Recording
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Recording
Recording movies
Before recording, follow steps 1 to 7 in
“Getting started” (p. 11 - p. 21).
When you are recording, movies will be
recorded along with stereo sound.
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Tip
• Performing Easy Handycam operation, even first
time users can record easily. For details, see page 26.
1
Set the LENS COVER switch to
OPEN.
2
Open the LCD panel.
3
Slide the POWER switch until the
CAMERA lamp lights up.
Your camcorder is set to the standby mode.
4
Press REC START/STOP.
Recording starts. [REC] appears on the
LCD screen and the Camera recording lamp
lights up.
Press REC START/STOP again to stop
recording.
To turn the power off
Slide the POWER switch up to OFF (CHG),
then set the LENS COVER switch to CLOSE.
Indicators displayed during recording
The indicators will not be recorded on the tape.
Date/time and the camera settings data (p. 38)
will not be displayed during recording.
A
Indicators for Cassette Memory cassettes
B
Remaining battery
The indicated time may not be correct
depending on the environment of use.
When you opened or closed the LCD panel,
it takes about 1 minute to display the correct
remaining battery time.
C
Recording mode (SP or LP)
D
Recording status ([STBY] (standby) or
[REC] (recording))
E
Tape photo recording/Time code or tape
counter (hour: minute: second)
F
Recording capacity of the tape (p. 55)
G
Function button
b
Notes
• Before changing the battery pack, slide the POWER
switch up to OFF (CHG).
• In the default setting, when you do not operate the
camcorder for more than about 5 minutes, the power
will automatically turn off to prevent battery loss
([A.SHUT OFF], p. 60). To restart recording, slide
REC START/STOP
Camera recording lamp
LENS COVER switch
REC START/STOP
POWER switch
Slide the POWER
switch while
pressing the green
button.
0:00:00
REC
60min
60min
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