Using your camcorder abroad

Power supply

You can use your camcorder in any countries/regions using the AC Adaptor supplied with your camcorder within the AC 100 V to 240 V, 50/60 Hz range.

On TV color systems

Your camcorder is a PAL system-based camcorder. If you want to view the playback picture on a TV, it must be a PAL system based TV (see the following list) with an AUDIO/VIDEO input jack.

System

Used in

NTSC

Bahama Islands, Bolivia,

 

Canada, Central America,

 

Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,

 

Guyana, Jamaica, Japan, Korea,

 

Mexico, Peru, Surinam, Taiwan,

 

the Philippines, the U.S.A.,

 

Venezuela, etc.

 

 

PAL

Australia, Austria, Belgium,

 

China, Czech Republic,

 

Denmark, Finland, Germany,

 

Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary,

 

Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, New

 

Zealand, Norway, Poland,

 

Portugal, Singapore, Slovak

 

Republic, Spain, Sweden,

 

Switzerland, Thailand, United

 

Kingdom, etc.

 

 

PAL - M

Brazil

 

 

PAL - N

Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay.

 

 

SECAM

Bulgaria, France, Guiana, Iran,

 

Iraq, Monaco, Russia, Ukraine,

 

etc.

 

 

Simple setting of the clock by time difference

You can easily set the clock to the local time by setting a time difference when using your camcorder abroad. Select

[WORLD TIME] in the (OTHERS) menu, then set the time difference (p. 46).

Usable cassette tapes

You can use mini DV format cassettes only.

Use a cassette with the mark.

is a trademark.

Your camcorder is not compatible with cassettes with Cassette Memory.

To prevent a blank section from being made on the tape

Go to the end of the recorded section using END SEARCH (p. 26) before you begin the next recording in the following cases:

•You have played back the tape.

•You have used EDIT SEARCH.

Copyright signal

When you play back

If the cassette you play back on your camcorder contains copyright signals, you cannot copy it to a tape in another video camera connected to your camcorder.

For DCR-HC21E/HC22E: When you record

You cannot record software on your camcorder that contains copyright control signals for copyright protection of software. [Cannot record due to copyright protection.] appears on the LCD screen, or on the viewfinder if you try to record such software. Your camcorder does not record copyright control signals on the tape when it records.

Notes on use

When not using your camcorder for a long time

Remove the cassette and store it.

To prevent accidental erasure

Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to set it to SAVE.

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