Panasonic AG-HPX371E User Manual

Chapter

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Loop recording (LOOP REC)

• When two P2 cards are inserted in the P2 card slots,

each card is recorded in succession.

• When there is no longer any space left on the cards,

recording starts over from the first card by recording new
clips over saved old clips.

For the clip recording time, see [Splitting clips recorded
on P2 cards] (page 33).

Recordingwillbemadeontheareaswithnorecording

consecutively(A,B,thenC).Whenallareasonallcardsare

recorded,newrecording(C)willbemadebyoverwritingthe

areaA.

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looprecording

Firstloop

recording

Secondloop

recording

Recordingstart

1stcard

ndcard

Norecording

Recorded

CheckthattheSYSTEMSETUPscreenisset
upasdescribedonpage4.

For details on menu operation, refer to [Using the
menus] (page 129).

SelectLOOPinthemenuoptionREC
FUNCTIONintheRECORDINGSETUP
screen.

PresstheRECbutton.

•  Recording starts.
•  Press the REC button to stop recording.
•  To cancel this function, turn the camera off or

select NORMAL in the REC FUNCTION item.

• The following indications appear to the left of the

operation status display.

•  During recording: “L-REC” stays lit.
•  During a pause: “L-PAUSE” stays lit.
•  When remaining memory is low: “P2 LACK L-”

blinks.

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NOTE

• Use two P2 cards with at least one minute of

remaining recording time.

• The mode check screen shows standard recording

time depending on recording format as remaining P2
card time. When loop recording is stopped right after
deleting old data, the time of recordings on the card
may be shorter than indicated.

• This function is not available during IEEE1394 input.
• The pre-recording and one-clip recording functions

are not available.

• Canceling this function may take some time. The

succeeding operations are not available until the P2
CARD ACCESS LED goes from blinking to steady
lighting.

• During loop recording, the access LEDs for all P2

cards used in the recording light orange or blinks.
Note that removing any of the P2 cards will terminate
loop recording.

• Irregularity in the input GENLOCK reference signal

during loop recording may terminate recording.

One-clip recording (ONE CLIP REC)

Instead of creating a new clip for each recording session
(i.e., operation from REC start to stop), this mode compiles
images from multiple recording sessions into a single clip.

First Recording

Second Recording

Nth Recording*

REC Start

REC stop

Single Combined Clip

Up to a maximum of 99 recordings can be combined into

a single clip. When the 99th recording ends, recordings

are no longer automatically combined into the same clip.

Subsequent recordings are combined into a new clip.

To use this function, set the menu option ONE CLIP REC to
ON in the RECORDING SETUP screen.
When one-clip recording mode is enabled, “1-CLIP”
appears in the viewfinder and at the top of the LCD monitor.
When you press the REC button on the camera to start your
first recording, “START 1

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CLIP” appears.

Any subsequent recordings are automatically combined
into the clip. Up to a maximum of 99 clips can be
combined into a single clip.

To record a new clip

Follow the instructions below to use a new and separate
clip and end combining to the clip.

Press and hold the STOP button for about 2 seconds
while recording is paused. (operating while recording is
on standby)

Press and hold the REC button for about 2 seconds
to stop recording. (operating while recording is in
progress)

Follow the instructions above to end combining to the clip.
“END 1-CLIP” displays. Subsequent recordings use a new
and separate clip.

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NOTE

• In addition to the aforementioned steps, the following ends

combining to the clip and subsequent recordings use a new
clip.

• When the power is turned off
• When the P2 card with the previous recording is removed
• When the P2 card is formatted or the clip is deleted (when

the previous combined clip does not exist)

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