16 EN VIDEO RECORDING

Basic Recording

 

Tape Remaining Time

 

Approximate tape

NOTE:

 

 

 

 

remaining time appears on

Before continuing, perform the procedures listed

the display. “– – – min”

below:

 

 

means the camcorder is

Power ( pg. 12)

 

calculating the remaining

Loading A Cassette ( pg. 15)

time. When the remaining time reaches

Remove the lens cap. ( pg. 11)

2 minutes, the indication starts blinking.

Open the LCD monitor fully.

 

The time required to calculate and display the

Select videos at 4:3 size or 16:9 (wide) size.

remaining tape length, and the accuracy of the

calculation, may vary according to the type of

( pg. 15)

 

 

 

 

tape used.

 

 

 

 

Zoom Lever

 

Quick Review

 

 

 

Enables to check the end of the last recording.

 

 

 

1) Press QUICK REVIEW during

 

 

 

the Recording-Standby mode.

 

Lock Button

2) Tape is rewound for about

 

several seconds and played back

 

 

 

 

Recording Start/Stop

automatically, then pauses in the

 

Recording-Standby mode for the next shot.

 

Button

 

 

 

Distortion may occur at start of playback. This is

1 Set the Power Switch to “REC” while

normal.

Slide the Power Zoom lever repeatedly to

pressing down the Lock Button located on the

change the sound to on/off.

switch.

 

 

 

 

 

2 Press START/STOP button to start

 

recording. “REC” appears on the display while

 

recording is in progress. To stop recording,

 

press START/STOP again.

 

 

Approximate recording time

 

 

Tape

Recording mode

 

SP

LP

 

 

 

30 min.

30 min.

45 min.

 

60 min.

60 min.

90 min.

 

80 min.

80 min.

120 min.

 

NOTES:

If the Record-Standby mode continues for

5 minutes and no operation is performed, the camcorder’s power shuts off automatically. To turn the camcorder on again, push back and pull out the viewfinder again or close and re-open the LCD monitor.

When a blank portion is left between recorded scenes on the tape, the time code is interrupted and errors may occur when editing the tape. To avoid this, refer to “Recording From The Middle Of A Tape” ( pg. 18).

To record in LP (Long Play) mode,  pg. 24.