Sony DCR-SR40 manual

2-887-134- 11 (1) Printed in Japan Opera ting Guid e DCR-SR40/SR60/SR80 © 2006 Sony Cor poration Pr inted on 1 00% recyc led pap er usin g VOC (V olatile O rganic Com pound)-f ree vegetable oil based ink. Addition al inform ation on this pr oduct and answer s to frequently asked question s can be found at our C ustomer Sup port W ebsite. Also ref [...]

2 To reduce f ire or shoc k hazard , do not ex pose th e unit to ra in or moisture. This symbol is intended to ale rt the user to th e presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be o f sufficient magnitude to constitute a r isk of electr ic shock to persons. This symbol is intended to ale rt the user t[...]

3 Clea ning Unplug the set from the wall outlet befor e cleaning or polishing it . Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaner s. Use a cloth lightly dampened with water for cl eaning t he exteri or of the set. Water and Mo istu re Do not use power-line operated sets near wa ter – for example, near a bathtub, was h bowl, kitchen sink, or laun d[...]

4 Befo re oper ating the unit, ple ase re ad this manua l thorough ly, and reta in it for future refere nce. Replace the battery with the specified type o nly. Otherwise, fire or injury may resu lt. RECYCLIN G LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Lithium-I on batteries are recyclable. You can help preserve our environm ent by returnin g your used rechargeable bat[...]

5 Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the lim its for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC R ules. These limits are desig ned to provide reasonab le protection a gainst harmful inte rference in a residential i nstallation. Th is equip ment generates, uses, and can radiate r adio frequency energy and, if[...]

6 • The camcorder is not dust proofed, drip proofed or waterproofed. See “ Precautions” (p.31). • T o prevent the hard disk from being b roken or recorded images from being lost, do not remove the battery pack or AC Adaptor from the camcorder when either of the respecti ve lamps of the POWER switch (p.12) or the ACCESS lamp * is on. On reco[...]

7 T abl e of Co ntents IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS .. .......... ............. .......... ............. ......... .......... 2 Read this f irst ........ ............. ................ ............. ............. .......... ............. ...... 4 Notes on use ......... ............. ................ ............. ............. .......... ............. ....[...]

8 Make sure that you have follo wing item s supplied with yo ur camcord er . The nu mber in the parenthese s indica tes the number of that it em supplied. AC Adap tor (1) (p .10) P ower cord ( 1) (p.10 ) Handycam Stat ion (1) (p .10) A/V conne cting cab le (1) (p.20) USB cab le (1) Wireless Re mote Commander (1) (DCR-SR60/SR80 ) A button-type lithi[...]

9 Gettin g Started Using the Remote Commander for th e first time Remo ve the in sulation sheet before us ing the Remote Commande r. T o change the batt er y of the Remote Comman der 1 While pre ssing on the tab, in set your fingernail into th e sli t to p ull out the battery case . 2 Place a new battery with t he + side facing up . 3 Insert the ba[...]

10 Y ou can charge the batter y after at taching th e “InfoL ITHIUM” b attery pack ( P series) to your camc order. 1 Slide the b attery pack in the direction of the a rrow until it clic ks. 2 Slide the PO W ER switch in the direction of the arrow to set it to OFF (CHG) (The defa ult setting). 3 Connect the A C Adaptor to the DC IN jack o n the [...]

11 Gettin g Started T o charg e the bat ter y pack using on ly the AC Adap tor Slide the POWER switch up to OFF (CHG), then connec t the A C Ada ptor dire ctly to th e DC IN ja ck on the camcorder . Char ging time: Approx imate ti me (m in.) requi red wh en you fully ch arge a comp letely ex h aust ed batt ery pack. Record ing/Playba ck time: Appro[...]

12 1 Remove the lens cap by pressing both tabs on th e sides of the cap . Pull t he l ens c ap s tring down un til stoppe d by the grip belt ( DCR- SR40). 2 T urn o n the power by sliding the PO W ER switch in the direction of the arrow while pressing th e green button in the center. When yo u recor d or play back an im age, slide the P OWER sw itc[...]

13 Gettin g Started 1 Open the LCD screen 90 d egrees to the cam corder ( 1 ), then rotate it to the b est angle to record or play ( 2 ). 2 Slide the POWER s w itch in the direction of the arrow repeatedly until the respective lamp lights up . (M ovie):T o r ecord m ovies (Still):T o record still images • When you turn on (Still), the screen aspe[...]

