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Samsung HDR-HC9 Trying out the HDV format, What is the HDV format, Why shoot in the HDV format, Shooting in the HDV format, High image quality, 1,080 effective scanning lines

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Trying out the HDV format!

Shooting in the HDV format

High image quality

Being HDV format compliant, your camcorder is ready to shoot crystal clear, high-definition images.

What is the HDV format?

The HDV format is a video format for shooting and playing back high definition images on popular DV standard cassette tapes.

•Your camcorder adopts the HDV1080i specification, which utilizes 1,080 effective scanning lines, within the HDV standards, and records pictures at the image bit rate of about 25 Mbps.

1,080 effective scanning lines

•These operating instructions refer to the HDV1080i specification as HDV format unless there is a need to specify.

Why shoot in the HDV format?

With the global standard moving to the digital video format, you can record important moments in HDV format to keep high quality images for the future.

Your camcorder’s down convert function converts pictures in HDV format to SD (standard definition) image quality for viewing on older wide TV formats, and on 4:3 aspect ratio TVs when a high definition TV set is not available. This provides an easy path to HDV format video.

•The down convert function converts HDV format video to DV for playback or editing when your camcorder is connected to a TV or VCR that is not HDV1080i compliant. The resulting image is displayed in SD (standard definition).

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Enjoying pictures with high definition quality Operating Guide Getting Started Using the Menu Dubbing/Editing Using a Computer WARNING To reduce fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture Use Power Sources Polarization Installation Water and Moisture Power-CordProtection Accessories Ventilation Read this first Note For the State of California, USA only Notes on use Your camcorder is supplied with two kinds of manuals –“Operating Guide” (This manual) Type of cassette you can use in your camcorder You can use mini DV cassettes marked Read this first (Continued) When using a “Memory Stick Duo” with “Memory Stick” compatible equipment Using the camcorder •Do not hold the camcorder by the following parts •The camcorder is not dustproof, dripproof or waterproof on a TV, you need an NTSC system-basedTV On playing back HDV tapes on other devices About this manual About the Carl Zeiss lens Table of Contents IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Playback Using the guide functions (USAGE GUIDE) Dubbing to VCR or DVD/HDD recorders Recording pictures from a VCR, etc Dubbing pictures from a tape to a “Memory Stick Duo” Trying out the HDV format What is the HDV format Why shoot in the HDV format Viewing video recorded in the HDV format Viewing on a high definition TV (p. 34) Viewing on a 16:9 (wide)/4:3 TV (p. 36) Dubbing to VCR or DVD/HDD recorders (p. 64) Connecting to a computer (p. 73) Step 1: Checking supplied items Step 2: Charging the battery pack Step2: Charging the battery pack (Continued) To remove the battery pack When storing the battery pack Fully discharge the battery before storing it for an extended period (p. 94) To check the remaining battery (Battery Info) time NP-FH60 (supplied) •All times measured under the following conditions: Top: When the LCD backlight turns on Step 3: Turning the power on and setting the date and time Changing the language setting You can change the on-screendisplays to show messages in a specified language Touch t [MENU] t (TIME/ LANGU.) t [LANGUAGE], then select the desired language Step 4: Making setting adjustments before recording Step 5: Inserting a tape or a “Memory Stick Duo” Step 5: Inserting a tape or a “Memory Stick Duo” (Continued) Access lamp To eject a “Memory Stick Duo” Lightly push the “Memory Stick Duo” in once Easy Recording/Playback (Easy Handycam) xTo cancel Easy Handycam operation xAdjustable menu settings during Easy Handycam operation x Unavailable buttons during Easy Handycam Recording Beep Shutter click Zooming Power zoom lever Wider range of view: (Wide angle) Close view: (Telephoto) Controlling the image settings manually with the CAM CTRL dial It is useful to assign a frequently used menu item to the CAM CTRL dial MANUAL button CAM CTRL dial 1Press the MANUAL button to activate the manual adjustment mode Recording in dark places (NightShot) Infrared port Set the NIGHTSHOT switch to ON (and [“NIGHTSHOT”] appear) Adjusting the exposure for backlit subjects Recording/Playback Playback Viewing still images Touch The most recently recorded image is displayed To display pictures on a “Memory Stick Duo” on the Index screen Touch . Touch one of the pictures to back to the single display mode Playback (Continued) Using PB zoom Using the guide functions (USAGE GUIDE) Searching for the starting point The tape counter is reset to “0:00:00” and appears on the screen If the tape counter is not displayed, press DISPLAY 2 Press STOP when you want to stop playback 3 Press mREW Playing the picture