Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder AG-HVX200AP Operating Instructions

							
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7 Press the  button to select YES, and press 
the  button.
        
8  Press MENU twice to exit the menus.
With this unit, the time code value is adjusted in 
accordance with the format and frame rate. For 
this reason, bear in mind that making a change in 
the format or frame rate may result in discontinuity 
from the last time code value of the previous 
recording.
Setting user information
Setting user information allows you to store 8-digit 
information (such as the date and time) in the 
hexadecimal format on the tape’s sub code track.
User information is automatically saved in the 
memory and retained after you turn off the power.
1  Set the POWER switch to ON.
5  When the screen below appears, set the  time code value.
Press the 
 and  buttons to select the time 
code value.
        
Press the  button to move to the next digit, 
and press the  and  buttons again to select 
the value.
You can reset the time code to zero by pressing 
COUNTER RESET.
OSDCOUNTERRESET TITLE
 VOL +MULTI/ P-IN-PREC A.DUB
PLAY
/REW FF/ 
ZOOM
DATE/
TIME PHOTO
SHOT START/
STOP
-
CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECTINPUT 1 INPUT 2INT(L)
INPUT 1
INPUT 2 INT(R)
INPUT 2 ON
OFFMIC POWER +48V
BARS
AUDIO
SHUTTERSPEED SEL
COUNTER RESET/TC SETZEBRA OIS
RESET
ON
OFF
Camera  or Remote control
6  Press the MENU button when you have 
finished setting the time code.
  
MENU
Recording format Frame 
rate Time code 
adjustment
1080i/24P, 1080i/24PA, 
480i/24P, 480i/24PA– Adjustable in 
5-frame increments
720P/60P, 720P/30P, 
720P/24P 24
720P/24PN – Adjustable in 
4-frame increments
720P/30PN – Adjustable in 
2-frame increments 
						

							
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2  In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen UB MODE, select USER.
• For menu operation (Page 97)
• You can also use the menu buttons on the  remote control. (Page 15)
Example: In the MCR mode
        
3 Press the  and  buttons to select UB 
PRESET, and press the  button.
        
4 Press the  button to select YES, and press 
the  button.
        
5  Set the user information. Press the  and  buttons to select the user 
information characters.
• You can use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters  from A to F.
        
Press the  button to move to the next digit, 
and press the  and  buttons again to select 
the characters.
You can reset the user information to nothing by 
pressing COUNTER RESET.
OSDCOUNTERRESET TITLE
 VOL +MULTI/ P-IN-PREC A.DUB
PLAY
/REW FF/ 
ZOOM
DATE/
TIME PHOTO
SHOT START/
STOP
-
CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECTINPUT 1 INPUT 2INT(L)
INPUT 1
INPUT 2 INT(R)
INPUT 2 ON
OFFMIC POWER +48V
BARS
AUDIO
SHUTTERSPEED SEL
COUNTER RESET/TC SETZEBRA OIS
RESET
ON
OFF
Camera  or Remote control
6  Press the MENU button when you have 
finished setting the user information.
  
MENU
7 Press the   button to select YES, and press 
the  button.
        
8  Press MENU twice to exit the menus.
Setting the time data (continued) 
						

							
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2
3
VCR DUB
MCR
PC
CAMERA
1
P2 TAPE
Lock release
1 Before turning the POWER switch to ON
Set the MEDIA switch to the P2 position.
2  Turn the POWER switch to ON.
While pressing the lock release, turn the 
POWER switch to ON.
3  Press the mode button so the MCR lamp turns on.
The camera is now in the MCR mode.
•  Each time you press the button, the mode  changes as below.
 MCR 
 CAMERA
  When you press the mode button while  MCR is selected, the unit enters the PC (PC 
connection) mode. (Page 83)
Operations using the OPERATION button Remote Control
Play ()
When this button is pressed in stop mode, playback will start from the 
first clip selected.
During playback, the unit enters the variable speed search mode and 
starts 1x playback. (Page 74)
INDEX STOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
Fast-forward ()
When this button is pressed during playback, the clips are advanced 
from a point in the clip already selected (at four times normal speed).
When the thumbnail screen is cancelled, you can also perform this 
operation while the camera is stopped.
When this button is held down, the playback speed becomes faster 
(32x speed).
When pressed during a pause, playback advances one clip.
INDEX STOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
Rewind ()
When this button is pressed during playback, the clips are rewound 
from a point in the clip already selected (at four times normal speed).
When the thumbnail screen is cancelled, you can also perform this 
operation while the camera is stopped.When this button is held down, 
the playback speed becomes faster (32x speed).
When pressed during a pause, playback goes back one clip.
INDEX STOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
Stop ()
INDEXSTOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
Pause ()
Press again to return to playback.
INDEX STOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
Basic playback operations (P2 card)P2
For details on playing back clips using thumbnails, see page 65. 
						

