User Manual

Useful Features
40
Self Recording
Available modes:
TAPE-CAMERA, CARD-CAMERA
Open the LCD monitor and rotate it 180°
vertically so that the screen faces the other way
and the subject can monitor the shot while you
are recording with the viewfinder.
If the camcorder is steadied, you can record
yourself in the scene by watching yourself on
the LCD monitor. The supplied remote control is
useful for such occasions.
1 Pull out the viewfinder completely. Open
the LCD monitor to a 90˚ angle to the
camcorder body (1), and then rotate it
180˚ vertically (2).
2 Set the Media Selection switch to TAPE
or CARD.
90˚
180˚
3 Set the POWER switch to CAMERA.
• The subject is displayed in the
viewfinder, and a mirror image of the
subject is displayed on the LCD monitor.
4 Begin recording.
Caution:
• Do not invert the image by rotating the LCD
monitor during recording.
More Information on Self Recording
• Use the remote control to begin/stop recording.
• The screen image automatically inverts when the
monitor rotation is between 135° and 180°. When
the monitor section is turned back to the normal
position, the image returns to normal.
• You can play back images while the monitor is in
the self recording position. Set the camcorder to
TAPE-VCR mode. The Operation button still
retains its function as during normal playback,
for example, y on the Operation button works
as the Play button.
• If the F indicator flashes when the monitor is in
the inverted position, this indicates a warning. To
check the type of warning, rotate the monitor
back to within 135°. (See pages 7 and 8 for
descriptions of the warning indicators.)