Review, Camera search, Auto exposure – Radio Shack Camcorder Model 130 Moviecorder User Manual

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REVIEW

This feature lets you quickly review the last few
seconds of a recording.

1. During recording, press

REC/PAUSE

to stop

the tape.

appears in the viewfinder.

2. Press

REVIEW

. The tape rewinds and plays

the last few seconds of the tape, then stops
the tape where the recording ends.

3. Press

REC/PAUSE

to resume recording

from that point.

CAMERA SEARCH

The camera search feature lets you review re-
corded portions of a tape and resume recording
at the desired point on the tape. This lets you
smoothly connect recorded scenes.

1. During recording, press

REC/PAUSE

to stop

the tape.

appears in the viewfinder.

2. Press and hold down

FAST-F

to search for-

ward, or

REWIND

to search backward.

3. When you see the approximate place on

the tape where you want to start recording,
continue to press and hold down

FAST-F

or

REWIND

for a few seconds more, then

release

FAST-F

or

REWIND

.

4. Press and hold down

PLAY

to position the

tape at the exact place where you want to
start recording. When you locate the exact
place, release

PLAY

to stop the tape.

5. Press

REC/PAUSE

to start recording at the

desired position on the tape.

AUTO EXPOSURE

Depending on the brightness of the subject, the
camcorder automatically sets its shutter speed
to one of the following speeds:

1/60

1/100

1/120

1

/180

1/250

1/350

1/500

1

/750

1/1000

1/1500

1/2000

1/4000

The iris in the camcorder’s lens also adjusts au-
tomatically in response to the shutter speed.

The camcorder displays

AE

and the current

shutter speed in the upper left corner of the
viewfinder.

AUTOMATIC INDEX

Indexing makes it easy to find each recording on
a tape using a VCR with the VHS Index Search
System (VISS) feature.

Note: For more information about VISS, refer to
your VCR’s owner’s manual.

The camcorder automatically records VISS in-
dex signals when:

• You turn on the camcorder’s power within

about 4 hours after you last turned it off,
then start recording.

• You turn on the camcorder’s power after

the date changed to the next day while the
power was off, then start recording.

When the camcorder records a VISS index sig-
nal,

INDEX

appears in the viewfinder until you

start recording.

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