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Sony Video8 Handycam CCD-F401 Operating Instructions Manual

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Checking Supplied Accessories
Before You Start
Charging and Installing the Battery Pack
To Remove the Battery Pack
Installing the Lithium Battery
Lithium Battery Life
To Remove the Lithium Battery
Setting the Date and Time
Inserting a Tape
Adjusting the Viewfinder Lens
Setting the Beep Switch
How to Record
Automatic Recording
To Stop Recording Momentarily
Ejecting the Tape
About the Sports Finder
How to Play Back a Tape
If Your TV Has Only an Antenna Input
When You Have Finished Playback
Using the Remote Commander
To Avoid Damage from Possible Battery Leakage
When You Connect the Receiver of a Remote Control Kit
How to Prepare the Rechargeable Battery Pack
When the Rechargeable Battery Pack Should be Replaced
Notes on Charging
Keep the Terminals Clean
Why the Battery Pack Heats Up?
How to Use the Switch on the Battery Pack
How Many Times Can the Battery Pack be Recharged?
Connecting Alternative Power Sources
Using Alkaline Batteries
Using House Current
Using Car Battery
Camera Recording
Recording the Date and Time
Recording in a Strong Wind
Low Low-Position Recording
Checking the Last Portion of a Scene You Just Recorded (Editsearch)
If the Tape Reaches Near the End During Recording
Note on Standby Mode
Note on Light Sources
Re-Recording on a Previously Recorded Portion (Editsearch)
Inserting Scene in the Middle of a Recorded Tape
Checking Recording in the Viewfinder (Editsearch)
Recording with an Extra Mocrophone
Connecting a Wired Remote Control Unit
Preventing Accidental Erasure
Note on Handling Tapes
Making Manual Adjustments
What Is Program AE (Auto Exposure)?
Function of the Auto Lock Switch
Focusing Manually
Shooting with Autofocusing Momentarily
Adjusting the White Balance
How to Adjust the White Balance
Keeping the White Balance Setting (Hold Mode)
Compensating Backlighting
Using the High-Speed Shutter
How to Select the Shutter Speed
How to Choose Best Shutter Speeds
Using the Portrait Mode
Using the Sports Mode
Using the Special Effects
Zooming
Power Zooming
Focal Length of this Camcorder
Close-Up (Autofocusing in Macro)
If the Macro Indication Lights before Focusing Sharply
To Keep Autofocusing Functioning
Manual Focusing in Macro
If the Lens Hood Touches the Subject
Fade-In and Fade-Out
Superimposing Text
To Cancel the Fade-In/Out Function
If You Want to Use the Fade-In/Out Function Repeatedly
When the Date/Time, Title or Age Is Displayed
Storing a Title in Your Camcorder
Putting a Title on Your Tape
What You Can Do with the Title
Various Display Modes of the Title
How to Superimpose
Note on Scrolling
About Memory Back up
Function of the Color/Mode Button
To Select the Color
To Select the Display Mode
Superimposing a Title at the Beginning
Storing a Birth Date in Your Camcorder
Superimposing a Title before the Tape Stops
The Auto-Superimposing Is Canceled When
If You Missed the Correct Number with Date (+)
To Advance the Digits Faster
To Preset the Year before 1900
When in 2000
Putting an Age on Your Tape
To Cancel the Stored Birth Date
About Memory Back-Up
When You Connect the Camcorder to a TV During Recording
Connecting a TV with Video/Audio Inputs
Connecting to a TV Via a VCR
If Your TV Has no Video/Audio Input Jacks
If Your TV Has Video/Audio Input Jacks
Playing Back a Tape in Various Speeds
To Make the same Indications in the Viewfinder on the TV
To View the Picture Frame by Frame
To Locate the Desired Scene (Picture Search)
To Locate the Desired Scene Quickly (Skip Scan)
If the Still Picture Shakes
Recording from a VCR or TV
Using the Tape Counter
To Count the Whole Tape
To Return to a Pre-Registered Point
Notes on the Tape Counter and the Zero Mem Button
Editing Tapes with a VCR
Use of the Edit Switch
Replacing Recordings on a Tape (Insert Editing)
To Change the End Point
Maintenance
Moisture Condensation
Video Head Cleaning
Viewfinder Cleaning
Tips for Better Camera Recording
Take a Good Posture for Shooting
Use a Tripod
Keep the Horizontal Plane Level
Lighting
Use Video Light in the Dark
Brightness Level
Using Your Camcorder Abroad
Precautions
Identifying the Parts
Product View
Wireless Remote Commander
Inside the Viewfinder
In the Display Window
Troubleshooting
Specifications
Index

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1 Inserting a Tape
2 How to Play Back a Tape
3 Connecting a Tv with Video/Audio Inputs
4 Troubleshooting
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