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User Guide
High-Definition Video Recovering Software
AVCCAM SD Card File Recovery V1.2for Macintosh®
Before use, please read these instructions completely.

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Contents

Before Use
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 3
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 4
What can AVCCAM Recovery do? ............................................................................................................ 4
System requirements ................................................................................................................................ 5

Operation
Start Up and Shut Down of AVCCAM Recovery..................................................................................... 6
To check the recovered file ....................................................................................................................... 7To close the software................................................................................................................................ 82

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Before Use ZIntroduction

Before UseIntroduction
J Contents of this user guidez The description of Macintosh® in this user guide is basedon the Mac OS X 10.6 screen.
z Please note that the explanations and screen images inthis user guide may differ from the actual explanations
and screen images due to version of the software and theuse environments of personal computers.
J Terms used in this user guidez In this user guide, the AVCCAM SD Card File Recovery

is referred to as “AVCCAM Recovery”.
J Copyrightz The recorded and/or edited content is for personal use

only and may not be reproduced or copied without priorconsent.
z Macintosh® and Mac OS X are trademarks of Apple Inc.,
registered in USA and other countries.
z Intel® and CoreTM are registered trademarks ortrademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States andthe other countries.
z “AVCHD” and the “AVCHD” logo are trademarks ofPanasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation.
z Apple product screen shot(s) reprinted with permission
from Apple Inc.

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Before Use ZOverview

Overview
What can AVCCAM Recovery do?

z Recovery may also be possible even in cases that are

AVCCAM Recovery is a software program used forrecovering files recorded on SD cards with AVCCAM.

z Files might be recovered right after you have formatted

 The software mainly targets inconsistent data createdunder the following conditions.
- Right after you have deleted clips, pictures with the main unit
- Right after you have deleted files with a Windows PC
z Note that it will not always be possible to recover thedata using this software.
z Operation of this software has only been confirmed for

Panasonic SD/SDHC/SDXC cards. Since operation
has not been confirmed for third-party SD/SDHC/SDXC
cards, we may not be able to support operation whenthird-party SD/SDHC/SDXC cards are used.
z Panasonic assumes no responsibility whatsoever fordamages incurred from the use of this software bycustomers or other parties (including loss of data).
z For details about how to use camera-recorder, see theoperating instruction.
z For some inconsistencies, it will not be possible torecover the index, the shot mark, and other meta-data.
z Clips which are the result of continuous recording overa long period may be split into a number of clips forrecovery.

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not immediately after processing.
cards in the DV mode of the AG-HMC80 series.
z Files are not recovered after you have formatted cards

in the AVCHD mode of AVCCAM or the DV mode ofAVCCAM except AG-HMC80 series.
z If you have restored AG-3DA1 files, they will not be in aformat that can be played back with the AVCCAM
Restorer as L/R information is not restored. Please use
an application that can playback MTS files.
z There are occasions when data copied to SD cards
using a PC etc. cannot be recovered even when thedata was generated with the AVCCAM.
z Operation of this software is only confirmed for SDcards recorded with the AVCCAM series. Since
operation has not been confirmed for SD cards
recorded with other devices, we may not be able tosupport operation for SD cards recorded with otherdevices.

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Before Use ZOverview

System requirements
J AVCCAM SD Card File Recovery
CPU ofPersonalcomputerOSIntel® CoreTM Duo 2.0 GHz or higher CPU (including compatible CPU)
Pre-installed
Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel Mac)
Mac OS X 10.5 (Intel Mac)
Mac OS X 10.6 (Intel Mac)
Mac OS X 10.7 (Intel Mac)z Even if the system requirements mentioned in this userz This software will only run on personal computers having

guide are fulfilled, some personal computers cannot beused.
z When devices are connected through USB hubs or byusing extension cables, proper operation is notguaranteed.
z Operation is not guaranteed in a multi-boot environment.
z Log on with an administrator account before using thissoftware.
z Operation on a multi-monitor system is not guaranteed.
z The operation of this software is not guaranteed if thedrive or folder targeted for restoration is simultaneouslyaccessed by other software. Be sure that any othersoftware has finished its operations before using thisrestoration software.

an internal clock set to times after 0.00 on January 1,
1970. On personal computers having a clock which is set
to any time outside this range, the software may run
abnormally, or fail to run at all.

