Sony MDDISCAM DCM-M1 User Manual

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MiniDisc AV Recorder

Operating Instructions

Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference.

Owner’s Record

This recorder’s model number is located on the bottom of the unit and serial number is located on the inside the disc lid. The AC power adaptor/charger’s model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product.

Model No. DCM-M1 Model No. AC-VQ800

Serial No. Serial No.

DCM-M1

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Congratulations on your purchase of this Sony MiniDisc AV Recorder. With your MiniDisc AV Recorder,

Welcome!

you can capture life’s precious moments with superior picture and sound quality. Your MiniDisc AV Recorder is loaded with advanced features, but at the same time it is very easy to use. You will soon be producing home video that you can enjoy for years to come.

Usable MiniDiscs

Use an MD DATA2 disc having this logo. You cannot use a MD DATA disc. MD VIEW is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation for MD DATA2 discs.

You can use an audio MD having this logo for playing only.

For customers in the U.S.A. and CANADA

DISPOSAL OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY.

LITHIUM ION BATTERY. DISPOSE OF PROPERLY.

You can return your unwanted lithium ion batteries to your nearest Sony Service Center or Factory Service Center. Note: In some areas the disposal of lithium

ion batteries in household or business

trash may be prohibited. For the Sony Service Center nearest you call 1-800-222-SONY (United States only). For the Sony Factory Service Center nearest you call 416-499-SONY (Canada only). Caution: Do not handle damaged or leaking

lithium ion battery.

WARNING

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.

For customers in the U.S.A.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

Never expose the battery pack to temperatures above 140°F (60°C) such as in a car parked in the sun or under direct sunlight.

JBlend1995 – 1999 Aplix Corporation. All

rights reserved.

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If you have any questions about this product, you may call: Sony Direct Response Center 1-(800)-222-7669 or write to: Sony Direct Response Center 12451 Gateway Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33913

Declaration of Conformity

Trade Name: SONY Model No.: DCM-M1 Responsible Party:Sony Electronics Inc. Address: 1 Sony Drive, Park

Ridge, NJ, 07656 USA Telephone No.: 201-930-6972 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions.: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

For Service and Technical Assistance on MD Discam Call To Free 1-888-449-SONY (United States only).

CAUTION

The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard.

This label is located under the video/audio control buttons.

CAUTION

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

CAUTION

You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

Note:

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: — Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. — Increase the separation between the

equipment and receiver.

— Connect the equipment into an outlet on a

circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

— Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/

TV technician for help.

For customers in CANADA CAUTION

TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT.

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Table of contents

What you can do with your

camcorder.......................................5

Checking supplied accessories .......... 7

Getting Started

Using this manual ...............................8

Step 1 Preparing the power

supply ........................................... 10

Step 2 Inserting an MD DATA2

disc ................................................16

Step 3 Using the touch panel .......... 18

Recording – Basics

Recording a picture ...........................22

Checking the recorded picture ........ 29

Playback – Basics

Playing the disc.................................. 30

Viewing the recording on TV .......... 35

Advanced Recording Operations

Recording audio including photo -

Interview recording .................... 36

Self-timer recording ..........................38

Shooting backlit subjects (BACK

LIGHT) ......................................... 40

Using the PROGRAM AE function 41

Focusing manually ............................43

Adjusting the exposure manually... 44 Releasing the STEADYSHOT

function......................................... 45

Adjusting the white balance

manually....................................... 46

Advanced Playback Operations

Displaying two pictures –

Picture-in-picture ........................47

Displaying nine consecutive scenes

– 9 FRAME SEQUENCE ............ 49

Playing back repeatedly ................... 51

Playing back in random order –

SHUFFLE...................................... 53

Scanning the top of tracks –

INTRO SCAN .............................. 54

Sorting the tracks............................... 55

Jumping to the desired track ........... 56

Setting the playing time of still

picture tracks ............................... 57

Editing

Checking the disc information ........58

Checking the track information ...... 59

Changing the index image ............... 62

Moving tracks ....................................64

Erasing tracks..................................... 65

Copying tracks ...................................68

Dividing tracks .................................. 70

Trimming unnecessary scenes......... 72

Grouping the tracks .......................... 74

Making a photo track from

a movie ......................................... 76

Drawing/Effect

Drawing on the picture .................... 78

Inserting a title track ......................... 82

Switching the tracks with special

effects ............................................83

Applying the picture effect to the

tracks .............................................86

Customizing Your Camcorder

Adjusting the brightness and

color of the LCD screen ..............87

Adjusting the brightness of the

viewfinder .................................... 88

Resetting the date and time ............. 89

Changing the menu settings ............ 91

Using with Other Equipment

Dubbing on a tape ............................. 96

Printing the still picture.................... 97

Listening to an audio MD ................ 98

Viewing on the computer

display ........................................ 100

Additional Information

Precautions and maintenance

information ................................ 105

Usable MiniDiscs ............................. 109

Troubleshooting .............................. 111

Warning indicators and

messages ..................................... 116

Specifications ................................... 118

Using your camcorder abroad....... 120

Quick Reference

Identifying the parts and controls 121

Quick Function Guide .................... 130

Index.................................................. 131

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What you can do with your camcorder

Your camcorder can record in the MD DATA2 disc:

•Moving pictures (movies) as long as 10 minutes in SP mode or 20 minutes in LP mode

•Still pictures (photos) of up to 4,500 shots

•Audio of up to 260 minutes.

Getting started

You can select the picture to play back directly by touching the LCD screen.

Play or edit the picture by touching the menu displayed on the LCD screen.

01:23

00:07

0001 7.4.1999 2:58

Insert the disc from the bottom of the camcorder.

Hold the camcorder with both hands when recording.

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What you can do with your camcorder

Various functions available with MiniDisc

Digital video edit functions (p. 58) Check the picture just after

Draw on the picture (p. 78). Easy to move or erase the picture

recording (p. 47)

(p. 64, 65)

Long audio recording including three photos - Interview recording (p. 36)

00:01

AUDIO

STBY

PHOTO

0:00:010001

Listen to audio MD (p. 98).

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Checking supplied accessories

Make sure that the following accessories are supplied with your camcorder.

Getting started

1 AC-VQ800 AC adaptor/charger (1)

(p. 10, 15)

2 AC power cord (1) (p. 10, 15) 3 MMD-650A MD DATA2 disc (1) (p. 16) 4 ZK-ET1 connecting cord (1) (p. 15) 5 NP-F550 battery pack (1) (p. 10, 14) 6 RMT-DCM1 Wireless Remote

Commander (1) (p. 32)

7 Size AA (R6) battery for Remote

Commander (2) (p. 125)

8 Input pen (1) (p. 18) 9 Tripod attachment (1) (p. 122) 0 A/V connecting cable (1) (p. 35) qa Lens cap (1) (p. 22) qs Ferrite cores (large × 1, small × 2)

(p. 124)

qd Shoulder belt (p. 121)

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— Getting Started —

Using this manual

As you read through this manual, the buttons and settings on your camcorder are shown in capital letters.

For example, “set the POWER switch to CAMERA.”

When you carry out an operation, you will hear a beep to indicate that the operation is being carried out.

What is a “track”?

A picture or audio recorded in the MiniDisc is called “track.” A track can be of any length and varies depending on how long you recorded the picture or audio.

•Movie track The track starts when you press START/STOP to begin recording and ends when you press START/STOP again to stop recording. (If you have selected the “ANTI GROUND” recording mode in the menu (p. 93), a track is made while you are pressing START/STOP.)

•Photo track A photo makes one track.

•Interview recording (Audio track) The track starts when you press AUDIO REC to begin audio recording and ends when you press x to stop recording. If you record photos during audio recording, the track includes those photos.

•Title track and Drawing track The title track or drawing track makes an individual track, except when you draw on a picture.

Each track is automatically assigned a track number. You can label the track yourself.

The tracks are produced on a disc as shown below. On the index display, each track is indicated by one image regardless of the length or type of the track.

1 track

1 track (Movie)

Recording started

Recording stopped

1 track (Movie)

Recording started

Recording stopped

1 track (Interview recording)

Started

Photo recorded

Stopped

When you edit the picture or audio

Editing the picture and audio is done by tracks. When you move, erase or copy the picture or audio, the track of the selected picture or audio is moved, erased or copied.

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Using this manual

Note on TV color systems

TV color systems differ from country to country. To view your recordings on a TV, you need an NTSC system-based TV.

Television programs, films, video tapes, and other materials may be copyrighted. Unauthorized recording of such materials may be contrary to the provision of the copyright laws.

Precautions on camcorder care

•The LCD screen and/or the color viewfinder are manufactured using highprecision technology. However, there may be some tiny black spots and/or bright spots (red, blue or green in color) that constantly appear on the LCD screen and/or in the color viewfinder. These spots occur normally in the manufacturing process and do not affect the recorded picture in any way. Effective number of pixels is 99.99% or more.

•Do not let your camcorder get wet. Keep your camcorder away from rain and sea water. Letting your camcorder get wet may cause your camcorder to malfunction. Sometimes this malfunction cannot be repaired [a].

•Never leave your camcorder exposed to temperatures above 140°F (60°C), such as in a car parked in the sun or under direct sunlight [b].

•Do not place your camcorder so as to point the viewfinder or the LCD screen toward the sun. The inside of the viewfinder or LCD screen may be damaged [c].

[a] [b] [c]

Getting started

Note on heating

•Your camcorder may heat up during operation due to the internal circuit operation. This is not a malfunction. The temperature differs depending on the operating mode.

•If your camcorder and AC adaptor/charger heat up more than usual, turn off your camcorder and remove the battery pack. When using on the AC adaptor/charger, disconnect the AC adaptor/charger from a wall outlet. Then contact your nearest Sony dealer.

Contents of the recording cannot be compensated if recording or playback is not made due to a malfunction of the camcorder, MiniDisc, etc.

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Step 1 Preparing the power supply

Charging the battery pack

Use the battery pack after charging it for your camcorder. Your camcorder operates only with the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack (L series). If you want to use the camcorder right away indoors, use on the AC adaptor/charger (p. 15).

(1) Set the mode change switch to “CHARGE.” (2) Connect the power cord to the AC adaptor/charger. (3) Connect the power cord to a wall outlet.

A beep sounds and the display window lights up.

(4) Place the battery pack on the AC adaptor/charger with the b mark facing the

terminal shutter.

(5) Slide the battery pack in the direction of the arrow.

Press the battery pack until the terminal shutter enters completely into the AC adaptor/charger.

Charging begins. When the remaining battery indicator becomes and the CHARGE lamp lights up, normal charge is completed. For full charge, which allows you to use the battery slightly longer than “normal charge,” leave the battery pack attached until the CHARGE lamp goes out. Remove the battery pack when required. It can be used even if the charging is not completed.

4, 5

VTR/CAMERA CHARGE

To remove the battery pack

Slide the battery pack in the opposite direction of installing, then lift it straight out.

CHARGE lamp1

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Step 1 Preparing the power supply

Notes

•When the mode change switch is set to VTR/CAMERA during charging, charging stops.

•If the CHARGE lamp does not light or flash, check that the battery pack is correctly attached to the AC adaptor/charger. If it is not attached it will not be charged.

•When you install the battery pack, be sure to not hit it to the terminal of the AC adaptor/charger.

•Be sure that nothing metallic comes into contact with the metal parts of the unit or connecting plate. If it does, a short may occur and the unit may be damaged.

Charging time

The following table shows the charging time for the battery pack which is discharged completely.

Battery pack Full charge (Normal charge)

NP-F550 (supplied) 115 (55)

•Approximate minute to charge an empty battery pack fully (Full charge).

•Approximate minute in parentheses indicates the time when you charge normally (Normal charge).

•The charging time may differ depending on the condition of the battery pack or the temperature of the environment.

Remaining battery indicator

Normal charge Full charge

Getting started

Recording time

Recording with Recording with

Battery pack the viewfinder the LCD screen

Continuous* Typical** Continuous* Typical**

NP-F550 (supplied) 75 (70) 37 (35) 65 (60) 32 (30)

•Approximate minutes when you use a fully charged battery

•Numbers in parentheses indicate the time using a normally charged battery.

•If you use both of the LCD screen and the viewfinder, the recording time will be slightly shorter than recording with the LCD screen only.

* Approximate continuous recording time at 77°F (25°C). The battery life will be

shorter if you use your camcorder in a cold environment.

**Approximate minutes when recording while you repeat recording start/stop,

zooming and turning the power on/off. The actual battery life may be shorter.

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Step 1 Preparing the power supply

Playing time

MD DATA2 disc

Battery pack

Playing time Playing time

on LCD screen with LCD closed

NP-F550 (supplied) 80 (75) 100 (95)

Audio MD

Battery pack

Playing time Playing time

on LCD screen with LCD closed

NP-F550 (supplied) 100 (95) 135 (130)

•Approximate minutes when you use a fully charged battery

•Numbers in parentheses indicate the time using a normally charged battery.

