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Sony DSR-400L/400PL Manual

139 pages4.02 Mb

Operating Instructions
1DSR-400L/400PL
DSR-400K/400PK DSR-450WSL/450WSPL
- 2Owner’s Record
- WARNING
- To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture
- AVERTISSMENT
- WARNUNG
- 4Table of Contents
  - 5Recording Analog Composite Signals
  - (with a CBK-SC01Installed
  - DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - Playing and Checking Recorded
  - Contents
  - Chapter 5 Menu Displays and
  - Detailed Settings
  - Setting the Status Display on the
  - Viewfinder Screen and the LCD
  - Monitor
  - Adjustments and Settings from
  - Menus
  - Chapter 6 Saving and Loading the User Setting Data
  - Saving and Loading User Files
  - Saving and Loading Scene Files
  - Displaying a File-RelatedMenu Page When Inserting a “Memory Stick”
  - Chapter 7 Appendix
  - Important Notes on Operation
  - Maintenance
  - About i.LINK
  - About a “Memory Stick”
  - Operation Warnings
  - Troubleshooting
  - Specifications
  - Chart of Optional Components and
  - Accessories
  - Glossary
  - Index
6OverviewChapter
- Product Configurations
- 7Features
  - 8VTR features
- 9Location and Function of Parts
  - 10Right side view
  - Front section
  - 12Left side of the LCD monitor
  - 13Rear section
  - 14Operation panel under the AUDIO adjustment cover
  - 15Left and upper view
  - 17Rear view
  - 19Lens
  - VCL-917BYZoom Lens (DSR-400K/400PKonly)
  - 20DXF-801Viewfinder
  - 21Status display on the viewfinder screen
  - Layout of the status display on the viewfinder screen
  - 23Status display on the LCD monitor
- 25Using the CD-ROM
- Manual
27Preparation
- 28Preparing the Lens
- 29Preparing a Power Supply
  - Avoiding breaks in operation due to
- 30Adjusting the Viewfinder
  - 31To adjust the eyepiece focus
  - To adjust contrast and brightness
  - To adjust the outline emphasis
  - To fit the viewfinder
  - To use the camcorder with your left eye
  - Removing the viewfinder
  - Attaching a 5-inchelectronic viewfinder
- 32Using the Shoulder Strap
- Adjusting the Shoulder Pad Position
- 33Fitting to a Tripod
- 34Preparing Audio Input
- System
  - 35Using a wireless microphone system
  - 36To attach a WRR-855
  - To attach a WRR-861/862(When using a BP-GL65/GL95/L60SBattery Pack)
- 37Connecting the Remote Control Unit (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - 38Function of the REC button when the remote control unit is connected
  - When the monitor is connected to the remote control unit
  - When the remote control unit is disconnected from the camcorder
  - Structure of the paint adjustment data
40Connections
- Connecting a Monitor
- 41Using an i.LINK
- Connection
  - 42To check the playback image recorded on an external VTR
  - Using the camcorder as a feeder
  - To copy digitally from the camcorder to the VTR without the editing function
  - 43To control the camcorder from the VTR using the editing function
  - To control the camcorder from a non-linearediting system
- 44Other Connections
45Recording and Playback Chapter
- Inserting a Cassette
- 46Basic Procedure for Shooting
- 47Recording
  - 48To prevent accidental erasure
  - To check the tape for slack
  - Compatibility of DVCAM and DV formats
  - 49Selecting the recording format
  - 50Adjusting the black balance/white balance
  - To adjust the black balance
  - 51To adjust the white balance
  - 52Setting the electronic shutter
  - About the shutter modes
  - 53To select the shutter mode and shutter speed
  - 55Adjusting the iris
  - To set the automatic iris
  - 56To adjust the iris sensitivity
  - 57Adjusting the audio level
  - Setting the time data
  - To set the time code
  - 58To save the actual time in the time code
  - To set the user bits
  - To synchronize the time code
  - 60Setting for special shooting cases
  - To correct skin detail
- 61Back Space Editing
  - 62Using the edit search function while back space editing
- 63Time-LapseVideo (Interval Rec)
  - Making settings before shooting
  - Shooting and recording in Interval Rec mode
  - 64To interrupt interval recording
  - To end auto interval recording
  - Notes on Auto Interval Rec mode
  - To use setup remove (DSR-450WSonly)
- 65Playing and Checking Recorded Contents
  - Checking the recorded contents immediately after shooting — Recording Review
  - Checking the recording on the color video monitor
  - To use setup add (DSR-400/450WSonly)
66Menu Displays and Detailed Settings
