Panasonic AJ-PX800G - Pre-shooting Inspections and Basic Maintenance

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Chapter 11 Maintenance and Inspection — Inspections before shooting
Inspections before shooting
Before recording, perform the following inspection to ensure that the system operates properly. It is recommended that you check the image using a
color video monitor.
Preparing to inspect
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Attach an adequately charged battery.
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Turn the <POWER> switch <ON>, and check the battery charge level indicator on the viewfinder. (Fig. 1)
If the remaining battery level is low, replace the battery with an adequately charged one.
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Insert a P2 card into a card slot and close the slot cover. (Fig. 2)
f Ensure that the P2 card access LED lights in orange for the card slot to which the P2 card is inserted. When P2 cards are inserted in the 2 slots,
only the P2 card access LED will illuminate in orange for the P2 card inserted rst (completed the access rst). The P2 card access LED for the P2
card inserted subsequently will illuminate in green.
f If the P2 card access LED for the card slot to which the P2 card is inserted ashes in green or does not light up, that P2 card is not available for
recording.
Inspecting the camera unit
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Set the zoom to the electric zoom mode and check the behavior of the electric zoom.
Ensure that the image changes between telescopic and wide-angle.
2
Set the zoom to the manual zoom mode and check the behavior of the manual zoom.
Rotate the manual zoom lever and ensure that the image changes between telescopic and wide-angle.
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Set the iris to automatic adjustment mode, and ensure that the automatic adjustment works when the lens is pointed at objects
with different degree of brightness.
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Set the iris to manual adjustment mode and rotate the iris ring to check the manual iris adjustment.
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Set the iris back to automatic adjustment mode, and check the followings by switching the <GAIN> switch setting to <L>, <M>,
and then <H>:
f The iris is adjusted for objects with same degree of brightness as the setting changes.
f The gain value display on the viewnder changes as the setting changes.
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If a lens with an extender is attached, set the extender to its usage position to ensure that it works properly.
Inspecting the memory recording functions
Perform procedures from “Inspecting the P2 card recording” to “Inspecting the earphones and speaker” successively.
Inspecting the P2 card recording
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On the viewfinder display, ensure that the remaining P2 card capacity is sufficient.
For details, refer to “Screen display” (page 154).
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Press the <REC> button and check the following:
f The P2 card access LED ashes in orange.
f The [REC] lamp in the viewnder illuminates.
f No system warning is displayed on the viewnder screen.
3
Press the <REC> button again.
Ensure that the P2 card access LED illuminates in orange, and that the [REC] lamp disappears from the viewnder screen.
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Use the <REC> button on the handle to check the same behaviors in steps 2 to 3.
Perform the same inspection for the <VTR> button on the lens.