Panasonic VDRD250-MULTI DVD MOVIE CAMERA User Manual

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Table Of Contents

Before using
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Parts identification and handling . . . 15
Using the LCD monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Using the viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Discs and cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Discs that can be used on this unit . . . . .23
Cards that you can use with this unit. . . .26
Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Setup
Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Connecting to the AC outlet. . . . . . . . . . .30
Turning the unit on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Inserting/removing a disc . . . . . . . . . 32
Inserting/removing an SD card. . . . . 34
Selecting a mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
How to use the joystick . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Switching the language. . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Setting date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adjusting LCD monitor/viewfinder. . . . 47
Recording
Before recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Recording motion pictures . . . . . . . . 50
Changing the recording mode
of the motion picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Recording still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Number of pixels and picture quality
for still picture recording . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Various recording functions . . . . . . . 56
Zoom in/out function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Recording yourself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Backlight compensation function . . . . . . .58
Fade in/fade out function . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Soft skin mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Tele macro function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
MagicPix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Self-timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Wind noise reduction function . . . . . . . . .65
Wide mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Image stabilizer function . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Built-in flash (VDR-D300 only) . . . . . . . . 68
Manual recording functions . . . . . . . 70
Scene mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Manual focus adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Manual shutter speed/
aperture adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Playback
Motion picture playback . . . . . . . . . . 76
Still picture playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Playing back still pictures as a
slide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Editing
Editing scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Deleting scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Dividing a scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Combining scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
What is a playlist? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Creating a new playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Playing back a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Editing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Deleting still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Locking still pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
DPOF setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Disc and card management
Formatting discs and cards . . . . . . . 98
Formatting discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Formatting an SD card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Finalizing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Percent
Finalizing a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Percent
Un-finalizing a DVD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Protecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Displaying disc information . . . . . . 103
With other products
With a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Playback on TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
With a DVD recorder/player . . . . . . 106
Playback on DVD recorder/player . . . . 106
Copying (dubbing) recordings onto a DVD recorders hard disk. . . . . . . . . . . 107
With a VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Recording (dubbing) images onto
other video devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
With a printer (PictBridge) . . . . . . . .109
With a computer
Before using with a computer (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
What you can do with a computer . . . . . 111
Contents on provided CD-ROM . . . . . . 112
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
End User License Agreement . . . . . . . . 117
Installation (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Installing DVD-RAM Driver . . . . . . . . . . 118
Installing DVD-MovieAlbumSE . . . . . . . 120
Installing DVDfunSTUDIO. . . . . . . . . . . 121
Reading the operating instructions of
the software applications. . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Software application uninstallation . . . . 122
Connection and recognition (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Connection and recognition procedures . . . . 123
About the computer display. . . . . . . . . . 124
To disconnect USB cable safely . . . . . . 125
Verifying the unit is correctly recognized by the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Creating a DVD-Video disc on a computer (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Creating a DVD-Video on a computer from a DVD-RAM or DVD-RW (VR format). . . . 127
Before using with a computer (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
What you can do with a computer . . . . . 130
Contents on provided CD-ROM . . . . . . 131
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Installation (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . .135
Reading the operating instructions of the software applications. . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Software application uninstallation . . . . 136
Using discs on a computer (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Creating a DVD-Video on a computer from a recorded disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
To disconnect USB cable safely . . . . . . 139
Using an SD card on a computer (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Copying still picture files to a computer. . . 141
To disconnect USB cable safely . . . . . . 141
Others
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Menu list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Other menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Functions that cannot be used simultaneously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . 150
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Cautions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Explanation of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Number of recordable pictures on an SD card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Optional accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . 168
DVD video camera accessories . . . . . .168
Accessory Order Form (For USA Customers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Request for Service Notice (USA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Limited Warranty (For USA Customers) . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Customer Services Directory . . . . . 172
Warranty (For Canadian Customers) . . . . . . . 173
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Spanish Quick Use Guide/ Guía española para el uso rápido . . . 176

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