Sony Handycam CCD-TR416 Operating Instructions Manual page 53

Selecting cassette types
- CCD-TR516 only
realize higher picture quality,
\lOLl Cal] t,lSL'
either I ti8
or slatldard 8 11_,11/_. [deo casselie Ior this camera _.'VhcJ/\o/i u_e
a ItiS vide\ cassette, the recording is made in the 1 liS system. IA"ilen \ou
use a 'qandard
mm video cassette, the recording is made m the standard _ mm s_ stem Stalldard
b mm video cassette is incapable
of wcording m Ihe Hi8 s\ stem
y)t !{_d )is _stlldlr_8 _lvdeorec_rder/plavertoplaybackavideotape,
VOLI arc reqtlired to use a standard 7, i_llllg_ _ideo cassette for recordilig
What is Video 8 _
"'XR" is an abbleviation
of "Extended
I4esohltion."
The video
8 Xl.. ca\at _dcl
is ne_
_._-
type of 8 mm camcorder with a picture quality superior to the con\ entional xideo N o
camcorder rcspedix el> You can rec<H d and Pla> b,3ck picmles more ,clearly x\'ill_ the
"X 1_,'' calllCOl def,
,& video
t:,pe recorded bn the "XI<" camcorder
gi_ e_ excellen{
pictule qLlalitx at
maximLlm when it is played bick i_tl th{ _ "XR" camcordel
When a \ideo tape recorded by this "XP," camcorder is played back on a conventional 8 o
cal¢lCOldt'l or \_,'[/_'ll a Vi(|e(/
tape recorded
011 0 _OllX {_[_{iOIILIl _ (_llllCOl(tL_I 15 [llav('l'{ !3_2Ck
on Ibis "XI,U' camc(_rder, the ph_ back t_icttlre llas the normal quality of an S camco_der.
When you play back
I he playback re.de (SP/I ,P) and s\ stem (l liS!stancia_d 8 ram) are selected
automatically according to the format m which the tape has been recorded, l he qua[it\
of the recorded picture m LP mode, however, will l]t)l be as gooct is that in SP mode
Foreign 8 mm video
Because fl_e TV color systems differ from country to country, you may not be abk' to
play back foreign pre-recorded tapes. Refer to the list of "Using your canlcorder
abroad" to check tile TV color svs!enl of foreign countries.
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