Sony HDR-CX12 On trademarks, Duo,” “,” “Memory, Notes on the License, “,” “Memory Stick PRO, HDMI, the HDMI logo and, (ii)DECODE AVC VIDEO THAT WAS

On trademarks“Handycam” and are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

“AVCHD” and “AVCHD” logotype are trademarks of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and Sony Corporation.

“Memory Stick,” “,” “Memory Stick Duo,”“,” “Memory Stick PRODuo,” “,” “Memory

Stick PRO-HG Duo,” “,” “MagicGate,”

“,” “MagicGate Memory Stick” and “MagicGate Memory Stick Duo” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

“InfoLITHIUM” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.“x.v.Color” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.“BIONZ” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.“BRAVIA” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.“VAIO” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.“Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.

Microsoft, Windows, Windows Media, Windows Vista, and DirectX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

Intel, Intel Core, and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

Adobe, the Adobe logo, and Adobe Acrobat are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

All other product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Furthermore,  and “” are not mentioned in each case in this Handbook.

Notes on the License

ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT OTHER THAN CONSUMER PERSONAL USE IN ANY MANNER THAT COMPLIES WITH THE MPEG-2 STANDARD FOR ENCODING VIDEO INFORMATION FOR PACKAGED MEDIA

IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT A LICENSE UNDER APPLICABLE PATENTS IN THE MPEG-2 PATENT PORTFOLIO, WHICH LICENSE IS AVAILABLE FROM MPEG LA, L.L.C., 250 STEELE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER, COLORADO 80206.

THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO

(i)ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD (“AVC VIDEO”) AND / OR(ii)DECODE AVC VIDEO THAT WAS

ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND/OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED TO PROVIDE AVC VIDEO. NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA, L.L.C. SEE <HTTP://MPEGLA.COM>

“C Library,” “Expat,” “zlib,” and “libjpeg” software are provided in your camcorder. We provide this software based on license agreements with their owners of copyright. Based on requests by the owners of copyright of these software applications, we have an obligation to inform you of the following. Please read the following sections.

Read “license1.pdf” in the “License” folder on the CD-ROM. You will find licenses (in English) of “C Library,” “Expat,” “zlib,” and “libjpeg” software.

On GNU GPL/LGPL applied software

The software that is eligible for the following GNU General Public License (hereinafter referred to as “GPL”) or GNU Lesser General Public License (hereinafter referred to as “LGPL”) are included in the camcorder.

This informs you that you have a right to have access to, modify, and redistribute source code for these software programs under the conditions of the supplied GPL/LGPL.

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