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Panasonic Broadcast
AG-HPX170
Menu Information
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Menu Using the setup menus Use the setup menus to change the settings to Push the Operation lever in the or e r suit the scenes you are shooting or what you are direction to move the highlight to the recording. setting you want. MENU THUMBNAIL MENU button Press the Operation lever (or push it in the PUSH-SET Operation lever direction) to display the items. q PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR Example: AUTO SW A.IRIS ON AGC 6dB ATW ON AF ON PUSH MENU TO RETURN Push the Operation lever in the or
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Initializing the menu settings The menu settings contain both the user file settings and the scene file settings. You can initialize them separately. To initialize the user file (i.e. all the settings other than the scene file settings) Select INITIAL in USER FILE of the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen. The current menu settings of user file will return to the factory settings. To initialize the scene file From the 6 scene files, select the one you want to initialize with the scene dial. Then in th
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Setup menu structure CAM (camera) mode menu CAMERA MENU SCENE FILE LOAD/SAVE/INIT (Pages 98 - 100) OPERATION TYPE FRAME RATE CAMERA SETUP ASPECT CONV MID GAIN SYNCRO SCAN (Page 100) SETUP HIGH GAIN DETAIL LEVEL ATW V DETAIL LEVEL SW MODE HANDLE ZOOM DETAIL CORING (Pages 101 - 103) IRIS DIAL CHROMA LEVEL USER1 CHROMA PHASE AUTO SW A.IRIS USER2 COLOR TEMP Ach (Pages 103 - 104) AGC USER3 COLOR TEMP Bch ATW FOCUS ASSIST MASTER PED AF MF ASSIST A.IRIS LEVEL WFM DRS LCD GAMMA KNEE RECORDING SETUP REC
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Setup menu structure (continued) MCR (playback) mode menu MCR MENU RECORDING SETUP MCR FORMAT (Pages 104 - 106) 480i MCR MODE 1394 TC REGEN PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS AUDIO OUT TC MODE (Page 107) TCG TC PRESET AV IN/OUT SETUP CMPNT/SDI SEL 1394 UB REGEN (Pages 107 - 108) SDI OUT UB MODE SDI METADATA UB PRESET SDI EDH 1394 IN PRESET DOWNCON MODE VIDEO OUT OSD DISPLAY SETUP DATE/TIME (Pages 108 - 109) LEVEL METER CARD/BATT OTHER FUNCTIONS USER FILE P2CARD REMAIN (Pages 110 - 112) REMOTE OTHER DISPLAY PC M
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Setup menu list SCENE FILE screen Display Item Description of settings mode LOAD/SAVE/INIT (Camera) LOAD: Loads the scene file settings saved using SAVE. SAVE: Saves the changed scene file settings. INITIAL: The settings of the scene file selected with the scene file dial are returned to the factory settings. OPERATION TYPE (Camera) Switches the shutter and frame rate operation to the video type or film type. VIDEO CAM: SYNCRO SCAN is displayed using 1/n units. FILM CAM: SYNCRO SCAN is disp
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SCENE FILE screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode DRS (Camera) Selects the DRS (Dynamic Range Stretcher) function. This function compresses the video signal level to extend the dynamic range making it possible to correctly render highlight areas without overexposure and loss of detail that would otherwise occur. OFF, 1, , • Larger values indicate a higher compression level of highlight areas. • Only effective in 60i and 60P VIDEO CAM. • In slow shutter mode, the optio
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Setup menu list (continued) SCENE FILE screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode V DETAIL FREQ (Camera) Sets the vertical detail for shooting in 480i progressive mode. THIN: Makes the detail thin. MID: Makes the detail slightly thicker. THICK: Makes the detail thicker. When images were shot in the progressive mode in which the vertical detail is set as “THIN” or “MID” and are played on a monitoring television (60i interlace), you will see flickers caused on horizontal line
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SW MODE screen Display Item Description of settings mode MID GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the M position of the GAIN switch. 0dB, dB, dB , 9dB, 1dB HIGH GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the H position of the GAIN switch. 0dB, dB, dB, 9dB, 1dB ATW (Camera) Sets the operation of the ATW (Auto Tracking White Balance) function assigned to the WHITE BAL switch. When the ATW function is set to the AUTO/MANUAL switch or USER button, the operation remains effect
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Setup menu list (continued) SW MODE screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode USER1 (Camera) Selects the function assigned to the USER1 button. REC CHECK: Performs Rec Check. SPOTLIGHT: Auto iris control for the spotlight ON/OFF. BACKLIGHT: Auto iris control for the backlight compensation. (Page 42) BLACKFADE: Blackfade (Page 42) WHITEFADE: Whitefade (Page 42) ATW: ATW function ON/OFF. ATWLOCK: Fixes the white balance value when the button is pressed during ATW. Press
