Recording

Recording movies

You can record movies on a tape or a “Memory Stick Duo.”

Before recording, follow steps 1 to 7 in “Getting started” (p. 15 to p. 25).

When you are recording on a tape, movies will be recorded along with stereo sound. When you are recording on a “Memory Stick Duo,” the movie will be recorded with monaural sound.

Camera recording lamp POWER switch

LENS COVER switch

REC START/STOP

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•Performing Easy Handycam operation, even first time users can record easily. For details, see page 34.

1 Set the LENS COVER switch to OPEN.

2 Open the LCD panel.

3 Select the recording mode.

To record on a tape

Slide the POWER switch until the CAMERA-TAPE lamp lights up, and your camcorder is set to the standby mode.

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

To record on a “Memory Stick Duo” – MPEG MOVIE EX

Slide the POWER switch repeatedly until the CAMERA-MEMORY lamp lights up, and the currently selected recording folder appears on the screen.

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

4 Press REC START/STOP.

Recording starts. [REC] appears on the LCD screen and the Camera recording lamp lights up.

Press REC START/STOP again to stop recording.

To check the most recently recorded

MPEG movie – Review

Touch . Playback starts automatically.

Touch again to return to standby.

To delete the movie, touch after playback is finished, then [YES].

To cancel deleting, touch [NO].

To turn the power off

1Slide the POWER switch up to the OFF (CHG) position.

2Set the LENS COVER switch to CLOSE.

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