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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1 Touch t [P-MENU SET UP]
t [SORT].
If the desired menu item is not
displayed, touch / .
2 Touch the menu item you want to
move.
3 Touch / to move the menu
item to the desired place.
4 Touch .
To sort more items, repeat steps 2 to 4.
5 Touch [END] t .
• You cannot move [P-MENU SET UP].
Touch t [P-MENU SET UP] t
[RESET] t [YES] t [YES] t .
If the desired menu item is not displayed,
touch / .
Arranging the order of menu
items displayed on Personal
Menu
Initializing the Personal Menu
settings (Reset)
Using the CAM CTRL
dial
You can assign some of your setting items
to the CAM CTRL dial and adjust the
following settings with the dial operation.
The settings that can be set with the dial
operation are the same with those on the
menu. The default setting is [FOCUS].
Items that can be set
– [FOCUS] (p. 54)
– [EXPOSURE] (p. 53)
–[AE SHIFT] (p.54)
– [WB SHIFT] (p. 54)
• You can easily change settings only with the
CAM CTRL dial and the MANUAL button
while recording.
• During playback (when the POWER switch is
set to PLAY/EDIT), you can adjust the volume
with the CAM CTRL dial (p. 31).
*
1
You can adjust the assigned item manually.
*
2
Press this button to switch the assigned item
auto/manual setting.
CAM CTRL dial*
1
MANUAL button*
2
Customizing Personal Menu
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