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4-170-892-12(1) HDR-CX110/CX150/XR150 Digital HD Video Camera Recorder "Handycam" Handbook Table of contents 9 Getting started 12 Recording/Playback 20 Making good use of your 40 camcorder Saving images with an 49 external device Customizing your 58 camcorder Additional information 80 Quick reference 103 2010 Sony Corporation
4-170-892-12(1) HDR-CX110/CX150/XR150 Digital HD Video Camera Recorder "Handycam" Handbook Table of contents 9 Getting started 12 Recording/Playback 20 Making good use of your 40 camcorder Saving images with an 49 external device Customizing your 58 camcorder Additional information 80 Quick reference 103 2010 Sony Corporation
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... device with communication cables, be sure to insert the connector plug in a malfunction of the camcorder or battery pack becomes extremely high or extremely low, you do so, your camcorder. Discs recorded with HD image quality (high definition) This camcorder captures high definition footage in such situations. If you may be contrary to the copyright laws. US DVD...
... device with communication cables, be sure to insert the connector plug in a malfunction of the camcorder or battery pack becomes extremely high or extremely low, you do so, your camcorder. Discs recorded with HD image quality (high definition) This camcorder captures high definition footage in such situations. If you may be contrary to the copyright laws. US DVD...
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... this series are lit or flashing When using genuine Sony accessories. Genuine Sony accessories may be lost, or other malfunctions could occur. ejecting the memory card when the access lamp (p. 19) is a difference in very loud areas. Memory - Carl Zeiss lens Your camcorder is equipped with high definition image quality (HD) is called "recording media...
... this series are lit or flashing When using genuine Sony accessories. Genuine Sony accessories may be lost, or other malfunctions could occur. ejecting the memory card when the access lamp (p. 19) is a difference in very loud areas. Memory - Carl Zeiss lens Your camcorder is equipped with high definition image quality (HD) is called "recording media...
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... (HDR-CX150/XR150 18 Inserting a memory card 18 Recording/Playback Recording 20 Recording movies 22 Shooting photos 24 Useful functions for recording movies and photos 25 Zooming 25 Recording better images automatically (INTELLIGENT AUTO 25 Selecting high definition image quality (HD) or... standard image quality (STD 26 Selecting the recording mode 26 Prioritizing the subject 27 Capturing smiles automatically (Smile Shutter 28 Recording high quality photos during movie recording (Dual Rec 28 Recording in mirror mode 28 Playback on the camcorder...
... (HDR-CX150/XR150 18 Inserting a memory card 18 Recording/Playback Recording 20 Recording movies 22 Shooting photos 24 Useful functions for recording movies and photos 25 Zooming 25 Recording better images automatically (INTELLIGENT AUTO 25 Selecting high definition image quality (HD) or... standard image quality (STD 26 Selecting the recording mode 26 Prioritizing the subject 27 Capturing smiles automatically (Smile Shutter 28 Recording high quality photos during movie recording (Dual Rec 28 Recording in mirror mode 28 Playback on the camcorder...
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...good use of your camcorder Deleting movies and photos 40 Protecting recorded movies and photos (Protect 41 Dividing a movie 42 Capturing a photo from a movie 43 Dubbing/copying movies and photos from the internal recording media to memory card (HDR-CX150/XR150 44 Dubbing movies...the dedicated DVD writer, DVDirect Express 52 Creating a high definition image quality (HD) disc with a DVD writer, etc., other than DVDirect Express 55 Creating a standard definition image quality (STD) disc with a recorder, etc 56 Customizing your camcorder Using menus 58 Operating menus 58 Using MY MENU 59...
...good use of your camcorder Deleting movies and photos 40 Protecting recorded movies and photos (Protect 41 Dividing a movie 42 Capturing a photo from a movie 43 Dubbing/copying movies and photos from the internal recording media to memory card (HDR-CX150/XR150 44 Dubbing movies...the dedicated DVD writer, DVDirect Express 52 Creating a high definition image quality (HD) disc with a DVD writer, etc., other than DVDirect Express 55 Creating a standard definition image quality (STD) disc with a recorder, etc 56 Customizing your camcorder Using menus 58 Operating menus 58 Using MY MENU 59...
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...change this setting. Also, the INTELLIGENT AUTO setting is canceled if you to record the high definition image quality (HD) movies from 4 levels. Selecting high definition image quality (HD) or standard image quality (STD) You can record with various playback devices. Change the... (under [SHOOTING SET] category). Touch [ HD QUALITY] to record high definition image quality (HD) images, or touch [ STD QUALITY] to ON. does not occur, and makes the optimum setting for tripod. Note The camcorder may not detect the expected scene or subject, depending on...
