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Recording/Playback
Recording
Your camcorder records movies on tape and still images on “Memory Stick Duo.” Do the
following steps to record movies.
• This camcorder can record movies in HDV or DVCAM (DV) format. The factory setting is HDV format
([REC FORMAT] p. 80).
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Open the shutter of the lens hood.
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Set the POWER switch to ON and the CAMERA/VCR switch to CAMERA.
Lens
hood
REC START/STOP
button
C
POWER switch
REC START/
STOP button
A
Recording lamp
Recording lamp
REC START/
STOP button
B
CAMERA/VCR
switch
TALLY switch
CAMERA
VCR
POWER
ON
OFF
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