Video 631 Activate the pre-recording function.• d appears.• Repeat, selecting [B Off], to turn off pre-recording.2 Press g.The scene recorded in the memory will start 3 seconds beforeg was pressed.NOTES• While pre-recording is activated, the camcorder will not emit any notifi-cation sounds.• The camcorder will not record the full 3 seconds prior to pressingg if the button was pressed within 3 seconds of havingturned on pre-recording or having finished the previous recording.• Any of the following actions will deactivate the pre-recording function.- Leaving the camcorder without any operation for 5 minutes.- Pressing S or z.- Changing the position of the mode switch.- Changing the camcorder's operating mode.- Setting the camcorder to standby mode.- Changing any of the setup menu settings or changing the followingsettings in the FUNC. panel: [Rec. Programs], [White Balance], [AGCLimit], [Digital Effect] or [Image Stabilizer].Face DetectionThe camcorder automatically detects people’s faces and uses thisinformation to select the optimal settings for beautiful videos and pho-tos.POINTS TO CHECK• Select a recording program other than [q Night Scene],[p Low Light], [M Fireworks] or [r Underwater].[FUNC.] 8 [d Pre REC] 8 [A On] 8 [a]Operating modes: