Panasonic HC-X2000 HC-X1500 Advanced Operating Manual - Page 129

Chapter 5 Shooting - Special recording function Special recording function Special recording such as pre-recording or relay recording is possible by setting the menu. Pre-recording Records the video and audio from specific time before the operation to start the recording.    A Operation to start recording B Operation to stop recording C (Time)   D Pre-recording time E Actual recording time The pre-recording time varies depending on the setting of the [SYSTEM] menu → [FILE FORMAT]/[REC FORMAT]. Pre-recording time [FILE FORMAT] [REC FORMAT] Approx. 5 seconds [MOV], [MP4] UHD recording format Approx. 10 seconds [MOV], [MP4] FHD recording format [AVCHD] All 1 Select the [RECORDING] menu → [PRE REC] → [ON]. [P] is displayed in the recording status display of the camera image screen. ≥ You can also either press the USER button assigned to [PRE REC] or touch the USER button icon to switch enable/disable of [PRE REC]. 2 Press the REC button. @ NOTE 0 Aim the unit at the subject beforehand. 0 The video and audio may not be able to record for specific time before in following cases. j Immediately after turning on the power j Immediately after opening the menu j Immediately after the memory card is inserted j Immediately after playing back the recorded video j Immediately after closing the thumbnail screen j During the time from recording stop until completion of writing to the memory card 0 When [PRE REC] is set to [ON], the [RECORDING] menu → [TC/UB] → [FREE/REC RUN] is fixed to [FREE RUN]. 0 The pre-recording is canceled once when 3 hours has past without starting the recording. 0 Pre-recording cannot be performed if the remaining recording capacity of the memory card is less than 1 minute. 0 Pre-recording cannot be used in the following cases: j When super slow recording is enabled j When background recording is enabled j When interval recording is enabled 0 For information about recording functions that cannot be used simultaneously, refer to page 192. Relay recording When inserting memory cards into the 2 card slots, recording can continue on the second memory card if the remaining recording capacity of the other memory card is exhausted.  Card slot 1 Card slot 2     A Start recording B Pause 1 During recording 2 Automatically switch the recording target card slot 3 Replace with a different recordable memory card 1 Select the [RECORDING] menu → [2 SLOTS FUNC.] → [RELAY REC]. [RELAY] is displayed in the 2 slot function display of the camera image screen. A slanted line is displayed on the [RELAY] display when the relay recording is not possible, such as when a memory card is not inserted in either of the 2 card slots. - 129 -