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...lens • Your camcorder is not possible due to direct sunlight for illustrating the operating procedures. Unauthorized recording of such materials may be copyrighted. About this manual • The images of the LCD screen and the viewfinder used in Germany, and Sony Corporation, and produces ... manual for video cameras and offers a quality typical of a Carl Zeiss lens. However, there may be provided, even if recording or playback is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens, which was developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in this manual are based on the model DCR-HC96. These points...
...lens • Your camcorder is not possible due to direct sunlight for illustrating the operating procedures. Unauthorized recording of such materials may be copyrighted. About this manual • The images of the LCD screen and the viewfinder used in Germany, and Sony Corporation, and produces ... manual for video cameras and offers a quality typical of a Carl Zeiss lens. However, there may be provided, even if recording or playback is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens, which was developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in this manual are based on the model DCR-HC96. These points...
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... SET z z z A/V t DV OUT*1 VIDEO INPUT*1 - - z TV TYPE*4 z z z USB CAMERA z - - z REMOTE CTRL z z z REC LAMP*1 z z - BEEP z z z DISP OUTPUT z z z MENU ROTATE z z z A.SHUT OFF z z z CALIBRATION - - DISP GUIDE z z z GUIDEFRAME*1 z z - z REMAINING z - menu (p. 69) CLOCK SET z z z WORLD TIME z z z LANGUAGE z z z *1 DCR-HC96 *2 DCR-HC36/HC46 *3 DCR-HC36 *4 DCR-HC46/HC96 *5 Cannot be operated in the CAMERA-TAPE mode. *6 The setting value before entering Easy Handycam operation will be...
... SET z z z A/V t DV OUT*1 VIDEO INPUT*1 - - z TV TYPE*4 z z z USB CAMERA z - - z REMOTE CTRL z z z REC LAMP*1 z z - BEEP z z z DISP OUTPUT z z z MENU ROTATE z z z A.SHUT OFF z z z CALIBRATION - - DISP GUIDE z z z GUIDEFRAME*1 z z - z REMAINING z - menu (p. 69) CLOCK SET z z z WORLD TIME z z z LANGUAGE z z z *1 DCR-HC96 *2 DCR-HC36/HC46 *3 DCR-HC36 *4 DCR-HC46/HC96 *5 Cannot be operated in the CAMERA-TAPE mode. *6 The setting value before entering Easy Handycam operation will be...
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CAMERA SET menu (Continued) 1 Touch the point where you want to...- Indoors - B AUTO The white balance is adjusted automatically. 50 OUTDOOR ( ) The white balance is selected, taken your camcorder outdoors or brought it indoors after outside use while using the viewfinder by touching / . 3 Touch . Under daylight fluorescent lamps... balance could not be appropriate for the following recording conditions: - Under video lamps in the memory, the indicator stops flashing. • Do not shake your camcorder at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for instance, you will...
CAMERA SET menu (Continued) 1 Touch the point where you want to...- Indoors - B AUTO The white balance is adjusted automatically. 50 OUTDOOR ( ) The white balance is selected, taken your camcorder outdoors or brought it indoors after outside use while using the viewfinder by touching / . 3 Touch . Under daylight fluorescent lamps... balance could not be appropriate for the following recording conditions: - Under video lamps in the memory, the indicator stops flashing. • Do not shake your camcorder at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for instance, you will...
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... CD-ROM for details. A/V t DV OUT (DCR-HC96) When you set [ STREAM] and connect your camcorder to your computer via the USB cable, you can view the picture your camcorder is currently seeing on your computer like a live camera. You can display the frame and check that the...recording. GUIDEFRAME (DCR-HC96) You can also import the picture to your computer. Press DISP/BATT INFO to [ON]. B VIDEO Connects via video plug of the A/V connecting cable with S VIDEO cable. If you input the picture from the other device via S VIDEO plug of the A/V connecting cable. USB CAMERA When you set...
... CD-ROM for details. A/V t DV OUT (DCR-HC96) When you set [ STREAM] and connect your camcorder to your computer via the USB cable, you can view the picture your camcorder is currently seeing on your computer like a live camera. You can display the frame and check that the...recording. GUIDEFRAME (DCR-HC96) You can also import the picture to your computer. Press DISP/BATT INFO to [ON]. B VIDEO Connects via video plug of the A/V connecting cable with S VIDEO cable. If you input the picture from the other device via S VIDEO plug of the A/V connecting cable. USB CAMERA When you set...
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...DCR-HC46/HC96: Set [TV TYPE] according to the playback device (TV, etc.) (p. 43). 2 Prepare your camcorder as a recording device. EFFECT] (p. 62), [D. When dubbing to the VCR, insert a cassette for recording. If your recording device has an input selector, set it to the appropriate input (such as video input1, video... using [PICT. Dubbing/Editing 1 Prepare your camcorder and the VCR/DVD device. • The following cannot be displayed or recorded depending on the device or application. • To record the date/time and camera settings data when connected by the A/V connecting ...
