Sony DCR-HC85 User Manual

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Camera Operations Guide [US]

Camera Operations Guide

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Digital Video Camera Recorder

DCR-HC65/HC85

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Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughl y, and retain it for futur e reference.

WARNING

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do no t expose t h e u nit to rain o r moisture .

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to c onstitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

For customers in the U.S.A. and CANADA

RECYCLING LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

Lithium-Ion batteries are recyclable. You can help preserve our environment by returning your used rechargeable batteries to the collection and recycling location nearest you. For more information regarding recycli ng of rechargeable batteries, call toll free 1-800-822- 8837, or visit http://www.rbrc.org/

Caution: Do not handle damaged or leak ing LithiumIon batteries.

“Memory Stick” and battery pack

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accep t an y inte r f ere nc e received, including int erference that may cause undesired operation.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

This symbol is inten d e d to alert the user to the presence of importa nt operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

Notice

If static electricity or electromagnetic interference causes data transfer to disc ontinue midway (fail), restart the application or disconnect and connect the USB cabl e again.

For customers in the U.S.A.

If you have any questions about this product, you may call: Sony Customer Information Center 1-800-222-SONY (7669). The number below is for the FCC related matters only. Regulatory Information

Declaration of Conformity

Trade Name: SONY Model No.: DCR-HC65 Responsible Party: Sony Electr oni cs Inc. Address: 16450 W. Bernardo Dr, San Diego, CA 92127 U.S.A. Telephone No.: 858-942-2230 This device complies wi th Part 15 of the FCC Rule s. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful i nterfe rence, and (2) this device must accept a ny interference received, inclu d ing interference that may cause undesired operation.

Declaration of Conformity

Trade Name: SONY Model No.: DCR-HC85 Responsible Party: Sony Electr oni cs Inc. Address: 16450 W. Bernardo Dr, San Diego, CA 92127 U.S.A. Telephone No.: 858-942-2230 This device complies wi th Part 15 of the FCC Rule s. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful i nterfe rence, and (2) this device must accept a ny interference received, inclu d ing interference that may cause undesired operation.

Owner’s Record

The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. Record the serial numb er in the sp ace provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regar ding this product. Model No. DCR-HC Serial No. Model No.AC- Serial No.

CAUTION

You are cautioned that any changes or mo dif ica tions not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

Note:

• This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of t he FCC Rules. These limits are designed to prov ide rea sona ble protection against harmful interference in a residential installati on. T his e quipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guar an tee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipm e nt doe s cause harmful interference to radio or tele visi on r eception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the fo llowing measures: – Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. – Increase the separation between the equipment and

receiver.

– Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

– Consult a Sony dealer or an experienced radio/TV

technician for help.

The supplied interface cable must be used with the equipment in order to comply with the limits for a digital device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules.

• This product contains mercury . Dis posa l of thi s product may be regulated if sold in the United States. For disposal or recycling information, please contact your local authorities or the Ele ctronics Industries Alliance (http://www.eiae.org).

Notes on use

Note on Cassette Memory

Your camcorder is based on the DV format. You can use only mini DV cassettes in your camcorder. Use of mini DV cassette s w ith Cassette Memor y is recommended as you can use Title search (p. 60), Date search (p. 61), [ TITLE] (p. 81), [ TAPE TITLE] (p. 83).

Cassettes with Cassette Memory are marked with .

Note on the type of “Memory Stick” you can use in your camcorder

You can use only a “Memory Stick Duo,” which is about half the size of a standard “M emor y Stick,” in your camcorder (p. 127). The mark is indicated on the “Memory Stick Duo.”

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Notes on recordin g

• Before starting to record, test the recording function to make sure the picture and sound are record e d without any problems.

• Compensation for the contents of recordings cannot be provided, even if recording or playback is not possible due to a malfunction of the camc ord e r, storage media, etc.

• TV color systems differ depending on the countries/ regions. To view your recordings on a TV, you need an NTSC system-based TV.

• Television programs, films, vide o ta pe s, and other materials may be copyrighted. Unauthorized recording of such materials ma y be con tr ary to the copyright laws.

Notes on the LCD panel, viewfinder, and lens

• The LCD screen and the viewfinder are manufactured using extreme ly hig h -p recision technology, so over 99.99% of the pixels are operational for effective use. However, there may be some tiny black points and/ or bright points (white, red, blue, or gree n in c olor ) that appear constantly on the LCD screen and the viewfinder. These points are normal results of the manufacturing process and do not affect the recordin g in an y way.

• Exposing the LCD screen, the viewfinder, or the lens to direct sunlight for long periods of time may cause malfunctions. Be careful when placing the camera near a window or outdoors.

• Do not aim at the sun. Doing so might cause your camcorder to malfunction. Take pictur e s of the sun only in low light conditions, such as at dusk .

Note on connecting other device

Before connecting your camcord er to other device such as a VCR or a computer with a USB or i.LINK cable, be sure to i nsert the co nnector pl ug in the proper direction. If you insert the con nector plug forcibly in the wrong direction, the terminal may be damaged, or this may cause a malfunction of your camcorder.

Notes on usi ng the camcorder

• Hold your camcorder correctly.

• To ensure a good grip, fasten the grip belt as shown in the following illustration.

• When you are using the touch panel, place your hand on the back side of the LCD panel to support it. Then, touch the buttons displayed on the screen.

Touch the button on the LCD screen.

• If you install the NP-FP70/FP90 (opt ional) battery pack on your camcorder, extend its view finde r .

• Be careful not to press buttons on the LCD frame accidentally when you open or close the LCD panel, or when you adjust the angle of the LCD panel.

• Do not hold the camcorder by the following parts.

Notes on using this manual

• The images of the LCD screen and the viewfinder used on this manual are captured using a digital still camera, and thus may appear different from wh at you see.

• The illustrations used on this ma nual are based on the model DCR-HC85.

• The on-screen displays in each local language are used in illustrating the operating procedures. Change the screen language before using your camcorder if necessary (p. 22).

Viewfinder

Battery pack

LCD panel

Flash (DCR-HC85)

Table of Contents

: Features available for tape only. : Features ava ilable for “Me mory Stick Duo”

only.