- Menu Organization and Operation
  - 73The TOP menu
  - The USER menu
  - The USER MENU CUSTOMIZE menu
  - The ALL menu
  - 74The OPERATION menu
  - The PAINT menu
  - The MAINTENANCE menu
  - The FILE menu
  - The DIAGNOSIS menu
  - 75Menu list
  - 93Displaying menus
  - Basic menu operations
  - To select the setting items and values on the menu
  - To end menu operations
  - To display the TOP menu
  - 94To confirm the setting items and values on the menu
  - Using the USER menu (Example of the menu operation)
  - 95To cancel setting
  - To return to the standard settings
  - To move to another page
  - Editing the USER menu
  - To add a new page
  - 97To add/delete/replace pages
  - Resetting USER menu settings to the standard settings
- 98Setting the Status Display on the Viewfinder Screen and the LCD Monitor
  - Selecting the display items
  - 99Display modes and setting change confirmation/adjustment progress messages
  - To change the display mode
  - 100Setting the marker display
  - Setting the viewfinder
  - 101Recording shot data superimposed on the color bars
  - To carry out superimposed recording
  - Setting the shot ID
  - 102To insert a space
  - To delete a character
  - To cancel changing shot ID
  - Displaying the status confirmation windows
  - Display content of the window
  - To display the status confirmation windows
  - To disable display of the status confirmation windows
- 103Adjustments and Settings from Menus
  - Setting gain values for the GAIN switch positions
  - 104Selecting the output signals (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - 105Specifying an offset for the auto white balance setting
  - Setting the date/time of the internal clock
  - To cancel the setting
  - 106Assigning functions to ASSIGN switches
  - To return to the previous page
  - Selecting the lens file
  - 107Selecting the aspect ratio (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - 108Setting the CCD scan mode (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - To set the CCD scan mode
109Saving and Loading the
User Setting Data
- Saving and Loading User Files
  - 110To protect saved data
  - Notes on using and storing the “Memory
  - Stick”
  - Saving USER menu data (user file) to the “Memory Stick”
  - 111To set the file ID
  - To select the display contents
  - 112Loading saved data from a “Memory Stick”
- 113Saving and Loading Scene Files
  - Saving a scene file
  - 114White balance setting data saved in the scene file
  - White balance setting data when loading the scene file
  - To save scene files from the camcorder memory to the “Memory Stick”
  - 115Loading scene files
  - 116Resetting the settings of the camcorder to the standard settings
- 117Displaying a File-Related
- Menu Page When
- Stick”
118Appendix
- Important Notes on
- Operation
  - 119About the LCD panels
  - Characteristics of CCD sensors
  - Condensation
- 120Maintenance
  - 121To confirm the result
- 122About i.LINK
- 123About a “Memory Stick”
  - 124Precautions
- 125Operation Warnings
  - 127Error code list
  - Operation/error messages
- 128Troubleshooting
- 130Specifications
  - 131Microphone
  - Tape section
  - Input/output connectors
  - 132Related Products
- 133Chart of Optional Components and Accessories
  - 134For DSR-450WS/450WSP
- 135Glossary
- 137Index

139 pages4.2 Mb

Operating Instructions
1DSR-400L/400PL
DSR-400K/400PK
DSR-450WSL/450WSPL
- 2Owner’s Record
- WARNING
- To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture
- AVERTISSMENT
- WARNUNG
- 4Table of Contents
  - 5Recording Analog Composite Signals
  - (with a CBK-SC01Installed
  - DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - Playing and Checking Recorded
  - Contents
  - Chapter 5 Menu Displays and
  - Detailed Settings
  - Setting the Status Display on the
  - Viewfinder Screen and the LCD
  - Monitor
  - Adjustments and Settings from
  - Menus
  - Chapter 6 Saving and Loading the User Setting Data
  - Saving and Loading User Files
  - Saving and Loading Scene Files
  - Displaying a File-RelatedMenu Page When Inserting a “Memory Stick”
  - Chapter 7 Appendix
  - Important Notes on Operation
  - Maintenance
  - About i.LINK
  - About a “Memory Stick”
  - Operation Warnings
  - Troubleshooting
  - Specifications
  - Chart of Optional Components and
  - Accessories
  - Glossary
  - Index
6OverviewChapter1
- Product Configurations
- 7Features
  - 8VTR features
- 9Location and Function of Parts
  - 10Right side view