•The battery life will be shorter if you use your camcorder in a cold environment.

To check charging

During charging, you can check the charging time on the display. BATTERY LIFE lights up on the display shortly after charging has started.

Press DISPLAY CHANGE during charging. Each time you press DISPLAY CHANGE, the display changes as follows.

The remaining battery time when the battery pack being charged is attached to an “InfoLITHIUM” equipment.

TIME TO CHG NORMAL

TIME TO CHG

FULL

BATTERY LIFE

DISPLAY CHANGE

The time is not displayed when the remaining battery time is less than 5 minutes.

The remaining time until normal charge is completed.

The remaining time until full charge is completed.

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Step 1 Preparing the power supply

What is ”InfoLITHIUM?”

The “InfoLITHIUM” is a lithium ion battery pack which can exchange data with compatible electronic equipment about its battery consumption. Sony recommends that you use the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack with electronic equipment having the

mark.

Notes

•The time display shows the approximate time when charging at 50°F to 86°F (10°C to 30°C). The time display may differ from the actual charging time depending on using conditions and circumstances.

•The time display may show “– – – –” in the following cases. However, the AC adaptor/charger is not malfunctioning. – The remaining battery time is less than 5 minutes. – There is a difference between the displayed time and actual charging time. Even if

this happens, continue charging.

•Full charge requires about 1 hour after normal charge is completed. If you remove the battery pack between normal charge and full charge, the charging time may not be displayed properly in the next charging.

•If the charging time is not displayed properly, fully charge the battery pack. The charging time will be displayed properly.

•When you attach a fully charged battery pack to this AC adaptor/charger, “TIME TO CHG FULL 1h” may appear on the display. However, this is not a malfunction.

•You may wait for a while after pressing DISPLAY CHANGE until the display shows the time indication.

• To display the remaining battery time of a new battery, attach it to your camcorder and use it for about 30 seconds. Then, charge the battery with the AC adaptor/ charger.

Getting started

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Step 1 Preparing the power supply

Installing the battery pack

Install the battery pack to use your camcorder outdoors.

(1) Slide OPEN (BATT) down to open the battery compartment lid. (2) With the V mark pointing down, insert the battery pack until it clicks. (3) Shut the lid.

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To remove the battery pack

Open the lid and push the catch.

Catch

Note

Put your hand by the battery compartment lid to prevent the battery pack from dropping.

Remaining battery time indicator of the camcorder

•Approximate time remaining for continuous recording will be displayed on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder. The time may not be correct depending on the condition or environment the camcorder is used.

•It will take about 1 minute for the camcorder to display a correct remaining time when you open or close the LCD screen.

•The remaining time displayed on the camcorder may differ from that on the AC adaptor/charger.

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Step 1 Preparing the power supply

Connecting to a wall outlet

When you use your camcorder for a long time, we recommend that you power it from a wall outlet using the AC adaptor/charger.

(1) Set the mode change switch to VTR/CAMERA. (2) Connect the power cord to a wall outlet. (3) Connect the power cord to the AC adaptor/charger. (4) Connect the connecting cord to the DC OUT connector of the AC adaptor/

charger.

(5) Install the connecting cord to the camcorder.

Insert the connecting adaptor until it clicks. Pass the cord through the cord shutter so that the cord is not caught by the battery lid.

Getting started

VTR/CAMERA CHARGE

To disconnect the connecting cord

Open the lid and push the catch.

Notes

•If you set the mode change switch to CHARGE while operating the camcorder, the power supply to the camcorder stops.

•Be sure that nothing metallic comes into contact with the metal parts of the AC adaptor/charger. If it does, a short may occur and the AC adaptor/charger may be damaged.

•You cannot charge the battery pack attached to the AC adaptor/charger while supplying the power to the camcorder.

•Keep the AC adaptor/charger away from the camcorder if the picture is disturbed.

•The power cord must only be changed at an authorized service shop.

•The AC adaptor/charger is not disconnected from the AC power source (house current) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the AC adaptor/charger itself has been turned off.

Using a car battery

Use Sony DC adaptor/charger DC-VQ800 (not supplied) or car battery adaptor DCC-L50 (not supplied).

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Step 2 Inserting an MD DATA2 disc

Use an MD DATA2 disc. You cannot record on other types of MDs.

(1) Lift the bOPEN protrusion and open the LCD panel until it stops.

(2) Slide DISC EJECT on the bottom in the direction of the arrow and open the lid

manually.

(3) Insert the disc.

Push the disc in the direction of the arrow deeply into the disc compartment with the label facing up.

(4) Close the disc lid.

DISC EJECT

To eject the disc

Follow the procedure above, and take out the disc in step 3.

Notes

•If the POWER switch is set to “CAMERA” or “INTERVIEW,” you may not be able to eject the disc. If this happens, turn off the power first and then reconnect the power sources. Then try again.

•Do not face the disc opening down when you insert or eject a disc to avoid dropping the disc.

To prevent misoperation

Turn the POWER switch to “OFF” when you insert or eject a disc.

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Step 2 Inserting an MD DATA2 disc

To prevent accidental erasure

Slide open the tab at the side of the disc (so the tab is concealed).

Rear of the disc

Getting started

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Step 3 Using the touch panel

You operate your camcorder by selecting the items on the index display or menu on the LCD screen. Select the tracks or menu items by touching with the input pen or a finger, or using the control dial. The operation will be described mainly by touching the LCD screen with the input pen in this manual. How to operate the menu is described here as an example.

Using the input pen

Example: turning off the beep

(1) Pull out the input pen.

Adjust the length of the input pen. The length of the input pen can be extended by about 12/32 inch (about 1 cm).

(2) Lift the bOPEN protrusion and open the LCD panel. Turn the LCD panel over

and move it back into the camcorder body with the LCD screen facing out. You will get more accurate results by touching the LCD screen in this position.

180°

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Step 3 Using the touch panel

(3) Set the POWER switch to PLAY/EDIT while pressing the small green button.

The index display appears. If nothing is recorded in the disc, no index image will be displayed.

(4) Touch

SET UP on the left of the screen.

(5) Touch BEEP. (6) Touch OFF. (7) Touch

to close the menu.

The index display appears.

OFF

Getting started

ERVIEW

RETURN LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET AVLS BEEP COMMANDER

SET UP

REMAIN

ON OFF

01:23

00:070001

SET UP RETURN LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET AVLS BEEP COMMANDER

ON OFF

OFF

Notes on the LCD screen

•Operative pressure may be influenced by the atmospheric temperature or pressure.

•You can touch the LCD panel directly with a finger. Do not touch the LCD panel with a wet hand.

•Do not push on the LCD screen with a pointed object such as a pen.

Notes on the input pen

•Use only the supplied input pen. You may not be able to operate your camcorder with other commercially available input pens.

•Do not push on or hit the LCD panel hard with the input pen. Doing so may cause your camcorder to malfunction.

•Take care not to damage or dirty the tip of the input pen.

•If you made the input pen longer, shorten it to the original length before you put it back into your camcorder.

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Step 3 Using the touch panel

If the LCD screen is dirty

•Do not use the input pen when the LCD screen is dirty or dusty. Doing so may damage the LCD screen.

•If the LCD screen is dirty, turn the POWER switch to “OFF” first and then wipe the LCD screen lightly with a soft dry cloth.

If the LCD screen does not react correctly to touching

Calibrate it (p. 108).

When PLEASE WAIT is displayed on the LCD screen

Do not apply a mechanical shock to the camcorder, or disconnect the power source.

Using the shortcut menu

You can display some of the menu items quickly.

(1) Press MENU during playback or pause.

The shortcut menu appears.

(2) Touch the desired item. The setting or adjusting display of the item appears.

To turn off the shortcut menu

Press MENU again.

DRAWING PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE INDEX CHANGE LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR

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Step 3 Using the touch panel

Using the control dial

Turn the control dial up or down to select an item, and press it to confirm. The control dial rotates up or down endlessly. Example: turning on the digital zoom function

(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA while pressing the small green button. (2) Press MENU. (3) Turn the control dial to select (4) Turn the control dial to select D ZOOM and press the dial. (5) Turn the control dial to select ON and press the dial. (6) Press MENU to close the menu.

CAMERA and press the dial.

OFF

ERVIEW

Getting started

SEL

CLOSE CAMERA SET UP

CAMERA RETURN SELF TIMER PROGRAM AE D ZOOM STEADYSHOT WHT BAL AUTO SHTR ANTI WIND NOISE

OFF

OFF ON

STBY

PUSH ENTER

CAMERA RETURN SELF TIMER PROGRAM AE D ZOOM STEADYSHOT WHT BAL AUTO SHTR ANTI WIND NOISE

OFF ON

STBY

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— Recording – Basics —

Recording a picture

Your camcorder automatically focuses for you.

(1) Install the power source and insert a disc. See “Step 1” and “Step 2” for more

information (p. 10 to p. 17).

(2) Fasten the grip strap firmly. (3) Remove the lens cap and pull the lens cap string to fix it. (4) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA while pressing the small green button.

Your camcorder is set to the standby mode after a few seconds.

(5) To record a movie:

Press START/STOP. Your camcorder starts recording. The “REC” indicator appears. The camera recording lamp located on the front of your camcorder lights up. To stop recording, press START/STOP again.

To record a photo:

Press PHOTO once. The scene when you press the button is recorded.

4 3

OFF

ERVIEW

REC

LOCK

OFF

min

ERVIEW

REMAIN

09:59

00:010001

PHOTO

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Recording a picture

Note on the date and time

The clock is set to New York or Panama time at the factory. You can reset the clock (p. 89).

If you want to record longer

Select the LP (long play) recording mode in the menu (p. 26). The available recording time becomes twice the SP (standard play) mode; however, the picture quality will not be as good as the SP mode.

If you leave your camcorder in the standby mode for five minutes

Your camcorder automatically turns off. This is to save battery power. To resume the standby mode, set the POWER switch to OFF and to CAMERA again.

While writing in the MD

The “STBY” indicator on the LCD screen flashes.

•While the “STBY” indicator is flashing, make sure that you do not:

- shake or hit the camcorder.

- turn off the camcorder.

- eject the disc and the battery. The above may damage the picture data and disc.

•While the “STBY” indicator is flashing, you cannot start the next recording.

One recording makes one track

•From when you press START/STOP to begin recording until you press START/STOP to stop recording makes one track and is written in the disc as the last recorded track.

•In the ANTI GROUND recording mode, recording while you are pressing START/ STOP makes one track (p. 93).

•You can renew tracks every 10 seconds (p. 93).

•One photo makes one track.

Note on recording a photo

If you record a fast moving object, the playback picture may look blurred. This is not a malfunction of your camcorder.

To record in the dark

Use a video flash (not supplied). You can use a video flash when is displayed on the LCD screen. If you are adjusting the exposure manually, the video flash does not flash ( is not displayed).

Note on the LOCK switch

When you slide the LOCK switch to the left, the POWER switch cannot be set to INTERVIEW accidentally. The LOCK switch is set to the right as the default setting.

Note on the microphone

Do not touch the built-in microphone during recording.

If you are recording in strong wind

Set ANTI WIND NOISE to ON in the menu to reduce the wind noise (p. 92).

If you input audio from the LINE IN jack of the connecting cord during recording

The audio from the LINE IN jack is recorded.

If you are using headphones

The sound from headphones will be muted for a moment when you start and stop recording. The sound recorded in the disc is not affected. (The situation is same for the speaker output when audio equipment is connected to LINE IN.)

Recording – Basics

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Recording a picture

After recording

(1) Set the POWER switch to OFF. (2) Eject the disc. (3) Remove the battery pack.

If you remove the battery before ejecting the disc

Since the disc lid is locked in the CAMERA and INTERVIEW mode, you cannot open the disc lid without the battery.

Indicators displayed in the recording mode

The indicators are not recorded in the disc.

Remaining battery time indicator (p. 14)

Recording mode indicator (p. 26)

STBY/REC indicator (p. 22)

REC

REMAIN

min

09:59

Remaining disc indicator (p. 58)

Track number

Recording time

00:010001

Track type icon (p. 31)

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Recording a picture

Adjusting the LCD screen

(1) Pull the bOPEN protrusion and open the LCD panel. (2) Adjust the angle.

180°

To close the LCD panel, set it vertically and swing it into the camcorder body.

Note

When using the LCD screen except in the mirror mode, the viewfinder automatically turns off.

When you use the LCD screen outdoors in direct sunlight

The LCD screen may be difficult to see. If this happens, we recommend that you use the viewfinder.

When you adjust angles of the LCD panel

Make sure that the LCD panel is opened up to 90 degrees. Do not open or turn the LCD screen forcibly.

When you adjust the brightness of the LCD panel

Select LCD BRIGHT in the menu and adjust (p. 87). This adjustment does not change the picture brightness recorded in the disc.

