Panasonic SDR-SW20 RED, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...Operating Instructions SD Video Camera Model No SDR SW20 Before use please read these instructions completely VQT1M34 1 EB EP GC GN Web Site http www panasonic europe com GJ...

Page 2: ...plug must not be used until a replacement cover is obtained A replacement fuse cover can be purchased from your local dealer CAUTION IF THE FITTED MOULDED PLUG IS UNSUITABLE FOR THE SOCKET OUTLET IN...

Page 3: ...WITH AN ELECTRICALLY APPROVED POWER CORD Use only the recommended accessories Do not use any other AV cables and USB connection cables except the supplied one When you use the cable which are sold sep...

Page 4: ...A BOOKCASE BUILT IN CABINET OR IN ANOTHER CONFINED SPACE ENSURE THE UNIT IS WELL VENTILATED TO PREVENT RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK OR FIRE HAZARD DUE TO OVERHEATING ENSURE THAT CURTAINS AND ANY OTHER MATE...

Page 5: ...or recordable media Carefully observe copyright laws Whatever you have recorded and created can be used for your personal entertainment only Under copyright laws other materials cannot be used withou...

Page 6: ...or or the terminal cover underwater Do not impact the unit against anything underwater Impacts may lead to water infiltration Do not dive or jump into water with the unit in your hands Also do not use...

Page 7: ...the course of 18 months or more It is recommended to have your dealer replace this packing you will be charged for this at least once every 18 months Card Battery door and terminal cover Slide the lo...

Page 8: ...he LCD monitor 24 Recording Before recording 26 Basic stance 26 Taking pictures underwater 26 Automatic recording motion pictures 28 Recording mode and recording times 29 Automatic recording still pic...

Page 9: ...ctures Formatting cards 52 Setting DPOF for still pictures 53 With other products Playback on TV 54 Copying to video recorders or DVD recorders 55 Printing pictures from PictBridge printers 56 Using D...

Page 10: ...cable K2KZ9CB00002 2 way hand strap VFC4295 USB cable K2KZ4CB00011 CD ROM Audio video output terminal A V P 54 55 USB terminal P 56 59 70 DC input terminal DC IN 5 0 V P 17 Battery slot BATTERY P 16 C...

Page 11: ...recording P 30 Still picture playback P 49 Turning the unit OFF P 20 Status indicator P 17 20 21 Record button P 28 30 Strap fixture P 12 Menu button MENU P 22 Cursor buttons P 22 Delete button P 50 M...

Page 12: ...r hand and adjust the length of the strap Using the LCD monitor Images can be checked on the LCD monitor when recording Open the LCD monitor Adjust the angle Hold to open Up to 90 Up to 90 Opening the...

Page 13: ...blic holidays Or go on line through our Internet Accessory ordering application at www panasonic co uk Most major credit and debit cards accepted All enquiries transactions and distribution facilities...

Page 14: ...DHC Memory Cards as of December 2007 The following Panasonic SD SDHC Memory Cards and SD speed Class 2 or higher Memory Cards are recommended for this unit With other types of SD cards motion picture...

Page 15: ...for which Class 2 or higher SD cards are recommended such as this unit Precautions in handling Do not touch the terminals on the back of the card Also prevent dirt water and foreign matter from adher...

Page 16: ...tor is connected to an electrical outlet Insert the battery into the unit and charge it Do not use the AC cable and AC adaptor of this unit with other devices Also do not use the AC cables and AC adap...

Page 17: ...tact your dealer Flashes rapidly at approx 0 25 seconds intervals The battery cannot be charged Try doing the following Remove and reinsert the battery and try recharging the battery The battery tempe...

Page 18: ...usly recordable time Actual recordable time Approx 1 hour 10 minutes Approx 40 minutes Actual recordable time includes recording and stopping turning the unit ON OFF zooming and other operations Recor...

