JVC GZ-MC500 manual VU-V840KIT, VU-V856KIT

Major Specifications

Format

NTSC Japan and the US standard SD-VIDEO format:

Video/ Audio MPEG-2 PS/ Dolby Digital

1/4.5-inch, 1.33 megapixel CCD x 3

Image Sensor

(Effective area: moving images: 690,000 pixels x 3,

Still images 1.23 megapixels x 3)

Video: F1.8-2.4: f=3.2-32 mm (Normal video 35 mm lens equiv. : 46.2-462 mm, optical 10x zoom

Lens

(digital 200x zoom)

Sill: F1.9-2.4: f=4-32 mm (Normal still 35 mm lens equiv.: 43-344 mm, optical 8x zoom filter

diameter 37mm)

Minimum

18 Lx

brightness

Monitor

130,000-pixel 1.8-inch Color LCD

Power Source

(AC adapter) DC 11V, (Battery) DC 7.2V

Power

5.5 W

Consumption

Approximate

BN-VM200

1 hour (30 min.)

Continuous

VU-V840KIT

4 hours and 50 min.

recording time

(2 hours and 25 min.)

(actual recording

VU-V856KIT

6 hours and 50 min

time)*7

(3 hours and 25 min.)

Format (video)

NTSC Japan and the US standard SD-VIDEO format:

Video/ Audio MPEG-2 PS/ Dolby Digital

Ultra fine

Approx. 9 Mbps (CBR)

Recording mode

Fine

Approx. 6 Mbps (CBR)

Normal

Approx. 4.5 Mbps (VBR)

Economy

Approx. 1.7 Mbps (VBR)

Video recording size

720 x 480 pixels

352 x 240

pixels

Video recording Mode

Ultra Fine

Fine

Normal

Economy

2 GB

30 min.

45 min.

60 min.

150 min.

(sold separately)

Approximate

One inch HDD*9

4 GB

60 min.

90 min.

120 min.

300 min.

(such as Microdrive®)

(provided)

Recording time*8

6 GB

90 min.

135 min.

180 min.

450 min.

(sold separately)

SD memory card

128 MB

2 min.

3 min.

4 min.

10 min.

(sold separately) *10

256 MB

4 min.

6 min.

7 min.

21 min.

Compact flash card

512 MB

8 min.

12 min.

15 min.

43 min.

(sold separately)*10

1 GB

16 min.

24 min.

31 min.

86 min.

Format (still)

JPEG (DCF compatible, supports DPOF and PRINT Image Matching II)

Still picture recording size

640x480 dots (VGA)

1280x960 dots

1600x1200 dots (UXGA)

Approx.

Still picture recording mode

Fine

Standard

Fine

Standard

Fine

Standard

No.

2 GB

9999

9999

3285

5675

2230

3670

Of

One inch

(sold separately)

Still

HDD

4 GB

9999

9999

6575

9999

4460

7345

(such as

(provided)

Microdrive®)

6 GB

9999

9999

9865

9999

6690

9999

(sold separately)

SD memory

128 MB

780

1115

210

350

140

225

256 MB

1555

2225

420

705

280

455

card (sold

512 MB

3140

4490

845

1425

570

920

separately)

1 GB

6040

8635

1630

2745

1095

1775

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