14 1 Slide the PO W ER switch in the direction of the arro w repe atedly until the respective lamp lights up. Pres s the green b utton only wh en the PO WER swit ch is i n the OFF (C HG) positi on. 2 Star t recording. • If the ACCESS lamp is on a fter record ing is finished, i t means da ta is stil l being writte n onto the ha rd disk. Do not app[...]

15 Rec ordin g/Play back 1 Slide the PO WER switch repeatedly to l ight up the (PLA Y/ED IT) lamp. The VISU AL INDEX screen appea rs on the LCD screen. 2 Start pla yback. Play back Movi es Still Images T ouch (Mo vie) t ab and the mo vie to be pla yed back. When p layba ck from the selected movi e reaches the last movie, the screen returns to the V[...]

16 1 NIGHTSH OT PLUS switch T o re cord in dark places, set t he NIGHTSHO T PLUS switch to ON. ( and [“NIGHTSHOT PLUS”] appear .) 2 Power zoom lever T o use zoom, move the power zoom lever . Move the po wer zoom lev e r slightly for a slower zoom. Move it further for a faster zoom. 5 Bu ilt-in ste reo mic rophone Records sou nd. 6 Remote sens o[...]

17 Rec ordin g/Play back qs Should er belt hook T o attach the shoulde r belt, att ach the shoulder belt (op tional) wit h your ca mcorde r to the shoulde r belt hook . qd BACK LIGHT bu tton T o adjust the expo sure for backlit subjects, press BA CK LIG HT to di splay . . T o cancel the back l igh t fun ction, pr ess B AC K LIGHT again . qf RESET b[...]

18 Indi cators d isplaye d duri ng recor ding/ play back Recording movies Recording still images 1 Remaini ng batter y (approx .) 2 Recordi ng mode ( HQ / SP / LP ) 3 Recordi ng status ([STBY] (stand by) / [REC] ( record ing)) 4 Count er (h our: mi nute : secon d) 5 Remain ing rec o rdab le time of movies 6 Review b utt on 7 Pers onal Men u bu tton[...]

19 Rec ordin g/Play back When y ou can c hange the setup it ems, or during rec ording or pl ayback , following indicato rs are d isplayed. Upper le ft Upper c enter Upper right Center Botto m The reco rding da te and ti me are rec orded autom ati cally. They are n ot dis play ed wh ile recordin g. However , yo u can c heck th em as [D A T A CODE ] [...]

20 1 Select the (M ovie) tab or the (Still) tab on the VISUAL INDEX screen. 2 T ouch [EDIT] t [DELETE], th en select the image to be del eted. The se lected image i s mark ed with . 3 T ouch t [YES]. T o delete all movies or still images at once T ouch [ EDIT] t [DEL ETE ALL] in st ep 2 , then fo llow th e on-screen instruct ions. Deleting images b[...]

21 Rec ordin g/Play back In the supplied CD-R OM, the fo llowing items are c ontained: – “ImageM ixer for HDD Camc order” (Software) Software t o help you vi ew/edit/crea te D V D on a co mputer c onnecte d to the camco rder . – “Handycam Handb ook” (PDF ) Handbo ok to introduc e how to use the camco rder . Instal l the abov e on a comp[...]

22 CPU : In tel Pentium III 80 0 MHz or faster (Pentium 4 1. 7 GHz or faster recomm ended), or th e equivalent CPU Applicat ion : D irectX 9.0c or later ( This product is based o n Direct X technolo gy . It is nec e ssary to hav e DirectX inst alled.) Sound system : 16 bit stereo sou nd ca rd and ste reo sp eakers Memory : For W indows 2000 Profess[...]

23 Rec ordin g/Play back 9 Select a folder to sa ve the s oftware, the n click [Next]. 0 Sele ct [NTSC ], then cli ck [Next]. qa Click [ Install ] on the [Rea dy to Instal l the Program] screen. The installa tion for “ImageM ixer for HDD Camcorder” starts. qs If the [Insta lling Mic rosoft ® DirectX ® ] screen is di splayed, f ollow the steps[...]

24 1 Slide the PO W ER switch in the direction of the arro w repe atedly until the respective lamp lights up. 2 T o uch the LCD screen to select th e setup i tem. Una vaila ble items will be gra yed out . x T o use the sh ort-cut s of Pers onal Menu On Personal Me nu, short-cut s for freque ntly used s etup it ems are added . • For details, see ?[...]

