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Preparations
Joystick and Joystick Guide
Use the joystick to operate the camcorder's menus.
If the joystick guide does not appear on the screen, press
or push
the joystick (
,
) to display it. The functions that appear depend
on the operating mode.
•
,
or
mode: Select (
) a function and press
to
change the setting. With some functions, you will need to make
further adjustments (
).
•
mode: First, select (
) a “row” of functions; then, press
to
operate the function in the middle or push the joystick (
or
) to
operate the function on the left or right, respectively.
The joystick guide will minimize after 2 seconds. When the joystick
guide is minimized, you can still adjust or turn on/off the selected func-
tion; you can also maximize (
) the joystick guide to select another
function or hide (
) it altogether.
Using the Menus
Many of the camcorder’s functions can
be adjusted from the menus that open
after pressing
. In
mode,
menus cannot be accessed and, except
for a few exceptions, most menu set-
tings will return to their default values.
For details about the available menu
options and settings, refer to the appen-
dix
Menu Options Lists
(
129).
Press the joystick itself (
) to save
the settings or confirm an action. On
menu screens, this is indicated by the
icon .
Push the joystick up, down, left or right
(
,
) to select an item or
change settings.
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