Recording – Basics

90°

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Recording a picture

Adjusting the viewfinder

When you record pictures with the LCD panel closed, check the picture with the viewfinder. Adjust the viewfinder lens to your eyesight so that the indicators in the viewfinder come into sharp focus.

(1) Move the viewfinder lens adjustment lever.

Recording time

One MD DATA2 disc can record:

Track type Record mode Recording time

Movie SP mode Max. 10 min.

VP mode 13 min. to 20 min.

LP mode Max. 20 min. Photo Max. 4500 shots Audio Max. 260 min.

Recording mode of movie

SP (standard play):

High picture quality (the default setting).

VP (variable picture quality):

The data consumption is automatically adjusted according to the object being recorded. The deterioration of picture quality is kept to a minimum and the recording time is longer than the SP mode.

LP (long play):

The recording time is double the SP mode. The picture quality is lower than the SP mode.

To select the recording mode

(1) Press MENU. (2) Select REC MODE in (3) Select the desired recording mode.

Note on deterioration of picture quality

The playback picture of a subject which moves fast or changes brightness may have block-shaped noise or rough outlines.

SET UP.

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Recording a picture

Using the zoom feature

(1) Move the power zoom lever a little for a slower zoom. Move it further for a

faster zoom. Using the zoom function sparingly results in better-looking recordings. “T” side:for telephoto (subject appears closer) “W” side: for wide-angle (subject appears farther away)

Zoom greater than 10× is performed digitally, if you set D ZOOM to ON in the menu settings. The digital zoom function is set to OFF as a default setting (p. 92).

Recording – Basics

ZOOM

The right-ended portion of the

bar shows the digital zooming zone. The digital zooming zone appears when you set D ZOOM to ON.

When you shoot close to a subject

If you cannot get a sharp focus, move the power zoom lever to the “W” side until the focus is sharp. You can shoot a subject that is at least about 2 feet 5/8 inch (about 80 cm) away from the lens surface in the telephoto position, or about half an inch (about 1 cm) away in the wide-angle position.

Notes on digital zoom

•Digital zoom starts to function when zoom exceeds 10x.

•The picture quality deteriorates as you go toward the “T” side. Set D ZOOM to OFF in the menu settings. Otherwise the digital zoom activates without notice (p. 92).

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Recording a picture

Recording while showing the picture on the LCD screen

You can record a person while showing himself/herself on the LCD screen. You can also record yourself if you place your camcorder in a stable position. The supplied Remote Commander will make it easy to record yourself.

(1) Pull the bOPEN protrusion and open the LCD panel. (2) Turn the LCD panel over so that it faces the other way.

indicator appears on the LCD screen and in the viewfinder (Mirror

The mode).

(3) Start recording.

Picture in the mirror mode

The picture on the LCD screen is a mirror-image. However, the picture will be normal when recorded.

Indicators in the mirror mode

The STBY indicator appears as Xz and REC as z. Some of the other indicators appear mirror-reversed and others are not displayed.

Recording time using the battery pack in the mirror mode

Recording time is slightly shorter than the recording time using the LCD screen only (p. 11).

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Checking the recorded picture

You can view the picture just after you have recorded with the POWER switch kept to CAMERA. You can erase the track or unnecessary portion of the track.

AUDIO REC

Viewing the last recorded track

(1) During recording standby, press u.

The last picture you recorded will be played repeatedly. Press x to stop playing.

Erasing the last recorded track

(1) During recording standby or playing, press ERASE.

The last recorded track is played and the confirmation message appears.

Recording – Basics

ERASE

TRACK WILL BE ERASED

CONFIRM TO ERASE

NOYES

(2) Turn the control dial to select YES, and press the dial to confirm.

After the PLEASE WAIT message which appears while the change is written in the disc, the camcorder returns to the recording standby mode. The track is erased.

Note

You cannot restore the track once it has been erased.

To erase all tracks

While pressing ERASE, press START/STOP.

Erasing the last portion of the last recorded track

(1) During recording standby, press u.

The last picture you recorded will be played repeatedly.

(2) At the scene from where you want to erase, press u to pause. (3) Press ERASE.

The portion to be erased is played and the confirmation message appears.

(4) Turn the control dial to select YES, and press the dial to confirm.

That portion of the track is erased.

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— Playback – Basics —

Playing the disc

You can monitor the playback picture on the LCD screen. If you close the LCD panel, you can monitor the playback picture in the viewfinder. When you monitor the picture on the LCD screen, tilt your camcorder to its stable position.

(1) Install the power source and insert the recorded disc. (2) Pull out the input pen.

Adjust the length of the input pen. The length of the input pen can be extended by 12/32 inch (about 1 cm).

(3) Lift the bOPEN protrusion and open the LCD panel. Turn the LCD panel over

and move it back into the camcorder body with the LCD screen facing out.

(4) Set the POWER switch to PLAY/EDIT while pressing the small green button.

The tracks of recorded pictures appear on the index display.

(5) Touch the track you want to play with the input pen.

The selected track is framed in orange.

(6) Touch the track again to start playing.

The frame turns red. The photo tracks are played for three seconds each.

To stop playing

Press x.

5,6

OFF

ERVIEW

REMAIN

01:23

00:070004 7.4.1999 2:58

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Playing a disc

When you open/close the LCD panel

Make sure that the LCD panel is set vertically.

Note on playback

It may take a few seconds to start playback depending on the track.

To change the playing time of a photo

Set STILL PLAYBACK TIME in the menu (p. 57).

If you leave the power on for a long time

Your camcorder gets warm. This is not a malfunction.

Index display

REMAIN

01:23

00:070004 7.4.1999 2:58

Playback – Basics

Menu icons Selected track

Index image (The first scene appears in case of movie.)

Scroll up the tracks

Touch here and move up and down to scroll.

Scroll bar

Scroll down the tracks

Track information of the selected track

Track icons

Type of track is indicated by the icons.

Movie track Photo track Audio track Title track Memo track Group track

To change the index image of a movie

You can use the scene you want (p. 62).

If date and time are not set in your camcorder

“--.--.-- --:--” appears.

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Playing a disc

To control using the buttons on the camcorder or Remote Commander

When the name of the buttons of the camcorder differs from the buttons of the Remote Commander, those of the Remote Commander are shown in parenthesis.

To play

•Select the desired track, then press u (N).

•Turn the control dial (press cursor B/V/v/b) to select the desired track, then press the dial (ENTER).

To stop

Press x during playback.

To pause

Press u (X) during playback. To return to normal play, press u (X) again.

To go to the next track

Press > briefly during playback. Each time you press >, it goes to the top of the next tracks.

To go to the previous track

Press . briefly during playback. First press of . goes to the top of the current track. If you repeat pressing . in sequence, it goes to the top of the previous track.

To locate a scene monitoring the picture

Keep pressing . or > during playback. To resume normal playback, release the button.

To view the picture frame-by-frame

(1) Press u (X) during playback. (2) Turn the control dial (press cursor B /V /v/b ).

To resume normal playback, press u (N).

To view the picture at slow speed (movie only)

You can play at the desired speed. (1) Press y during playback.

The picture is played at 1/3 speed. The speed adjusting bar appears.

(2) Turn the control dial (press cursor B /V /v/b ) to adjust the speed. To resume normal playback, press u twice. (On the Remote Commander, press N).

In the playback modes other than normal

Sound is muted.

While playing still pictures

If you try frame-by-frame playback, it goes to the first frame of the next track.

During slow playback

•If you turn the control dial, the playing speed changes.

•If you press . and >, slow playback is canceled.

•The speed adjusting bar appears at the beginning of slow play and while adjusting the speed.

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Playing a disc

Adjusting the volume

(1) Press either of the two buttons on VOL.

To set AVLS

Set AVLS to ON in the menu (p. 93).

To listen using headphones

Connect the headphones (not supplied) to the i jack on the front. Adjust the volume using the VOL buttons. The speaker is muted.

Erasing a track

(1) Touch the track you want to erase on the index display. (2) Press ERASE.

The confirmation message appears.

(3) Touch YES.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears. The track is erased.

VOL

Playback – Basics

Speaker

ERASE

Note

You cannot restore the track once erased.

While playing

You can also erase the track by pressing ERASE while the track is being played.

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Playing a disc

Turning on or off the information display

(1) Press DSPL when the index display is on.

The track type icons disappear from the LCD screen.

To make the track data appear, press DSPL again.

If you press DSPL during playback

The track data appears.

DSPL

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Viewing the recording on TV

Connect your camcorder to your TV or VCR with the A/V connecting cable supplied with your camcorder to watch the playback picture on the TV screen. You can operate the video control buttons in the same way as when you monitor playback pictures on the LCD screen. When monitoring the playback picture on the TV screen, we recommend that you power your camcorder from a wall outlet using the AC adaptor/ charger (p. 15). Refer to the operating instructions of your TV or VCR.

Open the jack cover. Connect your camcorder to the TV using the A/V connecting cable supplied with your camcorder. Then, set the TV/VCR selector on the TV to VCR.

S VIDEO

: Signal flow

White

If your TV is already connected to a VCR

Connect your camcorder to the LINE IN input on the VCR by using the A/V connecting cable supplied with your camcorder. Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE.

If your TV or VCR is a monaural type

Connect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video input jack and the white or the red plug to the audio input jack on the VCR or the TV. If you connect the white plug, the sound is L (left) signal. If you connect the red plug, the sound is R (right) signal. If you want to hear in monaural, use a monaural audio cable (not supplied).

Yellow

Red

INPUT

S VIDEO VIDEO

AUDIO

Playback – Basics

If your TV or VCR has an S video jack

Connect using an S video cable (not supplied) to obtain high-quality pictures. With this connection, you do not need to connect the yellow (video) plug of the A/V connecting cable. Connect the S video cable (not supplied) to the S video jacks on both your camcorder and the TV or the VCR.

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— Advanced Recording Operations —

Recording audio including photo

- Interview recording

While you are recording mainly audio in an MD DATA2 disc, you can record up to three photos. Those photos make one track together with the audio. Interview recording is possible only with the MD DATA2 discs. You can record up to 4 hours and 20 minutes in a disc. The index image of the interview recording has the icon.

(1) Unlock the mode lock and set the POWER switch to INTERVIEW while

pressing the small green button.

(2) Press AUDIO REC.

The AUDIO REC button lights up in red and recording starts. The recording time passed is indicated by x which increases every 10 seconds. When x reaches the right end, it starts over.

(3) Press PHOTO when you want to insert photos.

If you have not started audio recording, you cannot record photos. The recorded photos appear to the right of the screen.

REMAIN

AUDIO REC

AUDIO PHOTO

STBY

2:59:40

0:00:010007

OFF

PHOTO

ERVIEW

To stop recording

Press x.

When you have finished interview recording

Slide the mode lock to the left to prevent the POWER switch from being set to INTERVIEW by accident.

To use a microphone

Connect a microphone (not supplied) to the MIC jack on the front.

To record for long time

We recommend that you power your camcorder from a wall outlet using the AC adaptor/charger (p. 15).

If you record in mirror mode

The picture on the LCD screen does not become a mirror-image.

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Recording audio including photo - Interview recording

If you record from audio equipment such as a CD player

Connect the audio equipment to the LINE IN jack of the connecting cord installed in your camcorder using an audio connecting cable (not supplied).

Playback and erasing

You cannot play back or erase in the INTERVIEW mode.

If you are using headphones

Playing the track recorded in the INTERVIEW mode

The audio track recorded in the INTERVIEW mode is displayed by the first photo with the icon on the index display. Touch the track to start recording.

Playback screen of the track recorded in the INTERVIEW MODE

You will hear the audio. On the LCD screen are a large blank screen and small photos to the right of the screen. When the recorded photo is reached during playback, the large screen will be replaced by the photo.

Advanced Recording Operations

If you touch the large screen (A), the image is enlarged. Touch RETURN to return to the interview play display.

When the interview recording was done like this,

Start

Audio recording

Photo recording

it is played back like this.

Audio playback

Photo playback (Picture in screen A)

When the recorded photo is reached during audio playback, screen A is replaced by photo 1, 2 or 3.

Index image on the index display

The first recorded photo becomes the index image.

Note

Slow playback and frame-by-frame playback are not possible with an audio track.

1 2 3

None

1 2 3

123

If you touch the photos on the side (1, 2, 3), the audio goes the position together with the photo.

Stop

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Self-timer recording

You can make a recording with the self-timer. This mode is useful when you want to record yourself. The Remote Commander will make recording easier.

(1) Press MENU in the standby mode. (2) Turn the control dial to select (3) Turn the control dial to select SELF TIMER, and press the dial.

CAMERA, and press the dial.

CAMERA RETURN SELF TIMER PROGRAM AE D ZOOM STEADYSHOT WHT BAL AUTO SHTR ANTI WIND NOISE

STBY

min

CANCEL DETAIL

STBY

REMAIN

10:00

(4) Start recording.

