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Basic operations
Camera recording
Make sure that the power source is installed and a cassette is inserted and that the
START/STOP MODE switch is set to . Before you record one-time events, you may
want to make a trial recording to make sure that the camcorder is working correctly.
When you use the camcorder for the first time, power on it and reset the date and time
to your time before you start recording (p. 56). The date is automatically recorded for 10
seconds after you start recording (AUTO DATE feature). This feature works only once
a day.
For the information indications, you can select English, Spanish, Chinese or Portuguese
in the menu system (p. 25). The factory setting is English.
(1) While pressing the small green button on the POWER switch, set it to
CAMERA.
(2) Turn STANDBY up to STANDBY.
(3) Press START/STOP. The camcorder starts recording. The “REC” indicator
appears. The red lamp lights up in the viewfinder (CCD-TR311 only). The
camera recording/battery lamp located on the front of the camcorder also
lights up.
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L
O
C
K
START/STOP
S
T
A
N
D
B
Y
L
O
C
K
START/STOP
S
T
A
N
D
B
Y
POWER
OFF
VTR
CAMERA
40min
SP
H
STBY
0:00:00
40min
SP
H
REC
0:00:01
AUTO DATE
JUL 4 1998