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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Dubbing/Editing
1 Perform steps 1 to 4 in
“Recording movies.”
2 Start playing the cassette.
The pictures on the VCR appear on the
screen of your camcorder.
3 Press PHOTO lightly at the scene
you want to record. Check the
image and press it fully.
Recording still images
Dubbing pictures from
a tape to a “Memory
Stick Duo”
You can record still images on a “Memory
Stick Duo.” Make sure you have a recorded
tape and a “Memory Stick Duo” inserted
into your camcorder.
1 Slide the POWER switch to turn
on the PLAY/EDIT lamp.
2 Search and record the scene you
want to record.
Touch (Play) to play back the
tape, then press PHOTO lightly at the
scene you want to record. Check the
image and press it fully.
• The date and time the picture is recorded on the
tape and stored on the “Memory Stick Duo” are
recorded. On your camcorder, the date and time
the picture is recorded on the tape are displayed.
Camera setting data recorded on the tape cannot
be stored on the “Memory Stick Duo.”
• Still images will be fixed to image size [
1.2M] when playing back in the HDV format.
Still images will be fixed to image size [
0.2M] (16:9) or [VGA (0.3M)] (4:3) when
playing back in the DV format (p. 59).
• You cannot record still images while using PB
zoom.