Page 19: ...properly Turning off the unit Removing battery or AC adaptor Opening card battery door and removing SD card Rotating the mode dial Shaking or impacting the unit Card access lamp 2 Insert Remove the SD...

Page 20: ...e that power is turned ON a message appears prompting you to set the date and time P 24 Status indicator When turning the unit ON Lit red When selecting When turning the unit OFF Off Turning the unit...

Page 21: ...CK START ON To turn OFF select OFF QUICK START is ON at the time of purchase The quick start standby is cancelled and the unit turns OFF status indicator out in the following situations When quick sta...

Page 22: ...for and modes 3 Enter the top menu or 4 Select a submenu 5 Enter the selected submenu or Setup 5 Setting from the menu changing the display language To return to the previous screen To quit an operati...

Page 23: ...or buttons are used to select and enter items on menus or thumbnail displays Upwards Downwards Left Right To move the cursor The cursor moves in the direction of the respective cursor buttons when pre...

Page 24: ...e and time displays To change the date and time display To change an item SETUP DATE TIME OFF Date and time are not displayed D T Date and time are displayed DATE Only the date is displayed To change...

Page 25: ...for about 6 months The battery is charged even if the unit is turned OFF Adjusting the LCD monitor LCD monitor colour and brightness can be adjusted Settings do not affect recorded images For setting...

Page 26: ...ws close to body White balance sensor Microphone Basic stance Taking pictures underwater This unit can take pictures underwater to depths of 1 5 m max 30 minutes duration To take pictures underwater p...

Page 27: ...mode dial Shaking or impacting the unit Card access lamp Card battery door Note Recording can be done in two ways Automatic recording or Manual recording Automatic recording motion still pictures Thi...

Page 28: ...cally turned OFF to conserve battery life if no operations are performed for about 5 minutes To reuse the unit set the mode dial to OFF and then reselect a mode To prevent the unit from turning OFF au...

Page 29: ...13 hours 20 minutes The maximum continuous recording time for this unit is 8 hours If a single scene exceeds 4 GB during motion picture recording recording continues as a separate scene Recording fas...

Page 30: ...flashes red when zero Focus is aligned to object in centre of shot Sound is not recorded Recorded still pictures are referred to as scenes with this unit To remove shutter sound ADVANCED SHTR EFFECT...

Page 31: ...0 1 GB 6790 13580 2 GB 13820 27640 4 GB 27150 54290 8 GB 55260 99999 16 GB 99999 99999 This unit can record only up to 99 999 still pictures in these SD cards Pictures taken with the setting may suffe...

Page 32: ...bjects by a maximum of 700 times Cannot be used during still picture recording ADVANCED D ZOOM OFF No digital zoom 25x Up to maximum of 25x 700x Up to maximum of 700x Picture quality will be reduced b...

Page 33: ...is extremely dark Jitter is significant When following moving object Maintain brightness in dark locations auto slow shutter Shutter speed is automatically slowed 1 25 1 350 in dark places in order t...

Page 34: ...in mode 37 Fade in fade out function only 35 White balance 40 Self timer recording only 36 Brightness iris gain 43 Help mode 35 Shutter speed 42 Colour night view function only 37 Manual focus adjustm...

Page 35: ...cancels setting Start recording Stop recording Cannot be used during still picture recording Thumbnail can be either black or white Setting is cancelled after recording is stopped or the unit is turn...

Page 36: ...etting Turning off the unit rotating the mode dial cancels the setting Self timer Still pictures may be taken using the self timer Display operation icons Select 1 2NEXT 1 2NEXT Selecting again cancel...

Page 37: ...brightness The setting is not cancelled even when the unit is turned OFF or the mode dial is rotated Colour night view function Colours can be brought out even in dark locations brightness of at leas...

Page 38: ...owing situations Mixture of close and distant objects Objects beyond unclear glass Bright peripheral lights Dark locations Fast moving objects Objects with little contrast After steps 1 and 2 Display...

