Playing Time; Expected Recording Time Of Movies; Memory Card - Sony HANDYCAM CX160 Operating Manual

Playing time

Approximate time available when you use a
fully charged battery pack.
Battery pack
Image quality
NP-FV50
(supplied)
NP-FV70
NP-FV100

Expected recording time of movies

Internal recording media
HDR-CX160/CX180
High definition image quality (HD) in h (hour) and m
(minute)
Recording mode
[60p Quality
[Highest Quality
]
[High Quality
[Standard ]
[Long Time ]
Standard definition image quality (STD) in h (hour) and
m (minute)
Recording mode
[Standard ]
US

(unit: minute)
HD STD
240 280
490 565
980 1120
Recording time
HDR-CX160 HDR-CX180
1 h 15 m 2 h 35 m
]
(1 h 15 m) (2 h 35 m)
1 h 30 m
(1 h 30 m) (3 h 5 m)
2 h 5 m 4 h 15 m
]
(2 h 5 m) (4 h 15 m)
3 h 40 m 7 h 35 m
(2 h 45 m) (5 h 45 m)
6 h 25 m 13 h 15 m
(5 h 15 m) (10 h 50 m)
Recording time
HDR-CX160 HDR-CX180
3 h 50 m 7 h 55 m
(3 h 30 m) (7 h 15 m)
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Notes
The number in ( ) is the minimum recordable

time.
Tips

You can record movies of a maximum of 3,999

scenes with high definition image quality (HD),
and 9,999 scenes with standard definition image
quality (STD).
The maximum continuous recording time of

movies is approximately 13 hours.
If you want to record up to the maximum

recording time indicated in the table, you need
to delete the demonstration movie on your
camcorder (HDR-CX160/CX180).
Your camcorder uses the VBR (Variable Bit

Rate) format to automatically adjust image
quality to suit the recording scene. This
technology causes fluctuations in the recording
time of the media. Movies containing quickly
moving and complex images are recorded at
a higher bit rate, and this reduces the overall
recording time.

Memory card

High definition image quality (HD)
3 h 5 m
Standard definition image quality (STD)
2 GB 4 GB 8 GB
9 15 35
(9) (15) (35)
10 20 40
(10) (20) (40)
10 30 60
(10) (30) (60)
25 50 105
(15) (40) (80)
45 90 190
(35) (75) (155)
2 GB 4 GB 8 GB
25 55 110
(25) (50) (100)
(unit: minute)
16 GB 32 GB
75 150
(75) (150)
90 180
(90) (180)
120 245
(120) (245)
215 440
(165) (330)
380 770
(310) (630)
(unit: minute)
16 GB 32 GB
225 460
(210) (420)