• Pictures captured with other brand products cannot be used with this Camcorder. • If “INCOMPATIBLE IMAGE” appears onscreen, the size of the captured image cannot be played back on this Camcorder. • If “CF CARD ERROR” appears on-screen, see page 56. • If Picture in Picture Wipe Title is selected, the following functions are not available: Security mode, Auto Fade, Digital Fade, Digital Filter, Digital Zoom, Digital E.I.S., Still/Strobe/Wide. MODE ( P - P = Picture in Picture ) Multi image playback page number Digital Still Camera 2 STOP STILL PLAY REW FF + DEL VCR OFF CAMERA PHOTO 3 40 For assistance, please call : 1-800-211-PANA(7262) or send e-mail to : consumerproducts@panasonic.com Digital Still Camera Insert a captured still image into the current recording, or vice versa, in one of three wipe effects. 1 Repeat steps 1 and 2 on page 39 to set Picture in Picture Wipe title. 2 Press MODE repeatedly for Wipe effect 1, 2, or 3 (See left). • WIPE 1 will flash for a while to store the image for the wipe. 3 Press START: once inserts captured image. twice inserts current recording picture. • You can freeze the wipe in progress by pressing START. Press START again to resume wipe. 2 Digital Wipe Mode 3 Note: • If CompactFlash Card is not inserted, “NO CF CARD” appears on-screen. Set Power to OFF, then insert the CompactFlash Card. • Pictures captured with other brand products cannot be used with this Camcorder. • If “INCOMPATIBLE IMAGE” appears onscreen, the size of the captured image cannot be played back on this Camcorder. • If “CF CARD ERROR” appears on-screen, see page 56. • If Digital Wipe mode is selected, the following functions are not available: Security Mode, Auto Fade, Digital Fade, Digital Filter, Digital Zoom, Digital E.I.S., Still/Strobe/Wide. Before you begin... • Connect Camcorder to power source. • Insert the CompactFlash Card (page 34). • Set POWER to CAMERA. (Captured image) (Current Recording) WIPE 1 WIPE 2 WIPE 3 (Captured image) (Current Recording) WIPE 1 WIPE 2 WIPE 3 MODE START (first press) START (second press) WIPE 1 P - P SP P20 P-P WIPE 2 WIPE 3 Digital Still Camera PhotoShot Title Library The included 8 MB CompactFlash Card already contains 12 pre-recorded titles. You can insert any one of the 12 included pre-recorded titles into your current video recording by following the steps outlined below. CAUTION: If you delete the following pre-recorded titles, they will not be restored. Before you begin... • Connect Camcorder to power source. • Insert the CompactFlash Card (page 34). • Set POWER to CAMERA. 1 Set DIGITAL SELECT to DIGITAL WIPE. 2 Press + (FF) or - (REW) to select still image to be used. Please see page 39 for further details. 3 Start recording (page 16). Panasonic Anniversary Happy Birthday Bon Voyage Congratulations Graduation Special It's a Girl! It's a Boy! Our Wedding Surprise! The Wedding Vacation! 41 PC Connection Digital PhotoShot Software Before you begin... • Turn your PC off. A live or captured image can be transferred • Set Camcorder POWER to OFF. to your PC (Personal Computer). System Requirements for Digital PhotoShot • IBM PC/AT or compatible. • Intel Pentium Processor. • Microsoft Windows95 or Windows98 or WindowsMe. • RAM: 16 MB or more. • 2 MB of available hard-disk space. PC-Camcorder Connection Connect Camcorder PC jack to the serial port on your PC (Personal Computer) using the supplied PC connector cable. Refer to PC or Windows manual to identify which COM port to be used for connection. Note: • Be sure to turn PC off before connection for proper image transfer. • After Camcorder and PC are connected by starting up the software included, video recording is not possible. Software Installation (Windows 95/98/Me) Before you begin... • Your PC is in the power on mode. 1 Turn on PC (Personal Computer) and start up Windows. 2 Insert Digital PhotoShot disk (Windows 95/98/Me) into a floppy disk drive. 3 Click on Start, then “Run...” 4 Type in “a:\setup.exe” and click OK. • If your 3.5 inch floppy disk drive is not “A”, use appropriate letter. 5 Follow instructions as they appear on PC screen until the installation is complete. • Setup window will disappear when the installation is complete. Note: • Please look for Windows 2000 version of driver software on our website at • 256 color monitor (full color recommended). • 3.5 inch 1.44 MB floppy disk drive (for installation). • RS-232C serial port (D-Sub 9-pin). An adaptor (D-Sub 9-pin male to a D-Sub female) is required for a D-Sub 25-pin. • Mouse or other pointing device. RS-232C Serial Port (Default is COM1) (D-Sub 9-pin) PC Connector PC Connector cable (supplied) 42 For assistance, please call : 1-800-211-PANA(7262) or send e-mail to : consumerproducts@panasonic.com PC Connection Before you begin... • Insert the CompactFlash Card (page 34). • Make Camcorder-PC connections (page 42). • Turn your PC on. • Set Camcorder POWER to PHOTO. Running the Software (Windows 95/98/Me) 1 Sel...