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ASpeaker

Playback sounds come out from the speaker. For how to adjust the volume, see page 37.

BNIGHTSHOT switch (32)

C (VIEW IMAGES) button (35)

DLCD screen/touch panel (21)

E (HOME) button (13, 66)

FZoom buttons (31, 39)

GSTART/STOP button (30)

HRESET button

Initializes all the settings, including the setting of the date and time.

IACCESS lamp (“Memory Stick PRO Duo”) (23)

JBattery pack (16)

K (Movie)/ (Still) mode lamps (20)

LPOWER switch (20)

MMemory Stick Duo slot (23)

N (DISC BURN) button (47)

OEASY button (25)

PDISP/BATT INFO button (17, 21)

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Contents

Enjoying your Getting Started Editing Utilizing recording media Customizing your 66 camcorder Read this before operating your camcorder About menu items, LCD panel, viewfinder, and lens About changing the language setting The On recording On playing back recorded images on other devices About this Handbook About the Carl Zeiss lens Notes on using the Hard Disk Drive Handycam Table of Contents Read this before operating your Notes on using the Hard Disk Drive Handycam Subject examples and solutions Deleting all images (Formatting) Preventing data on the hard disk of the camcorder from being recovered Repairing the image database file What you can do with the Subject examples and solutions BSPOTLIGHT Enjoying your camcorder bNotes BGet ready (p. 15) xSelecting the media (p. 22) BRecord with HD (high definition) image quality BSave recorded images x Dubbing to other devices (p. 58) xEditing on a computer (p. 47) BDelete images x Deleting the selected images (p. 49) HD (high definition) image quality SD (standard definition) image quality “HOME” and “OPTION” -Taking advantage of two types of menus Using the HOME MENU 1 While pressing the green button turn the POWER switch in the direction of the arrow to turn on the power 2 Press (HOME) A (or B) 3 Touch the desired category 3 Touch the item you want to learn more about To deactivate the HELP Using the OPTION MENU Step 1: Checking supplied items Step 2: Charging the battery pack To remove your camcorder from the Handycam Station To charge the battery pack using only the AC Adaptor POWER switch With the v mark on the right Remaining battery (approx.) Recording capacity (approx.) Charging time NP-FH50 NP-FH60(supplied) opened Image quality •Top: When the media is set to the hard disk Bottom: When the media is set to the “Memory Stick PRO Duo” Step 3: Turning the power on and setting the date and time Step 4: Making setting adjustments before recording Step 5: Selecting the media 3 Touch [YES] t The media for movies is changed Selecting the media for still images 1 Touch (HOME) t (MANAGE MEDIA) t [PHOTO The media setting screen for still images appears 3 Touch [YES] To record only still images on a “Memory Stick PRO Duo,” touch [NO] To eject the “Memory Stick PRO Duo” •Do not open the Memory Stick Duo cover during recording The number in ( ) is the minimum recordable time Recording and playback with ease (Easy Handycam operation) Recording movies Recording still images 2 Press EASY A appears on Playing back recorded movies/still images 1 Turn the POWER switch G to turn on your camcorder 2 Press (VIEW IMAGES) I (or E) The VISUAL INDEX screen appears on the LCD screen (It may take some seconds) HOME MENU Searches for images by date (p. 38) 3 Start playback Movies: Touch the or tab, then select the desired movie to play back Toggles Play or Pause as you touch Returns (to the To cancel Easy Handycam operation Press EASY A again. disappears from the LCD screen Menu settings during Easy Handycam operation Invalid buttons during Easy Handycam operation Recording 2 Press START/STOP F (or B) F(or B) again appears beside or . When disappears, the image has been recorded For the recordable time and the number of recordable images, see pages Zooming Wider range of view: (Wide angle) Close view: (Telephoto) (Telephoto) Starting shooting quickly (QUICK ON) Recording in dark places (NightShot) Recording high quality still images during movie recording (Dual Rec) You can record high quality still images during movie recording by pressing PHOTO Adjusting the exposure for backlit subjects Recording in mirror mode Recording fast action in slow- motion (SMTH SLW REC) 1Touch (HOME) t (CAMERA) t [SMTH SLW REC] 2Press START/STOP Controlling the image settings manually with the CAM CTRL dial You can assign one menu item you use often to the CAM CTRL dial MANUAL CAM CTRL dial 1Press MANUAL to activate the manual adjustment mode Playback 3 Start playing back Playing movies Touch the or tab, then select the desired movie to play back Returns (to the INDEX screen) Beginning of the movie/ previous movie To adjust the sound volume Searching for