Panasonic AG-DVX100B Operating Instructions Manual

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52Using the CounterYou can display a counter that indicates how much timehas elapsed during shooting or playback.1 Press the COUNTER button.Each time you press the button, the displaychanges as follows.0 : 00. 00:Counter valueM 0 : 00. 00:Counter value in memory stop modeTC XX : XX : XX : XX:Time code valueUB XX XX XX XX:User informationFR --- -:Frame rate (30P/24P/24PA) and framesequence in progressive mode shooting.No display:Data is not displayed.Resetting the counterPress the COUNTER RESET button while thecounter is displayed.After shooting or playback, the tape can first bereturned to near the pre-programmed position, andthen stopped automatically.1 Press the COUNTER button to display thecounter in memory stop mode.2 At the desired position on the tape, press theCOUNTER RESET button to reset the counter.3 Proceed with playback or shooting.4 Press the CAMERA/VCR button to set the VCRmode.5 When rewind or fast-forward the tape, it stopsautomatically near where you reset thecounter.You can synchronize the time codes of your cameraswhen using more than one for a shoot. The cameraused for synchronization is the MASTER and thecamera being synchronized is the SLAVE.1 Connect a second camera with a DV(IEEE1394) cable and turn both cameras off.For connection (Page 54)2 Put the MASTER camera in CAMERA modeand output a video signal from the DV(IEEE1394) terminal.Do the remaining steps on the SLAVE camera.3 Set the SLAVE camera to VCR mode and inthe setup menus, RECORDING SETUPscreen, set FIRST REC TC to PRESET modeso the counter shows the TC.• You cannot do this if you have selectedREGEN.4 In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUPscreen, set DV IN PRESET to ON. (Page 74)• DVTC appears on the screen.5 Stop or eject the cassette tape.6 Press the COUNTER RESET/TC SET button.The TCG value is preset with the TC valuefrom the input 1394 signal.7 Reset the SLAVE camera to CAMERA mode.Counter displayMemory stop modeOSDCOUNTER RESET TITLEVOL +MULTI/P-IN-P REC A.DUBPLAY/REW FF/ZOOMDATE/TIME PHOTOSHOTSTART/STOP-COUNTER buttonCOUNTER RESET/TC SET buttonCamera orRemote controlDuring dubbing, reset the counter value at the OUTpoint to stop dubbing with memory stop mode.(Page 57)1394TC preset mode