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Table of Contents
Important Information ........................................2
For Your Safety .................................................2
Precautions .......................................................2
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS ...........................4
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 to Record and Play Back using Disc
(Video and Photo)..........................................21
Try to Record and Play Back using Card
(Photo) ...........................................................23
Discs and Cards...............................................25
AVAILABLE DISCS ............................................. 25
INFORMATION ON DVD-R DISC ....................... 26
EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE
USED ON THIS DVD VIDEO
CAMERA/RECORDER:.................................... 26
HANDLING DISCS .............................................. 27
AVAILABLE CARDS............................................ 28
Storage Capacity on Disc or Card....................29
RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIE (VIDEO) ......... 29
RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON DISC .... 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
INSERTING BATTERY INTO REMOTE
CONTROL ........................................................ 33
REMOVING BATTERY FROM REMOTE
CONTROL ........................................................ 33
VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH
VIEWFINDER ................................................... 34
VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR
SCREEN........................................................... 35
CLOSING LCD MONITOR .................................. 36
SETTING DATE AND TIME ................................ 37
CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE
AND TIME......................................................... 38
Setting Up the Battery ......................................39
CHARGING BATTERY ........................................ 39
ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO
CAMERA/RECORDER ..................................... 40
REMOVING BATTERY........................................ 40
BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR ...... 42
EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY .......................... 42
USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER
WITH AC ADAPTER/CHARGER...................... 43
Inserting and Removing Disc .......................... 44
INSERTING DISC................................................ 44
REMOVING DISC................................................ 46
Inserting and Removing Card.......................... 47
Basic Techniques
Basic Handling of DVD Video Camera/
Recorder ....................................................... 48
TURNING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/
RECORDER ON AND OFF ..............................48
Recording Movie ............................................. 49
Recording Stills ............................................... 50
Compensating for Backlight ............................ 51
On-Screen Information .................................... 52
INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING
RECORDING .................................................... 52
Zooming .......................................................... 56
MACRO RECORDING ........................................ 57
RECORDING SUBJECTS FOR STRONGER
WIDE-ANGLE OR TELEPHOTO EFFECT ....... 57
Playing Back.................................................... 58
PLAYING BACK .................................................. 58
PLAYBACK FROM START OF DISC OR
CARD................................................................59
SEARCH PLAYBACK OF MOVIE ....................... 59
FRAME ADVANCE/FRAME BACK/SLOW
PLAYBACK OF MOVIE .................................... 59
SKIP PLAYBACK OF MOVIE ..............................60
PLAYING BACK STILLS ..................................... 60
JUMPING TO SPECIFIED POINT (GO TO)........ 61
On-Screen Information Display ....................... 62
INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING
PLAYBACK ....................................................... 62
Checking Flow of Quick Mode......................... 63
Camera Functions
FLOW OF QUICK MODE WHEN RECORDING
MOVIE: ............................................................. 64
FLOW OF QUICK MODE WHEN RECORDING
PHOTO (DISC): ................................................ 65
FLOW OF QUICK MODE WHEN RECORDING
PHOTO (CARD):............................................... 66
Disc Navigation Functions
FLOW OF QUICK MODE
(WITH DVD-RAM DISC): .................................. 68
FLOW OF QUICK MODE
(WITH DVD-R DISC): ....................................... 69
