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”
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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
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