MX5000 LCD Translations at DVinfo.net

Kevin Minatta · July 23rd, 2003, 04:44 PM

Ok, seeing all this support for the GS100 has made me jealous. I am pretty adept at working through the menus for my MX5000 thanks to the "English" translation of the manual, but I cannot figure out all the little characters, etc., that pop up on the LCD as you use the camcorder. Can anyone help me get some form of a cheat sheet for this? THANKS.

Patricia Kim · July 23rd, 2003, 06:08 PM

Have you checked out the MX5000 yahoo group? There are some files posted that include translations, etc. Can't guarantee what you want is in them, but it may be a place to start. Also, I think supervideo claims to sell a manual of some sort in English. Don't know the price.

Kevin Minatta · July 23rd, 2003, 06:13 PM

Thanks, Patricia. I have been there and downloaded the English manual. What I have yet to find are translations for the messages that pop up on the LCD screen. Is there anyone who can translate this for me or has already translated it already? Thanks.

Frank Granovski · July 23rd, 2003, 10:01 PM

Perhaps if you ask Allan. He can translate it.

Kevin Minatta · July 23rd, 2003, 10:03 PM

Who is Allan? How can I contact him?

Frank Granovski · July 23rd, 2003, 11:18 PM

Allan lives in Japan, and he is an active member on these forums. He also can sell you anything from Japan, like a brand new black mamba---er, GS100.

Patricia Kim · July 24th, 2003, 12:42 AM

Another possibility is to contact Masaki-san (who is a member here and of the yahoo MX5000 group) via e-mail. He has done some of the translations for the GS100 of which you are so envious, but he actually owns an MX5000. If you live in the LA area, by chance, he would probably offer to meet with you (forgive me, Masaki-san, for my presumptuousness here). He did this for a GS100 owner who lives in CA. It's somewhat difficult to just tell you what the translations are of what pops up on the screen, because what pops up usually depends on what mode you're in. There are some obvious general things, but the obvious ones (like, record and pause) you have probably figured out by now. But for the less obvious messages, you would have to tell someone how your camcorder is set up and at what point, when you're doing whatever (record, playback, trying to shoot stills, recording on the SD card, etc.) a message pops up. (This is the Japanese language nuisance issue to which Allan referred in an earlier post.)

Frank Granovski · July 24th, 2003, 02:00 AM

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(This is the Japanese language nuisance issue to which Allan referred in an earlier post.)

Patricia, that's what you call er, black mamba mumbo jumbo. That's one of the reasons why I didn't go with the PAL MX3000, and instead with with an English PAL version MX300A. :)

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It may be PAL, but at least I can read the menus.

PS: the AIWA MX100 VHS multi-system converter works just dandy.

Patricia Kim · July 24th, 2003, 04:14 AM

Frank, not to get too far off topic, but I think I made a big mistake referring you back to the supervideo site. I've noticed its invidious influence on you in several recent posts. You have become obsessed by the black mamba. BTW, have you seen, at desktopvideo, the interview with the "meister"? If he did indeed work with Land, that would help explain how he manages to get his hands on some of the latest Japan-only models.

Anyway, to get back to the topic, I personally would never have chosen the GS100 without some knowledge of Japanese, unless I were an experienced camcorder user. I also have a "Word Tank," which I recently managed to revive; it's an electronic Japanese/English dictionary. It's still tough going, though, because I don't know enough about dv and camcorders to begin with - and so far, for example, there are at least three different terms that the Japanese use where we would say "frame." Imagine the time involved in puzzling that out when only one of the three terms appears with that translation in my dictionary!

Frank Granovski · July 24th, 2003, 04:27 AM

Don't worry, Charles and I e-mail each other with jokes. They're not for the faint-hearted. It's just that this black mamba thing has got me laughing.

Japanese? I'm still struggling with English. :)

Masaki Kuraoka · July 24th, 2003, 07:53 AM

Hello Kevin.

Originally, I started translating menu on MX5000 which I own. But that project was stoped because MX5000 was well established.

Then GS100 came out. and I helped one person for translating menus.

Because GS100 just came out, I thought I should translate menus & messages for GS100.

Anyway, layout of LCD screen and messages are almost identical to MX5000 (Menu also almost idential), you could use GS100 translation.

Goto Yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MX5000/files/

and get "GS100B&L.ZIP" or "NV-GS100K English Essentials.zip"

I hope this helps you.

Kevin Minatta · July 24th, 2003, 09:37 AM

That is awesome. I just downloaded the "English Essentials" and it has exactly what I'm looking for (as far as I can tell). I am at work right now, so I cannot compare to my MX, but I definitely will when I get home this evening. Thank you so very much for the help. This is the final piece of the puzzle for me. =]

Frank, will you be jumping on the GS100 bandwagon (since you are a big fan of the MX5000), or are you going to wait and see what comes down the road in the next 6 months to a year?

