Sony Handycam HDR-HC1E Operating Manual Download

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HDR-HC1E 2-631-478-12(1)

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Digital HD Video Camera Recorder

Operating Guide

HDR-HC1E

2-631-478-

(1)

Using the Menu

Dubbing/Editing

Using a Computer

Troubleshooting

Additional Information

Quick Reference

112

Getting Started

Recording/

Playback

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Enjoying pictures with

high deﬁnition quality

Summary of Contents for Handycam HDR-HC1E

Page 1: ...ony Corporation Digital HD Video Camera Recorder Operating Guide HDR HC1E 2 631 478 12 1 Using the Menu Dubbing Editing Using a Computer Troubleshooting Additional Information Quick Reference 38 62 72 80 99 112 Getting Started Recording Playback 10 22 http www sony net Enjoying pictures with high deﬁnition quality 8 GB ...

Page 2: ... discontinue midway fail restart the application or disconnect and connect the communication cable USB etc again Disposal of Old Electrical Electronic Equipment Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product shall not be treated as household waste Instead it shall be handed ov...

Page 3: ...cable USB or i LINK cable be sure to insert the connector plug in the proper direction If you insert the connector plug forcibly in the wrong direction the terminal may be damaged or this may cause a malfunction of your camcorder On the menu items LCD panel viewﬁnder and lens A menu item that is grayed out is not available under the current recording or playback conditions The LCD screen and the v...

Page 4: ... screen appears blue Check the contents of tapes by playing them back on this camcorder prior to playing them back on other devices On this manual The images of the LCD screen and the viewﬁnder used in this manual for illustration purposes are captured using a digital still camera and therefore may appear different Design and speciﬁcations of recording media and accessories are subject to change w...

Page 5: ... time 18 Step 7 Inserting a tape or a Memory Stick Duo 19 Recording Playback Recording 22 Playback 23 Functions used for recording playback etc 24 Recording To use zoom To ﬁx the brightness of the picture manually exposure To record in dark places NightShot To make the subject stand out clearer TELE MACRO To use the AUTO LOCK switch To adjust the focus manually To enlarge and focus on the image Ex...

Page 6: ...to adjust your camcorder to the recording conditions SPOT METER WHITE BAL STEADYSHOT etc MEMORY SET menu 47 Settings for the Memory Stick Duo BURST QUALITY IMAGE SIZE ALL ERASE NEW FOLDER etc PICT APPLI menu 50 Special effects on pictures or additional functions on recording playback SLIDE SHOW PICT EFFECT etc EDIT PLAY menu 53 Settings for editing or playing back in various modes VAR SPD PB END S...

Page 7: ...a computer 72 Copying movies on a tape to the computer 75 Creating a DVD Direct Access to Click to DVD 77 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 80 Warning indicators and messages 95 Additional Information Using your camcorder abroad 99 HDV format and recording playback 100 About the Memory Stick 102 About the InfoLITHIUM battery pack 104 About i LINK 105 Maintenance and precautions 106 Speciﬁcations 109...

Page 8: ...mage bit rate of about 25 Mbps These operating instructions refer to the HDV1080i format as HDV format unless there is a need to specify 1080 effective scanning lines Why shooting in the HDV format Moving to digital video like the rest of the world will enable you to capture important moments in your life using the HDV format and the high quality images will allow you to relive them Your camcorder...

Page 9: ...deﬁnition quality for playback on a conventional TV Dubbing to other video equipment p 62 Connecting to an HDV1080i device An optional i LINK cable allows you to copy pictures in HD high deﬁnition quality Connecting to HDV1080i non compliant devices Use your camcorder to down convert HDV format video to SD standard deﬁnition quality to enable copying Connecting to a computer p 72 Copying Memory St...

Page 10: ...1 p 103 AC Adaptor 1 p 11 Mains lead 1 p 11 Lens cap 1 Attached to your camcorder Lens hood 1 p 114 Use the lens hood to record under strong light such as under the sun Wireless Remote Commander 1 p 32 A button type lithium battery is already installed A V connecting cable 1 p 34 62 Component video cable 1 p 34 35 USB cable 1 p 72 Shoulder Strap 1 p 113 Rechargeable battery pack NP FM50 1 p 11 104...

Page 11: ...DC plug AC Adaptor To the wall socket Mains lead 1 Attach the battery pack by sliding it in the direction of the arrow until it clicks 2 Slide the POWER switch up to OFF CHG The default setting CHG charge lamp 3 Connect the AC Adaptor to the DC IN jack of your camcorder Be sure that the mark on the DC plug is facing up The mark faces up Open the DC IN jack cover Continued ...

Page 12: ... as you do when charging the battery pack The battery pack will not lose its charge in this case Charging time Approximate time min required when you fully charge a fully discharged battery pack Battery pack Charging time NP FM50 supplied 150 NP QM71D 260 NP QM91D 360 Recording time Approximate time min available when you use a fully charged battery pack Recording in the HDV format Battery pack Co...

Page 13: ...mcorder even when the mains lead is disconnected from the wall socket Use the supplied or optional Sony InfoLITHIUM battery pack M series You cannot use the battery pack NP FM30 with your camcorder When attaching an optional video light it is recommended that you use a NP QM71D or NP QM91D battery pack On the charging recording playback time Times measured with the camcorder at 25 C 77 F 10 to 30 ...

Page 14: ... switch repeatedly in the direction of the arrow to turn on the respective lamp If the POWER switch is set to OFF CHG slide it down while pressing the green button Lamps that light up CAMERA TAPE To record on a tape CAMERA MEMORY To record on a Memory Stick Duo PLAY EDIT To play or edit pictures When you slide the POWER switch from OFF CHG to CAMERA TAPE or CAMERA MEMORY the current date and time ...

