7VQT3K80PreparationBasicAdvanced(Recording)Copy/DubbingWith a PCOthers Advanced(Playback)Information for Your Safety......................2Accessories.............................................10PreparationParts identification and handling .......... 11Power supply........................................... 15Inserting/removing the battery........... 15Charging the battery ......................... 16Charging and recording time............. 17Recording to a card ................................ 20Cards that you can usewith this unit ...................................... 20Inserting/removing an SD card.......... 21Turning the unit on/off............................22Turning the unit on and offwith the power button ........................ 22Turning the unit on and offwith the LCD monitor/viewfinder ....... 22Selecting a mode ....................................23How to use the touch screen .................24About the touch menu ....................... 25Setting date and time.............................. 26BasicBefore recording ..................................... 27Selecting a media to record[HDC-TM900/HDC-HS900] ......................29Recording motion pictures ....................30Recording still pictures .......................... 32Recording still pictures inmotion picture recording mode.......... 33Intelligent auto mode.............................. 34Motion picture/Still picture playback .... 36Using the menu screen .......................... 39Using the quick menu ....................... 40Using the Setup Menu ............................41Using with the remote control ............... 49Operation of direction buttons/OK button .......................................... 50Advanced (Recording)Zoom in/out function .............................. 51About the zoom speed ...................... 51Ring zoom......................................... 51Extra optical zoom ............................ 51Image stabilizer function........................ 521080/50p recording ................................. 53Recording with the Touch function....... 54Touch function icons ......................... 54Recording functions ofoperation icons ....................................... 57Operation icons................................. 57Recording functions of menus.............. 63Manual recording.................................... 80White balance ................................... 81Manual shutter speed/iris adjustment................................... 82Recording with manual focus............ 83Recording 3D video ................................ 84Functions not available during3D recording ..................................... 86Advanced (Playback)Playback operations............................... 87Motion picture playback usingoperation icon ................................... 87Creating still picture frommotion picture ................................... 88Highlight&Time frame index .............. 88Repeat playback ............................... 89Resuming the previous playback ...... 89Zooming in on a still pictureduring playback (Playback zoom) ..... 90Various playback functions ................... 91Playing back motion pictures/still pictures by date .......................... 91Highlight playback............................. 92Changing the playback settings andplaying back the slide show .............. 94Contents