Page 39: ...ing and brightness Horizontal bands of light may appear during playback on shining or highly reflective objects This function may not work if lighting is insufficient flashes Screen may flicker if usi...

Page 40: ...logen lighting Outdoor In bright outdoor conditions Set manually see below When ideal results cannot be produced with modes Mercury lighting sodium lighting fluorescent lighting hotel lighting spotlig...

Page 41: ...cording a loud buzzing sound made by the unit s motor will be heard but by setting the underwater mode an audio filter is activated to reduce the motor noise The sound quality in the underwater mode w...

Page 42: ...ng both shutter speed and brightness iris and gain adjust the shutter speed first Interference may increase with faster shutter speeds as sensitivity becomes lower and gain value rises automatically H...

Page 43: ...is gain sensitivity settings if location is too bright or too dark After steps 1 and 2 P 38 Select Adjust brightness 3 3NEXT BACK IRIS Darker IRIS Brighter Darker Brighter Iris adjustment Iris gain va...

Page 44: ...OCATION appears on the LCD monitor and proceed to step in Setting home city and region Setting home city and region Select HOME Set your home city and region Current time City region name Difference f...

Page 45: ...time indication Restoring local date and time after returning home Perform step in Setting home city and region P 44 Close the map and menu View slants and composition guide lines Guide lines are disp...

Page 46: ...Enter the picture to view Volume adjustment To fast forward rewind While pressed and held only the scene No changes rapidly Release the cursor button when the desired scene No appears To adjust the v...

Page 47: ...vices Thumbnails in which appears cannot be played back Some motion pictures of short recording time cannot be played back If the unit is running on battery power POWER SAVE P 78 is set to 5 MINUTES a...

Page 48: ...Press and hold for slow motion playback in the forward direction Frame by frame playback While playback is paused Returns to normal playback Press to return one frame Press to advance one frame Resumi...

Page 49: ...set to 5 MINUTES and play pause is continued for 5 minutes the unit turns off The unit does not turn off when the LCD monitor is closed Do not rotate the mode dial during slideshows Playback 2 Viewin...

Page 50: ...k the picture to be deleted Select YES Only motion pictures can be deleted from the menu DELETE under EDIT SCENE P 76 Pictures that cannot be played back such as thumbnails appearing with a cannot be...

Page 51: ...elect SELECT Select the pictures to delete A red frame appears around the selected pictures Selecting a picture a second time deselects it from deletion Up to 50 pictures can be selected at a time Del...

Page 52: ...ds All data including locked pictures are deleted and cannot be restored when SD cards are formatted Save important data on a PC ahead of time using the MotionSD STUDIO etc Make settings from the menu...

Page 53: ...CEL ALL When the message appears select YES Make settings from the menus P 22 PHOTO SETUP DPOF SET SET Select the still pictures to print Set the number of copies Number of copies Up to 999 Set 0 to n...

Page 54: ...tures from the unit P 46 49 To display LCD monitor information on TV SETUP EXT DISPLAY ON To not display the date time and icons P 24 28 Do not use any other AV cables except the supplied one If image...

Page 55: ...any other AV cables except the supplied one When copied motion pictures are played back on a wide screen TV the image may be stretched in the vertical direction In such case see the operating instruc...

Page 56: ...ct up to 8 still pictures for printing Do not use any other USB connection cables except the supplied one Operation is not guaranteed with any other USB cables Connect the unit directly to the printer...

Page 57: ...annot be selected PRINT YES When printing is complete disconnect the USB cable supplied and exit PictBridge To cancel printing A confirmation message appears YES Cancels print settings and returns to...

Page 58: ...ally Finalized discs can be played back only No further motion pictures or still pictures can then be added to these discs For the following see the operating instructions of the DVD burner Recommende...

Page 59: ...ner sold separately Operation is not guaranteed with other cables Connect the unit directly to the printer without going through a USB hub Ensure without fail that only the AC adaptors designed solely...

