Table of Contents

Important Information

2

For Your Safety

2

Precautions

2

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS

4

Cautions When Using

6

Cautions When Storing

9

Suggestions and Restrictions

9

Read This First

10

About This Manual

10

Introduction

11

Table of Contents

13

Checking Provided Accessories

16

Names of Parts

17

Try to Record and Play Back using Disc

 

(Video and Photo)

21

Try to Record and Play Back using Card

 

(Photo)

23

Discs and Cards

25

AVAILABLE DISCS

25

INFORMATION ON DVD-R DISC

26

EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE

 

USED ON THIS DVD VIDEO

 

CAMERA/RECORDER:

26

HANDLING DISCS

27

AVAILABLE CARDS

28

Storage Capacity on Disc or Card

29

RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIE (VIDEO)

29

RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON DISC ....

29

RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON CARD...

30

SIZE AND QUALITY OF PHOTOS

30

CHARGING BATTERY

39

ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO

 

CAMERA/RECORDER

40

REMOVING BATTERY

40

BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR

42

EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY

42

USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER

 

WITH AC ADAPTER/CHARGER

43

Inserting and Removing Disc

44

INSERTING DISC

44

REMOVING DISC

46

Inserting and Removing Card

47

Basic Techniques

 

Basic Handling of DVD Video Camera/

 

Recorder

48

TURNING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/

 

RECORDER ON AND OFF

48

Recording Movie

49

Recording Stills

50

Compensating for Backlight

51

On-Screen Information

52

INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING

 

RECORDING

52

Zooming

56

MACRO RECORDING

57

RECORDING SUBJECTS FOR STRONGER

 

WIDE-ANGLE OR TELEPHOTO EFFECT

57

Playing Back

58

PLAYING BACK

58

PLAYBACK FROM START OF DISC OR

 

CARD

59

SEARCH PLAYBACK OF MOVIE

59

Setups

 

FRAME ADVANCE/FRAME BACK/SLOW

 

Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/

 

PLAYBACK OF MOVIE

59

 

SKIP PLAYBACK OF MOVIE

60

Recorder

31

PLAYING BACK STILLS

60

HOLDING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/

 

 

JUMPING TO SPECIFIED POINT (GO TO)

61

RECORDER

31

On-Screen Information Display

62

ATTACHING SHOULDER STRAP

32

INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING

 

ATTACHING LENS CAP

32

 

PLAYBACK

62

INSERTING BATTERY INTO REMOTE

 

 

Checking Flow of Quick Mode

63

CONTROL

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMOVING BATTERY FROM REMOTE

 

Camera Functions

 

CONTROL

33

FLOW OF QUICK MODE WHEN RECORDING

 

VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH

 

MOVIE:

64

VIEWFINDER

34

FLOW OF QUICK MODE WHEN RECORDING

 

VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR

 

PHOTO (DISC):

65

SCREEN

35

FLOW OF QUICK MODE WHEN RECORDING

 

CLOSING LCD MONITOR

36

PHOTO (CARD):

66

SETTING DATE AND TIME

37

Disc Navigation Functions

 

 

CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE

 

FLOW OF QUICK MODE

 

AND TIME

38

(WITH DVD-RAM DISC):

68

Setting Up the Battery

39

FLOW OF QUICK MODE

69

 

 

(WITH DVD-R DISC):

English

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