Sony Handycam DCR-PC101E Operating Instructions Manual page 36

Recording a picture
If you leave your camcorder in tape recording
standby for five minutes while the cassette is
inserted
Your camcorder automatically turns off. This is
to save battery power and to prevent battery and
tape wear. To resume tape recording standby, set
the POWER switch to OFF (CHARGE), and to
CAMERA again. To start recording, press
START/STOP again without switching the
POWER switch. However, your camcorder does
not turn off automatically when the cassette is
not inserted.
When you record in the SP and LP modes on
one tape or you record in the LP mode
•The transition between scenes is not smooth.
•The playback picture may be distorted or the
time code may not be written properly between
scenes.
The battery life when you record using the
LCD screen
The battery time is slightly shorter than the
shooting time using the viewfinder.
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