Panasonic AG-HPX370 User Manual

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Chapter

9

Maintenance

and
Inspections

Chapter 9 

Maintenance and Inspections

Make sure you check that the system is operating normally 
before embarking on a shoot. We recommend using a 
colour video monitor to check the image.

Mountachargedbattery.

TurnthePOWERswitchtoONtocheckthe
batteryremaininglevelintheviewfinder.

•  When battery capacity is low, replace it with a fully 

charged battery. 

1 9 9 9 min B 9 0 %

D I ON C 1 6 0 U S E R - 1

C A C

InsertaPcardinthecardslotandclosethe
slotcover.

•  Confirm that the P2 CARD ACCESS LED for the 

inserted card slot lights up in orange. When P2 
cards are installed in both card slots, the P2 CARD 
ACCESS LED for the first inserted card (that was 
first accessed) will light orange while the P2 CARD 
ACCESS LED for a subsequently inserted card will 
light green.

•  If the access LED for the P2 card slot in which a 

P2 card is inserted keeps blinking in green, or if 
there is no display, recording is not possible on 
that particular P2 card.

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Setthezoomtoelectriczoommodeandcheck
thezoomoperation.

•  Check that the image changes to telephoto and 

wide angle.

Setthezoomtomanualzoommodeandcheck
thezoomoperation.

•  Turn the manual zoom lever to check that the 

image changes to telephoto and wide angle.

Settheiristoautomaticadjustmentmodeand
aimthelensatobjectswithdifferentdegrees
ofbrightness,tocheckthattheautomaticiris
adjustmentoperatesnormally.

Settheiristomanualadjustmentmodeand
turntheirisring,tocheckthemanualiris
adjustment.

Returntheiristoautomaticadjustmentmode
andchangetheGAINswitchsettingtoL,M,
andH,tocheckthefollowingitems:

•  The iris is adjusted for objects with the same 

brightness according to the switch setting.

•  The gain value displayed on the viewfinder screen 

changes according to the switch setting.

Whenalenswithanextenderismounted,set
theextendertotheoperatingpositiontocheck
thattheextenderoperatesproperly.