Page 60: ...L SCENES or ADDED SCENES ALL SCENES All the motion pictures are copied ADDED SCENES Motion pictures additionally recorded after copying using DVD COPY ones for which is not indicated are copied onto a...

Page 61: ...appears When pressed a confirmation message appears Copying begins Select YES and operate the unit as instructed by the displayed messages To cancel copying Press The DVD BURNER display now returns R...

Page 62: ...up The recording date for scenes or files copied to a disc using the DVD burner with this unit is the date that the scene or file was copied This date may not be displayed properly depending on the so...

Page 63: ...ER display now returns When discs containing motion pictures and still pictures copied from other devices are played back from the unit only the motion pictures are played back It may not be possible...

Page 64: ...ndows 2000 To use MotionSD STUDIO you must have Microsoft DirectX 9 0b or 9 0c If it is not installed on your computer install it as follows Install DirectX when installing MotionSD STUDIO Click Direc...

Page 65: ...ot use it on more than one computer Article 5 Reverse Engineering Decompiling or Disassembly Licensee may not reverse engineer decompile or disassemble the Software except to the extent either of them...

Page 66: ...or more 1 GB or more recommended Free hard disk space Ultra DMA 33 or more 100 or more is recommended 640MB or more When writing to DVD the same amount of free space as the disc is necessary Display H...

Page 67: ...ness Enterprise CPU Windows 2000 XP Intel Pentium III 450 MHz or higher or Intel Celeron 400 MHz or higher Windows Vista Including compatible CPUs Intel Pentium 4 1 6 GHz or higher recommended RAM Win...

Page 68: ...nue to follow the on screen messages to install it Depending on the operating environment you may be required to install DirectX If so click Yes and install it Select a video system and click Next Rea...

Page 69: ...Start menu select Control Panel Programs Uninstall Program Select MotionSD STUDIO 1 3E and click Remove or Uninstall Remove Continue to follow the on screen messages to uninstall it After uninstalling...

Page 70: ...e mode dial to a position other than OFF Connect this unit and a computer with the USB cable supplied Insert the plugs as far as they will go Select PC CONNECT on the SELECT USB FUNCTION screen of the...

Page 71: ...1 3E MotionSD STUDIO from the start menu Click EXIT this screen The startup window appears Closing MotionSD STUDIO From the SD Browser screen Click in the lower right hand corner of the screen From th...

Page 72: ...ive When this unit is connected to the computer Removable Disk appears in My Computer The SD card appears as an external drive E drive etc in Windows Explorer While the computer is accessing the SD ca...

Page 73: ...formation on still pictures Motion pictures Max 99 taken in mode Do not move rename delete compress format or perform other operations to the motion pictures or folders using Windows Explorer or the M...

Page 74: ...pears halfway through click the Continue button When the driver is recognised USB Mass Storage Device appears in Universal Serial Bus controllers The display differs according to the type of computer...

Page 75: ...E or Untitled appears on the desktop Copying still pictures to computers Double click the NO_NAME or Untitled icon on the desktop The still pictures are in the 100CDPFP folder inside the DCIM folder D...

Page 76: ...IS Avoid jitter WIND CUT Reduce the wind noise ZOOM MIC Apply zoom effect to sounds AUTO SLW SHTR Adjust shutter speed automatically SHTR EFFECT Cancel out shutter sound REC ASPECT Set aspect ratio fo...

Page 77: ...OFF ON 33 OFF ON 45 OFF ON 33 OFF ON 33 OFF ON 30 4 3 16 9 28 WHITE BLACK 35 For details on the SETUP menu P 78 EB only English Deutsch Fran ais Italiano Espa ol Nederlands Svenska Polski esky T rk e...

Page 78: ...unit is turned on When a computer or printer is recognised Beep Beep When recording stops or the unit is turned off Beep Beep Beep Beep 4 times consecutively If an error that prevents recording occur...