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Operation ZStart Up and Shut Down of AVCCAM Recovery

Operation
Start Up and Shut Down of AVCCAM Recovery
J Recoverying the files on SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card.
 When the personal computer has an SD card slot, insert

the SD card into the slot. Alternatively, connect thecomputer to a USB card reader with the SD cardinserted (see the respective operating instructions for
how to connect the card reader and personal computer).
 Please lock SD card’s write-protect switch before setting
SD card. When SD card does not lock the write-protect
swith, it will not be recovery or will delete the number ofrecovered data for some inconsistencies.
 It is also possible to restore data on an SD card inserted
into a camera-recorder that is connected to the computer(see the camera-recorder operating instructions fordetails about how to connect the camera-recorder to thepersonal computer).

1 Double click, AVCCAM Recovery application.
2 Click .

63 Select the connected SD card drive and then select[Next].

Other removable drives such as floppy disc drives, CDdrives, and DVD drives are displayed.

4 Select a location to save the recovered files.

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Operation ZStart Up and Shut Down of AVCCAM Recovery

5 When you select [Next], analysis of the SD card
will begin.

To check the recovered file

When empty space at the save destination is less than
the total space of the SD card (32 GB for a 32 GB card),
then analysis will not begin. Try again after ensuringthat there is enough free space. And the analytical time
becomes long according to the total space of SD card.
• The results of analysis may mean that the total data ismore than the total space of the SD card.

1 Check the save destination folder.

6 When data for recovery is found, a confirmation
message is displayed. Click on [Next] to proceed.

Recovery begins.

7 When the window indicating that recover has
finished is displayed, click [Finish] to return to thestart-up window.

7• AVCHD files, DV files and picture files will berecovered at the same time.
• When you have recovered AVCHD files, in order forthe recovered files to comply with AVCHD standards,a repair process with AVCCAM Restorer must be
carried out as post-processing. Perform Step 2 below.
• Note that recovered DV files may not play back with
the AVCCAM. Check in Step 3.
• When picture files have been recovered, a DCIM
folder is created within the destination folder, andbeneath that a subfolder is created into which thepicture files (JPEG) are saved. If there is no DCIM
folder present in the destination folder, no subfolders
beneath that, or there are no files present in the DCIM
folder or subfolders then the restore operation has
been unsuccessful.
• When checking recovered pictures using thecamera-recorder, copy the contents of the \DCIMfolder within the save destination folder on to an
SD/SDHC/SDXC card formatted using thecamera-recorder, then check the pictures using thepicture playback mode of a camera-recorder that
supports picture recording.

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Operation ZStart Up and Shut Down of AVCCAM Recovery

2 Procedures for AVCHD files
1) Check recovered files in the save destination
folder.
In the save destination folder, check that
PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM has files withthe MTS extension. If there are no files, AVCHD
files could not be recovered.
2) Copy the recovered files.
Copy recovered files (under PRIVATE in the savedestination folder) to an SD/SDHC/SDXC card
formatted with the camera recorder.
3) Make the recovered files comply with AVCHD
standards.
(Be sure to do this. If you do not, files cannot beplayed back with the camera recorder)
Start AVCCAM Restorer, and repair theSD/SDHC/SDXC card copied in 2).
(For details on AVCCAM Restorer operation, see
the AVCCAM Restorer User Guide. AVCCAMRestorer can be downloaded for free from thePanasonic WEB site<http://pro-av.panasonic.net>. For details, see“Service and Support” on the site)4) Check the playback.
After the operation, check the playback with thecamera recorder in AVCHD mode.

83 Procedures for DV files
1) Check recovered files in the save destination
folder. In the save destination folder, check that
PRIVATE\MEIGROUP\SBGDVSD\VIDEO has AVIfiles. If there are no files, DV files could not berecovered.
When you use image files on your PC, use this
AVI file. You can also confirm playback with
QuickTimePlayer.
2) Copy the recovered files.
Copy recovered files (under PRIVATE in the savedestination folder) to an SD/SDHC card formatted
with the camera recorder.
3) Check the playback.
Check the playback with the camera recorder inDV mode.
Repair may not work depending on the state ofthe file. In this case, clips cannot be displayed on
the thumbnail screen. You also cannot playback.
To close the software
Click the [Exit] button in the lower right portion of the start-upwindow.

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