Table Of Contents - Sony Handycam DCR-SX40 Operating Manual

Table of contents
IMPORTANT SAFETYINSTRUCTIONS ............................................................ 3
Read this first ......................................................................................... 6
Operation flow ....................................................................................... 9
_ Getting started
Step 1: Charging the battery pack ............................................................. 12
Charging the battery pack abroad .................................................... 13
Step 2:Turning the power on, and setting the date and time ........................... 14
Changing the language setting ........................................................ 15
Recording
Recording ........................................................................................... 16
Recording and playing movies and photos easily
(Easy Handycam operation) ............................................................ 19
_ Playback
Playback on the camcorder ..................................................................... 20
Playing images on a TV .......................................................................... 23
_ Saving movies and photos with a computer
Preparing a computer (Windows) ............................................................. 24
When using a Macintosh ................................................................ 24
Creating a disc with one touch (One Touch Disc Burn) .................................... 26
Importing movies and photos to a computer (Easy PC Back-up) ........................ 27
Changing the destination drive or folder for movies and photos ............... 28
Starting PMB (Picture Motion Browser) ....................................................... 28
Creating a disc ..................................................................................... 29
Copying a disc ............................................................................. 29
Editing movies ............................................................................ 29
Capturing photos from a movie ....................................................... 29
Saving images with a DVD writer, recorder
Creating a disc with the dedicated DVD writer, DVDirect Express ...................... 30
Creating a disc with a DVD writer, etc., other than DVDirect Express ................... 33
Creating a disc with a recorder, etc............................................................ 34