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    Operating Instr uctions High Definition V ideo Camera Model N o. HDC-SD700 HDC-TM700 HDC-HS700 Before us e, please re ad these inst ructions complet ely . Please also r efer to O perating I nstructio ns (PDF f ormat) recor ded on the CD-ROM cont a ining the Operating Instructions (supplied). Y ou can lear n about ad vanced operat ion methods and ch[...]

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    2 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Informatio n for Y our Sa fety ∫ Concerning the battery Button-type b attery: CR2025 W ARNING: TO RE DUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELEC TRIC SHO CK OR PRODU CT DAMAGE, ≥ DO NOT EXPOSE TH IS APP ARA TUS TO RAIN, MOISTURE, DRIPPING OR SPLASHING AND THA T NO OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS V AS ES, SHALL BE PLAC ED ON TH E APP ARA T[...]

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    3 (ENG) V QT2M91 Use only the rec ommended a ccessorie s. ≥ Do not use any ot her A V multi cables and USB cab les exce pt the s upplied on e. ≥ When you use the cable which are sold separ ately , plea se make s ure to use the one whos e length is less than 3 me tres. ≥ Keep the Memory Card out of reach of children to prev ent swallo wing. ?[...]

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    4 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Do not use the Hig h Definition Video Camera near radio transmitters or high- volt age lines. ≥ If you recor d near radio tran smitters or high-volt age l ines, the recorde d pictu res and sound may be ad versely af fected. About connectin g to a PC ≥ Do not use any ot her USB cables ex cept the suppl ied one. ∫ Indemnity a b[...]

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    5 (ENG) V QT2M91 Preparatio n Basic Ad vanc ed Other s Infor mation for Y our Safet y .... ......... ..... ...2 Accessori es ......... ........ ...... ........ ........ .... ...6 Prep aration Befo re us ing [1] Part s identi fication a nd handli ng ....... ...... ...... ........ ...... ....... 7 [HDC-SD700]/ [HDC-TM700] ....... ... 7 [HDC -HS70 0] [...]

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    6 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Accessories Check the ac cessories bef ore using th is unit. Product numbers corr ect as of Feb. 20 10. These may be subject to chan ge. Some optio nal accessories m ay not be available in so me countries . Battery p ack VW-VBG130 AC adaptor VSK06 98 AC cable A K2CT39A0 0002 B K2CQ29A000 02 A Hong Kong S pecial Administrat ive Regi[...]

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    7 (ENG) V QT2M91 Pre paratio n Before u sing 1 Part s ident ification and handling 1 Spe aker 2 Power button [ ] ( l 20) 3 Inlet (cooling fan) 4 Intelligent auto/Manual button [iA/MANUAL] ( l 27) 5 Op tical ima ge s tabilizer but ton [ /O.I. S.] ( l 33) 6 Eyepiece co rrector dial 7 1080/50p button [1080 /50p] 8 Battery re lease lever [BA TT] ( l 14[...]

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    8 VQT2M91 ( ENG) 24 LCD moni tor ( T ouch screen) ( l 22) ≥ It can open up t o 90 o . ≥ It can ro tate up to 18 0 o A towards the lens or 90 o B tow ards the vie wfinder. 25 Vi ewfinder 26 Quick menu button [Q.MENU] 27 Sub recording start/stop button ≥ This butt on functi ons in the same manne r as the rec ording sta rt/stop but ton. 28 Adjus[...]

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    9 (ENG) V QT2M91 32 Shoe ada ptor mounting part 33 Shoe adap tor cover 34 Shoe adap tor rele ase lever [SHOE ADAPTOR RELEASE] 35 Photoshot button [ ] ( l 26) 36 Zoom lever [W/T] (In motion picture recording m ode or still pic ture recording m ode) ( l 31) Thumbnail display switch [ / ]/ V olume le ver [ s VOL r ] (I n play back mode) 37 Sta tus ind[...]

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    10 VQT2M91 ( ENG) 1 Spe aker 2 Power button [ ] ( l 20) 3 Inlet (cooling fan) 4 Intelligent auto/Manual button [iA/MANUAL] ( l 27) 5 Op tical ima ge s tabilizer but ton [ /O.I. S.] ( l 33) 6 Eyepiece co rrector dial 7 1080/50p button [1080 /50p] 8 Battery re lease lever [BA TT] ( l 14) 9 Batter y holder ( l 14) 10 DC input terminal [D C IN] ( l 17)[...]

