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Popular Sony DCR-HC42 Manual Pages
Operating Guide - Page 3
... B of Part 15 of FCC Rules. CAUTION
You are located on a
circuit different from that interference will not occur in accordance with the Handycam Station Model DCRA-C121 and AC Adaptor Model AC-L25A/L25B. DCR-HC Serial No.
Operation is no guarantee that to which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used...
Operating Guide - Page 5
... of a Carl Zeiss lens. * MTF stands for illustrating the operating procedures. On this manual • The images of the LCD screen and
the viewfinder used in this manual are based on this manual for illustration purposes are used on the model DCR-HC42. The number value indicates the amount of light from a subject coming into the...
Operating Guide - Page 12
...(min.) available when you use a fully charged battery pack. Bottom: Recording with LCD screen. For DCR-HC42:
Battery pack
Continuous recording time
Typical recording time*
NP-FP50 (supplied)
90
50... pack. Battery pack
Charging time
NP-FP30 (supplied with DCR-HC32)
115
NP-FP50 (supplied with the viewfinder while the LCD panel is closed. * Typical recording time shows the time...
Operating Guide - Page 15
... you use your camcorder in bright conditions or where you can see the image in the viewfinder. This is convenient during playback operations.
• If you rotate the LCD panel 180 degrees to adjust the brightness of the viewfinder backlight by the setting. For DCR-HC42: To darken the LCD screen Press and...
Operating Guide - Page 19
... ratio of the recording picture (DCR-HC42)
By recording in the 16:9...set to [4:3], pictures may be fixed to image size 1152 × 648 ( ) in the 16:9 (wide) mode. WIDE SELECT button
POWER switch
Recording a moving picture or still image on the "Memory Stick Duo"
Set the POWER switch to select the desired screen aspect ratio.
16:9*
4:3*
* When viewing on the LCD screen...
Operating Guide - Page 24
... on the LCD frame.
• The minimum distance required between your camcorder and the subject to get a sharp focus is hard to the original colors, use Color Slow Shutter function (p. 43). • The NightShot plus and Super NightShot plus function (p. 43). Functions used for recording/playback, etc.
1 2
For DCR-HC42:
4
5 6
For DCR-HC32:
4 5 6
24...
Operating Guide - Page 34
...; When you connect your camcorder to a TV compatible with the supplied A/V cable connection. Set the input selector on the VCR to the playback picture. For DCR-HC42:
To set the aspect ratio according to the connected TV (16:9/4:3)
Change the setting according to the screen size of an A/V connecting cable (optional).
Refer also to the instruction manuals supplied with your TV...
Operating Guide - Page 42
...DCR-HC42: down to about 39 cm (15 3/8 in.). ON (DCR-HC42) Flashes to reduce the red-eye phenomenon.
Select this when you want to record a close-up image of the screen.... As you set [SPOT FOCUS], [FOCUS] is easier to focus on the screen. appears...MANUAL]. appears.
Touch (focusing on close subjects)/ (focusing on and take closeups from a distance, your camcorder...
Operating Guide - Page 43
....
SELF-TIMER
The self-timer starts recording after about 3 m (10 feet). To cancel the self-timer, select [OFF] in bright places. AUTO (DCR-HC42) Flashes automatically to reduce the redeye phenomenon.
• If the flash is hard to focus automatically.
• The shutter speed of your camcorder changes depending on the brightness.
Operating Guide - Page 44
... manuals supplied with your camcorder to a TV compatible with [16:9 WIDE ( )] selected.
When you play back a tape, the TV switches to full mode automatically. CAMERA SET menu (continued)
DIGITAL ZOOM
You can select the maximum zoom level in case you connect your TV. When viewed on a 16:9 wide screen TV*
When viewed on the LCD screen...
Operating Guide - Page 63
... DCR-HC42: An external microphone (optional) to the Active Interface Shoe.
An audio device to a tape already recorded in the 12-bit mode (p. 53) without erasing the original sound. AUDIO OUT
(white) (red)
: Signal flow
Audio device (such as CD/MD) players
You can add sound to the Handycam Station or your camcorder...
Operating Guide - Page 76
... applicable laws of the respective owners thereof. For inquires about this software
Pixela User Support Center
Pixela Home Page Windows: http://www.ppackage.com/ Macintosh: http://www.ImageMixer.com/ - North America (Los Angeles) Telephone:
+1-213-341-0163 - You can download it is not installed on your computer, you may acquire from the Adobe Systems web...
Operating Guide - Page 95
... Duo" on Windows 98. 1 Check that your camcorder, set
[USB-PLY/EDT] to [STD-USB] (p. 55). • The computer does not recognize the "Memory Stick Duo" during camcorder operations
such as the computer was completed. Finish any camcorder operations before connecting the camcorder to the computer. The image does not appear on the screen of the Windows computer when...
Operating Guide - Page 96
... a "?" Sony Handycam] or [? mark in the [Other devices] folder 5 When the [Confirm Device Removal] screen appears, click [OK]. 6 Turn off the power of your camcorder, disconnect the USB cable, then restart the computer. 7 Place the supplied CD-ROM in the disc drive of your computer.
For Windows 2000 Log on the computer.
96 Troubleshooting...
Operating Guide - Page 97
Troubleshooting
3 Click [Open]. 4 Double-click [Driver]. 5 Double-click [Setup.exe]. • Deleting anything other than [USB Composite Device], [USB Audio Device], [USB Device], [? Sony Handycam] and [? Sony Handycam] and [? Sony DSC] with the following procedures. 1 Double-click [My Computer]. You cannot copy pictures to the Windows computer. • Display pictures recorded on a "...
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