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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................ 3
Read this first . ........................................................................................6
Operation flow . .................................................................................... 12
Getting started
Step 1: Charging the battery pack ............................................................. 15
Charging the battery pack abroad . ................................................... 17
Step 2: Turning the power on, and setting the date and time ........................... 18
Changing the language setting . ....................................................... 20
Step 3: Preparing the recording media ....................................................... 21
To check the recording media settings . .............................................. 22
Dubbing or copying movies and photos from the internal recording media
to memory card . .......................................................................... 23
Recording/Playback
Recording ........................................................................................... 24
Acquiring location information using the GPS (HDR-CX550V/XR550V) . ...... 28
Adjusting for shooting conditions . ............................................................ 29
Playback on the camcorder . .................................................................... 30
Playing images on a TV .......................................................................... 33
Making good use of your camcorder
Deleting movies and photos .................................................................... 36
Saving movies and photos with a computer
Preparing a computer (Windows) ............................................................. 38
When using a Macintosh . ............................................................... 39
Starting PMB (Picture Motion Browser) . ...................................................... 41
Selecting the method for creating a disc (computer) . ..................................... 42
Creating a disc with one touch (One Touch Disc Burn) . ................................... 44
Importing movies and photos to a computer . .............................................. 45
Creating an AVCHD disc ......................................................................... 46
Playing an AVCHD disc on a computer . .............................................. 46
Creating a Blu-ray disc . .................................................................. 47
Creating a standard definition image quality (STD) disc that can be played on
ordinary DVD players . ............................................................................ 47
Copying a disc . ............................................................................ 48
Editing movies ............................................................................ 48
Capturing photos from a movie . ...................................................... 48