desired scene by pinpoint (Film Roll Index) 1 Turn the POWER switch to turn on the camcorder, and press (VIEW IMAGES) The VISUAL INDEX screen appears 2 Touch (Film Roll Index) 4 Touch /, then touch the desired face image to view the scene Playback starts from the beginning of the scene with the selected face image Searching for desired images by date (Date Index) You can search for desired images by date efficiently 2 To search for movies, touch the Using PB zoom You can magnify still images from about 1Play back the still image you want to magnify 2Magnify the still image with T (Telephoto) The screen is framed Playing the image on a TV Selecting the most advantageous connection - TV CONNECT Guide 1 Turn on your camcorder, and touch (HOME) t (OTHERS) t [TV CONNECT Guide] If the item is not on the screen, touch /to change the page 2 Touch the answer to the question displayed on the screen Connecting to a high definition TV t (p. 42) t (p. 43) (SETTINGS) t Component A/V cable HDMI HDMI cable (optional) Connecting to a non-high-definition16:9 (wide) or 4:3 TV t (p. 44) Set [TV TYPE] to [16:9] or [4:3] according to your TV (p. 78) 1 (supplied) : Signal flow [OUTPUT SETTINGS] t [COMPONENT] t [576i] (p. 79) t[TV TYPE] t [16:9]/ [4:3]* (p. 78) A/V connecting cable with When connecting to your TV via a VCR When your TV is monaural (When your TV has only one audio input jack) If your TV/VCR has a 21-pinadaptor (EUROCONNECTOR) On “PhotoTV HD” 2 Turn on your camcorder 3 Operate the remote commander of the TV You can do the following operations Saving images Editing (OTHERS) category Item list DELETE You can delete images on the media (p. 49) PHOTO CAPTURE Deleting images Deleting still images 3 Touch [DELETE] 4 Touch the still image to be deleted The selected still image is marked with Press and hold the still image on the LCD screen to confirm the still image Capturing a still image from a movie Dubbing/copying images to a “Memory Stick PRO Duo” with your camcorder 5 Touch t [YES] Dubbing starts Copying still images 1 Touch (HOME) t (OTHERS) t [PHOTO COPY] The [PHOTO COPY] screen appears Dividing a movie Creating the Playlist To add all the movies recorded on the same day at one time 1In step 2, touch [ADD by date]/ [ADD by date] The recording dates of movies are displayed on the screen 2Touch /to select the recording date of the desired movie 3Touch while the selected recording date is highlighted The selected movie is marked with Press and hold the movie on the LCD screen to confirm the movie To change the order within the Playlist 2Touch [MOVE]/[MOVE] 3Select the movie to be moved Dubbing to other devices 1 Turn on your camcorder, and press (VIEW IMAGES) Set [TV TYPE] according to the display device (p. 78) 2 Insert the recording media in the recording device If your recording device has an input selector, set it to the input mode Connect your camcorder to the input jacks of the recording device Printing recorded still images You can select a still image on the screen 5 Touch the still image to be printed 6 Touch(OPTION), set the following options, then touch [DATE/TIME]: Select [DATE], [DAY&TIME], or [OFF] (no date/time printed) [SIZE]: Select the paper size (MANAGE MEDIA) category Checking the media information Deleting all images (Formatting) Preventing data on the hard disk of the camcorder from being recovered 3 Touch (HOME) t (MANAGE MEDIA) t [MEDIA FORMAT] t [HDD] The [FORMAT] screen appears 4 Press and hold . (back light) for a few seconds (p. 113) The [EMPTY] screen appears Repairing the image database file What you can do with the (SETTINGS) category of the HOME MENU List of the (SETTINGS) category items MOVIE SETTINGS (p. 68) VIEW IMAGES SET (p. 75) MOVIE SETTINGS BSD SP () Records in standard quality mode (SD 6M (SP)) SD LP () Increases the recording time (Long Play) (SD 3M (LP)) AUDIO MODE DIGITAL ZOOM BOFF Up to 12 × zoom is performed optically 24 × 150 × The zebra pattern is not displayed The zebra pattern appears at a screen brightness level of about 70 IRE • IRE represents the screen brightness REMAINING SET BON HIGH() Makes the flash level higher BNORMAL() LOW() Makes the flash level lower PHOTO SETTINGS When the POWER switch is (Still) 1GB230 2GB475 4GB930 8GB1900 VIEW IMAGES SET Movie Still image DISPLAY You can select the number of thumbnails that appear on the VISUAL INDEX screen BZOOM LINK SOUND/DISP SET OUTPUT SETTINGS CLOCK/LANG GENERAL SET DROP SENSOR CTRL FOR HDMI (Control for HDMI) (p. 45) Activating functions using the OPTION MENU Various available functions are displayed 1 While using your camcorder, touch (OPTION) on the screen Tab 2 Touch the desired item Recording items on the OPTION MENU tab FOCUS SPOT FOCUS TELE MACRO Functions set in the OPTION MENU EXPOSURE To return the setting to automatic exposure touch [AUTO] t in step SPOT METER (Flexible spot meter) SCENE SELECTION LANDSCAPE*() PORTRAIT (Soft portrait) () SPOTLIGHT**() BEACH** () Select to take the vivid blue of the ocean or a lake •When you select [ONE PUSH], keep framing white objects while is flashing quickly •flashes slowly if [ONE PUSH] could not be set •When [ONE PUSH] was selected, if keeps flashing after touching , set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] D.EFFECT (Digital effect) To cancel [D.EFFECT], touch [OFF] PICT.EFFECT (Picture effect) You can add special effects to an image during recording. appears SEPIA Troubleshooting The (OPTION) button is not displayed The menu settings have changed automatically Your camcorder gets warm The supplied Remote Commander does not function Another DVD device malfunctions when you use the supplied Remote Commander Change the setting of [A.SHUT OFF] (p. 80), or turn on the power again (p. 80). Turn on the power again •Charge the battery pack (p. 16) The /CHG (charge) lamp does not light while the battery pack is being charged •Turn the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) (p. 16) You cannot delete images stored on or format the “Memory Stick PRO Duo.” The data file name is not indicated correctly or flashes Recording Refer also to “Memory Stick PRO Duo” (p. 91) Pressing START/STOP or PHOTO does not record images The recording stops •If you keep applying vibration on the camcorder, recording may stop The auto focus does not function •Set [FOCUS] to [AUTO] (p. 84) [STEADYSHOT] does not function [SUPER NIGHTSHOT] cannot be operated [COLOR SLOW SHTR] does not operate correctly You cannot adjust [LCD BL LEVEL] Playing back images Images cannot be played back Playing back images stored on a “Memory Stick PRO Duo” on other devices Images cannot be played back or the “Memory Stick PRO Duo” is not recognized Editing images on your camcorder Unable to edit •Unable to edit because of the condition of the image Dubbing/Connecting to other devices You cannot dub correctly Functions that cannot be used simultaneously Page Self-diagnosisdisplay/Warning indicators C:(or E:) ss:ss (Self-diagnosisdisplay) C:04:ss C:13:ss / C:32:ss E:20:ss / E:31:ss / E:61:ss (Warning indicator pertaining to “Memory Stick PRO Duo”) (Warning indicators pertaining to “Memory Stick PRO Duo” formatting) (Warning indicator pertaining to incompatible “Memory Stick Duo”) (Warning indicator pertaining to the flash) (Warning indicator pertaining to camera-shakewarning) Description of warning messages If messages appear on the screen, follow the instructions xMedia HDD format error •The hard disk of the camcorder is set differently from the default format This Memory Stick is not formatted correctly Memory Stick folders are full •Format the “Memory Stick PRO Duo” (p. 63), or delete them using your computer Cannot save still picture This Memory Stick may not be able to record or play movies Using your camcorder abroad Setting to the local time World time difference Time-zone Area setting differences File/folder structure on the camcorder hard disk and “Memory Stick PRO Duo” Maintenance and precautions –If you use the “Memory Stick PRO Duo” near magnets or magnetic fields It is recommended you make a •When you carry or store a “Memory Stick PRO Duo,” put it in its case •Do not bend, drop or apply strong force to the “Memory Stick PRO Duo.” •Do not disassemble or modify the “Memory Stick PRO Duo.” your camcorder, and displays the remaining battery time in minutes To charge the battery pack To use the battery pack effectively About the remaining battery time indicator About storage of the battery pack About handling of your camcorder On use and care –Near AM receivers and video equipment. Noise may occur •Keep metal contacts clean Keep the Remote Commander and xHow to prevent moisture condensation LCD screen •Do not exert excessive pressure on the LCD screen, as it may cause damage xTo clean the LCD screen xOn adjustment of the touch panel On charging the pre-installedrechargeable battery 3 months xProcedures On trademarks Notes on the License On GNU GPL/LGPL applied software Identifying parts and controls AActive Interface Shoe BRemote sensor/Infrared port D. (back light) button (33) Reference Quick Page Handycam Station ABuilt-inmicrophone (31) BFlash (71) CLens (Carl Zeiss Lens) (4) DMANUAL button (34) Remote Commander ADATA CODE button (75) CSCAN/SLOW buttons (36) D. > (Previous/Next) buttons (36) EPLAY button (36) Indicators displayed during recording/playback Indicators when you made changes Upper left AUDIO MODE (69) Self-timerrecording (88) Flash light (71) Data code during recording Glossary Index Grip belt GUIDEFRAME Handycam Station HD movie management file HD (high definition) image Recording 25 Recording time 11 Remaining http://www.sony.net