							
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3
VCR DUB
MCR
PC
CAMERA
1
P2 TAPE
Basic playback operations (Tape) 1
 Before turning the POWER switch to ON
Set the MEDIA switch to the TAPE position.
2  Turn the POWER switch to ON.
While pressing the lock release, turn the 
POWER switch to ON.
3  Press the mode button so the VCR lamp lights.
The camera is now in the VCR mode.
•  Each time you press the button, the mode  changes as below.
 VCR 
 CAMERA
  When you press the mode button while VCR  is selected, the unit enters the DUB (dubbing) 
mode. (Page 87)
Operations using the OPERATION button Remote Control
Play ()
While the tape is in the stop mode, the playback starts from where 
you stopped.
During playback, the unit enters the variable speed search mode and 
starts x1-speed playback. (Page 74)
No sound is heard during the playback.
INDEX STOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
Fast-forward ()
During playback, the fast-forward playback starts (at ten times normal 
speed).
While the tape is in the stop mode, the unit starts fast-forwarding of 
tape.
INDEX STOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
Rewind ()
During playback, the rewind playback starts (at ten times normal 
speed).
While the tape is in the stop mode, the unit starts rewinding of tape.
INDEX STOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
Stop ()
INDEXSTOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
Pause ()
Press again to return to playback.
INDEX STOP INDEXSTILL ADVPA U S ESTILL ADVPLAY
INDEX STOP
V-/REW FF/
TA P E
Tape protection mode
To protect the tape, this unit automatically switches to stop mode when five minutes elapse in the playback 
pause state or recording pause state. However, the time until stopping is shorter when in a playback pause 
state at low temperatures.Lock release 
						

