10
GB
Table of contents
Read this first .........................................................................................2
Operation flow .......................................................................................9

Getting started

Step 1: Charging the battery pack .............................................................12
Charging the battery pack abroad .................................................... 14
Step 2: Turning the power on, and setting the date and time ........................... 15
Changing the language setting ........................................................17
Step 3: Preparing the recording media .......................................................18
To check the recording media settings ...............................................19
Dubbing or copying movies and photos from the internal recording media
to memory card ........................................................................... 20

Recording/Playback

Recording ...........................................................................................21
Acquiring location information using the GPS (HDR-CX550VE/XR550VE) .... 25
Adjusting for shooting conditions .............................................................26
Playback on the camcorder ..................................................................... 27
Playing images on a TV .......................................................................... 30

Making good use of your camcorder

Deleting movies and photos ....................................................................33

Saving movies and photos with a computer

Preparing a computer (Windows) .............................................................35
When using a Macintosh ................................................................36
Starting PMB (Picture Motion Browser) .......................................................38
Selecting the method for creating a disc (computer) ......................................39
Creating a disc with one touch (One Touch Disc Burn) ....................................41
Importing movies and photos to a computer ...............................................42
Creating an AVCHD disc ......................................................................... 43
Playing an AVCHD disc on a computer ...............................................43
Creating a Blu-ray disc ...................................................................44
Creating a standard definition image quality (STD) disc that can be played on
ordinary DVD players .............................................................................44
Copying a disc .............................................................................45
Editing movies ............................................................................ 45
Capturing photos from a movie ....................................................... 45