Contents

 

Information for Your Safety......................

2

Preparation

 

Parts identification and handling ............

6

Power supply.............................................

9

Inserting/removing the battery.............

9

Charging the battery .........................

10

Charging and recording time.............

11

Recording to a card ................................

13

Cards that you can use with this

 

unit ....................................................

13

Inserting/removing an SD card..........

14

Turning the unit on/off............................

15

Turning the unit on and off with the

 

power button .....................................

15

Turning the unit on and off with the

 

LCD monitor......................................

15

Selecting a mode ....................................

16

Setting date and time..............................

17

Basic

 

Before recording.....................................

18

Selecting a media to record

 

[HDC-TM40] .............................................

19

Recording motion pictures ....................

20

Recording still pictures..........................

22

Intelligent auto mode..............................

23

Motion picture/Still picture playback ....

25

Using the menu screen ..........................

28

Using the Setup Menu ............................

29

Advanced (Recording)

 

Zoom in/out function ..............................

36

Optical image stabilizer function...........

37

Recording with the video light...............

37

Recording functions of operation

 

icons ........................................................

38

Operation icons .................................

38

Recording functions of menus ..............

42

Manual recording ....................................

48

White balance ...................................

48

Manual shutter speed/iris

 

adjustment ........................................

50

Recording with manual focus............

51

Advanced (Playback)

 

Playback Operations ..............................

52

Motion picture playback using

 

operation icon ...................................

52

Creating still picture from motion

 

picture ...............................................

53

Repeat playback ...............................

53

Resuming the previous playback......

54

Zooming in on a still picture during

 

playback (Playback zoom)................

54

Various playback functions ...................

55

Playing back motion pictures/still

 

pictures by date ................................

55

Changing the playback settings and

 

playing back the slide show ..............

56

Deleting scenes/still pictures ................

58

Dividing a scene (AVCHD)................

60

Dividing a scene to partially delete

 

(iFrame) ............................................

61

Protecting scenes/still pictures .........

62

Watching Video/Pictures on your TV....

63

Connecting with a HDMI mini

 

cable .................................................

66

Connecting with the AV multi

 

cable .................................................

66

Playback using VIERA Link ...................

67

Copy/Dubbing

 

Copying from Built-in Memory to SD

 

card [HDC-TM40] ....................................

69

Dubbing with a Blu-ray disc recorder,

 

video devices, etc...................................

71

With a PC

 

What you can do with a PC....................

75

End User License Agreement ...........

77

Operating environment ..........................

78

Installation...............................................

81

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