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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E:\SONY\2661355111\01US08COM.fm
HDR-HC3
2-661-355-11(1)
A Folder containing image files recorded
using other camcorders without the
folder creation function (for playback
only)
B Folder containing image files recorded
with your camcorder
When no new folders have been created,
only [101MSDCF] is displayed.
C Folder containing movie data recorded
using other camcorders without the
folder creation function (for playback
only)
ssss stands for any number between
0001 and 9999.
For Macintosh users
Double-click the drive icon, then drag and
drop the desired picture file onto the hard
disk of your computer.
For Windows users
If [USB CONNECT] appears on the LCD
screen, follow the procedure below to
disconnect the USB cable.
1 Click the [Unplug or eject hardware] icon
on the task tray.
2 Click [Safely remove USB Mass Storage
Device-Drive].
3 Click [OK].
4 Disconnect the USB cable from the
camcorder and computer.
If [USB CONNECT] does not appear on
the LCD screen, do only step 4 above.
• Remove the USB cable according to the correct
procedure, otherwise files in the “Memory Stick
Duo” may not be updated correctly. Also, this
may cause a malfunction of the “Memory Stick
Duo.”
For Macintosh users
1 Close down all applications running on the
computer.
2 Drag and drop the drive icon on the
desktop onto the [Trash] icon.
3 Disconnect the USB cable from the
camcorder and computer.
Folder File Meaning
101MSDCF (up
to 999MSDCF)
DSC0ss
ss.JPG
Still image
file
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Disconnecting the USB cable
Click this icon.
Task tray
Click here.
Copying still images to a computer (Continued)