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NOTES:

●During Night-Alive, the following functions or settings cannot be activated and its indicator blinks or goes out:

•Some modes of “Program AE With Special Effects” ( pg. 38, 39), “Picture Wipe/ Dissolve” ( pg. 40. 41).

•“GAIN UP” in CAMERA MENU ( pg. 47).•“DIS” in MANUAL MENU ( pg. 47).•“Video light” when LIGHT OFF/AUTO/ON is set to “AUTO” ( pg. 19).

●During Night-Alive, it may be difficult to bring the camcorder into focus. To prevent this, use of a tripod is recommended.

MENU/BRIGHT Wheel

FOR RECORDINGNight-Alive

Makes dark subjects or areas even brighter than they would be under good natural lighting. Although the recorded image is not grainy, it may look as if it is strobing due to the slow shutter speed.

1 Set the Power Switch to “” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.

2 Press NIGHT-ALIVEso that the Night-Alive indicator “”appears.

•The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to provide up to 30 times sensitivity.

•“A” appears beside “” while the shutter speed is being automatically adjusted.To Deactivate Night-Alive . . ..... press NIGHT-ALIVEagain so that the Night-Aliveindicator disappears.

Lock Button

Power Switch

NIGHT-ALIVE Button

P.AE Button

Display

SHUT TER1/100

SPORTS

SNOW

SPOT L I GHT

TW I L I GHT

SEP I A

MONOTONE

CLASS I C F I LM

STROBE

SLOW 4X

SLOW 10X

GR-DVL817 only

Program AE With Special Effects

1 Set the Power Switch to “” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.

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

3 Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT wheel to select “ PROGRAM AE”, then press it.

4 Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT wheel to select the desired mode ( pg. 39), then press it. Selection is complete. Press the MENU/BRIGHT wheel in again. The Menu Screen closes.

5 Press P.AE so that the selected effect indicator appears.To Deactivate The Selected Mode . . ..... press P.AE again so that the effect indicator disappears.

NOTES:

●Program AE with special effects can be changed during recording or during Record-Standby.

●Some modes of Program AE special effects cannot be used during Night-Alive.IMPORTANT:

Some modes of Program AE with special effects cannot be used with certain Fade/Wipe Effects ( pg. 40, 41). If an unusable mode is selected, its indicator blinks or goes out.