5-1-2 Using an AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
5-2 Mounting the Viewfinder and
Adjusting its Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5-3 Mounting the lens and
Performing the Flange Back and
White Shading Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5-4 Preparing for Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5-4-1 When Using the Front Microphone . . . . . . . . . . .75
5-4-2 When Using a Wireless Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . .75
5-4-3 When Using Audio Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
5-5 Connection between the USB 2.0 port of
the AJ-SPX900E and a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5-6 Mounting the Camera on a Tripod . . . . . . . . . 77
5-7 Attaching the Shoulder Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5-8 Attaching the Rain Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5-9 Connecting the AJ-EC3E
Extension Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5-10 Attaching the Front Audio Level Control
Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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Chapter 6 Manipulating Clips
with Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . 80
6-1 Thumbnail Manipulations Overview . . . . . . . . 80
6-2 Thumbnail Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6-3 Selecting Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
6-4 Playing Back Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
6-5 Switching the Thumbnail Display . . . . . . . . . . 83
6-6 Shot Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6-7 Voice Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
6-7-1 Playing Back Voice Memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
6-7-2 Recording a Voice Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
6-7-3 Deleting Voice Memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6-8 Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6-9 Restoring Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
6-10 Reconnection of incomplete clips . . . . . . . . . . 86
6-11 Copying clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
6-12 Setting of Clip Meta Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
6-13 Setting of Proxy (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
6-14 Formatting a P2 Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
6-15 Formatting SD memory cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6-16 Setting the Thumbnail Display Mode . . . . . . . 89
6-17 Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6-17-1 Clip Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6-17-2 P2 Card Status Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6-17-3 SD memory card Status Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6-17-4 Confirmation of Metadata Upload. . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6-17-5 Video Encoder Card Status Display
(optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 7 Maintenance and
Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
7-1 Inspections Before Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
7-1-1 Preparing for Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
7-1-2 Inspecting the Camera Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
7-1-3 Inspecting the Memory Recording Functions . . . 93
7-2 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
7-2-1 Cleaning Inside the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
7-2-2 Phenomenon Inherent to CCD Cameras . . . . . . 94
7-2-3 Replacing the Backup Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
7-2-4 Connector Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
7-3 Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
7-3-1 Warning Description Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
7-3-2 Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98