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Operating Instructions - Page 1
Digital HD Video Camera Recorder
2-514-606-11(1)
Digital HD Video Camera Recorder
Operating Instructions
Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. HVR-Z1U/Z1N
© 2005 Sony Corporation
HVR-Z1U/Z1N
Operating Instructions - Page 2
... complies with Part 15 of Conformity
Trade Name: SONY Model No.: HVR-Z1U Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc. and CANADA
HVR-Z1U only RECYCLING LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
Lithium-Ion batteries are recyclable. If you . For customers in the U.S.A. Address: 16450 W. For more information regarding recycling of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the U.S.A. Read...
Operating Instructions - Page 4
Check the contents of tapes by the following parts. Using this manual • The images of when [50i/ 60i SEL] on the (OTHERS) menu is set to playing them back on a device that is not compatible with the HDV format. Viewfinder
LCD panel Battery pack
Microphone
Jack holder
• You can change the language to other devices.
Doing...
Operating Instructions - Page 5
... Start Guide
Recording movies 8
Getting started
Step 1: Checking supplied items 10 Step 2: Charging the battery pack 11
Using an outside power source 13
Step 3: Turning the power on 14 Step 4: Adjusting the LCD panel and viewfinder 15
Adjusting the LCD panel 15 Adjusting the viewfinder 15
Step 5: Setting the date and time 16 Step 6: Inserting a cassette tape 18 Step 7: Setting the screen...
Operating Instructions - Page 22
... search
z Tip • You can view this information during recording. • The recording time, date, and the camera settings data are mounted on the camera itself and on the tape without an obvious break even if you use it is effective, but use mini DV cassettes. Do not record pictures in the HDV, DVCAM, and DV formats mixed: - Press BARS again to the
next...
Operating Instructions - Page 26
... iris, gain, and shutter speed are adjusted manually.
1 During recording or in the standby
mode, set up and memorized separately in memory A and B. The white balance adjustment data for details on how to assign a function. The setup data will be set the AUTO LOCK switch to the center position to release the auto lock mode.
2 Press WHT BAL...
Operating Instructions - Page 29
... [GAIN SETUP] on the "depth of recording.
The current gain value appears.
3 Set the GAIN switch to AUTO LOCK.
b Note • If you set the AUTO LOCK switch to AUTO
LOCK, other manually adjusted items (iris, shutter speed, white balance) also become temporarily automatic. • As you set the AUTO LOCK switch to about 36 dB by
using Hyper...
Operating Instructions - Page 41
... so on, are automatically adjusted as iris manually, set the AUTO LOCK switch to the center position to previous settings after you activate the Shot transition during the shot transition operation, the operation is canceled: - The settings are deleted. b Note • You cannot check the transition time, curve set the POWER switch to turn on the EXEC lamp.
2 Press...
Operating Instructions - Page 51
.... D Gain
E Shutter speed
F White balance
appears when pictures recorded by using the shot transition function are automatically recorded while recording pictures on a tape.
1 Set the POWER switch to the ASSIGN buttons
(p. 86)
Camera settings data display
In the date/time data display, the date and time is displayed in turn off . If you record the picture without setting the clock and...
Operating Instructions - Page 78
... buttons (p. 86). For HVR-Z1U: You can select or change the language used for more than about 3 minutes, your camcorder exits the recording standby mode (the drum stops rotating) to the originally set the date and time (p. 16). The screen shows the items you set the time difference to 0, the clock returns to prevent tape wear and battery loss.
Using the (OTHERS) menu...
Operating Instructions - Page 89
... be dubbed in the recorded format
when [VCR HDV/DV] is an HVR-Z1U/Z1N, set [VCR
HDV/DV] on the
(IN/OUT REC) menu to
[AUTO] on the recording HVR-Z1U/Z1N (p. 93).
Other pictures will be dubbed as VCRs). Dubbing/Editing
Dubbing to another tape
Connecting a VCR
You can copy a picture played back on your camcorder to other recording devices (such as...
Operating Instructions - Page 94
... can record pictures from DVCAM (DV)/AV
devices only in the DV format. • When you connect your camcorder as a recorder and connect it using the yellow video plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video jack, and the red or the white plug to a VCR using an i.LINK cable (optional).
When you use the A/V connecting cable (supplied),
select the (OTHERS) menu, [DISP OUTPUT], then...
Operating Instructions - Page 99
... tab of the cassette is set to
SAVE. - 50i/60i setting on how to assign a function.
1 Insert a recorded cassette into your
camcorder.
2 Set the POWER switch to VCR.
3 Press N (play) to play the tape.
4 Press X (pause) at the same time. See page 86 for details on the camcorder is connected using the component video cable. The new sound is recorded with [ REC MODE]
set to [DV SP...
Operating Instructions - Page 102
... digit. Setting the user bits value
Shooting information (date, time, scene number, etc.) can be initialized at the backspace editing. • If you play back the tape recorded in HDV and DVCAM (DV) mixed, the time code may not match the picture at the backspace editing. • If you set [TC MAKE] to 50i, the non-drop frame mode is selected automatically. In case...
Operating Instructions - Page 113
... the local time by setting a time difference when using the AC Adaptor/charger supplied with the component input jack is required to use your camcorder in the DV format on a TV, it must be an NTSC system-based TV (see following list) with the AUDIO/VIDEO input jack. AC-VQ850
[a]
[b]
On TV color systems
Your camcorder is recommended to view playback pictures recorded in...
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