Customizing Your Camcorder With Menus; Using The Help Function - Sony Handycam HDR-XR500 Operating Manual

Customizing your
camcorder with menus
Menu items are described in more details with

color photos in the "Handycam Handbook"
(p. 51).
Using the HOME MENU
When you press the
HOME MENU appears. You can change the
settings of your camcorder.
(HOME)
(HOME) button
 Touch the desired category 
the menu item to be changed.
Menu item
Category

Follow the instruction on the
screen.

After completing the setting,
touch .
When the item is not on the screen, touch

/ .
To return to the previous screen, touch

.
To hide the HOME MENU screen, touch

.
You cannot select the grayed items or

settings.
(HOME) button, the

Using the HELP function

To see the descriptions on the HOME
MENU, touch (HELP) on the HOME
MENU screen. (The bottom of
orange.) Then, touch the menu item you
want to know about.
Using the OPTION MENU
The OPTION MENU appears just like
the pop-up window that appears when you
right-click the mouse on a computer. The
menu items you can change in the context
appears.
(OPTION)

Touch the desired tab  the
item to change the setting.
Menu item
Tab

After completing the setting,
touch .
When the item you want is not on the screen,

touch another tab. (There may be no tab.)
You cannot use the OPTION MENU during

Easy Handycam operation.
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