on a TV Connecting to a high definition TV HD (high definition) image quality HDMI A B C : Signal flow, ( ): Reference pages Playing the picture on a TV (Continued) HDMI HDMI cable (optional) •Use an HDMI cable with the HDMI logo (on the front cover) i.LINK cable (supplied) To set the aspect ratio according to the connected TV (16:9/4:3) Change the [TV TYPE] setting to match your TV (p. 59) [480i] (59) [TV TYPE] t [16:9]/[4:3] (59) A/V connecting cable with S VIDEO (optional) (White) (Red) (Yellow) When connecting to your TV via a VCR Using the menu items Menu items EDIT/PLAY menu (p. 55) STANDARD SET menu (p. 56) TIME/LANGU. menu (p. 62) CAMERA SET menu SPOT MTR·FCS (Spot Meter & Spot Focus) You can adjust the brightness and the focus of a picture at the same time and 9 appear 2Touch [END] To return the setting to automatic exposure and focus, touch [AUTO]t[END] SHARPNESS You can adjust the sharpness of the image Soften Sharpen SHUTTR SPEED Select to adjust the shutter speed automatically AUTOSLW SHTR (Auto slow shutter) AE SHIFT You can adjust the exposure using •Touch if the subject is white or the backlight is bright, or touch if the subject is black or the light is dim TELE MACRO When you set [TELE MACRO] to [ON] To cancel, touch [OFF], or zoom to wide- angle (W side) PEAKING BOFF SUPER NS (Super NightShot) and [“SUPER NIGHTSHOT”] appear on the screen Do not use NightShot/[SUPER NS] in bright places. This may cause a malfunction •Do not cover the infrared port with your fingers or other objects (p. 105) •Remove the conversion lens (optional) and the lens hood HISTOGRAM Pixels Darker Brighter Brightness SELF-TIMER MEMORY SET menu MEMORY SET menu (Continued) Capacity of the “Memory Stick Duo” and the number of recordable pictures When the POWER switch is set to CAMERA MEMORY 128MB ALL ERASE 1Select [ALL FILES] or [CURRNT FOLDER] [ALL FILES]: Deletes all the images on the “Memory Stick Duo.” [CURRNT FOLDER]: Deletes all the images in the selected folder Deletes all the images in the selected folder PICT.APPLI. menu •You can select the first picture for the slide show with /before touching [START] D.EFFECT (Digital effect) You can add digital effects to recording/ playback 1Touch the desired effect 2Adjust the effect with /, then touch Effect PICT.EFFECT (Picture effect) You can add special effects to a picture during recording or playback. appears Does not use [PICT.EFFECT] setting SKINTONE Makes skin texture look more smoother and more appealing EDIT/PLAY menu STANDARD SET menu REC FORMAT You can select a recording format BHDV1080i () Records in the HDV1080i specification DV () STANDARD SET menu (Continued) VOLUME Touch /to adjust the volume (p. 28) MIC LEVEL You can adjust the recording sound level manually COMPONENT Select when connecting your camcorder to a TV with the component input jack B1080i/480i i.LINK CONV ON HDV t DV GUIDEFRAME CENTER MARKR COLOR BAR DATA CODE Data code is not displayed REC LAMP (Recording lamp) BEEP BON Cancels the beeping sound and shutter sound DISP OUTPUT (Display output) Customizing Personal Menu Deleting a menu item Arranging the order of menu items displayed on Personal Menu Initializing the Personal Menu settings (Reset) Dubbing to VCR or DVD/HDD recorders Open the jack cover and connect the cable Using an i.LINK cable (supplied) Select the required settings from the table below and make the menu settings HDV*1 Dubbing to another device 1 Prepare your camcorder for playback Insert the recorded cassette Slide the POWER switch to turn on the PLAY/EDIT lamp 2 When dubbing to the VCR, insert a cassette for recording Dubbing to VCR or DVD/HDD recorders (Continued) 3 Connect your recording device (VCR or DVD/HDD recorder) to your camcorder See page 64 for connection details 4 Start playback on your camcorder, and recording on the recording device 5 When dubbing is complete, stop your camcorder and the recording device Recording pictures from a VCR, etc Recording pictures from a VCR, etc. (Continued) 6 Start playing the cassette on your VCR 7 Touch [REC START] at the point you want to start recording 8 Stop recording Touch (Stop) or [REC PAUSE] Dubbing pictures from a tape to a “Memory Stick Duo” Deleting recorded pictures from the “Memory Stick Duo” Marking images on the “Memory Stick Duo” with specific information Printing recorded images Printing recorded images (Continued) What you can do with Windows computer What you can do with Windows computer (Continued) System requirements When using “Picture Motion Browser” OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4, Windows XP SP2* or Windows Vista OS: Installing the “First Step Guide” and software Installing the “First Step Guide” and software (Continued) 4 Check your area and country 8 Follow the on-screeninstructions region, then click [Next] to install the software Viewing “First Step Guide” Using a Macintosh computer Troubleshooting Another VCR malfunctions when you use the supplied Remote Commander Batteries/Power sources The power abruptly turns off The /CHG (charge) lamp does not light while the battery pack is being charged The /CHG (charge) lamp flashes while the battery pack is being charged The remaining