Page 15: ...wer Slide the POWER switch up to OFF CHG At the time of purchase the power will be set to turn off automatically if you leave your camcorder without any operation attempted for approximately 5 minutes to save battery power A SHUT OFF p 59 ...

Page 16: ...panel facing inward To turn off the LCD backlight to make the battery last longer Press and hold DISPLAY BATT INFO for a few seconds until appears This setting is practical when you use your camcorder in bright conditions or where you want to save battery power The recorded picture will not be affected by the setting To turn on the LCD backlight press and hold DISPLAY BATT INFO for a few seconds u...

Page 17: ...ing You can change the on screen displays to show messages in a speciﬁed language Select the screen language in LANGUAGE on the TIME LANGU menu p 59 Checking the screen indicators Display guide You can easily check the meaning of each indicator that appears on the LCD screen 1 Touch MENU PRGRAM AE 1 3 0 00 00 60min SHUTTR SPEED AE SHIFT STATUS CHECK DISP GUIDE 2 Touch DISP GUIDE Select area for gu...

Page 18: ...the memory In that case charge the rechargeable battery and then set the date and time again p 108 POWER switch Skip to step 4 when you set the clock for the ﬁrst time 1 Touch MENU OK 60min PROGRAM AE CAMERA SET SPOT METER WHITE BAL 2 Select TIME LANGU menu with then touch OK 60min CLOCK SET A SHUT OFF WORLD MENU ROTATE LANGUAGE DISP OUTPUT PROGRAM AE 3 Select CLOCK SET with then touch OK CLOCK SE...

Page 19: ...EJECT lever Lid The cassette compartment automatically comes out and opens up 2 Insert a cassette with its window facing outwards then press Push the center of the back of the cassette lightly Window The cassette compartment automatically slides back in Do not force the cassette into the compartment This may cause a malfunction 3 Close the lid To eject the cassette Open the lid following the same ...

Page 20: ...wrong direction the Memory Stick Duo the Memory Stick Duo slot or image data may be damaged To eject a Memory Stick Duo Lightly push the Memory Stick Duo in once When the access lamp is lit or ﬂashing your camcorder is reading writing data Do not shake or knock your camcorder turn the power off eject the Memory Stick Duo or remove the battery pack Otherwise image data may be damaged Make sure that...

Page 21: ...21 Getting Started ...

Page 22: ...tion of the arrow repeatedly to turn on the respective lamp to select a recording medium If the POWER switch is set to OFF CHG slide it down while pressing the green button Movies on tape The CAMERA TAPE lamp lights up Still images on Memory Stick Duo The CAMERA MEMORY lamp lights up The image size ratio is set by default to 4 3 2 Start recording Movies Press REC START STOP or 60min 60min REC STBY...

Page 23: ...Touch the picture you want to display in the single display mode To view pictures in other folders touch PB FOLDER select a folder with then touch p 49 Index display screen A B Previous Next 6 pictures The picture displayed before switching to the index screen 2 Start playing back Movies Touch then touch to start playback A B C Stop Play Pause toggles as you touch it Rewind Fast forward Playback a...

Page 24: ...brightness of the picture manually exposure EXPOSURE VOL lever EXPOSURE button You can ﬁx the brightness of a picture manually When recording indoors on a clear day for instance you can avoid backlight shadows on people next to the window by ﬁxing the exposure to that of the wall side of the room Set the AUTO LOCK switch to OFF beforehand p 25 Press EXPOSURE Adjust the brightness by moving the EXP...

Page 25: ... To adjust the focus manually Set the FOCUS ZOOM switch to MANUAL appears Rotate the focus ring to adjust the focus To adjust the focus automatically set the FOCUS ZOOM switch to AUTO You can also use this function when changing the subject to be focused intentionally changes to when the focus cannot be adjusted any farther changes to when the focus cannot be adjusted any closer It is easier to fo...

Page 26: ... or dust obscures the lamp The ﬂash charge lamp ﬂickers when charging the ﬂash and remains lit when the battery charge is complete You can only use the ﬂash in the CAMERA MEMORY mode If you use the ﬂash in bright places such as when shooting a backlit subject the ﬂash may not be effective You can change the brightness of the ﬂash by setting FLASH LEVEL or you can prevent the redeye by setting REDE...

Page 27: ...selected format and battery information appear for about 7 seconds By pressing DISPLAY BATT INFO you can view the battery information for up to 20 seconds while it is displayed Remaining battery approx Recording capacity approx To turn off the operation conﬁrmation beep See BEEP p 58 to set the operation beep To initialize the settings Press RESET to initialize all the settings including the setti...

Page 28: ...ity of the tape approx 58 END SEARCH Rec review display switch button 31 Personal Menu button 38 Recording still images 8 2 90 qa 7 qs 11 60min 11 60min FINE 1920 101 Recording folder 49 Image size 47 Quality FINE or STD 47 Memory Stick Duo indicator and the number of images that can be recorded approx Review button 22 Data code during playback The date time during recording and the camera setting...

Page 29: ...iewing still images MEMORY PLAY 2 qg 9 qh qj qk ql 7 ws wdwf wa w Data ﬁle name Picture number Total number of recorded pictures in the current playback folder Playback folder 49 Previous Next folder icon The following indicators appear when the ﬁrst or last picture of the current folder is displayed and when there are multiple folders on the same Memory Stick Duo Touch to move to the previous fol...

Page 30: ...r Meaning HDV input DV input 65 HDV output DV output 34 64 i LINK connection 34 64 65 Zero set memory 32 Slide show 51 LCD backlight off 16 Center Indicator Meaning NightShot 24 Super NightShot 45 Color Slow Shutter 45 PictBridge connecting 69 Warning 95 Bottom Indicator Meaning AE SHIFT 44 WB SHIFT 44 Picture effect 51 Digital effect 50 Manual focus 25 PROGRAM AE 42 Sharpness 43 Backlight 25 Whit...

