— Recording – Basics —

Recording a picture

Your camcorder automatically focuses for you.

(1) Remove the lens cap by pressing both knobs on its sides and attatch the lens cap to the grip strap.

(2) Install the power source and insert a cassette. See “Step 1” and “Step 2” for more information (p. 9 to p. 14).

(3) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA while pressing the small green button. Your camcorder is set to the standby mode.

(4) Slide OPEN in the direction of the ”mark. Then, open the LCD panel. The viewfinder automatically turns off.

(5) Press START/STOP. Your camcorder starts recording. The “REC” indicator appears. The camera recording lamp located on the front of your camcorder lights up. To stop recording, press START/STOP again.

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Basics – Recording

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40min REC 0:00:01

Microphone

Camera recording lamp

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