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    11 (ENG) V QT2M91 25 LCD moni tor ( T ouch screen) ( l 22) ≥ It can open up t o 90 o . ≥ It can ro tate up to 18 0 o A towards the lens or 90 o B tow ards the vie wfinder. 26 Vi ewfinder 27 Quick menu button [Q.MENU] 28 Sub recording start/stop button ≥ This butt on functi ons in the same manne r as the rec ording sta rt/stop but ton. 29 Adju[...]

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    12 VQT2M91 ( ENG) 33 Photoshot button [ ] ( l 26) 34 Zoom lever [W/T] (In motion picture recording m ode or still pic ture recording m ode) ( l 31) Thumbnail display switch [ / ]/ V olume le ver [ s VOL r ] (I n play back mode) 35 HDD access lamp [ACCESS HDD] 36 Sta tus indica tor ( l 20) 37 Internal mi crophones 38 Recording start/stop button ( l [...]

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    13 (ENG) V QT2M91 Pre paratio n Setup 1 Power supply ∫ About batteries that you can use with this u nit The battery th at can be used with th is unit is VW-VBG 130/VW-VBG2 60/VW-VBG6 . ≥ This unit has a function to distinguish the batteries that can be used, and the batte ries (V W-VB G13 0/VW-V BG2 60/VW-V BG6 ) are co mp atib le with this fun[...]

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    14 VQT2M91 ( ENG) ≥ We reco mmend using Panas onic batteries. ( l 6, 15, 16) ≥ If you use ot her batter ies, we cannot gu arantee th e quality of this product . ≥ Do not heat or ex pose to flame. ≥ Do not leave the ba ttery(ie s) in an automobile ex posed to di rect sunlight for a long period of time with doo rs and windows closed . Inst al[...]

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    15 (ENG) V QT2M91 ∫ Charging/Recor ding time ≥ T emperature: 25 o C/humid ity: 60% Charging and recording t ime HDC-SD700 Battery model numbe r [V oltage/Capa city (minimum)] Charging time Record ing mode Maximu m continuously recorda ble time Act ual reco rdab le time Supplied ba ttery/ VW-VBG130 (op tional) [7.2 V /1250 m Ah] 2h3 5m i n 1080/[...]

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    16 VQT2M91 ( ENG) * The ba ttery p ack holder ki t VW-VH04 (optional) is necessary . ≥ These times are approximatio ns. ≥ The indica ted chargi ng time is f or when th e battery ha s been disc harged co mpletely . Charging time and recordable time va ry depending on the usage conditions such as high/low temperature. ≥ The actual re cordable t[...]

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    17 (ENG) V QT2M91 The unit is in the s tandb y condition when the A C adaptor is connecte d. The pr imary circu it is always “live” as long as the AC adaptor is connected to an ele ctrical outl et. Important: While the DC cable is connected to the AC adaptor, the battery will not charge. ≥ Do not use the AC cable with any other equipme nt as [...]

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    18 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Pre paratio n Setup 2 Recording to a card The unit can record still pictures or motion pi ctures to an SD ca rd, built-in memo ry or HDD. T o record to an SD card, read the fol lowing. Use SD cards confor ming to Class 4 or highe r of the SD Speed Class Rat ing* for motion pi cture recor ding. * The SD S peed Class Rati ng is the [...]

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    19 (ENG) V QT2M91 Caution: Check tha t the a ccess la mp has gone off . 1 Open the LCD mo nitor . 2 Open the SD card /terminal cover a nd insert (remove) t he SD card into (from ) the card slot. ≥ Face the label sid e B in the direction shown in the ill ustrati on and p ress it straight in as far as it will go. ≥ Press the c entre of th e SD ca[...]

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    20 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Pre paratio n Setup 3 T urning the unit o n/off Y ou can tur n the power on and off using th e powe r button , the LCD mo nitor or the viewfinder . Press the powe r button to turn on the power A The status indicato r lights. Opening th e LCD monitor or ext ending the vi ewfinder turns on the power . Closing the LCD monit or/ viewf[...]

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    21 (ENG) V QT2M91 Pre paratio n Setup 4 Selecting a mod e Change the mode to recording or playback. Operate the mode dial to change the mode to , or . Motion picture recor ding mode ( l 25) Still picture recording mode ( l 26 ) Playba ck mode ( l 28) ≥ Align with the st atus indica tor A . HDC-SD700&TM700&HS700GC -VQT2M91_mst.book 21 ペ?[...]