Read this first ............................................................................................. 2

Quick Start Guide

Recording movies ...................................................................................... 8

Recording still images.............................................................................. 10

Recording/Playing back with ease ........................................................... 12

Getting started

Step 1: Checking supplied items.............................................................. 13

Step 2: Charging the battery pack............................................................ 14

Using an outside power sourc e ....................... ........................... ............... ................ 17

Step 3: Turning the power on................................................................... 17

Step 4: Adjusting the LCD panel and viewfinder...................................... 18

Adjusting the LCD panel ........................................................................... .... ....... .... .18

Adjusting the viewfinder .................................... .... ......... .... .... .... ......... .... .... .... ......... .18

Step 5: Setting the date and time............................................................. 19

Step 6: Inserting the recording media ...................................................... 20

Inserting a cassette tape ........................................................................................... 20

Inserting a “Memory Stick Duo” ................................................................................ 21

Step 7: Setting the screen language........................................................ 22

Recording

Recording movies .................................................................................... 24

Recording for a longer time .......................................................................................26

Using zoom ........................................................... ....................................................27

Recording in mirror mode .........................................................................................27

Using the self-timer .............. ............... ...................................................................... 28

Recording movies fit for breaking into still images

– Progressive recording mode (DCR-HC85) ...................................................... 28

Recording still images – Memory photo recording............................. 29

Selecting image quality or siz e ........ .......................................... ............................... 31

Using the flash (DCR-HC85) ..................................................................................... 31

Using the self-timer .............. ............... ...................................................................... 33

Recording a still image on a “Memory Stick Duo” while recording movies on a tape 33

Recording with ease – Easy Handycam ................................................. 34

Recording a movie ............................................................................................. 34

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Recording a still image ....................................................................................... 35

Making full use of Easy Handycam operation ...........................................................36

Adjusting the exposure............................................................................. 37

Adjusting the exposure for b ack lit subjects ........ ............... ............... ............... ..........37

Fixing the exposure for the selected subject – Flexible spot meter ...........................37

Adjusting the exposure manually ...............................................................................38

Recording in dark places – NightShot plus, etc. ...................................... 39

Adjusting the focus................................................................................... 40

Adjusting the focus for an off-center subject – SPOT FOCUS ..................................40

Adjusting the focus manually .....................................................................................41

Recording a picture using various effects ................................................ 42

Fading in and out of a scene – FADER ..............................................................42

Using special effects – Digital effect ..................................................................43

Overlaying still images on movies on a tape – MEMORY MIX ..................................45

Searching for the starting point .......................................................... 47

Searching for the last scene of the most recent recording – END SEARCH .............47

Searching manually – EDIT SEARCH .......................................................................47

Reviewing the most recently recorded scenes – Rec review ....................................48

Playback

Viewing movies recorded on a tape ................................................... 49

Playing back in various modes ........................................ .... .... ........... .... .... ......... .... ..50

Viewing recordings with added effects – Digital effect ..............................................51

Viewing recordings on a “Memory Stick Duo” .................................... 52

Playing back in various modes from a “Memory Stick Duo” ......................................53

Playing back with ease – Easy Handycam .............................................. 54

Making full use of Easy Handycam operation ...........................................................55

Various playback functions ...................................................................... 56

Magnifying pictures – Tape playback zoom/Memory playback zoom .......................56

Displaying the screen indicators ................................................................................57

Displaying the date/time and camera settings data – Data code ..............................57

Playing the picture on a TV...................................................................... 59

Locating a scene on a tape for playback ........................................... 60

Searching quickly for a desired scene – Zero set memory ........................................60

Searching for a scene using Cassette Memory – Title search ..................................60

Searching for a scene by date of recording – Date search .......................................61

Advanced operations

Using the Menu

Selecting menu items .........................62

Using the (CAMERA SET) menu

– PROGRAM AE/WHITE BAL./16:9

WIDE, etc. ....................................64

Using the (MEMORY SET) menu

– BURST/QUALITY/IMAGE SIZE/ ALL ERASE/NEW FOLDER, etc.

......................................................70

Using the (PICT.APPLI.) menu

– PICT.EFFECT/SLIDE SHOW/ FRAME REC/INT.REC-STL, etc.

......................................................74

Using the (EDIT/PLAY) menu

– TITLE/TAPE TITLE, etc. ...........80

Using the (STANDARD SET ) menu

– REC MODE/MULTI-SOUND/ AUDIO MIX/USB-CAMERA, etc. ..84

Using the (TIME/LANGU.) menu

– CLOCK SET/WORLD TIME, etc.

......................................................89

Customizing Personal Menu .............. 90

Dubbing/Editing

Marking recorded images with specific

information

– Image protection/Print mark ....108

Printing recorded images (PictBridge

compliant printer) .................110

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting ...............................113

Warning indicators and me ss age s ...121

Additional Information

Using your camcorder abroad ..........125

Usable cassette tapes ......................126

About the “Memory Stick” .................127

About the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack

....................................................130

About i.LINK .....................................131

Maintenance and precauti ons ..........132

Specification .....................................135

Quick Reference

Identifying parts and controls ...........138

Index ................................................146

Connecting to a VCR or TV ...............93

Dubbing to another tape ............94

Recording pictures from a VCR or TV

......................................................95

Dubbing pictures from a tape to a

“Memory Stick Duo” .....................96

Dubbing still images from a “Memory

Stick Duo” to a tape ......................97

Dubbing selected scenes from a tape

– Digital program editing ..............98

Dubbing sound to a recorded tape

....................................................105

Deleting recorded pictures ........107

Refer also to other operating instructions supplied with your camcorder:

• Editing images with your compu te r cCompute r Appli c at ions Guide

Quick Start Guide

Recording movies

1 Attach the charged battery pack to the camcorder.

To charge the battery, see page 14.

a Lift up the viewfinder. b Slide the battery pack in the direction

of the arrow until it clicks.

2 Insert a cassette into the camcorder.

a Slide the OPEN/

EJECT lever in the direction of the arrow to open the lid.

The cassette compartment comes out automatically.

OPEN/EJECT lever

Quick Start Guide

b Insert the cassette with

its window-side facing up, then push the center of the back of the cassette.

Window-side

c Press .

Close the cassette lid after the cassette compartment slides back in by itself.

3 Start recording while checking the subject on the LCD screen.

The date and time is not set up in the default setting. To set the date and time, see page 19.

a Remove the lens cap. b Press OPEN and

open the LCD panel.

c While pressing the

green button, slide the POWER switch down to light up the CAMERA-TAPE lamp.

The power turns on.

d Press REC START/

STOP.

Recording starts. To change to standb y m ode, press REC START/STOP again. You can also use REC START/STOP of the LCD panel.

