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(_ NOTES

•Aboutthe LCDand viewfinder*screens:The screens are produced using extremely high-precision manufacturing techniques, with more than 99.99% of the pixels operating to specification. Less than 0.01% of the pixels may occasionally misfire or appear as black, red, blue or green dots. This has no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfunction.

*_ only.

LCD Backlight

When recording in bright places it may be difficult to use the LCD screen. Turn on the LCD backlight to make it brighter.

With the camcorder on, hold [blSR} pressed down for more than 2 seconds.

Repeat this action to switch the LCD backlight between off (normal) and

on (bright). _ This changes the brightness of both the LCD and view- finder screen.

(_ NOTES

•The LCD backlight does not affect the brightness of the recordings.

•Using the bright setting will shorten the effective usage time of the bat- tery pack.

•You can further adjust the brightness of the LCD screen with the

_ [LCD Brightness] setting, or dim it with the _		_ [LCD
Screen Dimmer] setting to	use in places where the light from the LCD
screen can be a nuisance.

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