24
Preparations
The fir
s
t
s
tep for u
s
ing your camcorder i
s
to prepare the power
s
upply. Thi
s
s
ection explain
s
how to charge a battery pac
k
.
Thi
s
s
ection explain
s
the type
s
of memory card
s
that can be
u
s
ed and how to in
s
ert one into the camcorder.
When you turn on the camcorder for the fir
s
t time, you will need
to complete the ba
s
ic
s
etup and
s
et the camcorder’
s
language,
date and time, movie format (AVCHD or MP4), and recording
memory (
R
only).
In thi
s
s
ection you can learn more about ba
s
ic operation
s
,
s
uch
a
s
u
s
ing the touch
s
creen, changing operating mode
s
and u
s
ing
the menu
s
.