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Connecting to the AC outlet
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About the battery
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Contents
Operating Instructions
Information for Your Safety
Class Laser Product
Indemnity concerning recording Content
Carefully observe copyright laws
Information for Your Safety
Manual recording functions
Contents Playback
Features of the High Definition Video Camera
What is the AVCHD?
Very clear high definition pictures
Important Notice
When connecting to a TV that does not have a Hdmi terminal
Using the remote control for the TV for playback
Watching High Definition images
Other linked operations
Listening in 5.1 channel surround sound
AV amplifier with Hdmi terminal B Hdmi cable optional
Accessories
Optional accessories
Parts identification and handling
Before using Speaker Viewfinder l
Battery release lever Batt l Tripod receptacle l
Reset button Reset l LCD monitor l
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Be careful about the following
Using grip belt
Adjust the belt length and the pad position
Accessory shoe
Using the LCD monitor
Using the viewfinder
Adjust the angle of the LCD monitor as desired
Pull out the viewfinder
Concerning the button-type battery
Using the remote control
Install a button-type battery
Remote control usable range
Discs that can be used on this unit
DVD-RW DVD-R DL
About DVD-R DL dual layer on Single side
Examples of discs that cannot be used on this unit
When using brand-new DVD-RAM or DVD-RW
When inserting a disc recorded on another device
Cards that you can use with this unit
Do not format it on a PC etc
How to hold a disc or card
When inserting/removing a disc
Handling precautions
Disc and card handling
Charging the battery
Fitting/Removing the battery
Setup
Connect the AC cable to the AC Adaptor and the AC outlet
Charging time
Charging time and recordable time
About batteries that you can use with this unit
Connecting to the AC outlet
About the remaining battery Capacity indication
Selecting a mode Turning the unit on/off
How to turn off the power Set the mode dial to OFF
Inserting/removing a disc
Inserting disc
Removing disc
Identifying recording/playback sides of disc
Single sided disc/dual layer on single side disc
Double sided disc
After inserting a disc/After recording finishes
How to use the cursor button
Card access lamp
Inserting/removing an SD card
Concerning the SD card
¬ Rotate the mode dial to select
Basic operations
Operations during recording
Move the cursor button up, down, left or right to operate
Set the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to Manual
Set the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to Focus
Playback mode In motion picture playback
Playback mode Still picture playback
Help mode
To exit the help mode
To get back to the previous screen
Using the menu screen
While stopped, press the Menu button
Setting date and time
Switching the language
To recharge the built-in lithium battery
Changing the date and time display style
Changing the display style
EVF SET
Adjusting LCD monitor/ viewfinder
LCD SET
Dynamic
Normal
Recording
Before recording
Basic camera positioning
Turning the AGS function on/off
About auto mode
Anti-Ground-Shooting AGS
To end the recording
Rotate the mode dial to select
Recording motion pictures
Recording time elapsed
Screen indications in the disc recording mode
Recording mode Remaining time left for recording
Approximate recordable time for 1 disc
≥About batteries that you can use with this unit l
Recording still pictures Jpeg
Focus indication
Press the Photo Shot button fully to take the picture
To record still pictures clearly
Concerning the focusing area
About the focus indication
ABC D E F G H
Card indication l Mega optical image stabilizer l
Switching the shutter effect on/off
Picture quality
16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB
256 MB
512 MB
Move the zoom lever
Various recording functions
Zoom in/out function
About using the zoom microphone function
Digital zoom function
Recording yourself
Backlight compensation function
Rotate the LCD monitor towards the lens side
To return to normal recording
To cancel fading
Fade in/fade out function
Press the recording start/stop button. Fade out
To select the colour for fade in/out
To cancel the colour night view function
Colour night view function
This allows recording in dark locations
Lux colour night view function
Soft skin mode
To cancel the soft skin mode
To cancel the tele macro function
Tele macro function
Self-timer recording
To stop the timer midway through
Press the Photo Shot button
This is for recording shots of yourself as well
When the flash is not used
Built-in flash
To cancel the image stabilizer function
Image stabilizer function
Red eye reduction function
This is for reducing image shakes during recording
To cancel the guide line function
To cancel the wind noise reduction function
Guide line function
Wind noise reduction function
This is for adjusting the microphone input level
Microphone level
To return to automatic setting
To cancel the zebra display
Zebra display
This is for displaying the parts that are too bright
Scene mode