							
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Thumbnail screen
Video data created on the P2 card in one shooting session is called a cl\
ip.  When the MCR mode has been 
established by the MEDIA switch set to the P2 status, the clips will be displayed on the LCD screen as 
thumbnails. (When there is a large number of clips, it will take some time for them to be displayed on the 
screen.)
You can perform the following operations using the thumbnail screen. 
•  Play, repair and delete clips as well as add and delete shot marks.
•  Format P2 cards and SD memory cards.
•  Load the metadata (shooting information, etc.) from SD memory cards to the unit.
Basic thumbnail screen operations
To use the thumbnail menu:
1  On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU button to display the menu.
2  Select the item using the  and  buttons, and press the  (or  ) 
button.
If another menu appears, repeat this step.
•  To return to the previous screen, select EXIT and press 
 or press the  
button.
•  To release the menu mode, press MENU.
To    select thumbnails:  Select the thumbnails (the yellow frame moves) using the 
 and  buttons, 
and press the  button (the color of the frame changes to blue-green). Press the  button again to 
deselect the clip. To scroll the pages, press the PAGE (- or +) button.
To play back clips:  Select the thumbnail, and press the 
 button. (For details on playback, see page 63.)
•  Only clips whose format is the same as recording format 6 shown in the figure below can be played 
back.
SET
MENU PA G E /
AUDIO MON/VAR
1 2
THUMBNAIL OPERATION PROPERTYALL CLIP
SAME FORMAT CLIPS
SELECTED CLIPS
MARKED CLIPS
TEXT MEMO CLIPS
SLOT CLIPS
SETUP
EXIT DELETE
FORMAT
REPAIR CLIP
REPAIR CLIP
(LOOP)
EXITCLIP PROPERTY
C A R D  S TAT U S
DEVICES
PROPERTY SETUP
SYSTEM INFO
EXITM E TA  D ATALOAD
RECORD
INITIALIZE USER CLIP NAME
PROPERTY
EXIT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
P2
•  Thumbnail screens are not output from the COMPONENT OUT terminal.
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Thumbnail screen (continued)P2
1  Slot number/dubbing mode displayThe number of the slot with the P2 card 
containing the selected clip is indicated here.  
(The number appears in yellow.)  If a clip 
extends over the P2 cards in two slots, both 
numbers will appear in yellow.
In the dubbing mode, the arrow and tape mark 
light up.
•  When one of the following warnings applies to an inserted P2 card, the frame around the slot 
number turns pink.
  1) RUN DOWN CARD (page 94)
  2) DIR ENTRY NG CARD (page 94)
2 Thumbnails This is where the initial images of the clips are 
displayed.
3  Thumbnail display status (Page 68) The types of clips displayed as thumbnails 
appear in this area.
4 Clip numbers The clips are displayed in the order in which 
they were shot. (up to 2000)
Clips in the wrong recording format or clips 
which cannot be played back for other reasons 
are shown in red.
To play clips indicated by the red numbers, 
set the format for the REC FORMAT option on 
the RECORDING SETUP setting menu to the 
format 6 below. (Page 107)
•  Clips on the playlist which have been edited and copied using the AJ-SPD850 memory 
card recorder or other such unit and which 
have more than one format (DV, DVCPRO 
or DVCPRO50) are shown in red, and these 
clips cannot be played back even when the 
REC FORMAT item has been set.
5 Menu display This is where the menu items are displayed.
When EXIT is selected and the 
 button is 
pressed, the menu display is cleared, and the 
original screen is restored.
6  Recording mode/format display This is where the recording mode and format of 
the recorded images are displayed.
7 Indicators
M : Shot mark
This indicates that a clip has a shot mark.
w : Wide
This indicates that a clip has been recorded 
in the 16:9 aspect ratio (wide screen). (480i 
recording)
! : Incomplete clip
This indicator appears when the recording of a 
clip extends over two P2 cards and one of the 
cards is not found in the slot.
X : Defective clip
This indicator appears for a clip whose 
recording was defective because the power 
was cut off during the recording process, for 
instance.
Clips indicated by the yellow defective clip 
indicator can be repaired.
Clips indicated by the red defective clip 
indicator cannot be repaired so delete them. If 
a clip cannot be deleted, first back up its data, 
and then format the P2 card. Clips in the wrong 
format are indicated by (
?) instead.V : Voice memo
This indicates that a clip has a voice memo.
(You cannot perform recording/playback with 
this camera.)
T : Text memo
This indicates that a clip has a text memo.
E : Edit copy
This indicates that this is an edit copy clip.
(You cannot perform editing with this camera.)
P : Proxy
This indicates that a proxy has been added and 
recorded.
(You cannot perform recording with this 
camera.)
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Adding shot marks to clips
Adding shot marks (M) will make it easier to find 
the clips you are looking for.
1 Press the  and  buttons to move the 
yellow frame to the clip to which you will 
add a shot mark.
2  Press the USER button to which the shot  mark function has been allocated. (Page 
105)
To release a shot mark, repeat the above steps.
•  When the video data of a single shot is made up  of multiple clips, you cannot set or release shot 
marks unless all the P2 cards that make up the 
video data are inserted into the slots.
Clearing the thumbnail screen
Before performing setting menu operations (Page 
97), you must clear the thumbnail screen.
Release this in the same way when the camera-
recorder is to be controlled from a nonlinear editor.
1  Press the AUDIO DUB/THUMBNAIL button.
 
AUDIO DUB/THUMBNAIL
AUDIO DUB/THUMBNAIL
The normal playback standby screen (1394 input 
mode) appears.
Direct shooting functions
If you press the START/STOP button (red) in MCR 
mode, the camera mode will be automatically 
activated, and shooting will start.
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Thumbnail operations
You can display the kind of clips you want to see as 
thumbnails.
You can also set more precisely how you want the 
thumbnails to appear on the screen.
1  On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU button.
A menu now appears.  (Page 65)
2  Select THUMBNAIL using the  and  
button, and press the  (or  ) button.
      
