Howtousethismanual
Symbolsused
Caution : Describesprecautionsconcerningthe
operationofthisproduct.
Memo : Describesreferenceinformation,such
asfunctionsandusagerestrictionsof
thisproduct.
': Indicatesthereferencepagenumbers
andreferenceitems.
Contentofthismanual
Illustrateddesigns,specificationsandother
contentsofthismanualaresubjecttochange
forimprovementwithoutpriornotice.
AVCHDandtheAVCHDlogoaretrademarks
ofPanasonicCorporationandSony
Corporation.
XDCAMEXisatrademarkofSony
Corporation.
SDXCandSDHClogosaretrademarksof
SD3C,LLC.
HDMI(HighDefinitionMultimediaInterface)
and6aretrademarksofHDMI
Licensing,LLC.
QuickTime,FinalCutPro,iPhone,iPad,iPod
touch,iOS,MacOSandSafariaretrademarks
ofAppleInc.,registeredintheU.S.andother
countries.
AndroidandGoogleChromearetrademarks
and/orregisteredtrademarksofGoogleInc.
QRCodeisaregisteredtrademarkofDenso
WaveIncorporated.
DolbyandthedoubleDsymbolare
trademarksofDolbyLaboratories.
Microsoft,Windows,WindowsXP,Windows
Vista,Windows7andInternetExplorerare
eitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksof
MicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStates
and/orothercountries.
MozillaandFirefoxareeithertrademarksor
registeredtrademarksofMozillaFoundationin
theUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.
IntelCore2Duoisatrademarkorregistered
trademarkofIntelCorporationorits
subsidiariesintheUnitedStatesandother
countries.
Otherproductandcompanynamesincluded
inthisinstructionmanualaretrademarksand/
orregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespective
companies.Markssuchasand®have
beenomittedinthismanual.
PrecautionsforProperUse

StorageandUsageLocations

oAllowableambienttemperatureandhumidity
Besuretousethisunitwithintheallowable
temperaturerangeof0°Cto40°C(32°Fto104°F)
andarelativehumidityof30%to80%.Usingthis
unitatatemperatureorhumidityoutsidethe
allowablerangescouldresultnotonlyin
malfunctionbutalsoseriousimpactontheCMOS
elementsassmallwhitespotsmaybegenerated.
Pleaseexercisecareduringuse.
oStrongelectromagneticwavesormagnetism
Noisemayappearinthepictureoraudioand/orthe
colorsmaybeincorrectifthisunitisusedneara
radioortelevisiontransmittingantenna,inplaces
wherestrongmagneticfieldsaregeneratedby
transformers,motors,etc.,orneardevicesemitting
radiowaves,suchastransceiversorcellular
phones.
oUseofwirelessmicrophonenearthisunit
Whenawirelessmicrophoneorwireless
microphonetunerisusednearthisunitduring
recording,thetunercouldpickupnoise.
oAvoidusingorplacingthisunitinthefollowing
places.
Placessubjecttoextremeheatorcold
Placeswithexcessivedirtordust
Placeswithhighhumidityormoisture
Placessubjecttosmokeorvaporsuchasnear
acookingstove
Placessubjecttostrongvibrationsorunstable
surfaces
Inaparkedcarunderdirectsunlightorneara
heaterforlonghours
oDonotplacethisunitatplacesthataresubject
toradiationorXrays,orwherecorrosivegases
occur.
oProtectthisunitfrombeingsplashedwithwater.
(Especiallywhenshootingintherain)
oProtectthisunitfromgettingwetwhenshooting
onabeach.Inaddition,saltandsandmayadhere
tothebody.Besuretocleantheunitafteruse.
oProtectthisunitagainstpenetrationofdustwhen
usingitinaplacesubjecttosandydust.
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Introduction
ISSUED
2012/11/08