Recording a picture

To record pictures with the viewfinder – adjusting theviewfinder

If you record pictures with the LCD panel closed, check the picture with the viewfinder. Adjust the viewfinder lens to your eyesight so that the indicators in the viewfinder come into sharp focus.

Lift up the viewfinder and move the viewfinder lens adjustment lever.

Indicators displayed in the recording mode

The indicators are not recorded on tape.

Basics – Recording

40min SP REC 0:00:01

JUL 4 2000

12:05:56 AM

Remaining battery time indicator

Format indicator

Recording mode indicator

STBY/REC indicator

Time code/Tape counter indicator

Remaining tape indicator

This appears after you start to record for a while.

Time indicator

This is displayed for five seconds after the POWER switch is set to CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-TRV320 only).

Date indicator

This is displayed for five seconds after the POWER switch is set to CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-TRV320 only).

Time code (for tapes recorded in the Digital8 system only)

The time code indicates the recording or playback time, “0:00:00” (hours:minutes: seconds) in CAMERA mode and “0:00:00:00” (hours:minutes:seconds:frames) in VTR mode. You cannot rewrite only the time code.

When you play back tapes recorded in the Hi8/standard 8 system, the tape counter appears.

You cannot reset the time code or the tape counter.

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