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Various types of information will appear in the viewfinder or on the LCD screen during recording and
playback.
On-Screen Information
Information Display During Recording
Remaining speace on disc*
REM XX MIN : Remaining record-
able minutes during
movie recording
REM XX**
: Number of remain-
ing recordable still
images during still
recording
* No remaining time will be displayed with a write-protected disc or finalized DVD-R disc.
** The displayed number of recordable stills is for reference: The decreasing number may not be correct, depend-
ing on recording condition (not displayed with a DVD-R disc).
*** When no disc is in the DVD video camera/recorder, or disc has not yet been initialized, write-protected disc or
disc with no remaining space has been inserted.
**** Will not appear when a disc that cannot be used in this DVD video camera/recorder is inserted.
Electronic image stabilizer (EIS) (only in movie recording mode)
No display : EIS OFF
: EIS ON
Self-timer (only in still recording mode)
No display : Self-timer OFF
: Self-timer ON (count is
from 10 seconds)
External flash [when Video Flash
(sold separately) is attached] (only in
still recording mode)
No display : Emits light automatically
: Always emits light
: No light emission
Disc type
: DVD-RAM
: DVD-R
: DVD-RAM (write-protected)
: DVD-R (write-protected)
: DVD-R disc already finalized on this DVD video
camera/recorder
: DVD-R disc finalized on a device other than this
DVD video camera/recorder
No display****
Warning message
Brightness of LCD screen/Volume
: Brightness of LCD screen
: Volume
Current date/time
Movie recording time
(only in movie recording
mode)
External input
LINE IN
: AV input
S LINE IN : S-VIDEO input
White balance
No display : Auto
WB
: Hold
B R I G H T
V O L U M E
Remaining battery level
(full charge)
(low remaining charge)
Program AE (only in movie recording mode)
No display : Auto
: Sports
: Portrait
: Spotlight
: Sand & Snow
: Low Light
Exposure correction
When operating zoom
(When digital zoom is 48
×
)
(When digital zoom is 240
×
)
(only in movie recording mode)
Recording mode
: Movie
: Still (with DVD-
RAM disc only)
: External input still
(field) (with DVD-
RAM disc only)
: External input still
(frame) (with DVD-
RAM disc only)
Manual focus
No display:Autofocus
MF
:Manual focus
Operating status
REC : During recording
: During recording pause
No display***
Movie recording mode
XTRA : Highest quality (only when using
DVD-RAM disc)
LPCM : Highest audio quality (only when
using DVD-R disc)
FINE : High quality
STD
: Standard