To record a movie:

Press START/STOP. Self-timer starts counting down from 10 seconds. As the waiting time passes, x decreases every 1 second.

STBY

REMAIN

min

10:00

When x all disappear, your camcorder starts recording automatically. As the recording time passes, the bar becomes longer.

REMAIN

min

10:00

Your camcorder stops recording automatically after 10 seconds.

To record a photo:

Press PHOTO. Self-timer starts counting down from 10 seconds. As the waiting time passes, x decreases every 1 second.

STBY

REMAIN

min

10:00

When x all disappear, your camcorder records the photo automatically.

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Self-timer recording

To set the waiting and recording time

You can select the waiting time from 5, 10, and 15 seconds. You can select the recording time of movie from 5, 10, 20, 30 and 60 seconds.

(1) On the self-timer screen, turn the control dial to select DETAIL, and press the dial.

(2) Turn the control dial to select the desired time, and press the dial to confirm.

STBY

min

WAIT TIME SEC

REC TIME SEC

If you want to see how recording is going

Use your camcorder in the mirror mode.

Note

The self-timer recording mode is automatically canceled when: – Self-timer recording is done. – The POWER switch is set to OFF, PLAY/EDIT, or INTERVIEW.

To cancel self-timer recording after counting-down has started

Press START/STOP or PHOTO again.

Note on the mirror mode

•Since DETAIL is not displayed in the mirror mode, set the waiting and recording time before you turn over the LCD panel.

•The bar becomes shorter and longer in the opposite direction in the mirror mode.

REMAIN

EXEC

10:00

STBY

min

WAIT TIME SEC

REC TIME SEC1030

REMAIN

EXEC

10:00

Advanced Recording Operations

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Shooting backlit subjects (BACK LIGHT)

When you shoot a subject with the light source behind the subject or a subject with a light background, use the backlight function.

(1) Press BACK LIGHT in the recording or standby mode.

The . indicator appears on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.

BACK LIGHT

To cancel, press BACK LIGHT again.

If you press EXPOSURE when shooting backlit subjects

The backlight function will be canceled.

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Using the PROGRAM AE function

You can select PROGRAM AE (Auto Exposure) mode to suit your specific shooting requirements.

Spotlight mode

This mode prevents people’s faces, for example, from appearing excessively white when shooting subjects lit by strong light in the theater.

Soft portrait mode

This mode brings out the subject while creating a soft background for subjects such as people or flowers.

Sports lesson mode

This mode minimizes shake on fast-moving subjects such as in tennis or golf.

Beach & ski mode

This mode prevents people’s faces from appearing dark in strong light or reflected light, such as at a beach in midsummer or on a ski slope.

Sunset & moon mode

This mode allows you to maintain atmosphere when you are recording sunsets, general night views, fireworks displays and neon signs.

Landscape mode

This mode is for when you are recording distant subjects such as mountains and prevents your camcorder from focusing on glass or metal mesh in windows when you are recording a subject behind glass or a screen.

1000/500 Shutter 1000/500 mode

Shutter speed is fixed to 1/1000 or 1/500 seconds. Other parameters such as exposure are adjusted automatically. This mode minimizes shake on fast-moving subjects. The picture may look dark if you use this mode indoors.

Advanced Recording Operations

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Using the PROGRAM AE function

(1) Press MENU in the recording or standby mode. (2) Turn the control dial to select (3) Turn the control dial to select PROGRAM AE, and press the dial.

CAMERA RETURN SELF TIMER PROGRAM AE D ZOOM STEADYSHOT WHT BAL AUTO SHTR ANTI WIND NOISE

STBY

AUTO

(4) Turn the control dial to select the desired mode, and press the dial. (5) Press MENU.

The menu disappears and the selected PROGRAM AE mode indicator appears on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.

To turn the PROGRAM AE function off

Set PROGRAM AE to AUTO in the menu.

Notes

•In the spotlight, sports lesson and beach & ski modes, you cannot take close-ups. This is because your camcorder is set to focus only on subjects in the middle to far distance.

•In the sunset & moon and landscape modes, your camcorder is set to focus only on distant subjects.

While WHT BAL is set to AUTO in the menu settings

The white balance is adjusted even if the PROGRAM AE function is selected.

If you press EXPOSURE when the PROGRAM AE function is selected

You can adjust the exposure.

If you are recording under a discharge tube such as a fluorescent lamp, sodium lamp or mercury lamp

Flickering or changes in color may occur in the following modes. If this happens, turn the PROGRAM AE function off. – Soft portrait mode – Sports lesson mode

CAMERA, and press the dial.

CAMERA RETURN SELF TIMER PROGRAM AE D ZOOM STEADYSHOT WHT BAL AUTO SHTR ANTI WIND NOISE

STBY

AUTO SPOTLIGHT SOFT PORTRAIT SPORTS LESSON BEACH & SKI SUNSET & MOON

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Focusing manually

You can gain better results by manually adjusting the focus in the following cases:

•The autofocus mode is not effective when shooting – subjects through glass coated with water droplets – horizontal stripes – subjects with little contrast with backgrounds such as walls and sky

•When you want to change the focus from a subject in the foreground to a subject in the background

•Shooting a stationary subject when using a tripod

(1) Press FOCUS lightly in the standby or recording mode.

The 9 indicator appears on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.

(2) Turn the focus ring to sharpen focus.

FOCUS

Advanced Recording Operations

To return to the autofocus mode

Press FOCUS lightly to turn off the 9, or indicator.

To record distant subjects

Press FOCUS for more than one second (INFINITY). Your camcorder focuses on distant subjects and the indicator appears. Use this mode when your camcorder focuses on near objects even though you are trying to shoot a distant object. You can focus manually by turning the focus ring.

To obtain correct focus

First, focus a subject with the power zoom lever moved toward the “T” (telephoto) position, then adjust the zoom.

When you shoot close to the subject

Focus at the end of the “W” (wide-angle) position.

9 changes as follows:

when recording a distant subject.

when the subject is too close to focus on.

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Adjusting the exposure manually

You can manually adjust and set the exposure. Adjust the exposure manually in the following cases:

•The subject is backlit

•Bright subject and dark background

•To record dark pictures (e.g. night scenes) faithfully

(1) In the standby or recording mode, press EXPOSURE.

The exposure indicator appears.

(2) Turn the control dial to adjust the brightness.

SEL

EXPOSURE

To return to the automatic exposure mode

Press EXPOSURE again.

Note

When you adjust the exposure manually, the backlight function does not work.

If you select a PROGRAM AE mode while you are adjusting the exposure manually

Your camcorder automatically returns to the automatic exposure mode. Press EXPOSURE again and adjust manually.

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Releasing the STEADYSHOT function

The STEADYSHOT function compensates for camera-shake. You can release the STEADYSHOT function when you do not need it. Do not use the STEADYSHOT function when shooting a stationary object using a tripod to obtain more natural picture.

(1) Press MENU in the recording or standby mode. (2) Turn the control dial to select (3) Turn the control dial to select STEADYSHOT, and press the dial.

CAMERA RETURN SELF TIMER PROGRAM AE D ZOOM STEADYSHOT WHT BAL AUTO SHTR ANTI WIND NOISE

STBY

(4) Turn the control dial to select OFF, and press the dial. (5) Press MENU.

The menu disappears and the viewfinder.

CAMERA, and press the dial.

ON OFF

STBY

CAMERA RETURN SELF TIMER PROGRAM AE D ZOOM STEADYSHOT WHT BAL AUTO SHTR ANTI WIND NOISE

indicator appears on the LCD screen or in the

Advanced Recording Operations

To activate the STEADYSHOT function

Set STEADYSHOT to ON in the menu.

Notes

•The STEADYSHOT function will not correct excessive camera-shake.

•If you attach a tele-conversion lens or wide-conversion lens, the STEADYSHOT function may not work properly.

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Adjusting the white balance manually

You can manually adjust and set the white balance. This adjustment makes white subjects look white and allows more natural color balance. Normally white balance is automatically adjusted.

(1) Press MENU in the recording or standby mode. (2) Turn the control dial to select (3) Turn the control dial to select WHT BAL, and press the dial.

CAMERA, and press the dial.

CAMERA RETURN SELF TIMER PROGRAM AE D ZOOM STEADYSHOT WHT BAL AUTO SHTR ANTI WIND NOISE

AUTO

STBY

CAMERA RETURN SELF TIMER PROGRAM AE D ZOOM STEADYSHOT WHT BAL AUTO SHTR ANTI WIND NOISE

STBY

AUTO HOLD OUTDOOR INDOOR

(4) Turn the control dial to select the desired mode, and press the dial.

INDOOR (n) :

•Lighting condition changes quickly

•Too bright place such as photography studios

•Under sodium lamps or mercury lamps OUTDOOR ( ):

•Recording a sunset/sunrise, just after sunset, just before sunrise, neon signs, or fireworks

•Under a color matching fluorescent lamp

HOLD (HOLD): Recording a single-colored subject or background

(5) Press MENU.

The menu disappears and the indicator of selected mode appears on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.

To return to the automatic white balance mode

Set WHT BAL to AUTO in the menu .

If the picture is being taken in a studio lit by TV lighting

We recommend that you record in the n indoor mode.

When you record under fluorescent lighting

Use the automatic white balance or hold mode. Your camcorder may not adjust the white balance correctly in the n indoor mode.

In the automatic white balance mode

Point your camcorder at a white subject for about 10 seconds after setting the POWER switch to CAMERA to get a better adjustment when:

•You detach the battery for replacement.

•You bring your camcorder to the outdoors from the interior of a house, or vice versa.

If you changed the recording condition in the hold mode

Set the white balance to AUTO and reset to HOLD after a few seconds when:

•You change the PROGRAM AE mode.

•You bring your camcorder to the outdoors from the interior of a house, or vice versa.

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— Advanced Playback Operations —

Displaying two pictures – Picture-in-picture

A desired scene can be displayed in a small picture-in-picture screen during playback. You can display the image in picture-in-picture screen with the playback picture side by side in the same size.

Picture-in-picture

2-picture display

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then PICTURE IN PICTURE. (2) Touch ON.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

(3) Touch

appears at the top of the index display.

OFF ON

to close the menu.

(4) Play back the desired track. (5) Pause at the scene you want to use in the picture-in-picture screen.

You can change the scene by turning the control dial.

(6) Touch CAPTURE.

The scene appears in the picture-in-picture screen.

Advanced Playback Operations

(7) Release pause.

To turn off the picture-in-picture screen

Set PICTURE IN PICTURE to OFF.

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Displaying two pictures – Picture-in-picture

Comparing two pictures – 2-picture display

You can display the picture-in-picture image together with another image not only from the same disc but also from other discs.

(1) Play back the track you want to compare with the picture-in-picture image. (2) Touch the picture-in-picture screen.

The still picture in the picture-in-picture screen appears on the left. The still picture in the currently playing track appears on the right.

To return to the picture-in-picture display, touch RETURN.

To compare with an image in other discs

After you have captured the picture-in-picture image, change the disc. Do not turn off the power of the camcorder.

To operate the menu

You may use the control dial.

If PICTURE IN PICTURE is already set to ON

A previously selected scene appears in the picture-in-picture screen. The picture will be replaced by a new scene when you touch CAPTURE.

You can select PICTURE IN PICTURE in the shortcut menu

To turn on the shortcut menu, press MENU during playback or playback pause.

The image in the picture-in-picture screen will disappear:

•when several minutes have passed after the POWER switch is set to OFF.

•when the power turned off automatically in the CAMERA or INTERVIEW mode.

•when the power source was disconnected.

Note on digital effect

Scene transition and picture effects are not applied to the picture-in-picture and 2picture images.

When displaying an audio track

No picture-in-picture screen is displayed.

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Displaying nine consecutive scenes

– 9 FRAME SEQUENCE

You can view a part of a movie as nine still pictures on the screen. This function is useful when you want to look at a fast-moving subject, such as a golf swing, in detail. 9 FRAME SEQUENCE function displays consecutive scenes of every 0.2 second.

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then 9 FRAME SEQUENCE.

Advanced Playback Operations

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

9 FRAME SEQUENCE

CANCEL

(2) Touch the desired track.

You can select a movie track only. If you want to cancel the operation, touch CANCEL.

(3) Touch PAUSE at the desired scene.

CANCEL PAUSE

BACK FORWARDEXEC

(4) Adjust the scene position by touching FORWARD or BACK, and touch EXEC.

Nine still pictures appear on the screen.

123

456

BACK FORWARDEXEC

789

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Displaying nine consecutive scenes – 9 FRAME SEQUENCE

To enlarge one of the pictures to entire screen

(1) Touch the desired picture.

If you press BACK, the previous frame appears. If you touch FORWARD, the next frame appears.

