User manual SONY NEX-VG10

[. . . ] 4-257-862-11(1) Interchangeable Lens Digital HD Video Camera Recorder "Handycam" Handbook Table of contents Sample images Menu Index © 2010 Sony Corporation GB NEX-VG10/VG10E Notes on using the camcorder How to use this handbook Click on a button at upper right on the cover and each page to jump to the corresponding page. Search for information by function. Table of contents Sample images Search for information by sample images. Search for information in a listing of menu items. Menu Search for information by keyword. You can jump to the pages by clicking on the page numbers mentioned in the book. Marks and notations used in this handbook In this handbook, the sequence of operations is shown by arrows (t). [. . . ] Even if you activate [Reset Default], the images are retained. Table of contents 1 MENU button t [Setup] t [Reset Default] t [OK]. Notes · Be sure not to turn off the camcorder while resetting. · The settings of [Date/Time Setup] and [Area Setting] are not reset. 68GB Sample images Menu Index Format Formats the memory card. When you use a memory card with this camcorder for the first time, it is recommended to format the memory card using the camcorder for stable performance of the memory card before shooting. Note that formatting permanently erases all data on the memory card, and is unrecoverable. Save precious data on a computer, etc. Table of contents 1 MENU button t [Setup] t [Format] t [OK]. Notes · Formatting permanently erases all data including even protected images. If you format it on a computer, the memory card may not be usable with the camcorder, depending on the format type used. 69GB Sample images Menu Index Recover Image DB When inconsistencies are found in the image database file of movies, caused by processing movies on computers, etc. , movies will not be recorded or played back. If this happens, the camcorder repairs the file. Table of contents 1 MENU button t [Setup] t [Recover Image DB] t [OK]. The [Recover Image DB] screen is displayed, and the camcorder repairs the file. Low battery power during repairing can cause damage to data. 70GB Sample images Menu Index File Number Selects the method for assigning file numbers to still images. Table of contents 1 MENU button t [Setup] t [File Number] t desired setting. Series Reset Does not reset numbers of still image files, and assigns numbers to files in sequence until the number reaches "9999. " Sample images Resets numbers of still image files in the following cases and assigns numbers to files from "0001. " When the recording folder contains a file, a number incremented one higher than the largest number is assigned. · When the memory card is formatted. 71GB Menu Index Connecting with other equipment Creating a disc using a computer Selecting the method for creating your desired type of disc Select the method that best suits your disc player. See "PMB Help" for details on creating a disc using "PMB. " Table of contents Sample images When you want to save movies in high definition image quality (HD) on a Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Player Blu-ray Disc playback devices (Blu-ray Disc player, PlayStation®3, etc. ) to save movies in high definition image quality (HD) on a DVD DVD AVCHD format playback devices (Sony Blu-ray Disc player, PlayStation®3, etc. ) Menu to save movies in standard definition image quality (STD) on a DVD for distribution DVD Ordinary DVD playback devices (DVD player, DVD playable computer, etc. ) Index Notes · A DVD recorded with high definition image quality (HD) is called an "AVCHD disc" in this manual. · You can play an AVCHD disc on AVCHD format playback devices, such as a Sony Blu-ray Disc player and a PlayStation®3. You cannot play the disc on ordinary DVD players. z Discs you can use with "PMB" You can use 12 cm discs of following type with "PMB. " Disc type DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD+R DL DVD-RW/DVD+RW Features Unrewritable Rewritable · Always maintain your PlayStation®3 to use the latest version of the PlayStation®3 system software. · The PlayStation®3 may not be available in some countries/regions. 72GB Continued r Creating a Blu-ray Disc You can create a Blu-ray Disc from AVCHD format movies imported to a computer using the supplied software "PMB. " To creating a Blu-ray Disc, you must install [BD Add-on Software]. Click [BD Add-on Software] on the installation screen of "PMB, " and install this plug-in according to the on-screen instructions. Table of contents 1 Turn on your computer and place an empty Blu-ray Disc on the Blu-ray Disc drive. 2 Start "PMB. " 3 Click [Calendar] or [Index] to the left of the screen, and select the date or folder of the high definition image quality (HD) movies you want to write. 4 Click (Disc Creation) at the top of the screen t [Create Blu-ray Disc (HD)]. Sample images Menu 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to create a disc. Notes Install "PMB" beforehand. Connect your computer to the Internet when you install [BD Add-on Software]. BD-R (non-rewritable) and BD-RE (rewritable) media can be used to create a Blu-ray Disc. You cannot add contents to either type of disc once it has been created. · · · · Index Creating an AVCHD disc You can create an AVCHD disc from AVCHD format movies imported to a computer using the supplied software "PMB. " 1 Turn on your computer and place an empty disc on the DVD drive. 2 Start "PMB. " 3 Click [Calendar] or [Index] to the left of the screen, and select the date or folder of the high definition image quality (HD) movies you want to write. 4 Click (Disc Creation) at the top of the screen t [Create AVCHD Format Discs (HD)]. [. . . ] 70 Index Red Eye Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Reset Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 S Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Self-timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]