Main
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Supplied items
Using the camcorder
Menu items, LCD panel, viewfinder, and lens
About language setting
On recording
Notes on playing back
Black points
White, red, blue or green points
Discs recorded with HD image quality (high definition)
Save all your recorded image data
Notes on battery pack/AC Adaptor
Note on the camcorder/battery pack temperature
When the camcorder is connected to a computer or accessories
Notes on use
Table of contents
Getting started
Recording/Playback
Making good use of your camcorder
Saving movies and photos with a computer
Saving images with an external device
Customizing your camcorder
Additional information
Quick reference
Step 1: Attaching the supplied microphone, eyecup and the lens hood
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Step 2: Charging the battery pack
When the battery is charged, disconnect the AC Adaptor from the DC IN jack of your camcorder.
Charging time
BATT (battery) RELEASE button
Approximate time (min.) required when you fully charge a fully discharged battery pack.
Battery pack Charging time NP-F570 (supplied) 265 NP-F770 475 NP-F970 645
Charging the battery pack abroad
Notes on the battery pack
Notes on the AC Adaptor
Step 3: Turning the power on, and setting the date and time
To turn off the power
Changing the language setting
Step 4: Making setting adjustments before recording
The LCD panel
Open the LCD panel (), then rotate it to the best angle to record or play ().
The viewfinder
Notes on the LCD/EVF-EVF switch
The shoulder pad
Step 5: Preparing the recording media
Selecting the recording media for movies
Selecting the recording media for photos
Getting started
To check the recording media settings
Inserting a memory card
Types of memory card you can use with your camcorder
Size of memory card you can use with your camcorder
To eject the memory card
Open the cover and lightly push the memory card in once.
Access lamp Note direction of notched corner.
Recording/Playback
Recording
Remove the lens cap by pressing both knobs on its sides.
Slide the POWER switch to ON while pressing the green button.
Recording movies
Press MODE to light up the (Movie) lamp.
Press PHOTO lightly to adjust the focus, then press it fully.
Flashes
When disappears, the photo is recorded.
Useful functions for recording movies and
Zooming
Recording better images automatically (INTELLIGENT AUTO)
To cancel INTELLIGENT AUTO
Selecting high definition image quality (HD) or standard image quality (STD)
Touch (MENU) [Show others] [ / SET] (under [SHOOTING SET] category).
Touch [YES] .
Recording/Playback
Selecting the recording mode
Touch (MENU) [Show others] [ REC MODE] (under [SHOOTING SET] category).
Touch a desired setting.
Touch .
High quality recording
Prioritizing the subject
Capturing smiles automatically (Smile Shutter)
Recording high quality photos during movie recording (Dual Rec)
Controlling the image settings manually with the RING
Press the MANUAL button to activate the manual adjustment mode.
Rotate the RING to adjust the focus manually.
Menu items that can be assigned
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Playback.
Playing movies
Volume adjustment
Previous
To stop
OPTION
To adjust the sound volume of movies
While playing back movies, touch adjust with / .
Viewing photos
Your camcorder displays the selected photo.
Useful functions for playing movies and
Searching for desired images by date (Date Index)
Searching for desired scene by pinpoint (Film Roll Index)
Searching for desired scene by face (Face Index)
Playing back a digest of your movies (Highlight Playback)
To save a scenario for Highlight Playback
Touch (OPTION) [ SCENARIO SAVE] [YES] during Highlight Playback.
To play back a saved Highlight Playback scenario
To erase the saved Highlight Playback scenario
Using PB zoom with photos
Playing back a series of photos (Slide show)
Playing images on a TV
Jacks on your camcorder
Connecting to a high definition TV
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Connecting to a non-high-definition 16:9 (wide) or 4:3 TV
When connecting to your TV via a VCR
To set the aspect ratio according to the connected TV (16:9/4:3)
When your TV is monaural (When your TV has only one audio input jack)
On Photo TV HD
Making good use of your camcorder
Deleting movies and
You can free media space by deleting movies and photos from recording media.
Touch (MENU) [Show others] [DELETE] (under [EDIT] category).
To delete movies, touch [ DELETE] [ DELETE] or [ DELETE].
Touch and display the mark on the movies or photos to be deleted.
Protecting recorded movies and photos (Protect)
To undo the protection of movies and photos
To protect all the movies and photos recorded on the same day at one time
To undo the protection of movies and photos recorded on the same day at one time
Dividing a movie
Touch (MENU) [Show others] [ DIVIDE] (under [EDIT] category).
Touch the movie to be divided.
Touch at the point where you want to divide the movie into scenes.
Touch [YES] .
Capturing a photo from a movie
Touch (MENU) [Show others] [PHOTO CAPTURE] (under [EDIT] category).
The [PHOTO CAPTURE] screen appears.
Touch the movie to be captured.
The selected movie starts playback.
Dubbing/copying movies and photos from the internal memory to memory card
Dubbing movies
Touch (MENU) [Show others] [MOVIE DUB] (under [EDIT] category).
The [MOVIE DUB] screen appears.
Copying photos
Using the Playlist of movies
Creating the Playlist
To add all the movies recorded on the same day at one time
Playing the Playlist
Touch (MENU) [Show others] [PLAYLIST] (under [PLAYBACK] category).
Touch the movie you want to play back.
To erase unnecessary movies from the Playlist
To change the order within the Playlist
Saving movies and photos with a computer
Preparing a computer
(Windows)
Step 1 Checking the computer system
When using a Macintosh
Step 2 Installing the supplied software PMB
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Starting PMB
Motion Browser)
Double-click the PMB short-cut icon on the computer screen.
You can view, edit, or create discs of movies and photos using PMB.
