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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To record in mirror mode .......... qh
Open the LCD panel qh 90 degrees to the
camcorder (1), then rotate it 180 degrees
to the lens side (2).
• A mirror-image of the subject appears on the
LCD screen, but the picture will be normal
when recorded.
To use a tripod ....................... wa
Attach the tripod (optional: the length of the
screw must be less than 5.5 mm (7/32 in.))
to the tripod receptacle wa using a tripod
screw.
To use a Shoulder belt .............. qd
Attach the Shoulder belt (optional) to its
designated hook qd.
To use PB zoom ................. 2 0
You can magnify images from about 1.1 to
5 times (from about 1.5 to 5 times in still
images) the original size.
Magnification can be adjusted with the
power zoom lever 2 or the zoom
buttons 0 on the LCD panel.
1 Play back the picture you want to
magnify.
2 Magnify the picture with T (Telephoto).
3 Touch the screen at the point you want
to display in the center of the displayed
frame.
4 Adjust the magnification with W (Wide
angle)/T (Telephoto).
To cancel, touch [END].
• You cannot change the zoom speed with the
zoom buttons 0 on the LCD panel.
To check the remaining battery
(Battery Info).......................... qs
Set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG), then
press DISP/BATT INFO qs. The
approximate recordable time in the selected
format and battery information appear for
about 7 seconds. You can view the battery
information for up to 20 seconds by
qg
qh
0
qd
qf
q
s
wa
w;
qj
qk
ql
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