Sony D8 Digital Handycam DCR-TRV420E Operating Instructions Manual page 7

Recording a picture
1
Remove the lens cap.
3
Open the LCD panel
while pressing OPEN.
The picture appears
on the LCD screen.
Monitoring the playback picture on the LCD
screen
(p. 33)
1
Set the POWER
switch to VTR while
pressing the small
green button.
Note
Do not pick up your camcorder by
holding the viewfinder, the LCD
panel or the battery pack.
(p. 21)
2
4
Viewfinder
When the LCD panel is closed, use the
viewfinder placing your eye against its eyecup.
The picture in the viewfinder is black and white.
2
3
Set the POWER
switch to CAMERA
while pressing the
small green button.
Press the red button.
Your camcorder
starts recording. To
stop recording, press
the red button again.
Press m to rewind the tape.
REW
Press N to start playback.
PLAY
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