Page 31: ... seconds and the camcorder enters the standby mode at the point where the last recording has ﬁnished END SEARCH will not work correctly when there is a blank section between recorded sections on the tape You can also select END SEARCH from the menu When the PLAY EDIT lamp lights up select the END SEARCH short cut in Personal Menu p 38 Reviewing the most recently recorded scenes Rec review You can ...

Page 32: ...page 109 Searching quickly for a desired scene Zero set memory 1 During playback press ZERO SET MEMORY at a point you want to locate later on The tape counter is reset to 0 00 00 and appears on the screen 0 00 00 60min P MENU If the tape counter is not displayed press DISPLAY 2 Press STOP when you want to stop playback 3 Press REW The tape stops automatically when the tape counter reaches 0 00 00 ...

Page 33: ...e changes 1 Slide the POWER switch down to turn on the PLAY EDIT lamp 2 Press SEARCH M 3 Press previous next to select a recording date P MENU 30min DATE 01 SEACH 60min 0 00 00 00 To cancel the operation Press STOP The Date search will not function correctly when there is a blank section between recorded sections on the tape ...

Page 34: ...LINK S VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO See page 35 for connecting methods See page 37 for notes on connection See page 35 for connecting method and 36 for connecting method and See page 37 for notes on connection high deﬁnition TV HD high deﬁnition image quality 16 9 TV or 4 3 TV SD standard deﬁnition image quality Set the menu on your camcorder before connection The TV may not recognize the video signal proper...

Page 35: ... video cable supplied A V connecting cable supplied Do not connect the video plug yellow Red White Yellow STANDARD SET VCR HDV DV AUTO p 54 COMPONENT 1080i 576i p 57 Green Y Blue PB CB Red PR CR i LINKcable optional STANDARD SET VCR HDV DV AUTO p 54 i LINK CONV ON HDV DV p 57 TV TYPE 16 9 4 3 p 57 Change the settings depending on the TV connected Continued ...

Page 36: ...T 576i p 57 TV TYPE 16 9 4 3 p 57 Green Y Blue PB CB Red PR CR A V connecting cable with S VIDEO optional Do not connect the video plug yellow Red White Yellow STANDARD SET VCR HDV DV AUTO p 54 TV TYPE 16 9 4 3 p 57 A V connecting cable supplied Red White Yellow STANDARD SET VCR HDV DV AUTO p 54 TV TYPE 16 9 4 3 p 57 Change the settings depending on the TV connected Connecting to a TV for viewing ...

Page 37: ...red plugs of the A V connecting cable with an S VIDEO cable optional to the audio input jack of your TV This connection produces high resolution pictures compared with A V connecting cable Type If you connect your camcorder to your TV using more than one type of cable to output images from a jack other than the i LINK jack the order of priority of the output signals is as follows component video S...

Page 38: ... menu items are added You can customize Personal Menu as you like p 60 Touch MENU PRGRAM AE 1 3 0 00 00 60min SHUTTR SPEED AE SHIFT STATUS CHECK DISP GUIDE STBY Touch the desired item If the desired item is not displayed on the screen touch until the item is displayed Select the desired setting then touch To use menu items You can customize menu items that are not added to Personal Menu OK 60min P...

Page 39: ...he desired item You can also touch the item directly to select it Customize the item After ﬁnishing the settings touch close to hide the menu screen If you decide not to change the setting touch to return to the previous screen ...

Page 40: ... NS NS LIGHT COLOR SLOW S ZEBRA HISTOGRAM SELF TIMER DIGITAL ZOOM STEADYSHOT CONV LENS MEMORY SET menu p 47 STILL SET ALL ERASE FORMAT FILE NO NEW FOLDER REC FOLDER PB FOLDER PICT APPLI menu p 50 FADER D EFFECT PICT EFFECT SLIDE SHOW INT REC STL SHOT TRANS DEMO MODE PictBridge PRINT The menu items available for the operation differ depending on where the lit lamp for the POWER switch is positioned...

Page 41: ...V SET VOLUME MULTI SOUND MIC LEVEL EXT SUR MIC LCD VF SET COMPONENT i LINK CONV TV TYPE USB SELECT DISP GUIDE STATUS CHECK GUIDEFRAME COLOR BAR DATA CODE REMAINING REMOTE CTRL REC LAMP BEEP DISP OUTPUT MENU ROTATE A SHUT OFF CALIBRATION TIME LANGU menu p 59 CLOCK SET WORLD TIME LANGUAGE Position of lamp TAPE MEMORY PLAY EDIT ...

Page 42: ...beach in midsummer or on a ski slope SUNSET MOON Select to maintain the atmosphere of situations such as sunsets general night views or ﬁreworks LANDSCAPE Select to shoot distant subjects clearly This setting also prevents your camcorder from focusing on glass or metal mesh in windows that comes in between the camcorder and the subject Items with one asterisk can be adjusted to focus on subjects o...

Page 43: ...ming a white object while is ﬂashing quickly ﬂashes slowly if white balance could not be set If keeps ﬂashing even after you have touched set WHITE BAL to AUTO When you have changed the battery pack while AUTO is selected select AUTO and aim your camcorder at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for better color balance adjustment Redo the ONE PUSH procedure if you change the PROGRAM AE sett...

Page 44: ... appears when CAMERA COLOR is anything other than the default setting Decreases color intensity Increases color intensity WB SHIFT White Balance Shift You can adjust the white balance to the desired setting using and the setting value are displayed when WB SHIFT is anything other than the default setting When the white balance is set to a lower value pictures appear bluish and when set to a higher...

Page 45: ...The maximum shooting distance using NS LIGHT is about 3 m 10 ft COLOR SLOW S Color Slow Shutter When you set COLOR SLOW S to ON you can record an image brighter in color even in dark places and COLOR SLOW SHUTTER appear on the screen To cancel COLOR SLOW S touch OFF Adjust the focus manually p 25 when it is hard to focus automatically The shutter speed of your camcorder changes depending on the br...

