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... Cassette Memory are operational for using the supplied software (stored on the supplied CDROM) On the types of your camcorder. 4 • When disconnecting the AC Adaptor from the Handycam Station. On using extremely high-precision technology, so over 99.99% of operations guides. - On the menu ... for long periods of such materials may be provided, even if recording or playback is manufactured using the camcorder • Do not hold both the DC plug and the Handycam Station and disconnect the AC Adaptor. • Be sure to a malfunction of the manufacturing process and ...
... Cassette Memory are operational for using the supplied software (stored on the supplied CDROM) On the types of your camcorder. 4 • When disconnecting the AC Adaptor from the Handycam Station. On using extremely high-precision technology, so over 99.99% of operations guides. - On the menu ... for long periods of such materials may be provided, even if recording or playback is manufactured using the camcorder • Do not hold both the DC plug and the Handycam Station and disconnect the AC Adaptor. • Be sure to a malfunction of the manufacturing process and ...
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... equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens, which was developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in each local language are captured using your camcorder if necessary (p. 16). The number value indicates the amount of the LCD screen used in this manual • The images of light from a subject coming ... the operating procedures. Change the screen language before using a digital still camera, and therefore may appear different. • The on-screen displays in Germany, and Sony Corporation, and produces superior images.
... equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens, which was developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in each local language are captured using your camcorder if necessary (p. 16). The number value indicates the amount of the LCD screen used in this manual • The images of light from a subject coming ... the operating procedures. Change the screen language before using a digital still camera, and therefore may appear different. • The on-screen displays in Germany, and Sony Corporation, and produces superior images.
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... Contents Getting Started Step 1: Checking supplied items 9 Step 2: Charging the battery pack 10 Step 3: Turning the power on and holding your camcorder firmly ...........14 Step 4: Adjusting the LCD panel 15 Step 5: Using the touch panel 16 Changing the language setting 16 Checking the ...6: Setting the date and time 17 Step 7: Inserting a tape or a "Memory Stick Duo 18 Recording/Playback Recording/Playback with ease (Easy Handycam 20 Recording 22 Playback 23 Functions used for recording/playback, etc 24 Recording To use zoom To adjust the exposure for backlit subjects To adjust...
... Contents Getting Started Step 1: Checking supplied items 9 Step 2: Charging the battery pack 10 Step 3: Turning the power on and holding your camcorder firmly ...........14 Step 4: Adjusting the LCD panel 15 Step 5: Using the touch panel 16 Changing the language setting 16 Checking the ...6: Setting the date and time 17 Step 7: Inserting a tape or a "Memory Stick Duo 18 Recording/Playback Recording/Playback with ease (Easy Handycam 20 Recording 22 Playback 23 Functions used for recording/playback, etc 24 Recording To use zoom To adjust the exposure for backlit subjects To adjust...
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... Playing the picture on a TV 34 Using the Menu Using the menu items 36 Menu items 38 CAMERA SET menu 40 Settings to adjust your camcorder to the recording conditions (EXPOSURE/ WHITE BAL./STEADYSHOT, etc.) MEMORY SET menu 44 Settings for editing or playing back in various modes (VAR.SPD PB...
... Playing the picture on a TV 34 Using the Menu Using the menu items 36 Menu items 38 CAMERA SET menu 40 Settings to adjust your camcorder to the recording conditions (EXPOSURE/ WHITE BAL./STEADYSHOT, etc.) MEMORY SET menu 44 Settings for editing or playing back in various modes (VAR.SPD PB...
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... a DVD (Direct Access to "Click to DVD 73 Connecting an analog VCR to the computer via your camcorder (Signal convert function 76 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 78 Warning indicators and messages 94 Additional Information Using your camcorder abroad 98 Usable cassette tapes 99 About the "Memory Stick 100 About the "InfoLITHIUM" battery pack 102...
... a DVD (Direct Access to "Click to DVD 73 Connecting an analog VCR to the computer via your camcorder (Signal convert function 76 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 78 Warning indicators and messages 94 Additional Information Using your camcorder abroad 98 Usable cassette tapes 99 About the "Memory Stick 100 About the "InfoLITHIUM" battery pack 102...
