Panasonic Broadcast AG-HVX200A Menu Information
Using the setup menus Use the setup menus to change the settings to suit the scenes you are shooting or what you are recording. 3 Press the (or items. Example: ) button to display the SET Operation buttons MENU button MENU 4 Use the and buttons to move to the option that you want to set. Example: Using the menus • If the thumbnail menu is displayed, press the AUDIO/THUMBNAIL button to release the display. (Page 67) • The menu items indicated in the blue characters cannot be used.
Using the setup menus (continued) 6 To change other settings, repeat steps 4 and 5. When you finish, press the MENU button to return to the function screen. 7 To change other functions, repeat steps 2 to 5. When you exit the menu mode, press the MENU button again to return to the normal screen. 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.
Setup menu structure Camera mode menu P2 TAPE indicates the available setting in P2 mode only or TAPE mode only. CAMERA MENU SCENE FILE OPERATION TYPE FRAME RATE P2 SYNCRO SCAN DETAIL LEVEL V DETAIL LEVEL DETAIL CORING CHROMA LEVEL CHROMA PHASE COLOR TEMP MASTER PED A.
Setup menu structure (continued) MCR/VCR (playback and external input) mode menu P2 TAPE indicates the available setting in P2 mode only or TAPE mode only. MCR/VCR MENU RECORDING SETUP (Pages 107 - 109) 32K(12bit) AUDIO TAPE PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS AUDIO OUT (P2) P2 (Pages 110 and 111) AUDIO OUT (TAPE) TAPE AV IN/OUT SETUP CMPNT OUT SEL (Page 112) REC SPEED TAPE AUDIO REC TAPE 1394 TC REGEN TC MODE TCG FIRST REC TC TAPE TC PRESET 1394 UB REGEN UB MODE UB PRESET 1394 IN PRESET P2 A.
Setup menu list SCENE FILE screen OPERATION TYPE P2 TAPE FRAME RATE P2 SYNCRO SCAN P2 TAPE DETAIL LEVEL P2 TAPE V DETAIL LEVEL P2 TAPE DETAIL CORING P2 TAPE CHROMA LEVEL P2 TAPE CHROMA PHASE P2 TAPE COLOR TEMP P2 TAPE MASTER PED P2 TAPE A. IRIS LEVEL P2 TAPE NEWS GAMMA P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (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.
Setup menu list (continued) SCENE FILE screen (continued) Item GAMMA P2 TAPE KNEE P2 TAPE MATRIX P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (Camera) Selects the gamma curves other than the news gamma curve. HD NORM: This gamma setting is suitable for HD shooting. LOW: Makes a mellow image using the gamma curve which has a gentle incline in low-brightness curve. The contrast sharpens. SD NORM: This is the normal video setting, carried over from the DVX100 series.
SCENE FILE screen (continued) Item SKIN TONE DTL P2 TAPE V DETAIL FREQ P2 TAPE NAME EDIT P2 TAPE SAVE/INIT P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (Camera) Sets the skin tone details. Select ON to reduce the skin tone details and soften the skin tone. ON OFF (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.
Setup menu list (continued) SW MODE screen Item MID GAIN P2 TAPE HIGH GAIN P2 TAPE ATW P2 TAPE HANDLE ZOOM P2 TAPE IRIS DIAL P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the M position of the GAIN switch. 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the H position of the GAIN switch. 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB (Camera) Sets the operation of the ATW (Auto Tracking White Balance) function assigned to the WHITE BAL switch.
SW MODE screen (continued) USER1 P2 TAPE USER2 P2 TAPE USER3 P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (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 45) BLACKFADE: Blackfade (Page 45) WHITEFADE: Whitefade (Page 45) ATW: ATW function ON/OFF ATWLOCK: Fixes the white balance value when the button is pressed during ATW.
Setup menu list (continued) AUTO SW screen Item A.IRIS P2 TAPE AGC P2 TAPE ATW P2 TAPE AF P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (Camera) ON: Performs the auto iris control in auto mode. The IRIS button is deactivated. OFF: Deactivates the auto iris control in auto mode. This performs the iris control selected with the IRIS button. (Camera) Sets the Auto Gain Control when the ON is selected in A.IRIS. 6dB: Performs the Auto Gain Control (max. 6 dB) in auto mode.
RECORDING SETUP screen Item REC FORMAT (P2) P2 REC FORMAT (TAPE) Display mode Description of settings (Camera) Selects the recording format for P2 card. 1080i/60i, 1080i/30P, 1080i/24P, 1080i/24PA, 720P/60P, 720P/30P, 720P/24P, 720P/30PN, 720P/24PN, 480i/60i, 480i/30P, 480i/24P, 480i/24PA (Camera) Selects the recording format for cassette tape.
Setup menu list (continued) RECORDING SETUP screen (continued) Item 1394 TC REGEN P2 TAPE TC MODE P2 TAPE TCG P2 TAPE FIRST REC TC TAPE TC PRESET P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (MCR/ VCR) Selects the time code used for recording the signal from equipment connected to the 1394 terminal. ON: Records using the time code of the signal input through the 1394 terminal. OFF: Records using the time code set in TC MODE/TCG/FIRST REC TC.