...change this setting. Also, the INTELLIGENT AUTO setting is canceled if you to record the high definition image quality (HD) movies from 4 levels. Selecting high definition image quality (HD) or standard image quality (STD) You can record with various playback devices. Change the... (under [SHOOTING SET] category). Touch [ HD QUALITY] to record high definition image quality (HD) images, or touch [ STD QUALITY] to ON. does not occur, and makes the optimum setting for tripod. Note The camcorder may not detect the expected scene or subject, depending on...
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...Focus/color/exposure are recorded with AVCHD 1920 1080/60i format when the FX or FH mode of the high definition image quality (HD) is set to [ON] (the default setting), and several faces are recorded with MPEG-2 format when the standard...camcorder records a photo automatically when it detects the smiling face. If you want to record high quality images with [HD FX] mode onto Blu-ray discs or external storage devices (p. 49). Tips Movies are adjusted automatically for the selected face. Save a movie recorded with the high definition image quality (HD...
...Focus/color/exposure are recorded with AVCHD 1920 1080/60i format when the FX or FH mode of the high definition image quality (HD) is set to [ON] (the default setting), and several faces are recorded with MPEG-2 format when the standard...camcorder records a photo automatically when it detects the smiling face. If you want to record high quality images with [HD FX] mode onto Blu-ray discs or external storage devices (p. 49). Tips Movies are adjusted automatically for the selected face. Save a movie recorded with the high definition image quality (HD...
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...that has priority for face detection and smile detection with a double-lined frame has priority. If a smile is not detected, set to [HD FX], you touched disappears from the LCD screen, the subject selected in [PRIORITY SETTING] (p. 69) has priority. When you specify the priority subject... face with [PRIORITY SETTING] (p. 69). US 28 Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), then rotate it 180 degrees to the screen, the face has priority. Recording high quality photos during movie recording (Dual Rec) You can record photos during movie recording by touching the...
...that has priority for face detection and smile detection with a double-lined frame has priority. If a smile is not detected, set to [HD FX], you touched disappears from the LCD screen, the subject selected in [PRIORITY SETTING] (p. 69) has priority. When you specify the priority subject... face with [PRIORITY SETTING] (p. 69). US 28 Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), then rotate it 180 degrees to the screen, the face has priority. Recording high quality photos during movie recording (Dual Rec) You can record photos during movie recording by touching the...
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...Playback starts from the selected face image. Press (VIEW IMAGES). You can play back the movie from the beginning of your high definition image quality (HD) movies with the selected face image. The VISUAL INDEX screen appears. Touch [ FACE]. Returns to search movies...57732; [Show others] [VIEW IMAGES] (under [PLAYBACK] category). Playing back a digest of your movies (Highlight Playback) Your camcorder selects Highlight Playback scenes at random, puts them together, and plays them back as a digest of the scene with music and visual effects. ...
...Playback starts from the selected face image. Press (VIEW IMAGES). You can play back the movie from the beginning of your high definition image quality (HD) movies with the selected face image. The VISUAL INDEX screen appears. Touch [ FACE]. Returns to search movies...57732; [Show others] [VIEW IMAGES] (under [PLAYBACK] category). Playing back a digest of your movies (Highlight Playback) Your camcorder selects Highlight Playback scenes at random, puts them together, and plays them back as a digest of the scene with music and visual effects. ...
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... * ** A/V Remote Connector * HDR-CX110/CX150 ** HDR-XR150 US 37 Connectors on your camcorder Input connectors on the LCD screen. Use the supplied AC Adaptor as the power source (p. 14). Touch [High Definition TV]. Touch / to the TV. Recording/Playback Playing images on a TV Connection methods and the image quality (high definition (HD) or standard definition (STD)) viewed...
... * ** A/V Remote Connector * HDR-CX110/CX150 ** HDR-XR150 US 37 Connectors on your camcorder Input connectors on the LCD screen. Use the supplied AC Adaptor as the power source (p. 14). Touch [High Definition TV]. Touch / to the TV. Recording/Playback Playing images on a TV Connection methods and the image quality (high definition (HD) or standard definition (STD)) viewed...
