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 .

If the joystick guide does not appear on the screen, press or push

the joystick ( , ) to display it. The functions that appear depend on the operating mode.

• , or mode: Select ( ) a function and press to change the setting. With some functions, you will need to make

further adjustments ( ).

• mode: First, select ( ) a “row” of functions; then, press to operate the function in the middle or push the joystick ( or ) to operate the function on the left or right, respectively.

The joystick guide will minimize after 2 seconds. When the joystick guide is minimized, you can still adjust or turn on/off the selected func- tion; you can also maximize ( ) the joystick guide to select another function or hide () it altogether.

Using the Menus

Many of the camcorder’s functions can be adjusted from the menus that open

after pressing FUNC. . In mode, menus cannot be accessed and, except for a few exceptions, most menu settings will return to their default values. For details about the available menu options and settings, refer to the appendix Menu Options Lists ( 133).

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