User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Before you begin
- Getting started
- Basic operations
- Advanced operations
- Using alternative power sources
- Changing the mode settings
- Photo recording
- Shooting with all the pixels ミ PROG. SCAN
- Using the FADER function
- Shooting with backlighting
- Using the wide mode function
- Enjoying picture effect
- Recording with various effects ミ digital effect
- Shooting with manual adjustment
- Using the PROGRAM AE function
- Focusing manually
- Interval recording
- Cut recording
- Superimposing a title
- Making a custom title
- Labeling a cassette
- Watching on a TV screen
- Viewing the picture with the picture effect
- Viewing the picture with the digital effect
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with date ミ date search
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with title ミ title search
- Searching for a photo ミ photo search/photo scan
- Returning to a pre-registered position
- Displaying recording data ミ data code function
- Editing onto another tape
- Editing partially on a mini DV tape ミ DV synchro-editing
- Recording from a VCR or TV
- Replacing recording on a tape ミ insert editing
- Audio dubbing
- Memory card slot operations
- Using the memory card slot ミ introduction
- Recording an image from a mini DV tape as a still image
- Copying still images from a mini DV tape ミ photo save
- Recording still images on PC cards (not supplied) ミ memory photo recording
- Viewing a still picture ミ memory photo playback
- Preventing accidental erasure ミ PROTECT
- Deleting images
- Copying the image recorded with the memory card slot to mini DV tapes
- Playing back images in a continuous loop ミ SLIDE SHOW
- Additional information
- Usable cassettes and playback modes
- Charging the vanadium-lithium battery in the camcorder
- Resetting the date and time
- Simple setting of clock by time difference
- Tips for using the battery pack
- Maintenance information and precautions
- Using your camcorder abroad
- Trouble check
- Self-diagnosis function
- Specifications
- Identifying the parts
- Warning indicators
- Index
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Basic operations
Playing back a tape
To view the playback picture in the viewfinder
Close the LCD panel. The viewfinder turns on automatically.
When using the viewfinder, you can monitor the sound only by using headphones.
To view on the LCD screen again, open the LCD panel. The viewfinder turns off
automatically.
When you cannot see the LCD screen clearly
Pull out the stand at the bottom to adjust the angle.
Various playback modes
To view a still picture (playback pause)
Press P during playback. To resume playback, press P or ·.
To locate a scene (picture search)
Keep pressing 0 or ) during playback. To resume normal playback, release the button.
To monitor the high-speed picture while advancing the tape or
rewinding (skip scan)
Keep pressing 0 while rewinding or ) while advancing the tape. To resume normal
rewinding or fast-forward, release the button.
To view the picture at 1/3 speed (slow playback)
Press & on the Remote Commander during playback. For slow playback in reverse
direction, press <, then press &. To resume normal playback, press ·.
To view the picture at double speed
For double speed playback in the reverse direction, press <, then press ×2 on the Remote
Commander during playback. For double speed playback in the forward direction, press >,
then press ×2 during playback. To resume normal playback, press ·.
To view the picture frame-by-frame
Press ' or 7 on the Remote Commander in playback pause mode. If you keep pressing
the button, you can view the picture at 1/30 speed. To resume normal playback, press ·.
To change the playback direction
Press < on the Remote Commander for reverse direction or > on the Remote Commander
for forward direction during playback. To resume normal playback, press · .
Notes on playback
•The sound is muted in the various playback modes.
•During playback other than normal playback, the previous recording may appear in
mosaic image. This is not malfunction.
•When playback pause mode lasts for 5 minutes, the camcorder automatically enters stop
mode. To resume playback, press ·.
Note on slow playback
The slow playback can be performed smoothly on this camcorder; however, this function
does not work for an output signal from the DV IN/OUT jack.
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