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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Easy Handycam - using your camcorder with automatic settings
1 Slide the POWER switch E to turn on the CAMERA-MEMORY lamp.
2 Press EASY A.
appears on the screen B.
3 Press PHOTO D to record.*
When disappears, the image has been recorded.
* Still images are recorded in [FINE] quality on a “Memory Stick Duo.”
To record high quality still images during tape recording (Dual Rec)
Slide the POWER switch E to turn on the CAMERA-TAPE lamp, then press PHOTO D
fully during tape recording.
For each separate time tape recording, up to 3 still images can be recorded. After tape
recording, stored still images are stored onto the “Memory Stick Duo” (p. 32).
• Do not eject “Memory Stick Duo” before tape recording is finished and the still images are stored on the
“Memory Stick Duo.”
Still images
If the POWER switch is set to OFF (CHG),
slide it while pressing the green button.
MENU
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EASY
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Flashing t Lit
Press and hold lightly
to adjust the focus.
Press fully to record.
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