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    22 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Pre paratio n Setup 5 Adjusting L CD monitor/ viewfinder Y ou ca n ope rate by dire ctl y touch ing th e LCD monitor (tou ch screen) with your fin ger . It is easier to us e the stylus pen (s upplied) for det ailed operati on or if it is hard to operate wit h your finger s. ∫ T ouch T ouch and release the touch scr een to select[...]

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    23 (ENG) V QT2M91 Pre paratio n Setup 6 Setting date a nd time When th e unit is turne d on for the firs t time, a mess age asking you to set the da te and time will appear . Select [YES] an d perfor m step s 2 t o 3 bel ow to s et the d ate a nd time. ¬ Change t he mode to or . 1 Select the menu. 2 T ouch the date or tim e to be set, then se t th[...]

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    24 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Basic Recording/ Playback 1 Selecting a media to record [HDC-TM700/HDC-HS700] The card, bu ilt-in memory , and HDD media can be selected sep arately to record motion pictures or still pictures. 1 Change the mode to or . 2 Select the menu. 3 T ouch the media t o record motion pictures o r still pict ures. ≥ The media is sele cted[...]

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    25 (ENG) V QT2M91 Basic Recording/ Playback 2 Rec ordin g mot ion pictures 1 Change the mode to . 2 Open the LCD mon itor or extend the viewfinder . 3 Press the recor ding st art/stop button to start re cording. B When you b egin r ecording, ; changes to ¥ . 4 Press the recor ding st art/stop button again to p ause recording. ∫ Screen indica tio[...]

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    26 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Basic Recording/ Playback 3 Recording still p ictures 1 Change the mode to . 2 Open the LCD mon itor or extend the viewfinder . 3 Press the button halfway . (For auto focus only) 4 Press the button fully . ∫ About the scre en indication s in still pic ture recording : Still pict ure operation indicat or ß :F l a s h ß j : Flas[...]

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    27 (ENG) V QT2M91 Basic Recording/ Playback 4 Intelligent auto mode The fol lowin g mode s appr opr iate for the cond ition ar e set just by po inti ng the un it to wh at you w ant to record . *1 In motion pic ture recording mode only *2 In still picture recording mode only ≥ Depending on t he recording cond itions, the unit may not enter the de [...]

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    28 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Basic Recording/ Playback 5 Motion picture/Still picture playback 1 Change the mode to . 2 T ouch the play mo de select i con B . 3 T ouch t he des ire d med ia t o be p lay ed ba ck m otion pi cture s or s till pi ctu res. A [VIDE O/SD C ARD] B [PICT URE/ SD C ARD] C [VIDE O/SD C ARD] D [VIDEO/B uilt-inMemory] E [PICT URE/ SD C A[...]

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    29 (ENG) V QT2M91 4 T ouch the scene or the still pic ture to be played bac k. ≥ Next (previou s) page c an be displayed by touchin g /. 5 Select the playb ack operation by touching the operation icon. A Operation icon ≥ T o uch / to d isplay/ not-displ ay the o peration icon. Motion pict ure playback Sti ll picture p layback 1 / ; : Playback/P[...]

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    30 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Basic Setup 1 Using the men u screen 1 Press the MENU button . 2 T ouch the top menu A . 3 T ouch the submen u B . ≥ Next (p revious) p age can be d isplayed by touching / . 4 T ouch the des ired item to enter the setting. 5 T ouch [EXIT] or press t he MENU button to e xit the menu setting. ∫ About guide display Aft er touchin[...]

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    31 (ENG) V QT2M91 Advanced Recording (Advanced) 1 Zoom in/out fun ction The maxi mum opti cal zoom r atio is 12 k . The def ault se tting of th e [ZOOM MODE ] is [i.Zoo m 18 k ]. It can be extend ed to a maximum of 18 k during mot ion pictur e recording mode. ¬ Change t he mode to or . Set the max imum zoom ratio for t he motion picture recording [...]

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    32 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Zoom op eration can be done using the multi manual ring. Zoom by rot ating the ring. ≥ The zoom spee d varies dependi ng on the speed to ro tate the ring . If th e number of t he reco rding pixels is set to anythi ng other than the max imum number of recording pix els in still picture recording mode, the still picture can be rec[...]

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    33 (ENG) V QT2M91 Advanced Recording (Advanced) 2 Optical image st a bilizer function Optical image stabilizer can stabilize the image without decreasing the image qua lity as much. ¬ Change t he mode to or . ∫ Changing the optical i mage st abilizer function whe n in stil l picture recording mod e [MODE1]: The funct ion works all the ti me. [MO[...]