Reading PMB Help
Selecting the method for creating a disc (computer)
Characteristics of each type of disc
Discs you can use with PMB
You can use 12 cm discs of following type with PMB. For Blu-ray Disc, see page 62.
Disc type Features DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD+R DL Unrewritable DVD-RW/DVD+RW Rewritable
Creating a disc with one touch
(One Touch Disc Burn)
Importing movies and photos to a computer
Editing movies
Capturing photos from a movie
Creating an AVCHD disc
appears.
Follow the instructions on the screen to create a disc.
Playing an AVCHD disc on a computer
Creating a Blu-ray Disc
Copying a disc
Saving images with an external device
Saving images in external media
(DIRECT COPY)
After the operation is completed, touch on the camcorder screen.
When connecting an external media
To save desired movies and photos
To play back images in the external media on the camcorder
To finish the external media connection
Creating a disc with a DVD writer, recorder
Selecting the method for creating a disc
Saving images with an external device
Creating a disc with the dedicated DVD writer, DVDirect Express
Ordinary DVD device Player
Creating device
Disc type
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To play back a disc on the ordinary DVD player
To play back a disc on the DVD writer
Creating a standard definition image quality (STD) disc with a recorder, etc.
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Customizing your camcorder
Using menus
Operating menus
Using MY MENU
Using the OPTION MENU
Customizing your camcorder
Menu lists
(MANUAL SETTINGS) category
(SHOOTING SET) category
(PHOTO SETTINGS) category
(PLAYBACK) category
(MANAGE MEDIA) category
(GENERAL SET) category
MANUAL SETTINGS
(Items to adjust for scene condition)
SCENE SELECTION
WHITE BAL. (White balance)
SPOT MTR/FCS (Spot meter/ focus)
SPOT METER (Flexible spot meter)
SPOT FOCUS
EXPOSURE
FOCUS
TELE MACRO
AE SHIFT
WB SHIFT
SMTH SLW REC (Smooth slow rec)
To change the setting
SHOOTING SET
(Items for customized shooting)
/ SET
REC MODE (Recording mode)
GUIDEFRAME
STEADYSHOT
CONVERSION LENS
LOW LUX
FACE DETECTION
PRIORITY SETTING
SMILE DETECTION
SMILE SENSITIVITY
AUDIO REC SET
MICREF LEVEL (Microphone reference level)
AUTO BACK LIGHT
RING SETTING
X.V.COLOR
WIDE SELECT
PHOTO SETTINGS
(Items for recording photos)
SELF-TIMER
IMAGE SIZE
STEADYSHOT
PLAYBACK
(Items for playback)
VISUAL INDEX
VIEW IMAGES
DATE INDEX
EDIT
(Items for editing)
OTHERS
(Items for other settings)
USB CONNECT
BATTERY INFO
To close the battery information screen
REPAIR IMG.DB F.
GENERAL SET
(Other setup items)
SOUND/DISP SET
VOLUME
BEEP
COMPONENT
HDMI RESOLUTION
DISP OUTPUT (Display output)
CLOCK/ LANG
CLOCK SET
AREA SET
DST SET/SUMMERTIME
LANGUAGE SET
Troubleshooting
Overall operations
The power does not turn on.
The camcorder does not operate even when the power is set to on.
The menu settings have changed automatically.
Batteries/power sources
The power abruptly turns off.
The CHG (charge) lamp does not light while the battery pack is being charged.
The CHG (charge) lamp flashes while the battery pack is being charged.
The remaining battery time indicator does not indicate the correct time.
Memory card
Recording
Playback
is indicated on an image on the VISUAL INDEX screen.
No sound or only a quiet sound is heard during playback.
Playing back images stored on memory card on other devices
Images cannot be played back or the memory card is not recognized.
Editing movies/photos on your camcorder
Unable to edit.
Movies cannot be added in the Playlist.
Dubbing/Connecting to other devices
Connecting to a Computer
Examples of functions that cannot be used simultaneously
Cannot use Because of following settings
Self-diagnosis display/Warning indicators
C:(or E:) : (Self-diagnosis display)
(Battery level warning)
(Warning indicator pertaining to battery pack temperature)
(High temperature warning)
Description of warning messages
If messages appear on the screen, follow the instructions.
Recording media
Internal memory format error.
Data error.
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Other
Recording time of movies/number of recordable photos
HD stands for high definition image quality, and STD stands for standard image quality.
Expected time of recording and playback with each battery pack
Recording time
Approximate time available when you use a fully charged battery pack.
Expected number of recordable photos
Internal memory
You can record the maximum 9,999 photos.
Memory card
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Using your camcorder abroad
Power supply
Viewing high definition image quality (HD) movies
Viewing standard definition image quality (STD) movies
On TV color systems
Setting to the local time
World time difference
Maintenance and precautions
About the AVCHD format
What is the AVCHD format?
Recording and playback on your camcorder
About the memory card
About the InfoLITHIUM battery pack
What is an InfoLITHIUM battery pack?
To charge the battery pack
To use the battery pack effectively
About the remaining battery time indicator
About x.v.Color
About handling of your camcorder
On use and care
When not using your camcorder for a long period
Moisture condensation
LCD screen
To clean the LCD screen
On adjustment of the touch panel (CALIBRATION)
On handling the casing
About care and storage of the lens
On charging the pre-installed rechargeable battery
How to charge the pre-installed rechargeable battery
Note on disposal/transfer
Specifications
System
AC Adaptor AC-L100C
Rechargeable battery pack NP-F570
Input/Output connectors
LCD screen
General
On trademarks
Notes on the License
On GNU GPL/LGPL applied software
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Quick reference
Screen indicators
Upper left
Center
Upper right
Bottom
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Parts and controls
The numbers in ( ) are reference pages.
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