Panasonic P2 HD Camcorder Operating Instructions - Page 163

Menu Items/ Adjustable Data Saved Range Remarks PC MODE SELECT USB HOST USB DEV. ---F- Specify the operation mode of the camera-recorder when an external device is connected via USB. USB HOST: Sets the camera-recorder to the mode that allows an external hard disk drive to be connected. USB DEV.: Sets the camera-recorder to the USB device mode, which allows a PC to be connected via USB 2.0 for use with P2 cards as mass storage. ‹Note When the PC MODE menu option is set to ON, no change can be made to this option. PC MODE ON OFF ---F- Used to enable or disable the mode that allows the camera-recorder to be connected to a PC or an external hard disk drive via USB 2.0. ON: Sets the camera-recorder to the mode selected through the PC MODE SELECT menu option. OFF: Disables the PC MODE for normal operation. ‹Note Once the power is turned off, the option is always set to OFF when the power is turned on next time. OPTION MODE Items/ Adjustable Data Saved Range Remarks REC TALLY RED GREEN CHAR Select the method for displaying the recording status of camera-recorder. RED: The red tally lamp lights up. GREEN:The green tally lamp lights up. CHAR: The VF displays [REC] in characters. ‹Note Setting to "GREEN" or "CHAR" means that the front tally lamp, back tally lamp, and rear tally lamp on the unit's -CUF - ACCESS LED OFF ON -CUF - viewfinder will not light up during recording. Specify whether or not to enable the P2 card access LEDs. OFF: The LEDs stay OFF. ON: The LEDs light up. P.OFF GPS HOLD DATA CLEAR Select whether or not to hold the UMID GPS position information while the power is turned off, thereby keeping this information as status data holding the previous value until the power is turned on again, which enables a new -CUF - measurement to start. HOLD: Hold and save the data. CLEAR: Clear the data when the power is turned off, and save zero (NoInfo) from the next power-on until a new measurement is completed. SDI ON METADATA OFF Used to specify whether or not to output metadata (UMID) to SDI. -CUF - SDI EDH ON OFF -CUF - Select whether or not to add an error detection flag to the SD SDI output. Items/ Adjustable Data Saved Range Remarks AUTO REC OFF Select the method for detecting REC TYPE1 TYPE2 START/STOP marks from the frame rate information in the user bits added through HD SD IN in HD mode in order to automatically start or stop recording. OFF: No automatic recording is performed. TYPE1:REC START/STOP marks are detected from LTC input through HD SDI for automatic recording. TYPE2:REC START/STOP marks are detected from VITC input through HD SDI for automatic recording. ‹Note Set the menu option REC SIGNAL to SDI to input HD SDI signals to the SDI IN connector. For information about user bits frame rate information, see [Setting of the User bits] (page 64). -CUF - In INTERVAL REC mode and the LOOP REC mode, the AUTO REC function is not available. START TEXT ON MEMO OFF Select the function that automatically adds a text memo to the start of the recording before each recording. ON: Add a text memo before each recording. OFF: Do not add a text memo. ‹Note -CUF - When this item is ON, the added text indicates the start of the recording. Refer to [Setting of Clip Meta Data] (page 128) to record a text memo as textual information. SEEK SELECT CLIP Press the FF/REW buttons while CLIP&T playback is paused to move to the location. CLIP: Cue to the start of the clip CLIP&T: Cue to the start of the clip -CUF - and add a text memo Menu: Menu Description Tables 163