4 View the recorded picture on the LCD screen.

a Slide the POWER

switch rep eatedly until the PLAY/EDIT lamp lights up.

Quick Start Guide

b Touch (rewind). c Touch (play) to

start the playback.

To stop, press .

To turn off the power, slide the POWER switch up to OFF (CHG).

Quick Start Guide

Recording still images

1 Attach the charged battery pack to the camcorder.

To charge the battery, see page 14.

a Lift up the viewfinder. b Slide the battery pack in the direction

of the arrow until it clicks.

2 Insert a “Memory Stick Duo” into the camcorder.

Insert it so that the b mark is at the bottom left corner. Push in until it clicks.

Quick Start Guide

b mark

3 Start recording while checking the subject on the LCD screen.

The date and time is not set up in the default setting. To set the date and time, see page 19.

a Remove the lens cap. b Press OPEN and

open the LCD panel.

c While pressing the

green button, slide the POWER switch repeatedly until the CAMERA-MEMORY lamp lights up.

The power turns on.

d Press PHOTO lightly.

A short beep sound is heard when the focus is adjusted.

e Press PHOTO fully.

A shutter sound is heard and the still image is recorded.

4 View the recorded picture on the LCD screen.

a Slide the POWER

switch rep eatedly until the PLAY/EDIT lamp lights up.

Quick Start Guide

b Touch .

The most recently recorded image is d isplayed.

c Touch (next) or

(previous) to view images in sequence.

To turn off the power, slide the POWER switch up to OFF (CHG).

Quick Start Guide

Recording/Playing back with ease

By switching to Easy Handycam operation, recording/playback operation becomes even easier. Easy Handycam operation allows easy recording/playback for even first time users by providing only the basic functions for recording/playback.

Press EASY when recording/ playing back.

EASY lights up in blue (1) and screen font si ze increa ses ( 2) during Easy Handycam operation.

Easy Handycam

operation

For details, se e i nstructions for ea ch op er ation. See page 34 for recording, page 54 for pl ayback.

Quick Start Guide

Getting started

Step 1: Checking supplied items

Make sure you have following ite ms supplied with your camcorder.

The number in parentheses indicates the number of that item supplied.

“Memory Stick Duo” 8MB (1 )

You can use only a “Memory Stick Duo,” which is about half the size of a standard “Memory Stick,” in your camcorder. See page 127 fo r deta il s.

Lens hood (1)

(DCR-HC85) Use the lens hood to record under strong light, such as under the sun. Note when you use a filter (optional), the shadow of the lens hood may appear on the screen. Also, if you force the lens hood on, you may not be able to remove it again.

Getting started

Shoulder strap (1)

See page 141 on how to attach the shoulder strap.

Memory Stick Duo adaptor (1)

If you attach a Memory Stick Duo adaptor to a “Memory Stick Duo,” you can use a “Memory Sti ck Duo” with an y o f the devices co mpatible with a standard “Memory Stick.”

AC Adaptor (1)

Power cord (1)

Lens cap (1)

Attached to the camcorder.

Wireless Remote Commander (1)

A button-type lithium battery is already installe d.

A/V connecting cable (1)

USB cable (1)

Rechargeable battery pac k NP - FP50 (1)

CD-ROM “SPVD-012 USB Driver” (1)

Cleaning cloth (1)

Shoe cover (1)

Attached to the camcorder.

Camera Operations Guide (This manual) (1)

Computer Applications Guide (1)

Getting started

Step 2: Charging the battery pack

You can charge the battery by attaching the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack (P series) to your camcord er .

b Note

• You cannot use batteries other tha n the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack (P series) (p. 130).

• Do not short-circuit the DC plug of the AC Adaptor or battery terminals with any metallic objects. This may cause a malfunction.

• Use a nearby wall outlet when using the AC Adaptor. Disconnect the AC Adaptor from the wall outlet immediatel y if a ny ma lfunction occurs.

Battery pack

DC plug

2 Attach the battery pack by slid ing it in

the direction of the arrow until it clicks.

3 With the b mark on the DC plug fac ing

the LCD panel side, connect the AC Adaptor to the DC IN jack on your camcorder.

DC IN jack

Power cord

To the wall outlet

1 Lift up the viewfinder.

Getting started

b mark

AC Adaptor

4 Connect the power cord to the AC

Adaptor.

5 Connect the power cord to the wall

outlet.

6 Slide the POWER switch up to OFF

(CHG).

The CHG (charge) lamp lights up and charging starts.

To check the remaining battery – Battery Info

DISPLAY/BATT INFO

Getting started

POWER switch

CHG (charge) lamp

After charging the battery

The CHG (charge) lamp turns off when the battery is fully c har ged. Disconnect t he AC Adaptor fro m the DC IN jack.

To remove the battery pack

POWER

PUSH

switch

Battery pack

Set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG).

2 Lift up the viewf i nder. 3 Slide the ba ttery pack o ut in the di rection

of the arrow whil e pressing the PUSH button.

b Note

• If you do not use the battery pack for a long time, use up the battery pack completely before storing it. See page 130 about storage of the battery pack.

You can check the battery’s current charge level and its current remaining recording time both during charging or when the power is turned off.

1 Set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG). 2 Press OPEN and open the LCD panel. 3 Press DISPLAY/BATT INFO.

The battery informa tion appears for about 7 seconds. Keep the button pressed to view it for about 20 seconds.

BATTERY INFO

BATTERY CHARGE LEVEL

REC TIME AVAILABLE

A Battery charge level: Displays

approximate remai ning amount of power left in the ba ttery pack.

B Approximate possibl e recording time

using the LCD panel.

C Approximate possibl e recording time

using the viewfinder.

LCD SCREEN VIEWFINDER::

50%0% 100%

54 min 72 min

Getting started

Charging t ime

Approximate number of minutes require d when you fully charge a fully discharged battery pack at 25°C (77°F). (10 – 30°C (50 – 86°F) recommended.)

Battery pack

NP-FP50 (supplied) 125 NP-FP70 155 NP-FP90 220

Recording time when recordi ng with the LCD screen on

Approximate nu m ber of minutes availabl e when you use a fully charged battery pack at 25°C (77°F).

