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BASIC FEATURES

To turn on again, set the Power Switch $ to
“OFF”, then to “”, “” or “PLAY”.
•
When the Power Switch $ is set to “”, “”
or “PLAY”, and the LCD monitor is opened at
an angle of 60 degrees or more, the LCD
monitor switches on and the viewfinder
switches off automatically to save power.
•
The playback picture can be viewed in the
viewfinder (with the LCD monitor shut), on the
LCD monitor or on a connected TV (pg. 11,
“Connections To A TV/VCR”).
•
To control the speaker volume
"
, rotate the
MENU Wheel 1 towards “+” to turn up, or
towards “–” to turn down. While shooting,
sound is not heard from the speaker.
•
Noise bars appear and pictures may become
monochrome or darken during Shuttle Search.
This is normal.
To record a scene for 5 seconds, providing quick
scene transitions like those seen on TV.
1) Make sure the recording mode is set to “SP”.
2) During Record–Standby, press 5SEC. REC
2
.
5S
_
appears and 5Sec. Rec is
reserved.
3) Press the Recording Start/Stop Buttons
"
.
Recording starts, and after 5 seconds, the
camcorder re-enters Record–Standby mode
automatically.
4) To cancel the 5Sec. Rec. function, press
5SEC. REC
2
again so that 5S
_
disappears.
•
Fade/Wipe (pg. 13) cannot be activated
during 5Sec. Rec.
To increase the brightness of the subject relative
to the background.
1) Press BACKLIGHT
(
during recording. “”
<
is displayed and the subject is brightened.
2) To cancel Backlight Compensation, press
BACKLIGHT
(
again. “”
<
disappears.
•
Backlight Compensation functions in both
recording modes (“” or “”).
•
Using BACKLIGHT ( may brighten the
subject, resulting in a washed out or white
image.
•
BACKLIGHT ( and Manual Exposure mode
(pg. 13) cannot be used simultaneously.
If correct focus cannot be obtained with Auto
Focus, use Manual Focus.
1) Set the Power Switch
$
to “” while pressing
down the Lock Button
#
.
2) Press FOCUS
4
. “”
V
appears.
3) To focus on a distant subject, rotate the MENU
Wheel
1
upward. “2” appears and blinks. To
focus on a close subject, rotate the MENU
Wheel
1
downward. “3” appears and blinks.
4) To cancel the Manual Focus, press FOCUS
4
. “”
V
disappears and Auto Focus is
applied.
•When the focus level cannot be adjusted any
farther or closer, “” or “” will blink.
To produce the zoom in/out effect. Digital circuitry
extends the maximum magnification offered by
optical zoom. This system is called Digital Zoom.
•
Slide the Power Zoom Lever 3 towards “T” to zoom
in, or “W” to zoom out.
•
The further you slide the Power Zoom Lever 3, the
quicker the zoom action.
•
Focusing may become unstable during Zooming. In
this case, set the zoom while in Record–Standby,
lock the focus by using the manual focus, then zoom
in or out in Record mode.
•
The zoom level indicator ?-a moves during zoom.
Once the zoom level indicator ?-a reaches the
top, all magnification from that point is through
digital processing.
•
When using Digital Zoom, the quality of image may
suffer. To deactivate Digital Zoom, set “D.ZOOM” (
pg. 14) to “OFF” in CAMERA MENU.
To check the end of the last recording.
1) Make sure the camcorder is in Record–
Standby mode.
2) Press
~
and release quickly.
•Tape is rewound for approx. 1 second and
played back automatically, then pauses in
Record–Standby mode for the next shot.
•Distortion may occur at the start of playback.
This is normal.
To re-record certain segments.
1) Make sure the camcorder is in Record–
Standby mode.
2) Press and hold either RETAKE ¡
&
or 1
~
to reach the start point for new recording.
3) Press the Recording Start/Stop Button
"
to
start recording.
•Noise bars appear and pictures may
become monochrome or darken during
Retake. This is normal.
Eliminates noise bars that appear on-screen
during playback. To activate Manual Tracking:
1) Press the TRACKING Wheel
1
for approx. 2
seconds. “MT”
!
appears.
2) Rotate the TRACKING Wheel
1
so that the
noise bars disappear.
•
To return to Auto Tracking, press the
TRACKING Wheel 1 for approx. 2 seconds or
set the Power Switch $ to “OFF” and then
“PLAY” again. “AT”
!
blinks. When Auto
Tracking finishes, the indication disappears.
•
When noise bars appear during playback, the
camcorder enters the Auto Tracking mode and
“AT”
!
appears.
BASIC FEATURES
5Sec. Rec (5-sec. Recording)

Backlight Compensation

Auto/Manual Focus

Zooming

Quick Review

Retake

Tracking

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