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Important information ...
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Setting Recording Mode
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For Your Safety.......
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Recording Still Pictures (Photo) (for VM-
Important Safeguards................................... 4
D965LA) .....
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Playback
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Before You Begin..........................6
Using Still ......
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Read This First ....
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Using Forward and Reverse Search.. 33
Features......... 7
Displaying Date/Time during playback..34
Getting Started
Components and Accessories.......
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Identifying Controls....
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Loading Clock Battery...
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Clock Battery.......13
Using the Infrared Remote Control.. 13
LCD Monitor..........14
Opening the LCD Monitor....14
Adjusting the Brightness of the
LCD Screen....... 14
Range in which the LCD Monitor can be
moved..........
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Active Screen........ 15
Adjusting the Electronic Viewfinder..
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Ezyepiece Adjustment. 16
Adjustment the Hand Strap..
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Attaching the Shoulder Strap.......16
Charging the Battery....... 17
Removing the Battery Pack......... 18
Reference of Charged Level.....18
Charging Time .........
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Operating Time..
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Checking the Battery's Charge..
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Camcorder Power Sources.
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Using Battery Pack...
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Using the AC Adaptor.
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Using a Car Battery........
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Inserting and Removing Cassettes.... 21
inserting a Cassette.......
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Removing a Cassette...21
Protecting Recorded Material. 21
Items Selectable with Menu Displays..22
Menu selectable in the CAM mode ......... 22
Menu selectable in the VIDEO mode....... 22
How to select items and set them ........... 22
Remaining Tape ..
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Using the Linear Time Counter...
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Switching On-Screen Display On/Off........ 23
Demonstration Mode.................................. 23
Setting the Date and Time.......................... 24
Basic Techniques
Making a Basic
Recording .....
Changing
the Angie
of the LCD Monitor
when Recording.....
Using Instant Review ...
Using Auto Focus...........
Using the Power
Zoom ...
Using the Digital
Zoom..
Using Macro........
Setting Recording Audio Mode
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Advanced Techniques
Using Manual Focus .....
Using x500 Digital Zoom .....
Special Effects Recording......
Activating Special Effects Recording
Using Fade.....
Using the PROGRAM: AE Button ........
Using the Backlight Compensation ....
Locking the White Balance ....
Using the Electronic Image Stabilizer
Using Quick Edit..
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Date Search...
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Photo Search.....
Using Memory.............
Creating and Recording a Title...
Selecting Stored Title (Prememo)....
Creating a Title..
Recording Title on a Tape in the
Camcorder.......
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Recording a Title while Transferring a
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Switching On-Screen Display On/Off .49
Setting Playback Mode
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Setting Playback Audio Mode •••••••••*•••••49
Converting Analog Signal to Digital Signal
(forVM-D965LA) ..—.•**"49
Playing Back Your Recording
on Your TV........
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Connecting to Television (or VCR) with
AudioA/ideo Input Jacks...
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Playing Back Your Recording on the TV
Screen...........
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Dubbing from the Camcorder to a VCR...... 52
Using AudioA/ideo Dubbing..
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Analog-to-Digital Conversion (for VM-
D965LA) ..
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Recording from your VCR or TV.....55
TBC (Time Base Corrector) ON or OFF ...... 56
Attaching a filter..
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Using the Built-in DC Light
(for VN-D965LA)..
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General Maintenance
Cleaning the Camcorder Heads ...
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Cleaning the Lens and Picture
Tube
of the
Electronic Viewfinder..................... 58
Periodic Maintenance ..
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Troubleshooting..
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Specifications ..
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Available Accessories..
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