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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 1 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分
Operating Instructions
High Definition Video Camera
Model No. HDC-HS250P/PC
Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read the instructions completely.
Spanish Quick Use Guide is included.
Guía para rápida consulta en español está incluida.
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 2 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Date of Purchase Things You Should Know Thank you for choosing Panasonic! Dealer Purchased From You have purchased one of the most sophisticated and reliable products on the market today. Used Dealer Address properly, we’re sure it will bring you and your family Dealer Phone No. years of enjoyment. Please take time to fill in the information on the right. Model No. The serial number is on the tag located on the back of your camer
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 3 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONLY IN THE U.S.A. FCC Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruct
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 4 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Batteries 1 Battery pack (Lithium ion battery pack) ≥ Use the specified unit to recharge the battery pack. ≥ Do not use the battery pack with equipment other than the specified unit. ≥ Do not get dirt, sand, liquids, or other foreign matter on the terminals. ≥ Do not touch the plug terminals (i and j) with metal objects. ≥ Do not disassemble, remodel, heat or throw into fire. 2 Button-type battery (Lithium battery) ≥ Insert with poles al
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 5 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read these operating instructions carefully before using the unit. Follow the safety instructions on the unit and the applicable safety instructions listed below. Keep these operating instructions handy for future reference. 1) Read these instructions. 12) Use only with the cart, 2) Keep these instructions. stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the 3) Heed all warnings. manufacturer, or sold wi
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 6 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Precautions USE & LOCATION CARE ≥ TO CLEAN YOUR CAMERA ... Do not use WARNING strong or abrasive detergents when cleaning your camera body. ≥ TO AVOID SHOCK HAZARD ... Your camera ≥ TO PROTECT THE LENS ... Do not touch the and power supply should not be exposed to surface of the lens with your hand. Use a rain or moisture. Do not connect the power commercial camera lens solution and lens supply or operate your camera if it gets w
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 7 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 ≥ Microsoft product screen shot(s) reprinted with ∫ Cards that you can use with this permission from Microsoft Corporation. unit ≥ IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of SD Memory Card and SDHC Memory Card International Business Machines Corporation ≥ 4 GB (or more) Memory Cards that do not have of the U.S. ® ™ ® ® the SDHC logo are not based on SD Memory ≥ Intel , Core , Pentium and Celeron are the Card Specifications. regist
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 8 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Contents Accessories.................................................. 10 Features........................................................ 11 Recording Quick Guide.................................................. 12 Recording (Basic) Preparation [1] Before recording ............................... 39 Intelligent auto mode........................... 40 Before using Quick start........................................... 42 [1] Handling of
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 9 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Playback With a PC Playback Before using [1] Motion picture playback ................... 74 [1] What you can do with a PC ............. 111 Creating still picture from motion End User License Agreement ........... 113 picture.................................................. 77 [2] Operating environment................... 114 Highlight&Time frame index................. 77 Setup Playing back motion pictures by date ..... 78 [1] Installati
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 10 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Accessories Check the accessories before using this unit. Battery pack VW-VBG130 AC adaptor VSK0697 AC cable K2CA2CA00025 DC cable K2GJYDC00004 Remote control (Built-in battery) N2QAEC000024 AV cable K2KYYYY00054 Component cable K1HY10YY0005 USB cable K1HY04YY0032 Stylus pen VFC4394 CD-ROM 10 VQT1Y31
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 11 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Features ∫ Very clear high definition pictures This unit can record detailed high definition images. * High definition images (1920k1080) Standard images (720k480) A Number of available scan lines 1080 B Number of available scan lines 480 * If the recording mode is HA/HG/HX. What is AVCHD? This is a format for recording and playing back highly detailed high definition images. Images are recorded based on the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec f
