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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Troubleshooting
The cassette is noisier during rewinding or fast-forwarding.
• When using the AC Adaptor, rewind/fast forward speed increases (compared with battery
operation) and therefore increases noise. This is not a malfunction.
You cannot operate functions using the “Memory Stick Duo.”
• Slide the POWER switch to turn on the CAMERA-MEMORY or PLAY/EDIT lamp (p. 19).
• Insert a “Memory Stick Duo” into your camcorder (p. 24).
• If you use a “Memory Stick Duo” formatted on a computer, format it again on your
camcorder (p. 60).
Pictures cannot be deleted.
• Release the lock on the write-protect tab of the “Memory Stick Duo” if there is one (p. 114).
• Cancel image protection on the picture (p. 81).
• The maximum number of pictures that you can delete on the index screen at one time is 100.
You cannot delete all pictures at once.
• Release the lock on the write-protect tab of the “Memory Stick Duo” if there is one (p. 114).
• Cancel image protection on the pictures (p. 81).
You cannot format the “Memory Stick Duo.”
• Release the lock on the write-protect tab of the “Memory Stick Duo” if there is one (p. 114).
Image protection cannot be applied.
• Release the lock on the write-protect tab of the “Memory Stick Duo” if there is one (p. 114).
• Perform the operation again on the index screen (p. 81).
You cannot mark pictures for print.
• Release the lock on the write-protect tab of the “Memory Stick Duo” if there is one (p. 114).
• Perform the operation again on the index screen (p. 80).
• The maximum number of pictures you can mark for print is 999.
The data file name is not indicated correctly.
• Only the file name is displayed if the directory structure does not conform to the universal
standard.
• The file is damaged.
• The file format is not supported on your camcorder (p. 114).
“Memory Stick Duo”
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