Additional Information

Using your camcorder abroad

Power supply

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

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 following list) with the AUDIO/ VIDEO input jack.

System

Used in

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

Simple setting of 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 (TIME/LANGU.) menu, then set the time difference (p. 89).

Usable cassette tapes

You can use the mini DV format cassette

only. Use a cassette with the mark.

is a trademark.

Cassette Memory

There are 2 types of mini DV cassettes: those with Cassette Memory and those without Cassette Memory. Cassettes with Cassette

Memory have the (Cassette Memory) mark. A cassette with Cassette Memory is recommended for use on your camcorder.

is a trademark.

IC memory is mounted on this type of cassette. Your camcorder can read and write data such as dates of recording or titles from/to this memory. The functions using the Cassette Memory require successive signals recorded on the tape. If the tape has a blank section at the beginning or between recorded sections, titles may not be displayed properly or the search functions may not work properly.

To prevent a blank section from being made on the tape

Touch

 

 

to go to the end of the recorded

section before you begin the next recording in the following cases:

–You have ejected the cassette during recording.

–You have played back the tape.

–You have used EDIT SEARCH.

If there is a blank section or discontinuous signals on your tape, re-record from the beginning to the end of the tape as described above.

bNote

•The Cassette Memory may not function correctly when you record using a digital video camera recorder that does not support Cassette Memory, on a tape already recorded on using a Cassette Memory- compatible digital video camera recorder.

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