  - Front section
  - 12Left side of the LCD monitor
  - 13Rear section
  - 14Operation panel under the AUDIO adjustment cover
  - 15Left and upper view
  - 17Rear view
  - 19Lens
  - VCL-917BYZoom Lens (DSR-400K/400PKonly)
  - 20DXF-801Viewfinder
  - 21Status display on the viewfinder screen
  - Layout of the status display on the viewfinder screen
  - 23Status display on the LCD monitor
- 25Using the CD-ROM
- Manual
27Preparation
- Attaching and Replacing the Lithium Battery
- 28Preparing the Lens
- 29Preparing a Power Supply
  - Avoiding breaks in operation due to
- 30Adjusting the Viewfinder
  - 31To use the camcorder with your left eye
  - Adjusting the viewfinder position
  - To adjust the eyepiece focus
  - To adjust contrast and brightness
  - To adjust the outline emphasis
  - Attaching a 5-inchelectronic viewfinder
- 32Using the Shoulder Strap
- Adjusting the Shoulder Pad Position
- 33Fitting to a Tripod
  - Using a Video Light
- 34Preparing Audio Input
- System
  - 35Attaching a UHF Portable Tuner (for a UHF Wireless Microphone System)
  - 36To attach a WRR-855
  - To attach a WRR-861/862(When using a BP-GL65/GL95/L60SBattery Pack)
- 37Connecting the Remote Control Unit (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - 38Function of the REC button when the remote control unit is connected
  - When the monitor is connected to the remote control unit
  - When the remote control unit is disconnected from the camcorder
  - Structure of the paint adjustment data
40Connections
- Connecting a Monitor
- 41Using an i.LINK
- Connection
  - 42To check the playback image recorded on an external VTR
  - Using the camcorder as a feeder
  - To copy digitally from the camcorder to the VTR without the editing function
  - 43To control the camcorder from the VTR using the editing function
  - To control the camcorder from a non-linearediting system
- 44Other Connections
45Recording and Playback Chapter4
- Inserting a Cassette
- 46Basic Procedure for Shooting
- 47Recording
  - 48To prevent accidental erasure
  - To check the tape for slack
  - Compatibility of DVCAM and DV formats
  - 49Selecting the recording format
  - 50Adjusting the black balance/white balance
  - To adjust the black balance
  - 51To adjust the white balance
  - 52Setting the electronic shutter
  - About the shutter modes
  - 53To select the shutter mode and shutter speed
  - 55Adjusting the iris
  - To set the automatic iris
  - 56To adjust the iris sensitivity
  - 57Adjusting the audio level
  - Setting the time data
  - To set the time code
  - 58To save the actual time in the time code
  - To set the user bits
  - To synchronize the time code
  - 60Setting for special shooting cases
  - To correct skin detail
- 61Back Space Editing
  - 62Using the edit search function while back space editing
  - 63Time-LapseVideo (Interval Rec)
  - 64Recording Analog Composite Signals (with
  - aCBK-SC01Installed- DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - 65Playing and Checking Recorded Contents
66Menu Displays and
Detailed Settings
- Menu Organization and Operation
  - 73The TOP menu
  - The USER menu
  - The USER MENU CUSTOMIZE menu
  - The ALL menu
  - 74The OPERATION menu
  - The PAINT menu
  - The MAINTENANCE menu
  - The FILE menu
  - The DIAGNOSIS menu
  - 75Menu list
  - 93Displaying menus
  - Basic menu operations
  - To select the setting items and values on the menu
  - To end menu operations
  - To display the TOP menu
  - 94To confirm the setting items and values on the menu
  - Using the USER menu (Example of the menu operation)
  - 95To cancel setting
  - To return to the standard settings
  - To move to another page
  - Editing the USER menu
  - To add a new page
  - 97To add/delete/replace pages
  - 98Setting the Status Display on the Viewfinder Screen and the LCD Monitor
    - 99Display modes and setting change confirmation/adjustment progress messages
    - To change the display mode
    - 100Setting the marker display
    - Setting the viewfinder
    - 101Recording shot data superimposed on the color bars
    - To carry out superimposed recording
    - Setting the shot ID
    - 102To insert a space
    - To delete a character
    - To cancel changing shot ID
    - Displaying the status confirmation windows
    - Display content of the window
  - 103Adjustments and Settings from Menus
    - 104Selecting the output signals (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
