Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Before you begin
- Getting started
- Basic operations
- Advanced operations
- Using alternative power sources
- Changing the mode settings
- Photo recording
- Shooting with all the pixels ﾐ PROG. SCAN
- Using the FADER function
- Shooting with backlighting
- Using the wide mode function
- Enjoying picture effect
- Recording with various effects ﾐ digital effect
- Shooting with manual adjustment
- Using the PROGRAM AE function
- Focusing manually
- Interval recording
- Cut recording
- Superimposing a title
- Making a custom title
- Labeling a cassette
- Watching on a TV screen
- Viewing the picture with the picture effect
- Viewing the picture with the digital effect
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with date ﾐ date search
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with title ﾐ title search
- Searching for a photo ﾐ photo search/photo scan
- Returning to a pre-registered position
- Displaying recording data ﾐ data code function
- Editing onto another tape
- Editing partially on a mini DV tape ﾐ DV synchro-editing
- Recording from a VCR or TV
- Replacing recording on a tape ﾐ insert editing
- Audio dubbing
- Memory card slot operations
- Using the memory card slot ﾐ introduction
- Recording an image from a mini DV tape as a still image
- Copying still images from a mini DV tape ﾐ photo save
- Recording still images on PC cards (not supplied) ﾐ memory photo recording
- Viewing a still picture ﾐ memory photo playback
- Preventing accidental erasure ﾐ PROTECT
- Deleting images
- Copying the image recorded with the memory card slot to mini DV tapes
- Playing back images in a continuous loop ﾐ SLIDE SHOW
- Additional information
- Usable cassettes and playback modes
- Charging the vanadium-lithium battery in the camcorder
- Resetting the date and time
- Simple setting of clock by time difference
- Tips for using the battery pack
- Maintenance information and precautions
- Using your camcorder abroad
- Trouble check
- Self-diagnosis function
- Specifications
- Identifying the parts
- Warning indicators
- Index
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Additional information
Charging the vanadium-lithium battery in the
camcorder
Your camcorder is supplied with a vanadium-lithium battery installed so as to retain the
date and time, etc., regardless of the setting of the POWER switch. The vanadium-lithium
battery is always charged as long as you are using the camcorder. The battery, however, will
get discharged gradually if you do not use the camcorder. It will be completely discharged
in about a year if you do not use the camcorder at all. Even if the vanadium-lithium battery
is not charged, it will not affect the camcorder operation. To retain the date and time, etc.,
charge the battery if the battery is discharged. The following are charging methods:
•Connect the camcorder to house current using the supplied AC power adaptor, and leave
the camcorder with the POWER switch turned off for more than 24 hours.
•Or install the fully charged battery pack in the camcorder, and leave the camcorder with
the POWER switch turned off for more than 24 hours.
Notes on the mini DV cassette
To prevent accidental erasure
Slide out the protect tab on the cassette so that the red portion is visible. [a]
When affixing a label on the mini DV cassette
Be sure to affix a label only on the locations as illustrated below so as not to cause
malfunction of the camcorder. [b]
After using the mini DV cassette
Rewind the tape to the beginning, put the cassette in its case, and store it in an upright
position.
Note on gold-plated connector
If the gold-plated connector of mini DV cassettes is dirty or dusty, you may not operate the
function using cassette memory. Clean up the gold-plated connector with cotton-wool swab,
about every 10 times ejection of a cassette. [c]
To record
Slide out to prevent accidental erasure
Usable cassettes and playback modes
[b]
[c]
[a]