Additional Information
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Additional Information
Using your camcorder
abroad
Power supply
You can use your camcorder in any country/
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.
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. 82).
Usable cassette
tapes
You can use standard 8 mm
and Hi8
,
Digital8
video cassettes on your camcorder.
Digital8
system
This video system has been developed to enable
digital recording to Hi8
/Digital8
video
cassette.
The recording time when you use your
Digital8
system camcorder on Hi8
/
standard 8 mm
tape is 2/3 of the recording
time when using the conventional Hi8
/
standard 8 mm
system camcorder.
(90 minutes of recording time becomes 60
minutes in the SP mode.)
Hi8
system
This Hi8
system is an extension of the
standard 8 mm
system, and was developed to
produce higher quality pictures.
You cannot play back a tape recorded in the
Hi8
system correctly on video recorders/
players other than a Hi8 video recorder/player.
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.
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.
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.
