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Features
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Date Button p24
Counter RESETButton only on the remote control p44
36, Tape Transport and Menu Setting Buttons p22,32
42. A!%/DUB Button only on the remote control p53
Camcorder Control Buttons
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Loading Ctock Battery
@Adiusfing the Brightness of the LCD Screen
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Range in which the LCD Monitor can be moved
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Ca@ions on LCD Monlor Screen
Active Screen
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Adjustment the Hand Strap
Eyepiece Adjustment
Affaching ShouJder Strap
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Charging the Battery
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Using the AC Adaptor
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Inserting a Cassette
Inserting and Removing Cassettes
Protecting Recorded Material
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Demonstration Mode
Using the Linear Time Counter
Remaining Tape
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Setting the Date and Time
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Basic Techniques
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Rapidly Moving Objects
Using Auto Focus
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Setting Recording Mode
Setting Recording Audio Mode
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@To Play Back a Yape with the Viewfinder
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Advanced Techniques
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Using Manual Focus
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Special Effects Recording
Mirror Hoffomkror Mode
Negpos Negaiive/Posffive Mode
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Using Fade
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Fading Out
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Using the Program AE Button
Locking the White Balance
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Using the Electronic image Stabtizer
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Date Search
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Setting Playback Mode
Switching On-Screen Display OnlOff
Seffing Playback Audio Mode
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Periodic Maintenance
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Video Recorder Specifications
General Specifications
Camera Specificafions
Days a week, 24 hours a day
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