Sony DCR-PC9 - Manual

Sony DCR-PC9

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – WARNING; DISPOSAL OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY.; Declaration of Conformity; SONY; “Memory Stick”
  • Page 3 – For customers in CANADA
  • Page 4 – Main Features; Taking moving or still images, and playing them back; , select the digital zoom power in
  • Page 5 – Checking supplied accessories; qa
  • Page 6 – Table of contents
  • Page 7 – Viewing a still image; Troubleshooting
  • Page 8 – Quick Start Guide; Inserting a cassette; Holding Grip; EJECT in the
  • Page 9 – Recording a picture; Viewfinder; Press OPEN to; NOTE; NOTE
  • Page 10 – — Getting started —; Using this manual; Note on Cassette Memory; Tapes with cassette memory are marked by; Note on TV color systems
  • Page 11 – a car parked in the sun or under direct sunlight
  • Page 12 – Step 1 Preparing the power supply; Installing the battery pack; slide the battery terminal cover in the direction of the arrow; To remove the battery pack; Note on the battery terminal cover
  • Page 13 – mark facing the Holding; After charging the battery pack; Note; CHARGE lamp
  • Page 14 – Charging time; Approximate minutes at 25 °C (77 °F) to charge an empty battery pack; Recording time; Playing time; Approximate minutes when you use a fully charged battery
  • Page 15 – Recommended charging temperature; “InfoLITHIUM” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
  • Page 16 – mark
  • Page 17 – Step 2 Setting the date and time; FN
  • Page 18 – The year changes as follows:; To return to FN; If you do not set the date and time
  • Page 19 – Step 3 Inserting a cassette; EJECT in the direction of the arrow and open the lid. The; To eject a cassette; Follow the procedure above, and take out the cassette in step 3.; Notes; than the; When you use mini DV cassette with cassette memory; Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to expose the red mark.
  • Page 20 – In CAMERA or VCR mode; Press OPEN to open the LCD panel.; Press EXEC or; To cancel settings; Step 4 Using the touch panel; In CAMERA mode
  • Page 22 – — Recording – Basics —; Your camcorder automatically focuses for you.; Remove the lens cap and pull the lens cap string to fix it.; After recording; Remove the battery pack.
  • Page 24 – Shooting with the Mirror Mode; Pull out the viewfinder and rotate the LCD screen 180 degrees.; Xz; OPEN
  • Page 25 – Picture in the mirror mode; The; Adjusting the brightness of the LCD screen; LCD screen backlight; The recorded picture will not be affected.; the bar indicator
  • Page 26 – Viewfinder backlight
  • Page 27 – To use zoom greater than 10; Zoom greater than 10; When you shoot close to a subject; • Digital zoom starts to function when zoom exceeds 10; When the POWER switch is set to MEMORY; You cannot use the digital zoom.
  • Page 29 – indicator appears on the screen.; During back light function; Shooting in the dark – NightShot/Super NightShot; slide NIGHTSHOT to OFF.; NightShot Light emitter
  • Page 30 – Using Super NightShot; Slide NIGHTSHOT to ON in CAMERA mode.; Using the NightShot Light; may cause your camcorder to malfunction.; Shutter speed in the Super NighShot mode; Super NightShot function does not work.; NightShot Light
  • Page 31 – To stop the count down; Press SELFTIMER so that the
  • Page 32 – Checking the recording; END SEARCH; EDITSEARCH; In the standby mode, press FN to display PAGE1.; EDIT
  • Page 33 – Rec Review; You can check the last recorded section.; End search function; The end search function may not work correctly.
  • Page 34 – — Playback – Basics —; Playing back a tape
  • Page 35 – When monitoring on the LCD screen; Your camcorder gets warm. This is not a malfunction.; When you open or close the LCD panel; Open or close the LCD panel vertically.
  • Page 36 – Using the data code function; Using the touch panel; no indicator; Various settings
  • Page 38 – Press FN and select PAGE3.
  • Page 39 – Video control buttons
  • Page 40 – Viewing the recording on TV; If your TV is already connected to a VCR; If your TV has an S video jack; S VIDEO
  • Page 41 – — Advanced Recording Operations —; Recording a still image on a tape – Tape Photo recording; We recommend that you record on “Memory Stick”s.
  • Page 42 – In the standby mode, press FN and select PAGE3.; To cancel the self-timer recording; Press SELFTIMER so that the; PHOTO
  • Page 43 – Refer to the operating instructions of the video printer as well.; If the video printer is equipped with S video input
  • Page 44 – Using the wide mode; In the wide mode, you cannot select the following functions:
  • Page 45 – Using the fader function; MONOTONE; WIPE
  • Page 46 – To cancel the fader function; OFF to return to PAGE1, and press EXIT to; indicator flashes and you cannot use the fader function.; When you select OVERLAP, WIPE or DOT; FADER
  • Page 47 – Note on the bounce function; in the menu settings; You cannnot use the fader function.
