Table of Contents
Beginner's Guide ............................................................ 5
Charging .................................................................................. 5
Recording ................................................................................ 5
Playback .................................................................................. 5
Shooting Tips ........................................................................... 5
Holiday Season/Christmas ...................................................... 6
Wedding .................................................................................. 7
Travel ....................................................................................... 8
Amusement Park ................................................................... 10
Getting Started
Precautions on Playing Back 3D Images (for GZ-HM960)
............................................................................................ 12
Verifying the Accessories ...................................................... 13
Attaching the Core Filter ..................................................... 14
Charging the Battery Pack ..................................................... 15
Grip Adjustment ..................................................................... 16
Inserting an SD Card ............................................................. 16
Types of Usable SD Card ................................................... 17
Using an Eye-Fi Card ......................................................... 18
Using the Touch Screen ........................................................ 18
Names of Buttons and Functions on the LCD Monitor ....... 19
Clock Setting ......................................................................... 20
Resetting the Clock ............................................................ 21
Changing the Display Language ............................................ 22
Holding this Unit .................................................................... 22
Tripod Mounting .................................................................... 22
Using the Remote Control ...................................................... 23
Using Bluetooth-compliant Devices ....................................... 24
Registering a Bluetooth-compliant Device ......................... 25
Connecting to a Registered Bluetooth-compliant Device
........................................................................................ 27
Changing the Settings of a Registered Bluetooth-compliant
Device ............................................................................ 28
Transferring Still Images to a Bluetooth-compliant Device
........................................................................................ 29
Operation Using a Smartphone .......................................... 30
Bluetooth Application for Smartphones .............................. 31
Radio Waves Used by this Product .................................... 38
Using this Unit Overseas ....................................................... 39
Charging the Battery Pack Overseas ................................. 39
Setting the Clock to Local Time when Traveling ................. 39
Setting Daylight Saving Time ............................................. 40
Optional Accessories ............................................................. 40
Recording
Taking Videos in Intelligent Auto Mode .................................. 42
Zooming ............................................................................. 44
Capturing Still Images During Video Recording ................. 44
Taking Still Images in Intelligent Auto Mode .......................... 45
Zooming ............................................................................. 47
Manual Recording ................................................................. 47
Scene Selection ................................................................. 48
Adjusting Focus Manually .................................................. 49
Using Focus Assist ............................................................. 50
Adjusting Brightness .......................................................... 50
Setting Shutter Speed ........................................................ 51
Setting Aperture ................................................................. 51
Setting White Balance ........................................................ 52
Setting Backlight Compensation ........................................ 53
Taking Close-up Shots ....................................................... 54
Creating Animation Effects (ANIMATION EFFECT) .............. 54
Registering Human Face Personal Authentication Information
............................................................................................ 56
Setting SMILE%/NAME DISPLAY ...................................... 58
Editing the Registered Face Information ............................ 59
Capturing Subjects Clearly (TOUCH PRIORITY AE/AF) ....... 61
Capturing Smiles Automatically (SMILE SHOT) .................... 62
Recording while
(FACE SUB-WINDOW) ...................................................... 63
Reducing Camera Shake ....................................................... 64
Taking Videos in iTunes Format ............................................ 65
Slow-motion (High-speed) Recording .................................... 66
Recording at Intervals (TIME-LAPSE RECORDING) ............. 67
Recording Automatically by Sensing Movements (AUTO REC)
............................................................................................ 69
Taking Group Shots (Self-timer) ............................................ 70
Setting the USER Button ....................................................... 71
Remaining Recording Time/Battery Power ............................ 72
Playback
Playing Back Videos .............................................................. 74
Playing Back 3D Images (for GZ-HM960) .......................... 76
Playing a Video with Defective Management Information
........................................................................................ 76
Playing Back Still Images ....................................................... 77
Playing Back 3D Images (for GZ-HM960) .......................... 78
Slideshow Playback ........................................................... 78
Searching for a Specific Video/Still Image ............................. 79
Date Search ....................................................................... 79
Connecting to and Viewing on TV .......................................... 79
Playing Back 3D Images (for GZ-HM960) .......................... 80
Playing Back 2D Images (for GZ-HM960/GZ-HM860)
........................................................................................ 82
Playing Back a DVD or Blu-ray Disc Created on this Unit
............................................................................................ 84
Editing
Deleting Unwanted Files ........................................................ 85
Deleting the Currently Displayed File ................................. 85
Deleting Selected Files ...................................................... 85
Protecting Files ...................................................................... 86
Protecting/Releasing
........................................................................................ 86
Protecting/Releasing Protection of Selected Files .............. 86
Capturing a Still Image in the Video during Playback ............. 88
Combining Videos Recorded by Seamless Recording .......... 88
Capturing a Required Part in the Video (TRIMMING) ............ 89
Capturing Videos for Uploading to YouTube .......................... 90
Preparing Videos to Transfer to iTunes .................................. 91
Copying
Creating Discs with a DVD Writer .......................................... 92
Preparing a DVD Writer (CU-VD3U) .................................. 93
Preparing a DVD Writer (CU-VD50U) ................................ 94
Creating a Disc ................................................................... 94
Playing Back with a DVD Writer ......................................... 99
Finalizing Discs After Copying ............................................ 99
Creating Discs with an External Blu-ray Drive ...................... 100
Preparing an External Blu-ray Drive ................................. 100
Creating a Disc ................................................................. 101
Playing Back with an External Blu-ray Drive ..................... 104
Creating a Disc Using a Connected Blu-ray Recorder ......... 105
Dubbing Files to a Disc by Connecting to a DVD Recorder
.......................................................................................... 105
Dubbing Files to a VHS Tape by Connecting to a VCR ........ 106
Using a USB External Hard Disk Drive ................................ 106
Preparing a USB External Hard Disk Drive ....................... 107
Copying All Files .............................................................. 107
Playing Back Files in the USB External Hard Disk Drive
...................................................................................... 108
Deleting Folders in the USB External Hard Disk Drive ..... 109
Formatting the USB External Hard Disk Drive .................. 109
Importing Files from the USB External Hard Disk Drive
...................................................................................... 110
Copying Files to an SD Card ................................................ 111
Moving Files to an SD Card ................................................. 112
Copying to Windows PC ...................................................... 113
Verifying System Requirements (Guideline) ..................... 113
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