Sony Handycam HDRCX12 User Manual

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Indicators when you made changes
Following indicators appear during 
recording/playback to indicate the settings 
of your camcorder.
Upper left
IndicatorMeaning
 AUDIO MODE (62)
Self-timer recording (83)
    Flash/REDEYE REDUC 
(65)
BLT-IN ZOOM MIC 
(82)
MICREF LEVEL low 
(82)
WIDE SELECT (63)
Upper right
IndicatorMeaning
 Fader (82)
LCD backlight off (20)
Center
IndicatorMeaning
 Slide show set (35)
NightShot (28)
Super NightShot (81)
Color Slow Shutter (81)
PictBridge connecting...

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Glossary
5.1ch surround soundA system that plays back sound on 6 speakers, 
3 at the front (left, right and center) and 2 at 
the rear (right and left) with an additional 
low-pass subwoofer counted as a 0.1 channel for 
frequencies of 120 Hz or lower.
AVCHD formatA high definition digital video camera format 
used to record an HD (high definition) signal 
using the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format.
Dolby DigitalAn audio encoding (compression) system 
developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Dolby Digital 5.1...

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Index
Numeric
1080i/480i ...............................  73
16:9  ..........................................  73
16:9 WIDE  ..............................  63
4:3  ...................................... 63, 73
4:3 TV  ......................................  39
480i  ..........................................  73
5.1ch surround recording.....  27
A
A.SHUT OFF (Auto shut off) 
..................................................  75
A/V connecting cable...

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HELP .......................................  12
Holding the camcorder  ........  20
HOME MENU  ................. 11, 59
I
Icon ........................................  110
ID-1/ID-2  ...............................  73
Image management files  .......  96
IMAGE SIZE  ..........................  66
Indicators  ..............................  111
INDOOR  ................................  81
“InfoLITHIUM” battery pack 
..................................................  98
J
JPEG...

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SMILE PRIORITY .................  69
SMILE SENSITIVITY  ...........  69
SMILE SHUTTER  .................  68
SMTH SLW REC  ...................  29
SNOW  .....................................  80
SOUND/DISP SET................  72
SPOT FOCUS  ........................  78
SPOTLIGHT  ..........................  80
SPOT METER  
(Flexible spot meter)  .............  78
SPOT MTR/FCS  
(Spot meter focus)  .................  78
STEADYSHOT  ......................  63
Still image...