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. 12 - p. 20).

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.

START/

STOP

POWER switch

Camera recording lamp

1 Open the LCD panel.

2 Select the recording mode.

To record on a tape

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

Slide the POWER switch down while pressing the green button.

To record on a “Memory Stick Duo” — MPEG MOVIE AX

Slide the POWER switch repeatedly until the CAMERA-MEM lamp lights up. The

lens cover opens, and the currently selected recording folder appears on the screen.

Slide the POWER switch down while pressing the green button.

3 Press START/STOP.

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

Press START/STOP. Recording stops.

To check the last recorded MPEG movie

 

 

— Review

 

Recording

Touch

 

 

 

. Playback automatically starts.

 

 

 

Touch

 

 

 

to return to the standby mode.

 

 

 

 

 

To delete a movie, touch

 

after playback is

 

 

 

finished, then touch [YES].

 

 

To cancel the operation, touch [NO].

 

To turn the power off

Slide the POWER switch up to (CHG)OFF.

Indicators displayed during recording on a tape

The indicators will not be recorded on the tape. Date/time and camera settings data (p. 43) will not be displayed during recording.

1 2 3

60min

 

 

REC

 

0:00:00

4

 

 

 

 

 

60min

 

5

P-MENU6

7

ARemaining battery time

The indicated time may not be correct depending on the environment of use. When you opened or closed the LCD panel, it takes about 1 minute to display the correct remaining battery time.

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Recording 21