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Information for Your Safety......................2
Preparation
Parts identification and handling ............6
Power supply.............................................9
Inserting/removing the battery............. 9
Charging the battery ......................... 10
Charging and recording time............. 11
Recording to a card ................................13
Cards that you can use with this
unit .................................................... 13
Inserting/removing an SD card.......... 14
Turning the unit on/off............................15
Turning the unit on and off with the
power button ..................................... 15
Turning the unit on and off with the
LCD monitor...................................... 15
Selecting a mode ....................................16
Setting date and time..............................17
Basic
Before recording.....................................18
Selecting a media to record
[HDC-TM40] .............................................19
Recording motion pictures ....................20
Recording still pictures..........................22
Intelligent auto mode..............................23
Motion picture/Still picture playback ....25
Using the menu screen ..........................28
Using the Setup Menu ............................29
Advanced (Recording)
Zoom in/out function ..............................36
Optical image stabilizer function...........37
Recording with the video light...............37
Recording functions of operation
icons ........................................................38
Operation icons................................. 38
Recording functions of menus ..............42
Manual recording ....................................48
White balance ................................... 48
Manual shutter speed/iris
adjustment ........................................ 50
Recording with manual focus............ 51
Advanced (Playback)
Playback Operations..............................52
Motion picture playback using
operation icon ................................... 52
Creating still picture from motion
picture ............................................... 53
Repeat playback ............................... 53
Resuming the previous playback...... 54
Zooming in on a still picture during
playback (Playback zoom)................ 54
Various playback functions ................... 55
Playing back motion pictures/still
pictures by date ................................ 55
Changing the playback settings and
playing back the slide show .............. 56
Deleting scenes/still pictures ................ 58
Dividing a scene (AVCHD)................ 60
Dividing a scene to partially delete
(iFrame) ............................................ 61
Protecting scenes/still pictures ......... 62
Watching Video/Pictures on your TV.... 63
Connecting with a HDMI mini
cable ................................................. 66
Connecting with the AV multi
cable ................................................. 66
Playback using VIERA Link ................... 67
Copy/Dubbing
Copying from Built-in Memory to SD
card [HDC-TM40] .................................... 69
Dubbing with a Blu-ray disc recorder,
video devices, etc................................... 71
With a PC
What you can do with a PC.................... 75
End User License Agreement........... 77
Operating environment .......................... 78
Installation............................................... 81
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