Joystick and Joystick Guide

Use the joystick to operate the camcorder's menus.

Push the joystick up, down, left or right

(, ) to select an item or change settings.

Press the joystick itself ( ) to save the settings or confirm an action. On menu screens, this is indicated by the icon .

Press to display/hide the joystick guide. The functions that appear on the joystick guide will change depending on the operating mode.

Using the Menus

Many of the camcorder’s functions can be adjusted from the menus that open after pressing the FUNC. button

(FUNC. ).

For details about the available menu options and settings, refer to the appendix Menu Options Lists ( 66).

Operating mode

Operatingmode

/

Icon display

Operation

 

indicator

switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording movies

28

 

 

(movies)

 

on a disc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording still

 

 

 

(still images)

 

images on a

51

 

 

 

memory card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing movies

33

 

 

(movies)

 

from a disc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing still images

53

 

 

(still images)

 

from a memory card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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