For DCR-HC65: With LCD BACKLIGHT set to ON

Battery pack Continuous

recording time

NP-FP50 (supplied)

NP-FP70 150 80 NP-FP90 270 145

70 35

With LCD BACKLIGHT set to OFF

Battery pack Continuous

NP-FP50 (supplied)

NP-FP70 215 115 NP-FP90 385 210

recording time

100 55

For DCR-HC85: With LCD BACKLIGHT set to ON

Battery pack Continuous

NP-FP50 (supplied)

NP-FP70 125 65 NP-FP90 230 125

recording time

60 30

Typical* recording time

With LCD BACKLIGHT set to OFF

Battery pack Continuous

NP-FP50 (supplied)

NP-FP70 175 95 NP-FP90 310 170

recording time

80 40

Typical* recording time

Recording time when recording with the viewfinder

Approximate number of minutes available when you use a fully charged battery pack at 25°C (77°F).

For DCR-HC65:

Battery pack Continuous

NP-FP50 (supplied)

NP-FP70 215 115 NP-FP90 385 210

recording time

100 55

Typical* recording time

For DCR-HC85:

Battery pack Continuous

NP-FP50 (supplied)

NP-FP70 175 95 NP-FP90 310 170

* Approximate number of minutes when recording

while you repeatedly record, start/stop, slide the POWER switch to change the power mode, and zoom. The actual battery life may be shorter.

recording time

80 40

Typical* recording time

Playing time

Approximate number of minutes available when you use a fully charged battery pack at 25°C (77°F).

Getting started

Battery pack LCD panel

NP-FP50 (supplied)

NP-FP70 175 255 NP-FP90 310 455

* With LCD BACKLIGHT set to ON.

b Note

• The power will not be supplied from the battery pack when the AC Adaptor is connected to the DC IN jack of your camcorder, even if its power cord is disconnected fro m the wall outlet.

• The recording and playback time will be shorter when you use your camcorder in low temperature.

• The CHG (charge) lamp flashes during charging, or the battery information will not be corre ctly displayed in following conditions. – The battery pack is not attache d correctly. – The batte r y pack is damaged. – The battery pack is fully discharged. (For Battery

information only)

opened*

80 120

LCD panel closed

Using an outside power source

Step 3: Turning the power on

You need to slide the POWER switch repeatedly to select the desired power mo de to record or play. When using this camcorder for the first time, the [CLOCK SET] screen appears (p. 19).

Getting started

While pressing the green button, slide the POWER switch down.

The power turns on. To enter the recording or playing mod e, sl ide the switch repeatedly until the respective lamp for the desire d power mode lights up.

You can use the AC Adaptor as the power source when you do not want the battery to run out. While you are using the AC Adaptor, the battery pack will not lose its c harg e ev en when it is attached to your camc order.

PRECAUTION

Even if your camcorder is turned off, AC power (house current) is still supplied to it while connected to the wall outlet via the AC Adapto r.

Connect your camcorder as shown in “Charging the battery pack” (p. 14).

• CAMERA-TAPE mode: To re cor d on a tape.

• CAMERA-MEMORY mode: To record on a “Memory Stick Duo. ”

• PLAY /EDIT mode: T o play or ed it picture s on a tape or “Memory St ic k D uo.”

To turn off the power

Slide the POWER switch up to OFF (CHG).

Getting started

Step 4: Adjusting the LCD panel and viewfinder

Adjusting the LCD panel

You can adjust the angle and brightness of the LCD panel to meet various recording situations.

Even when there are obstructions between you and the subject, you can check the subject on the LCD screen during recording by adjusting the angle of the LCD panel.

Maximum 180 degrees

Maximum 90 degrees

LCD BACKLIGHT

Press OPEN and open the LCD panel.

3 Adjust the item with / , then

touch .

z Tip

• If you rotate the LCD panel 180 degrees to the lens

side, you can close the LCD panel with the LCD screen facing out.

• If you are using the battery pack for power sour ce,

you can adjust the brightness by selecting [LCD BL LEVEL] from the [LCD/VF SET] on the (STANDARD SET) menu

• When you use your camcorder in bright conditions,

press LCD BACKLIGHT to switch off the LCD screen backlight ( appears on the screen). This setting saves battery power.

• Even if you adjust the LCD screen backlig h t, the

recorded picture will not be affected .

• You can turn off the operation confirmation beep by

setting [BEEP] in the (STANDARD SET) menu to [OFF] (p. 88).

(p. 85).

Adjusting the viewfinder

You can view images using the viewfinder when you close the LCD panel. Use the viewfinder when the battery is running out, or when the screen is hard to see.

Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder, then rotate it to the desired position.

To adjust the brightness of the LCD screen

Touch .

2 Touch [LCD BRIGHT].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], (STANDARD SET) menu, then touch [LC D/VF SET] (p. 85).

Getting started

Viewfinder lens adjustment lever

1 Lift up the viewfinder. 2 Adjust the viewfinder lens adjustment

lever until the picture is clear.

To use the viewfinder during operation

When you are recording on a tape or a “Memo ry Stick Duo,” you can adjust the exposure (p. 37) and fader (p. 42) while checking the image on the viewfind er. Have the LCD pa nel rot ated 180 degrees and closed with the screen facing out.

1 Set the power mode to CAMERA-TAPE

or CAMERA-MEMORY (p. 17).

2 Close the LCD panel with the screen

facing out.

appears on the sc reen.

3 Touch .

[Set LCD off?] appears on the sc reen.

4 Touch [YES].

The LCD screen is turned off.

5 Touch the LCD screen while checki ng

the display in the viewfin d er .

[EXPOSURE], et c. are displayed.

6 Touch the button you want to set.

• [EXPOSURE]: Adjust with /

and touch .

• [FADER]: Touch it repeatedly to select a

desired effect (o nl y i n the CAMERATAPE mode).

• : The LCD screen lights up. To hide the buttons on the LCD screen, touch .

z Tip

• To adjust the brightness of the viewfinder backlight, select (STANDARD SET) menu, [LCD/VF SET], then [VF B.LIGHT] (when you are using the battery pack, p. 85).

Step 5: Setting the date and time

Set the date and time when using this camcorder for the first time. If you do not set the date and time, the [CLOCK SET] screen appears every time you turn on your camcorder.

b Note

• If you do not use your camcorder for about 3 months, the built-in rechargeable button-t ype

battery gets discharged and th e date and time settings may be cleared from the memory. In that case, charge the rechargeable bu tton-type battery (p. 135) and then set the date and time again.

OPEN

POWER switch

1 Turn on your camcorder (p. 17). 2 Press OPEN and open the LCD panel.

Proceed to step 7 when you set th e clock for the first time.

