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Indicators are not recorded on tapes.

Remaining battery time indicator during recording
The remaining battery time indicator roughly indicates the continuous recording time.
The indicator may not be correct, depending on the conditions in which you are
recording. When you close the LCD panel and open it again, it takes about one minute
for the correct remaining battery time in minutes to be displayed.

Time code
The time code indicates the recording or playback time, “0:00:00” (hours : minutes :
seconds) in CAMERA and “0:00:00:00” (hours : minutes : seconds : frames) in VCR.
You cannot rewrite only the time code.

Remaining tape indicator
The indicator may not be displayed accurately depending on the tape.

Recording data
The recording data (date/time or various settings when recorded) are not displayed
while recording. However, they are recorded automatically on the tape. To display the
recording data, press the DATA CODE button during playback. You can also use the
Remote Commander for this operation (p. 41).

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Cassette memory
This appears when using a cassette with cassette memory.

Time
The time is displayed about five seconds after the
power is turned on.

Date
The date is displayed about five seconds after the
power is turned on.

Remaining tape
This appears after you insert a cassette and record or
play back for a while.

FN button
Press this button to display operation buttons on the
LCD screen.

When you shoot a subject with the light source behind the subject or a subject with a
light background, use the backlight function.

Press BACK LIGHT while the POWER switch is set to CAMERA or MEMORY/
NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only).
The . indicator appears on the screen. To cancel, press BACK LIGHT again.

When shooting backlit subjects
If you press SPOT LIGHT, EXPOSURE or SPOT METER, the backlight function will be
canceled.

When you manually adjust the exposure
You cannot use the backlight function.

This function prevents people's faces, for example, from appearing excessively white
when shooting subjects lit by strong light, such as in the theater.

Press SPOT LIGHT while the POWER switch is set to CAMERA or MEMORY/
NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only).
The 

  indicator appears on the screen. To cancel, press SPOT LIGHT again.

when shooting spotlighted subjects
If you press BACK LIGHT, EXPOSURE or SPOT METER, the spot light function will be
canceled.

When you manually adjust the exposure
You cannot use the spot light function.

Recording with the self-timer starts in 10 seconds automatically. You can also use the
Remote Commander for this operation.

(1) In the standby, press FN and select PAGE2.
(2) Press SELFTIMER.

The 

 (self-timer) indicator appears on the  screen.

(3) Press START/STOP.

The self-timer starts counting down from 10 with a beep. In the last two
seconds of the countdown, the beep gets faster, then recording starts
automatically.

Press START/STOP.
To restart the countdown, press START/STOP again.

Press SELFTIMER so that the 

 (self-timer) indicator disappears from the screen

while your camcorder is in the standby.

Note
The self-timer is automatically canceled when:
– The self-timer recording is finished.
– The POWER switch is set to OFF (CHG) or VCR.

When the POWER switch is set to MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only)
You can also record still images on a “Memory Stick” with the self-timer (p. 143).

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