Sony CCD-FX311 Primary User Manual - Page 5

Inserting a Tape Make sure that the battery pack or another power source is attached 1 Press the small blue button on the EJECT switch and simultaneously slide EJECT in the direction of the arrow. The cassette compartment automatically lifts up and opens toward you. 2 Insert a tape with the window facing outside. 1,1 1100141 49, 6qk. %OW 3 Close the cassette holder by pressing the area on the cassette compartment marked "PUSH". aro Preventing Accidental Erasure Slide the red tab closing the window to prevent accidental recording. To re-record on the tape. slide the tab opening the window. If you try to record with the red mark exposed, the FM and to indicators flash in the viewfinder and beeps sound for about 5 seconds. Notes on handling rapes Own insert anything In er mei kolas one's war of Peewees. Thole hales ere used w woods. ope and memo, taps.«it ma red mark se exposed or covered. etc More Wm ether coves and keep than in en upright poetic., to prevent sander or duet end uneven winding. 8 Getting Started Adjusting the Viewfinder Lens Before using your camcorder for the first time or after another person used it, adjust the viewfinder lens to bast It your eye-sigh, Make sure that a battery pack us another power source is attached to the camcorder. 1 2 4 3 1 Press the small green button on POWER and set the POWER switch to CAMERA. 2 Inserts tape. (See page 8 3 Set the STANDBY switch up. 4 Turn the viewfinder adjustment ring around the viewfinder lens until the "STBY" indicator displayed In the viewfinder screen comes into sharp focus. Using the viewfinder as a sports finder Your camcorder is equipped with a Sports Finder. You can use the viewfinder as the sports finder by turning the viewfinder adjustment ring Whet is a sports tinder? Since this finch, has a long focal length. you can monitor the picture while your eye is at a (MOW" from the eyecup. The sports finder Is convenient when moving around to shoot scenes. Setting the viewfinder to the sports finder position Turn the viewfinder adjustment ring clockwise completely. Returning from the sports tinder poskion to the normal viewfinder position Turn the adjustment ring counterclockwise until the word .STEI" that appears in the viewfinder comes into sharp focus When storing your camcorder Turn the viewfinder barrel to the front. Adjustment ^n11 9 Geeing Staled