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Contents
Operating Guide
DCR-DVD106E/DVD108E/DVD109E/DVD306E/DVD308E/ DVD608E/DVD708E
Read this before operating your camcorder
For customers in the U.S.A
Regulatory Information
Note
Battery pack
Notes on use
Read this before operating your camcorder (Continued)
Types of “Memory Stick” you can use in your camcorder
When using a “Memory Stick Duo” with “Memory Stick” compatible equipment
Using the camcorder
About menu items, LCD panel, viewfinder, and lens
On recording
About language setting
About this manual
About the Carl Zeiss lens
About the marks used in this manual
Table of Contents
Table of Contents (Continued)
Using a Computer
Troubleshooting
Additional Information
Quick Reference
Subject examples and solutions
What you can do with your camcorder
Arecorded disc can be played back on a variety of devices
Playback on a DVD device or DVD drive (p.42)
Playback on widescreen TV and home theater (p.40)
Connecting camcorder to a computer
High-speedimage transfer (p.78)
Choosing a disc
Recording time
Recording format for DVD-RW
Disc format features
Using your camcorder
1Preparing
2Recording, playback, editing
3Viewing on your camcorder
4Viewing on another DVD device
“HOME” and “OPTION”
Using the HOME MENU
To hide the HOME MENU screen
HOME MENU - HELP
“HOME” and “OPTION” (Continued)
To deactivate the HELP
Using the OPTION MENU
Step 1: Checking supplied items
Step 2: Charging the battery pack
When storing the battery pack
To use an outside power source
To check the remaining battery (Battery Info)
Charging time
Recording time
Step 2: Charging the battery pack (Continued)
Playing time
Step 3: Turning the power on, and setting the date and time
Step 3: Turning the power on, and setting the date and time (Continued)
Changing the language setting
To turn off the power
To reset the date and time
Step 4: Preparing for recording
Step 5: Inserting a disc or a “Memory Stick Duo”
xDVD+RW
To remove the disc
“Memory Stick Duo”
Step 5: Inserting a disc or a “Memory Stick Duo” (Continued)
To eject a “Memory Stick Duo”
Recording and playing back with ease (Easy Handycam)
Recording and playing back with ease (Easy Handycam) (Continued)
Viewing recorded movies/still images
To cancel Easy Handycam operation
Invalid buttons during Easy Handycam operation
To view movies on a disc on other devices (Finalize)
Menu settings during Easy Handycam operation
Recording
Still Images
To switch to the movie recording
mode using the (HOME) button D (or E)
Recording (Continued)
Zooming
Recording in dark places (NightShot plus)
Adjusting the exposure for backlit subjects
Recording in mirror mode
To select the aspect ratio of the still images
Playback
Start playing back
To adjust the movie volume
Using PB zoom
Playing back a series of still images (Slide show)
Playing the picture on a TV
If your TV/VCR has a 21-pinadaptor
(EUROCONNECTOR)
Whether finalizing is required depends on the type of disc
Operation flow
To play back a disc in a DVD device for the first time (p.44)
Playback on other DVD device
To add recordings to a finalized disc (p.58)
Make a new
recording
To play back a disc in a DVD device after adding a recording (p.44)
Finalizing a disc
To select a DVD menu style
(OTHERS) category
Deleting images
To delete all movies on the disc at one time
To delete the most recently recorded movie
Deleting the still images in the “Memory Stick Duo”
To delete all still images on the “Memory Stick Duo”
Dividing the image
Creating the Playlist
Creating the Playlist (Continued)
To add all the movies on the disc in the Playlist
Playing the Playlist
To erase added images from the Playlist at a time
Changing the order within the Playlist
Dividing a movie within the Playlist
Dubbing to VCR or DVD/HDD recorders
Printing recorded
images
Printing recorded images (PictBridge compliant printer) (Continued)
Printing
To finish printing
(MANAGE DISC/ MEMORY) category
Finding the right disc
(DISC SELECT GUIDE)
Deleting all scenes on the disc (Formatting)
Recording additional scenes after finalizing
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What you can do with the (SETTINGS) category of the HOME MENU
List of the (SETTINGS) category items
MOVIE SETTINGS (p. 62)
OUTPUT SETTINGS (p. 68)
CLOCK/ LANG (p. 69)
GENERAL SET (p. 70)
MOVIE SETTINGS
DIGITAL ZOOM
STEADYSHOT
REMAINING
SUB-TDATE
PHOTO SETTINGS
VIEW IMAGES SET
VIEW IMAGES SET (Continued)
DISPLAY
SOUND/DISP SET
OUTPUT SETTINGS
CLOCK/LANG
GENERAL SET
Activating functions using the OPTION MENU
Activating functions using the OPTION MENU (Continued)
Recording items on the OPTION MENU
Viewing items on the OPTION MENU
Functions set in the OPTION MENU
Functions set in the OPTION MENU (Continued)
EXPOSURE
SPOT METER (Flexible spot meter)
SCENE SELECTION
WHITE BAL. (White balance)
FADER
D.EFFECT (Digital effect)
PICT.EFFECT (Picture effect)
MICREF LEVEL
SELF-TIMER
FLASH MODE (DCR
What you can do with Windows computer
Installing the “First Step Guide” and software
Installing the “First Step Guide” and software (Continued)
To install the “First Step Guide” in
PDF
Installing the software
xSonic UDF Reader
Viewing “First Step Guide”
Using a Macintosh computer
Installing “First Step Guide”
Viewing “First Step Guide”
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting (Continued)
Batteries/Power sources
LCD screen/viewfinder
Discs/“Memory Stick Duo”
Recording
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Playing back on your camcorder
Playing back a disc on other devices
Editing movies on the disc
Dubbing/Editing/Connecting to other devices
Connecting to a computer
Functions that cannot be used simultaneously
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Warning indicators and messages
Description of warning
messages
x Disc
Warning indicators and messages (Continued)
x “Memory Stick Duo”
xPictBridge compliant printer
x Others
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Using your camcorder abroad
Setting to the local time
World time difference
Maintenance and precautions
Care and storage of the discs
About the “Memory Stick”
Maintenance and precautions (Continued)
On a “Memory Stick Duo” with a write-protecttab
On image data compatibility
About the "InfoLITHIUM" battery pack
What is an “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack
To charge the battery pack
To use the battery pack effectively
About the remaining battery time indicator
About storage of the battery pack
About battery life
About handling of your camcorder
On use and care
Moisture condensation
LCD screen
On handling the casing
On the pickup lens
About care and storage of the lens
Cleaning inside the viewfinder
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Specifications
Input/Output connectors
General
AC Adaptor AC-L200/L200B
Specifications (Continued)
On trademarks
Notes on the License
On GNU GPL/LGPL applied software
Identifying parts and controls
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Identifying parts and controls (Continued)
To change the battery of the Remote Commander
WARNING
Indicators displayed during recording/playback
Viewing movies
Indicators displayed during recording/playback (Continued)
Indicators when you made changes
Upper left
Upper right
Bottom
Glossary
Index
Numeric
Page
Index (Continued)