Page 46: ...he digital zoom The right side of the bar shows the digital zooming factor The zooming zone appears when you select the zooming level OFF Up to 10 zoom is performed optically 20 Up to 10 zoom is performed optically and after that up to 20 zoom is performed digitally 120 Up to 10 zoom is performed optically and after that up to 120 zoom is performed digitally STEADYSHOT You can compensate for camer...

Page 47: ...re marked with The indicators in parentheses appear when the items are selected See page 38 for details on selecting menu items STILL SET BURST You can record several still images one after another by pressing PHOTO OFF Select this when not recording continuously NORMAL Records from 3 1920 1440 image size 5 1440 1080 image size to 25 640 480 image size images continuously at about 0 5 second inter...

Page 48: ... Duo made by Sony Corporation The number of recordable pictures varies depending on the recording environment Approximate image size of a picture kB 4 3 picture 1920 1440 1440 1080 1080 810 640 480 1380 580 800 350 450 190 150 60 16 9 picture 1920 1080 1440 810 640 360 1060 450 600 260 130 60 The table shows the approximate number of still images that can be taken for each image size FINE is on to...

Page 49: ...ons Eject the Memory Stick Duo Formatting erases everything on the Memory Stick Duo including protected image data and newly created folders FILE NO SERIES Assigns ﬁle numbers in sequence even if the Memory Stick Duo is replaced with another one The ﬁle number is reset when a new folder is created or the recording folder is replaced with another RESET Resets the ﬁle number to 0001 each time the Me...

Page 50: ...s a movie while superimposing it on a previously recorded still image FLASH ﬂash motion Records a movie with a serial still image effect strobe effect PICT APPLI menu Special effects on pictures or additional functions on recording playback SLIDE SHOW PICT EFFECT etc The default settings are marked with The indicators in parentheses appear when the items are selected See page 38 for details on sel...

Page 51: ...ct OFF Touch END START To cancel SLIDE SHOW touch END To pause touch PAUSE You can select the ﬁrst picture for the slide show with before touching START Continued TRAIL Records a picture so that an incidental image like a trail is left OLD MOVIE Adds an old movie effect with a sepia hue to pictures You cannot change to another digital effect while recording pictures on a tape with CINEMA EFECT sel...

Page 52: ...during the demonstration The demonstration starts again in about 10 minutes When a cassette or a Memory Stick Duo is inserted When the POWER switch is set to other than CAMERA TAPE PictBridge PRINT See page 69 INT REC STL Interval photo recording You can record still images on the Memory Stick Duo at a selected interval This function is useful to observe the movement of clouds or the changes in da...

Page 53: ...smoothly in slow mode Touch To return to the normal playback mode touch Play Pause twice once from frame playback You will not hear the recorded sound You may see mosaic like images of the previously played picture Pictures in the HDV format are not output from the HDV DV Interface i LINK jack when they are paused or played back in other than normal playback mode Pictures in the HDV format may app...

Page 54: ...menu Settings while recording on a tape or other basic settings REC MODE MULTI SOUND LCD VF SET DISP OUTPUT etc The default settings are marked with The indicators in parentheses appear when the items are selected See page 38 for details on selecting menu items VCR HDV DV Select the playback signal Normally select AUTO When the camcorder is connected to another device using an i LINK cable optiona...

Page 55: ...n the HDV format sound is automatically recorded in 16BIT mode AUDIO MIX You can monitor the sound recorded on the tape using another device with audio dubbing during playback AUDIO MIX 0 00 00 00 60min Touch to adjust the balance of the original sound ST1 and the sound recorded afterwards ST2 then touch The original sound ST1 is output at the default setting The adjusted audio balance returns to ...

Page 56: ... You can adjust the recording sound level manually AUTO Select to adjust the recording sound level automatically MANUAL Touch to adjust the recording sound level during recording or standby The recording sound level adjustment bars appear on the screen The recording sound level increases as the bar goes to the right The recording level meter appears when the default setting is changed Use headphon...

Page 57: ... HDV DV for information about an input signal via an i LINK connection p 54 Disconnect the i LINK cable optional before setting i LINK CONV Otherwise the connected video device may not be able to recognize the video signal from this camcorder TV TYPE You need to convert the signal depending on the TV connected when playing back the picture The recorded pictures are played back as following illustr...

Page 58: ...ody sounds when you start stop recording or operate the touch panel OFF Cancels the melody DISP OUTPUT LCD PANEL GUIDEFRAME You can display the frame and check that the subject is horizontal or vertical by setting GUIDEFRAME to ON The frame is not recorded Press DISPLAY BATT INFO to make the frame disappear Pointing the subject at the cross point of the guide frame makes a balanced composition COL...

Page 59: ...talian Greek Russian Arabic Persian or Thai Your camcorder offers ENG SIMP simpliﬁed English for when you cannot ﬁnd your native tongue among the options Shows displays such as the time code on the LCD screen and in the viewﬁnder V OUT PANEL Shows displays such as the time code on the TV screen LCD screen and in the viewﬁnder MENU ROTATE NORMAL Scrolls the menu items downwards by touching OPPOSITE...

Page 60: ...CAMERA SET PICT APPLI EDIT PLAY ST ANDARD SET TIME LANGU STBY 2 Touch to select a menu category then touch OK END 0 00 00 60min Select the item PROGRAM AE SPOT METER WHITE BAL SHARPNESS SHUTTR SPEED STBY 3 Touch to select a menu item then touch YES The menu item is added to the end of list Deleting a menu item 1 Touch P MENU SET UP DELETE If the desired menu item is not displayed touch Select butt...