  • Page 48 – Using special effects – Picture effect; : The color and brightness of the picture are reversed.; SEPIA; The picture is sepia.; In CAMERA mode, press FN to display PAGE1.; Select OFF in P EFFECT in the menu settings.; While using the picture effect function; The picture effect is automatically canceled.
  • Page 49 – Using special effects – Digital effect; STILL
  • Page 51 – • The following functions do not work during digital effect:; When you set the POWER switch to OFF (CHARGE); The digital effect will be automatically canceled.; When recording in the slow shutter mode; Auto focus may not be effective. Focus manually using a tripod.; Shutter speed
  • Page 52 – Using the PROGRAM AE function; Spotlight; This mode makes subjects brighter in insufficient light.
  • Page 53 – In CAMERA or MEMORY mode, press FN to display PAGE1.; Select AUTO in PROGRAM AE in the menu settings.; • The following functions do not work in the PROGRAM AE mode:
  • Page 54 – • The following functions do not work in the low lux mode:; While WHT BAL is set to AUTO in the menu settings
  • Page 55 – Adjusting the white balance manually; HOLD : Recording a single-colored subject or background; If the picture is being taken in a studio lit by TV lighting; We recommend that you record in the; When you record under fluorescent lighting
  • Page 57 – Adjusting the exposure manually; EXPO–
  • Page 58 – subject that is on stage and lighted by a spotlight.; EXPOSURE is automatically set to MANUAL.; SPOT
  • Page 59 – Focusing manually; background; Press FOCUS lightly in CAMERA or MEMORY mode. The; To return to the autofocus mode; Press FOCUS lightly to turn off; To record distant subjects; When you press FOCUS down firmly, the lens focuses on and; To focus precisely
  • Page 60 – Interval recording; Example
  • Page 61 – To cancel the interval recording; Note on interval recording; You cannot do interval recording in memory mode.; On recording time
  • Page 62 – Frame by frame recording – Cut recording; In standby mode, press FN to display PAGE1.; To cancel the cut recording; The last recorded cut is longer than other cuts.
  • Page 63 – To make the buttons on the LCD screen disappear; Using the viewfinder
  • Page 65 – — Advanced Playback Operations —; Playing back a tape with picture effects; Press MENU, then select P EFFECT in; Set P EFFECT to OFF in the menu settings.; The picture effect function is automatically canceled.
  • Page 66 – Playing back a tape with digital effects; The digital effect function is automatically canceled.
  • Page 67 – In the playback or playback pause mode, press FN and select PAGE2.; To cancel the PB ZOOM function; Images in the PB ZOOM mode are not output through the DV jack.; In the PB ZOOM mode
  • Page 68 – function will be canceled.; If a tape has a blank portion in the recorded portions; The zero set memory function may not work correctly.; DISPLAY
  • Page 69 – Before operation; Set CM SEARCH in; To stop searching; If you use a tape without cassette memory; You cannot superimpose or search a title.; If a tape has a blank portion between recorded portions; The title search function may not work correctly.; To superimpose a title
  • Page 70 – . Use a tape with cassette memory for; Searching for the date by using cassette memory; Actual point you are trying to search for
  • Page 71 – Searching a recording by date – Date search; The date search function may not work correctly.; Cassette memory; Searching for the date without using cassette memory
  • Page 72 – You can search for a still image you have recorded on a tape; Searching for a photo by using cassette memory
  • Page 73 – Searching for a photo – Photo search/Photo scan
  • Page 74 – To stop scanning; The photo search and photo scan functions may not work correctly.
  • Page 75 – — Editing —; Dubbing a tape; Using the A/V connecting cable; When you have finished dubbing a tape; You can edit on VCRs that support the following systems; mini DV or; If your VCR is a monaural type
  • Page 76 – Prepare the VCR for recording.; The following functions do not work during digital editing:; DV
  • Page 77 – Before operating the Digital program editing; Step; When you dub using the same VCR again, you can skip steps 2 and 3.; Using the Digital program editing function; Operation; Step 1: Connecting the VCR; Unwanted scene
  • Page 78 – Setting the IR SETUP code; Set the POWER switch to VCR on your camcorder.
  • Page 79 – Dubbing only desired scenes – Digital program editing
  • Page 80 – (2) Setting the modes to cancel the recording pause on the; The buttons canceling recording pause on the VCR; – Select “REC” if the button to cancel recording pause is
  • Page 81 – (3) Locate the infrared rays emitter of your camcorder and; When the VCR does not operate correctly; VCR
  • Page 82 – Step 2: Setting the VCR to operate with the i.LINK cable
  • Page 85 – Operation 1: Making the Program; Press FN to display PAGE1.
