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Table of Contents
Important Information......................................... 2
For Your Safety.................................................. 2
Precautions........................................................ 2
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS........... 4
Cautions When Using ........................................ 5
Cautions When Storing...................................... 9
Suggestions and Restrictions .......................... 10
Read This First ................................................ 11
Introduction ...................................................... 12
Table of Contents ............................................ 14
About This Manual........................................... 17
Checking Provided Accessories ...................... 18
Names of Parts ................................................ 19
Try Recording and Playing Back using Disc
(Video and Photo) ......................................... 23
Try Recording and Playing Back using Card
(Photo) .......................................................... 25
Discs and Cards .............................................. 27
AVAILABLE DISCS ............................................. 27
INFORMATION ON DVD-R DISC ....................... 28
EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE
USED ON THIS DVD VIDEO
CAMERA/RECORDER:.................................... 28
HANDLING DISCS .............................................. 29
DISC CLEANING................................................. 29
AVAILABLE CARDS............................................ 30
Storage Capacity on Disc or Card ................... 31
RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIE (VIDEO) ......... 31
RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON DISC .... 31
RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON CARD... 32
SIZE AND QUALITY OF PHOTOS ..................... 33
Setups
Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/
Recorder ....................................................... 34
HOLDING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/
RECORDER ..................................................... 34
ATTACHING SHOULDER STRAP ...................... 35
ATTACHING LENS CAP ..................................... 35
INSERTING BATTERY INTO REMOTE
CONTROL ........................................................ 36
REMOVING BATTERY FROM REMOTE
CONTROL ........................................................ 36
VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR
SCREEN........................................................... 38
CLOSING LCD MONITOR .................................. 39
VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH
VIEWFINDER ................................................... 39
SETTING DATE AND TIME ................................ 40
CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE
AND TIME......................................................... 41
Setting Up the Battery...................................... 42
CHARGING BATTERY........................................ 42
ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO
CAMERA/RECORDER ..................................... 43
REMOVING BATTERY........................................ 43
BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR ...... 45
EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY .......................... 45
USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER
WITH AC ADAPTER/CHARGER...................... 46
Turning DVD Video Camera/Recorder On
and Off........................................................... 47
Inserting and Removing Disc ........................... 48
INSERTING DISC................................................ 48
REMOVING DISC................................................ 50
Inserting and Removing Card .......................... 51
Basic Techniques
Recording Movie .............................................. 52
Recording Stills ................................................ 54
On-Screen Information .................................... 55
INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING
RECORDING .................................................... 55
Zooming ........................................................... 59
MACRO RECORDING ........................................ 60
RECORDING SUBJECTS FOR STRONGER
WIDE-ANGLE OR TELEPHOTO EFFECT ....... 60
Playing Back .................................................... 61
PLAYING BACK .................................................. 61
PLAYBACK FROM START OF DISC OR
CARD................................................................ 62
SEARCH PLAYBACK OF MOVIE ....................... 62
FRAME ADVANCE/FRAME BACK/SLOW
PLAYBACK OF MOVIE .................................... 62
SKIP PLAYBACK OF MOVIE .............................. 63
PLAYING BACK STILLS ..................................... 63
JUMPING TO SPECIFIED POINT (GO TO)........ 64
On-Screen Information Display........................ 65
INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING
PLAYBACK ....................................................... 65
Checking Flow of Quick Menu ......................... 66
Camera Functions
FLOW OF QUICK MENU WHEN RECORDING
MOVIE: ............................................................. 68
FLOW OF QUICK MENU WHEN RECORDING
PHOTO (DISC): ................................................ 69
FLOW OF QUICK MENU WHEN RECORDING
PHOTO (CARD): .............................................. 70
Disc Navigation Functions
FLOW OF QUICK MENU
(WITH DVD-RAM DISC): .................................. 71
FLOW OF QUICK MENU
(WITH DVD-R DISC): ....................................... 72
FLOW OF QUICK MENU
(WITH CARD): .................................................. 73
Manually Focusing Subject .............................. 74
FOCUSING DURING RECORDING.................... 74
