Brand: Panasonic
Category: Camcorder
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Manual for VDR-M50PP
Uploaded: Aug. 10, 2025, 12:41 a.m.
Warranty Information
This limited warranty covers defects in materials and workmanship for the period indicated.
- Setups: Explains how to set up the DVD Video Camera, battery pack, and set the date/time.
- Basic Techniques: Covers basic operation like recording movies, still images, external input, and playback.
- Advanced Techniques: Details advanced settings and usage.
- Disc Navigation: Explains editing with Disc Navigation, finalizing DVD-R discs, and initializing DVD-RAM discs.
- Installing Software: Describes the contents of the provided CD-ROM and software installation.
- Subsidiary Information: Includes product information, cleaning, and troubleshooting.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Symptom | Cause and Correction | Reference page |
|---|---|---|
| The DVD-RAM drive of DVD Video Camera cannot be opened by PC Explorer or application. Error appears. Disc cannot be ejected. | If DVD-MovieAlbumSE is running, terminate it. | — |
| When the time stamp of file in DVD-RAM is viewed on PC, it is different from the actual recording time. | The file system of this DVD Video Camera is operated on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and time lag information has not been set. With Windows® as of January, 2004, the time stamp of file viewed on Explorer looks different from the actual recording time. The actual recording time will appear as date/time indication on playback screen. | — |
| When DVD-MovieAlbumSE is started, "Disc in Drive X: cannot be used" appears. | A disc other than DVD-RAM is loaded in drive: DVD-MovieAlbumSE cannot be used for media other than DVD-RAM. | — |
| An image that should have been recorded does not appear when DVD-MovieAlbumSE is started. | Click the "Preference” button in the dialog box, click the "Device setting" tab to choose the drive where DVD-RAM disc is loaded in the "Drive Select" column, and then click "OK". | 141 |
| "DISC ERROR" appears when releasing write-protect. | A disc that was write-protected using the write-protect setting tool (WPTOOL) equipped with the DVD-RAM driver on the CD-ROM provided with this DVD Video Camera cannot be released on this DVD Video Camera as is. Use the write-protect setting tool on PC to release the write-protect. | — |
| No USB HS (high speed) connection even when USB2.0 card is used. | Make sure that you have already installed the driver provided with the USB2.0 card. You will need to install the driver provided by USB2.0 card maker in order to operate the USB2.0 card at HS (high speed). | — |
| Executing "Export" on DVD-MovieAlbumSE will interrupt reading midway. | Do not choose "Simple Export": If you do, reading will stop midway. | — |
| When executing "Export" on DVD-MovieAlbumSE, it takes much time to read. | • If stills are included in the range of "export", it may take more time because data must be re-encoded and read. • If "Divide by Marker” is not chosen, it may take some time because data will be read while being re-encoded. |
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