Using a Memory Card

1Open the [Rec Media for Movies] or [Rec Media for Photos] screen.

[FUNC.] >[MENU] >r>[Rec Media for Movies] or [Rec Media for Photos]

• Touching [FUNC.] is necessary only when performing the procedure in a recording mode.

2 Touch [&] (built-in memory), [6] (memory card 2) or [7] (memory card 3) and then touch [X].

• When selecting the memory, you can check the approximate available recording time/number of photos, based on currently used settings.

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• In recording mode, after closing the menu, the icon of the selected memory will appear on the screen.

NOTES

•Select to record movies in the built-in memory or memory card 2if you later want to convert the movies to standard definition in order to upload them to the Web.

Relay Recording

You can activate relay recording so if the memory you are using becomes full while recording movies, the recording will continue uninterrupted on a memory card.

When recording on memory card 2, you can use memory card 3for relay recording (6'7). When recording in the built-in memory, you can choose to use only memory card 2for relay recording (&'6), or use both memory cards (&'6'7).

Operating modes:

1Insert a memory card that contains no video recordings into the card slot of the memory card you want to use for relay recording.

•When relay recording from the built-in memory: memory card slot 2or both memory card slots.

•When relay recording from memory card 2: memory card slot 3only.

2Open the [Relay Recording] screen.

[FUNC.] >[MENU] >r>[Rec Media for Movies] >[&] or [6] >[Relay Recording]

3Touch the desired option and then touch [X].

•(or )will appear on the screen and the approximate available recording time will now reflect the combined space in the memories used for relay recording.

NOTES

•You cannot use relay recording from the built-in memory to memory card 3. When using a single memory card, be sure to insert it into memory card slot 2.

•There will be a momentary stop in the scene at the point where the camcorder switches from one memory to another.

•Any of the following actions will deactivate the relay recording function:

-Turning off the camcorder.

-Opening the double memory card slot cover.

-Changing the camcorder’s operating mode.

-Changing the memory used for recording movies.