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Using a Computer
What you can do with Windows computer
When you install the “Picture Motion
Browser” on a Windows computer from the
supplied CD-ROM, you can enjoy the
following operations.
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Tips
• The supplied software “Picture Motion
Browser” does not support a Macintosh
computer.
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One Touch Disc Burn
By pressing DISC BURN on your
camcorder, you can save images recorded
on your camcorder to a disc with the same
image quality, automatically. You can
create a disc easily. Movies recorded with
HD (high definition) image quality are
copied as they are.
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Importing images taken with your
camcorder to a computer
You can easily import the images recorded
on your camcorder to a computer. Movies
recorded with HD (high definition) image
quality are imported from your camcorder
as they are.
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Viewing imported images on a
computer
You can manage movies and still images
by date and time of shooting, and select
movies or still images you want to view as
thumbnails. These thumbnails can be
enlarged and played in a slide show.
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Creating a Playlist disc
You can create a disc based on a Playlist
created on your camcorder.
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Creating a disc with edited images
You can edit images imported to your
computer, and create a disc consisting of
selected images.
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Rewriting imported movies with
HD (high definition) image quality
from your computer back to your
camcorder
You can rewrite movies that were
imported from your camcorder to your
computer, back to your camcorder.
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Playing a disc consisting of images
with HD (high definition) image
quality
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Player for AVCHD
You can view movies with HD (high
definition) image quality recorded on a
disc by inserting the disc into the DVD
drive of a computer.
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Copying a disc
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Video Disc Copier
You can copy a disc you created as it is.
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Notes
• This camcorder captures high definition footage
in the AVCHD format. DVD media containing
AVCHD footage should not be used with DVD
based players or recorders, as the DVD player/
recorder may fail to eject the media and may
erase its contents without warning. DVD media
containing AVCHD footage may be played on a
compatible Blu-ray Disc™ player/recorder or
other compatible device.
The “First Step Guide” is an instruction
manual you can refer to on your computer.
This describes basic operations, from initial
hookup of your camcorder and computer
and making settings, to general operation
the first time you use the software “Picture
Main functions
About “First Step Guide”
