VDR-D250GN
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Contents
Editing
Disc and card management
With other products
With a computer
Features
Before using Easy playback! l
Easy recording! l
Editing scenes! l 87
Using with DVD player/recorder! l
Using with a computer! l
Accessories
Check the accessories before using this unit
Battery pack AC adaptor DC cable AV/S cable AC cable
Disc cleaning cloth
Optional accessories
Parts identification and handling
Viewfinder l
Using
Using grip belt
Before using Shoulder strap fixture
Adjust the belt length so it fits your hand
Adjust the belt length and the pad position
Lens hood
Lens cap removed can be attached to the lens cap fixture
Tripod receptacle
Using the LCD monitor
Using the viewfinder
Pull out the viewfinder
≥ It can open up to 90o
Using the remote control
Install a button-type battery
Concerning the button-type battery
Before using Remote control usable range
Using the free style remote control VDR-D300 only
Connect the free style remote control to the unit
About the clip on the backside
Discs and cards
Discs that can be used on this unit
DVD-RAM DVD-RW
VR format? Format?
Examples of discs that cannot be used on this unit
≥ DVD-RAM 2.6 GB Ver
≥ MO
When using brand-new DVD-RW Before using
Video DVD-Video format VR DVD Video Recording format
Cards that you can use with this unit
About the miniSD Card
How to hold a disc or card
Handling precautions
Disc and card handling
Do not touch the recorded surface or the terminal surface
Power supply
Charging the battery
Charging lamp Lights up Charging
≥ Hold the battery with your hand so it does not fall
Charging time and recordable time
Charging time
Recordable time
VDR-D300
VDR-D250
Connecting to the AC outlet
Turning the unit on/off
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Status indicator lights and the power turns on
Set the OFF/ON switch to OFF when the unit is not being used
Inserting/removing a disc
Slide the Disc Eject lever once and release it
Inserting disc
Removing disc
Recording/playback side is opposite to the labelled side
Double sided disc
After inserting a disc/After recording finishes
Set the OFF/ON switch to OFF to turn off the power
Setup Securely close the card slot cover
Card access lamp
Inserting/removing an SD card
Selecting a mode
Disc recording mode l
Disc playback mode l
Card recording mode l
How to use the joystick
Setup Operations during recording
Basic operations
Move the joystick up, left or right to select an item
Operations during playback
Move the joystick up, down, left or right to operate
About the operation icons displayed in each mode Setup
About auto mode and manual mode l
Disc recording mode
Manual mode White balance Iris or gain value Shutter speed
Disc playback mode
Backlight compensation Self timer
Manual focus adjustment Mode 4/4
Card playback mode When Picture is selected
When Slide Show is selected
Help mode
To exit the help mode
Press the Menu button or select Exit
Switching the language
Using the menu screen
Current settings on menus
While stopped, press the Menu button
Refer to Menu list l 137 for information about the menus
To exit the menu screen
Move the joystick left
Press the Menu button
Operating with remote control
Press the Menu button
Select a menu item
Press the Menu button to exit the menu screen
Setting date and time
≥ The 24-hour system is used to display the time
≥ The recording time is not displayed in disc playback mode
Changing the date and time display style
Date OFF
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Adjusting LCD monitor/viewfinder
Press the Power LCD button
LCD SET
EVF EVF SET
Changing the picture quality on the LCD monitor
Before recording
Basic camera positioning Recording
About auto mode
Anti-Ground-Shooting AGS VDR-D300 only
Turn the unit on Rotate the mode dial to select
Recording motion pictures
VDR-D300 only The lens cover opens automatically
Screen indications in the disc recording mode
Recording mode Remaining time left for recording
To end the recording
Recording time elapsed
Changing the recording mode of the motion picture
Recording mode Recordable time
Recording still pictures
White lamp lights up Almost in focus Focus area
Press the Photo Shot button fully
To record still pictures clearly
Screen indications in card recording mode
Concerning the focusing area
Changing the recording size
2048k1512
1280k960
640k480
Switching the shutter effect on/off
You can add a shutter sound when recording still pictures
Selecting the picture quality
Various recording functions
Zoom in/out function
Move the zoom lever
Digital zoom function
To use the zoom microphone function
Recording yourself
Rotate the LCD monitor towards the lens side
Backlight compensation function
To return to normal recording
Image on the screen will become brighter
Select ª again
Fade in/fade out function
Recording Press the recording start/stop button
Start recording. Fade
To cancel fading
To select the colour for fade in/out
Pause recording. Fade out
Select again
Soft skin mode
To cancel the soft skin mode
To cancel the tele macro function
Tele macro function
Move the joystick right to select
To cancel the colour night view function
Colour night view functions
Colour night view function
Lux colour night view function
Self-timer recording
To stop the timer midway through
Move the joystick left to select Ø
Press the Photo Shot button
Wind noise reduction function
RAM -RW‹VR› -RW‹V› -R
Wide mode
Recording images with a 169 aspect ratio
Image stabilizer function
VDR-D300
When the flash is not used
Built-in flash VDR-D300 only
Flash is activated and the picture will be recorded
Red eye reduction function
Scene mode
Manual recording functions
To make people stand out against the background
To make the scene brighter in dark conditions
To cancel the scene mode function
Manual focus adjustment
To restore to the automatic adjustment
Set the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to
White balance
About the black balance adjustment
When Display changes from flashing to on, setting is
About the white balance sensor a
Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment
To restore to automatic adjustment
Motion picture playback
Select the scene to be played back
Move the joystick to operate
≥ Normal playback is restored when you move the joystick up
Operating with the remote control Press the E or D button
To display the recording date during playback
To adjust the volume
Move the volume lever to change the volume level
Operating with the remote control 1 Press the button
Frame-by-frame playback
Playing back motion pictures by date
Select the date for playback, then press Joystick
Scenes recorded on the same day are displayed as thumbnails
Still picture playback
Select the file to be played back
Play back the still pictures recorded on the card
Playing back still pictures as a slide show
About still picture compatibility
Editing scenes
Deleting scenes
Deleting scenes one at a time
Deleting multiple scenes from the thumbnail display
Select the scene to be deleted, then press the joystick
To continue deleting other scenes
To complete editing
Dividing a scene
Selected scene is played back
Combining scenes
RAM -RW‹VR›
Using playlists
What is a playlist?
