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Recording
Camera Edit Feature
The camera edit feature allows you to
position the tape when the camcorder is in
record-pause. Set
POWER
switch to
CAMERA AUTO
or
CAMERA MAN.
• Press and hold
SEARCH R
to visually search the recorded tape
in reverse.
• Press and hold
SEARCH F
to visually search forward on the
recorded tape.
Release the button to return the cam-
corder to record-pause at that point on
the tape. Press the thumb trigger to start
recording at this point.
Flying Erase Head
A separate erase head is mounted on
the spinning headwheel (hence the term
“flying”). This allows you to make clean
edits without the “glitches” or “rainbow
noise” that might occur at the beginning
or the end of recordings.
MENU/DISPLAY
Button
Press
and
hold
the
MENU/DISPLAY
button for more than one second to
remove or display the battery level
indicator, tape-length indicator, and tape-
remaining display in the viewfinder or on
the LCD monitor.
Five-Second Record Feature
The five-second record feature allows you
to record for five seconds providing short
scene transitions.
1. Set
POWER
switch to
CAMERA AUTO
or
CAMERA MAN
.
2. Make sure the
SP/SLP
button is set to
SP
. Press
and hold
to change.
3. Press
5SEC. REC
to display
5S
in
the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor.
4. Press the thumb trigger to start
recording. The camcorder records for
five seconds and enters record-pause.
To Turn Off the Five-Second Record
Mode
1. Press the
5SEC. REC
button to
remove
5S
from the viewfinder or
LCD monitor.
Quick Review Feature
Press and release
SEARCH R
when
the camcorder is in record-pause to
review the last few seconds of a record-
ing. The
POWER
switch must be set to
CAMERA AUTO
or
CAMERA MAN
.
The camcorder plays back the last few
seconds of the recording, returns the tape
to its previous position, and returns to
record-pause.
