Recording; Recording Movies - Sony Handycam DCR-HC30 Operation Manual

Recording

Recording movies

You can record movies on a tape or a
"Memory Stick Duo."
Before recording, follow steps 1 to 7 in
"Getting started" (p. 15 to p. 25).
When you are recording on a tape, movies
will be recorded along with stereo sound.
When you are recording on a "Memory Stick
Duo," the movie will be recorded with
monaural sound.
Camera recording lamp
LENS COVER switch
REC START/STOP
z Tip
• Performing Easy Handycam operation, even first time
users can record easily. For details, see page 34.
1
Set the LENS COVER switch to
OPEN.
2
Open the LCD panel.
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Recording
3
POWER switch
4
To check the most recently recorded
MPEG movie
Touch
Touch
To delete the movie, touch
is finished, then [YES].
To cancel deleting, touch [NO].
To turn the power off
1
2
Select the recording mode.
To record on a tape
Slide the POWER switch until the
CAMERA-TAPE lamp lights up, and your
camcorder is set to the standby mode.
To record on a "Memory Stick
Duo" – MPEG MOVIE EX
Slide the POWER switch repeatedly until
the CAMERA-MEMORY lamp lights up,
and the currently selected recording folder
appears on the screen.
Press REC START/STOP.
Recording starts. [REC] appears on the
LCD screen and the Camera recording lamp
lights up.
Press REC START/STOP again to stop
recording.
– Review
. Playback starts automatically.
again to return to standby.
Slide the POWER switch up to the OFF
(CHG) position.
Set the LENS COVER switch to CLOSE.
Slide the POWER
switch while
pressing the green
button.
Slide the POWER
switch while
pressing the green
button.
after playback