Recording - Basics; Recording A Picture - Sony DCR-IP5E/IP7E Operating Instructions Manual

— Recording – Basics —

Recording a picture

Your camcorder automatically focuses for you.
(1) Remove the lens cap and pull the lens cap
string to fix it.
(2) Install the power source. See "Step 1
Preparing the power supply" for more
information (p. 25).
(3) Insert a cassette. See "Step 3 Inserting a
cassette" for more information (p. 36).
(4) Press OPEN, then open the LCD panel.
(5) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA. The
CAMERA lamp lights up and your camcorder
is set to the standby mode.
(6) Press START/STOP. The STBY indicator
flashes. Then, the REC indicator appears
instead and the camcorder starts recording.
The camera recording lamp located on the
front of your camcorder lights up. To stop
recording, press START/STOP again.
5
POWER
CAMERA
MEMORY/
NETWORK
VCR
6
START/STOP
38
Microphone/
(CHG)
OFF
4
ON
MODE
3
40min
REC 0:00:01
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
1
2
Camera recording
lamp/