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...outlet (wall socket) using the supplied AC Adaptor to prevent your camcorder from the internal recording media to memory card. The [MOVIE DUB] screen appears. Insert memory card into your camcorder to memory card (HDRCX150/XR150) Dubbing movies You can dub movies recorded on... The image size is fixed depending on the image quality of the movie: [ 2.1M] with high definition image quality (HD) [ 0.2M] in 16:9 (wide) with standard definition image quality (STD) [VGA(0.3M)] in a Playlist will be dubbed. The images recorded by touching...
...outlet (wall socket) using the supplied AC Adaptor to prevent your camcorder from the internal recording media to memory card. The [MOVIE DUB] screen appears. Insert memory card into your camcorder to memory card (HDRCX150/XR150) Dubbing movies You can dub movies recorded on... The image size is fixed depending on the image quality of the movie: [ 2.1M] with high definition image quality (HD) [ 0.2M] in 16:9 (wide) with standard definition image quality (STD) [VGA(0.3M)] in a Playlist will be dubbed. The images recorded by touching...
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... [MEMORY CARD] on the LCD screen to confirm the image. The [PHOTO COPY] screen appears. Touch the type of copying. [COPY by select]: To copy selected photos [COPY by date]: To copy all movies of a specified date [ DUB ALL]: To dub the high definition image quality (HD) ...movie to be dubbed, then touch . Insert a memory card into your camcorder before the operation. Notes Connect your camcorder to the wall outlet (wall socket) using the supplied AC Adaptor to memory card. Remaining capacity of the memory card Press and hold the image down on...
... [MEMORY CARD] on the LCD screen to confirm the image. The [PHOTO COPY] screen appears. Touch the type of copying. [COPY by select]: To copy selected photos [COPY by date]: To copy all movies of a specified date [ DUB ALL]: To dub the high definition image quality (HD) ...movie to be dubbed, then touch . Insert a memory card into your camcorder before the operation. Notes Connect your camcorder to the wall outlet (wall socket) using the supplied AC Adaptor to memory card. Remaining capacity of the memory card Press and hold the image down on...
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...image. Also, do not eject the memory card while editing movies on the memory card. You cannot add photos to the Playlist. You cannot create a Playlist which contains both high definition image quality (HD) movies and standard definition image quality (STD) movies. ...57732; [PLAYLIST EDIT] (under [PLAYBACK] category). The recording dates of 999 high definition image quality (HD) movies, or 99 standard definition image quality (STD) movies to the Playlist. Making good use of your camcorder while adding movies to the Playlist. You can add a maximum of...
...image. Also, do not eject the memory card while editing movies on the memory card. You cannot add photos to the Playlist. You cannot create a Playlist which contains both high definition image quality (HD) movies and standard definition image quality (STD) movies. ...57732; [PLAYLIST EDIT] (under [PLAYBACK] category). The recording dates of 999 high definition image quality (HD) movies, or 99 standard definition image quality (STD) movies to the Playlist. Making good use of your camcorder while adding movies to the Playlist. You can add a maximum of...
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...on-screen instructions to confirm the image. US 50 High definition image quality (HD) movies: Max. 3,999 Standard definition image quality (STD) movies: 9,999 Photos: ...CX150/XR150) and image selection methods. When you selected [DUB by date. Touch [YES] on the camcorder screen. Remaining external media capacity Press and hold the image down on the LCD screen to select the recording media (HDR.... Touch (MENU) [Show others ] on the memory card. Touch [Play without copying.] in the external media are...
...on-screen instructions to confirm the image. US 50 High definition image quality (HD) movies: Max. 3,999 Standard definition image quality (STD) movies: 9,999 Photos: ...CX150/XR150) and image selection methods. When you selected [DUB by date. Touch [YES] on the camcorder screen. Remaining external media capacity Press and hold the image down on the LCD screen to select the recording media (HDR.... Touch (MENU) [Show others ] on the memory card. Touch [Play without copying.] in the external media are...
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...creating an AVCHD disc or a standard definition image quality (STD) disc from high definition image quality (HD) movies or photos recorded on the camcorder Touch [Play without copying.] in the external media. AVCHD format compatible device Player Sony Blu-ray disc player ...PlayStation3, etc. To play back the high definition image quality (HD) movies on the VISUAL INDEX screen of photos cannot be displayed. If your camcorder does not recognize the external media,...
...creating an AVCHD disc or a standard definition image quality (STD) disc from high definition image quality (HD) movies or photos recorded on the camcorder Touch [Play without copying.] in the external media. AVCHD format compatible device Player Sony Blu-ray disc player ...PlayStation3, etc. To play back the high definition image quality (HD) movies on the VISUAL INDEX screen of photos cannot be displayed. If your camcorder does not recognize the external media,...
