PREPARING THE CAMCORDER FOR USE
INSERTING/REMOVING A VIDEO CASSETTE
You can open the cassette compartment to in- sert/remove a video cassette whenever a power source is connected to the camcorder, whether or not the camcorder is turned on.
1.Press STOP/EJECT to open the cassette compartment.
2.Insert a VHS cassette into the cassette compartment with the side label facing you and the spine label facing up, then gently press the cassette compartment door until it closes.
Caution: Never insert anything except a VHS video cassette into the cassette com- partment.
To remove a cassette, press STOP/EJECT, wait for the cassette compartment door to open, and pull out the cassette.
Caution: Always remove the cassette before storing the camcorder.
SETTING THE POWER SWITCH
While pressing and holding down the red button in the center of POWER, slide it to CAMERA for video recording or to VCR for playback. The POWER indicator lights.
CAM OFF VIDEO
POWER
Slide POWER to OFF to turn off the camcorder.
PREPARING/ADJUSTING THE VIEWFINDER
The camcorder’s viewfinder is set to this posi- tion at the factory.
Before you carry the camcorder by its shoulder strap or store it, return the viewfinder to this po- sition (see “Setup” on Page 17).
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