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Features
ImportantInformation
Components and Accessories
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Date Button p24
36, Tape Transport and Menu Setting Buttons p22,32
Counter RESETButton only on the remote control p44
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Camcorder Control Buttons
Loading Ctock Battery
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Monitor
@Adiusfing the Brightness of the LCD Screen
Range in which the LCD Monitor can be moved
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Active Screen
Ca@ions on LCD Monlor Screen
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Eyepiece Adjustment
Adjustment the Hand Strap
Affaching ShouJder Strap
Charging the Battery
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@Charging Time @Opealng Time
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Camcorder Power Sources
Using the AC Adaptor
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Inserting and Removing Cassettes
Inserting a Cassette
Protecting Recorded Material
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Using the Linear Time Counter
Demonstration Mode
Remaining Tape
Setting the Date and Time
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Basic Techniques
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Using Auto Focus
Rapidly Moving Objects
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Setting Recording Audio Mode
Setting Recording Mode
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Using Forward and Reverse Search
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Advanced Techniques
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Using Manual Focus
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Special Effects Recording
Negpos Negaiive/Posffive Mode
Mirror Hoffomkror Mode
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Using Fade
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Fade Fade Out
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Fading
Fading Out
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Using the Program AE Button
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Locking the White Balance
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Using the Electronic image Stabtizer
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Date Search
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Using Memory
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Switching On-Screen Display OnlOff
Setting Playback Mode
Seffing Playback Audio Mode
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Using Audio/Video Dubbing
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Using the Built-in DC Light for VM-D975LA/VM-D875LA
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Periodic Maintenance
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General Specifications
Video Recorder Specifications
Camera Specificafions
For U.&A only
Days a week, 24 hours a day
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To Order in the United States
By Phone
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