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SW MODE screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode FOCUS ASSIST (Camera) Allocates a function to the FOCUS ASSIST button. EXPANDED: Magnifies the center portion of the image. GRAPH: Displays a frequency distribution graph at the top right in the viewfinder and LCD monitor. BOTH: Magnifies the center portion of the image and displays a histogram. MF ASSIST (Camera) Automatically sets the last focus during manual focusing. ON: Automatically sets the last focus. • The focus
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Setup menu list (continued) AUTO SW screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode AGC (Camera) Sets the Auto Gain Control when the ON is selected in A.IRIS. dB : Performs the Auto Gain Control (max. 6 dB) in auto mode. 1dB: Performs the Auto Gain Control (max. 12 dB) in auto mode. OFF: Does not perform the Auto Gain Control in auto mode. Initiates the control of the gain selected by the GAIN switch. ATW (Camera) ON: Performs the ATW (Auto Tracing White Balance) function i
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RECORDING SETUP screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode MIC GAIN (Camera) Sets the input level of the external microphone connected to the INPUT 2 terminal. (Page 51) -0dB , -0dB M REC CH SEL (Camera) Selects the recording audio channel for DVCPRO and DV formats. (Page 51) CH , CH • Even when 4CH is selected as this item’s setting, the signals will be input to two channels (always CH1 and CH2) when there are two 1394 input channels. • Similarly, even wh
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Setup menu list (continued) RECORDING SETUP screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode UB MODE (Camera) Set the content for user information. (MCR) USER: Records the information of user. TIME: Records the time at recording. DATE: Records the date at recording. TCG: Records the values of the time code generator. FRM. RATE: Records the frame rate information for frame conversion. a b c d a: Checking information for user information b: Frame sequence No. • 0 to 4 are display
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PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen Display Item Description of settings mode AUDIO OUT (MCR) Sets the audio signals to output from the AUDIO OUT pin jack when the P2 card or the tape is played back. CH1 · CH: CH1 output = CH1 signals, CH2 output = CH2 signals CH1: CH1 output = CH1 signals, CH2 output = CH1 signals CH: CH1 output = CH2 signals, CH2 output = CH2 signals CH · CH: CH1 output = CH3 signals, CH2 output = CH4 signals CH: CH1 output = CH3 signals, CH2 output = CH3 signals CH: CH1
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Setup menu list (continued) AV IN/OUT SETUP screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode INT MIC (Camera) Determines whether or not input from the internal microphone is used during recording. ON: Uses internal microphone input. OFF: Does not use internal microphone input. DISPLAY SETUP screen Display Item Description of settings mode ZEBRA DETECT 1 (Camera) Selects the brightness level of the left-leaning zebra patterns on the screen. 0%, %, 0%, %, 70%, 7%, 80%, 8%,
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DISPLAY SETUP screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode OTHER DISPLAY (Camera) Select how much information to display on the screen. (Page 93) (MCR) OFF, PARTIAL, ALL CAMERA DATA (MCR) When set to ON, camera-recorder data (image stabilizer, aperture, gain value) made during shooting is displayed in playback of clips recorded in the DV format. ON, OFF Appears only when 480i REC MODE (Page 104) is set to DV. LCD BACKLIGHT (Camera) Adjusts the backlight of the LCD monit
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Setup menu list (continued) CARD FUNCTIONS screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode SD CARD FORMAT (Camera) Formats the SD memory cards. OTHER FUNCTIONS screen Display Item Description of settings mode USER FILE (Camera) LOAD: (MCR) Loads the settings in a previously stored user file. SAVE: Saves the updated user file settings. INITIAL: Returns the user settings in the user file to the factory settings. After a LOAD or INITIAL operation, turn the POWER switch off and th
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OTHER FUNCTIONS screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode ACCESS LED (Camera) Sets the access lamp to ON or OFF. (MCR) ON: The lamp lights up and blinks as per the regular specifications. OFF: The lamp is OFF in all circumstances. REC LAMP (Camera) Sets lighting of the tally lamp. OFF: The tally lamp does not light. FRONT: Front tally lamp (microphone side) lights. REAR: Rear tally lamp (viewfinder side) lights. BOTH: Both tally lamps light. BEEP SOUND (Camera) Turns th
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Setup menu list (continued) OTHER FUNCTIONS screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode POWER SAVE (Camera) Selects the power-saving mode when the Operation lever, MENU button, THUMBNAIL button, PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button, DISP/ MODE CHK button, USER1-3 buttons and EVF DTL button have not been operated for 5 minutes or so. ON: The camera-recorder’s power is set to OFF. OFF: The unit remains stopped without turning off it’s power. • When connection is made with an external de
