Basic Operations Camera Recording
Power Standby Mode
Power Standby mode allows you to prevent accidental recording by locking all operations except cancelling the mode.
Operations | STANDBY button |
| Hold down the STANDBY button for more |
Basic | than 2 seconds when you pause |
• The screen turns off and the STANDBY | |
| recording. |
| indicator lights up. |
| STANDBY indicator |
To resume operation
Press the STANDBY button again to return to the Recording Standby mode.
•It takes about 2 seconds to be able to start recording.
Notes:
•Power Standby will cancel and the STANDBY indicator will turn off in these situations below:
—When the camcorder remains in Power Standby mode for more than 5 minutes
—When the camcorder is set to Playback mode
—When removing the battery pack
—When removing a cassette
•The camcorder will enter stop mode automati- cally 5 minutes after setting Power Standby mode if it remains in Recording Standby mode after cancelling Power Standby mode.
—When Power Standby mode, for example, is cancelled after 3 minutes, the
camcorder will enter stop mode if
22recording is not started within 2 minutes.
Turning on/off the
Backlight
You can see the
LCD LAMP button
Hold down the LCD LAMP button for more than 2 seconds to turn off the backlight.
• H will flash for 2 seconds, then lights up.
To turn on the backlight
Hold down the LCD LAMP button for more than 2 seconds.
Note:
•The backlight off mode will cancel when you close the LCD monitor.
