Panasonic Hm Ta2 Owners Manual

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≥The setting will be normal when you turn off the unit or touch   [PLAY].
This unit can record motion pictures/still pictures under water to a depth 
3m (10feet).
1Press and hold the screen lock button 
until the precaution message 
appears.
≥You cannot perform touch operations.
≥ While setting   [MENU] or [MODE], it 
cannot be set to the screen lock mode.
≥ To release the screen lock mode, press and 
hold the screen lock button again.
2Press the Recording button.
∫ To switch between Motion Picture Recording Mode 
and Still Picture Recording Mode
Press the screen lock button.
≥When you use the screen lock mode, you have the following 
limitations.
jThe effect function will be released.
j The zoom magnification will be  k1.
≥ To use the LED light, turn on the LED light setting, and then set to 
screen lock mode. ( l39)
For underwater recording [HM-TA20]
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Recording/Playback
Playback
During playback, we recommend you use this unit horizontally. In this 
Owner’s Manual, instructions for playback are given primarily for using 
horizontally.
1Touch  [PLAY].≥The last recorded scene or still picture or voice will be played back.
≥If voices to be played back was recorded with still pictures, the still 
picture is displayed. Touch  /  on the still picture or slide the 
screen display from right to left (from left to right) while touching it 
to playback next (previous) still picture.≥ Playback will end and it will go into pause mode for recording 
when the Recording button is pressed.
2Hold this unit horizontally.
≥The screen display automatically switches to horizontal.
≥ To display the operation icon, touch the screen. It will disappear 
when there is no operation for a few seconds.
3Select the playback operation by touching the 
operation icon.

10m30s
A Operation icon
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∫
Playback operation
Icon/
Playback operationOperating stepsPlayback  data
Thumbnail display (Only playing back horizontally)
Touch  during pause. 
(
l 44) All
Pause
Touch 
 during playback. Scenes/
Vo i c e s
/Volume adjustmentTouch  or 
 during playback.: Increases the volume
: Decreases the volume All
/
Fast forward/rewind  playback Touch   (fast forward 
playback) or 
 (rewind 
playback) during playback or 
pause. Scenes/
Vo i c e s
Playback Touch   during pause.
≥
Playing back the slide show/
continuous playback ( l46) All
/
Skip playback (to the 
start of a scene/voice)
To the next (previous)  still pictures Touch 
 or  during 
playback or pause. All
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≥It is possible to touch   (Frame-by-frame playback) or 
 (Reverse frame-by-frame playback) when editing. ( l50, 51)
≥ To playback next (previous) scene, still picture or voice:
jTouch / .
j Slide the screen display from right to left (from left to right) while 
touching it.
∫ When selecting a scene, still picture or voice to be played 
back from thumbnail display
1 Touch .
2 Touch scene, still picture or voice to be played back.
≥  is displayed for scene, and   is displayed for still picture.
≥ To display the next (previous) page:
jTouch / .
j Slide the thumbnail display upward (downward) while touching it.
Icon/
Playback operationOperating stepsPlayback  data
Direct playback Touch the Direct playback bar 
or slide it while touching.
≥
The playback pauses 
temporarily and skips to the 
position touched or slid to 
while touching.
≥ Playback will start by releasing 
your touching or sliding finger. Scenes/
Vo i c e s
Scene/Still picture Voice
NOV 15 2011  12:15 PM100-0010
NOV 16 2011  02:30 PM
100-0011
NOV 20 2011  04:45 PM
100-0012
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∫When switching the thumbnail display for scene/still pictures 
and voice
Touch [MODE].
∫Playback with this unit vertically
Touch the thumbnail display  A, then the touched scene, still picture or 
voice will play back. If you touch  / , the next (previous) page can 
be displayed.
≥ The only time you can display the thumbnail is while paused.
≥  ( ( l51),  ( l50)),  ( l52) and   ( l44) icons 
will be displayed only when playing back horizontally.
∫ About the screen display during playback
00m00s: Playback time (Motion 
Picture Playback Mode 
only)
≥ 00h00m00s is displayed during the 
Voice Playback Mode.
100-0001: File number
NOV 15 2011: Date indication
Scene/Still picture
Voice
29m59s 2 9 m 5 9 s
12m30s