Page 61: ...m is not displayed touch 2 Touch the menu item you want to move 3 Touch to move the menu item to the desired place 4 Touch To sort more items repeat steps 2 to 4 5 Touch END You cannot move P MENU SET UP Initializing the Personal Menu settings Reset Touch P MENU SET UP RESET YES YES If the desired menu item is not displayed touch ...

Page 62: ...tional A V connecting cable with S VIDEO optional A V connecting cable supplied Red White Yellow Red White Yellow Do not connect the video plug yellow HDV1080i compatible device HD quality 1 AV device with i LINK jack SD quality 1 AV device with S VIDEO jack SD quality 1 AV device with audio video jacks 2 SD quality 1 1 Pictures recorded in the DV format is played back as SD standard deﬁnition ima...

Page 63: ... recorded in HDV format HDV HDV 3 HDV OFF DV 2 3 Copy only portions recorded in DV format HDV 2 2 DV OFF DV DV DV 1 Equipment compliant with the HDV1080i speciﬁcation 2 Results in a copy without an image video nor sound is copied 3 Picture is not recognized no recording is made When VCR HDV DV is set to AUTO and the signal switches between HDV and DV the picture and sound disappear temporarily Whe...

Page 64: ...cing high quality pictures When i LINK cable optional is connected the format of the output signal or will be indicated on the LCD screen of your camcorder Dubbing to another device 1 Connect your VCR to your camcorder as a recording device See page 62 for connection details Set DISP OUTPUT to LCD PANEL default setting when connecting with an A V connecting cable supplied p 58 2 Prepare your VCR f...

Page 65: ...ﬂow HDV1080i compatible device AV device with i LINK jack HD quality SD quality i LINK jack which is compatible with HDV1080i speciﬁcation is required Recording movies 1 Slide the POWER switch down to turn on the PLAY EDIT lamp 2 Set the input signal of your camcorder Set VCR HDV DV to AUTO when recording from an HDV format compatible device Set VCR HDV DV to DV or AUTO when recording from a DV fo...

Page 66: ...your camcorder while recording to a VCR You cannot record the picture and sound separately If you pause or stop the recording and restart it the picture may not be recorded smoothly When a 4 3 video signal is input it appears with black bands on the right and left sides on the screen of your camcorder Recording still images 1 Perform steps 1 to 4 in Recording movies 2 Play the video you want to re...

Page 67: ...0 when playing back in the HDV format Still images will be ﬁxed to image size 640 360 16 9 or 640 480 4 3 when playing back in the DV format Deleting recorded pictures from the Memory Stick Duo 1 Slide the POWER switch down to turn on the PLAY EDIT lamp 2 Touch 101 2 10 101 0001 60min P MENU MEMORY PLAY MEMORY PLAY 1920 60min 101 0001 3 Select a picture you want to delete with To delete all pictur...

Page 68: ...age protection in step 3 Selecting still images for printing Print mark The DPOF Digital Print Order Format standard is used to select images for printing on your camcorder By marking images that you want to print out you do not need to reselect them when you print them out You cannot specify the number of printouts 1 Slide the POWER switch down to turn on the PLAY EDIT lamp 2 Touch PRINT MARK 3 T...

Page 69: ...reen One of the images stored on the Memory Stick Duo will be displayed We cannot guarantee the operation of models that are not PictBridge compatible Printing 1 Select the image to be printed with 2 Touch COPIES 3 Select the number of copies to be printed with You can set a maximum of 20 copies of one image to be printed 4 Touch END To print the date on the image touch DATE TIME DATE or DAY TIME ...

Page 70: ...odel or manufacturer Jacks to connect external devices Open the shoe cover Open the jack cover Active Interface Shoe The Active Interface Shoe supplies power to optional accessories such as a video light a ﬂash or a microphone The accessory can be turned on or off as you operate the POWER switch on your camcorder Refer to the operating instructions supplied with your accessory for details When you...

Page 71: ...jack for an external microphone as well as a power supply jack for a plug in power microphone When an external microphone optional is connected it takes precedence over the internal microphone p 27 To ﬁx an external microphone the optional accessory shoe adaptor VCT 55L is recommended Remove the accessory shoe adaptor when inserting and removing a cassette HDV DV Interface i LINK jack p 62 77 USB ...

Page 72: ...LINK cable optional Remove the USB cable according to the correct procedure when disconnecting it from the computer p 74 Copying still images to a computer System requirements For Windows users OS Windows 2000 Professional Windows Millennium Edition Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Standard installation is required Operation is not assured if the above OS has been upgraded CPU MMX P...

Page 73: ...he power source for your camcorder Use the supplied AC Adaptor as the power source p 11 4 Slide the POWER switch down to turn on the PLAY EDIT lamp 5 Touch MENU STANDARD SET USB SELECT MEMORY STICK 6 Connect the USB cable supplied to the USB jack on your camcorder 7 Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB jack on your computer USB CONNECT appears on the LCD screen of your camcorder It ma...

Page 74: ...ag and drop the desired picture ﬁle onto the hard disk of your computer Disconnecting the USB cable supplied For Windows users If USB CONNECT appears on the LCD screen follow the procedure below to disconnect the USB cable Click the Unplug or eject hardware icon on the task tray Click this icon task tray Click Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device Drive Click here Click OK Disconnect the USB cable...

Page 75: ...ct the USB cable to the USB jack on a keyboard or USB hub Make sure to connect the cable to the USB jack on the computer Operation is not guaranteed on all the recommended environments Copying movies on a tape to the computer Connect your camcorder to the computer with an i LINK cable optional The computer needs to be provided with an i LINK connector and be installed with editing software that ca...

