Using Your Camcorder Abroad; Usable Cassette Tapes - Sony Handycam DCR-HC17E Operating Manual

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.
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 the following list)
with an AUDIO/VIDEO input jack.
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.
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
menu, then set the time difference (p. 46).

Usable cassette tapes

You can use mini DV format cassettes only.
Use a cassette with the
Your camcorder is not compatible with
cassettes with Cassette Memory.
To prevent a blank section from being
made on the tape
Go to the end of the recorded section using
END SEARCH (p. 26) before you begin
the next recording in the following cases:
• You have played back the tape.
• You have used EDIT SEARCH.
Copyright signal
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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.
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When you record
You cannot record software on your
camcorder that contains copyright control
signals for copyright protection of
software. [Cannot record due to copyright
protection.] appears on the LCD screen, or
on the viewfinder if you try to record such
software. Your camcorder does not record
copyright control signals on the tape when
it records.
Notes on use
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long time
Remove the cassette and store it.
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Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to
set it to SAVE.
(OTHERS)
is a trademark.
When you play back
For DCR-HC21E/HC22E:
When not using your camcorder for a
To prevent accidental erasure
mark.
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