STANDARD SET menu (continued)

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LCD BL LEVEL

You can adjust the brightness of the LCD screen’s backlight.

NORMAL

Standard brightness.

BRIGHT

Brightens the LCD screen.

When you connect your camcorder to outside power sources, [BRIGHT] is automatically selected for the setting.

When you select [BRIGHT], battery life is reduced by about 10 percent during recording.

LCD COLOR

You can adjust the color on the LCD screen

with /.

Low intensity

High intensity

VF B.LIGHT

You can adjust the brightness of the viewfinder.

NORMAL

Standard brightness.

BRIGHT

Brightens the viewfinder screen.

When you connect your camcorder to outside power sources, [BRIGHT] is automatically selected for the setting.

When you select [BRIGHT], battery life is reduced by about 10 percent during recording.

For DCR-HC32:

WIDE DISP

You can select how a picture appears on the viewfinder and LCD screen when [WIDE SELECT] is set to [16:9 WIDE].

LETTER BOX

Normal setting (standard type of display)

SQUEZE (Squeeze)

screen in 16:9 aspect ratio.

For DCR-HC42:

VF WIDE DISP

You can select how a 16:9 aspect ratio picture appears in the viewfinder.

LETTER BOX

Normal setting (standard type of display)

SQUEZE (Squeeze)

Expands the picture vertically when black bands appear at the top and bottom of the screen in 16:9 aspect ratio.

A/VDV OUT

When you set [A/VDV OUT] ( ) to [ON], you can convert the signal to the appropriate one by connecting a digital device and an analog device to your camcorder. See page 80 for details.

VIDEO INPUT

Selects the video plug to connect when you input the picture from the other device via A/V connecting cable.

VIDEO

Connects via video plug of the A/V connecting cable (supplied).

S VIDEO

Connects via S VIDEO plug of the A/V connecting cable with S VIDEO cable (optional).

TV TYPE (DCR-HC42)

See page 34.

USB-CAMERA

You can view the pictures displayed on the screen of your camcorder on your computer (USB Streaming) via the USB cable. See

54

Expands the picture vertically when black bands appear at the top and bottom of the

“First Step Guide” stored on the supplied CD-ROM (p. 70).