Document Outline

• WARNING
• IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
  • Use
  • Installation
  • Service
• Read this before operating your camcorder
  • CAUTION
  • For customers in the U.S.A. and CANADA
  • For customers in the U.S.A.
  • Notes on use
• Notes on using the Hard Disk Drive Handycam
• Subject examples and solutions
  • Shooting
  • Playback
  • Editing, others
• Enjoying your camcorder
  • Operation flow
    • Saving or deleting images you recorded with your camcorder
  • Experience the beauty of HD (high definition) images
    • Recording time of movies
  • “HOME” and “OPTION” - Taking advantage of two types of menus
    • “HOME MENU” - the starting point for all operations with your camcorder
    • “OPTION MENU” enables you to access functions directly
    • Changing the language setting
    • Using the HOME MENU
    • Using the OPTION MENU
• Getting Started
  • Step 1: Checking supplied items
  • Step 2: Charging the battery pack
  • Step 3: Turning the power on
  • Step 4: Adjusting the LCD panel and viewfinder
    • LCD panel
    • Viewfinder
  • Step 5: Setting the date and time
• Shooting
  • Recording the images
    • Fastening the grip belt
    • Inserting a “Memory Stick Duo”
    • Recording movies
    • Recording still images
    • Zooming
    • Recording sound with more presence (5.1ch surround recording)
    • Using the flash
    • Recording high quality still images during movie recording (Dual Rec)
    • Recording in dark places (NightShot)
    • Adjusting the exposure for backlit subjects
    • Recording in mirror mode
    • Recording the fast action in slow-motion (SMTH SLW REC)
    • Controlling the image settings manually with the camera control ring
• Playback
  • Viewing the images
    • Playing movies
    • Viewing still images
    • Using PB zoom
    • Playing back a series of still images (Slide show)
  • Playing the image on a TV
    • Operation flow
    • Selecting the most advantageous connection - TV CONNECT Guide
    • Connecting to a high definition TV
    • Connecting to a non-high-definition 16:9 (wide) or 4:3 TV
  • Saving images
    • Saving images using a computer
    • Saving images by connecting your camcorder to other devices
• Editing
  • (OTHERS) category
    • Item list
  • Deleting images
    • Deleting the images on the hard disk
    • Deleting the still images in the “Memory Stick Duo”
  • Copying still images
  • Creating the Playlist
    • Playing the Playlist
    • Erasing unnecessary scenes from the Playlist
    • Changing the order within the Playlist
• Dubbing/printing
  • (SELECT DEVICES) category
    • Item list
  • Dubbing images
    • Quality of dubbed images by connecting other devices
    • Quality of dubbed images by copying in a computer
  • Dubbing to VCR or DVD/HDD recorders
  • Printing recorded images (PictBridge compliant printer)
    • Connecting your camcorder to the printer
    • Printing
• Utilizing recording media
  • (MANAGE HDD/MEMORY) category
    • Item list
  • Deleting all scenes on the recording media (Formatting)
    • Formatting the hard disk
    • Formatting the “Memory Stick Duo”
  • Checking the HDD information
• Customizing your camcorder
  • What you can do with the (SETTINGS) category of the HOME MENU
    • Using the HOME MENU
    • List of the (SETTINGS) category items
  • MOVIE SETTINGS
  • PHOTO SETTINGS
  • VIEW IMAGES SET
  • SOUND/DISP SET
  • OUTPUT SETTINGS
  • CLOCK/LANG
  • GENERAL SET
  • Activating functions using the OPTION MENU
    • Using the OPTION MENU
  • Recording items on the OPTION MENU
  • Viewing items on the OPTION MENU
• Using a Computer
  • What you can do with Windows computer
    • Main functions
    • About “First Step Guide”
    • About the help function of the software
    • System requirements
  • Installing the “First Step Guide” and software
    • Installing the “First Step Guide”
    • Installing the software
  • Viewing “First Step Guide”
• Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting
    • Overall operations
    • Batteries/Power sources
    • LCD screen/viewfinder
    • “Memory Stick Duo”
    • Recording
    • Adjusting the image during recording
    • Remote Commander
    • Playing back images on your camcorder
    • Image data
    • Viewing on the TV
    • Menu
    • Editing images on your camcorder
    • Dubbing/Editing/Connecting to other devices
    • Others
    • Connecting to a computer
  • Warning indicators and messages
    • Self-diagnosis display/Warning indicators
    • Description of warning messages
• Additional Information
  • Using your camcorder abroad
  • Files on the camcorder hard disk/folder structure
  • About the AVCHD format
  • About the “Memory Stick”
  • About the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack
  • Maintenance and precautions
  • Specifications
• Quick Reference
  • Identifying parts and controls
  • Indicators displayed during recording/playback
    • Indicators when you made changes
    • Data code during recording
  • Glossary
  • Index