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Power Switch

SNAPSHOT

Button

Lock Button

Recording Start/Stop Button

VIDEO/MEMORY Switch (Open the LCD monitor to access this switch.)

 

MENU Wheel

 

Display

 

Menu Screen

5S

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5S

 

An i m .

5-Second Recording

Record a vacation or an important event in 5-second clips to keep the action moving. This function is available only for tape recording.

1 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch. Pull out the viewfinder fully or open the LCD monitor fully.

2 Press the MENU wheel in. The Menu Screen appears.

3 Rotate the MENU wheel to select “ MANUAL”, and press it. The MANUAL Menu appears.

4 Rotate the MENU wheel to select “5S”, and press it. The Sub Menu appears.

5 Rotate the MENU wheel to select “5S”, and press it. Selection is complete. Rotate the MENU wheel to select “ RETURN”, and press it twice to close the Menu Screen.

• “5S” appears.

6 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button. The tally lamp lights and beep sounds to indicate the start of recording, and after 5 seconds the camcorder enters Record-Standby mode.

•Even if you press the Recording Start/Stop Button again within 5 seconds after recording starts, Record-Standby mode is not engaged.

7 To exit the 5S mode, select “OFF” in step 5.

To Take A Snapshot In The 5-Second Recording Mode . . .

..... instead of pressing the Recording Start/Stop

Button in step 6, select the desired Snapshot mode in the Menu Screen, then press SNAPSHOT . The camcorder records a 5-second still ( pg. 20). When “5S” is set to “Anim.”

( pg. 29) this function is not available.

NOTE:

When “5S” is set to “Anim.” in the Menu Screen the

5-second recording mode is not available. Animation recording of a few frames only is taken instead ( pg. 29).