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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Recording/Playback
* Change the settings according to the TV connected.
• If you connect your camcorder to your TV using more than one type of cable to output images from a jack
other than the i.LINK jack, the order of priority of the output signals is as follows:
HDMI t component video t S VIDEO t audio/video.
• See page 117 for the details of i.LINK.
(STANDARD SET)
[VCR HDV/DV] t
[AUTO] (p. 65)
[i.LINK CONV] t
[ON (HDV t DV)]
(p. 68)
• The TV needs to be set so that it recognizes that the camcorder is connected. See the instruction manuals
supplied with your TV.
(STANDARD SET)
[VCR HDV/DV] t
[AUTO] (p. 65)
[TV TYPE] t
[16:9]/[4:3]* (p. 68)
• When connecting only an S VIDEO plug (S VIDEO channel), audio signals are not output. To output
audio signals, connect the white and red plugs of the A/V connecting cable with an S VIDEO cable to the
audio input jack of your TV.
• This connection produces higher resolution pictures compared with the A/V connecting cable (Type ).
(STANDARD SET)
[VCR HDV/DV] t
[AUTO] (p. 65)
[TV TYPE] t
[16:9]/[4:3]* (p. 68)
: Signal flow
Type Camcorder Cable TV Menu Setting
4
E
i.LINK cable (optional)
2
A/V connecting cable with
S VIDEO (optional)
(Red)
(White)
(Yellow)
2
A/V connecting cable
(supplied)
(Red)
(White)
(Yellow)
Continued ,