Sony CX550V Camcorder User Manual


 
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Table of contents
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Table of contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................ 3
Read this first .
........................................................................................ 6
Operation flow .
.................................................................................... 12
Getting started
Step 1: Charging the battery pack ............................................................. 15
Charging the battery pack abroad .
................................................... 17
Step 2: Turning the power on, and setting the date and time .
.......................... 18
Changing the language setting .
....................................................... 20
Step 3: Preparing the recording media
....................................................... 21
To check the recording media settings .
.............................................. 22
Dubbing or copying movies and photos from the internal recording media
to memory card .
.......................................................................... 23
Recording/Playback
Recording ........................................................................................... 24
Acquiring location information using the GPS (HDR-CX550V/XR550V) .
...... 28
Adjusting for shooting conditions .
............................................................ 29
Playback on the camcorder .
.................................................................... 30
Playing images on a TV .
......................................................................... 33
Making good use of your camcorder
Deleting movies and photos .................................................................... 36
Saving movies and photos with a computer
Preparing a computer (Windows) ............................................................. 38
When using a Macintosh .
............................................................... 39
Starting PMB (Picture Motion Browser) .
...................................................... 41
Selecting the method for creating a disc (computer) .
..................................... 42
Creating a disc with one touch (One Touch Disc Burn) .
................................... 44
Importing movies and photos to a computer .
.............................................. 45
Creating an AVCHD disc .
........................................................................ 46
Playing an AVCHD disc on a computer .
.............................................. 46
Creating a Blu-ray disc .
.................................................................. 47
Creating a standard definition image quality (STD) disc that can be played on
ordinary DVD players .
............................................................................ 47
Copying a disc .
............................................................................ 48
Editing movies .
........................................................................... 48
Capturing photos from a movie .
...................................................... 48