Operation Mode

This camera recorder has three operation modes - Camera mode, Media mode, and USB mode. The operation mode indicator on the left side of the camera recorder lights up according to the mode.

Camera Mode

 

 

Media Mode

Camera Mode

[CAM/MEDIA] Selection Button

 

IEEE1394

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode

 

 

 

 

 

[CAM/MEDIA] Selection

 

Button

 

 

 

[CAM/MEDIA]

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

 

SD Card Mode

Button

Thumbnail

Playback

 

Playback

 

Button

 

 

Display

 

 

(Playback/Pause/Fast Forward/

 

 

Stop Button

Rewind/Clip Jump)

 

 

 

 

 

USB Connection (when the confirmation to change

 

 

to USB mode appears and [Change] is selected)

Connection

 

 

 

 

disabled on PC

USB Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

(USB mass storage class)

 

[CAM/MEDIA] Button

Operation Mode Indicator

Stop Button

Playback Button

Operation Mode

Operation

 

 

 

Description

Mode

 

 

 

 

 

Indicator

 

 

 

 

Camera Mode

Blue

 

This is the camera shooting mode. The camera recorder starts up in Camera mode when the power is turned on.

 

 

 

 

Memo:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images recorded on the SDHC card cannot be played back in this mode. However, you can check (play

 

 

 

 

back) the most recently recorded image using the Clip Review function. (A Page 52)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purple

 

When [Rec Mode] is set to AVariable FrameB, the operation mode indicator lights up in purple during Variable

 

 

 

 

Frame REC in Camera mode. (A Page 56)

Media

SD Card

Green

 

This mode allows you to play back or delete clips recorded on the SDHC card.

Mode

Mode

 

 

Press the [CAM/MEDIA] selection button to enter SD Card mode when you are not shooting in Camera mode.

 

 

 

 

Once the camera recorder is in SD Card mode, thumbnails of the selected media slot are displayed.

 

IEEE1394

Orange

 

This is the input mode for video images from the IEEE1394-connected equipment.

 

Mode

 

 

The camera recorder enters IEEE1394 mode when you press the [CAM/MEDIA] selection button while the

 

 

 

 

power of the equipment connected to the [IEEE1394] terminal is turned on during thumbnail display in Media

 

 

 

 

mode (SD Card mode).

 

 

 

 

Once the camera recorder is in IEEE1394 mode, the playback images of the connected equipment are displayed.

 

 

 

 

However, if the IEEE1394 connection is not recognized (such as when the power of the IEEE1394-connected

 

 

 

 

equipment is not turned on), the camera recorder will switch to Camera mode instead.

 

 

 

 

Press the [CAM/MEDIA] selection button during IEEE1394 mode to switch to Camera mode.

 

 

 

 

If the power of the equipment connected to the [IEEE1394] terminal is OFF or if connection is canceled in

 

 

 

 

IEEE1394 mode, the camera recorder will not automatically switch to other modes. To quit IEEE1394 mode,

 

 

 

you must operate the [CAM/MEDIA] selection button.

 

 

 

 

Note:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This mode is used for viewing images input to the [IEEE1394] terminal from an external device, and not

 

 

 

 

intended for recording input images on the camera recorder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB Mode

Orange

 

This mode allows you to connect to a PC and transfer the files on an SDHC card to the PC.

 

 

 

 

When the camera recorder is connected to a USB cable, the message AChange to USB ModeB appears.

 

 

 

 

Select [Change] and press the Set button (R) to switch to USB mode. (A Page 118)

 

 

 

 

In USB mode, the camera recorder is recognized by the connected PC as a peripheral drive (USB mass

 

 

 

 

storage class only). Disable the connection on the PC and remove the USB cable from the camera recorder to

 

 

 

 

switch to Camera mode. (A Page 118)

 

 

 

 

Memo:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When a USB cable is connected, the message appears after recording stops.

 

 

 

 

If playback is in progress, the message appears once the files are closed automatically, such as when

 

 

 

 

playback stops.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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