Maintenance and precautions (Continued)

not use your camcorder at all without the AC adaptor connected or the battery pack attached. However, even if the pre-installed rechargeable battery is not charged, the camcorder operation will not be affected as long as you are not recording the date.

Procedures

Connect your camcorder to a wall outlet using the supplied AC Adaptor, and leave it with the POWER switch set to OFF (CHG) for more than 24 hours.

To change the battery of the Remote Commander

While pressing on the tab, inset your fingernail into the slit to pull out the battery case.

Place a new battery with the + side facing up.

Insert the battery case back into the Remote Commander until it clicks.

Tab

WARNING

Battery may explode if mistreated. Do not recharge, disassemble or dispose of in fire.

Caution

Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.

Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

•When the lithium battery becomes weak, the operating distance of the Remote Commander may shorten, or the Remote Commander may not function properly. In this case, replace the battery with a Sony CR2025 lithium battery. Use of another battery may present a risk of fire or explosion.

Specifications

System

Video recording

2 rotary heads, Helical

system (HDV)

scanning system

Video recording

2 rotary heads, Helical

system (DV)

scanning system

Still image

Exif Ver. 2.2*1

recording system

 

Audio recording

Rotary heads, MPEG-1 Audio

system

Layer -2, Quantization: 16 bits

(HDV)

(Fs 48 kHz, stereo)

 

transfer rate: 384 kbps

Audio recording

Rotary heads, PCM system

system (DV)

Quantization: 12 bits (Fs 32

 

kHz, stereo 1, stereo 2), 16 bits

 

(Fs 48 kHz, stereo)

Video signal

NTSC color, EIA standards

 

1080/60i specification

Usable cassette

Mini DV cassette with the

 

mark printed

Tape speed

Approx. 18.81 mm/s

(HDV)

 

Tape speed (DV)

SP: Approx. 18.81 mm/s

 

LP: Approx. 12.56 mm/s

Recording/

60 min (using a DVM60

playback time

cassette)

(HDV)

 

Recording/

SP: 60 min (using a DVM60

playback time

cassette)

(DV)

LP: 90 min (using a DVM60

 

cassette)

Fast forward/

Approx. 2 min 40 s

rewind time

(using a DVM60 cassette and

 

rechargeable battery pack)

 

Approx. 1 min 45 s (using

 

a DVM60 cassette and AC

 

Adaptor)

Viewfinder

Electric viewfinder (color)

Image device

5.9 mm (1/3 type) CMOS

 

sensor

 

Gross: Approx. 2 969 000

 

pixels

 

Effective (movie, 4:3):

 

1 486 000 pixels

 

Effective (movie, 16:9):

 

1 983 000 pixels

 

Effective (still, 4:3):

 

2 764 800 pixels

 

Effective (still, 16:9):

 

2 073 600 pixels

Lens

Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T*

 

10 × (Optical), 120 × (Digital)

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