  • Page 86 – Erasing the program you have set; Press UNDO. The last program mark flashes on the LCD screen.; Erasing all programs; Select VIDEO EDIT in
  • Page 87 – To stop dubbing during editing; END to end the video edit function.; You cannot record on the VCR when:
  • Page 88 – After capturing images and sound; includes copyright protection signals such as ID-2 system.
  • Page 89 – Recording video or TV programs
  • Page 90 – If your TV or VCR has an S video jack
  • Page 91 – When you dub a picture in digital form
  • Page 92 – Inserting a scene from a VCR – Insert editing; : A tape that contains the scene to be superimposed
  • Page 93 – To change the insert end point; Skip step 3 and 4. Press; If you press FN; The ZERO SET MEMORY indicator is not displayed.
  • Page 94 – Audio dubbing; Connecting the microphone with the MIC jack; AUDIO L
  • Page 95 – No connection is necessary.; • You cannot add audio with the DV jack.; If you make all the connections
  • Page 96 – To play back the sound
  • Page 97 – You cannot add a sound to a recorded tape.; If you set the write-protect tab of the tape to lock
  • Page 98 – Superimposing a title; TITLE
  • Page 100 – Press CANCEL in step 5.
  • Page 101 – Making your own titles
  • Page 102 – To erase the title; To enter a space; To enter the same character on the same button in succession
  • Page 103 – Labeling a cassette; Select; To change the label you have made
  • Page 104 – Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or VCR.
  • Page 105 – — Customizing Your Camcorder —; Changing the menu settings; MENU
  • Page 106 – is the default setting.; Menu items are displayed as the following icons:; The SteadyShot off indicator
  • Page 107 – When you use the power source other than battery pack; Low intensity
  • Page 108 – If you select QUALITY
  • Page 109 – Notes on formatting; Formatting with your camcorder is not required.; Formatting erases all information on the “Memory Stick”
  • Page 110 – Notes on the LP mode; mini DV cassette so that you can get the most out of your camcorder.; Notes on AUDIO MODE; while, then it starts again after about 10 minutes.
  • Page 111 – * Using the Remote Commander only
  • Page 112 – On file format; Typical image data file name; Using a “Memory Stick”; — “Memory Stick” Operations —; Using a “Memory Stick” – introduction
  • Page 113 – “Memory Stick”s formatted by a computer; Notes on image data compatibility
  • Page 114 – Inserting a “Memory Stick”; Ejecting a “Memory Stick”; Slide MEMORY EJECT in the direction of the arrow.
  • Page 115 – Press FN. Operation buttons appear on the LCD screen.
  • Page 117 – Selecting still image quality mode; Setting; FINE
  • Page 119 – Selecting the size of a moving picture; 12 of the moving picture size. The default setting is
  • Page 120 – Image size settings; 40 moving pictures.; Maximum recording time of moving pictures
  • Page 122 – Insert a “Memory Stick” into your camcorder.; Keep pressing PHOTO lightly. The green; Number of recorded images.
  • Page 123 – You can neither turn off the power nor press PHOTO.
  • Page 124 – Recording images continuously; Multi screen mode; Note on using the video flash light (optional); The video flash light does not work in the multi screen mode.
  • Page 125 – Self-timer memory photo recording
  • Page 126 – Your camcorder stops momentarily.
  • Page 127 – Sound recorded on a tape; You cannot record the audio from a tape.; Titles which have already been recorded on tapes; Recording a still image from other equipment; Before opration; • Set DISPLAY in; Set the POWER switch to VCR.; Recording an image from a tape as a still image
  • Page 128 – The “
  • Page 129 – You can record moving pictures with sound on “Memory Stick”s.; 12, the maximum recording time is 60; To stop recording
  • Page 130 – Sound is recorded in monaural.
  • Page 132 – Recording a picture from a tape as a moving picture; a tape to “Memory Stick”s.; When the access lamp is lit or flashing
  • Page 133 – Recording a moving picture from other equipment
  • Page 134 – During recording on “Memory Stick”; DV OUT
  • Page 135 – Blue
  • Page 136 – Recording a superimposed image to tape; MEM; Still image
  • Page 137 – Items to adjust; No adjustment necessary; To change the still image to be superimposed; You can record a still images on a tape.
  • Page 138 – Insert a recorded “Memory Stick” into your camcorder.; In the standby mode, press FN and select PAGE2.