Getting started

3 Touch .

60min

1/3

FADER

SPOT METER

EXPO– SURE

SPOT FOCUS

PRGRAM AE

–:––:––

,continued

Getting started

4 Touch [MENU].

60min

–:––:––

CAMERA SET

PROGRAM AE SPOT METER EXPOSURE

5 Select (TIME/LANGU.) with

/ , then touch .

DISPLAY

MENU ROT ATE

LANGUAGE

PROGRAM AE

–:––:––

––:––:––

60min

A. SHUT OFF

CLOCK SET

WORLD

6 Select [CLOCK SET] with / ,

then touch .

CLOCK SET

DATE

Y JAN M 1D 12: 00AM

2004

–:––:––

Step 6: Inserting the recording media

Inserting a cassette tape

You can use mini DV cassettes only. For details on these cassettes (such as writeprotection), see page 126.

b Note

• Do not force the cassette into the compartment. This

may cause a malfunction of your camc or de r.

1 Slide the OPEN/EJECT lever in

the direction of the arrow and open the lid.

OPEN/EJECT lever

Lid

7 Set [Y] (year) with / , then touch

CLOCK SET

DATE

Y JAN M 1D 12: 00AM

2004

–:––:––

You can set any year up to the year 2079.

8 Set [M] (month), [D] (day), hour and

minute in the same way as was done in step 7, then touch .

For midnight, set it to 12:00AM. For midday, set it to 12:00PM.

Getting started

The cassette compartment automatically comes out and opens up.

2 Insert a cassette with its window-side

facing up.

Window-side

Push the center of the back of the cassette lightly.

3 Press .

The cassette compartment automatically slides back in.

Inserting a “Memory Stick Duo”

For details on the “Memory Stick Duo” (such as write-protection), see page 127.

b Note

• You can use only a “Memory Stick Duo,” which is about half the size of a standard “Memory Stick,” in your camcorder (p. 127). Do not try to force any other type of “Memory Stick” into the “M emor y Stick Duo” slot.

Access lamp

b mark

Getting started

4 Close the lid.

To eject the cassette

Slide the OPEN/EJECT lever in the

direction of the arrow and open the lid.

The cassette compartment automatically comes out.

2 Take out the ca ssette, then pres s .

The cassette compartment automatically slides back in.

3 Close the lid.

Insert the “Memory Stick Duo” with the b mark at the bottom left corner until it clicks.

To eject a “Memory Stick D uo”

Lightly push the “Me m ory Stick Duo” in once.

Lightly push in once.

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Getting started

b Note

• If you force the “Memory Stick Duo” into the “Memory Stick Duo” slot in the wrong direction, the “Memory Stick Duo” slot may be damaged.

• Do not insert anything other tha n a “Me mory Stick Duo” into the “Memory Stick Duo” slot. Doing so may cause a malfunction of your camcorder.

• When the access lamp is lit or flashing, your camcorder is reading/writing data fro m/to the “Memory Stick Duo.” Do not shake or knock your camcorder, turn the power off, eject the “Memory Stick Duo,” or remove the battery pack. Otherw ise, image data may be damaged.

Step 7: Setting the screen language

You can select the language to be used on the LCD screen.

OPEN

POWER switch

1 Turn on your camcorder. 2 Press OPEN to open the LCD panel. 3 Touch .

0:00:0060min STBY

EXPO–

SURE

FADER

SPOT METER

SPOT FOCUS

PRGRAM AE

1/3

4 Touch [LANGUAGE].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (TIME/LANGU.) menu (p. 89).

ENG

[

SIMP

ESPA

ÑOL

0:00:0060min STBY

]

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

ENG LISH

1/2

FRAN

ÇAIS

Getting started

5 Select the desired language with /

, then touch .

z Tip

• Your camcorder offers [ENG [SIMP]] (simplified English) for when you cannot find your native tongue among the options.

Getting started

Recording

Recording movies

You can record movi es on a tape or a “Memory Stick Duo.” Before recording, follow steps 1 to 7 in “Getting started” (p. 13 to p. 22). When you are recor ding on a tape, movies will be recorded alon g with stereo sound. When you are recording on a “Memory Stick Duo,” the movie will be recorded with monaural sound.

Camera recording lamp

POWER switch

3 Select the recording mode.

To record on a tape

Slide the POWER switch until the CAMERA-TAPE lamp lights up, and your camcorder is set t o t he standby mode.

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

To record on a “Memo ry Stick

Duo” – MPEG MOVIE EX

Slide the POWER switch repeatedly until the CAMERA-MEMORY lamp lights up, and the currently selected recor ding folder appears on the sc reen.

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

REC START/STOP

z Tip

• Performing Easy Handycam operati on, even first time

users can record easily. For details, see page 34.

1 Remove the lens cap. Pull the lens cap

string down and attach it to the grip belt.

2 Press OPEN and open the LCD panel.

Recording

4 Press REC START/STOP.

Recording starts. [REC] appears on the LCD screen and the Camera recording lamp lights up. Press REC START/STOP again to stop recording.

To check the most recently recorded MPEG movie – Review

Touch . Playback starts au tomatically. Touch again to return to standby. To delete the movie, touch after playback is finished, then [YES]. To cancel deleting, to uch [NO].

To turn the power off

Slide the POWER switch up to the OFF (CHG) position.

Indicators displayed during recording on a tape

The indicators will not be recorded on the tape. Date/time and the camera settings data (p. 57) will not be displayed during recording.

Indicators displayed during recording on a “Memor y Stick Duo”

The indicators will not be recorded on the “Memory Stick Duo. ” Date/time (p. 57) will not be displayed during recording.

60min

0:00:00REC 60min

P-MENU

A Indicato rs for Cass ette Memo ry casset tes B Remaining battery

The indicated time may not be correct depending on the environment of use. When you opened or closed the LCD panel, it takes about 1 minute to display the cor rect remaining battery time.

C Recording mode (SP or LP) D Recording status ([STB Y ] ( st andby) or

[REC] (recording))

E Time code or tape counter (hour:

minute: s e cond)

F Recording capacity of the tape (p. 87) G Personal Menu button (p. 62) H END SEARCH/EDIT SEARCH/Rec

review display switch button (p. 47)

60min REC

101

0:00:00

320

P-MENU

2min

A Recordi n g folder B Remaining battery

The indicated time may not be correct depending on the env ir onment of use. When you opened or closed the LCD panel, it takes about 1 minute to display the correc t remaining battery time.