Page 79: ...D M D Y D M Y 24 YES NO 52 OFF ON 21 OFF 5 MINUTES The unit turns off if the unit is not operated for about 5 minutes To resume the unit use set the mode dial to OFF and then the desired mode position...

Page 80: ...ttery power P 18 Soft skin mode P 37 Zoom microphone P 33 Wind noise reduction P 45 Aspect ratio P 28 Image stabilizer P 33 Backlight compensation P 36 Zoom magnification indication P 32 Manual focus...

Page 81: ...ture sizes from the size shown above Play mode All scenes on the media displayed P 47 Scenes recorded on the selected date displayed P 47 Scene number P 46 Operating status P 46 Playback Fast forward...

Page 82: ...be recorded on because it is full or the numbers of scenes or numbers of scenes for the date has reached the maximum Either delete unnecessary scenes or insert a new card P 50 SCENE NUMBER IS FULL CAN...

Page 83: ...RROR DETECTED The data on the SD card contains errors To repair the data either use a battery of sufficient life or connect the AC adaptor Depending on the error it may take time to repair the data NO...

Page 84: ...ly Is the battery sufficiently charged Is the unit being used in low temperatures The battery is affected by ambient temperature In cold places battery availability shortens Is the battery at the end...

Page 85: ...the card battery door open Motion picture recording stops on its own Are you using an applicable SD card P 14 Even with applicable SD cards recording may stop when using an SD card on which data has...

Page 86: ...s Set TV ASPECT to match the connected TV P 54 Data cannot be deleted Is the scene locked Unlock the scene P 52 Scenes whose thumbnails have a cannot be deleted If the data is unnecessary format the S...

Page 87: ...ted SD cards in the device s operating instructions The computer does not recognise the unit even when connected with USB cable While the menu appears on the LCD monitor the USB function screen does n...

Page 88: ...it back on the unit needs servicing Disconnect the power supply and consult the dealer from which you purchased the unit Do not attempt to repair the appliance by yourself The PDF file of the MotionSD...

Page 89: ...While using Colour night view Soft skin mode Set and cancel During recording Help mode Image stabilizer When in still picture recording mode While using Colour night view Scene mode When in auto recor...

Page 90: ...r disconnect AC adaptor Then reinsert the battery or reconnect AC adaptor and turn the SD Video Camera on Do not use the SD Video Camera near radio transmitters or high voltage lines If you record nea...

Page 91: ...revent metal from contacting terminals and store in a cool 15 25 C dry 40 60 RH place subject to minimal temperature changes Storing the battery in extreme cold or high heat may shorten the battery s...

Page 92: ...lug LCD monitor If the LCD monitor fogs up or becomes dirty wipe it clean with a soft dry cloth When the unit is extremely cold in cold places or in other such conditions although the LCD monitor may...

Page 93: ...out 1 hour to adjust to the ambient temperature Cleaning Remove the battery and disconnect the AC adaptor Do not use benzene thinner alcohol etc These substances can cause deformation and peeling Wipe...

Page 94: ...x with the Colour night view function Video output level 1 0 Vp p 75 Audio output level 316 mV 600 USB Card reader function EB EP only Card reader writer function GC GN GJ only No copyright protection...

Page 95: ...ictures Recording media SD Memory Card 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB FAT12 and FAT16 format corresponding SDHC Memory Card 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB FAT32 format corresponding Number of...

Page 96: ...ame by frame playback 48 G Gain 43 Guideline 45 H Help mode 35 I Image stabilizer function 33 Initial setting 78 Iris 43 L Language 23 LCD monitor 12 25 Locking scenes 52 M Manual focus 38 Menu 22 76...

Page 97: ...kip playback 48 Slide show 49 Slow motion playback 48 Soft skin mode 37 Still picture playback 48 Still picture recording 30 T Thumbnails by date 47 Tripod 10 TV aspect 54 U Underwater mode 41 V Volum...

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