Page 76: ...i LINK cable optional When setting up your camcorder The menu settings required depend on the format of the recorded pictures and the format for copying Copied format to the computer Menu setting 1 Recorded format HDV VCR HDV DV HDV i LINK CONV OFF HDV DV VCR HDV DV HDV i LINK CONV ON HDV DV HDV DV VCR HDV DV DV i LINK CONV OFF DV 1 See page 54 for VCR HDV DV and 57 for i LINK CONV A tape recorded...

Page 77: ...are or later installed i LINK cable optional to i LINK IEEE1394 connector to HDV DV Interface i LINK jack Signal ﬂow Images recorded in HDV format are down converted to SD standard deﬁnition quality when copying to DVDs They are not copied in the HD high deﬁnition quality You can only use an i LINK cable optional for this operation You cannot use a USB cable supplied Using the Direct Access to Cli...

Page 78: ... same content touch YES The disc tray comes out Place a new writable DVD in the disc drive Then repeat step 9 and 10 Creating a DVD Direct Access to Click to DVD Continued 1 Turn on the computer Close all applications running with an i LINK 2 Prepare the power source for the camcorder Use the supplied AC Adaptor as the power source since it takes a few hours to create a DVD 3 Slide the POWER switc...

Page 79: ...n off the camcorder at this stage DVD creation will continue on your computer When any of the following occurs copying of the picture is canceled A DVD containing the data up to the point the operation was canceled is created Refer to the help ﬁles of Click to DVD Automatic Mode Launcher for details When there is a blank portion of 10 seconds or longer on the tape When the data of the tape contain...

Page 80: ...EMO MODE does not start Eject the cassette and Memory Stick Duo from your camcorder p 19 20 The camcorder gets warm The camcorder may get warmer while you use it This is not a malfunction Batteries Power sources The power abruptly turns off When approximately 5 minutes have elapsed while you do not operate your camcorder the camcorder is automatically turned off A SHUT OFF Change the setting of A ...

Page 81: ... pack is quickly discharged The temperature of the environment is too high or low or the battery pack has not been charged enough This is not a malfunction Fully charge the battery again If the problem persists replace the battery pack with a new one It may be damaged p 11 104 A problem occurs when the camcorder is connected to the AC Adaptor Turn off the power and disconnect the AC Adaptor from t...

Page 82: ...ette lid is open Moisture condensation is starting in your camcorder p 107 The Cassette Memory indicator or title display does not appear while using a cassette with Cassette Memory This camcorder does not support Cassette Memory so the indicator does not appear The remaining tape indicator is not displayed Set REMAINING to ON to always display the remaining tape indicator p 58 The cassette is noi...

Page 83: ... the index screen p 68 You cannot mark pictures for print Release the lock on the write protect tab of the Memory Stick Duo p 102 Perform the operation again on the index screen p 68 The maximum number of pictures you can mark for print is 999 The data ﬁle name is not indicated correctly Only the ﬁle name is displayed if the directory structure does not conform to the universal standard The ﬁle is...

Page 84: ... still images on the Memory Stick Duo with PICT EFFECT D EFFECT COLOR SLOW S SUPER NS When SHUTTR SPEED is set to less than 1 25 While executing FADER COLOR BAR The recording angle differs depending on the POWER switch setting position The recording angle when the POWER switch is set to CAMERA MEMORY is wider than when it is set to CAMERA TAPE You cannot record a smooth transition on a tape from t...

Page 85: ...oes not work The cassette was ejected after recording p 31 The cassette is new and has nothing recorded END SEARCH does not work correctly There is a blank section in the beginning or middle of the tape This is not a malfunction Adjusting the image during recording Refer also to Menu p 89 You cannot adjust the exposure manually You cannot adjust the exposure manually with NightShot COLOR SLOW S CI...

Page 86: ...recording in SUPER NS or COLOR SLOW S This is not a malfunction The subjects passing by the frame might appear crooked This is called the focal plane phenomenon This is not a malfunction Because of the way the image device CMOS sensor reads out image signals the subjects passing by the frame rapidly might crooked depending on the recording conditions The color of the picture is not correctly displ...

Page 87: ...tape recorded in the HDV format The pictures stored on a Memory Stick Duo are not played back in the actual size or aspect ratio Pictures recorded on other devices may not appear in the actual size This is not a malfunction Image data stored on a Memory Stick Duo cannot be played back You cannot see movies recorded with other camcorder on the Memory Stick Duo Image data cannot be played back if yo...

Page 88: ...lank section on the tape is being played The data code on a tape with a scratch or noise cannot be read Noises appear and or is displayed on the screen The tape was recorded in a TV color system other than that of your camcorder PAL This is not a malfunction p 99 Date Search does not work correctly If one day s recording is less than 2 minutes your camcorder may not accurately ﬁnd the point where ...

Page 89: ...4CH MIC REC This camcorder does not comply with the 4ch microphone recording standard Remote Commander The supplied Remote Commander does not function Set REMOTE CTRL to ON p 58 Remove any obstructions between the Remote Commander and the remote sensor Point the remote sensor away from strong light sources such as direct sunlight or overhead lighting Otherwise the Remote Commander may not function...

Page 90: ... ON p 25 You cannot adjust SHARPNESS You cannot adjust SHARPNESS with COLOR BAR CINEMA EFECT of D EFFECT SHUTTR SPEED cannot be adjusted manually You cannot adjust SHUTTR SPEED with NightShot PROGRAM AE COLOR BAR COLOR SLOW S OLD MOVIE or CINEMA EFECT of D EFFECT SPOT METER When the exposure is anything other than the automatic mode When the POWER switch is set to CAMERA MEMORY When the AUTO LOCK ...

Page 91: ...t displayed in the following While using expanded focus While displaying the date and time indicator appears and HISTOGRAM is not displayed in the following While using DIGITAL ZOOM While using D EFFECT While using COLOR BAR You cannot use FADER You cannot use FADER together with SELF TIMER COLOR SLOW S D EFFECT COLOR BAR SUPER NS You cannot use D EFFECT You cannot use D EFFECT together with COLOR...

