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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Using a Computer
10Touch [NO] to finish creating a
DVD.
The disc tray comes out automatically.
To create another DVD with the same
content, touch [YES].
The disc tray comes out. Place a new
writable DVD in the disc drive. Then,
repeat steps 9 and 10.
To cancel the operation
Touch [CANCEL] on the LCD screen on
your camcorder.
• You cannot cancel the operation after
[Finalizing DVD.] is displayed on the LCD
screen of your camcorder.
• Do not disconnect the i.LINK cable or set the
POWER switch to another mode on your
camcorder until the picture is completely copied
to the computer.
• When [CONVERTING] or [WRITING] is
displayed on the screen, capturing of pictures
has already finished. Even if you disconnect the
i.LINK cable or turn off the camcorder at this
stage, DVD creation will continue on your
computer.
• If any of the following occurs, copying of the
picture is canceled. A DVD containing the data
up to the point the operation was canceled is
created. Refer to the help files of “Click to
DVD” for details.
– The tape contains a 10-second or longer blank
portion.
– The tape data contains a date before the date
of later images.
– Both 16:9 (wide) and 4:3 pictures are
recorded on the same tape.
• You cannot create a DVD in the following
situations:
– While a tape is running.
– While recording images onto a “Memory
Stick Duo.”
– When “Click to DVD” is started up from the
computer.










