3VQT0T60End User License Agreement ............ 2PreparationInformation for your safety ................ 5Introduction ......................................... 7Accessories ....................................... 10Parts identification and handling .... 11Inserting/Removing an SD card....... 15Inserting/Removing the Battery....... 17Charging the Battery......................... 18Turning the unit on/off...................... 19Selecting a mode............................... 21Using the LCD monitor ..................... 22Using the cursor button ................... 23One-touch navigationUsing the menu screen..................... 27Setting date and time........................ 29Adjusting LCD monitor..................... 30RecordingCheck before recording.................... 32Motion picture recording(MPEG2 motion pictures)............... 34Zoom in/out function ........................ 37This is for moving the zoom lever toadjust the magnification.Tele-macro function.......................... 38This is for bringing only what you wantto record into focus to take close-ups.Soft skin mode .................................. 39This is for making skin colours appearsofter for a more attractiveappearance.Backlight compensation function ... 40This is for protecting a backlit subjectfrom being darkened.Wind noise reduction function ........ 41This is for reducing the wind noisecoming into the microphone whenrecording.Wide mode ......................................... 41This is for selecting the screen’saspect ratio when recording motionpictures.Image stabilizer function .................. 42This is for reducing image shakesduring recording.Colour night view functions............. 43This allows recording in dark locations.Scene mode ....................................... 44This is for recording in varioussituations.Manual focus adjustment ................. 46This allows subjects to be focusedmanually.White balance .................................... 47This is for recording in natural colours.Manual shutter speed/apertureadjustment ...................................... 49Still picture recording(JPEG still pictures) ....................... 51Built-in flash ...................................... 55Self-timer recording .......................... 57This is for recording using the timer.. PlaybackMotion picture playback(MPEG2 motion pictures)............... 58Still picture playback(JPEG still pictures) ....................... 61Deleting scenes................................. 63This is for deleting scenes recorded onSD cards.Locking scenes ................................. 65This is for preventing scenes frombeing deleted by mistake.Formatting an SD card ..................... 66This is for initializing (formatting)cards.DPOF setting ..................................... 67This is for writing the printing data onan SD cardPictBridge .......................................... 68This is for printing pictures by directlyconnecting to the printer.Playback on TV ................................. 71Using this unit’s recorded data onother devices .................................. 73This is for copying recordings from aDVD recorder’s SD card slot onto itshard disk.Contents