Step 3 Inserting A Cassette; Recording - Basics; Recording A Picture - Sony Handycam DCR-PC115 Service Manual

Step 2 Setting the date and time
Simple setting of clock by time
difference
You can easily set the clock to the local time by
setting a time difference. Select AREA SET,
SUMMERTIME in the menu settings. See page
140 for more information.
World time differences
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AREA Time difference/ Area or country/
1 GMT Lisbon·London
2 +01:00 Berlin·Paris
3 +02:00 Helsinki·Cairo
4 +03:00 Moscow·Nairobi
5 +03:30 Tehran
6 +04:00 Abu Dhabi·Baku
7 +04:30 Kabul
8 +05:00 Karachi·Islamabad
9 +05:30 Calcutta·New Delhi
10 +06:00 Almaty·Dhaka
11 +06:30 Rangoon
12 Bangkok·Jakarta
+07:00
13 +08:00 Hongkong·Singapore
14 +09:00 Seoul·Tokyo
15 +09:30 Adelaide·Darwin
16 +10:00 Melbourne·Sydney
To adjust a time difference
Select AREA SET in the menu setting, and select
and decide upon an area or country you want to
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adjust to.

Step 3 Inserting a cassette

Notes
•Do not press the cassette compartment down
forcibly. Doing so may cause a malfunction.
•The cassette compartment may not be closed
when you press any part of the lid other than
the mark.
When you use cassette with cassette memory
Read the instruction about cassette memory to
use this function properly (p. 236).
To prevent accidental erasure
Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to
expose the red mark.
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1 2 3 4 6 8 10 12 13 14 16 17 18
AREA Time difference/ Area or country/
17 +11:00 Solomon Is
18 +12:00 Fiji·Wellington
19 –12:00 Eniwetok·Kwajalein
20 –11:00 Midway Is.·Samoa
21 –10:00 Hawaii
22 –09:00 Alaska
23 –08:00 LosAngeles·Tijuana
24 –07:00 Denver·Arizona
25 –06:00 Chicago·MexicoCity
26 –05:00 New York·Bogota
27 –04:00 Santiago
28 St. John's
–03:30
29 –03:00 Brasilia·Montevideo
30 –02:00 Fernando de Noronha
31 –01:00 Azores
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DCR-PC115/PC115E/PC120BT/PC120E
Step 3 Inserting a
cassette
(1)Install the power source.
(2) Slide OPEN/Z EJECT in the direction of the
arrow and open the lid.
The cassette compartment automatically lifts
up and opens.
(3) Push the middle portion of the back of the
cassette to insert.
Insert the cassette in a straight line deeply into
the cassette compartment with the window
facing out.
(4) Close the cassette compartment by pressing
the mark on the cassette compartment.
The cassette compartment automatically goes
down.
(5) After the cassette compartment goes down
completely, close the lid until it clicks.
2 3, 4
OPEN/Z EJECT
To eject a cassette
Follow the procedure above, and take out the
cassette in step 3.
— Recording – Basics —

Recording a picture

Your camcorder automatically focuses for you.
(1) Remove the lens cap by pressing both knobs
on its sides and pull the lens cap string to fix
it.
(2) Install the power source and insert a cassette.
See "Step 1" to "Step 3" for more information
(p. 18 to 28).
(3) Pull down the Holding Grip.
Hold your camcorder firmly as illustrated.
(4) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA while
pressing the small green button. Your
camcorder is set to the standby mode.
(5) Press OPEN to open the LCD panel. The
viewfinder automatically turns off.
(6) Press START/STOP. Your camcorder starts
recording. The REC indicator appears. The
camera recording lamp located on the front of
your camcorder lights up. To stop recording,
press START/STOP again.
4 LOCK
POWER
LOCK
Microphone/
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2
6
POWER
40min REC 0:00:01
LOCK
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(1)
(2) Z
(3)
(4)
(5)
5
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
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Camera recording
lamp/
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