  • Page 140 – To stop or end copying; When the memory of the “Memory Stick” is full; “MEMORY FULL” appears on the LCD screen, and the copying stops. Press
  • Page 141 – Copying still images from a tape – Photo save; “NOT READY” appears when you select the item in the menu settings.; When you change “Memory Stick”s in the middle of copying
  • Page 142 – To stop memory photo playback; Notes on the file name; PLAY
  • Page 143 – Screen indicators during still image playback; Recording data; Viewing a still image – Memory photo playback; Data Directory Number/File Number
  • Page 144 – Playing back 6 recorded images at a time (index screen); Press INDEX to display the index screen.
  • Page 145 – To stop MPEG movie playback; N X; To play back recorded images on a TV screen
  • Page 146 – Screen indicators during moving picture playback; To make screen indicators disappear; Viewing a moving picture – MPEG movie playback; Picture number/Total number of recorded pictures; Memory playback indicator
  • Page 147 – Viewing images using your computer; Recommended computer environment; Recommended Windows environment
  • Page 148 – Installing the USB driver; Turn on the power of your computer and allow Windows to load.; Viewing images using your computer; USB connector
  • Page 149 – Image data cannot be transferred by the USB connection
  • Page 150 – For Windows users
  • Page 151 – For Macintosh users; Eject the “Memory Stick.”; Notes on using your computer; back on your camcorder.; Software
  • Page 152 – Image file storage destinations and image files; Folder; ssss; Folder containing moving picture data
  • Page 153 – You can enlarge still images recorded on a “Memory Stick.”; In the memory playback mode, press FN and select PAGE2.; To cancel the Memory PB ZOOM function
  • Page 154 – To stop the slide show; To pause during a slide show; To start the slide show from a particular image; To view the recorded images on TV
  • Page 155 – Press INDEX on your camcorder to display the index.; You cannot carry out image protection.; INDEX; MARK
  • Page 156 – Deleting selected images; Play back the image you want to delete.; before deleting them.; If the write-protect tab on the “Memory Stick” is set to LOCK; You cannot delete images.; Deleting images
  • Page 157 – Deleting selected images on the index screen; DEL
  • Page 158 – Deleting all the images; You can delete all the unprotected images in a “Memory Stick”.; Select RETURN in step 3 or 4, then press EXEC.; While “DELETING” appears; Do not turn the POWER switch or press any buttons.
  • Page 159 – Press the image you want to cancel the print mark in step 4 again . The; You cannot write print marks on still images.; Moving pictures; You cannot write print marks on moving pictures.; Writing a print mark – PRINT MARK
  • Page 160 – — Troubleshooting —; Types of trouble and their solutions; ss; In the recording mode; Symptom
  • Page 161 – In the playback mode
  • Page 166 – Cause and/or Corrective Actions
  • Page 167 – Warning indicators and messages; function on moving picture.; Warning indicators; • The “Memory Stick” data is corrupted.
  • Page 168 – Warning messages
  • Page 169 – — Additional Information —; Usable cassettes; Selecting cassette types; mark on the cassette; Copyright signal; When you play back
  • Page 170 – Sound from speaker; Notes on the mini DV cassette; When affixing a label on the mini DV cassette
  • Page 171 – About the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack
  • Page 172 – About the Name “i.LINK”
  • Page 173 – i.LINK functions on this unit
  • Page 174 – necessary, depending on the design of the wall outlet; NTSC system; Brazil; SECAM system; Simple setting of clock by time difference; Using your camcorder abroad
  • Page 175 – Moisture condensation; indicator flashes. When the; If moisture condensation occurred; indicator does not appear when the power is; Note on moisture condensation; device; How to prevent moisture condensation
  • Page 176 – Maintenance information; Cleaning the video head; Removing dust from inside the viewfinder; Maintenance information and precautions
  • Page 177 – Charging the built-in rechargeable battery; Charging the built-in rechargeable battery:; with the POWER switch turned off for more than 24 hours.; Touch at the upper left corner.
  • Page 178 – Camcorder operation; checked by a Sony dealer before operating it any further.; On handling tapes; remove them with a soft cloth.
  • Page 179 – AC power adaptor; the cord and may cause fire or electrical shock.
  • Page 180 – contact with the battery terminals.; Notes on dry batteries; If batteries are leaking
  • Page 181 – Specifications
  • Page 183 – — Quick Reference —; Identifying the parts and controls; Camcorder
  • Page 184 – About the Holding Grip; Hold the Holding Grip firmly as illustrated.; FOCUS button
  • Page 185 – Note on the Carl Zeiss lens; * MTF is an abbreviation of Modulation Transfer Function.
  • Page 186 – Fastening the grip strap; Fasten the grip strap firmly.
  • Page 187 – ra; rd
  • Page 188 – To prepare the Remote Commander; Notes on the Remote Commander
  • Page 189 – LCD screen and viewfinder; qk; Tape counter indicator
  • Page 190 – Index
  • Page 192 – Sony Corporation
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DCR-PC9

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Video Camera
Recorder

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DCR-PC9

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