Panasonic HPX500 Operating Instructions - Page 70

Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording 16 Remaining battery charge As the remaining battery charge drops, the display changes as follows When the battery has completely discharged, ( ) blinks. (When the AC adapter is being used, a display other than may appear: this is not a sign of malfunctioning.) • 13.5V: Battery voltage indication Indicates the current voltage for analog batteries. • XX%: 10% to 99% Indicates the remaining battery level in % for digital batteries. This value is not indicated on the meter. • MAX: Indicates that a digital battery is fully charged. • EMP: Indicates that a digital battery has a remaining charge of less than 10%. • Battery type indication Holding down the DISP/MODE CHK button will show the value currently set for battery remaining level indication. "AC ADPT" is shown when the AC adapter is used. 17 Text memo and shot mark indicator • This indicator lights when text memos are inserted during recording or playback by pressing the USER button to which the TEXT MEMO function has been assigned. • "MARK ON" appears when shot marks are inserted during recording by pressing the USER button to which the SHOT MARK function has been assigned. A second press will delete the shot mark and MARK OFF appears. • "INVALID" appears when a text memo could not be entered or a shot mark could not be recorded or deleted. 18 Recommended ND filter The recommended ND filter under the current shooting conditions is displayed here. 19 ND filter display • ND filter selected is displayed. • An "ND -" indication means that the ND FILTER switch is incorrectly set (a position other than ND1 to ND4). Check ND FILTER switch position. 20 Gain display Displays the gain value of the image amplifier configured. 21 WHITE BAL switch position indication Indicates the switch position currently selected. Also indicates white balance operation when AWB is set to "preset". 22 Center marker display Markers are displayed when the MARKER item in the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen is set to ON. 23 Scene file name display Indicates name of SCENE FILE (F1 to F6). 24 Media remaining memory display • Setting the setting menu P2 CARD REMAIN (DISPLAY SETUP) to ONE-CARD displays the remaining time on the P2 card that is currently being recorded and the number of the slot it resides in. Setting P2 CARD REMAIN to TOTAL displays the remaining time on all four cards. • In a mode check, "ONE-CARD" and "TOTAL" are alternately displayed. • There is no display while the remaining memory is being calculated. "LOOP" is displayed during Loop recording (LOOP REC). • In a mode check during loop recording, the minimum guaranteed available recording time is displayed. • Indicates remaining time in 1-minute increments from 0 to 999 minutes. • The display blinks when 2 minutes or less time is left. 25 Operational state display • REC: Recording • PAUSE: Recording pause • : Play pause • ( ): Play (reverse play) • ( ): Fast-forward/Fast-forward play (Rewind/Fast-backward play) • ( ): Slow play (Reverse slow play) • CHK: Rec check • ( ): Frame-by-frame (Reverse Frame-byframe Variable-speed search (Reverse variable-speed search) • CLIP (CLIP ): Clip forward (Clip reverse) Cue up of single clips Not displayed when the LCD is off in CAMERA mode. (But displayed when pre-recording, interval recording or one-shot recording is set.) 26 Media information display The card slot where the P2 card was inserted and the basic information of the media are displayed here. • 1 lights: P2 card on which data can be recorded. • 1 lights green: P2 card on which data is to be recorded. • 1 Flashes: Card recognition underway, or a card other than that on which data is to be recorded in special recording mode • - : No card inserted. • P : Write-protected • F : Full memory • X : Cannot recognize • E : a P2 card in an invalid format (Returns to normal if formatted.) 70 Viewfinder Screen Status Displays