HPX500 Hours Meter?

[Steve Eisen]

Through PASS P2 Asset Support System.
https://eww.pass.panasonic.co.jp/p2ui/Login.do

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Aaron Accione]

Thanks Steve – Keith @ Panasonic said the same thing.

But going through pass involves a computer and a bunch of hoop jumping when the meter is actually in the camera. I have owned much more expensive and equally sophisticated menu driven cameras and decks and they always provide a path into engineer menus.

For some reason, with this camera, Panasonic does not want users to have full access. I can only figure that they don’t trust the users and feel that if you are buying this mid level camera you are not savvy enough to navigate advanced menus w/out screwing everything up.
They provide a 5 year warranty and want to limit the number of free repairs caused by user error.

The guy that took this picture told me he had to hold down a series of buttons in order for the menu to appear … kind of like the trick to show color bars in the old Sony VX1000

[Steve Eisen]

Start pressing buttons. There is more than one menu button!

I use PASS.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Sebastian Roeder]

The solution:

1. Turn camera on and push the following keys
2. “Reset” (on left side)
3. “Stop” (on very bottom behind flap)
4. “Disp/Mode CHK”
5. “Menu”
6. than scroll down the menu-list and enter the ‘diagnostic menu’
7. at ‘OPERATION’ you will find the hours

regards
Seb