123

456

789

BACK FORWARDCLOSE

To return to the 9 FRAME SEQUENCE screen, touch CLOSE.

To return to the index display

(1) Touch CLOSE. (2) Touch FINISH.

If you continue the 9 FRAME SEQUENCE operation, touch CONTINUE.

To operate the menu

You may use the control dial.

You can select 9 FRAME SEQUENCE in the shortcut menu

To turn on the shortcut menu, press MENU during playback or playback pause.

To select the scene

You may use the control dial. Turn the control dial to select the scene, and press the dial to confirm.

Note on digital effect

Drawing, scene transition and picture effects are not applied to the nine still pictures or its enlarged picture.

If you select a scene near the end of a track

The number of still pictures displayed may be less than nine.

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Playing back repeatedly

You can play one track, all tracks in a disc or a portion of a movie (A-B repeat) repeatedly.

Repeating a track

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then PLAY MODE. (2) Touch SINGLE REPEAT.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

NORMAL ALL REPEAT SINGLE REPEAT A–B REPEAT SHUFFLE INTRO SCAN

Advanced Playback Operations

(3) Touch

to close the menu.

1 appears at the top of the index display.

(4) Play the track to be repeated.

Repeating all tracks in a disc

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then PLAY MODE. (2) Touch ALL REPEAT.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

(3) Touch

NORMAL ALL REPEAT SINGLE REPEAT A–B REPEAT SHUFFLE INTRO SCAN

to close the menu.

appears at the top of the index display.

(4) Play the track to be repeated first.

Repeating a portion of a movie – A-B repeat

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then PLAY MODE. (2) Touch A-B REPEAT.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

NORMAL ALL REPEAT SINGLE REPEAT A–B REPEAT SHUFFLE INTRO SCAN

(3) Touch

to close the menu.

AyB appears at the top of the index display.

Continued on the next page

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Playing back repeatedly

(4) Play the track to be repeated.

A of AB flashes.

(5) Press the control dial at the point to start repeating.

Starting point (A) is set and B flashes.

(6) Press the control dial at the point to finish repeating.

Finishing point (B) is set. The portion from A to B is repeated.

To stop repeating

Set PLAY MODE to NORMAL.

To operate the menu

You may use the control dial.

Notes on setting the A-B repeat

• You can set the A and B points by touching AB with the input pen.

• A-B repeat is possible only with movie tracks. If you select other type of track, AB appears, but it cannot be set.

•A-B repeat is possible only within one track. You cannot set A in one track and B in another track.

•A-B repeat is possible with a movie track in a group track.

•If the interval between A and B is shorter than 0.5 second, your camcorder automatically adjust the interval to 0.5 second.

To cancel A and B points

•Press the control dial. Your camcorder plays from the beginning of the track.

•Stop playback.

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Playing back in random order – SHUFFLE

You can play the tracks in random order.

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then PLAY MODE. (2) Touch SHUFFLE.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

NORMAL ALL REPEAT SINGLE REPEAT A–B REPEAT SHUFFLE INTRO SCAN

(3) Touch

to close the menu. “SHUF” appears at the top of the index display.

REMAIN

01:23

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

SHUFFLE

SHUF

SHUFFLECLOSE

(4) Touch any track to start playing.

The index of played tracks resume the index image.

To stop shuffle play

Touch CLOSE. If you want to play tracks in another order, touch SHUFFLE.

To operate the menu

You may use the control dial.

Shuffle play is canceled if you:

•eject the disc.

•turn the POWER switch to OFF.

When the shuffle play is set

The menu does not appear on the index display. (You can turn on the shortcut menu.)

Advanced Playback Operations

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Scanning the top of tracks – INTRO SCAN

You can play the first 3 seconds of all tracks. Photo, memo and title tracks are also played for 3 seconds. Movies shorter than 3 seconds are played for the recorded time.

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then PLAY MODE. (2) Touch INTRO SCAN.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

NORMAL ALL REPEAT SINGLE REPEAT A–B REPEAT SHUFFLE INTRO SCAN

(3) Touch

to close the menu.

INTRO appears at the top of the index display.

INTRO

REMAIN

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

INTRO SCAN

01:23

00:070001 7.4.1999 2:58

(4) Play the track to be played first. The first 3 seconds of each track are played.

To stop scanning

Set PLAY MODE to NORMAL.

To operate the menu

You may use the control dial.

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Sorting the tracks

You can sort the tracks so that you can locate or play the desired tracks first.

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then SORT.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

RETURN by TYPE by MARK by NAME by DAT E

(2) Touch the desired way of sorting.

The tracks are sorted in the selected order. TYPE: Sorted in the order of movie, photo, memo, audio, group and title. The title track indicating the track type automatically appears.

MARK: Marked tracks come first (p. 60). NAME: Sorted in the alphanumeric order of the track names. DATE: Sorted in the order of recorded date.

by TYPE JUMP

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

RETURN by TYPE by MARK by NAME by DAT E

SORT

MOVIE

PHOTO

(3) Play the desired track.

The title tracks are also played.

To sort in another order

(1) Touch the order item (the left item on the top of the SORT screen). (2) Touch the desired order.

To display the desired type of tracks

(1) Touch JUMP on the SORT screen.

The type of tracks recorded in the disc are displayed.

(2) Touch the desired track type.

Advanced Playback Operations

To return to the index display

Touch CLOSE.

To operate the menu

You may use the control dial.

When sorting mode is selected

The menu does not appear on the index display. (You can turn on the shortcut menu.)

Sorting mode is canceled if you:

•eject the disc.

•turn the POWER switch to OFF.

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Jumping to the desired track

You can jump to the tracks directly by the title or track name. This function is useful to locate a track when many tracks are recorded in the disc.

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then JUMP.

The list of title and track names appears.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

(2) Touch the desired item in the list.

To scroll the list, touch v or V, or turn the control dial. The selected track is framed on the index screen. Title: Tracks created by the title function (p. 82) or recording date automatically recorded in the disc (p. 93). Track name: Names input on the track information display (p. 60).

To turn off the list

Touch CLOSE in the list.

To operate the menu

You may use the control dial.

JUMP

CLOSE FIRST 1/1/99 1/6/99 1/14/99 1/16/99

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Setting the playing time of still picture tracks

You can select the playing time of still picture tracks such as photo, memo and title from about 1, 3, 5 and 10 seconds. The playing time is set to about 3 seconds as the default setting. The selected playing time remains until another playing time is selected.

(1) On the index display, touch PLAYBACK and then STILL PLAYBACK

TIME.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

(2) Touch the desired playing time. (3) Touch

to close the menu.

The index display appears.

(4) Play the desired track.

To operate the menu

You may use the control dial.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

3 SEC 1 SEC 5 SEC 10 SEC

Advanced Playback Operations

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— Editing —

Checking the disc information

You can check the track numbers, remaining time, etc.

Contents display Remain display

1ST REC

5:26

10:26

12.24.1999

DISC INFORMATION

NAME CONTENTS

REMAIN

4:26 6:26 8:26

TOTAL

20:00

DISC INFORMATION

NAME CONTENTS

100 100

REMAIN

TRACKS TRACKS TRACKS

1ST REC

5:26

10:26

12.24.1999

TOTAL

20:00

Displaying the disc information

(1) Touch at the top-right corner of the index display.

The disc information display appears.

INTRO

REMAIN

01:23

00:070001 7.4.1999 2:58

(2) To check the remaining time or tracks, touch REMAIN. (3) To close the disc information display, touch CLOSE.

DISC INFORMATION

NAME CONTENTS

100 100

REMAIN

TRACKS TRACKS TRACKS

1ST REC

12.24.1999

8:12:42

TRACKS

2000

Labelling the disc

You can label a disc using up to 100 characters.

(1) Touch the NAME box on the disc information display. (2) Input characters (p. 80).

Note on the figure in “TOTAL”

•“TOTAL” shows the total playback time of movie, photo, memo and title tracks recorded in the disc. Playback time of each still picture track (photo, memo and title) is the one set in the menu.

•If more than 10 hours total playback time is recorded in the disc, “10HOver” appears.

Note on the figure in “REMAIN”

•“REMAIN” shows the remaining recording time or tracks.

•If you set REC MODE to VP, you may be able to record longer than the indicated recording time.

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Checking the track information

You can check the type, recorded date, data rate, etc., of each track.

Track information display

TRACK INFORMATION

0000 01:23

12.24.1999 1:30

MARK PROTECT

DATA RATE

Displaying the track information

8.00

Mbps

Track name box

(1) Touch EDIT.

Scroll the menu by touching v or V, or by turning the control dial.

(2) Touch TRACK INFO.

EDIT

ERASE DIVIDE GROUP STILL FRAME CAPTURE INDEX IMAGE CHANGE TRACK INFO

(3) Touch the desired track.

The track information of the track is displayed.

TRACK INFORMATION

FINISH

TRACK INFORMATION

0000 01:23

12.24.1999 1:30

MARK PROTECT

DATA RATE

8.00

Mbps

(4) To close the track information display, touch CLOSE. (5) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, the index display appears.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

To display the track information display directly

Select the track on the index display. Touch the track information at the bottom of the screen.

Note on the data rate

The data rate only appears for movie tracks. The average rate appears for the movie tracks recorded in the VP mode.

To check the information of other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 5.

Editing

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Checking the track information

Labelling the track

You can label a track using up to 100 characters.

(1) Touch the track name box on the track information display. (2) Input characters (p. 80).

Note

You can record up to 100 characters in one track, and 5000 characters in one disc.

You cannot label the track if:

•the disc is protected.

• the track is protected (✔ is in the PROTECT box).

Marking a track

Mark the tracks which you want to distinguish from others. If you select “MARK” in “SORT” in the PLAY menu, those marked tracks are displayed together at the top of the index display.

(1) Touch the MARK box in the track information display to indicate ✔.

icon will be displayed on the marked tracks.

TRACK INFORMATION

0002 01:23

MARK PROTECT

12.24.1999 1:30

DATA RATE

8.00

Mbps

To cancel the mark setting

Touch the MARK box again to erase ✔.

You cannot mark the track if:

•the disc is protected.

• the track is protected (✔ is in the PROTECT box).

To mark using the Remote Commander

Select the desired track on the index display, then press MARK on the Remote Commander.

To mark tracks during playback

(1) Press MARK on the Remote Commander while playing back the track.

The track is played back repeatedly and the confirmation message appears.

(2) Select YES using B /b , then press ENTER.

To cancel the mark setting

Press MARK again during playback.

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Checking the track information

Protecting a track

Protect important tracks to prevent them from being erased by mistake.

(1) Touch the PROTECT box in the track information display to indicate ✔.

- icon will be displayed on the protected tracks.

TRACK INFORMATION

0002 01:23

MARK PROTECT

12.24.1999 1:30

DATA RATE

8.00

Mbps

To release protection

Touch the PROTECT box again to erase ✔.

You cannot protect the track if:

the disc is protected.

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Changing the index image

The first scene becomes the index image for movie tracks. You can change the index image to a desired scene from the movie.

(1) Touch EDIT.

Scroll the menu by touching v or V, or by turning the control dial.

(2) Touch INDEX IMAGE CHANGE.

INDEX IMAGE CHANGE appears at the top of the screen. If you want to cancel changing the index, touch CANCEL.

EDIT

TRIM ERASE DIVIDE GROUP STILL FRAME CAPTURE INDEX IMAGE CHANGE

(3) Touch the desired track. The selected track is played back. (4) Touch PAUSE at the scene you want to make into the index image.

INDEX IMAGE CHANGE

CANCEL

CANCEL PAUSE

BACK FORWARDEXEC

(5) Touch FORWARD or BACK to adjust the scene position and touch EXEC. (6) Touch EXEC.

After the PLEASE WAIT message which appears while the change is written in the disc, the INDEX IMAGE CHANGE screen appears.

(7) Touch FINISH. The index display appears.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

You cannot change the index image if:

•the disc is protected.

•the track is protected.

Note on effects

Drawing, scene transition and picture effects are not applied to the index image.

You can select INDEX IMAGE CHANGE in the shortcut menu

To turn on the shortcut menu, press MENU during playback or playback pause.

To select the scene position

You can use the control dial. Turn the control dial to select the position and press the dial to confirm.

To change the index image of other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 7.

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Changing the index image

To change the index image during playback or playback pause

(1) Press INDEX CHANGE on the Remote Commander at the scene you want to

make into the index image. The confirmation message appears.

(2) Select YES using B /b , then press ENTER.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the camcorder resumes playback.

Editing

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Moving tracks

You can move one track at a time, or several tracks together to the desired position in the disc.

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch MOVE.

TRACK MOVE appears at the top of the screen.

EDIT

RETURN MOVE COPY TRIM ERASE DIVIDE

(3) Touch the desired track. (4) Touch the position (between the tracks) where you want to move the track.

The track moves to that position.

