— Recording – Basics —

Recording a picture

Your camcorder automatically focuses for you.

You can select English, Spanish, Portuguese or Chinese for the information indicators in the menu settings. The default setting is English.

(1) Installthepowersourceandinsertacassette.See“Step1”and“Step2”for moreinformation(p.9to15).

(2) SetthePOWERswitchtoCAMERAwhilepressingthesmallgreenbutton.The lenscoveropens.

(3) Turn STANDBY to STANDBY.

(4) Press START/STOP. Your camcorder starts recording. The “REC” indicator appears.Thecamerarecordinglamplocatedonthefrontofyourcamcorder lights up. To stop recording, press START/STOP again.

The recording lamp lights up in the viewfinder. (CCD-TR317 only)

2 POWER

CAMERA

OFF (CHARGE)

PLAYER

MicrophoneCamera recording lamp

Note

3

OCK

L

S

T

A

N

DBY

START/STOP

4

OCK

L

S

T

A

N

DBY

START/STOP

40min SP STBY 0:00:00

40min SP REC 0:00:01

Fasten the grip strap firmly. Do not touch the built-in microphone during recording.

To enable smooth transition

You can make the transition between the last scene you recorded and the next scene smooth as long as you do not eject the cassette. When you exchange the battery pack in the recording mode, set STANDBY to LOCK.

If you leave your camcorder in the standby mode for 5 minutes while the cassette is inserted

Your camcorder automatically turns off. This is to save battery power and to prevent battery and tape wear. To resume the standby mode, turn STANDBY down and up again. To start recording, press START/STOP.

To set the counter to 0:00:00

Press COUNTER RESET (p. 63).

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