Reference Manual
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Contents
Panel Descriptions ...................................... 2
Top Panel/Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rear Panel (Connecting Your Equipment) .................. 3
Getting Ready ........................................... 4
Main Screen .............................................. 4
Turning the Power On/O ................................. 7
About SD Cards ........................................... 7
Operating the Menu ...................................... 8
Setting the Date and Time ................................ 8
How the P-20HD is Organized ............................. 9
Video Input/Output Settings ........................... 11
Setting the Video Input/Output Format .................... 11
Specifying the Input Format (EDID) ........................ 12
Setting the Output Format ................................ 12
Creating a Project ....................................... 13
Creating a New Project .................................... 13
Opening an Existing Project ............................... 13
Conguring the Project Settings .......................... 13
Video Operations ....................................... 14
Recording and Playback .................................. 14
Using Clips ............................................... 15
Clip List Operations ....................................... 19
Pad Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the Palettes ........................................ 20
Other Palette Operations ................................. 21
Using Still Images ......................................... 22
Using Audio Files ......................................... 23
Adjusting the Video ..................................... 24
Audio Operations ....................................... 26
Adjusting the Volume ..................................... 26
Applying Eects to the Input Audio ....................... 26
Applying Eects to Output Audio ......................... 27
Muting Only Specic Audio (Mute) ........................ 28
Switching Between Audio Output from Each Output
Connector ................................................ 28
Annotation .............................................. 29
Connecting a Pen Display/ Pen Tablet ..................... 29
Getting Ready to Use Annotation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Drawing on the Screen .................................... 30
Other Functions ......................................... 31
Saving this Unit’s Settings to a SD Card/USB Flash Drive .... 31
Formatting an SD Card .................................... 32
Turning O the Power from the Menu ..................... 32
Returning to the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) .......... 33
System Settings .......................................... 33
Menu List ................................................ 34
1: Project ................................................. 34
2: Transition .............................................. 35
3: Playlist ................................................. 35
4: Pad .................................................... 36
5: Video Input ............................................ 36
6: Video Output ........................................... 38
7: Audio Input ............................................ 39
8: Audio Output .......................................... 40
9: Audio Rec Level ........................................ 42
10: SD Card/USB Memory ................................. 42
11: Annotation ........................................... 42
12: System ................................................ 42
CLIP LIST ................................................. 44
PALETTE .................................................. 44
STILL ..................................................... 44
AUDIO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
List of Shortcut Keys ...................................... 45
Appendix ................................................ 46
Troubleshooting .......................................... 46
Error Message List ........................................ 47
Approximate Recording Times ............................ 47
Main Specications ....................................... 48
Dimensions .............................................. 49
Video Block Diagram ...................................... 50
Audio Block Diagram ..................................... 51
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