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 12 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Quick Guide ∫ Charging the battery ∫ Inserting/removing an SD card Charging lamp [CHARGE] A Lights up: Charging Goes off: Charging completed 1 Connect the AC cable to the AC adaptor and the AC outlet. 2 Insert the battery into the AC adaptor by aligning the arrows. ∫ Inserting the battery Install the battery by inserting it in the direction shown in the figure. Access lamp [ACCESS] A ≥ When this unit is accessing the SD card, the
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OFF HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 13 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 ∫ How to turn on the power ∫ Recording motion pictures Turn on the power by changing the mode to , 1) Change the mode to . or while pressing the lock release 2) Open the LCD monitor. button A. 3) Press the MENU button, then touch [MEDIA SELECT] # [HDD] or [SD CARD]. 4) Press the recording start/stop button to start recording. ≥ Rotate the mode dial while at the same time pressing in the lock release button if changing from O
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 14 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 ∫ Motion picture playback ∫ Still picture playback 1) Change the mode to . 1) Change the mode to . 2) Touch the play mode select icon A to select 2) Touch the play mode select icon A to select desired media to be played back. desired media to be played back. ≥ Touch [VIDEO/SD CARD] to play back the SD ≥ Touch [PICTURE/SD CARD] to play back the card. SD card. Touch [VIDEO/HDD] to play back the HDD. Touch [PICTURE/HDD] to play back the
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 15 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Preparation Before using Handling of HDD 1 (Hard disk drive) This unit is equipped with the built-in 120 GB HDD. While the HDD is capable of storing a large amount of data, there are a few things to look out for. When using this component, pay attention to the following points. Indemnity about recorded content Panasonic does not accept any responsibility for damages directly or indirectly due to any type of problems that result in l
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 16 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 ∫ HDD access lamp [ACCESS HDD] A ≥ The lamp illuminates while the HDD is being accessed (initialization, recording, playback, deleting etc.). ≥ Do not perform the following operations when the lamp illuminates. It may damage the HDD or cause a malfunction in the unit. jTurn the unit off jInsert and remove the USB cable jExpose the unit to vibrations or shock ≥ About disposing of or giving away this unit. (l 139) 16 VQT1Y31
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 17 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Preparation Before using Parts identification and 2 handling 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 A/V 19 20 10 16 17 18 21 1 LCD monitor (Touch screen) ( l 27, 35) 2 Manual button [MANUAL] ( l 70) 3 Optical image stabilizer button [ , O.I.S.] ( l 55) 4 Inlet (cooling fan) ≥ The cooling fan rotates to prevent the internal temperature from rising. Take care not to cover the inlet when using this unit. 5 Speaker ≥ It can open up to 90o. 6 I
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 18 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 12 Zoom buttons ( l 54) 22 23 ≥ These buttons function in the same manner as the zoom lever. Changing the thumbnail display and adjusting the volume can be done. 13 Menu button [MENU] ( l 28) 14 Delete button [ ] ( l 84) 24 15 SD card open lever [OPEN] ( l 25) 16 Audio-video output terminal [A/V] (l 93, 107) 25 ≥ Use the AV cable (only the supplied cable). 17 Component terminal [COMPONENT] ( l 93) 27 26 18 HDMI mini connector [HDMI]
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 19 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 31 32 33 34 30 29 28 36 35 28 Recording start/stop button ( l 44) 36 Shoulder strap fixture 29 Status indicator ( l 26) 30 Mode dial (l 26) 31 HDD access lamp [ACCESS HDD] ( l 16) 32 Photoshot button [ ] ( l 48) 33 Zoom lever [W/T] (In Recording Mode) (l 54) Thumbnail display switch/Volume lever [s /VOLr] (In Playback Mode) ( l 75) 34 Internal microphones (5.1 channel support) 37 38 35 Grip belt Adjust the length of the grip belt so
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HDCHS250P-VQT1Y31_eng.book 20 ページ ２００９年１月２０日 火曜日 午前１１時１８分 Preparation Setup Power supply 1 ∫ About batteries that you can use with this unit The battery that can be used with this unit is VW-VBG130/VW-VBG260/VW-VBG6. ≥ This unit has a function to distinguish the batteries that can be used, and the batteries (VW-VBG130/VW-VBG260/VW-VBG6) are compatible with this function. (The batteries that are not compatible to this function cannot be used.) ≥ To use the VW-VBG6 for this unit, the battery p