C Recording status ([STBY] (s tandby) or

[REC] (recording))

D Movie siz e E Recorded time (hour: minute: second) F Recording capacity of the “Memory

Stick Duo”

G “Memory Stick Duo” re cording start

indicator (appears for about 5 seconds)

H Personal Menu button (p. 62) I Review button (p. 24)

b Note

• Before changing t he batter y pack, sl ide the P OWER switch up to OFF (CHG).

• In the default setting, when you do not operate the camcorder for more than about 5 minutes, the power will automatica lly turn off to prevent batt er y loss ([A.SHUT OFF], p. 88). To restart recording, slide the POWER switch down to select CAMERATAPE or CAMERA-MEMORY, and then press REC START/STOP.

• While recording movies on a “Memor y Stic k Duo,” the only menu items available will be those with short cuts on the Personal Menu. In order to use other menu items, add them to the Pe rs ona l Me nu.

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Recording

• When you a r e r e c ording on a “ Me mory Stick Duo” with an external flash (optional) attached to the intelligent acce sso r y sho e, turn off the power of the external flash to prevent charging noise from getting recorded.

z Tip

• If you do not use your camcorder for a long time, remove the cassette and store it.

• You can also use REC START/STOP of the LCD panel to record moving pictures. It is useful when you record from a low-angle or record yourself in the mirror mode.

• To press REC START/STOP on LCD frame, support the LCD panel with your hand.

• Recording with LCD screen is recommended when you use the large capacity battery pa ck (NP-FP70/FP90).

• To ensure smooth transition on a tape from the last recorded sc ene to the next , n ote the follow in g. – Do not remove the cassette. (Th e pic t ur e wil l be

recorded continuously without a break even when you turn the power off).

– Do not record pictures in SP mode and LP mode on

the same tape.

– Avoid stopping then recording a movie in the LP

mode.

• See “To record for a lo nger time on a “Memory S tick Duo”” (p. 26) for the approximate len gth of time it is possible to record on a “Memory Stick Duo” of different capacities .

• The recording time, da te, and the camera settings data (for tape only) are recorded au to matically on the recording media without being displayed on the screen. You can view this information duri ng playback by selecting [DATA CODE] in the me nu setting (p. 57).

Recording for a longer time

To record for a longer time on a tape

In the (STANDARD SET) menu, select [ REC MODE], then [LP] (p.84). In the LP mode, you can record 1.5 times longer than you can when recording in the SP m ode. A tape recorded in the LP mode should be played back only on t hi s c am corder.

To record for a longer time on a “Memory Stick Duo”

In the (MEMORY SET) menu, select [MOVIE SET], [ IMAGE SIZE], then [160 × 112] (p. 71). The length of time you can record on a “Memory Stick D uo” varies depending on th e image size and th e recording environment. Refer to the following list for approximate length of time you can record movies on a “Memory Stick Duo” formatted on yo ur cam co rder.

Image size and time (hour: minute: second)

320 × 240 160 × 112

8MB (supplied)

16MB 00:02:40 00:10:40 32MB 00:05:20 00:21:20 64MB 00:10:40 00:42:40 128MB 00:21:20 01:25:20 256MB

(MSX-M2 5 6) 512MB

(MSX-M5 1 2)

00:01:20 00:05:20

00:42:40 02:50:40

01:25:20 05:41:20

Recording

Using zoom

Recording in mirror mode

When the CAMERA-TAPE mode is selected, you can choose zoom to magnification levels greater than 10 times, and from that point activ a te the d i gi ta l zoo m ([DIGITAL ZOOM], p. 68). Occasional use of the zoom is effective, but use it sparingly for best results.

1 cm (approx. 1/2 inch)*

* The minimum distance required between your

camcorder and the subj ec t to get a sharp focus in that position of the lever.

80 cm (approx. 2 5/8 feet)*

Move the power zoom lever slightly for a slower zoom. Move it further for a faster zoom.

To record wider ran g e of vi ew

Move the power zoom lever towards W. The subject appears farther away (Wide angle).

To record closer vie w

Move the power zoom lever towards T. The subject appears closer (Telephoto).

You can turn the LCD panel towards the subject so that you and your subject can share the image being recorded. You can also utilize this function wh en recording yo urself, to keep the attention of small children attracted to the camcorder while you record them.

Recording

Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder, then rotate it 180 degrees towards the subject.

A mirror-image of the subject appears on the LCD screen, but the picture will be normal when record ed.

Recording

Using the self-timer

With the self-timer, you can start recording after a delay of abou t 10 s ec o nd s .

REC START/STOP

1 Touch . 2 Touch [SELF-TIMER].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (CAMERA SET) menu.

SELF–TIMER: OFF

0:00:0060min STBY

4 Press REC START/STOP.

You will hear a beep sound counting down for about 10 seconds (The count down indication begins from 8). The recording sta rt s . To stop recording, press REC START/ STOP.

To cancel the count down

Touch [RESET] or pr es s REC START/STOP .

To cancel the self-timer

Follow steps 1 and 2, then select [OFF] in step

Recording movies fit for br eaking into still images – Progressive recording mode (DCR-HC85)

This feature is useful for movies you intend to import to your computer to produce still images.

You can record pictures with less blurring than recording in the normal mode, producing pictures suitable for analyzing high-speed action such as sports. To enjoy as a movie, it is better to record the picture in the normal mode, since the image is recorded only every 1/30 of a second in the progressive recording mode.

ONOFF

3 Touch [ON], then .

appears.

0:00:00STBY

P-MENU

60min

Recording

REC START/STOP

1 Touch . 2 Touch [PROGRE REC].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch

[MENU], and select [PROGRES. REC] from the (CAMERA SET) menu.

Recording still

3 Touch [ON] , then .

appears.

4 Press REC START/STOP.

Press it again to st op recording.

To cancel the progressive recording mode

Follow step s 1 and 2, then sele ct [OFF] in step

Note on the progressive recording mode

In a normal TV broadcast, the screen is divided into 2 finer fields and these are displayed in turn, every 1/60 of a second. Thus, the actual picture disp la ye d in an instant covers only half of the apparent picture area. In progressive recording, the pi ct ur e is ful ly dis played with all the pixels. A pict ur e recorded in this mode appears clearer, but a moving subject may appea r awkward.

b Note

• When recording in the progressive recording mode under fluorescent light or a light bulb, the screen may flicker. This is not a malfunc ti on.

• You cannot use the Progressive recording mode together with [16:9 WIDE] mode.

images

– Memory photo recording

You can record still images on a “Memory Stick Duo.” Before recording, follow steps 1 to 7 in “Getting started” (p. 13 to p. 22).