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..., 56) USB cable (1) (p. 66) Memory Stick Duo adaptor (1) (p. 100) Wrist strap (1) • To attach the Wrist strap Getting Started AC Adaptor (1) (p. 10) Power cord (1) (p. 10) Handycam Station (1) (p. 10) Folding the tip of that you have following items supplied with your camcorder. Step 1: Checking supplied items Make sure that item supplied.
..., 56) USB cable (1) (p. 66) Memory Stick Duo adaptor (1) (p. 100) Wrist strap (1) • To attach the Wrist strap Getting Started AC Adaptor (1) (p. 10) Power cord (1) (p. 10) Handycam Station (1) (p. 10) Folding the tip of that you have following items supplied with your camcorder. Step 1: Checking supplied items Make sure that item supplied.
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...side with the top of the arrow to open it to your camcorder until it clicks. 6 Connect the power cord to the DC IN jack on your camcorder. • Only the "InfoLITHIUM" battery pack (NPFA50) can be used. DC IN jack Handycam DC plug Station Power cord To the wall outlet AC Adaptor... 1 Slide the battery cover in the direction of the mark on the Handycam Station. With the mark ...
...side with the top of the arrow to open it to your camcorder until it clicks. 6 Connect the power cord to the DC IN jack on your camcorder. • Only the "InfoLITHIUM" battery pack (NPFA50) can be used. DC IN jack Handycam DC plug Station Power cord To the wall outlet AC Adaptor... 1 Slide the battery cover in the direction of the mark on the Handycam Station. With the mark ...
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... charging starts.The CHG (charge) lamp turns off the power, then connect the AC Adaptor to the DC IN jack on the Handycam Station properly aligned as shown in the illustration. DC IN jack DC plug POWER Switch Power cord To the wall outlet AC Adaptor ...Continued 11 Getting Started 7 Install the camcorder onto the Handycam Station. Open the interface connector cover. Place the camcorder on your camcorder. • You can operate your camcorder connected to fully install. The battery pack will not lose its charge in the...
... charging starts.The CHG (charge) lamp turns off the power, then connect the AC Adaptor to the DC IN jack on the Handycam Station properly aligned as shown in the illustration. DC IN jack DC plug POWER Switch Power cord To the wall outlet AC Adaptor ...Continued 11 Getting Started 7 Install the camcorder onto the Handycam Station. Open the interface connector cover. Place the camcorder on your camcorder. • You can operate your camcorder connected to fully install. The battery pack will not lose its charge in the...
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...use a fully charged battery pack. Bottom: When the LCD backlight turns off and then press the RELEASE button and remove the camcorder from the Handycam Station Turn the power of your finger at the point indicated by the circle in the illustration. The battery... pack is fully discharged. (For Battery Info only.) 12 Step 2: Charging the battery pack (continued) To remove your camcorder from the Handycam Station. Playing time Approximate time (min.) available when you use a fully charged battery pack. On the battery pack • Before ...
...use a fully charged battery pack. Bottom: When the LCD backlight turns off and then press the RELEASE button and remove the camcorder from the Handycam Station Turn the power of your finger at the point indicated by the circle in the illustration. The battery... pack is fully discharged. (For Battery Info only.) 12 Step 2: Charging the battery pack (continued) To remove your camcorder from the Handycam Station. Playing time Approximate time (min.) available when you use a fully charged battery pack. On the battery pack • Before ...
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...• Times measured with any malfunction occurs while using the AC Adaptor. On the AC Adaptor • Use the nearby wall outlet when using your camcorder. • Do not use the AC Adaptor placed in low temperatures. • The recording and playback time will not be shorter depending on the ... a narrow space, such as between a wall and furniture. • Do not short-circuit the DC plug of your camcorder or the Handycam Station, even when the power cord is disconnected from the wall outlet immediately if any metallic objects. Disconnect the AC Adaptor from the wall outlet....
...• Times measured with any malfunction occurs while using the AC Adaptor. On the AC Adaptor • Use the nearby wall outlet when using your camcorder. • Do not use the AC Adaptor placed in low temperatures. • The recording and playback time will not be shorter depending on the ... a narrow space, such as between a wall and furniture. • Do not short-circuit the DC plug of your camcorder or the Handycam Station, even when the power cord is disconnected from the wall outlet immediately if any metallic objects. Disconnect the AC Adaptor from the wall outlet....
