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What you can do with your
DVD Handycam ............................... 4
What is the difference between
DVD-R and DVD-RW? .................... 6
How to prepare and use your DVD
Handycam ......................................... 8
Getting Started
Using this manual ................................. 12
Checking the supplied accessories ..... 14
Step 1 Preparing the power source ... 15
Installing/removing the battery
pack ............................................ 15
Charging the installed battery
pack ............................................ 16
Showing the remaining battery time
– BATTERY INFO .................... 18
Connecting to a wall outlet ........... 18
Step 2 Opening the LCD screen ......... 19
Step 3 Turning on the power .............. 20
Step 4 Setting the date and time ........ 21
Simple setting of the clock using a
time difference ......................... 23
Step 5 Adjusting the LCD screen and
the viewfinder ................................. 24
Adjusting the brightness of the LCD
screen ......................................... 24
Adjusting the viewfinder .............. 25
Step 6 Preparing a disc for recording . 26
Shooting movies/still images
Shooting movies/still images ............. 28
Before shooting ............................... 28
Shooting movies ............................. 29
Shooting still images ...................... 34
Shooting techniques to match your
circumstances .................................. 41
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ........................ 41
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Color Slow Shutter .................. 41
Shooting with the subject checking
the image – Mirror mode ........ 43
Self-timer recording ....................... 43
Adjusting the white balance
manually ................................... 44
Shooting for the wide-screen TV
– Wide mode ............................ 45
Optimizing the camera
automatically
– PROGRAM AE...................... 47
Adjusting the exposure manually 48
Focusing manually ......................... 49
Shooting with special effects .............. 50
Using fader (for movies only)....... 50
Using special effects – Picture
effect/Digital effect ................. 51
Other functions...................................... 53
Checking the last scene – Review 53
Deleting the last scene
(DVD-RWs only) ...................... 53
Changing the disc title ................... 54
Viewing the recordings
Playing a disc on your camcorder ...... 55
Choosing and viewing a recording
– Visual Index........................... 55
Various playback modes ............... 57
To display the indicators during
playback – Display .................. 58
Magnifying recorded images
– PB ZOOM .............................. 60
Playing still images automatically
– Slide Show ............................. 61
Viewing recordings on TV................... 62
If your TV is already connected to a
VCR ............................................ 62
If your TV or VCR is a monaural
type ............................................ 62
Finalizing a disc for other
players
Finalizing a disc..................................... 63
Playing back a finalized disc on other
players .............................................. 66
Playing back a disc on DVD
players ....................................... 66
Playing back movies on a computer
with a DVD drive installed .... 68
Showing still images on a computer
with a DVD drive installed .... 68
Structures and file names of movies
and still images ........................ 69
Recording on a finalized disc
– Unfinalizing
(VIDEO mode DVD-RWs only) ... 70
Recording again on a used disc
– Formatting
(DVD-RWs only) ............................ 72