Sony HDR-CX160E User Manual

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Display Setting

You can set the duration of displaying the 

icons or indicators on the LCD screen.

 Auto

Displays for about 3 seconds. The rec & zoom 

buttons on the LCD screen is displayed.

On

Always displays. The rec & zoom buttons on 

the LCD screen is not displayed.

Tips

The icons or indicators are displayed in the 

following cases.

When you turn on your camcorder.

The LCD screen is touched (Except rec & 

zoom buttons on LCD screen).

When you switch your camcorder to the 

movie recording, photo recording, or 

playback mode.

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 Image Quality/Size  

(Items for setting up image 
quality or size)

See “Using menus” (p. 63) on the operation.

The default settings are marked with .

REC Mode

See page 35.

Frame Rate

You can select the frame rate to be used to 

record high definition image quality (HD) 

movies. Using [50i] is recommended for 

standard recording. Set [

Frame Rate] 

first, before setting [

REC Mode] (p. 35).

 50i

For ordinary recording, this frame rate is 

recommended.

50p

You can record movies with a volume of 

data twice that of 50i with this setting, and 

this will allow you to enjoy clear images. 

When you play a movie recorded with 

this setting on a TV, the TV has to be 

compatible with 50p movie playback. If 

the TV is not compatible with 50p movie 

playback, the movie will be output as a 50i 

movie.

Notes

The media that the recorded images can be 

saved on will depend on the recording mode 

that has been set during recording. For details, 

see page 36.

Tips

Frame rate means the number of images that 

are updated in a certain period of time.

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Setting

See page 35.

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