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    34 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Advanced Editing 1 Deleting scenes/s till pictures ¬ Change t he mode to . ∫ Deleting multi ple scenes /still pict ures from the th umbnail disp lay 1 Press the button while the thumbnail view scre en is displa yed. 2 T ouch [ALL SCENES] or [SELE CT]. ≥ When [ALL SCENE S] is selected, all th e scenes or still pictures on the [...]

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    35 (ENG) V QT2M91 Advanced Editing 2 Form atting Please b e aware that if a medi um is formatted , then all the dat a recorded on the medium will be erased and cannot be res tored. Back up important data on a PC, DVD disc etc . Select the m enu. ( l 30) ≥ When for matting is compl ete, touch [ EXIT] to exit the message scr een. ≥ Perform a phy [...]

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    36 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Advanced With a TV 1 W atchi ng V ideo/Pictur es on yo ur TV ≥ Use the supplied A V multi cable. Ch eck the output settings when c onnecting the component termi nal or the video term inal with the A V multi cable. ≥ Use of the follo wing Panasonic HDMI mini cables is recommended to connect the un it to the HDMI terminal. ≥ H[...]

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    37 (ENG) V QT2M91 ≥ Check th at the plugs are ins erted as far as they go. ≥ Do not use any other cable s except a genui ne P anasonic HDMI mini cable (RP-CDHM15, RP-CDHM30; optional) . ≥ Do not use any ot her A V multi cables except th e supplied one . ≥ When con necting t o the comp onent ter minal of the TV , the yellow plug of the A V m[...]

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    38 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Oth ers Specifications High Definition Video Camera Inform ation fo r your safety Power s ource: Power consumptio n: DC 9.3 V (When using AC adapt or) DC 7.2 V (When using ba ttery) Recording: 6.0 W 6.0 W 6.3 W Signal system 1 080/50 p, 1080/ 50i Recording format 10 80/5 0p: Orig inal for mat HA/HG/HX/HE: A VCHD format compliant I[...]

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    39 (ENG) V QT2M91 Viewfinder 0.27 z wide EVF (Approx . 123 K dot s) Microphone 5.1 channel surround micr ophone (with a zoom mic rophone/ focus mic rophone fun ction) Sp eaker 1 r ound speak er , dynamic ty pe White bala nce adjus tme nt Auto tra cking white balanc e system St andard illumination 1,40 0 lx Minimum requi red illu minat ion Approx . [...]

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    40 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Motion pictures Mass Approx. 37 5 g [without ba ttery (supp lied) and an SD card (optional)] Approx. 38 0 g [without ba ttery (supp lied)] Approx. 45 0 g [without ba ttery (supp lied)] Mass in operation Approx. 43 5 g [with battery (supplied) and an SD card (optional)] Approx. 44 0 g [with battery (supplied) ] Approx. 51 0 g [with[...]

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    41 (ENG) V QT2M91 Still pictures AC adaptor Inform ation fo r your safety S pecifica tions may change withou t prior notic e. Recording medi a SD card SD Memor y Card (FA T12 and F A T16 syst em com pliant) SDHC Memory Card (F A T32 system compliant) SDXC Mem ory Card (exF A T syst em com pliant) Refer to p age 18 for det ails on SD cards usable in[...]

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    42 VQT2M91 ( ENG) Oth ers About co pyright ∫ Carefully obser ve copyright laws Recordi ng of pre-recor ded tape s or discs or other pu blished or broa dcast material for purposes other than yo ur own private use ma y inf ringe c opyri ght laws . Even f or the purpose of pri vate use, record ing of cert ain mat erial may be restricted . ∫ Licens[...]

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    43 (ENG) V QT2M91 Oth ers Reading th e Operating Instruc tions (PDF format ) ≥ Y ou have prac tised the basic operations introduc ed in these operating instructio ns and want to pro gress to advanc ed operation s. ≥ Y ou want to chec k the Tr oubleshoot ing. In thes e kinds of situat ions refer to Operatin g Instructions (PDF format) rec orde d[...]

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    Panasonic Corporation Web site: http://panasonic.net © Panasonic Corporation 2010 HDC-SD700&TM700&HS700GC -VQT2M91_mst.book 44 ページ ２ ０１０年２月１２日 　金曜日　午 後２時９分[...]