01h30m59s 0 1 h 3 0 m 5 9 s
01h30m59s
NOV 15 2011
12:15 PM
100-0010
10 100 -0001
0001
00m00s
0 0 m 0 0 s
NOV 15 2011 100 - 0001
00m00s
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Recorded motion pictures/still pictures or voices can be played back as a 
slide show/continuous playback.
For motion pictures/voices
Touch and hold 1 for approx. 
2 seconds.
For still pictures
Touch 1.
≥  appears.
Motion picture compatibility
≥This unit is based on the MPEG-4 AVC file format.
≥ This unit may degrade or not play back motion pictures recorded or 
created on other products, and other products may degrade or not 
play back motion pictures recorded on this unit, even if the products 
support MP4.
Still picture compatibility≥This unit is compliant with the unified standard DCF (Design rule for 
Camera File system) established by JEITA (Japan Electronics and 
Information Technology Industries Association) and with Exif 
(Exchangeable Image File Format). Files which do not comply with 
the DCF standard cannot be played back.
Voice compatibility≥This unit is compliant with LPCM file standards and AAC file 
standards.
≥ This unit may degrade or not play back voices recorded or created 
on other products, and other products may degrade or not play back 
voices recorded on this unit.
Playing back the slide show/continuous 
playback
00m00s 0 0 m 0 0 s
00m00s
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≥Slide show/continuous play back will start from the scene/still picture or 
voices that is currently being pl ayed back. It will stop once all the 
recorded scenes/still pictures or voices are played back.
≥ Scenes are played back normally, and still pictures are played back for 
approx. 2 seconds each.
To cancel playing back the slide show/continuous playback
Touch .
≥The unit will switch to the normal playback screen for the scene/still 
picture or voices that was being played back when the slide show/
continuous playback was canceled. (Scenes or voices will go into 
pause mode.)
≥For the still pictures recorded while voice was recorded and played 
back during the continuous playback of the voice, it is possible to 
display the next (previous) still picture by sliding the screen display 
from right to left (from left to right) while touching it. (Still pictures will 
not change automatically by the voice that is being played back.)
You can zoom in by touching a still picture during playback.
1Touch  , and then touch the screen display during 
still picture playback.
≥ The still picture is zoomed in order of normal display ( k1)  #  k2 # 
k 4. Touch   to zoom in from normal display to  k2, touch the 
screen display to zoom in from  k2 to  k4.
≥ The still picture is zoomed in on, centering on the part you 
touched.
≥ You can also zoom by touching  .
2Move to the zoomed in position by sliding the screen 
display while touching it.
Zooming out from the zoomed still picture
Touch   to zoom out. ( k4 #  k2 #  k1)
≥ Touch [1k ] to return to normal playback ( k1).
Zooming in on a still picture during playback 
(Playback zoom)
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≥When a card has been inserted, scen es, still pictures and voices can 
be deleted on the card.
≥ When a card has not been inserted, scenes, still pictures and voices 
can be deleted on the built-in memory.
∫ To delete the scenes, still pictures or voices being 
played back with this unit horizontally
1Touch   while scenes, still pictures or voices to be 
deleted are being played back.
2Touch [DELETE].
∫ To delete scenes, still pictures or voices from the 
thumbnail display when using horizontally, or during 
playback when using vertically
1(Only playing back horizontally)
Touch   during thumbnail display.
(Only playing back vertically)
Touch .
2Touch the item.
Deleting scenes, still pictures or voices
Deleted scenes, still pictures or voices cannot be restored, so 
perform appropriate confirmation of the contents before 
proceeding with deletion.
[SELECT] (Only playing back horizontally)
Touch the scene, still picture or voice to 
be deleted.
≥
When touched, the scene, still picture or 
voice is selected and the   indication 
appears on the thumbnail. Touch the 
scene, still picture or voice again to cancel 
the operation.
≥ Up to 100 scenes, still pictures or voices 
can be selected to be deleted.
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3(When [SELECT] or [ALL] are selected in step 2)
Touch [YES].
(When [SINGLE] is selected in step 2)
Touch [DELETE].
≥Scenes, still pictures or voices protected on other products cannot be 
deleted.
≥ The scenes, still pictures or voices that cannot be played back (with 
 on the thumbnail) may not be deleted.
≥ In case of [ALL], the deletion may take time if there are many scenes/
still pictures or voices.
≥ If you delete scenes recorded on other products or still pictures 
conforming to DCF standard with this unit, all the data related to the 
scenes/still pictures may be deleted.
≥ When still pictures recorded on an SD card by other products are 
deleted, a still picture (other than JPEG) that cannot be played back on 
this unit may be erased.
[ALL] When scenes or still pictures are selected, all 
the scenes or still pictures on the SD card/
built-in memory will be deleted.
When voices are selected, all the voices on 
the SD card/built-in memory will be deleted.
[SINGLE]
(Only playing back vertically)
Delete the selected scene, still picture or 
voice.
[RETURN]
Deleting is canceled.
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A single frame from the recorded motion picture can be saved as a still 
picture.
(Only playing back horizontally)
1Touch .
2Touch .
3Pause at the scene you want to save as a still picture 
during playback.
≥It is convenient to use frame-by-frame playback.
4Touch .
≥Quality will be different from the normal still picture.
∫ Picture size
Size of the still pictures will differ depending on the [Video Rec Mode] of 
the recorded scenes.
Creating still picture from motion picture
Recording modeSize of still pictures
2 M (1920 k1080)
0.9 M (1280 k720)
0.3 M (640 k480)
0.5 M (960 k540)
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