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. Use a commercially available AC plug adaptor [a], if necessary, depending on the design of the wall outlet [b].

AC-L15A

[a]

[b]

On TV color systems

Your camcorder is an NTSC systembased camcorder. If you want to view the playback picture on a TV, it must be an NTSC system-based TV (see following list).

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.

 

 

Viewing HDV format pictures recorded in HDV format

You need an HDV1080i compatible TV (or monitor) with a component jack and AUDIO/VIDEO input jack.

Viewing DVCAM (DV) format pictures

You need the TV with the AUDIO/VIDEO input jack.

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 (TIME/ LANGU.) menu, then set the time difference (p. 66).

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