    - 105Specifying an offset for the auto white balance setting
    - Setting the date/time of the internal clock
    - To cancel the setting
    - 106Selecting the aspect ratio (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
    - 107Setting the CCD scan mode (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
109Saving and Loading the
User Setting Data
- Saving and Loading User Files
  - 110To protect saved data
  - Notes on using and storing the “Memory
  - Saving USER menu data (user file) to the “Memory Stick”
  - 111To set the file ID
  - To select the display contents
  - 112Loading saved data from a “Memory Stick”
  - 113Saving and Loading Scene Files
    - 114White balance setting data saved in the scene file
    - White balance setting data when loading the scene file
    - To save scene files from the camcorder memory to the “Memory Stick”
    - 115Loading scene files
    - 116Resetting the settings of the camcorder to the standard settings
- 117Displaying a File-Related
- Menu Page When
- Stick”
118Appendix
- Important Notes on
- Operation
  - 119About the LCD panels
  - Phenomena specific to CCD image sensors
  - Condensation
- 120Maintenance
  - 121To confirm the result
- 122About i.LINK
- 123About a “Memory Stick”
  - 124Precautions
- 125Operation Warnings
  - 127Error code list
  - Operation/error messages
- 128Troubleshooting
- 130Specifications
  - 131Microphone
  - Tape section
  - Input/output connectors
  - VCL-917BYZoom Lens (supplied with the DSR-400K/400PK)
  - 132Pin assignment of the connectors
  - Related Products
- 133Chart of Optional Components and Accessories
  - 134For DSR-450WS/450WSP
- 135Glossary
- 137Index

141 pages4.35 Mb

Operating Instructions
1DSR-400L/400PL
DSR-400K/400PK
DSR-450WSL/450WSPL
- 2Owner’s Record
- WARNING
- AVERTISSMENT
- WARNUNG
- 5Table of Contents
  - 6Recording Analog Composite Signals
  - (with a CBK-SC01Installed
  - DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - Playing and Checking Recorded
  - Contents
  - Chapter 5 Menu Displays and
  - Detailed Settings
  - Setting the Status Display on the
  - Viewfinder Screen and the LCD
  - Monitor
  - Adjustments and Settings from
  - Menus
  - Chapter 6 Saving and Loading the User Setting Data
  - Saving and Loading User Files
  - Saving and Loading Scene Files
  - Displaying a File-RelatedMenu Page When Inserting a “Memory Stick”
  - Chapter 7 Appendix
  - Important Notes on Operation
  - Maintenance
  - About i.LINK
  - About a “Memory Stick”
  - Operation Warnings
  - Troubleshooting
  - Specifications
  - Chart of Optional Components and
  - Accessories
  - Glossary
  - Index
7OverviewChapter1
- Product Configurations
- 8Features
  - 9VTR features
- 10Location and Function of Parts
  - 11Right side view
  - Front section
  - 13Left side of the LCD monitor
  - 14Rear section
  - 15Operation panel under the AUDIO adjustment cover
  - 16Left and upper view
  - 18Rear view
  - 20Lens
  - VCL-917BYZoom Lens (DSR-400K/400PKonly)
  - 21DXF-801Viewfinder
  - 22Status display on the viewfinder screen
  - Layout of the status display on the viewfinder screen
  - 24Status display on the LCD monitor
- 26Using the CD-ROM
- Manual
28Preparation
- Attaching and Replacing the Lithium Battery
- 29Preparing the Lens
- 30Preparing a Power Supply
- 31Adjusting the Viewfinder
  - 32To use the camcorder with your left eye
  - Adjusting the viewfinder position
  - To adjust the eyepiece focus
  - To adjust contrast and brightness
  - To adjust the outline emphasis
  - Attaching a 5-inchelectronic viewfinder
- 33Using the Shoulder Strap
- Adjusting the Shoulder Pad Position
- 34Fitting to a Tripod
  - Using a Video Light
- 35Preparing Audio Input System
  - 36Attaching a UHF Portable Tuner (for a UHF Wireless Microphone System)
  - 37To attach a WRR-855
  - To attach a WRR-861/862(When using a BP-GL65/GL95/L60SBattery Pack)
- 38Connecting the Remote Control Unit (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - 39Function of the REC button when the remote control unit is connected
  - When the monitor is connected to the remote control unit
  - When the remote control unit is disconnected from the camcorder
  - Structure of the paint adjustment data
41Connections
- Connecting a Monitor
- 42Using an i.LINK
- Connection
  - 43To check the playback image recorded on an external VTR
  - Using the camcorder as a feeder
  - To copy digitally from the camcorder to the VTR without the editing function