battery time indicator does not indicate the correct time Troubleshooting (Continued) Menu items are grayed out is not displayed The picture in the viewfinder is not clear The picture in the viewfinder has disappeared Recording Refer also to “Cassette tapes/“Memory Stick Duo”” section (p. 80) The tape does not start when you press START/STOP •Slide the POWER switch to turn on the CAMERA-TAPElamp (p. 23) •The tape has reached the end. Rewind it, or insert a new cassette [COLOR SLOW S] does not operate correctly You cannot use [SUPER NS] The auto focus does not function [STEADYSHOT] does not function The backlight function does not function Playback You cannot play back a tape •Slide the POWER switch to turn on the PLAY/EDIT lamp •Rewind the tape (p. 28) You cannot play back in reverse direction Playing back on TV You cannot view the picture on the TV connected with the i.LINK cable The picture appears distorted on a 4:3 TV Black bands appear at the top and bottom on a 4:3 TV Dubbing/Editing/Connecting to other devices Connecting to a computer The computer does not recognize your camcorder Functions that cannot be used together that cannot be used at the same time NightShot [CINEMA EFECT] NightShot, [SUPER NS] [SHARPNESS] Warning indicators and messages Warning indicators and messages (Continued) Q(Warning indicators pertaining to the tape) Slow flashing: Fast flashing: Description of warning messages x“Memory Stick Duo” Reinsert the Memory Stick. (p. 19) This Memory Stick is not formatted correctly Memory Stick folders are full x Dual Rec Using your camcorder abroad Maintenance and precautions Maintenance and precautions (Continued) xWhen labeling the cassette Do not put a label along this border Labeling position xAfter using the cassette About the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack have the mark What is an “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack To charge the battery pack To use the battery pack effectively About the remaining battery time indicator About storage of the battery pack About i.LINK What is i.LINK About the i.LINK Baud rate i.LINK’s maximum baud rate varies according to the device. There are 3 types S100 (approx. 100Mbps*) About x.v.Color On using your camcorder On use and care xIf moisture condensation has occurred •The warning message does not appear when the power is turned on Neither xNote on moisture condensation •When you use your camcorder after a squall or a shower The playback screen goes blank. (Solid blue screen) The position of the “×” changes To cancel, touch [CANCEL] LCD screen xTo clean the LCD screen Specifications Specifications (Continued) Image device Lens Focal length f=5.4 ~ 54 mm (7/32 ~ 2 1/4 in.) When converted to a 35 mm still camera General Power requirements Average power consumption Operating temperature Storage temperature On trademarks Notes on the License Identifying parts and controls Identifying parts and controls (Continued) qd qf qg qh qj qk ql AMANUAL button (26) BCAM CTRL dial (26) CNIGHTSHOT switch (27) AOPEN/EJECT lever (19) BFlash CLens (Carl Zeiss Lens) (7) DRemote sensor/Infrared port EMicrophone To remove the lens hood Remote Commander Insulation sheet APHOTO button (24) EVideo control buttons (Rewind, Playback, Fast-forward,Pause, Stop, Slow) (28) Indicators displayed during recording/playback Indicators displayed during recording/playback (Continued) SPlayback folder (51) TPrevious/Next folder icon UImage delete button (69) VTape playback select button (29) Indicators when you made changes Upper left Upper right Center Bottom Checking the screen indicators (Display guide) 1Touch [GUIDE] t [DISP GUIDE] 2Touch the area including the indicator that you want to check The meanings of the indicators in the area are listed on the screen. If you cannot find the indicator you want to Index Numeric Index (Continued) Maintenance and precautions NS LIGHT NTSC 83 VAR.SPD PB VF B.LIGHT WB SHIFT WHITE BAL 43 Page Paso 1: Comprobación de los elementos suministrados Paso 2: Carga de la batería Para retirar la batería Cuando guarde la batería Para comprobar la carga restante de la batería (Información sobre la batería) DISPLAY/BATT INFO Puede comprobar la carga restante de la batería en la pantalla LCD Paso 2: Carga de la batería (Continuación) Tiempo de grabación Tiempo de reproducción Acerca de la batería Acerca del tiempo de carga/grabación/ reproducción Paso 3: Encendido y ajuste de la fecha y la hora Paso 3: Encendido y ajuste de la fecha y la hora (Continuación) 2 Ajuste [A] (año) con Puede seleccionar cualquier año hasta el año 3 Vaya hasta [M] (mes) con , y ajústelo con Ajuste la medianoche a las 12:00 AM. Ajuste el mediodía a las 12:00 PM Paso 4: Ajustes antes de grabar Paso 5: Inserción de una cinta o un “Memory Stick Duo” Page Grabación Grabación de imágenes fijas Las imágenes fijas se graban en el “Memory Stick Duo” Para verificar la última grabación en un “Memory Stick Duo” Toque . Para borrar la imagen, toque t [SÍ] Reproducción Visualización de imágenes fijas Toque Se visualiza la imagen grabada más recientemente Para visualizar imágenes de un “Memory Stick Duo” en la pantalla de índice http://www.sony.net Printed in Japan