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Table of Contents
Important Information .........................................2
For Your Safety ..................................................2
Precautions ........................................................2
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ...........5
Cautions When Using ........................................6
Cautions When Storing ......................................9
Suggestions and Restrictions.............................9
Read This First.................................................10
About This Manual ...........................................10
Introduction ......................................................11
Table of Contents.............................................13
Checking Provided Accessories.......................16
Names of Parts ................................................17
Try Recording and Playing Back using Disc
(Video and Photo)..........................................20
Try Recording and Playing Back using Card
(Photo) ...........................................................22
Discs and Cards...............................................24
AVAILABLE DISCS ............................................. 25
INFORMATION ON DVD-R DISC ....................... 25
EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE
USED ON THIS DVD VIDEO CAMERA/
RECORDER: .................................................... 26
HANDLING DISCS .............................................. 27
DISC CLEANING................................................. 27
AVAILABLE CARDS............................................ 28
COMMON CAUTIONS FOR DISC AND CARD .......28
Storage Capacity on Disc or Card....................29
RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIE (VIDEO) ......... 29
RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON
DVD-RAM ......................................................... 29
RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON
CARD................................................................ 30
SIZE AND QUALITY OF PHOTOS...................... 30
Setups
Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/
Recorder ........................................................31
HOLDING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/
RECORDER ..................................................... 31
ATTACHING SHOULDER STRAP ...................... 32
ATTACHING LENS CAP ..................................... 32
VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR
SCREEN........................................................... 33
CLOSING LCD MONITOR .................................. 34
VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH
VIEWFINDER ................................................... 34
SETTING DATE AND TIME ................................ 35
CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE
AND TIME......................................................... 36
Setting Up the Battery ......................................37
CHARGING BATTERY........................................ 37
ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO
CAMERA/RECORDER ..................................... 38
REMOVING BATTERY........................................ 38
BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR ...... 40
EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY .......................... 40
USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER WITH
AC ADAPTER/CHARGER ................................ 41
Turning DVD Video Camera/Recorder On
and Off .......................................................... 42
Inserting and Removing Disc .......................... 43
INSERTING DISC................................................ 43
REMOVING DISC................................................ 45
Inserting and Removing Card.......................... 46
Basi
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Recording Movie ............................................. 47
Recording Stills ............................................... 49
On-Screen Information .................................... 50
INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING
RECORDING .................................................... 50
Zooming .......................................................... 54
MACRO RECORDING ........................................ 55
RECORDING SUBJECTS FOR STRONGER
WIDE-ANGLE OR TELEPHOTO EFFECT ....... 55
Playing Back.................................................... 56
PLAYING BACK .................................................. 56
PLAYBACK FROM START OF DISC OR
CARD................................................................ 57
SEARCH PLAYBACK OF MOVIE ....................... 57
FRAME ADVANCE/FRAME BACK/SLOW
PLAYBACK OF MOVIE .................................... 57
SKIP PLAYBACK OF MOVIE .............................. 58
PLAYING BACK STILLS ..................................... 58
JUMPING TO SPECIFIED POINT (GO TO)........ 59
On-Screen Information Display ....................... 60
INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING
PLAYBACK ....................................................... 60
Checking Flow of Quick Menu......................... 61
Camera Functions
FLOW OF QUICK MENU WHEN RECORDING
MOVIE: ............................................................. 63
FLOW OF QUICK MENU WHEN RECORDING
PHOTO (DISC): ................................................ 64
FLOW OF QUICK MENU WHEN RECORDING
PHOTO (CARD):............................................... 66
Disc Navigation Functions
FLOW OF QUICK MENU
(WITH DVD-RAM DISC): .................................. 68
FLOW OF QUICK MENU
(WITH DVD-R DISC): ....................................... 69
FLOW OF QUICK MENU
(WITH CARD): .................................................. 70
Manually Focusing Subject ............................. 71
FOCUSING DURING RECORDING.................... 71