Frank Granovski · July 24th, 2003, 03:47 PM

Kevin,

For me money is always an issue when it comes to buying new toys. Right now, I have everything I need, but my wish list can easily break Santa's back. Would I buy a MX5/PV-DV953 or GS100? Sure...if I had the "extra" money.

July 23rd, 2003, 04:44 PM	#1
Kevin Minatta New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6	MX5000 LCD Translations Ok, seeing all this support for the GS100 has made me jealous. I am pretty adept at working through the menus for my MX5000 thanks to the "English" translation of the manual, but I cannot figure out all the little characters, etc., that pop up on the LCD as you use the camcorder. Can anyone help me get some form of a cheat sheet for this? THANKS.

July 23rd, 2003, 06:13 PM	#3
Kevin Minatta New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6	Thanks Thanks, Patricia. I have been there and downloaded the English manual. What I have yet to find are translations for the messages that pop up on the LCD screen. Is there anyone who can translate this for me or has already translated it already? Thanks.

July 23rd, 2003, 10:03 PM	#5
Kevin Minatta New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6	Thanks, Frank Who is Allan? How can I contact him?

July 24th, 2003, 09:37 AM	#12
Kevin Minatta New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6	Thank you! That is awesome. I just downloaded the "English Essentials" and it has exactly what I'm looking for (as far as I can tell). I am at work right now, so I cannot compare to my MX, but I definitely will when I get home this evening. Thank you so very much for the help. This is the final piece of the puzzle for me. =] Frank, will you be jumping on the GS100 bandwagon (since you are a big fan of the MX5000), or are you going to wait and see what comes down the road in the next 6 months to a year?

July 23rd, 2003, 06:08 PM	#2
Patricia Kim Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Posts: 453	Have you checked out the MX5000 yahoo group? There are some files posted that include translations, etc. Can't guarantee what you want is in them, but it may be a place to start. Also, I think supervideo claims to sell a manual of some sort in English. Don't know the price.

July 23rd, 2003, 10:01 PM	#4
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Perhaps if you ask Allan. He can translate it.

July 23rd, 2003, 11:18 PM	#6
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Allan lives in Japan, and he is an active member on these forums. He also can sell you anything from Japan, like a brand new black mamba---er, GS100.

July 24th, 2003, 12:42 AM	#7
Patricia Kim Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Posts: 453	Another possibility is to contact Masaki-san (who is a member here and of the yahoo MX5000 group) via e-mail. He has done some of the translations for the GS100 of which you are so envious, but he actually owns an MX5000. If you live in the LA area, by chance, he would probably offer to meet with you (forgive me, Masaki-san, for my presumptuousness here). He did this for a GS100 owner who lives in CA. It's somewhat difficult to just tell you what the translations are of what pops up on the screen, because what pops up usually depends on what mode you're in. There are some obvious general things, but the obvious ones (like, record and pause) you have probably figured out by now. But for the less obvious messages, you would have to tell someone how your camcorder is set up and at what point, when you're doing whatever (record, playback, trying to shoot stills, recording on the SD card, etc.) a message pops up. (This is the Japanese language nuisance issue to which Allan referred in an earlier post.)

July 24th, 2003, 04:14 AM	#9
Patricia Kim Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Posts: 453	Frank, not to get too far off topic, but I think I made a big mistake referring you back to the supervideo site. I've noticed its invidious influence on you in several recent posts. You have become obsessed by the black mamba. BTW, have you seen, at desktopvideo, the interview with the "meister"? If he did indeed work with Land, that would help explain how he manages to get his hands on some of the latest Japan-only models. Anyway, to get back to the topic, I personally would never have chosen the GS100 without some knowledge of Japanese, unless I were an experienced camcorder user. I also have a "Word Tank," which I recently managed to revive; it's an electronic Japanese/English dictionary. It's still tough going, though, because I don't know enough about dv and camcorders to begin with - and so far, for example, there are at least three different terms that the Japanese use where we would say "frame." Imagine the time involved in puzzling that out when only one of the three terms appears with that translation in my dictionary!

July 24th, 2003, 04:27 AM	#10
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Don't worry, Charles and I e-mail each other with jokes. They're not for the faint-hearted. It's just that this black mamba thing has got me laughing. Japanese? I'm still struggling with English. :)

July 24th, 2003, 07:53 AM	#11
Masaki Kuraoka New Boot Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 10	Hello Kevin. Originally, I started translating menu on MX5000 which I own. But that project was stoped because MX5000 was well established. Then GS100 came out. and I helped one person for translating menus. Because GS100 just came out, I thought I should translate menus & messages for GS100. Anyway, layout of LCD screen and messages are almost identical to MX5000 (Menu also almost idential), you could use GS100 translation. Goto Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MX5000/files/ and get "GS100B&L.ZIP" or "NV-GS100K English Essentials.zip" I hope this helps you.

July 24th, 2003, 03:47 PM	#13
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Kevin, For me money is always an issue when it comes to buying new toys. Right now, I have everything I need, but my wish list can easily break Santa's back. Would I buy a MX5/PV-DV953 or GS100? Sure...if I had the "extra" money.