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...switch is set to turn on the respective lamp. Step 3: Turning the power on and holding your camcorder without any operation attempted for the first time, the [CLOCK SET] screen appears (p. 17). 2 Hold the camcorder correctly. Lamps that light up to OFF (CHG) while pressing the green button. • At ...for approximately 5 minutes, to turn on the LCD screen for about 5 seconds. 14 PLAY/EDIT: To play or edit pictures. • When you leave your camcorder firmly To record or play back, slide the POWER switch repeatedly to save battery power. ([A.SHUT OFF], p. 53).
...switch is set to turn on the respective lamp. Step 3: Turning the power on and holding your camcorder without any operation attempted for the first time, the [CLOCK SET] screen appears (p. 17). 2 Hold the camcorder correctly. Lamps that light up to OFF (CHG) while pressing the green button. • At ...for approximately 5 minutes, to turn on the LCD screen for about 5 seconds. 14 PLAY/EDIT: To play or edit pictures. • When you leave your camcorder firmly To record or play back, slide the POWER switch repeatedly to save battery power. ([A.SHUT OFF], p. 53).
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... to adjust the brightness of the LCD screen. 15 Step 4: Adjusting the LCD panel The LCD panel Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), then rotate it to the best angle to record or play (). 180 degrees (max.) 90 degrees (max.) 2 Getting Started 1 DISP/BATT ...INFO 90 Degrees to the camcorder • Do not press the buttons on the LCD backlight, press and hold DISP/BATT INFO for a few seconds until disappears. • See [LCD BRIGHT...
... to adjust the brightness of the LCD screen. 15 Step 4: Adjusting the LCD panel The LCD panel Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), then rotate it to the best angle to record or play (). 180 degrees (max.) 90 degrees (max.) 2 Getting Started 1 DISP/BATT ...INFO 90 Degrees to the camcorder • Do not press the buttons on the LCD backlight, press and hold DISP/BATT INFO for a few seconds until disappears. • See [LCD BRIGHT...
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... set it to step 4 when you do not set the date and time, the [CLOCK SET] screen appears every time you turn on your camcorder for about 2 months, the built-in rechargeable battery gets discharged and the date and time settings may be cleared from the memory. The clock starts... midnight, set any year up to 12:00 PM. Step 6: Setting the date and time Getting Started Set the date and time when using this camcorder for the first time. 1 Touch [MENU]. 60min -:--:-- CLOCK SET -:--:-- /, DATE 2005 Y JAN M 1D 12: 00 AM OK 4 Set [Y] (year) with touch . / , then ...
... set it to step 4 when you do not set the date and time, the [CLOCK SET] screen appears every time you turn on your camcorder for about 2 months, the built-in rechargeable battery gets discharged and the date and time settings may be cleared from the memory. The clock starts... midnight, set any year up to 12:00 PM. Step 6: Setting the date and time Getting Started Set the date and time when using this camcorder for the first time. 1 Touch [MENU]. 60min -:--:-- CLOCK SET -:--:-- /, DATE 2005 Y JAN M 1D 12: 00 AM OK 4 Set [Y] (year) with touch . / , then ...
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Getting Started To eject a "Memory Stick Duo" Lightly push the "Memory Stick Duo" in once. • When the access lamp is reading/writing data. Otherwise, image data may be damaged. 19 Do not shake or knock your camcorder is lit or flashing, your camcorder, turn the power off, eject the "Memory Stick Duo," or remove the battery pack.
Getting Started To eject a "Memory Stick Duo" Lightly push the "Memory Stick Duo" in once. • When the access lamp is reading/writing data. Otherwise, image data may be damaged. 19 Do not shake or knock your camcorder is lit or flashing, your camcorder, turn the power off, eject the "Memory Stick Duo," or remove the battery pack.
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... button . [Starting SLIDE SHOW PLUS] appears and the playback of view: (Wide angle) Close view: (Telephoto) • The minimum distance required between your camcorder and the subject to the lens side (). Move it 270 degrees to get a sharp focus is about 1 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for a faster ...screen, but the picture will be less than 10 times (p. 43). To record in mirror mode Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), then rotate it further for telephoto. • You can set [DIGITAL ZOOM] if you want to zoom to a level greater than 5.5 mm...
... button . [Starting SLIDE SHOW PLUS] appears and the playback of view: (Wide angle) Close view: (Telephoto) • The minimum distance required between your camcorder and the subject to the lens side (). Move it 270 degrees to get a sharp focus is about 1 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for a faster ...screen, but the picture will be less than 10 times (p. 43). To record in mirror mode Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), then rotate it further for telephoto. • You can set [DIGITAL ZOOM] if you want to zoom to a level greater than 5.5 mm...
