Operating Guide
Table Of Contents
- IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
- Read this first
- Table of Contents
- Enjoying pictures with high definition quality
- Getting Started
- Easy Handycam - using your camcorder with automatic settings
- Recording/Playback
- Recording
- Playback
- Functions used for recording/playback, etc.
- Recording
- To use zoom
- To record high quality still images during tape recording (Dual Rec)
- To control the image settings manually with the dial (CAM CTRL dial/MANUAL button)
- To use the flash
- To record in dark places (NightShot)
- To adjust the exposure for backlit subjects
- To record in mirror mode
- To use a tripod
- To use a Shoulder belt
- Playback
- Recording/playback
- Recording
- Indicators displayed during recording/playback
- Searching for the starting point
- Remote Commander
- Playing the picture on a TV
- Using the Menu
- Dubbing/Editing
- Dubbing to VCR/DVD device, etc.
- Recording pictures from a VCR
- Dubbing pictures from a tape to a “Memory Stick Duo”
- Deleting recorded pictures from the “Memory Stick Duo”
- Marking images on the “Memory Stick Duo” with specific information (Print mark/Image protection)
- Printing recorded images (PictBridge compliant printer)
- Jacks to connect external devices
- Using a Computer
- Troubleshooting
- Additional Information
- Quick Reference
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Troubleshooting
The computer does not recognize your camcorder.
• Disconnect the cable from the computer and camcorder, then connect it again securely.
• Disconnect USB devices other than the keyboard, the mouse, and the camcorder from the
(USB) jack on the computer.
• Disconnect the cable from the computer and camcorder, restart the computer, then connect
them again correctly.
You cannot monitor video that the camcorder is capturing.
• Disconnect the cable from the computer, turn on the camcorder, then connect it again.
You cannot view the video recorded on a tape on the computer.
• Disconnect the cable from the computer, then connect it again.
• Connect the i.LINK cable because you cannot copy pictures with the USB cable.
You cannot view still images recorded on a “Memory Stick Duo” on the
computer screen.
• Insert a “Memory Stick Duo” in the correct direction, then push it all the way in.
• You cannot use an i.LINK cable. Connect the camcorder and the computer using the USB
cable.
• Slide the POWER switch to turn on the PLAY/EDIT lamp on your camcorder and set [USB
SELECT] to [ Memory Stick] (p. 64).
• The computer does not recognize the “Memory Stick Duo” during camcorder operations such
as tape playback or editing. Finish any camcorder operations and then connect the camcorder
to the computer again.
Your computer freezes.
• Set [VCR HDV/DV] of (STANDARD SET) correctly according to the connected
device.
• During the Easy Handycam operation, set the menu after canceling the Easy Handycam
operation (p. 28).
• Disconnect the cable from your computer and camcorder. Reboot your computer, and
connect your computer and camcorder following the steps in the correct order (p. 86).
[Removable Disk] does not appear on the computer screen.
• Slide the POWER switch to turn on the PLAY/EDIT lamp, then set [USB SELECT] to [
Memory Stick] (p. 64).
• Insert a “Memory Stick Duo” into your camcorder.
• Disconnect the USB device other than the keyboard, the mouse, and the camcorder from the
(USB) jack on the computer.
• The computer does not recognize the “Memory Stick Duo” during camcorder operations such
as tape playback or editing. Finish camcorder operations and then connect the camcorder to
the computer again.
Connecting to a computer
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