Sony HDR-SR11E manual

3-286-586- 11 (1) © 2008 Sony Corporation Digital HD Video Camera Recorder Operati ng Guide HDR-SR 11E/SR12E For details on th e advanced operat ions, please refer to “Hand ycam Han dbook” (PDF ).[...]

2 Read this first Befo re oper atin g the unit, pleas e read th is manua l thorough ly, and ret ain it for futur e refere nce. To reduce f ire or shock hazard , do not ex pose th e unit t o rain or moisture. Do not expose the batteries to excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like. Replace the battery with th e specified type o nly. Otherwis[...]

3 Dispos al of waste b atterie s (applic able in the E uropea n Unio n and oth er Eu ropean countries with separate collect ion s ystems) This sy mbol on the ba ttery o r on th e packag in g indicat es that the ba ttery provide d with this produc t shall not be treated a s household w aste. By en suring th ese batt eri es ar e dis posed of corr ect[...]

4 CAUTIO N You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could voi d your authority to op erate this equipment. Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FC C Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable prot[...]

5 • Connect cables to the connectors of the Handycam Station when using your camcorder attached to the Handycam Statio n. Do not connect the cabl es to both the Handycam Station and your camcorder. • Do not appl y shock or vibration to y our camcorder. The internal hard disk of the camcorder may not be recognized or recording/ playback may not [...]

6 • See page 11 for the recordable time of a “Memory Stick PRO Duo.” • “Memory Stick PRO Duo” and “Memory St ick PRO-HG Duo” are both called as “Memory Stick PRO Duo” in this manual. On recording • Before starting to reco rd, test the recor ding function to make sure the image and sound are recorded without any problems. • C[...]

7 Tabl e of Cont ents Read this fi rst ..... ....... ......... ....... ...... 2 Step 1: Ch arging the battery pac k .......... ...... ....... .......... ...... .......... ..... 8 Step 2: Turn ing the power on, and setting t he date and time ........ .... 10 Changing the lan guage setting ........ ...... ...... ..... ...... ........ ...... ..... . 1[...]

8 Getting St arted Step 1: Charg ing th e batt ery pa ck You can charge the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack (H series) a fter attaching it to your camcorder. b Notes • You cannot attach any “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack other than the H s eries to your camcorder. 1 Connect the AC Adaptor to the DC IN jack on the Handycam Stati on. Be sure th at t[...]

9 Gettin g Started To char ge th e batte ry pack us ing on ly the AC Adap tor Turn the PO WER switch to OFF (CHG), then connect t he AC Adap tor dir ectly to the DC IN ja ck on the ca mcorde r. Chargi ng time: Approxima te time (min .) require d when you fully cha rge a comp letely exh austed battery pa ck. Record ing/Pla yback time: App roxim ate [...]

10 Step 2 : Tu rning the power on, a nd se tting the dat e and ti me 1 While pressing the green button, turn the POWER switch repeatedly in the direction of the arrow until the respective lamp light s up. (Movie): To re cord mo vies (Still): To record stil l images Go to ste p 3 when yo u turn on yo ur camco rder for the fi rst time. • When you t[...]

11 Gettin g Started Step 3: S elec ting th e media You can se lect the ha rd disk or “Mem ory Stic k PRO Duo ” as the re cordi ng/play back / editi ng me dia on your camcord er. Select the media for movie s and st ill i mages separate ly. The d efault set ting is h ard d isk for movies and stil l ima ges. b Not es • You can do recording/playb[...]

12 1 Insert the “M emory Stick P RO Duo.” 1 Open the Memor y Stick Duo cover in the direct ion of the arrow. 2 Insert t he “Mem ory Stic k PRO D uo” into the Mem ory Stic k Duo slot in the right di rection unti l it clicks . 3 Close the Memory Stick Duo cove r. 2 If you have selected “Memory Stick PRO D uo” as the movie media, turn the [...]

13 Rec ordin g/Pl ay back Recording/P layback Recor ding The ima ges a re re cord ed on the me dia select ed i n the media s ettin g (p. 11). In the defau lt setti ng, bot h movies and stil l images are recor ded on the ha rd di sk. 1 Turn the POWER sw itch C until the respective lamp l ights up. Press t he g reen bu tton only w hen t he POWE R swi[...]

