INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Digital Movie Camera
VPC-HD700EX
VPC-HD700
VPC-HD700GX
Important note
This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-HD700EX, VPC-HD700
and VPC-HD700GX.
Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such.
Please read these instructions carefully before using the camera.
Make sure to read and understand the separate booklet “SAFETY MANUAL”.
Keep this manual in a safe place for later reference.
FOR CANADIAN USERS
i This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
FOR EU USERS
Note:
iThis symbol mark and recycle system apply only to EU
countries and do not apply to countries in other areas of
the world.
Your SANYO product is designed and manufactured with
high quality materials and components which can be
recycled and reused.
This symbol means that electrical and electronic
equipment, at their end-of-life, should be disposed of
separately from your household waste.
Please dispose of this equipment at your local community
waste collection/recycling centre.
In the European Union there are separate collection
systems for used electrical and electronic products.
Please help us to conserve the environment we live in!
SANYO FISHER Sales (Europe) GmbH
Stahlgruberring 4, D-81829 München, Germany
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
1-1, Sanyo-cho, Daito City, Osaka 574-8534, Japan
FOR RUSSIAN USERS
This product certified by official certification company
which is authorized by Russian Federation.
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Symbols used in this manual
HINT
Points giving some extended instructions or special points to pay
attention to.
CAUTION Points that require special attention.
(page xx) Refer to the page indicated for detailed information.
You may find the answers to questions or problems concerning camera
operation in the sections “COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS” (page 187)
and “TROUBLESHOOTING” (page 195).
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Install the battery pack and card
1
Insert the battery pack.
Battery cover
Battery pack
1
2
3
2
Insert the SD Memory Card.
h An SD Memory Card is not included with your camera. Please
purchase a commercially sold card.
h In this manual, the SD Memory Card is referred to as the “card”.
Card slot cover
Card slot
SD Memory card
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Before capturing those important shots, be sure to first take a
test shot to confirm that your camera is set up and ready to go
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Sanyo declines any claim for compensation for recorded contents etc. in case
of photographing or recording failure due to a chance camera or card flaw.
Shooting
1
2
Set the REC/PLAY switch
to REC.
REC/PLAY switch
Set to REC
Press the ON/OFF button
for at least 1 second to turn
the camera on.
[
[
] button
] button
h
If the screen to set the date
and time appears, press
the MENU button 2 times
to cancel it.
Monitor
For how to set the date
and time, see page 42.
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Record.
To record a video clip:
h
Press the [
] button to
begin recording a video
clip.
h
Press the [
again to end the recording.
To take a photo:
] button
ON/OFF
button
h
Press the [
] button.
h
A still image is captured.
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Playback
1
Set the REC/PLAY switch
to PLAY.
h The display changes to
the Playback Screen and
the image that was just
captured is shown.
2
Toggle the SET button to
the left or right to display
the image you wish to see.
<Video clip playback>
h Video clips are indicated
by a video clip pattern
along the left and right
sides of the screen.
h Press the SET button to
start video clip playback.
<To return to the shooting
mode>
h Set the REC/PLAY
switch to REC.
When you are finished using the camera...
Press the ON/OFF button for at least 1 second to turn the camera off.
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Burn your recorded video clips onto a DVD
(Windows XP)
Introduced here is the procedure to use the supplied DVD-ROM (Xacti
Software DVD) to burn movies captured with your camera to a DVD,
creating your original DVD.
Install the application programs
Install two programs from the Xacti Software DVD to your computer:
Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition (in this manual, referred to as
Photoshop Album SE) and, for creating DVDs, Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0
(in this manual, referred to as Premiere Elements).
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2
Set the supplied DVD-ROM (Xacti Software DVD) in your computer’s
DVD drive.
h The installation window opens.
Click on the application program you wish to install.
h After clicking on an application program, follow the instructions shown
on the monitor to install the program.
h When installing Premiere Elements, input the serial number found on
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