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 set-

tings will return to their default values. For details about the available menu

options and settings, refer to the appendix Menu Options Lists ( 137).

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