About the Power Switch, About the Operating Modes

Lock

button

12About this Manual

The functions assigned to the joystick change according to the operation mode and the camcorder’s settings. Press ( ) to display/hide the joystick guide.

In the illustrations of the manual,		When the joystick guide contains
positions other than those relevant to the		multiple ‘pages’, [NEXT] and the page
positions other than those relevant to the		multiple ‘pages’, [NEXT] and the page
function explained are marked with a		number icon ( ) will appear at the
function explained are marked with a		number icon ( ) will appear at the
striped pattern. Depending on the model		bottom position. Push the joystick ( )
and the operation mode, these positions	NEXT	toward [NEXT] to display the next ‘page’
may be empty or show a different icon	NEXT	of the guide.

than the one on the illustration.

About the Power Switch

In addition to turning the camcorder on and off,

the power switch also toggles the camcorder’s

operating mode.

To turn on the camcorder: Hold the lock button pressed down and move the power switch down

to ON. To change the operating mode: From the ON

position, slide down the power switch momentarily

toward MODE and release it. This action will toggle the operating mode between recording (CAMERA - red indicator) and playback (PLAY - green indicator).

About the Operating Modes

The camcorder’s operating mode is determined by the positions of the power switch and the

/ switch. In the manual, indicates that a function is available in the operating

mode shown and indicates that the function is not available. When no operating mode icons are given, the function is available in all operating modes.

Operating Mode	Operating	/	Icon Display		Operation
Operating Mode	Mode Indicator	Switch	Icon Display		Operation
	Mode Indicator	Switch
	CAMERA				Recording movies	34
	(Red)				on the disc	34
	(Red)				on the disc
	PLAY	(Movies)			Playing movies	39
	(Green)				from the disc	39
	(Green)				from the disc
1	CAMERA		or	2	Recording still images on	36
	CAMERA			2	Recording still images on
	(Red)				the memory card or disc
	(Red)	(Still			the memory card or disc
1	PLAY	(Still			Viewing still images from
1		images)	or	2		41
				2
	(Green)				the memory card or disc
	(Green)				the memory card or disc

1Functions available only for still images recorded on the disc will be marked with and and functions available only for still images recorded on the memory card will be marked with and instead.