- 4 -Information for Your Safety......................2PreparationNames and Functions of Main Parts ....... 6Power supply........................................... 10Inserting/removing the battery........... 10Charging the battery ......................... 11Charging and recording time............. 12Recording to a card ................................ 15Cards that you can usewith this unit ...................................... 15Inserting/removing an SD card.......... 16Turning the unit on/off............................17Selecting a mode ....................................18Preparation of the LCD monitor/Viewfinder[HC-X900/HC-X909/HC-X900M] ..............19How to use the touch screen .................19About the Touch Menu ...................... 20Setting date and time.............................. 21BasicBefore recording ..................................... 22Selecting a media to record[HC-X900M].............................................. 23Recording motion pictures ....................24Recording still pictures .......................... 26Recording still picturesin Motion Picture Recording Mode .... 27Intelligent Auto Mode ............................. 28Motion picture/Still picture playback .... 30Using the menu screen .......................... 33Using the quick menu ....................... 33Using the Setup Menu ............................34Using with the remote control[HC-X900/HC-X909/HC-X900M] ..............43Operation of direction buttons/OK button .......................................... 44Advanced (Recording)Using the zoom ....................................... 45Ring zoom [HC-X900/HC-X909/HC-X900M] ....................................... 45Zoom ratio during the Still PictureRecording Mode ............................... 46Image Stabilizer Function ...................... 461080/50p recording ................................. 47Recording with the Touch function....... 48Touch function icons ......................... 48Recording functionsof operation icons .................................. 51Operation icons................................. 51Recording functions of menus.............. 57Manual recording.................................... 74White Balance................................... 76Manual shutter speed/iris adjustment................................... 77Recording with Manual Focus .......... 78Recording 3D image ............................... 80Advanced (Playback)Playback Operations .............................. 84Motion picture playbackusing operation icon.......................... 84Creating still picturefrom motion picture ........................... 85Highlight & Time Frame Index .......... 85Repeat Playback............................... 86Resuming the previous playback ...... 86Zooming in on a still picture duringplayback (Playback zoom) ................ 87Various playback functions ................... 88Playing back motion pictures/still pictures by date .......................... 88Highlight Playback ............................ 89Changing the playback settings andplaying back the slide show .............. 94Contents