Panasonic Dmc G7 Owners Manual

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Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
Pictures recorded with this unit can be played back on a TV scr een.
Preparations:
Turn this unit and the TV off.
1Connect the camera and a TV.
•Check the direction of the terminals and plug in/out straight h olding onto the plug.
(It may result in malfunction by the deforming of the terminal  if it is plugged in obliquely 
or in wrong direction.)
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2Turn on the TV and select the input to match the connector in use.
3Turn the camera on and then press [(].
•Input of the TV will switch automatically and playback screen i s displayed when 
connected to a VIERA Link compatible TV using an HDMI micro cab le with the [VIERA 
Link] set to [ON].  (P343)
•Depending on the [Aspect Ratio], black bands may be displayed o n the top and bottom or the 
left and right of the pictures.
•Change the screen mode on your TV if the...

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Preparations:
Set the [VIERA Link] to [ON]. (P79)
1Connect this unit to a Panasonic TV compatible with VIERA Link with 
an HDMI micro cable  (P341).
2Turn the camera on and then press [ (].
3Operate with the remote control for the TV.
•Operate with reference to the operation icons displayed on the  screen.
•To play back the sound of a film during a slide show, set [Sound] to [AUTO] or [Audio] on the 
Slide Show setting screen.
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∫Other linked operations
Turning this unit off:
If you use the remote control for the TV to turn the TV off, this unit is also turned off.
Automatic input switching:
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If you connect with an HDMI micro cable and then turn this unit  on, and then press [(], the 
input channel on the TV automatically switches to this unit’s s creen. If the TV’s power is in 
standby status, it will turn on automatically (if [Set] has bee n selected for the TV’s [Power on 
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Saving still pictures and motion pictures on 
your PC
You can acquire recorded pictures to a PC by connecting the camera and the PC.
•Some PCs can read directly from the card removed from the camer a. For details, refer to the 
operating instructions of your PC.
•If the computer being used does not support SDXC Memory Cards,  a message 
prompting you to format may appear.
(Doing so will cause recorded images to be erased so do not cho ose to format.)
If the card is...

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The supplied DVD includes the following software.
Install the software on to your computer before use.
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PHOTOfunSTUDIO 9.7 PE (Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1)
This software allows you to manage images. For example, you can  send pictures and motion 
pictures to a PC and sort them by recording date or model name.  You can also perform 
operations such as writing images to a DVD, processing and corr ecting images, and editing 
motion pictures.
•SILKYPIX...

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∫Installing supplied software
•Before inserting the DVD, close all running applications.
1Check the environment of your PC.
•Operating environment of “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ”
–OS:
Windows VistaR (32bit) SP2,
WindowsR 7 (32bit/64bit) SP1,
WindowsR 8 (32bit/64bit),
WindowsR 8.1 (32bit/64bit)–CPU:
PentiumR III 800 MHz or higher (Windows VistaR),
PentiumR III 1 GHz or higher (WindowsR 7/WindowsR 8/WindowsR 8.1)–Display:
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∫Transferring images to a PC
Preparations:
Install “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ” to the PC.
1Connect the computer and camera with the USB connection cable 
(supplied).
•Please turn this unit on and your PC before connecting.•Turn the monitor toward you.•Check the direction of the terminals and plug in/out straight h olding onto the plug.
(It may result in malfunction by the deforming of the terminal  if it is plugged in obliquely 
or in wrong direction.)
Do not connect devices...

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∫Copying to a PC without using “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ”
If you are not able to install “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ”, you can copy f iles and folders to your 
PC by dragging and dropping files from this unit.
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The content (folder structure) on the card of this unit is as follows.
•A new folder is created when pictures are taken in the followin g situations.–After [No.Reset] (P80) in the [Setup] menu has been executed
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Saving still pictures and motion pictures on a 
Recorder
If you insert card holding content recorded with this unit into a 
Panasonic recorder, you can dub the content to a Blu-ray Disc o r 
DVD etc.
Methods to export still pictures  and motion pictures to other 
devices will vary depending on the file format. (JPEG, RAW, 
MPO, AVCHD, or MP4).
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You cannot dub 4K burst files (MP4 format) with [Aspect Ratio]  set to an 
option other than [16:9] to hard disk drives,...