Page 92: ... the LCD screen or the viewﬁnder Set DISP OUTPUT to LCD PANEL p 58 You cannot input a signal to your camcorder if you press DISPLAY BATT INFO while DISP OUTPUT is set to V OUT PANEL p 58 Pictures from connected devices cannot be zoomed You cannot zoom the pictures from connected devices on your camcorder p 26 Time code and other information appear on the display of the connected device Set DISP OU...

Page 93: ...DISPLAY BATT INFO Connecting to a computer The computer does not recognize your camcorder Disconnect the cable from the computer and camcorder then connect it again securely Disconnect USB devices other than the keyboard the mouse and the camcorder from the USB jack on the computer Disconnect the cable from the computer and camcorder restart the computer then connect them again correctly You canno...

Page 94: ...m the USB jack on the computer The computer does not recognize the Memory Stick Duo during camcorder operations such as tape playback or editing Finish camcorder operations before connecting the camcorder to the computer You cannot copy video and still images to the computer Display pictures recorded on a Memory Stick Duo with the following procedures for the Windows computer 1 Double click My Com...

Page 95: ...in and operate your camcorder again Change the cassette Press RESET p 27 and operate your camcorder again E 61 E 62 E 91 Contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility Inform them of the 5 digit code which starts from E 101 1001 Warning indicator pertaining to ﬁles The ﬁle is damaged The ﬁle is unreadable p 102 Battery level warning The battery pack is nearly used up Depending ...

Page 96: ...amera shake warning The amount of lights is not sufﬁcient so camera shake easily occurs Use the ﬂash The camcorder is unsteady so camera shake easily occurs Hold the camcorder steady with both hands and shoot the image However note that the camera shake warning indicator does not disappear You hear a melody when the warning indicators appear on the screen p 58 Description of warning messages If me...

Page 97: ...ck the tab p 102 Cannot playback Reinsert the Memory Stick p 20 Cannot record Reinsert the Memory Stick p 20 No ﬁle No ﬁle is recorded or there is no readable ﬁle on the Memory Stick Duo Memory Stick folders are full You cannot create folders exceeding 999MSDCF You cannot delete created folders using your camcorder You will have to format the Memory Stick Duo p 49 or delete them using your compute...

Page 98: ...ord due to copyright protection p 100 Change to correct tape format The pictures cannot be played back because of an incompatible format No output image in VCR HDV DV Change format Stop the playback or signal input or change the VCR HDV DV setting p 54 Dirty video head Use a cleaning cassette p 107 Invalid in AUTO LOCK mode p 25 Warning indicators and messages Continued ...

Page 99: ... 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 Viewing HDV format pictures recorded in HDV format You need an HDV1080i compatib...

Page 100: ...mat but cannot output it from the HDV DV Interface i LINK jack To prevent a blank section from being made on the tape Go to the end of the recorded section using END SEARCH p 31 before you begin the next recording when you have played back the tape 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 ...

Page 101: ...1 KDL L32MRX1 KLV L32MRX1 KLV L32M1 KLV L32M1 KDE P42MRX1 KE P42MRX1 KDE P42XS1 KE P42XS1 KDE P37XS1 KE P37XS1 KE P42M1 KE P37M1 KDS R60A10 KDS R50A10 KDF E50A10 KDF E42A10 KDL32XBR950 KLV L32MRX1 KLV 32M1 KE MX42N1 KE MX42K1 KE MX42S1 KE MX42A1 KE MX42M1 KE MX32N1 KE MX32K1 KE MX32S1 KE MX32A1 KE MX32M1 KE P42M1 KE MV42A1 KE MV42M1 KV DA32M84 KV DA32M94 KV DA32M86 KV DA32M66 KV DA32M64 KV DA32M36...

Page 102: ...bility with your camcorder Data read write speed may vary depending on the combination of the Memory Stick and Memory Stick compliant product you use On a Memory Stick Duo with a write protect tab You can prevent accidental erasure of images when you slide the write protect tab on the Memory Stick Duo with a small tapered object to the write protect position The Memory Stick Duo supplied with your...

Page 103: ...than a Memory Stick Duo into the Memory Stick Duo slot Doing so may cause a malfunction Do not insert a Memory Stick Duo adaptor without a Memory Stick Duo attached Doing so may result in malfunctions of the unit On a Memory Stick PRO Duo The maximum memory capacity of a Memory Stick PRO Duo that can be used on your camcorder is 2 GB This unit does not support high speed data transfer On image dat...

Page 104: ...equent use of the LCD screen or a frequent playback fast forward or rewind operation wears out the battery pack faster We recommend using a large capacity battery pack NP QM71D QM91D optional Be sure to set the POWER switch to OFF CHG when not recording or playing back on your camcorder The battery pack is also consumed when your camcorder is in recording standby or playback pause Have spare batte...

Page 105: ...evices When two or more i LINK compatible devices are connected to this unit in a daisy chain operations and data transactions are possible with not only the device that this unit is connected to but also with other devices via the directly connected device Note however that the method of operation sometimes varies according to the characteristics and speciﬁcations of the device to be connected Al...

Page 106: ...where extremely hot or cold Never leave them exposed to temperatures above 60 C 140 F such as under direct sunlight near heaters or in a car parked in the sun They may malfunction or become deformed Near strong magnetic ﬁelds or mechanical vibration The camcorder may malfunction Near strong radio waves or radiation The camcorder may not be able to record properly Near AM receivers and video equipm...

Page 107: ...the cassette is sometimes not ejected for 10 seconds after the cassette lid is opened This is not a malfunction Do not close the cassette lid until the cassette is ejected Note on moisture condensation Moisture may condense when you bring your camcorder from a cold place into a warm place or vice versa or when you use your camcorder in a humid place as shown below When you bring your camcorder fro...

