Customizing Your Camcorder With Menus - Sony HANDYCAM HDR-CX500 Guía De Operaciónes

Customizing your
camcorder with menus
Your camcorder has MY MENU where
6 menu items you use most often can be
registered, and MENU, where all menu
items are displayed.
Menu items are described in more details with

color photos in the "Handycam" Handbook
(p. 56).
Using MY MENU

Open the LCD screen of your
camcorder.
The lens cover is opened and your
camcorder is turned on.
To turn on your camcorder when the LCD

screen is already open, press POWER
(p. 15).

Touch (MENU).
(MENU)
The MY MENU screen is displayed.
To MENU screen
MY MENU items that appear on the

screen depend on the status of your
camcorder, recording (movie/photo) or
playback.

Touch the menu item to be
changed.

After changing the setting, touch
To register your favorite menu items to
MY MENU
 In step 3 of "Using MY MENU, " touch
[MY MENU SETTING].
 Touch the MY MENU type you want to
change.
[MOVIE]: Change the MY MENU for
movie recording.
[PHOTO]: Change the MY MENU for
photo recording.
[PLAYBACK]: Change the MY MENU
for playback.
 Touch the item to be changed.
 Touch  the item to be
registered.
 Touch
, after MY MENU screen is
displayed.
You can register up to 6 menu items in each

MY MENU.
The default settings for each MY MENU are the

following:
MY MENU(MOVIE)

[SCENE SELECTION], [SPOT MTR/FCS],
[FACE DETECTION], [LOW LUX], [
SET], [ REC MODE]
MY MENU(PHOTO)

[SCENE SELECTION], [SPOT MTR/FCS],
[ SELF-TIMER], [SMILE DETECTION],
[FLASH MODE], [
MY MENU(PLAYBACK)
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