6VQT3K06Information for Your Safety......................2Accessories...............................................9PreparationParts identification and handling .......... 10Power supply........................................... 13Inserting/removing the battery........... 13Charging the battery ......................... 14Charging and recording time............. 15Recording to a card ................................ 17Cards that you can use withthis unit.............................................. 17Inserting/removing an SD card.......... 18Turning the unit on/off............................19Turning the unit on and off with thepower button ..................................... 19Turning the unit on and off with theLCD monitor ...................................... 19Selecting a mode ....................................20Setting date and time.............................. 21BasicBefore recording ..................................... 22Selecting a media to record[HDC-TM40] .............................................23Recording motion pictures ....................24Recording still pictures .......................... 26Intelligent auto mode.............................. 27Motion picture/Still picture playback .... 29Using the menu screen .......................... 32Using the Setup Menu ............................33Advanced (Recording)Zoom in/out function .............................. 40Optical image stabilizer function .......... 41Recording with the video light .............. 41Recording functions of operationicons ........................................................ 42Operation icons................................. 42Recording functions of menus.............. 46Manual recording.................................... 52White balance ................................... 52Manual shutter speed/iris adjustment................................... 54Recording with manual focus............ 55Advanced (Playback)Playback Operations .............................. 56Motion picture playback usingoperation icon ................................... 56Creating still picture frommotion picture ................................... 57Repeat playback ............................... 57Resuming the previous playback ...... 58Zooming in on a still pictureduring playback (Playback zoom) ..... 58Various playback functions ................... 59Playing back motion pictures/still pictures by date .......................... 59Changing the playback settings andplaying back the slide show .............. 60Deleting scenes/still pictures ................ 61Dividing a scene (AVCHD)................ 63Dividing a scene to partially delete(iFrame) ............................................ 64Protecting scenes/still pictures ......... 65Watching Video/Pictures on your TV .... 66Connecting with a HDMI minicable ................................................. 69Connecting with the AV multicable ................................................. 69Playback using VIERA Link ................... 70Contents