— Recording – Basics —

Recording a picture

Your camcorder automatically focuses for you.

(1) Remove the lens cap and pull the lens cap string to fix it.

(2) Install the power source. See “Step 1 Preparing the power supply” for more information (p. 18).

(3) Insert a cassette. See “Step 3 Inserting a cassette” for more information (p. 27).

(4) Press OPEN, then open the LCD panel.

(5) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA. The CAMERA lamp lights up and your camcorder is set to the standby mode.

(6) Press START/STOP. The STBY indicator flashes. Then, the REC indicator appears instead and the camcorder starts recording. The camera recording lamp located on the front of your camcorder lights up. To stop recording, press START/STOP again.

Basics – Recording

5

 

POWER

CAMERA

 

MEMORY/

(CHG)

NETWORK

OFF

VCR

ON

 

MODE

1

Microphone

4

Camera recording lamp

3

2

6 START/STOP

40min

REC 0:00:01

After recording

(1) Set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG).

(2) Close the LCD panel.

(3) Eject the cassette.

(4) Remove the power source.

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