Table of contents
IMPORTANT SAFETYINSTRUCTIONS ............................................................
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Read this first .........................................................................................
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Operation flow .....................................................................................
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_ Getting
started
Step 1: Charging the battery pack .............................................................
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Charging the battery pack abroad ....................................................
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Step 2:Turning the power on, and setting the date and time ...........................
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Changing
the language
setting ........................................................
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Step 3: Preparing the recording media .......................................................
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To check the recording media settings ...............................................
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Dubbing or copying movies and photos from the internal recording media
to memory card ...........................................................................
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_ Recording/Playback
Recording ...........................................................................................
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Acquiring location information
using the GPS (HDR-CX550V/XR550V) .......
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Adjusting for shooting conditions .............................................................
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Playback on the camcorder
.....................................................................
30
Playing images on a TV ..........................................................................
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Making good use of your camcorder
Deleting movies and photos ....................................................................
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_ Saving
movies
and photos
with a computer
Preparing a computer
(Windows) .............................................................
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When using a Macintosh ................................................................
39
Starting PMB (Picture Motion Browser) .......................................................
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Selecting the method for creating
a disc (computer) ......................................
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Creating a disc with one touch (OneTouch
Disc Burn) ....................................
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Importing
movies and photos to a computer
...............................................
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Creating an AVCHD disc .........................................................................
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Playing an AVCHDdisc on a computer
...............................................
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Creating a Blu-ray disc ...................................................................
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Creating a standard definition image quality (STD)disc that can be played on
ordinary DVD players .............................................................................
47
Copying a disc .............................................................................
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Editing movies ............................................................................
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Capturing photos from a movie .......................................................
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