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... Express (p. 52) DVD writer, other than DVDirect Express (p. 55) Disc recorder, etc. (p. 56) Disc type Standard definition image quality (STD) disc Notes Always maintain your camcorder with [HD FX] mode of the DVD writer. Because DVD players/ recorders are not compatible with the AVCHD format, DVD players/recorders...
... Express (p. 52) DVD writer, other than DVDirect Express (p. 55) Disc recorder, etc. (p. 56) Disc type Standard definition image quality (STD) disc Notes Always maintain your camcorder with [HD FX] mode of the DVD writer. Because DVD players/ recorders are not compatible with the AVCHD format, DVD players/recorders...
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... the disc depends on the recording time of the same disc When converting high definition (HD) movies to standard definition (STD) movies, and creating a disc When dubbing images in the memory card (HDR-CX150/XR150) Touch [DISC BURN OPTION] in the following cases: ...total memory size of movies to be burnt exceeds that have not been saved on any discs will be recorded onto the disc (HDR-CX150/XR150). When there are unsaved high definition (HD) and standard definition (STD) image quality movies, they will be created appears on the camcorder ...
... the disc depends on the recording time of the same disc When converting high definition (HD) movies to standard definition (STD) movies, and creating a disc When dubbing images in the memory card (HDR-CX150/XR150) Touch [DISC BURN OPTION] in the following cases: ...total memory size of movies to be burnt exceeds that have not been saved on any discs will be recorded onto the disc (HDR-CX150/XR150). When there are unsaved high definition (HD) and standard definition (STD) image quality movies, they will be created appears on the camcorder ...
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...the disc after the operation is completed. Touch and disconnect the USB cable. Also, if high definition image quality (HD) is reached. The movies on the disc appear as VISUAL INDEX on the camcorder screen. Press the play button on the DVD writer. You can play back a... to the limit of scenes. It may be cut off the camcorder Disconnect the USB cable or the AC adaptor Subject the camcorder to mechanical shock or vibration Eject the memory card from the camcorder Play the created disc to make sure dubbing was performed...
...the disc after the operation is completed. Touch and disconnect the USB cable. Also, if high definition image quality (HD) is reached. The movies on the disc appear as VISUAL INDEX on the camcorder screen. Press the play button on the DVD writer. You can play back a... to the limit of scenes. It may be cut off the camcorder Disconnect the USB cable or the AC adaptor Subject the camcorder to mechanical shock or vibration Eject the memory card from the camcorder Play the created disc to make sure dubbing was performed...
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...cannot play back created standard definition (STD) image quality discs on any DVD player, connect the camcorder to the instruction manuals supplied with the USB cable (supplied). Saving images with high definition image quality (HD) movies, such as a Sony DVD writer. Refer also ...(under [OTHERS] category). Touch the recording media that contains the images on the camcorder screen. [ USB CONNECT]: Internal memory [ USB CONNECT]: Internal hard disk [ USB CONNECT]: Memory card The displayed recording media differ depending on the model. Record movies on...
...cannot play back created standard definition (STD) image quality discs on any DVD player, connect the camcorder to the instruction manuals supplied with the USB cable (supplied). Saving images with high definition image quality (HD) movies, such as a Sony DVD writer. Refer also ...(under [OTHERS] category). Touch the recording media that contains the images on the camcorder screen. [ USB CONNECT]: Internal memory [ USB CONNECT]: Internal hard disk [ USB CONNECT]: Memory card The displayed recording media differ depending on the model. Record movies on...
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...VIDEO (Yellow) (White) AUDIO (Red) Signal flow * HDR-CX110/CX150 ** HDR-XR150 Insert the recording media in the recording device. If your recording device has an input selector, set it to the input mode. Connect your camcorder to the wall outlet (wall socket) using an A/V ...in some countries/regions. High definition image quality (HD) movies will hear no sound. You can dub images played back on your camcorder on a disc or video cassette, by using the supplied AC Adaptor for this operation (p. 14). Sony DVD writer may not be available ...
...VIDEO (Yellow) (White) AUDIO (Red) Signal flow * HDR-CX110/CX150 ** HDR-XR150 Insert the recording media in the recording device. If your recording device has an input selector, set it to the input mode. Connect your camcorder to the wall outlet (wall socket) using an A/V ...in some countries/regions. High definition image quality (HD) movies will hear no sound. You can dub images played back on your camcorder on a disc or video cassette, by using the supplied AC Adaptor for this operation (p. 14). Sony DVD writer may not be available ...