7LSQT0969ContentsBefore usingFeatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Parts identification and handling . . . 15Using the LCD monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Using the viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Discs and cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Discs that can be used on this unit . . . . .19Cards that you can use with this unit(VDR-D200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23SetupPower supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Connecting to the AC outlet. . . . . . . . . . .26Turning the unit on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Inserting/removing a disc . . . . . . . . . 27Inserting/removing an SD card(VDR-D200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Selecting a mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30How to use the joystick . . . . . . . . . . . 31Switching the language . . . . . . . . . . . 35Using the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . 36Setting date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Adjusting LCD monitor/viewfinder. . . . 39RecordingBefore recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Recording motion pictures . . . . . . . . 41Changing the recording mode ofthe motion picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Recording still pictures(VDR-D200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Various recording functions . . . . . . . 45Zoom in/out function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45Recording yourself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46Soft skin mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Fade in/fade out function . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Backlight compensation function . . . . . . .50Self-timer recording (VDR-D200 only) . . .51Wind noise reduction function . . . . . . . . .52Cinema mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52MagicPix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Image stabilizer function . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Recording with the video light(VDR-D200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Manual recording functions . . . . . . . 55Scene mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Manual focus adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 57White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60PlaybackMotion picture playback . . . . . . . . . . 61Still picture playback(VDR-D200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Playing back still pictures as a slide show . . . 65EditingEditing scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Deleting scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Dividing a scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Combining scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Using playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70What is a playlist? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Creating a new playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Playing back a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Editing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Editing still pictures(VDR-D200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Deleting still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Locking still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81DPOF setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Disc and card managementFormatting discs and cards . . . . . . . 83Formatting discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Formatting an SD card(VDR-D200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Finalizing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Finalizing a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Un-finalizing a DVD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Protecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Displaying disc information . . . . . . . 88