RECORDING

 

 

PLAYBACK

 

 

Set REC MODE, S-VHS (S-VHS ET), TAPE

 

 

1 Load a tape ( pg. 8, “Loading/Unloading A

LENGTH and DATE/TIME in SYSTEM MENU.

 

Cassette”).

 

 

( pg. 18 – 21, “MENU SETTINGS”)

 

 

2 Set the Power Switch @ to “

”. To start

1 Remove the lens cap. Set the Power Switch @

 

playback, press 4/6^ or T.

 

 

to “ ” or “ ”.

 

 

To stop playback temporarily (Still Playback), press

 

 

4/6 ^ or s. To stop playback, press 5

$. Press

Shooting while using the viewfinder: Make sure

 

the LCD monitor* is closed and locked.

 

 

2 % to rewind, or 3& to fast-forward the tape.

Shooting while using the LCD monitor*: Make

 

High-speed picture search (Shuttle Search) is

 

possible by pressing 2 % or 3 & during

sure the LCD monitor* is fully open.

 

The camcorder enters the Record-Standby mode

playback (holding 2% or 3 & down during

and “PAUSE” ) is displayed.

 

playback continues search until released). To

 

resume normal playback, press 4/6^ or T.

• If you tilt the LCD monitor* upward to 180

 

degrees, the viewfinder switches back on and the

For VIDEO RECORDING/VIDEO PLAYBACK

monitored image can be viewed both on the LCD

• The camcorder shuts off automatically after about

monitor* and in the viewfinder, so the person you

 

5 minutes in the Record-Standby or Stop mode.

shoot can view himself/herself.

 

 

 

 

To turn on again, set the Power Switch @ to

2 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button !.

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“OFF”, then to “ ”, “ ” or “

”.

 

appears while recording is in progress.

 

• When the Power Switch @ is set to “

”, “ ” or

• To stop recording, press the Recording Start/Stop

 

“

” and the LCD monitor* is opened at an

Button !. The camcorder re-enters the Record-

 

angle of 60 degrees or more, the LCD monitor*

Standby mode.

 

 

switches on and the viewfinder switches off

To Adjust The Brightness Of The LCD Monitor*,

 

automatically to save power.

 

 

• The playback picture can be viewed in the

rotate the BRIGHT Wheel 1 until the bright level

 

 

 

viewfinder (with the LCD monitor* shut), on the

indiator # on the display moves and the

 

 

LCD monitor* or on a connected TV ( pg. 15,

appropriate brightness is reached.

 

 

“Connections To A TV/VCR”).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Applicable models only.

 

 

• To remove the indications,  pg. 21, DISPLAY or

OSD OUTPUT in SYSTEM MENU.

• To control the speaker volume*, slide VOL. 3 towards “+” to turn up, or towards “–” to turn down. While shooting, sound is not heard from the speaker*.

• If TBC ( pg. 14) is engaged during Still Playback, noise bars will not appear (GR-SXM78EA/SXM48EA/SXM780A/SXM480A/ SXM280A only).

* Applicable models only.

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