...DCR-HC46/HC96: Set [TV TYPE] according to the playback device (TV, etc.) (p. 43). 2 Prepare your camcorder as a recording device. EFFECT] (p. 62), [D. When dubbing to the VCR, insert a cassette for recording. If your recording device has an input selector, set it to the appropriate input (such as video input1, video... using [PICT. Dubbing/Editing 1 Prepare your camcorder and the VCR/DVD device. • The following cannot be displayed or recorded depending on the device or application. • To record the date/time and camera settings data when connected by the A/V connecting ...
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Disconnect the power cord. - Refer to a digital video camera or digital still camera, regardless of the image may not support the date and time printing function. Remove your camcorder (DCR-HC36) or the Handycam Station (DCR-HC46/HC96) or the printer. - You can print still images without using a computer by the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA). Disconnect the USB cable...
Disconnect the power cord. - Refer to a digital video camera or digital still camera, regardless of the image may not support the date and time printing function. Remove your camcorder (DCR-HC36) or the Handycam Station (DCR-HC46/HC96) or the printer. - You can print still images without using a computer by the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA). Disconnect the USB cable...
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...PLAY/EDIT lamp on the computer. • Disconnect the cable from the computer and camcorder, restart the computer, then connect them again correctly. • For DCR-HC46/HC96: Insert you camcorder into the Handycam Station correctly (p. 14). Windows: 800 × 600 dots or more, High Color...video recorded on a tape on the computer. 112 • Disconnect the cable from the computer, then connect it again securely. • Disconnect USB devices other than the keyboard, the mouse, and the camcorder from the (USB) jack on your camcorder and set to both your camcorder, and set [USB CAMERA...
...PLAY/EDIT lamp on the computer. • Disconnect the cable from the computer and camcorder, restart the computer, then connect them again correctly. • For DCR-HC46/HC96: Insert you camcorder into the Handycam Station correctly (p. 14). Windows: 800 × 600 dots or more, High Color...video recorded on a tape on the computer. 112 • Disconnect the cable from the computer, then connect it again securely. • Disconnect USB devices other than the keyboard, the mouse, and the camcorder from the (USB) jack on your camcorder and set to both your camcorder, and set [USB CAMERA...
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...camcorder to a PictBridge compatible printer. • Switch off the printer and switch it . Cannot record still images. • You are trying to copyright protection. (p. 123) 120 Cannot add audio. x Lens cover (DCR-HC96) Lens cover not fully open. x Dirty video head. Use a cleaning cassette. (p. 129) Cannot start Easy Handycam...) Cannot add audio on the blank portion of a tape. (p. 78) Cannot add audio. (p. 78) • You cannot add sound to CAMERA-TAPE, you cannot use a USB cable. HDV recorded tape. Cancel the task. • Check the printer. Check the printer. • Switch...
...camcorder to a PictBridge compatible printer. • Switch off the printer and switch it . Cannot record still images. • You are trying to copyright protection. (p. 123) 120 Cannot add audio. x Lens cover (DCR-HC96) Lens cover not fully open. x Dirty video head. Use a cleaning cassette. (p. 129) Cannot start Easy Handycam...) Cannot add audio on the blank portion of a tape. (p. 78) Cannot add audio. (p. 78) • You cannot add sound to CAMERA-TAPE, you cannot use a USB cable. HDV recorded tape. Cancel the task. • Check the printer. Check the printer. • Switch...
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...protection.] appears on the LCD screen, or on the viewfinder if you record You cannot record software on use mini DV format cassettes only. Your camcorder is dirty or dusty, the remaining tape indicator may not show correctly. To prevent a blank section from being created on the tape Go to...x When you play back If the cassette you play back on the cassette to your camcorder for copyright protection of the picture or the sound. Do not put in its case, and stored in another video camera connected to set it records. Usable cassette tapes You can be recorded. If the gold...
...protection.] appears on the LCD screen, or on the viewfinder if you record You cannot record software on use mini DV format cassettes only. Your camcorder is dirty or dusty, the remaining tape indicator may not show correctly. To prevent a blank section from being created on the tape Go to...x When you play back If the cassette you play back on the cassette to your camcorder for copyright protection of the picture or the sound. Do not put in its case, and stored in another video camera connected to set it records. Usable cassette tapes You can be recorded. If the gold...
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... Audio recording system Rotary heads, PCM system Quantization: 12 bits (Fs 32 kHz, stereo 1, stereo 2), 16 bits (Fs 48 kHz, stereo) Video signal NTSC color, EIA standards Usable cassette Mini DV cassette with the mark printed Tape speed SP: Approx. 18.81 mm/s LP: Approx. 12...12 × (Optical), 800 × (Digital) DCR-HC96: Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T 10 × (Optical), 120 × (Digital) Focal length DCR-HC36: f=2.3 ~ 46 mm (3/32 ~ 1 13/16 in.) When converted to a 35 mm still camera In CAMERA-TAPE: 44 ~ 880 mm (1 3/4 ~ 34 1/32 in.) In CAMERA-MEMORY: 44 ~ 880 mm (1 3/4 ~ 34 ...
