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Table of contents
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Table of contents
Read this first .........................................................................................2
Operation flow .......................................................................................8
Getting started
Step 1: Charging the battery pack .............................................................11
Charging the battery pack abroad .................................................... 13
Step 2: Turning the power on, and setting the date and time ........................... 14
Changing the language setting ........................................................15
Step 3: Preparing the recording media ....................................................... 16
To check the recording media settings ...............................................17
Dubbing or copying movies and photos from the internal recording media
to memory card (DCR-SX65E/SX85E) ................................................. 18
Recording/Playback
Recording ...........................................................................................19
Playback on the camcorder ..................................................................... 23
Playing images on a TV .......................................................................... 26
Making good use of your camcorder
Deleting movies and photos ....................................................................28
Saving movies and photos with a computer
Preparing a computer ............................................................................30
When using a Macintosh ................................................................30
Starting PMB (Picture Motion Browser) .......................................................33
Using “PMB Portable” .............................................................................33
Saving images with an external device
Saving images in external media (DIRECT COPY) ...........................................35
Creating a disc with a DVD writer, recorder ..................................................38
Customizing your camcorder
Using menus .......................................................................................43
Getting detailed information from the “Handycam” Handbook .........................49
Additional information
Troubleshooting ...............................................................................50
Recording time of movies/number of recordable photos ................................ 53
Precautions .........................................................................................55
Specifications ...................................................................................... 57