Panasonic VDR-D300 Operating Manual (English, Spanish) Operating Instructions Manual

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Panasonic VDR-D300 Operating Manual (English, Spanish) Operating Instructions Manual Manual pdf 7 page image

7LSQT1011ContentsBefore usingFeatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Parts identification and handling . . . 15Using the LCD monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Using the viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Discs and cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Discs that can be used on this unit . . . . .23Cards that you can use with this unit. . . .26Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27SetupPower supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Connecting to the AC outlet. . . . . . . . . . .30Turning the unit on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Inserting/removing a disc . . . . . . . . . 32Inserting/removing an SD card . . . . . 34Selecting a mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35How to use the joystick . . . . . . . . . . . 36Switching the language . . . . . . . . . . . 41Using the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . 42Setting date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Adjusting LCD monitor/viewfinder. . . . 47RecordingBefore recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Recording motion pictures . . . . . . . . 50Changing the recording modeof the motion picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Recording still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . 52Number of pixels and picture qualityfor still picture recording . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Various recording functions . . . . . . . 56Zoom in/out function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Recording yourself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Backlight compensation function . . . . . . .58Fade in/fade out function . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Soft skin mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Tele macro function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62MagicPix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Self-timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64Wind noise reduction function . . . . . . . . .65Wide mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Image stabilizer function . . . . . . . . . . . . .67Built-in flash (VDR-D300 only) . . . . . . . . 68Manual recording functions . . . . . . . 70Scene mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Manual focus adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 72White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75PlaybackMotion picture playback . . . . . . . . . . 76Still picture playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Playing back still pictures as aslide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80EditingEditing scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Deleting scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Dividing a scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Combining scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Using playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85What is a playlist? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Creating a new playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Playing back a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Editing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Deleting still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Locking still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96DPOF setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Disc and card managementFormatting discs and cards . . . . . . . 98Formatting discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Formatting an SD card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Finalizing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Finalizing a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Un-finalizing a DVD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . 101Protecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Displaying disc information . . . . . . 103With other productsWith a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Playback on TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104With a DVD recorder/player . . . . . . 106Playback on DVD recorder/player . . . . 106Copying (dubbing) recordings onto aDVD recorder’s hard disk. . . . . . . . . . . 107