PHOTO

POWER switch

z Tip

• Performing Easy Handycam operation, even first time users can record easily. For details, see page 34.

1 Remove the lens cap. Pull the lens cap

string down and attach it to the grip belt.

Recording

2 Press OPEN and open the LCD panel.

,continued

Recording

3 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly

until the CAMERA-MEMORY lamp lights up.

The selected recording folder is displa yed.

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

To turn the power off

Slide the POWER switch up to the OFF (CHG) position.

To record still images continuously – Burst

Select th e (MEMORY SE T) menu, [STILL SET], then [ BURST] (p. 70). You can record images continuously in a time interval of about 0.5 t o 0. 07 seconds.

Indicators displayed during recording

4 Press and hold PHOTO lightly.

You will hear a light beeping sound when the focus and brightness settings ar e adjusted. Reco rding does not star t at t hi s point.

The indicator stops flashing.

The number of images that can be recorded.*

60min

101

*The number of images that can be recorded

varies depending on the image quality setting and the recording environment.

1600

FINE

P-MENU

5 Press PHOTO fully.

A shutter sound i s he ard. When bars of

disappear, the image is recorded on

the “Memory Stick Du o. ”

To check the most recently recorded image – Review

Touch . Touch to return to standby. To delete the image, touch , then [YES]. To cancel deleting, touch [NO].

60min

101

FINE

1600

P-MENU

A Recording folder B Image size

For DCR-HC65 :

(1152 × 864) or (640 × 480)

For DCR-HC85 :

(1600 × 1200) or (640 × 480)

1600

C Quality

([FINE]) or ([STANDARD])

D Personal Menu button (p . 62) E Review button (p. 30)

z Tip

• When you press PHOTO on your Remote

Commander, the image displayed on the screen at that timing is record ed.

• The recording time, date, and the camera settings

data are recorded automatically on the recording media without being displayed on the scre en. You can view this information during playback by selecting [DATA CODE] in the menu setting (p. 57).

• The recording angle is wider than that of the

CAMERA-TAPE mode.

Recording

Selecting image quality or size

512 MB (MSX-M512)

1600 × 1200 640 × 480

480 2850

Select the (MEMORY SET) menu, [STILL SET], then [ QUALITY] or [ IMAGE SIZE] (p. 71). The number of pictures you can record on a “Memory Stick Duo” varies depend ing on the quality/size of the imag e and the recording environment.

Refer to the following list for the approximate number of pictures that can be recorded on a “Memory Stick Duo” formatted on your camcorder.

When the image quality i s [ FINE] (number of i m ages)

For DCR-HC65: The image siz e of 115 2 × 864 i s 500 kB, that of 640 × 480 is 150 kB.

1152 × 864 640 × 480

8 MB (supplied) 15 50 16 MB 30 96 32 MB 61 190 64 MB 120 390 128 MB 245 780 256 MB

(MSX-M256) 512 MB

(MSX-M512)

445 1400

900 2850

For DCR-HC85: The image size of 1600 × 1200 is 960 kB, that of 640 × 480 is 150 kB.

1600 × 1200 640 × 480

8 MB (supplied) 8 50 16 MB 16 96 32 MB 32 190 64 MB 65 390 128 MB 130 780 256 MB

(MSX-M256)

235 1400

When the image quality is [STANDARD] (number of images)

For DCR-HC65: The image size of 1152 × 864 is 200 kB, that of 640 × 480 is 60 kB.

1152 × 864 640 × 480

8 MB (supplied) 37 120 16 MB 74 240 32 MB 150 485 64 MB 300 980 128 MB 600 1970 256 MB

(MSX-M256) 512 MB

(MSX-M512)

1000 3550

2050 7200

For DCR-HC85: The image size of 1600 × 1200 is 420 kB, that of 640 × 480 is 60 kB.

1600 × 1200 640 × 480

8 MB (supplied) 18 120 16 MB 37 240 32 MB 75 485 64 MB 150 980 128 MB 300 1970 256 MB

(MSX-M256) 512 MB

(MSX-M512)

540 3550

1100 7200

Using the flash (DCR-HC85)

The recommended distance to the subject when using the built-in flas h i s 0. 3 t o 2. 5 m (1 to 8 feet). Your camcorder is set to auto flashing by default, so according to the lighting conditio ns,

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Recording

the flash may be automatically activated when you press PHOTO. Follow the steps below when you always want to use the flash, or when yo u do not want to use the flash at all. The available settings var y according to what you selecte d in [REDEY E REDUC] of [F LASH SET] in the (CAMERA SET) menu (p. 67).

(flash)

Press (flash) repeatedly to select a setting.

The settings are displayed cyclically in the following order.

When the red eye reduction f eat ure is turned off

No indicator displayed: Automatically flashes when there is not enough surrounding ligh t.

(Forced flash): Always uses the flash regardless of the surrounding brightness.

(No flash): Always records without using the flash.

When the red eye reduction f eat ure is turned on

(Auto red-eye reduction): Pre-flashes to reduce red-eye before the flash automatically flashes when there is not enough surrounding light.

(Forced red-eye reduction): Alw ays uses the flash and the red-eye reducing preflash regardless of the surround ing brightness.

(No flash): Always records without

using the flash.

b Note

• Remove the dust from the surface of the flash lamp before using it. You may not get a sufficient amount of flash if the dust discolors or sticks to the lamp due to the heat from flashing.

• The red- e ye reductio n may not produ c e the desired effect due to individual differenc e s an d othe r conditions.

• The flash charge indicator flicke rs while ch argi ng, and remains lit when the battery charge is co mplete . (In the CAMERA -TAPE mode, it takes a w hile to fully charge the fl ash lamp sin ce it charges its battery with the flash lamp op en.)

• The flash will not work during the follow ing operations: – Super NightShot pl us f unc tion – Color Slow Shutter function – Digital ef fect – Progressive recording mode –Burst – During tape recor ding – [16:9 WIDE] mode

• Even if auto flashing or (Auto red-eye reduction) is selected, the fl a s h w ill not work during the following operations: – NightShot plus fu nct ion – [SPOTLIGHT], [SUNSET&MOON], and

[LANDSCAPE] of [PROGRAM AE] – Manual exposure – Flexible spot mete r

• If you use the flash in bright places such as when shooting a backlit subject, the f la sh ma y not be effective.

• Attaching the lens hood (supplie d) o r a con version lens (optional) may cause its shadow to appear.