... Audio recording system Rotary heads, PCM system Quantization: 12 bits (Fs 32 kHz, stereo 1, stereo 2), 16 bits (Fs 48 kHz, stereo) Video signal NTSC color, EIA standards Usable cassette Mini DV cassette with the mark printed Tape speed SP: Approx. 18.81 mm/s LP: Approx. 12...12 × (Optical), 800 × (Digital) DCR-HC96: Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T 10 × (Optical), 120 × (Digital) Focal length DCR-HC36: f=2.3 ~ 46 mm (3/32 ~ 1 13/16 in.) When converted to a 35 mm still camera In CAMERA-TAPE: 44 ~ 880 mm (1 3/4 ~ 34 1/32 in.) In CAMERA-MEMORY: 44 ~ 880 mm (1 3/4 ~ 34 ...
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...(1 13/16 ~ 17 3/4 in.) (4:3) In CAMERA-MEMORY: 40.6 ~ 406 mm (1 5/8 ~ 16 in.) (16:9) 37 ~ 370 mm (1 1/2 ~ 14 5/8 in.) (4:3) F1.8 ~ 2.9 Filter diameter: 30 mm (1 3/16 in this format can have additional information such as your camcorder's setting information at load impedance 47 kΩ (...kilohms)), Input impedance more than 47 kΩ (kilohms), Output impedance with less than 2.2 kΩ (kilohms) Audio/Video input/output DCR-HC96: 10-pin connector Input/output auto switch Video signal: 1 Vp-p, 75...
...(1 13/16 ~ 17 3/4 in.) (4:3) In CAMERA-MEMORY: 40.6 ~ 406 mm (1 5/8 ~ 16 in.) (16:9) 37 ~ 370 mm (1 1/2 ~ 14 5/8 in.) (4:3) F1.8 ~ 2.9 Filter diameter: 30 mm (1 3/16 in this format can have additional information such as your camcorder's setting information at load impedance 47 kΩ (...kilohms)), Input impedance more than 47 kΩ (kilohms), Output impedance with less than 2.2 kΩ (kilohms) Audio/Video input/output DCR-HC96: 10-pin connector Input/output auto switch Video signal: 1 Vp-p, 75...
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... DCR-HC36: During camera recording using the viewfinder 1.9 W During camera recording using the LCD 2.3 W DCR-HC46: During camera recording using the viewfinder 2.4 W During camera recording using the LCD 2.7 W DCR-HC96: During camera recording using the viewfinder 3.0 W During camera recording using the LCD 3.4 W During camera ...DCR-HC96: 460 g (1 lb) main unit only, 525 g (1 lb 2 oz) including the NP-FP50 rechargeable battery pack and DVM60 cassette Supplied accessories See page 12. Handycam Station Input/Output connectors DCRA-C151 (DCR-HC46) Audio/Video output 10-pin connector Video...
... DCR-HC36: During camera recording using the viewfinder 1.9 W During camera recording using the LCD 2.3 W DCR-HC46: During camera recording using the viewfinder 2.4 W During camera recording using the LCD 2.7 W DCR-HC96: During camera recording using the viewfinder 3.0 W During camera recording using the LCD 3.4 W During camera ...DCR-HC96: 460 g (1 lb) main unit only, 525 g (1 lb 2 oz) including the NP-FP50 rechargeable battery pack and DVM60 cassette Supplied accessories See page 12. Handycam Station Input/Output connectors DCRA-C151 (DCR-HC46) Audio/Video output 10-pin connector Video...
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http://www.sony.net/ Printed on this product and answers to frequently asked ...panel 21 Trademark 136 TRAIL 61 Transmitter 40 Tripod 34 TV 42 TV color systems 122 TV TYPE 43 U USB CAMERA 67 USB jack 85 USB SELECT 63 Using abroad 122 V VAR.SPD PB (Various speed playback)..... 64 VF ...B.LIGHT (Viewfinder brightness) ....... 66 VF WIDE DISP (Viewfinder wide display) ... 66 Video control buttons........... 40 Video head 129 VIDEO INPUT 67 Video operation buttons....... 37 Viewfinder 20 Brightness 66 Viewfinder lens adjustment lever 20 VOLUME 31, 65 V-OUT/PANEL...
http://www.sony.net/ Printed on this product and answers to frequently asked ...panel 21 Trademark 136 TRAIL 61 Transmitter 40 Tripod 34 TV 42 TV color systems 122 TV TYPE 43 U USB CAMERA 67 USB jack 85 USB SELECT 63 Using abroad 122 V VAR.SPD PB (Various speed playback)..... 64 VF ...B.LIGHT (Viewfinder brightness) ....... 66 VF WIDE DISP (Viewfinder wide display) ... 66 Video control buttons........... 40 Video head 129 VIDEO INPUT 67 Video operation buttons....... 37 Viewfinder 20 Brightness 66 Viewfinder lens adjustment lever 20 VOLUME 31, 65 V-OUT/PANEL...