Panasonic NV-GS400 Operating Instructions - Page 61

Others Recording the Contents of Other Equipment stop operating the unit and consult the Panasonic Customer Care Centre on 132600. •You cannot record on a card when recording on MI After Use a tape from external input signals is in progress. 1 Take out the Cassette. WO Recording to a Card 2 Set the [OFF/ON] Switch to [OFF]. If you set the Mode Dial to Card Recording Mode, 3 Take out the Card. (-11-) you can use the Photoshot function for external 4 Detach the power supply and retract the input signals. Viewfinder or the LCD Monitor. (-8., 424 • Black streaks may appear at the 4 edges of the 5 To protect the Lens, attach the supplied Image. Lens Cap. Analog-Digital Conversion •When the Movie Camera is connected with other digital video equipment through its DV Terminal, images recorded in analog form from other external equipment can be output to the digital video equipment through the DV Terminal. •To DV-output analog video signals sent from other equipment, set [DV OUT] on the [AV IN/OUT] Sub-Menu to [ON]. (Normally, keep the [DV OUT] set to [OFF]. If it is set to [ON], the quality of the image may be disturbed.) •When using AV Cable and DV Cable (optional) at the same time, detach the Grip Belt first for easy connecting. MI Cautions for Use When you use your Movie Camera on a rainy or snowy day or on a beach, make sure that no water enters the Movie Camera. •Water may cause the Movie Camera or Cassette to malfunction. (Irreparable failure may occur.) • If sea water splashes onto the Movie Camera, wet a soft cloth with tap water, wring it well, and use it to wipe the camera body carefully. Then, wipe it again thoroughly with a soft dry cloth. Keep the Movie Camera away from magnetized equipment (such as a microwave oven, TV, video game equipment, etc.). • If you use the Movie Camera on or near a TV, images or sounds may be disturbed due to Using the DV Cable for Recording electromagnetic wave radiation. (Digital Dubbing) • Do not use near cell phone because doing so • Regardless of the setting, digital dubbing is may cause noise to adversely affect the picture carried out automatically in the same audio and sound. recording mode as that of the playback • Recordings on the tape may be damaged, or Cassette. Images may be distorted, by strong magnetic •The images on the recorded monitor may be fields created by speakers or large motors. disturbed, but it does not affect the recorded • Electromagnetic wave radiation generated by a images. microprocessor may adversely affect the Movie • Even if Playback Digital Effects, Playback Camera, causing the disturbance of Images and Zoom, or Playback Title In have been used, sounds. these effects are not output from the DV • If the Movie Camera is affected by magnetically Terminal. charged equipment and does not function • Even if you use device equipped with DV properly, turn off the Movie Camera power and Terminals (such as IEEE1394), you may not be detach the Battery or AC Adaptor and then able to perform Digital Dubbing in some cases. connect the Battery or AC Adaptor again. • Date or other information to be displayed cannot Thereafter, turn on the Movie Camera power. be displayed if the software of the connected Do not use your Movie Camera near radio equipment does not support the display transmitters or high-voltage cables. function. • If you record pictures near radio transmitters or •You cannot record on a card when recording on high-voltage cables, recorded images or sounds a a tape from external input signals is in progress. may be adversely affected. • Disconnect the USB Cable since Input signals Do not use this Movie Camera for surveillance from external input terminal cannot be recorded purposes or other business use. with connecting the USB Cable. •lf you use the Movie Camera for a long period of Cautions for Use time, the Internal temperature increases and, consequently, this may cause malfunction. In the event of abnormal operation (e.g. if the unit •This Movie Camera is not intended for business emits smoke or an unusual smell), immediately use. 61