Using Your Camcorder Abroad - Sony CCD-TR814 Operation Manual

Using Your Camcorder Abroad
Each country has its own electricity and TV color systems. Before using your camcorder abroad,
check the following points:
Power Sources
You can use your camcorder in any country with the supplied AC power adaptor within 110 V to 240
V AC, 50/60 Hz. Use a commercially available AC plug adaptor
[a],
if necessary, depending on the
design of the wall outlet
[b].
Difference in Color Systems
This camcorder is an NTSC system-based camcorder. If you want to view the playback picture on a
TV, it must be an NTSC system based TV. When you want to use a PAL-M system based TV, you
will need an NTSC/PAL-M transcoder. Check the following list.
NTSC system countries
Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Japan, Korea,
Mexico, Peru, Surinam, Taiwan, the Philippines, the U S A., Venezuela, etc.
PAL-system countries
Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hong
Kong, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Thailand, etc.
PAL-M system country
Brazil
PAL-N system countries
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
SECAM system countries
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Guyana, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Monaco, Poland, Russia, Slovak
Republic, Ukraine, etc.
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