Sony DCR-SX53E User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Read this first

  2
  • Operation flow

    9
• Table of contents

  10
• Getting started

  12
  • Step 1: Charging the battery pack

    12
    • Charging the battery pack abroad

      14
  • Step 2: Turning the power on, and setting the date and time

    15
    • Changing the language setting

      16
  • Step 3: Preparing the recording media

    17
    • To check the recording media settings

      18
    • Dubbing or copying movies and photos from the internal recording media to memory card (DCR-SR58E/SR68E/SR78E/SR88E/SX34E/SX44E/SX53E/SX63E)

      19
• Recording/Playback

  20
  • Recording

    20
  • Playback on the camcorder

    25
  • Playing images on a TV

    28
• Making good use of your camcorder

  31
  • Deleting movies and photos

    31
• Saving movies and photos with a computer

  33
  • Preparing a computer (Windows)

    33
    • When using a Macintosh

      33
  • Starting PMB (Picture Motion Browser)

    36
  • Creating a disc with one touch (One Touch Disc Burn)

    36
  • Importing movies and photos to a computer

    37
  • Creating a disc

    38
    • Copying a disc

      39
    • Editing movies

      39
    • Capturing photos from a movie

      39
• Saving images with an external device

  40
  • Saving images in external media (DIRECT COPY)

    40
  • Creating a disc with a DVD writer, recorder

    42
• Customizing your camcorder

  48
  • Using menus

    48
  • Getting detailed information from the “Handycam” Handbook

    54
• Additional information

  55
  • Troubleshooting

    55
  • Precautions

    57
  • Specifications

    59
• Quick reference

  63
  • Screen indicators

    63
  • Parts and controls

    64
  • Index

    67