Basic Operations Camera Recording - Sony CCD-TR57 Operating Instructions (primary manual) Operating Instructions Manual

Basic operations
Camera recording
Make sure that the power source is installed and a cassette is inserted and that the
START/STOP MODE switch is set to
want to make a trial recording to make sure that the camcorder is working correctly.
When you use the camcorder for the first time, power on it and reset the date and time to
your time before you start recording (p. 57). The date is automatically recorded for 10
seconds after you start recording (AUTO DATE feature). This feature works only once a
day.
(1) While pressing the small green button on the POWER switch, set it to CAMERA.
(2) Turn STANDBY up to STANDBY.
(3) Press START/STOP. The camcorder starts recording. The "REC" indicator
appears. The camera recording/battery lamp located on the front of the
camcorder also lights up.
1
12
POWER
CAMERA
OFF
VTR
. Before you record one-time events, you may
2
START/STOP
3
START/STOP
40min H
STBY 0:00:00
SP
AUTO DATE
40min H
REC 0:00:01
SP
JUL 4 1998