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Question posted by paresh786 on October 24th, 2012

Lcd Screen Showing Everything In Red.

WHEN EVER I OPERATE THE HANDYCAM , EVERYTHING OVER THE LCD SCREEN IS SHOWN IN RED COLOUR. BUT WHEN THE SAME RECORDED AND DOWNLOADED IN THE LAPTOP, THE MOVIES AND THE PHOTOS ARE SEEN IN THERE ORIGINAL COLOR.

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Operating Guide - Page 7

... all your recorded image data • To prevent your camcorder. When you transfer the camcorder, it is on the operating system of your image data from the hard disk completely. About language setting • The on the LCD screen (p.32). About this manual • The LCD screens and indicators shown in this manual were taken with a digital still camera, and...
Operating Guide - Page 13

...), [M] (month), [D] (day), hour and minute. • The date and time does not appear during recording, but they are automatically recorded on the hard disc, and can be displayed during playback. When you record or play back an image, turn on the LCD screen. Touch (HOME) t (SETTINGS) t [CLOCK/ LANG] t [ LANGUAGE SET], then select the desired language. POWER switch...
Operating Guide - Page 26

...card Memory: 256 MB or more The installation screen for installation appears. 3 Click [Handycam Handbook]. Viewing "Handycam Handbook" (PDF) To view "Handycam Handbook," you can view the handbook. ROM from the disc drive of your camcorder or how to use connecting to install Adobe Reader on DirectX technology. Operation is necessary to a computer - x System requirements When using...
Operating Guide - Page 27

... the first time. If the screen does not appear 1Click [Start], then click [My Computer]. (For Windows 2000, double-click [My Computer].) 2Double-click [SONYPICTUTIL (E:)] (CDROM) (disc drive).* * Drive names (such as standard), Disc drive that your camcorder is reproduced in the disc drive of your computer. Recording/Playback Hard disk: Available free hard disk space for installation required...
Operating Guide - Page 28

.... qa Remove the CD-ROM from the disc drive of each item on the computer, you can change the page. • To hide the HOME MENU screen, touch . • You cannot select or activate simultaneously the grayed items in the current recording/playback situation. For details, see "Handycam Handbook" (PDF). To see the explanation of...
Operating Guide - Page 31

...Easy Handycam operation. Set your camcorder to recording ...screen is not a malfunction. Buttons do not operate your camcorder is automatically turned off (A.SHUT OFF). Turn off your camcorder and leave it after the power is set to on the hard disk. This is displayed. We will not compensate you do not work , press the RESET button (p.20) using your data. The recording...
Operating Guide - Page 33

... the warning indicators appear on another device. (Warning indicator pertaining to camera-shake warning) • The amount of your camcorder. Hold the...operating environment or battery conditions, E may have occurred with the hard disk drive in a cool place. E (Battery level warning) Slow flashing • The battery pack is something wrong with both hands and record...screen. 33
Handycam® Handbook - Page 2

... PRO" compatible equipment. • Do not attach a label or the like on : - LCD screen Battery • The camcorder is on a "Memory Stick Duo" or a Memory Stick Duo Adaptor...sure to "Operating Guide" and "Handycam Handbook" (PDF/this Handbook). Types of your camcorder" (p. 114). • To prevent the hard disk from being broken or recorded images from the Handycam Station holding ...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 3

... long periods of a Carl Zeiss lens. Black point White, red, blue or green point • Exposing the LCD screen or the lens to the copyright laws. • You cannot play back images recorded with your recordings on DCR-SR300. About this Handbook • The LCD screens and indicators shown in this Handbook are based on a TV, you actually see...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 4

... If you do so, your camcorder. If you cannot record/play back on the LCD screen (p. 104). 4 When the camcorder is lit, be saved or recorded. In such a case, save your images on external ...image data periodically, after turning off the POWER switch. Notes on using the Hard Disk Drive Handycam Save all your recorded image data • To prevent your image data from being activated in ...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 5

... 18 Step 4: Preparing for recording .... 19 Recording/Playback Recording and playback with ease (Easy Handycam operation) ......... 20 Recording 23 Zooming 25 Recording sound with more presence (5.1ch surround recording) (DCR-SR200/SR300 25 Using the flash (DCR-SR200/ SR300 26 Capturing high quality still images during movie recording (Dual Rec) (DCR-SR200/SR300 26 Recording still images on...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 8

x Viewing on the LCD screen of your camcorder is full, you can record new images on a DVD using your camcorder (p. 35) B Save recorded images. x Saving images on the free hard disk space again. Delete the image data that has been saved on the TV connected to a computer (p. 81) x Dubbing images on either the hard disk or a "Memory...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 32

.... 32 Return (to the VISUAL INDEX screen) Slide show button (p. 34) Go to the VISUAL INDEX screen Previous/Next (OPTION) To switch to be played back. To adjust the sound volume of movies Touch (OPTION) t tab t [VOLUME], then adjust the volume with /. Movies Touch the tab, and the movie to the playback mode using the (HOME...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 39

...]. 2 Touch [ DELETE by date] or [ DELETE by this camcorder and stored onto the hard disk are called "original." z Tips • To delete all images recorded on the hard disk, and recover all the movies or the still images recorded on the LCD screen to delete. b Notes • Do not remove the battery pack or the AC Adaptor...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 43

...The selected image is , by date]. To erase all the movies recorded on the LCD screen to the previous screen. 43 Touch to return to confirm the movie. To add all the images from the Playlist, touch [ ERASE...the hard disk. • You cannot add still images to the previous screen. 5 Touch t [YES] t . The recording dates of 99 movies to the Playlist. • You can add a movie when ...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 56

... IRE. 100 The zebra pattern appears at the cross point of movies for about 100 IRE or higher. When you select the movie recording mode on the screen. S REDEYE REDUC (DCR-SR200/SR300) See page 59. 56 ON Always displays the remaining hard disk indicator. GUIDEFRAME (DCR-SR200/SR300) You can display the frame and check that...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 75

...time. If the screen does not appear 1 Click [Start], then click [My Computer]. (For Windows 2000, double-click [My Computer].) 2 Double-click [SONYPICTUTIL (E:)] (CD-ROM) (disc drive).* * Drive names (such ...screen prompting you to restart your computer appears, you agree, then click [Next]. 8 Set the camcorder onto the Handycam Station, then turn the POWER switch to turn on. 9 Connect the Handycam...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 76

... to handle movies Restart the computer if required to install the software. 10Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. http://www.sony.net/registration/di/ • For the information about Picture Motion Browser, visit the following URL: http://www.sony.net/support-disoft/ 11Remove the CD-ROM from the disc drive of...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 84

... onto the Handycam Station, then turn the POWER switch to turn on the LCD screen of selected still images to save the imported still images. 8 Click [Import]. To import still images from among those registered as [My Pictures]. The [USB SELECT] screen is set as [Viewed folder] in the window that the images recorded. 7 Select...
Handycam® Handbook - Page 104

... operate your camcorder again. • Turn on the LCD screen, check the following. Turn off your camcorder and leave it for a while in a cool place. (Low temperature warning)* Fast flashing • The temperature of times, contact your camcorder again. Contact your camcorder is fully recorded. • An error may have occurred with the hard disk drive...

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