TRACK MOVE

CANCEL

TRACK MOVE

CANCEL

FINISHCONTINUE

(5) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears.

To move several tracks together

First group the tracks, and then move them.

(1) Group the tracks you want to move (p. 74). (2) Move the tracks as described above.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

You cannot move the track(s) if:

the disc is protected.

To cancel moving

Touch CANCEL.

To move other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 5, and do steps 3 and 4.

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Erasing tracks

You can erase one track at a time, or several tracks together.

Since the erased tracks cannot be restored, make sure that you can really erase the track.

Erasing one track

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch ERASE, then SINGLE.

TRACK ERASE appears at the top of the screen.

EDIT

RETURN MOVE COPY TRIM ERASE DIVIDE

(3) Touch the desired track.

While the selected track is played back repeatedly, the confirmation message appears.

(4) Touch YES.

If you do not want to erase the track, touch NO.

TRACK WILL BE ERASED

CONFIRM TO ERASE

(5) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears. The track is erased and the track next to the erased track is framed.

NOYES

RETURN SINGLE SELECT ALL

Editing

TRACK ERASE

CANCEL

TRACK ERASE

FINISHCONTINUE

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

If you erase a group of tracks

All tracks in the group are erased.

You cannot erase the track(s) if:

•the disc is protected.

•the track is protected.

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Erasing tracks

You can use the ERASE button

Select the track to be erased and press ERASE.

To cancel erasing

Touch CANCEL.

To erase other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 5.

Note on the remaining disc capacity

The remaining disc capacity may not increase even if you erase tracks.

Erasing several tracks together

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch ERASE, then SELECT.

TRACKS ERASE appears at the top of the screen.

EDIT

RETURN MOVE COPY TRIM ERASE DIVIDE

(3) Touch the box at the top-left of each track you want to erase.

✔ appears in the box.

(4) Touch EXEC.

The confirmation message appears.

TRACKS ERASE

RETURN SINGLE SELECT ALL

TRACKS ERASE

5TRACKS WILL BE ERASED

CONFIRM TO ERASE

EXECCONTINUE

NOYES

EXECCONTINUE

(5) Touch YES.

If you do not want to erase the tracks, touch NO. After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears. The selected tracks are erased and the first track is framed.

To cancel erasing

Touch CANCEL.

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Erasing tracks

Erasing all tracks in the disc

All tracks except the protected tracks will be erased.

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch ERASE, then ALL . The confirmation message appears.

EDIT

RETURN MOVE COPY TRIM ERASE DIVIDE

RETURN SINGLE SELECT ALL

CONFIRM TO ERASE ALL

NOYES

(3) Touch YES.

If you do not want to erase the tracks, touch NO. After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears. All tracks except the protected tracks are erased.

To cancel erasing

Touch CANCEL.

Initializing the disc

All tracks in the disc including the protected tracks will be erased.

(1) Touch ADVANCED. (2) Touch DISC FORMAT.

The confirmation message appears.

ADVANCED RETURN PC CONECT SET UP RESET DISC FORMAT

(3) Touch YES.

If you do not want to erase the tracks, touch NO.

Editing

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Copying tracks

You can copy one track at a time, or several tracks together in the same disc.

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch COPY.

TRACK COPY appears at the top of the screen.

EDIT

RETURN MOVE COPY TRIM ERASE DIVIDE

(3) Touch the desired track. (4) Touch the position (between the tracks) where you want to copy the track.

The new track appears at that position.

TRACK COPY

CANCEL

TRACK COPY

CANCEL

FINISHCONTINUE

(5) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears.

To copy several tracks together

First group the tracks, and then copy them.

(1) Group the tracks you want to copy (p. 74). (2) Copy the tracks as described above.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

You cannot copy the track(s) if:

the disc is protected.

Note on the remaining disc capacity

The remaining disc capacity may not increase even if you copy tracks.

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Copying tracks

To not erase a track by mistake

Copy the track and use the copy for editing.

To cancel copying

Touch CANCEL.

To copy other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 5.

Editing

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Dividing tracks

You can divide movie tracks at the desired position.

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3

Divide

Track 1

Track

Track 3 Track 4

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch DIVIDE, then DIVIDE.

TRACK DIVIDE appears at the top of the screen.

TRACK DIVIDE

CANCEL

RETURN MOVE COPY TRIM ERASE DIVIDE

EDIT

RETURN DIVIDE COMBINE

(3) Touch the desired track.

The selected track is played back repeatedly.

(4) Touch PAUSE where you want to divide the track.

CANCEL PAUSE

BACK FORWARDEXEC

(5) Adjust the scene position by touching FORWARD or BACK, then touch EXEC. (6) Touch EXEC.

TRACK DIVIDE

CANCEL EXEC

FINISHCONTINUE

(7) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the new track made by dividing appears next to the original track.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

To cancel dividing

Touch CANCEL.

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Dividing tracks

You cannot divide the track if:

•the track is shorter than about 2 seconds.

•the disc is protected.

•the track is protected.

Note on the dividing position

The dividing position is automatically adjusted so that both tracks become at least 0.5 second long.

To adjust the dividing position

You can use the control dial. Turn the control dial to adjust the position and press the dial to confirm.

Index image of the track made by dividing

The scene at the divided position becomes the index image.

Recorded time of the track made by dividing

It is same as the original track.

To divide other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 7.

Combining the divided track

If the divided track has been moved away from the original track, you cannot recombine them. First line them up in the same order as the original track.

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch DIVIDE, then COMBINE.

TRACK COMBINE appears at the top of the screen.

(3) Touch the first track of the divided tracks.

The confirmation message appears.

(4) Touch YES.

The selected track in step 3 is combined with the next track.

(5) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears.

Editing

To combine other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 5.

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Trimming unnecessary scenes

You can trim the unnecessary scenes at the beginning and the end of a movie.

Since the trimmed scenes cannot be restored, make sure that you really do not want the scenes.

Trim Trim

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3

Track 1

Track 2 Track 3

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch TRIM.

TRACK TRIM appears at the top of the screen.

TRACK TRIM

CANCEL

RETURN MOVE COPY TRIM ERASE DIVIDE

EDIT

(3) Touch the desired track.

The selected track is played back repeatedly.

(4) Touch PAUSE where you want to keep the scenes from.

CANCEL PAU SE

BACK FORWARDEXEC

(5) Adjust the scene position by touching FORWARD or BACK, then touch EXEC. (6) Touch PAUSE where you want to keep the scenes up to. (7) Adjust the scene position by touching FORWARD or BACK, then touch EXEC.

The scenes you have kept are displayed.

BACK FORWARDEXEC

CANCEL EXEC

(8) Touch EXEC. (9) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears.

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Trimming unnecessary scenes

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

To cancel trimming

Touch CANCEL.

You cannot trim the track if:

•the track is shorter than about 2 seconds.

•the disc is protected.

•the track is protected.

Note on the trimming position

The trimming position is automatically adjusted so that trimmed track becomes at least

0.5 second long.

Note on effects

Scene transition setting will be canceled if you trim the track.

To adjust the trimming position

You can use the control dial. Turn the control dial to adjust the position and press the dial to confirm.

To trim other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 9.

Editing

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Grouping the tracks

You can group the tracks lined up in succession on the index display. Only the first track of the group appears on the index display. This is convenient to move or copy tracks quickly, or to save the index display space when there are many tracks. The icon appears on the group track on the index display.

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch GROUP, then SET.

TRACK GROUP appears at the top of the screen.

EDIT

MOVE COPY TRIM ERASE DIVIDE GROUP

(3) Touch the first track to be included in the group. (4) Touch the last track to be included in the group. (5) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, only the first track of the group is displayed on the index display.

RETURN SET RELEASE

REMAIN

01:23

TRACK GROUP

CANCEL

00:070001 7.4.1999 2:58

Group icon

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

To cancel grouping

Touch CANCEL.

You cannot group the tracks if:

the disc is protected.

If you include a protected track in the group

The entire group track becomes protected. If you release protecting in the track information display of this group track, all tracks in the group become unprotected tracks.

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Grouping the tracks

A group track can be included in the group

You can include a group track when making another group. If you release grouping of the tracks, all tracks are released and become individual tracks.

To group other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 5.

You cannot select the following items on the group track

•PLAY menu 9 FRAME SEQUENCE (You can, however, select from the shortcut menu during playback.)

•EDIT menu

- TRIM

- DIVIDE

- STILL FRAME CAPTURE

- INDEX IMAGE CHANGE

•DRAWING/EFFECT menu

- DRAWING

- SCENE TRANSITION

- PICTURE EFFECT

Releasing the tracks from the group

If you want all the tracks to appear individually on the index display after you have moved or copied the tracks in a group, release the group.

(1) Touch EDIT. (2) Touch GROUP, then RELEASE. (3) Touch the grouped track.

All the tracks in the group appear individually.

(4) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears.

Editing

To release other group tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 4.

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Making a photo track from a movie

You can make a new photo track of a desired scene in a movie.

Movie Photo

(1) Touch EDIT.

Scroll the menu by touching v or V, or by turning the control dial.

(2) Touch STILL FRAME CAPTURE.

STILL FRAME CAPTURE appears at the top of the screen.

EDIT

COPY TRIM ERASE DIVIDE GROUP STILL FRAME CAPTURE

(3) Touch the desired movie track.

The selected track is played back.

(4) Touch PAUSE where you want to capture the scene.

STILL FRAME CAPTURE

CANCEL

CANCEL PAUSE

BACK FORWARDEXEC

(5) Adjust the scene position by touching FORWARD or BACK, then touch EXEC. (6) Touch EXEC.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the new photo track of the scene appears next to the original movie track.

(7) Touch FINISH.

The index display appears.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

To cancel the operation

Touch CANCEL.

You cannot make a track by capturing a scene if:

the disc is protected.

Note on the picture quality

The picture quality of a photo made by this operation is not as good as a recorded photo.

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Making a photo track from a movie

Note on effects

Drawing, scene transition and picture effects which have been set on the original movie are not applied to this photo track.

To adjust the scene position

You can use the control dial. Turn the control dial to adjust the position and press the dial to confirm.

To continue making photo tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 7.

Editing

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— Drawing/Effect —

Drawing on the picture

You can draw directly on the movie or photo tracks (ADD LAYER), or on a black screen which makes a new memo track (INSERT TRACK). The drawing can be erased (ERASE). The drawn track has the icon, and the memo track has the icon on the index screen.

VACATION

Drawing on a picture

(1) Touch DRAWING/EFFECT. (2) Touch DRAWING, then ADD LAYER.

DRAWING LAYER ADD/EDIT appears at the top of the screen.

DRAWING/EFFECT RETURN DRAWING TITLE SCENE TRANSITION PICTURE EFFECT

RETURN ADD LAYER INSERT TRACK ERASE

(3) Touch the desired track.

The illustration tool appears while the selected track is played back repeatedly.

DRAWING LAYER ADD/EDIT

CANCEL

DRAWING LAYER ADD/EDIT

CANCEL

CANCEL SAVE

(4) Draw as you like, then touch SAVE.

See page 77 for how to use the illustration tool. After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the DRAWING mode display appears.

(5) Touch FINISH.

The index display appears.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

To cancel drawing

Touch CANCEL. All the drawing you made so far is canceled.

You cannot draw if:

•the disc is protected.

•the track is protected.

You can select DRAWING in the shortcut menu

To turn on the shortcut menu, press MENU during playback or playback pause.

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Drawing on the picture

To continue drawing on other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 5.

Drawing on a black screen (memo track)

You can write up to 24 characters.

(1) Touch DRAWING/EFFECT. (2) Touch DRAWING, then INSERT TRACK.

DRAWING/EFFECT RETURN DRAWING TITLE SCENE TRANSITION PICTURE EFFECT

RETURN ADD LAYER INSERT TRACK ERASE

(3) Touch the position (between the tracks) where you want to insert the memo

track. The illustration tool appears on the black screen.

(4) Draw as you like, then touch SAVE.

See page 80 for how to use the illustration tool. After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the DRAWING mode display appears.

(5) Touch FINISH.

The index display appears.

To revise the memo track

Select ADD LAYER, then the memo track to be revised.

DRAWING TRACK INSERT

CANCEL

Drawing/Effect

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Drawing on the picture

Using the illustration tool

Illustration tool

Touch the desired tool and draw on the LCD screen using the input pen.

To draw a line To draw a frame

To draw a ring

To erase (First touch this eraser icon, then touch where you want to erase on the LCD screen.)

To change the size of the illustration tool

To draw a straight line To draw a square

To draw a circle To write characters (Touch this

character, and the keyboard display will appear.)

Stamp icon (Touch this stamp icon, and the stamps will be displayed. Touch the desired stamp.)

Keyboard display

Touch the desired characters to write.

Cursor

BCDE HIJKL OPQRS VWXYZ

!? #&";:

FG 789

MN 456

TU 123

0, .

