— Getting Started —

Using this manual

As you read through this manual, the buttons and settings on your camcorder are shown in capital letters.

For example, “set the POWER switch to CAMERA.”

When you carry out an operation, you will hear a beep to indicate that the operation is being carried out.

What is a “track”?

A picture or audio recorded in the MiniDisc is called “track.” A track can be of any length and varies depending on how long you recorded the picture or audio.

•Movie track

The track starts when you press START/STOP to begin recording and ends when you press START/STOP again to stop recording. (If you have selected the “ANTI GROUND” recording mode in the menu (p. 93), a track is made while you are pressing START/STOP.)

•Photo track

A photo makes one track.

•Interview recording (Audio track)

The track starts when you press AUDIO REC to begin audio recording and ends when you press x to stop recording. If you record photos during audio recording, the track includes those photos.

•Title track and Drawing track

The title track or drawing track makes an individual track, except when you draw on a picture.

Each track is automatically assigned a track number. You can label the track yourself.

The tracks are produced on a disc as shown below. On the index display, each track is indicated by one image regardless of the length or type of the track.

1 track

 

1 track

 

 

1 track

 

1 track

 

 

 

(Movie)

 

(Movie)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Interview recording)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording

 

Recording

 

Started

 

 

started

Recording

started

 

 

 

 

 

Stopped

 

 

stopped

 

Recording Photo

 

 

 

 

 

stopped recorded

When you edit the picture or audio

Editing the picture and audio is done by tracks. When you move, erase or copy the picture or audio, the track of the selected picture or audio is moved, erased or copied.

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