14 Playba ck You can play back t he imag e reco rded i n the m edia th at has been set on the me dia setti ng (p. 11). In the default se tting, the images on the ha rd disk are pl ayed back. 1 Turn the PO WER swit ch B to tu rn on you r camcorder. 2 Press (VIEW IMAGES ) C (or A ). The VI SUAL I NDEX sc reen a ppears on th e LCD s creen ( It may tak[...]

15 Rec ordin g/Pl ay back To adju st th e soun d volume o f movies When pl aying b ack a movie , touch (OPTION) t tab t [VOLUME], then adju st the volume with / . z Tip s • On the VISUAL INDEX screen, i / B appe ars with the image on the tab that was most recentl y played back/recorded. When you touch an ima ge ma rked with i / B , you can play i[...]

16 Name an d fu nctions of e ach par t Butto ns, jac ks, et c., whi ch are n ot expl ain ed in other chapters, are expla ined here . 1 Powe r zoom lever Move the power zoom lever sl ightly for a slower zoom . Move it furt her for a faster zoom. You can ma gnif y s til l ima ge s fr om abo ut 1.1 to 5 times the orig inal siz e (Playback zoom). • W[...]

17 Rec ordin g/Pl ay back qg Zoom buttons Press for zoom ing in/out. You ca n ma gnif y s till ima ge s fr om abou t 1.1 to 5 times the or iginal size (Playba ck zoom). • When you touch the screen during playback zoom, the point you touched will be displayed in the center of the LCD screen. qh RESET butt on Pres s R ESET to i nitia liz e all the [...]

18 Indi cators d ispla yed d uring rec ordin g/pl ayba ck Recor din g movies Recordi ng still im ages Viewin g movi es Viewing s till ima ges A HOME but to n B Rema ining batte ry (approx. ) C Recor ding status ([S TBY] (stand by) or [REC] (re cording )) D Rec ord ing qua lity (H D/SD ) a nd Recordin g mode (FH/HQ/SP/LP) E Recor ding/playb ack medi[...]

19 Rec ordin g/Pl ay back Followin g indicator s appear during recordi ng/play back to ind icate the settings of your camc order. Upper le ft Cent er Upper right Botto m z Tips • Indicators and their positions are approximat e and differ from what you actually see. See “Handycam Handbook” (PDF) for details. • The reco rding date and ti me i[...]

20 Perf orming vario us fun ction s - “ HOME” and “ OPTION” You ca n display the m enu scree n by pressing (HOM E) A (or B )/ (OPT ION ). Fo r deta ils of the menu items, see “ Handy cam Ha ndbook ” (P DF) (p. 25). You ca n chan ge the o peratin g setti ngs for your conv enience . Press (HOM E) A (or B ) to display the men u screen. 1 T[...]

21 Rec ordin g/Pl ay back b Not es • When the item you want is not on the screen, touch another tab. If you cannot fi nd the item anywhere, the function is not avail able under the current situatio n. • The (OPTION) MENU cannot be used during Easy Handycam operation. Items of th e HOME MENU (CAMERA) category MOVIE * PHOTO * SMTH SLW REC (VIE W [...]

22 Items yo u can set only on th e OPTIO N MENU wi ll be described be low. SOUND/ DISP SE T ** [VOLUME] * , [BEEP ]* , [LCD BRIGHT], [L CD BL LEVEL ], [LCD COLOR] , [VF B.LIGHT] OUTPUT SETTINGS [TV T YPE], [D ISP OU TPUT], [COMPONENT] CLOCK/ LANG [CLOC K SET ]* , [AREA SET] , [SUMME RTIME], [ LANGUAGE SET ]* GENERAL SET [DEMO MODE], [REC LAMP] , [C[...]

23 Rec ordin g/Pl ay back Saving imag es Due to the li mited capac ity of the m edia, make sur e that you save the im age data to some type of ex ternal m edia such as a DVD-R or a computer. You can sav e the i mages record ed on the camcorde r as describe d below. By usin g “Pictur e Motion Bro wser” on the supplied CD-ROM , you can sa ve the [...]

