Brand: Panasonic
Category: Video Camera
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Manual for SDR-H90/SDR-H80
Uploaded: Nov. 21, 2025, 6:25 p.m.
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Basic Operations:
- Turning the Unit On/Off: Rotate the mode dial to [Video recording mode], [Video playback mode], [Picture recording mode], [Picture playback mode], or [OFF]. Power can also be turned on/off by opening/closing the LCD monitor when the mode dial is set to video or picture modes.
- Using the Menu Screen: Press the [MENU] button. Use the joystick to navigate and select options.
- Recording Motion Pictures: Select [Video recording mode]. Press the record start/stop button to begin and end recording.
- Recording Still Pictures: Select [Picture recording mode]. Press the record start/stop button to capture a still image.
- Playback: Select [Video playback mode] or [Picture playback mode]. Use the joystick to navigate and playback controls.
- Power Supply: Charge the battery before use. Connect the AC adaptor to power and charge the battery.
- Inserting/Removing SD Card: Ensure the unit is OFF. Open the LCD monitor and SD card slot cover. Insert or remove the SD card.
- About HDD and SD Cards: Understand the differences and capacities of internal HDD and SD cards.
- Records to internal HDD and SD card.
- Multiple recording modes and resolutions.
- Playback and editing functions.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Problem | Check points |
| The sound does not play back properly when a DVD disc that has been copied using the DVD burner is played back. | • When the scenes recorded on an SD card by setting [AUDIO REC] to [MPEG] are copied to a DVD disc using the DVD burner and then played back with any other devices, sound may not play back properly. In this case, record scenes by setting [AUDIO REC] to [DOLBY] and then copy to the disc. Or use the software supplied with this unit to copy the scenes. |
| When connected by the USB cable, this unit is not detected by the PC. | • Close the menu screen before connecting the USB cable. • Select another USB terminal on the PC. • Check the operating environment. (→ 80) • Disconnect the USB cable, turn the unit off then on and then reconnect the USB cable. |
| When the USB cable is disconnected, an error message will appear on the PC. | • To disconnect the USB cable safely, double-click the ( icon in the task tray and follow the instructions on the screen. |
| The DVD COPY function will not start. | • To create DVD-Video discs using the DVD COPY function, you need to install VideoCam Suite from the supplied CD-ROM to your PC. (→ 83) |
| I cannot copy motion pictures using the DVD COPY function. | • Once motion pictures have been copied using the DVD COPY function, they cannot be copied a second or subsequent time. Import the motion pictures onto the PC, and then write them on the DVD disc. |
| It takes a long time to create a DVD. | • Creating a DVD may take some time even if the size of the motion picture files are small. |
| The DVD player cannot play back the discs I have created using VideoCam Suite. | • To playback a DVD disc created using VideoCam Suite, the player must support playback of that DVD disc. (Refer to the operating instructions of the player.) |