=@+

(

)

/ CANCEL FINISH

–

ERASE

SPACE

LOWER

To select line thickness

To select color

To erase all drawings

To move the cursor

To delete the character before cursor

To insert a space To write lower case

letters

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Drawing on the picture

Erasing the drawings

Note that the drawings and paintings cannot be restored after being erased. The pictures are not erased by erasing the drawings.

(1) Touch DRAWING/EFFECT. (2) Touch DRAWING, then ERASE.

PAINT REMOVE appears at the top of the screen. If you want to cancel erasing, touch CANCEL.

DRAWING/EFFECT RETURN DRAWING TITLE SCENE TRANSITION PICTURE EFFECT

RETURN ADD LAYER INSERT TRACK ERASE

PAINT REMOVE

CANCEL

(3) Touch the desired track.

The confirmation message appears while the selected track is played back repeatedly.

(4) Touch YES.

icon disappears from the track.

The

PAINT ERASE

DRAWING WILL BE REMOVED

CONFIRM TO ERASE

NOYES

CONTINUE FINISH

(5) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears.

To cancel erasing

Touch NO.

If you select CLEAR in the illustration tool

The icon does not disappear. To erase the icon, follow the above steps.

To erase the memo track

Erase the track by selecting ERASE in the EDIT menu.

To continue erasing the drawing on other tracks

Touch CONTINUE in step 5.

Drawing/Effect

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Inserting a title track

You can use the title track to locate the tracks, or to categorize the tracks. A title track made on the TITLE INSERT display can be quickly located by sorting or jumping for playback. A title track makes one track.

The title track has the icon on the index display.

(1) Touch DRAWING/EFFECT. (2) Touch TITLE.

TITLE INSERT appears at the top of the screen.

DRAWING/EFFECT RETURN DRAWING TITLE SCENE TRANSITION PICTURE EFFECT

(3) Touch the position (between the tracks) where you want to insert the title

track.

(4) Touch the box to input the title.

The keyboard appears. See page 80 for how to use the keyboard.

(5) Input the title you like, then touch EXEC.

The title you made appears at the selected position.

TITLE INSERT

TITLE NAME VACATION

TITLE INSERT

CANCEL

VACATION

CANCEL EXEC

FINISHCONTINUE

(6) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

To cancel making a title

Touch CANCEL.

Track name of the title track

The title track has the same name as the title itself.

If you change the track name on the track information display

The title automatically becomes what you input on the track information display.

To continue making titles

Touch CONTINUE in step 6.

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Switching the tracks with special effects

You can switch the tracks with special effects such as fading in/out. These effects can be applied to the movie and photo tracks only, and are recorded in the disc.

Effects to be applied to the beginning and end of a track

•Fade (in/out) The picture fades in from black, and fades out to black.

•Wipe (in/out) The picture appears as the black screen opens, and disappears as the black screen closes.

•Mosaic (in/out) The picture appears from mosaic, and disappears to mosaic.

Effects to be applied across two tracks

•Cross-fade As the previous track fades out, the next track fades in.

•Cross-wipe The next track appears turning over the previous track.

•Cross-dissolve The next track appears inlaid into the previous track.

Effects to be applied only to the end of a track

•Blackout A black screen is displayed at the end of each track.

•Hold Each track pauses for a while at the end.

(1) Touch DRAWING/EFFECT. (2) Touch SCENE TRANSITION.

SCENE TRANSITION appears at the top of the screen.

DRAWING/EFFECT RETURN DRAWING TITLE SCENE TRANSITION PICTURE EFFECT

SCENE TRANSITION

Drawing/Effect

CANCEL

(3) Touch the desired track. (4) Touch the effect and direction for the track to appear.

SCENE TRANSITION

EFFECT OFF

OUT

EXECPREVIEW CANCEL

SCENE TRANSITION

EFFECT OFF

EFFECT OFF FADE IN WIPE IN

EFFECT OFF

MOSAIC IN

OUT

EXECPREVIEW CANCEL

(5) Touch the effect and direction for the track to disappear.

SCENE TRANSITION

WIPE IN

EFFECT OFF

OUT

EXECPREVIEW CANCEL

SCENE TRANSITION

EFFECT OFF

EFFECT OFF FADE OUT CROSS FADE

EFFECT OFF

WIPE OUT CROSS WIPE

OUT

MOSAIC OUT

EXECPREVIEW CANCEL

Continued on the next page

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Switching the tracks with special effects

(6) Touch PREVIEW.

The last 5 seconds of the track before the selected track, the selected track itself and the first 5 seconds of the next track will be played back with the selected effects.

(7) Confirm the playback, then touch BACK.

SCENE TRANSITION

WIPE IN

FADE OUT

BACK

OUT

(8) Touch EXEC. (9) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears.

To not apply the scene transition effect

Select EFFECT OFF.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

To cancel setting the effects

Touch CANCEL. All the settings you made so far is canceled.

Notes on cross-fade, cross-wipe and cross-dissolve effects

•Select the track which appears first when you set these effects.

•These effects are available only when you select a track followed by either a movie or a photo track.

•These effects are canceled:

- if you set an IN-effect to its succeeding track.

- if you move the track.

- if you move or copy other track between the tracks.

Notes on wipe and cross-wipe effects

Touch the desired direction to switch.

You cannot set switching effects if:

•the disc is protected.

•the track is protected.

The switching effects will not be played back on:

•picture-in-picture, 2-picture and 9 FRAME SEQUENCE (including enlarged picture) displays

•a photo set to play for one second

•a very short movie

To continue setting switching effects

Touch CONTINUE in step 9.

EXECPREVIEW CANCEL

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Switching the tracks with special effects

Playing back all the tracks with fade or hold effect

If you set the PRESET TRANSITION to FADE or HOLD, your camcorder always plays back discs with fade or hold effect. This setting is not recorded in the disc.

(1) Touch PLAYBACK on the index display, then touch PRESET

TRANSITION.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

OFF FADE HOLD

(2) Touch FADE or HOLD. (3) Touch

to close the menu.

The index display appears.

(4) Touch the track to be played first.

The tracks are played back with the selected effect.

To not fade or hold

Select OFF of PRESET TRANSITION.

Note

The PRESET TRANSITION setting is kept even if your camcorder is turned off.

If a SCENE TRANSITION effect of the EDIT menu is set to the track

The track is played back with the SCENE TRANSITION effect.

Note on playback

The PRESET TRANSITION effects will not be played back on:

- a photo set to play for one second

- a very short movie

Note on a group track

Each track in the group is played back with the effect.

Drawing/Effect

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Applying the picture effect to the tracks

You can make movie and photo tracks into sepia, black-and-white, mosaic, or slowmotion play by digital processing. You can also set the slow-motion play to a track in addition to other effects. The picture effect setting is recorded in the disc.

(1) Touch DRAWING/EFFECT. (2) Touch PICTURE EFFECT.

PICTURE EFFECT appears at the top of the screen.

DRAWING/EFFECT RETURN DRAWING TITLE SCENE TRANSITION PICTURE EFFECT

(3) Touch the desired track. (4) Touch the desired effect, then touch PREVIEW.

The track will be played back with the selected effect.

PICTURE EFFECT

0004 02:36

8.28.1999 4:58

TYPE1

OFF SEPIA B&W MOSAIC

TYPE2

OFF SLOW

EXECPREVIEW CANCEL

(5) Confirm the playback, then touch BACK. (6) Touch EXEC. (7) Touch FINISH.

After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears.

PICTURE EFFECT

CANCEL

BACK

To not apply the digital effect on the track

Select OFF.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial.

To cancel setting the picture effects

Touch CANCEL. All the settings you made so far are canceled.

You cannot set the picture effects if:

•the disc is protected.

•the track is protected.

Note on playback

Sepia, black-and-white (B & W) and mosaic effects will not be played back on picturein-picture, 2-picture and 9 FRAME SEQUENCE (including enlarged picture) displays.

To continue setting picture effects

Touch CONTINUE in step 7.

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— Customizing Your Camcorder —

Adjusting the brightness and color of the LCD screen

(1) In the CAMERA, PLAY/EDIT or INTERVIEW mode, press MENU. (2) Touch

Camera/Interview mode Play/Edit mode

(3) To adjust the brightness, touch LCD BRIGHT. To adjust the color, touch LCD

COLOR. The bar indicator appears.

(4) Turn the control dial to adjust the brightness or color, then press the dial.

SET UP

RETURN REC MODE LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET

SET UP.

STBY

SET UP RETURN LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET AVLS BEEP COMMANDER

LCD BRIGHT

LCD COLOR

Note

You cannot adjust the brightness and color of the LCD screen when the LCD screen is closed.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial to select the menu items.

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Adjusting the brightness of the viewfinder

(1) In the CAMERA, PLAY/EDIT or INTERVIEW mode, press MENU. (2) Turn the control dial to select

Camera/Interview mode

SET UP

RETURN REC MODE LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET

STBY

(3) Turn the conforl dial to select VF BRIGHT and press the dial.

The bar indicator appears.

(4) Turn the control dial to adjust the brightness while looking into the

viewfinder, then press the dial.

VF BRIGHT

Note

You cannot adjust the brightness of the viewfinder when the viewfinder is turned off.

SET UP and press the dial.

Play/Edit mode

SET UP RETURN LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET AVLS BEEP COMMANDER

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Resetting the date and time

The default clock setting is set to New York or Panama time. If you do not use your camcorder for about four months, the date and time settings may be released (bars may appear) because the vanadium-lithium battery installed in your camcorder will have been discharged. If this happened, charge the vanadium-lithium battery (p. 108) before setting the clock.

First set the year, then the month, the day, the hour and then the minute.

(1) In the CAMERA, PLAY/EDIT or INTERVIEW mode, press MENU.

SET UP

RETURN REC MODE LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET

SET UP.

STBY

SET UP RETURN LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET AVLS BEEP COMMANDER

(2) Touch

Camera/Interview mode Play/Edit mode

(3) Touch CLOCK SET.

SET UP

RETURN REC MODE LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET

STBY

CLOCK SET

MONTH

01 01

HOUR

00 00

DATE YEAR

MIN

1999

EXECCANCEL

(4) Turn the control dial to adjust the year, then press the dial.

CLOCK SET

MONTH

07 01

HOUR

00 00

DATE YEAR

MIN

1999

EXECCANCEL

CLOCK SET

MONTH

07 01

HOUR

00 00

DATE YEAR

MIN

1999

EXECCANCEL

(5) Set the month, day, hour and minute by turning the control dial and pressing

the dial.

(6) Touch EXEC on the screen.

The clock starts to operate.

CLOCK SET

MONTH

DATE YEAR

HOUR

07 04

10 40

1999

MIN

EXECCANCEL

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Resetting the date and time

The year changes as follows:

1999 ˜ 2000 N · · · · n 2098

If you do not set the date and time

“--.--.-- --:--” is recorded in the disc.

Note on the time indicator

The internal clock of your camcorder operates on a 12-hour cycle.

•12:00 AM stands for midnight.

•12:00 PM stands for noon.

To operate the menu

You can use the control dial to select the menu items.

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Changing the menu settings

To change the settings in the menu, touch the desired item on the LCD screen. The default settings can be partially changed. First, display the main menu, select the icon, the menu item and then the mode.

(1) In the CAMERA, PLAY/EDIT or INTERVIEW mode, press MENU.

Camera/Interview mode

CAMERA SET UP

(2) Touch the desired icon.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

(3) Touch the desired item.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

OFF ON

STBY

Play/Edit mode

CLOSE PLAYBACK

EDIT DRAWING/EFFECT SET UP ADVANCED

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(4) Touch the desired mode.

PLAYBACK RETURN PICTURE IN PICTURE 9 FRAME SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL PLAYBACK TIME PRESET TRANSITION

OFF ON

(5) Repeat steps 2 to 4 to set other items.

To go back to step 2, touch RETURN.

(6) To close the menu, touch

or press MENU.

Items in the main menu are displayed with the following icons:

CAMERA menu SET UP menu PLAYBACK menu EDIT menu DRAWING/EFFECT menu ADVANCED menu

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Changing the menu settings

Menu in the CAMERA and INTERVIEW mode z is the default setting.

Icon/item

SELF TIMER*

PROGRAM AE D ZOOM

STEADYSHOT

WHT BAL AUTO SHTR

ANTI WIND NOISE REC MODE*

LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET

Mode

–

z OFF

OFF

z ON

OFF

z ON

z OFF

z SP (8Mbps)

VP (VARIABLE)

LP (4Mbps)

– – – –

Meaning

To start recording automatically when the preset waiting time has passed, and stop recording automatically when the preset recording time has passed (p. 38).

To suit your specific shooting requirement (p. 41). To deactivate the digital zoom. Up to 10× zoom is carried out. To activate the digital zoom. More than 10× to 40× zoom is

performed digitally. To cancel the SteadyShot function (p. 45). Natural pictures

are produced when shooting a stationary object with a tripod.

