Recording a picture

START/STOP MODE setting

: Recording starts when you press START/STOP, and stops when you press it again (factory setting).

ANTI GROUND SHOOTING : The camcorder records only while you press START/ STOP. Use this mode to avoid recording unnecessary scenes.

5SEC: When you press use this mode to START/STOP, your camcorder records for 5 seconds and then stops automatically.

START/STOP

MODE

5SEC

ANTI

GROUND

SHOOTING

Notes

•You cannot use the fader function in the 5SEC or mode. •The time code does not appear in the 5SEC mode.

To extend the recording time in the 5SEC mode

Five dots (rrrrr) appear, and then disappear at a rate of one per second. To extend the recording time, press START/STOP again before all the dots disappear. Recording continues for about 5 seconds from the moment you press START/STOP.

Indicators displayed in the recording mode

The indicators are not recorded on tape.

 

 

 

Format indicator

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY/REC indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40min

REC

0:00:01

 

Time code/Tape counter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining tape indicator

This appears after you insert a cassette for a while.

Remaining battery time indicator

Time code (for tapes recorded in the Digital8 system only)

The time code indicates the recording or playback time, “0:00:00” (hours:minutes: seconds) in CAMERA mode and “0:00:00:00” (hours:minutes:seconds:frames) in VTR mode. You cannot rewrite only the time code.

Your camcorder uses the drop frame mode.

When you play back tapes recorded in the Hi8/standard 8 system, the tape counter

18 appears.