  - 44To control the camcorder from the VTR using the editing function
  - To control the camcorder from a non-linearediting system
- 45Other Connections
46Recording and Playback Chapter4
- Inserting a Cassette
- 47Basic Procedure for Shooting
- 48Recording
  - 49To prevent accidental erasure
  - To check the tape for slack
  - Compatibility of DVCAM and DV formats
  - 50Selecting the recording format
  - 51Adjusting the black balance/white balance
  - To adjust the black balance
  - 52To adjust the white balance
  - 53Setting the electronic shutter
  - About the shutter modes
  - 54To select the shutter mode and shutter speed
  - 56Adjusting the iris
  - To set the automatic iris
  - 57To adjust the iris sensitivity
  - 58Adjusting the audio level
  - To manually adjust the levels of the audio
  - inputs from the AUDIO IN CH-1/CH-2
  - connectors
  - Setting the time data
  - To set the time code
  - 59To save the actual time in the time code
  - To set the user bits
  - To synchronize the time code
  - 61Setting for special shooting cases
  - To correct skin detail
- 62Back Space Editing
  - 63Using the edit search function while back space editing
- 64Time-LapseVideo
- (Interval Rec)
  - 65Recording Analog Composite Signals (with
  - aCBK-SC01Installed- DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
  - 66Playing and Checking Recorded Contents
67Menu Displays and
Detailed Settings
- Menu Organization and Operation
  - 74The TOP menu
  - The USER menu
  - The USER MENU CUSTOMIZE menu
  - The ALL menu
  - 75The OPERATION menu
  - The PAINT menu
  - The MAINTENANCE menu
  - The FILE menu
  - The DIAGNOSIS menu
  - 76Menu list
  - 94Displaying menus
  - Basic menu operations
  - To select the setting items and values on the menu
  - To end menu operations
  - To display the TOP menu
  - 95To confirm the setting items and values on the menu
  - Using the USER menu (Example of the menu operation)
  - 96To cancel setting
  - To return to the standard settings
  - To move to another page
  - Editing the USER menu
  - To add a new page
  - 98To add/delete/replace pages
  - 99Setting the Status Display on the Viewfinder Screen and the LCD Monitor
    - 100Display modes and setting change confirmation/adjustment progress messages
    - To change the display mode
    - 101Setting the marker display
    - Setting the viewfinder
    - 102Recording shot data superimposed on the color bars
    - To carry out superimposed recording
    - Setting the shot ID
    - 103To insert a space
    - To delete a character
    - To cancel changing shot ID
    - Displaying the status confirmation windows
    - Display content of the window
  - 104Adjustments and Settings from Menus
    - 105Selecting the output signals (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
    - 106Specifying an offset for the auto white balance setting
    - Setting the date/time of the internal clock
    - To cancel the setting
    - 107Selecting the aspect ratio (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
    - 108Setting the CCD scan mode (DSR-450WS/450WSPonly)
110Saving and Loading the
User Setting Data
- Saving and Loading User Files
  - 111To protect saved data
  - Notes on using and storing the “Memory Stick”
  - Saving USER menu data (user file) to the “Memory Stick”
  - 112To set the file ID
  - To select the display contents
  - 113Loading saved data from a “Memory Stick”
  - 114Saving and Loading Scene Files
    - 115White balance setting data saved in the scene file
    - White balance setting data when loading the scene file
    - To save scene files from the camcorder memory to the “Memory Stick”
    - 116Loading scene files
    - 117Resetting the settings of the camcorder to the standard settings
- 118Displaying a File-Related
- Menu Page When
- Stick”
119Appendix
- Important Notes on Operation
  - 120About the LCD panels
  - Phenomena specific to CCD image sensors
  - Condensation
- 121Maintenance
  - 122To confirm the result
- 123About i.LINK
- 124About a “Memory Stick”
  - 125Precautions
- 126Operation Warnings
  - 128Error code list
  - Operation/error messages
- 129Troubleshooting
- 131Specifications
  - 132Microphone
  - Tape section
  - Input/output connectors
  - VCL-917BYZoom Lens (supplied with the DSR-400K/400PK)
  - 133Pin assignment of the connectors
  - Related Products
- 134Chart of Optional Components and Accessories
  - 135For DSR-450WS/450WSP
- 136Glossary
- 138Index

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