Hold down the lock button (blue) at the center of the [POWER ON/OFF] switch to set to “ON”. The camera recorder starts up in Camera mode and is ready for recording.
Basic Shooting Procedures
Preparations
Supply battery or AC adapter power to the camera recorder.
Insert an SD card.
Turn on the power of the camera recorder.
Adjust the angle of the LCD monitor and viewfinder.
Shooting
You can set to “FULL”, “PRESET” or “OFF” using the [AUTO MODE FULL/PRESET/OFF] switch.
When “FULL” is specified, the following video items are automatically adjusted. (Auto mode)
Iris
Gain
Shutter
White balance
The audio recording level is also set to Auto in the factory default, and audio from the built-in microphone is recorded.
Specify whether or not to set the audio to Auto in [Main Menu] 
[A/V Set] [Audio Set] [Audio On FULL AUTO].
When “PRESET” is specified, the settings selected in [PRESET AUTO] is used.
When “OFF” is specified, the button settings, switch settings and selections in the menu are used.
Memo
To set each individual video setting item automatically or manually, and to carry out the audio input settings and the audio recording level adjustment, refer to the following.
Press the [REC] button to start recording to the SD card.
This camera recorder has two [REC] buttons. Any of the [REC] buttons can be used to start/stop recording by default.
The tally lamp lights up in red during recording.
Zoom Operation
Adjusting the Focus
Memo
If both the slots are loaded with recordable cards in the factory default, pressing the [REC] button starts recording only to the media in the selected slot.
When [Main Menu] [System] [Record Set] [Slot Mode] is set to “Dual”, recording can be performed simultaneously to the cards in both the slots.
The tally lamp can be turned off in [System] [Tally Lamp].
Check the most recently captured images.
Press the [C.REVIEW/4] button to activate the Clip Review function. The most recently captured images are played back on the LCD monitor and viewfinder screen.
After playback, the camera recorder returns to standby mode (STBY).
Memo
[Clip Review] is assigned to the [C.REVIEW/4] button in factory default.
[Clip Review] can also be assigned to other user buttons.
