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 shutter sound is not heard when you record a still image.
• Set [BEEP] to [ON] (p. 69).
The flash does not work.
• You cannot use the flash during tape recording.
• When attaching a conversion lens (optional) or a filter (optional) to your camcorder, it may
block the flash of your camcorder. In this case, the flash light does not emit light.
• Even if auto flash or (Auto redeye reduction) is selected, you cannot use the internal flash
with:
– [SPOTLIGHT], [SUNSET&MOON], and [LANDSCAPE] of [PROGRAM AE]
– [SPOT METER]
• The power of the external flash (optional) is not turned on, or the flash is not attached
correctly.
[END SEARCH] does not work.
• Do not eject the cassette after recording (p. 39).
• There is nothing recorded on the cassette.
[END SEARCH] does not work correctly.
• There is a blank section between recorded sections of the tape. This is not a malfunction.
Refer also to “Menu” (p. 101).
The auto focus does not function.
• Set [FOCUS] to [AUTO] (p. 54).
• The recording conditions are not suitable for auto focus. Adjust the focus manually (p. 54).
[STEADYSHOT] does not function.
• Set [STEADYSHOT] to [ON] (p. 57).
• While using [SMTH SLW REC], [STEADYSHOT] does not work.
The BACK LIGHT function does not function.
• In the following settings, the BACK LIGHT function is canceled.
– [MANUAL] of [EXPOSURE]
– [SPOT METER]
• The BACK LIGHT function does not work during Easy Handycam operation (p. 28).
The [FLASH LEVEL] cannot be changed.
• [FLASH LEVEL] (p. 55) cannot be changed during Easy Handycam operation.
Adjusting the image during recording
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