Sony HVR-Z7N Service Manual page 376

Recording/Playback
Recording
REC START/
STOP button B
Recording lamp
Your camcorder records movies on tape and still images on "Memory Stick Duo." Do the
following steps to record movies.
• This camcorder can record movies in HDV or DVCAM (DV) format. The factory setting is HDV format
([REC FORMAT] p. 83).
1
Open the shutter of the lens hood.
2
Slide the POWER switch to CAMERA while pressing the green button.
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Recording lamp
Lens hood
POWER switch
REC START/STOP button A
Slide the POWER
switch while pressing
the green button.