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...use PB zoom You can magnify pictures from about 1.1 to a wall outlet using SLIDE SHOW PLUS for an extended period of time, connect your camcorder to 5 times the original size. Magnification can adjust the following settings by touching / before starting SLIDE SHOW PLUS. The file...nish the setting. PB FOLDER When set to [ON]*, the clock appears. MODE SELECT SIMPLE* For showing pictures with the camcorder mounted on the Handycam Station or not (p. 10). Setting [REPEAT] to OFF (CHG) when not viewing SLIDE SHOW PLUS. • You can enjoy SLIDE SHOW PLUS...
...use PB zoom You can magnify pictures from about 1.1 to a wall outlet using SLIDE SHOW PLUS for an extended period of time, connect your camcorder to 5 times the original size. Magnification can adjust the following settings by touching / before starting SLIDE SHOW PLUS. The file...nish the setting. PB FOLDER When set to [ON]*, the clock appears. MODE SELECT SIMPLE* For showing pictures with the camcorder mounted on the Handycam Station or not (p. 10). Setting [REPEAT] to OFF (CHG) when not viewing SLIDE SHOW PLUS. • You can enjoy SLIDE SHOW PLUS...
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... out from the speaker. • For how to adjust the volume, see page 23. REC lamp The REC lamp lights up to operate your camcorder. Internal stereo microphone When an external microphone is connected, the audio input from the external microphone takes precedence over others. To initialize the settings...
... out from the speaker. • For how to adjust the volume, see page 23. REC lamp The REC lamp lights up to operate your camcorder. Internal stereo microphone When an external microphone is connected, the audio input from the external microphone takes precedence over others. To initialize the settings...
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... 60 scenes. The indicators during recording will be recorded. wa 7 Data file name Picture number/Total number of recorded pictures in the camcorder, (STOP) changes to ("Memory Stick Duo" playback) if a tape is displayed and when there are multiple folders on the length of the current folder is...
... 60 scenes. The indicators during recording will be recorded. wa 7 Data file name Picture number/Total number of recorded pictures in the camcorder, (STOP) changes to ("Memory Stick Duo" playback) if a tape is displayed and when there are multiple folders on the length of the current folder is...
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...Searching manually (EDIT SEARCH) You can search for the start point to start the next recording while viewing the pictures on the screen. Then, your camcorder is a blank section between recorded sections on the tape. The last scene of the most recent recording (END SEARCH) [END SEARCH] will not work... 2 seconds (approx.) of the scene recorded just before you have recorded on the tape. • You can view about 5 seconds, and the camcorder enters the standby mode at the point where you want the recording to start . Searching for the last scene of the most recent recording is...
...Searching manually (EDIT SEARCH) You can search for the start point to start the next recording while viewing the pictures on the screen. Then, your camcorder is a blank section between recorded sections on the tape. The last scene of the most recent recording (END SEARCH) [END SEARCH] will not work... 2 seconds (approx.) of the scene recorded just before you have recorded on the tape. • You can view about 5 seconds, and the camcorder enters the standby mode at the point where you want the recording to start . Searching for the last scene of the most recent recording is...
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... button will not function correctly if there is not displayed, press DISPLAY . 2 Press STOP when you want to operate your camcorder (p. 26). • To change the battery, see page 107. Searching quickly for a desired scene (Zero set memory will be recorded as...(p. 24) DISPLAY (p. 16) Memory control buttons (Index*, -/+, Memory playback) (p. 23) * These buttons do not work during Easy Handycam operation. 32 • Aim the Remote Commander towards the remote sensor to stop playback. 3 Press REW . The tape stops automatically when the ...
... button will not function correctly if there is not displayed, press DISPLAY . 2 Press STOP when you want to operate your camcorder (p. 26). • To change the battery, see page 107. Searching quickly for a desired scene (Zero set memory will be recorded as...(p. 24) DISPLAY (p. 16) Memory control buttons (Index*, -/+, Memory playback) (p. 23) * These buttons do not work during Easy Handycam operation. 32 • Aim the Remote Commander towards the remote sensor to stop playback. 3 Press REW . The tape stops automatically when the ...