6
Important Information ............................ 2
For Your Safety ...................................... 2
Precautions .............................................. 2
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS ............................... 5
Choosing a disc to suit your purpose ............. 8
This camcorder can realize all of the following. 10
How to Read this Instruction Manual................ 11
Before Using the Product
- Be sure to read this information -............... 13
Checking Provided Accessories ........................ 14
Names of Parts................................................... 15
How to Open and Use the LCD Monitor........... 20
Recording/Playing Using the Viewfinder.......... 21
Using the CD manual......................................... 22
System requirements .................................... 22
How to use the CD ....................................... 22
Preparing............................................................ 23
Setting up the battery pack ........................... 23
Turning on the Power ................................... 24
Changing the display language .................... 24
Setting the date and time .............................. 25
Recording Movies to a BD ................................ 26
Recording Movies to the HDD (DZ-BD7HE)... 27
Recording Stills to an SD card........................... 28
Playing Recorded Movies/Stills ........................ 29
Deleting Recorded Movies/Stills....................... 30
Finalising BD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-R/+RW........ 31
Connecting to a TV............................................ 33
Dubbing on a BD/DVD (DZ-BD7HE) .............. 35
About HDD/BD/DVD.................................. 38
About cards .................................................. 40
Cautions for discs and cards......................... 40
Inserting a BD or DVD ................................ 41
When loading a new
BD-RE/BD-R/DVD-RW/+RW .............. 43
CHARGE lamp status and charging time .... 44
Continuous recording time
with a fully charged battery .................... 44
Connecting the camcorder to the mains ....... 45
Detaching the DC mains lead/battery pack
from the camcorder................................. 45
Efficient Use of the Battery.......................... 46
Recording Movies.............................................. 47
Using the Quick Start function..................... 48
Information display during recording .......... 50
Recording Still Pictures ..................................... 53
Playback (Watching Your Recordings) ............. 55
Playing back the last recorded scene............ 55
Deleting the last recorded scene................... 56
Choosing and playing back a scene.............. 56
Choosing and playing back multiple scenes 57
Jumping to the designated scene .................. 58
Adjusting speaker volume
during movie playback............................ 60
Information display during playback ........... 60
Simple functions you can use during playback
or playback pause.................................... 62
Playing still pictures on a card automatically
(Slide Show) .......................................... 63
Capturing a still picture from a movie
(PHOTO Capture)................................... 64
Playing back scenes repeatedly
(Repeat Play)........................................... 64
How to Operate the Menu.................................. 65
Menu (While Recording)................................... 66
How to use the LCD/EVF setup
and initial setup....................................... 68
About the demonstration function................ 69
Magnified Recording
(Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom) ............... 70
Recording at Close Range (Macro Recording).. 71
Using the Separately-Sold Lenses to Increase the
Wide-Angle or Telephoto Effect.................. 72
Adjusting the Focus Manually (Manual Focus) 73
Table of Contents
Introduction
8
Let’s Get Started
23
Functions and Characteristics of HDD/
BD/DVD/Cards 37
Battery Pack
44
Recording 47
Viewing 55
Various Recording Techniques
65
