Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AG-HPX170 Panasonic
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Panasonic Broadcast AG-HPX170 Menu Information.
94 Using the setup menus Use the setup menus to change the settings to suit the scenes you are shooting or what y ou are recording. MENU PUSH-SET PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR THUMBNAIL Operation lever MENU button Using the menus If the thumbnail menu is displa yed, press the THUMBNAIL button to release the displa y .
Menu 95 Initializing the menu settings The menu settings contain both the user le settings and the scene le settings. Y ou can initialize them separately . T o initializ e the user le (i.e. all the settings other than the scene le settings) Select INITIAL in USER FILE of the O THER FUNCTIONS screen.
96 Setup menu structure CAM (camera) mode menu CAMERA MENU SCENE FILE LOAD/SA VE/INIT (P ages 98 - 100) OPERA TION TYPE FRAME RA TE CAMERA SETUP ASPECT CONV MID GAIN SYNCRO SCAN (P age 100) SETUP HIGH GAIN DET AIL LEVEL A TW V DET AIL LEVEL SW MODE HANDLE ZOOM DET AIL CORING (P ages 101 - 10 3 ) IRIS DIAL CHROMA LEVEL USER1 CHROMA PHASE A UTO SW A.
Menu 97 Setup menu structure (continued) MCR (playbac k) mode menu MCR MENU RECORDING SETUP MCR FORMA T (P ages 104 - 106) 480i MCR MODE 1394 TC REGEN PLA YBACK FUNCTIONS A UDIO OUT TC MODE (P age 107.
98 Setup menu list SCENE FILE screen Item Display mode Description of settings LO AD/SA VE/INIT (Camera) LOAD: Loads the scene le settings sav ed using SAVE. SA VE: Sav es the changed scene le settings. INITIAL: The settings of the scene le selected with the scene le dial are returned to the factory settings.
Menu 99 Item Display mode Description of settings DRS (Camera) Selects the DRS (Dynamic Range Stretcher) function. This function compresses the video signal lev el to extend the dynamic range making it possible to correctly render highlight areas without ov erexposure and loss of detail that w ould otherwise occur .
100 Item Display mode Description of settings V DET AIL FREQ (Camera) Sets the ver tical detail for shooting in 480i progressiv e mode. THIN: Makes the detail thin.
Menu 101 SW MODE screen Item Display mode Description of settings MID GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the M position of the GAIN s witch. 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB HIGH GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the H position of the GAIN s witch.
102 Item Display mode Description of settings USER1 (Camera) Selects the function assigned to the USER1 button. REC CHECK: P erforms Rec Check. SPO TLIGHT : Auto iris control f or the spotlight ON/OFF . BA CKLIGHT: Auto iris control f or the backlight compensation.
Menu 103 Item Display mode Description of settings FOCUS ASSIST (Camera) Allocates a function to the FOCUS ASSIST button. EXP ANDED: Magnies the center por tion of the image. GRAPH: Displays a frequency distribution g raph at the top r ight in the viewnder and LCD monitor .
104 Item Display mode Description of settings A GC (Camera) Sets the Auto Gain Control when the ON is selected in A.IRIS. 6dB: P erforms the Auto Gain Control (max. 6 dB) in auto mode. 12dB: P erforms the Auto Gain Control (max. 12 dB) in auto mode. OFF: Does not perform the Auto Gain Control in auto mode .
Menu 105 Item Display mode Description of settings MIC GAIN 2 (Camera) Sets the input lev el of the external microphone connected to the INPUT 2 terminal. (P age 51) -50dB, -60dB 25M REC CH SEL (Camera) Selects the recording audio channel for D VCPRO and D V formats.
106 Item Display mode Description of settings UB MODE (Camera) (MCR) Set the content for user inf or mation. USER: Records the information of user . TIME: Records the time at recording. D A TE: Records the date at recording. TCG: Records the values of the time code generator .
Menu 107 PLA YBA CK FUNCTIONS screen Item Display mode Description of settings A UDIO OUT (MCR) Sets the audio signals to output from the A UDIO OUT pin jack when the P2 card or the tape is play ed back.
108 Item Display mode Description of settings INT MIC (Camera) Determines whether or not input from the inter nal microphone is used during recording. ON: Uses internal microphone input.
Menu 109 Item Display mode Description of settings O THER DISPLA Y (Camera) (MCR) Select how much inf or mation to display on the screen. (Page 9 3 ) OFF , P ARTIAL, ALL CAMERA D A T A (MCR) When set .
110 Item Display mode Description of settings SD CARD FORMA T (Camera) Formats the SD memory cards. O THER FUNCTIONS screen Item Display mode Description of settings USER FILE (Camera) (MCR) LO AD: Loads the settings in a previously stored user le .
Menu 111 Item Display mode Description of settings A CCESS LED (Camera) (MCR) Sets the access lamp to ON or OFF . ON: The lamp lights up and blinks as per the regular specications. OFF: The lamp is OFF in all circumstances. REC LAMP (Camera) Sets lighting of the tally lamp.
112 Item Display mode Description of settings PO WER SA VE (Camera) Selects the pow er-saving mode when the Operation le ver , MENU button, THUMBNAIL button, P A GE/A UDIO MON/V AR button, DISP/ MODE CHK button, USER1-3 b uttons and EVF DTL button ha ve not been operated f or 5 minutes or so .
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