Page 108: ...s If you did not press the right spot start from step again You cannot calibrate the LCD screen if it is rotated On handling the casing If the casing is soiled clean the camcorder body with a soft cloth lightly moistened with water and then wipe the casing with a dry soft cloth Avoid the following to avoid damage to the ﬁnish Using chemicals such as thinner benzine alcohol chemical cloths repellen...

Page 109: ... with a Sony CR2025 lithium battery Use of another battery may present a risk of ﬁre or explosion Speciﬁcations System Video recording system HDV Video recording system DV 2 rotary heads Helical scanning system 2 rotary heads Helical scanning system Still image recording system Exif Ver 2 2 1 Audio recording system HDV Rotary heads MPEG 1 Audio Layer 2 Quantization 16 bits Fs 48 kHz stereo transfe...

Page 110: ... 10 pin connector Video signal 1 Vp p 75 Ω ohms unbalanced Luminance signal 1 Vp p 75 Ω ohms unbalanced Chrominance signal 0 3 Vp p 75 Ω ohms unbalanced Audio signal 327 mV at Load impedance more than 47 kΩ kilohms Output impedance with less than 2 2 kΩ kilohms COMPONENT OUT jack Y 1 Vp p 75 Ω ohms unbalanced PB PR CB CR 350 mVp p Headphones jack Stereo minijack Ø 3 5 Input Output connectors MIC j...

Page 111: ...tion 18 W Output voltage DC 8 4 V Operating temperature 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Storage temperature 20 C to 60 C 4 F to 140 F Dimensions approx 56 31 100 mm 2 1 4 1 1 4 4 in w h d excluding the projecting parts Mass approx 190 g 6 7 oz main unit only See the label on the AC Adaptor for other speciﬁcations Rechargeable battery pack NP FM50 Maximum output voltage DC 8 4 V Output voltage DC 7 2 V C...

Page 112: ... lever 24 PHOTO button 22 CAMERA TAPE CAMERA MEMORY PLAY EDIT mode lamps 14 POWER switch 14 Memory Stick Duo slot 20 Access lamp 20 102 Active Interface Shoe 70 Flash ﬂash button 26 NIGHTSHOT switch 24 MIC PLUG IN POWER jack 71 headphones jack 71 ...

Page 113: ...AY BATT INFO button 27 COMPONENT OUT jack 70 A V OUT jack 70 RESET button 27 Eyecup Viewﬁnder 16 Viewﬁnder lens adjustment lever 16 LANC jack 70 CHG charge lamp 11 Speaker 27 AUTO LOCK switch 25 Battery pack 11 DC IN jack 70 Attaching the shoulder strap Attach the shoulder strap supplied with your camcorder to the hooks for the shoulder strap Continued ...

Page 114: ...BATT battery release lever 12 Grip belt 14 Cassette compartment lid 19 OPEN EJECT lever 19 Tripod receptacle 26 Attaching the lens hood Insert the hooks on the lens hood into the holes on the camcorder then turn the lens hood ﬁxing screw in the direction of the arrow To remove the lens hood Loosen the lens hood ﬁxing screw by turning it in the opposite direction of the arrow in the illustration ab...

Page 115: ...ge lamp 12 CINEMA EFECT Cinematic effect 50 Click to DVD 77 CLOCK SET 18 COLOR BAR 58 COLOR SLOW S Color Slow Shutter 45 91 COMPONENT 57 COMPONENT OUT jack 34 71 Component video cable 35 36 Connect computer 72 TV 34 VCR equipment 62 CONV LENS 46 D DATA CODE 58 Date search 33 DATE TIME 58 DC IN jack 11 DC plug 11 Delete pictures 67 DEMO MODE 52 80 DIGITAL ZOOM 46 86 DISPLAY BATT INFO button 17 27 D...

Page 116: ... 42 LANGUAGE 59 LCD VF SET 56 LCD backlight 16 LCD BL LEVEL LCD back light 56 LCD BRIGHT 56 LCD COLOR 56 LCD PANEL 58 LCD panel 16 LCD BL LEVEL 56 LCD BRIGHT 56 LCD COLOR 56 LCD screen 3 Lens cap 10 Lens hood 114 Lid 19 LP Long Play 54 M Macintosh 72 74 75 Mains lead 11 Maintenance 106 Main sound 55 Manual focus 25 MEMORY SET menu 47 Memory Stick 102 Memory Stick Duo 19 FORMAT 49 Insert Eject 20 N...

Page 117: ...rding lamp 27 REC MODE Recording mode 54 Rec review 31 REC START STOP 22 REDEYE REDUC 44 REMAINING 58 Remaining battery 28 Remote Commander 32 REMOTE CTRL Remote control 58 Remote sensor 27 RESET button 27 Reversal Playback 53 Review button 28 S SD standard deﬁnition image quality 34 Searching for the starting point 31 Self diagnosis display 95 SELF TIMER 46 SEPIA 51 Setting the date and time 18 S...

Page 118: ...ead 107 Video operation buttons 29 Viewﬁnder 16 Brightness 56 Viewﬁnder lens adjustment lever 16 VOLUME 55 Volume 23 V OUT PANEL 59 W Warning indicators 95 Warning messages 95 WB SHIFT White Balance Shift 44 WHITE BAL White balance 43 White Balance Shift 44 WHITE FADER 50 Wide angle 24 WIDE SELECT 55 WIDE STEREO 56 Windows 72 73 WORLD TIME 59 Write protect tab 100 102 Z ZEBRA 45 Zero set memory 32...

Page 119: ...dia are trademarks or registered trademarks of U S Microsoft Corporation in the U S and other countries Macintosh and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc in the U S and other countries HDV and the HDV logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation and Victor Company of Japan Ltd Pentium is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation All other product names mentioned herein may be the...

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