To compensate for camera-shake. To adjust the white balance (p. 46). To deactivate the electronic shutter even when shooting in

bright conditions. To automatically activate the electronic shutter when

shooting in bright conditions. — To reduce the noise caused by strong wind. To record in high quality picture mode. To save the data consumption by adjusting the picture

quality depending on the subject. To increase the recording time by reducing the picture

quality. (Actual data rate is 3.75 Mbps.) To adjust the brightness of the LCD screen (p. 87). To adjust the color of the LCD screen (p. 87). To adjust the brightness of the viewfinder screen (p. 88). To set the date and time (p. 89).

* You cannot select the item in the INTERVIEW mode.

More than one day after removing the power source

The “COMMANDER,” “PROGRAM AE” and “WHT BAL” items return to their default settings. The other menu items are held in memory even when the power source is removed.

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Changing the menu settings

Icon/item

AVLS

BEEP

REC LAMP

COMMANDER

PICTURE IN PICTURE*

AUTO DATE TITLE

10sec. TRACK*

START/STOP*

Mode

z OFF

OFF

z ON

OFF

z ON

OFF

z ON

z OFF

NORMAL

z OFF

z NORMAL

ANTI GROUND

Meaning

The sound volume is as adjusted. To activate the Automatic Volume Limiter System when

the volume is turned up. This works on the headphones and speaker.

To cancel the beep sound. To output the beep when you start/stop recording or

press other operation buttons. To turn off the camera recording lamp so that person is

not aware of the recording. To turn on the camera recording lamp at the front of the

camcorder. To deactivate the Remote Commander to avoid remote

control misoperation caused by other VCR’s remote control.

To activate the Remote Commander supplied with your camcorder.

To not display the last track index image during recording standby.

To display the last track index image during recording standby.

To not make the title track of recording date. The camcorder automatically makes the title track of

recording date by day of recording. You can locate this track by jump.

Your camcorder does not renew the track until the recording stops. The entire recording makes one track.

Your camcorder makes new tracks of 10 seconds while recording a movie. (The last track will be longer than 6 seconds but shorter than 16 seconds.)

To start recording by pressing START/STOP and stop recording by pressing it again.

To record only while you are pressing START/STOP to avoid recording the ground by mistake.

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* You cannot select the item in the INTERVIEW mode.

Notes on “10sec. TRACK”

•The every track made with the “10sec. TRACK” function has the same recorded time as the first track of the recording.

•If you record for long time in one recording with 10sec. TRACK set to ON, it may take a maximum of 16 minutes to write in the disc after recording.

Note on REC LAMP

When REC LAMP is set to ON, the red camera-recording lamp on the front of the camcorder may reflect on the subject if it is close. In this case, we recommend you set REC LAMP to OFF.

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Changing the menu settings

Menu in the PLAY/EDIT mode z is the default setting.

Icon/item

PICTURE IN

PICTURE 9 FRAME

SEQUENCE PLAY MODE SORT JUMP STILL

PLAYBACK TIME

PRESET TRANSITION

MOVE COPY TRIM

ERASE DIVIDE GROUP STILL FRAME

CAPTURE INDEX IMAGE

CHANGE TRACK

INFO DRAWING TITLE

SCENE TRANSITION

PICTURE EFFECT

LCD BRIGHT LCD COLOR VF BRIGHT CLOCK SET AVLS

Mode

z OFF

FADE HOLD

z OFF

Meaning

To not display the picture-in-picture screen. To display a scene in the picture-in-picture screen (p. 47).

–

– – – –

– – –

– – – –

–

– –

–

– – – –

To display successive scenes of a movie as 9 still pictures (p. 49).

To play back repeatedly or in random order (p. 51, 53, 54). To play back in the desired order (p. 55). To directly call up the desired track on the screen (p. 56). To set the playing time of a still picture to 1, 3, 5 or 10

seconds (p. 57).

To play back all the tracks in the disc with an effect such as fade (p. 85).

To move tracks to the desired position (p. 64). To copy tracks to the desired position (p. 68). To erase unnecessary scenes at the beginning and the end of

a movie (p. 72). To erase tracks (p. 65). To divide a movie track into two tracks (p. 70). To group some tracks (p. 74). To make a photo track of a scene in a movie (p. 76).

To change the scene of the track to be displayed on the index display (p. 62).

To display and edit the track information such as recording date (p. 59).

To draw pictures on a tracks (p. 78). To make and insert a title track in the disc for easy locating

(p. 82). To switch tracks with special effect (p. 83).

To give a picture a professional look by digital effect (p. 86).

To adjust the brightness of the LCD screen (p. 87). To adjust the color of the LCD screen (p. 87). To adjust the brightness of the viewfinder screen (p. 88). To set the date and time (p. 89). The sound volume is as adjusted. To activate the Automatic Volume Limiter System when the

volume is turned up. This works on the headphones and speaker.

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Changing the menu settings

Icon/item

BEEP

COMMANDER

PC CONNECT

SET UP RESET DISC FORMAT

Mode

OFF

z ON

OFF

z ON

–

– –

Meaning

To cancel the beep sound. To output the beep when you start/stop recording or

press other operation button. To deactivate the Remote Commander to avoid remote

control misoperation caused by other VCR’s remote control.

To activate the Remote Commander supplied with your camcorder.

To transmit the picture data to a computer (p. 101)

To reset the settings to the default settings. To erase all tracks and initialize a disc (p. 67).

If you select SET UP RESET

The confirmation message will appear. To reset, select YES. The index screen will appear after a while. Not only the settings you have made in the menu but also those you have made with the operation buttons will be reset to the default settings, except for clock setting.

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— Using with Other Equipment —

Dubbing on a tape

Connect your camcorder to the VCR using the A/V connecting cable supplied with your camcorder. Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE, if available.

(1) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to record over) into the VCR, and insert

the recorded disc into your camcorder.

(2) Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE. For details, refer to the operating

instructions of the VCR.

(3) Set the POWER switch to PLAY/EDIT. (4) Play back the recorded disc on your camcorder (5) Start recording on the VCR. For details, refer to the operating instructions of

the VCR.

S VIDEO

VCR (recorder)

INPUT

S VIDEO VIDEO

AUDIO

: Signal flow

Yellow

White

Red

When you have finished dubbing

Press x on both your camcorder and the VCR.

You can edit on VCRs that support the following systems

8 mm, Hi8, Digital8, VHS, S-VHS, VHSC, S-VHSC,

Betamax, ED Betamax, mini DV or DV

If your VCR is a monaural type

Connect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video input jack and the white or the red plug to the audio input jack on the VCR. When the white plug is connected, the left channel audio is output, and the red plug is connected, the right channel audio is output.

Connect using an S video cable (not supplied) to obtain high quality pictures

With this connection, you do not need to connect the yellow (video) plug of the A/V connecting cable. Connect an S video cable (not supplied) to the S video jacks of both your camcorder and the VCR. This connection produces higher quality pictures.

Be sure to clear the indicators from the screen

If they are displayed, press DSPL not to record the indicators on the dubbed tape.

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Printing the still picture

You can print a photo by using the video printer (not supplied). Connect the video printer using the A/V connecting cable supplied with your camcorder. Connect it to the AUDIO/VIDEO jack and connect the yellow plug of the cable to the video input of the video printer. Refer to the operating instructions of the video printer as well.

S VIDEO

Video printer

INPUT

S VIDEO

VIDEO

A/V connecting cable

Yellow

: Signal flow

If the video printer is equipped with S video input

Use the S video connecting cable (not supplied). Connect it to the S VIDEO jack and the S video input of the video printer.

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Listening to an audio MD

Your camcorder can play an audio MD. You can enjoy better sound if you use headphones (not supplied).

(1) Insert the audio MD. (2) Set the POWER switch to PLAY/EDIT.

The operation screen for audio MDs appears.

(3) Touch the desired title or track. (4) Press u to start playing.

Using the operation screen

2 3 4

min

DISC NAME TRACK NAME

001 002 003 004

PLAYMODE

MUSIC RECORD MUSIC01

TRACK TIME STEREO

001 01:07

MUSIC01 MUSIC02 MUSIC03 MUSIC04

AVLS OFF

04:23 05:12 04:02 06:11

7 8 9

1 Battery remaining time 2 Disc title* 3 Current track title* 4 Current track number 5 Track titles* 6 Touch to change the play mode. A play mode indicator such as

appears to

the left.

7 Touch to turn AVLS on or off. 8 Playing time of current track 9 Recording mode (stereo or monaural) 0 Scroll bar qa Play time of each track

* displayed only if it is recorded in the MD.

Note on headphones

Use headphones of the stereo mini plug type.

To select a track

You can use the control dial. Turn the control dial to select the track, and press the dial to start playing.

Note on the menu

You cannot control the menu when an audio MD is in your camcorder.

If you use your camcorder while jogging

Continuous vibration caused by jogging may result in intermittent playback.

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Listening to an audio MD

Various ways of playback

pause playback go to the next track go back to the top of the current track fast-forward fast-reverse stop playback turn up the volume turn down the volume

Do this

Press u. Press again to release pause. Press > briefly. Press . briefly. Keep > pressed. Keep . pressed. Press x. Press VOL +. Press VOL –.

To fast-forward or fast-reverse at high speed

Keep pressing . or > during pause. You will hear no sound.

To activate AVLS (Automatic Volume Limiter System)

Touch AVLS and set to ON. If you try to turn up the volume higher than a certain level, AVLS appears on the LCD screen. You cannot turn up the volume any more. The AVLS function reduces sound leakage from headphones and pressure on your ears and also helps you remain aware of your surroundings so you can avoid mishaps.

Playing repeatedly or in random order

You can play one track or all tracks repeatedly, or all tracks in random order.

(1) Insert the audio MD and set the POWER switch to PLAY/EDIT. The operation

screen for audio MDs appears.

(2) Touch PLAY MODE repeatedly until the desired play mode icon appears to

the left.

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min

DISC NAME TRACK NAME

001 002 003 004

PLAYMODE

00:00

04:23 05:12 04:02 06:11

AVLS OFF

MUSIC RECORD

TRACK TIME STEREO

---

MUSIC01 MUSIC02 MUSIC03 MUSIC04

Icon Play mode

None (normal play) All the tracks are played once.

1 (single repeat) A signal track is played repeatedly. (all repeat) All the tracks are played repeatedly. SHUF (shuffle repeat) All the tracks are played repeatedly in random order.

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Viewing on the computer display

Your camcorder is capable of sending the movies or photos recorded in the MD DATA2 disc to a World Wide Web (WWW) homepage. You can view the pictures using the browser software such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator by connecting the 10BASE-T terminal of the connecting cord to a computer.

Homepage

Recommended browser

•Microsoft Internet Explorer Ver. 4.0 or greater

•Netscape Navigator Ver. 4.5 or greater

Notes on the camcorder’s homepage

•No interview, group, or memo track is displayed. To view the grouped tracks, first disconnect the computer and then release the group.

•No scene transition, picture effect, drawing is displayed.

•No audio track is sent to the computer.

To play the photo on the computer

The format of the photo turns into JPEG format.

To play the movie on the computer

The format of the movie turns into Quick Time format (Motion JPEG) on the camcorder’s homepage. To play the movie, Apple Quick Time Ver. 3.0 or greater is required.

Data size

Photo: about 96 kilobytes per track Movie: about 8 kilobytes minimum, about 96 kilobytes maximum per frame

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Sony MDDISCAM DCM-M1 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

What you can do with your camcorder

Checking supplied accessories

Using this manual

Step 1 Preparing the power supply

Step 2 Inserting an MD DATA2 disc

Step 3 Using the touch panel

Recording a picture

Checking the recorded picture

Playing the disc

Viewing the recording on TV

Self-timer recording

Shooting backlit subjects (BACK LIGHT)

Using the PROGRAM AE function

Focusing manually

Adjusting the exposure manually

Releasing the STEADYSHOT function

Adjusting the white balance manually

Displaying two pictures – Picture-in-picture

Advanced Playback Operations

Playing back repeatedly

Playing back in random order – SHUFFLE

Scanning the top of tracks – INTRO SCAN

Sorting the tracks

Jumping to the desired track

Setting the playing time of still picture tracks

Checking the disc information

Checking the track information

Changing the index image

Moving tracks

Erasing tracks

Copying tracks

Dividing tracks

Trimming unnecessary scenes

Grouping the tracks

Making a photo track from a movie

Drawing on the picture

Inserting a title track

Switching the tracks with special effects

Applying the picture effect to the tracks

Adjusting the brightness and color of the LCD screen

Customizing Your Camcorder

Adjusting the brightness of the viewfinder

Resetting the date and time

Changing the menu settings

Dubbing on a tape

Printing the still picture

Listening to an audio MD

Viewing on the computer display