Basic operations

Camera recording

Make sure that the power source is installed and a cassette is inserted and that the START/STOP MODE switch is set to . Before you record one-time events, you may want to make a trial recording to make sure that the camcorder is working correctly. When you use the camcorder for the first time, power on it and reset the date and time to your time before you start recording (p. 56). The date is automatically recorded for 10 seconds after you start recording (AUTO DATE feature). This feature works only once a day.

For the information indications, you can select English, Spanish, Chinese or Portuguese in the menu system (p. 25). The factory setting is English.

(1) While pressing the small green button on the POWER switch, set it to

CAMERA.

(2) Turn STANDBY up to STANDBY.

(3) Press START/STOP. The camcorder starts recording. The “REC” indicator appears. The red lamp lights up in the viewfinder (CCD-TR311 only). The camera recording/battery lamp located on the front of the camcorder also lights up.

1

POWER

CAMERA

OFF

VTR

2

OCK

L

S

T

A

N

DBY

START/STOP

3

OCK

L

S

T

A

N

DBY

START/STOP

40min HSP STBY 0:00:00

AUTO DATE

40min HSP REC 0:00:01

JUL 4 1998

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Sony CCD-TR311 operating instructions Camera recording