24 Delet ing im ages Select the me dia which c ontain s th e image you wa nt to dele te before t he oper ation (p. 11). 1 Touch (HOME) t (OTHERS ) t [D ELETE ]. 2 Touch [ DELETE]. 3 Touch [ DELE TE] or [ DELETE], then touch t he movi e to be de lete d. The sel ect ed mov ie is mark ed with . 4 Touch t [YES] t . To delete all movi es at o ne time In[...]

25 Enjoyi ng with a compute r Enjoying with a com puter Perf ormi ng wit h a com pute r x “Handycam Handbo ok” (PDF) “Han dycam Ha ndbook” (PDF) expl ains in detail ab out your camc order and its pract ical u se. x “Picture Mot ion Browser ” (only for Window s user s) “Pic ture M oti on Br owser ” is t he sup plie d software. You ca[...]

26 Stan dard in stal lati on is r equ ired . Operati on is not a ssured if the a bove OS has been upgrad ed o r in a multi-bo ot environm ent. CPU: Inte l Pentiu m 4 2. 8 GHz or f aster (Intel Pentium 4 3.6 GHz or faster, Intel Pentium D 2.8 GH z or faster, Intel Core Duo 1.66 GH z or faster, o r Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 GH z or faster is recomm ended[...]

27 Enjoyi ng with a compute r 1 Connect the AC Ad aptor to the Handycam Station and a wall outle t (wa ll sock et ). 2 Set your cam corder onto th e Handycam Station, then tur n on your camcorder. 3 Connect t he (USB) j ack of the Handycam Station (p. 17) to the computer usin g the s upplied USB cable. The [USB SELEC T] screen app ears on your camc[...]

28 Troublesho oting Troubl eshoo ting If you run i nto any prob lems using your camcord er, use the fo llowing table t o trouble shoot the pr oblem . If the proble m persists, d isconnec t the power source and conta ct your Sony de aler . Note s befor e send ing your camco rder for repair • Your camcorder may be requir ed to initialize or change [...]

29 Troubles hooting You cannot instal l “Pictur e Motion Browser.” • C heck the comput er envir onment require d to install “Picture Motion Browser.” • I nstall “P icture Mot ion Br owser” in the proper order (p. 2 6). “Picture Motion Browser” d oes not work correctly. • Qui t “Pictur e Motion Br owser” and restar t your c[...]

30 • T he temperature of your camcorder is low. Make the camcorder warm. • When the indicator flashes slowly, fr ee space for recording images are running out. • No “M emory Stick PR O Duo” is ins ert ed (p. 1 1). • When the indicator flashes quickly, there are not enough free space for recording im ages . • Delete unnecessary images,[...]

31 Additi onal Info rmation Addition al Informa tion Precau tion s On use an d care • Do not use o r store the camcorder and accessories in the fol lowing locations: – A nywhere extremely hot, cold or humid. Never leave them exposed to temp eratures above 60°C (1 40°F), such as under direct sunlight, near heaters or in a car parked in the sun[...]

32 – Leaving the casi ng in contact with r ubber or vinyl objects for a long period of time About care and stora ge of the lens • Wipe the surface of the lens clean wi th a sof t cloth in the following instances: – When there are fi ngerprints on the lens surface. – In hot or humid locations – When the lens is exposed to salty air such as[...]

33 Additi onal Info rmation Speci fic ations System Video compression format: AVCHD (HD)/ MPEG2 (S D)/JPEG (St ill images) Audio compression format: Dolb y Digital 2/5.1ch Dolby Digital 5.1 Creato r Video signal: PAL color, CCIR standards 1080/50i s pecification Hard disk: HDR-SR11E: 60 GB HDR-SR12E : 120 GB When measuring medi a capacity, 1 GB equ[...]

34 Mass (approx.): HDR-SR11E: 560 g (1 lb 3 oz) main unit only 640 g (1 l b 6 oz) includi ng the suppli ed rechargeable batter y pack HDR-SR12E: 570 g (1 lb 4 oz) main unit only 650 g (1 l b 6 oz) includi ng the suppli ed rechargeable batter y pack Hand ycam Stat ion D CRA-C 210 Input /Outpu t conn ectors A/V OUT j ack: Component/vid eo and audio o[...]

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