Recorded scenes Playlist
Creating a new playlist
To add another scene to the same playlist
To playback a playlist
Playing back a playlist
To return to showing the original scenes
Scenes in the selected playlist are displayed as thumbnails
Editing a playlist
Adding scenes to playlist
To continue adding scenes to the playlist
Moving scenes
Scenes in a playlist can be moved
Dividing a scene
Combining scenes
≥ The selected scene and the next scene are combined
Deleting scenes
Editing Deleting scenes one at a time
Select Delete # Select or ALL and press the joystick
Deleted files cannot be restored
Editing still pictures
Deleting still pictures
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Deleting multiple files from the thumbnail display
Select the file to be deleted, then press the joystick
To continue deleting other files
To complete the settings
Locking still pictures
102
Dpof setting
To cancel all Dpof settings
What is DPOF?
103
Formatting discs and cards
Formatting discs
104
Management
Formatting an SD card
105
Finalizing a disc
Finalizing a disc
106
Finalizing video format discs
Un-finalizing a DVD-RW
107
Protecting a disc
108
Displaying disc information
109
With a TV
Playback on TV
110
Connect this unit and a TV
Press the EXT Display button on the remote control
111
To watch images with a 169 aspect ratio on a regular TV
To display the on-screen information on the TV
With a DVD recorder/player
Playback on DVD recorder/player
112
Playing back a DVD-RAM or a DVD-RW VR format
Copying recordings onto a DVD recorder’s hard disk
113
With a VCR
Dubbing images onto other video devices
114
Connect this unit and a video device
With a printer PictBridge
115
Connect this unit and a printer
Select a file to be printed, then press the joystick
Select the paper size setting on Paper Size
116
Standard
T5 Inch Size T7 Inch 2L size T6 Inch Postcard size A4 size
Select the layout setting on page Layout
When you stop printing halfway
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Select Print # YES and press the joystick
Before using with a computer
When using an SD card recorded on this unit
What you can do with a computer
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Contents on provided CD-ROM
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DVDfunSTUDIO
DVD-Video disc is created
Acrobat Reader
Operating environment
121
DVD-MovieAlbumSE
CPU
122
Free hard disk space
Necessary software
Interface
Using Built-in SD Drive
123
Intel Pentium II 300 MHz or higher
MB or more 64 MB or more recommended
End User License Agreement
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Article 7 Export Control
Installation
Installing DVD-RAM Driver
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≥ You cannot install the application if you click No
If any trouble has occurred while installing DVD-RAM Driver
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Click Next
Installing DVD-MovieAlbumSE
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Click DVD-MovieAlbumSE
Click Next Select PAL for the TV system, click Next
Installing DVDfunSTUDIO
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Click DVDfunSTUDIO
Click Next Select PAL Europe for the TV system, click Next
Software application uninstallation
129
DVD-RAM Driver
DVD-MovieAlbumSE DVDfunSTUDIO
Connection and recognition procedures
Connection and recognition
130
Connect this unit and a computer
Disc playback mode When accessing the disc
About the computer display
131
Computer
Card playback mode When accessing the card
To disconnect USB cable safely
132
Double click the icon in task tray
Verifying the unit is correctly recognized by the computer
133
If the driver has not been recognized properly
Creating a DVD-Video disc on a computer
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On the computer
136
Edit the DVD menu as required
Click Burning
≥ Set the disc size to 8 cm DVD
Menus
Menu list
137
Motion picture recording menus
Play Setup
Setup
Motion picture playback menus Still picture playback menus
Edit Scene
Power Save ≥ OFF ≥ 5 Minutes OFF
Other menus
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Minutes
Demo Demo Mode
140
Joystick LED
Indications
Indications
141
Recording indications
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Playback indications
Confirmatory indications
Messages
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About recovery
Disc Error has OCCURRED. Repair Disc NOW?
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Functions that cannot be used simultaneously
147
Frequently asked questions
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Troubleshooting
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≥ Is manual focus mode selected?
So, use the manual focus mode to adjust the focus. l
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Are not clear PICT. Quality set at Images may break up into
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About this unit
About the battery
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158
About the AC adaptor
About the disc
DVD-R
159
About the SD card LCD monitor/viewfinder
160
About condensation Others
Causes of condensation
What to do with the lens is fogged up
Explanation of terms
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Automatic white balance
White balance
162
Auto focus
Specifications
163
DVD Video Camera
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USB
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Number of recordable pictures on an SD card
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VDR-D300 and VDR-D250
185 300
390 620
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