Set the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to Manual
Manual recording functions
Colour bar
Manual focus adjustment
Move the switch down and set it to Focus position
To restore to the automatic adjustment
White balance
About the MF assist function
This is for recording in natural colours
About the black balance Adjustment
About the white balance sensor
Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment
To restore to automatic adjustment
Manual shutter speed adjustment
Manual iris/gain adjustment
Playback of motion pictures on a disc
Motion picture playback
Press the cursor button
Move the cursor button to operate
Press the or 9 button on the remote control during playback
Operating with the remote Control
Operation is possible with the remote control only
About motion picture Compatibility
To adjust the volume
Move the volume lever to change the volume level
Frame-by-frame playback
Press the button
To cancel the repeat playback function
Playing back motion pictures by date
Repeat playback
Select the date for playback, then press the cursor button
To cancel the resume playback function
Playback of still pictures on an SD card
Resuming the previous playback
Still pictures Jpeg playback
About still picture compatibility
Editing scenes
Deleting scenes
Deleting scenes one at a time
This is for deleting scenes recorded on discs
To complete the settings
Protecting scenes
To continue deleting other scenes
To complete editing
Editing still pictures
Deleting still pictures
Deleting files one at a time
Select the file to be deleted, then press the cursor button
Protecting still pictures
To continue deleting other files
Dpof setting
What is DPOF?
To cancel all Dpof settings
This is for writing the printing data on an SD card
Formatting
Formatting discs
Formatting an SD card
This is for initializing discs
Finalizing a disc
Finalizing a disc
Connect this unit to the AC adaptor
DVD-RW, DVD-R and DVD-R DL
Deleting the top menu
Un-finalizing a DVD-RW
Creating a top menu
Protecting a disc
Auto Protect Operation
Protected disc Motion picture recording Editing, etc
Playback only Unprotected
To exit the information screen
Displaying disc information
To release the disc protection
Press the EXT Display button on the remote control
With a TV
Playback on TV
To display the on-screen Information on the TV
Connecting with a Hdmi cable optional
What is HDMI?
≥Check Hdmi RESOLUTION. l
Connect this unit and a TV with the Hdmi cable optional
About the settings when Connecting with Hdmi
Hdmi output resolution
Listening in 5.1 channel sound
About the setting when connecting the component terminals
Audio
AV cable supplied
Playback using Viera Link Hdavi Control
Set so that Viera Link is activated on the connected TV
Operate with the remote control for the TV
To cancel Viera Link Hdavi Control
Set the mode dial to to turn on the power
Connect this unit and a video device
To stop dubbing
≥Images are dubbed in standard picture quality
Select a file to be printed, then press the cursor button
With a printer PictBridge
Connect this unit and a printer
When you stop printing halfway
Select the paper size setting on Paper Size
Select the layout setting on page Layout
Before using with a computer
What you can do with a computer
Operating environment
CPU
Connection and recognition procedures
Connection and recognition
Example folder structure of an SD card
About the computer display
Disk drive display
To disconnect USB cable safely
Select USB Mass Storage Device and click Stop
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Verifying the unit is correctly recognised by the computer
If the driver has not been Recognised properly
If using a Macintosh
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Menus and Indications
Menu list
Playback menus Motion picture playback Play Setup
Language l Playback menus Still picture playback Play Setup
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Create TOP Menu
Menus related to Advanced and Setup
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Indications
Recording indications
Playback indications
PC connection indications
Confirmatory indications
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Messages
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About recovery
Control Data Error has Been Detected
Thumbnail Data Error is Detected
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Functions that cannot be used simultaneously
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Frequently asked questions
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Troubleshooting
Unit operations
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When connected to another device
With a computer
When carrying the unit, do not drop or bump it
When you are not going to use the unit for an extended time
About this unit
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About the battery
About the AC adaptor
About the disc
About the SD card
About the miniSD Card
LCD monitor/viewfinder
Explanation of terms
About condensation
Causes of condensation
What to do with the lens is fogged up
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White balance
Auto focus
USB
Specifications
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