Read This Before Operating Your Camcorder - Sony Handycam DCR-SR32E Instruction & Operation Manual

Read this before operating your camcorder

Before operating the unit, please read this
Handbook thoroughly, and retain it for
future reference.
Notes on use
Your camcorder is supplied with two
kinds of operations guides.
For operating and handling the camcorder,
refer to "Operating Guide" and "Handycam
Handbook" (PDF/this Handbook).
Types of "Memory Stick" you can use
in your camcorder
You can use "Memory Stick Duo" marked
with
"Memory Stick Duo"
(This size can be used with your
camcorder.)
"Memory Stick"
(You cannot use it in your camcorder.)
• You cannot use any type of memory card
except "Memory Stick Duo."
• "Memory Stick PRO" and "Memory Stick
PRO Duo" can be used only with
"Memory Stick PRO" compatible
equipment.
• Do not attach a label or the like on a
"Memory Stick Duo" or a Memory Stick
Duo Adaptor.
When using a "Memory Stick Duo"
with "Memory Stick" compatible
equipment
2
or
(p. 111).
Be sure to insert the "Memory Stick Duo"
into the Memory Stick Duo Adaptor.
Memory Stick Duo Adaptor
On using the camcorder
• Do not hold the camcorder by the
following parts.
LCD screen
• The camcorder is not dustproofed,
dripproofed or waterproofed. See "About
handling of your camcorder" (p. 114).
• To prevent the hard disk from being
broken or recorded images from being
lost, do not do the following when either
of the respective lamps of the POWER
switch (p. 17) or the access lamp (p. 23,
27) is on:
– to remove the battery pack or AC
Adaptor from the camcorder.
– to apply mechanical shock or vibration to
the camcorder.
• Before connecting your camcorder to
another device with a USB cable etc., 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.
• Disconnect the AC Adaptor from the
Handycam Station holding both the
camcorder and the DC plug.
• Be sure to turn the POWER switch to
OFF (CHG), when you set the camcorder
onto the Handycam Station or remove the
camcorder from it.
Battery