RECORDING SETUP screen (continued) Item 1394 UB REGEN P2 TAPE UB MODE P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (MCR/ VCR) Selects the user information used when recording the signals from equipment connected to the 1394 terminal. ON: Records using the user information of the signal input through the 1394 terminal. OFF: Records using the user information set in UB MODE. • If you select ON here, this has priority over the setting in UB MODE.
Setup menu list (continued) PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen Item 32K(12bit) AUDIO Display mode Sets the audio to output as CH1 and CH2 signals when playing back a tape recorded in the 32K (12bit) audio mode. ST1: Selects the sound that was recorded during shooting. CH1 signals = CH1 track CH2 signals = CH2 track ST2: Selects the sound that was dubbed on the recording. CH1 signals = CH3 track CH2 signals = CH4 track MIX: Mixes the sound that was recorded in shooting and audio dubbing.
PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen (continued) 32K(12bit) AUDIO item/AUDIO OUT item settings and audio track signals output from the AUDIO IN/OUT jack TAPE 32K(12bit) AUDIO setting ST1 32K (12bit) ST2 MIX 48K (16bit) — AUDIO OUT setting CH1 · CH2 CH1 CH2 CH1 · CH2 CH1 CH2 — CH1 · CH2 CH1 CH2 AUDIO IN/OUT jack CH1 output CH1 CH1 CH2 CH3 CH3 CH4 CH1+CH3 CH1 CH1 CH2 AUDIO IN/OUT jack CH2 output CH2 CH1 CH2 CH4 CH3 CH4 CH2+CH4 CH2 CH1 CH2 Menu Audio recording mode 111
Setup menu list (continued) DUBBING SETUP screen Item Display mode Description of settings FORMAT SEL (DUB) Selects the format of the clips to be played back during dubbing. 1080i/60i, 1080i/30P, 1080i/24P, 1080i/24PA, 720P/60P, 720P/30P, 720P/24P, 720P/30PN, 720P/24PN PULLDOWN SEL (DUB) Selects the pulldown method for 24PN (native format). 24P: The 24 fps images are converted into 60-field interlace signals by the 2:3 conversion system.
DISPLAY SETUP screen ZEBRA DETECT 1 P2 TAPE ZEBRA DETECT 2 P2 TAPE MARKER P2 TAPE SAFETY ZONE P2 TAPE VIDEO OUT OSD P2 TAPE DATE/TIME P2 TAPE LEVEL METER P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (Camera) Selects the brightness level of the left-leaning zebra patterns on the screen. 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100%, 105% (Camera) Selects the brightness level of the right-leaning zebra patterns on the screen.
Setup menu list (continued) DISPLAY SETUP screen (continued) Item ZOOM · FOCUS P2 TAPE CARD/TAPE · BATT P2 TAPE OTHER DISPLAY P2 TAPE CAMERA DATA P2 TAPE LCD BACKLIGHT P2 TAPE LCD SET P2 TAPE EVF SET P2 TAPE SELF SHOOT P2 TAPE EVF MODE P2 TAPE DISPLAY ASPECT P2 TAPE EVF COLOR P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (Camera) Selects the unit of zoom and focus values.
CARD FUNCTIONS screen Item SCENE FILE P2 USER FILE P2 SD CARD FORMAT Display mode Description of settings (Camera) You can save four SCENE FILE settings to the SD memory card, and can also title the saved files. READ: Read WRITE: Write (Camera) You can save four file settings (excluding SCENE FILE) to the SD memory card, and can also title the saved file. READ: Read WRITE: Write (Camera) Formats the SD memory cards.
Setup menu list (continued) OTHER FUNCTIONS screen (continued) Item END SEARCH TAPE PC MODE P2 REC LAMP P2 TAPE ACCESS LED P2 BEEP SOUND P2 TAPE CLOCK SET P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (Camera) Sets the operation when the END SEARCH button is pressed. (VCR) BLANK: Searches for the unrecorded parts on the tape. REC END: Searches for the last segment shot. (Camera) Selects the terminal for data transfer. (You cannot select USB and 1394 at the (MCR) same time.
OTHER FUNCTIONS screen (continued) TIME ZONE P2 TAPE Display mode Description of settings (Camera) Adds to or deducts from GMT the time value of -12:00 to +13:00 in 30-minute (MCR/ steps. (As an exception, you can set +12:45.) Refer to the table below.
Setup menu list (continued) OTHER FUNCTIONS screen (continued) Item POWER SAVE P2 TAPE USER FILE P2 TAPE HOUR METER TAPE OPERATION P2 Display mode Description of settings (Camera) Selects the power-saving mode when the top panel operation keys, 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 cylinder head remains stopped without turning off the camera-recorder’s power.
OPTION MENU This menu is displayed when the DISP/MODE CHK button is held down, and after the details of the shooting status are displayed, the MENU button is then pressed. Use it to check the connection status during nonlinear editing. 1394 STATUS P2 TAPE 1394 CONFIG P2 Display mode Description of settings (Camera) 1394 status display screen appears. (MCR/ • When a P2 card is used VCR) FORMAT: Format of the signals which are input or output.