25 Rec ordin g/Play back A vailable setup item s vary depending on the operating m ode. Unavai lable item s will be grayed out on the LCD screen of the camcor der . For detai ls, refer to “Handyc am Handb ook” (PDF). Setup ite ms CAMERA SET PR OGRAM AE: Records i mages ef fectiv ely in v arious situ ations. SPO T METER: Adjusts and fix the expo[...]

26 * 1 DCR-SR60/SR80 * 2 DCR-SR40 * 3 [USB SELECT] appears automatically when your camcord er is connected to a comput er or other device with the USB cable. HDD SET HDD FORMA T : Initiali zes the hard d isk dri ve. HDD INFO : Displays free hard disk space o f the hard disk dri ve. DROP SENSOR : Deactiv ates the camcord er w hen dete cting a drop f[...]

27 T rouble shooting If you ru n into any proble ms using your cam corder, refer to t he following t able to t roublesho ot them. If you r proble m persists, rem ove the power source and co ntact with yo ur Sony dealer. Note be fore sendin g your ca mcord e r for repair • Y our camcorder may be re quired to initial ize or change the curre nt hard[...]

28 Pressing ST ART/ST OP or PHOT O does not reco rd mo vi es/still images. • Slide the P OWER switc h to li ght up the ( Movie) o r the (Still ) lam p (p.12 ). • Y our camc order is recor ding the image you have just shot on the hard disk of the camcorder. Y ou cann ot press PHOT O while [CAPTURE] or appears on the LC D screen. • The hard dis[...]

29 T rouble shooting If in dicat ors appe ar on the LC D screen, check the f ollo wing. Y ou can solve some o f the sy mptoms by yourself. I f your problem pe rsists even afte r you have tried a coup le of t imes, co ntact your Sony dealer o r local a uthorized Sony service faci lity . C:(or E:) ss : ss (Self-di agnosis display) C:04: ss • The ba[...]

30 (W arning indic ator pertain ing to camera-shake warn ing)* • The amou nt of li ghts i s not sufficient, so camera-shak e easily occurs . Use t he flash. • The cam corder is uns t eady , so came ra- shake eas ily occurs . Hold the camcorde r steady with both hands and r ecord the image. Howe ver , note that the ca mera- shake warning indicat[...]

31 Additional I nformation On use an d care • Do not use or store t he camcorder and access ories in the fo llowing locations. – Anywhere extremely hot or cold or hu mid places. Nev er lea ve them exposed to temperatures above 60°C (140°F), such as under direct sunlight, near heaters or in a car parked in the sun. They may malfunction or beco[...]

32 On hand ling the ca sing • If the casing is soiled, clean t he camcorder body with a soft cloth lightl y moistened with water, and then wipe the casing w ith a dr y soft cloth. • A void the followings t o prevent damage to the finish. – Using chemicals such as thinner, benzine, alcohol, chemical cloth s, repellent and insecticide and suns [...]

33 Additional I nformation System Video compression format MPEG2/ JPEG (Still images ) Hard D isk DCR-SR40/SR60 30 GB DCR-SR80 60 GB When measuring media capacity , 1GB equals 1 billion bytes, a portion of which is used for data management. Audio c ompression form at Dolby Digital 2ch Dolby Digital Stereo Creator Video signal NTSC color, EIA standa[...]

34 Input/Ou tput co nnectors DCR-SR40 Audio/Video outpu t 10 pin connector V ideo sign al: 1 Vp-p, 75 Ω (ohms), unbalanced Luminance signal: 1 Vp-p , 75 Ω (ohm s), unbalanced Chrominance signal: 0.286 Vp-p, 75 Ω (ohms), unbalanced Audio signal: 327 mV (at load impedance 47 k Ω (kilohms)), Output impedance less than 2.2 k Ω (kilo hms) DCR-SR60/[...]

35 Additional I nformation AC Adap tor AC-L25A/L 25B Power requir ements AC 100 - 2 40 V , 50/6 0 Hz Current consum ption 0.35 - 0.18 A Power con sumption 18 W Output voltage DC 8.4 V * Operating temperatur e 0°C to + 40°C (32°F to 104 °F) Storage temperat ure -20°C to + 60°C (-4°F to + 140°F) Dimensions (Approx.) 56 × 31 × 100 mm ( 2 1/4[...]