Panasonic AG-HPX500 User Guide

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Close the slide-out door.
<Note>
•  To prevent cards from falling out, dust from entering 
and reduce the risk of exposure to static electricity, do 
not move the AG-HPX500P/E with the slide-out door 
open. 
•  Format P2 cards on a P2 device or on a PC using P2 
Viewer software. 
Removing P2 Cards
1
While pressing the slide lock button, 
move the slide-out door to the left.
2
Tilt down the EJECT button.
3
Then depress the eject button to 
release the P2 card. 
<Note>
•  When a P2 card is being accessed or it is being 
recognised after insertion (P2 CARD ACCESS LED 
blinks in orange), do not remove the P2 card. Removing 
a P2 card during access could damage it. 
•  If a P2 card being accessed is removed, the viewfinder 
displays “TURN POWER OFF” and the AG-HPX500P/E 
gives a warning using an alarm and the WARNING LED. 
In addition, all P2 CARD ACCESS LEDs blink rapidly 
in orange. If this is the case, turn the power off. For 
more information on warning indications, see [Warning 
System] (page 142).
•  Removing a P2 card during access may corrupt clip 
data. Check the clips and restore them if required. 
For more information about how to restore clips, see 
[Restoring Clips] (page 108).
•  If a P2 card being formatted is removed, it may be not 
be formatted properly. In this case, the viewfinder 
displays “TURN POWER OFF”. If this message 
appears, turn off the power, then restart the AG-
HPX500P/E to reformat the card.
•  If a P2 card is inserted while another P2 card is being 
played back, the inserted P2 card is not recognised and 
the P2 CARD ACCESS LED for that card does not come 
on. Card recognition starts when the playback ends.
•  A P2 card inserted in an empty slot during recording 
may not be immediately recognized during the 
following events. 
•  Immediately following PRE REC operation
•  Immediately before or after a recording that bridges 
P2 cards in two slots (hot swap recording, etc.)
•  The P2 CARD ACCESS LED can be set to stay off in the 
setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, ACCESS 
LED. When the camera is used in this way, remove 
cards when the camera has been powered down or 
a sufficiently long time after terminating recording, 
playback and other operating modes. 
•  Removing a P2 card during thumbnail display 
terminates the thumbnail display. 
•  A P2 card inserted in an empty slot during interval 
recording or one-shot recording is not recognized 
and cannot be used in the recording. The card will be 
recognized when the recording is completed.
Tilt down the EJECT 
button.
Depress the tilted-down 
EJECT button to release 
the P2 card.