Sony CCD-TR78, CCD-TR88 Using Your Camcorder Abroad, Power Sources, Difference in Color Systems

Maintenance Information and Precautions

•The unit becomes warm while in use. This is normal.

•Do not place the unit in locations that are:

–Extremely hot or cold

–Dusty or dirty

–Very humid

–Vibrating

If any difficulty should arise, unplug the unit and contact your nearest Sony dealer.

Using Your Camcorder Abroad

Each country has its own electricity and TV color systems. Before using your camcorder abroad, check the following points:

Power Sources

You can use your camcorder in any country with the supplied AC power adaptor within 110 V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Use a commercially available AC plug adaptor [a], if necessary, depending on the design of the wall outlet [b].

AC-V15/V16/V16A

[a] [b]

Difference in Color Systems

This camcorder is an NTSC system-based camcorder. If you want to view the playback picture on a TV, it must be an NTSC system based TV. When you want to use a PAL-M system based TV, you will need an NTSC/PAL-M transcoder. Check the following list.

NTSC system countries

Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Surinam, Taiwan, the Philippines, the U.S.A., Venezuela, etc.

PAL-system countries

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, etc.

PAL-M system country

Brazil

PAL-N system countries

Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

SECAM system countries

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Guyana, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Monaco, Poland, Russia, Slovak

42 Republic, Ukraine, etc.

CCD-TR78/TR88/TR98 3-810-917-13.E