3  Select the desired item using the  and  
buttons, and press the  button.
      
Selecting the thumbnail display method (THUMBNAIL)
P2
ALL CLIP: 
  All the clips are displayed. 
SAME FORMAT CLIPS: 
  The clips in the same recording format are  displayed.
SELECTED CLIPS: 
  The clips you have selected are displayed.
MARKED CLIPS: 
  The clips with shot marks are displayed.
TEXT MEMO CLIPS: 
  The clips with text memos are displayed. The thumbnails at text memo positions, time 
codes (TC), total number of memos and the 
current order of the clips are displayed.
  To delete a text memo:
 1)   Move the cursor to the clip whose text 
memo is to be deleted, and press the 
 
button. A thumbnail of the text memo now 
appears.
 2)   Move the cursor to the thumbnail with the 
text memo to be deleted.
 3)   Press the MENU button to display the 
menu, and select OPERATION-DELETE.
SLOT CLIPS: 
  The clips on the P2 card in the specified slot  are displayed.
SETUP: 
  Various setup operations are performed.
EXIT: 
  Select this to return to the last screen.
Proceed to step  4 only when you have selected 
SETUP. 
						

							
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4  Select the desired setting item using the  
and  buttons, and press the  button.
MARKED IND.: 
  Select this to set whether the shot mark  indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).
TEXT MEMO IND.: 
  Select this to set whether the text memo  indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).
VOICE MEMO IND.: 
  Select this to set whether the voice memo  indicator is to be displayed (ON/OFF).
WIDE IND.: 
  Select this to set whether the wide indicator is  to be displayed (ON/OFF).
PROXY IND.: 
  Select this to set whether the proxy indicator  is to be displayed (ON/OFF).
DATA DISPLAY: 
  Select the time code (TC), user information  (UB), shooting time (TIME), shooting date 
(DATE) or shooting date (DATE TIME) for the 
area where the clip time is displayed.
DATE FORMAT: 
  Select year/month/day (YMD), month/day/ year (MDY) or day/month/year (DMY) as the 
order for displaying the recording date/time.  
This format will be the same for the recording 
date displayed by the clip properties and the 
recording date displayed by DATA DISPLAY.
THUMBNAIL SIZE: 
  Select LARGE (3x2) or NORMAL (4x3) for  full-screen displays of thumbnails.
THUMBNAIL INIT: 
  Select this to return all the above settings to  the factory (initialization) settings.
EXIT:  Select this to return to the last screen.
5  Press the MENU button to release the menu 
mode.
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You can perform any of the following operations. If 
necessary, make preparations prior to undertaking 
the operations.
Deleting clips
•  Select the clip to be deleted, and then press the 
 button.
Formatting P2 cards or SD memory cards
•  Insert the card to be formatted into the unit.
•  When a card is formatted, all its data will be  deleted.
Repairing defective clips
•  Select the defective clip (indicated by 
X) to be 
repaired.  (Clips indicated by the red defective 
clip indicator cannot be repaired.)
1  On the thumbnail screen, press the MENU  button.
A menu now appears. (Page 65)
2  Select OPERATION using the  and  
button, and press the  (or  ) button.
        
3  Select the desired item using the  and  
buttons, and press the  button.
        
DELETE: 
  Select this to delete the selected clip.
  Select YES to delete the clip or NO to cancel  the deletion, and press the 
 button.
FORMAT: 
  Select this to format a P2 card or SD memory  card.
  When you move to FORMAT, the card  selection screen will appear.  Select the P2 
slot (SLOT1 or SLOT2) or select SD CARD, 
and press the 
 button.  Select YES to format 
the card or NO to cancel the formatting, and 
press the 
 button. REPAIR CLIP: 
  Select this to repair defective clips.
  Select YES to repair the clip or NO to cancel 
the repair, and press the 
 button.
 •   The SHOT MARK and TEXT MEMO data 
are deleted when a clip is repaired.
REPAIR CLIP (LOOP):
  Select this to repair defective clips that were  shot with loop recording.
  • The repair process can take some time.
EXIT:  Select this to return to the last screen.
4  Press the MENU button to release the menu 
mode.
•  When clips have been copied by operating  Explorer, for instance, the “!” indicator may 
appear on the clips. If this happens, “!” can 
sometimes be released by downloading the latest 
version of the P2 viewer from the web site given 
below, installing it in your computer, and copying 
the clips again.
 https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/
P2
Deleting clips and formatting cards (OPERATION)
Thumbnail operations (continued)