You can also write protect-individual clips. For details, see “Locking (write-protecting) clips” on page 111.

Loading and unloading a disc

To load a disc

1 Turn on the POWER switch.

LCD monitor

POWER switch

Note

If there is condensation inside the VDR section, the message “HUMID” appears in the status display on the color LCD . If this happens, wait until the indicator goes off before going on to step 2.

2 Press the EJECT button.

This opens the lid of the disc compartment.

EJECT button

3 1Insert the disc in the V direction, and

2close the disc compartment lid manually.

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2

V indication on the outside

The disc is loaded.

Note

To insert the disc correctly, make sure that the camcorder is in the upright position (the grip upside, the bottom downside).

To unload a disc

Chapter

With the power supply on, press the EJECT

 

button to open the disc compartment lid and eject

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the disc, then remove the disc. If you are not

Shooting

going to insert another disc, close the disc

 

compartment lid.

 

To unload a disc when the power supply is off

 

If the battery is exhausted, it is not possible to

 

remove the disc by pressing the EJECT button. In

 

such cases, use the following emergency

 

procedure to remove the disc manually.

 

1 Turn off the POWER switch.

2 Carry out the operation shown in the following figure.

1Open this rubber cover.

2Using a screwdriver or similar implement, slide the black metal plate visible inside, in the direction of the rear of the camcorder.

The disc compartment lid opens. A red Phillips screw is visible inside the

rubber cap.

3Use a Phillips screwdriver to turn the screw counterclockwise (the direction shown on the rubber cap).

This ejects the disc.

4Close the rubber cover firmly.

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