Panasonic SPX900 Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents

Panasonic SPX900 Operating Instructions Manual Manual pdf 5 page image

5ContentsPrecautions for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-1 Camera Unit Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-2 Recorder/player Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-3 System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Chapter 2 Parts and their Functions . . 112-1 Power Supply andAccessory Mounting Section . . . . . . . . . . 112-2 Audio (input) Function Section. . . . . . . . . 122-3 Audio (output) Function Section . . . . . . . 132-4 Shooting and Recording/PlaybackFunctions Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142-5 Menu Operation Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172-6 Time Code Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182-7 Warning and Status Display Functions . . 192-8 Display Window Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . 192-9 LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-10 Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Chapter 3 Recording and Playback. . . 223-1 P2 Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223-2 Basic Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243-3 Normal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263-4 PRE-RECORDING function. . . . . . . . . . . 263-5 Loop Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273-6 Recording Review Function . . . . . . . . . . . 273-7 Normal and Variable Speed Playback . . . 283-8 Voice Memo Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283-9 Shot Mark Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Chapter 4 Adjustments andSettings for Recording . . . . 304-1 Adjusting the White balance andBlack Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304-1-1 Adjusting the White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304-1-2 Adjusting the Black Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324-2 Setting the Electronic Shutter . . . . . . . . . 334-2-1 Shutter Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334-2-2 Setting the Shutter Mode and Speed . . . . . . . .334-2-3 Placing the Camera-recorderin SYNCHRO SCAN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344-3 Selecting Recording Signals andRecording System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344-3-1 Selecting the Recording Signals. . . . . . . . . . . .344-3-2 Selecting the Recording System . . . . . . . . . . .354-4 Selecting Audio Input Signals andAdjusting Recording Levels . . . . . . . . . . . 354-4-1 Selecting Audio Input Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354-4-2 Adjusting Recording Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364-4-3 CH3 and CH4 Recording Levels . . . . . . . . . . . 364-5 Setting Time Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374-5-1 Setting the User Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374-5-2 Setting the Internal Clock’s Date and Time. . . 384-5-3 Setting the Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394-5-4 Externally Locking the Time Code . . . . . . . . . 394-5-5 Providing an ID to the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . 414-5-6 Setting UMID Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414-5-7 Mode Check Screen Displays(MODE CHECK button function). . . . . . . . . . . 424-6 Menu Displays in the ViewfinderScreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424-6-1 Menu Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424-6-2 Setting Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434-6-3 Selecting Options for USER MENU . . . . . . . . 444-7 Viewfinder Screen Status Displays . . . . . 454-7-1 Lamps in the Viewfinder Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 454-7-2 Viewfinder Status Indication Layout . . . . . . . . 454-7-3 Selecting Viewfinder Display Information . . . . 454-7-4 Display Modes and SettingChanges/adjustment Result Messages. . . . . . 514-7-5 Setting the Marker Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524-7-6 Marker Check Screen Displays(MARKER SELECT button function). . . . . . . . 524-7-7 Checking Return Video Signalin the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524-8 Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor . . 534-9 Menu-driven Function Setup . . . . . . . . . . 544-9-1 Setting the Switchover of USER SW GAIN. . . 544-9-2 Selecting Video Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . 544-9-3 Selecting Function forthe FRONT AUDIO LEVEL Control. . . . . . . . . 544-9-4 Assigning Functions to USER MAIN, USER1and USER2 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554-9-5 Setting Color Temperature Manually . . . . . . . 55