works as the gateway to the functions of your camcorder.

xJPEG

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, a still image data compression (data capacity reduction) standard. Your camcorder records still images in JPEG format.

xMPEG

MPEG stands for Moving Picture Experts Group, the group of standards for the coding (image compression) of video (movie) and audio. There are MPEG1 and MPEG2 formats. Your camcorder records movies with SD (standard definition) image quality in MPEG2 format.

xMPEG-4 AVC/H.264

The latest image coding format standardized jointly by two international standardization organizations, the ISO-IEC and the ITU-T, in 2003. Compared with the conventional MPEG2 format, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 has more than twice the efficiency. Your camcorder employs MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 to encode high definition movies.

xOPTION MENU

The OPTION MENU appears when (OPTION) is pressed, and allows quick access

to the functions available for your camcorder’s status at that time.

xOriginal

A movie recorded by your camcorder onto a disc is called an “original.”

xPickup lens

The component that optically reads signals from a recorded disc.

xPlaylist

A list of your favorite selected original movies.

xRecording image quality

The image quality, HD (high definition) or SD (standard definition), is selected for a disc in choices made during the formatting process. The higher the recording quality, the shorter the recording time of a disc.

xThumbnail

Reduced-size images which enable you to view many images at the same time. “VISUAL INDEX” and “disc menu” use a thumbnail display system.

xUnfinalizing

The process of treating a finalized disc that has some unused recording capacity so that it can be recorded on again.

xVBR

VBR stands for Variable Bit Rate, the recording format for automatically controlling the bit rate (the volume of recording data in a given time segment) according to the scene being recorded. For fast-moving video, a lot of disc space is used to produce a clear image, so the recording time of a disc shortens.

xVIDEO mode

One of the recording formats you can select when using a DVD-RW with SD (standard definition) image quality. VIDEO mode provides excellent compatibility with other DVD devices.

xVISUAL INDEX

This function displays images of movies and still images you have recorded so that you can select those scenes you want to play back.

xVR mode

One of the recording formats you can select when using a DVD-RW with SD (standard definition) image quality. VR mode enables editing (deleting or sequence rearrangement) with your camcorder Finalizing the disc lets you play it back on a VR mode compatible DVD device.

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