Panasonic

Background recording

If the memory cards are inserted into 2 card slots, set the background recording mode and then press the REC button to start recording simultaneously on card slot 1 and card slot 2. On card slot 1, recording can be repeatedly started and stopped as necessary by operating the REC button. On card slot 2, the recording operation continues as background recording.

By performing background recording on card slot 2, you will not miss important scenes while recording is stopped.

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(A) Memory card recording time

(B) REC button operations

(C) Button operation for background recording stopcharacter_asterisk

(D) Card slot 1 (Main recording)

(E) Card slot 2 (Background recording)

(F) REC

(G) REC PAUSE

(H) REC STOP (No remaining space on card slot 1)

(I) Continues recording to card slot 2

  1. A clip

  1. Stand-by

  1. B clip

  1. USER button assigned to [BACKGR PAUSE]


character_diamondStarting background recording

  1. Select the [SYSTEM] menu character_arrow [FILE FORMAT] character_arrow [MOV].

  1. Select the [RECORDING] menu character_arrow [2 SLOTS FUNC.] character_arrow [BACKGR REC].

[BACKGR] is displayed in the 2 slot function display of the camera image screen.

A slanted line is displayed on the [BACKGR] display when background recording is not possible, such as when a memory card is not inserted in the card slot 2.

  1. Press the REC button.

Recording starts simultaneously on card slot 1 and card slot 2.

Start or stop recording on card slot 1 with REC button operations.

On card slot 2, the recording operation continues as background recording.


bullet02Records on both card slot 1 and card slot 2 in the format set in the [SYSTEM] menu.

bullet02Background recording cannot be performed in the following cases.

– When [SYSTEM] menu character_arrow [FILE FORMAT] is set to other than [MOV]

– When [SYSTEM] menu character_arrow [REC FORMAT] is UHD

bullet02The lighting status of the tally lamps changes according to start or stop of recording on card slot 1.

bullet02Time code is fixed to free run.

bullet02Control of recording operation of the external equipment (such as recorder) connected to the <SDI OUT> terminalcharacter_asterisk and the <HDMI> terminal is linked to the start/stop recording of the card slot 1.

bullet02In the background recording mode, the USER button assigned to [DEL LAST CLIP] does not work.

bullet02The memory card in card slot 1 can be replaced even while background recording is performed on card slot 2 if recording on card slot 1 is stopped.

bullet02In the background recording mode, standard recording can be performed on card slot 1 if a memory card for recording is not inserted in card slot 2 or the remaining recording capacity of the memory card in card slot 2 has run out.

bullet02When the capacity in the memory card in card slot 2 runs out during recording, background recording will not start automatically even if you replace the memory card in card slot 2.

bullet02There are recording functions that cannot be used simultaneously. (character_referenceRecording function that cannot be used simultaneously)


  1. When using icon_model-x2, the <SDI OUT> terminal can be used.


character_diamondEnding background recording

  1. Press and hold the USER button to which [BACKGR PAUSE] is assigned for approximately 5 seconds or touch and hold the USER button icon for approximately 5 seconds and release.

The background recording stops on card slot 2.

The background recording on card slot 2 can also be stopped by pressing and holding the <EXIT> button for approximately 5 seconds.


bullet02The background recording on card slot 2 cannot end while recording is performed on card slot 1. End the background recording while recording is stopped on card slot 1.

bullet02The background recording on card slot 2 ends in the following cases.

– When the power is turned off

– When the remaining recording capacity of the memory card has run out

– When an error has occurred when writing to the memory card