
Mastering the Basics
13
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Basic Recording
Have you completed the following steps?
• Attached a power source (p. 8).
• Loaded a cassette (p. 11).
• Fastened the shoulder strap (p. 60).
• Removed the LCD cover (p. 60).
You may also want to charge the backup battery (p. 62) in order to set the date and
time display (p. 32).
OPEN
CLOSE
3
MOVIE
PHOTO
2
OFF VCR
POWER
4, 5
1
6
Before you start recording
To record
1. Press down and slide the POWER switch to
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• This selects the camera’s Easy Recording program. It allows you to simply
point and shoot without making any manual adjustments (see p. 37).
2. Slide the MOVIE/PHOTO switch to MOVIE.
3. Slide the LENS COVER switch to OPEN.
• The lens cover opens and PAUSE appears in the display — the camera is
now in “record pause mode.”
• The camera will turn itself off if you leave it in record pause mode for more
than about five minutes. To return to record pause mode, slide the LENS
COVER switch to CLOSE and back again, or set the POWER switch to
OFF and then back to
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4. Press the start/stop button down fully (the red button) to begin
recording.
• REC appears in the display.