• You cannot use an external flash (optional) and the built-in flash at the same time (for DCR-HC 85).

z Tip

• The amount of light used by the flash is a djusted automaticall y. To adjust it man ually, se lect [FLASH LEVEL] from the (CAMERA SET ) menu (p. 67).

• When the focus is hard to adjust, refer to “Adjusting the focus manually” (p. 41) for the prop er fo cal distance information .

Recording

Using the self-timer

With the self-timer, you can record a still image after a delay of about 10 seco nds.

PHOTO

4 Press PHOTO.

You will hear a beep sound counting down for about 10 seconds (The count dow n indication begins fr om 8). The image is record ed. When bars of

disappear, the i mage is recorded on

the “Memory Stick D uo. ”

To cancel the count down

Touch [RESET].

1 Touch . 2 Touch [SELF-TIMER].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot f in d it , t ouc h [MENU] and se le ct it fr om the (CAMERA SET) menu.

60min

SELF–TIMER: OFF

FINE

1600

ONOFF

3 Touch [ON] , then .

appears.

101

60min

FINE

1600

To cancel the self-timer

Follow steps 1 and 2, th en select [OFF] in step

Recording a still image on a “Memory Stick Duo” while recording movies on a tape

PHOTO

Press PHOTO fully during tape recording.

60min 0:00:10REC

Recording is complete when the scrolling stops.

P-MENU

Recording

P-MENU

To record still images in standby mode

Press and hold PHOTO lightly. Check the image and press it fully.

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Recording

z Tip

• The image size is set to [640 × 480]. If you want to record a st ill imag e in a diff erent size , use the Memory photo recording func tion (p. 29).

b Note

• You cannot record a still image on a “Memory Stick Duo” during the following operations: – [16:9 WIDE] mode – Progressive recording mode for DCR-HC85 – Memory overlap – MEMORY MIX function – [SMTH INT.REC] (smooth interva l ta pe

recording) for DCR-HC85

• Titles are not recorded on a “Memor y St ic k Duo. ”

Recording with ease

– Easy Handycam

With this Easy Handycam operation, most of the camera settings are set to automatic mode, only basic functio ns become available, and screen font size increases for easy viewing. Even first time users can enjoy easy recording. Before recording, follow steps 1 to 7 in “Getting started” (p. 13 to p. 22).

Camera recording lamp

EASY

REC START/STOP

POWER switch

PHOTO

Recording a movie

During Easy Handycam operation, you can record movies on a tape only. To record movies on a “Memory Stick Duo,” see page 24 (MPEG MOVIE EX).

1 Remove the lens cap. Pull the lens cap

string down and attach it to the grip belt.

2 Press OPEN and open the LCD panel.

Recording

3 Slide the POWER switch until the

CAMERA-TAPE lamp lights up.

Recording a still image

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

4 Press EASY.

The EASY lights up in blue.

Easy Handycam

operation

5 Press REC START/STOP.

Recording start s . [ REC] appears on the LCD screen and the Camera recording lamp lights up. Press REC START/STOP again to stop recording.

To turn the power off

Slide the POWER switch up to the OFF (CHG) position.

To cancel Easy Handycam operation

Press EASY again.

b Note

• You cannot turn Easy Handycam operation on or off during: – Recording –USB Streaming

• During Easy Handycam opera tion, the following buttons are not available. – LCD BACKLIGHT (p.18) – BACK LIGHT (p. 37)

• During Easy Handycam operation, the settings of the functions that are not displayed on the screen return to their defaults. Previously made settings are restored when you cancel Easy Handycam operation.

1 Remove the lens cap. Pull the lens cap

string down and attach it to the grip belt.

2 Press OPEN and open the LCD panel. 3 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly

until the CAMERA-MEMORY lamp lights up.

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

4 Press EASY.

The EASY lights up in blue.

5 Press and hold PHOTO lightly.

You will hear a light beeping sound whe n the focus and brightness settings are adjusted. Reco rding does not sta rt at thi s point.

The indicator stops flashing.

The number of images that can be recorded.*

60min

*The number of images that can be recorded

varies depending on the image quality setting and the recording environment.

Recording

,continued

Recording

6 Press PHOTO fully.

A shutter sound i s he ard. When bars of

disappear, the image is recorded

on the “Memory St ick Duo.”

To turn the power off

Slide the POWER switch up to the OFF (CHG) position.

To cancel Easy Handycam operation

Press EASY again.

b Note

• You cannot turn Easy Handycam operation on or off

during recording.

• During Easy Handycam operation, the following

buttons are not available. – LCD BACKLIGHT (p. 18) – BACK LIGHT (p. 37)

• During Easy Handycam operation, the settings of the

functions that are not displayed on the screen return to their defaults. Previously made settings are restored when you cancel the Easy Handycam operation.

Making full use of Easy Handycam operation

2 Set [M] (mon th), [D] (day), hour and

minutes in the same way as [Y] (year), then touch .

For [LANGUAGE]

Select the desired la nguage with / , then touch .

For [BEEP]

See page 88.

For [SELF-TIMER] (in the CAMERAMEMORY mode only)

Touch [ON], then . Press PHOTO fully. You will hear a beep sound counting down for about 10 seco nds. When the bars of

disappear, the image is recorded on

the “Memory Sti c k Duo.”

1 Touch [MENU].

The available menu item s are displayed on the screen.

Example: In the CAMERA-MEMORY mode

60min

SELFTIMER

BEEP

CLOCK

SET

LAN-

GUAGE

2 Touch the desired item. 3 Select the desired setting.

For [CLOCK SET]

1 Set [Y] (year) with / , then touch

Recording

Adjusting the exposure

Fixing the exposure for the selected subject – Flexible spot meter

The exposure is adjusted automatically in the default setting.

Adjusting the exposure for backlit subjects

When your subject has its back to the sun or other light, yo u can adjust the exposure to prevent the subject from becoming shadowed.

BACK LIGHT

Press BACK LIGHT during recording or in the standby mode.

. appears.

To cancel the back light func tion, press BAC K LIGHT again.

You can adjust and fix the expos ure to the subject, so that it is recorded in suit abl e brightness even when there is strong contrast between the subject and the background (such as subjects in the limelight on stag e).

1 Touch during recording or in

the standby mode.

2 Touch [SPOT METER].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (CAMERA SET) menu.

SPOT METER STBY

0:00:00

ENDAUTO

3 Touch the point you wa nt to adjust and

fix the exposure on the screen.

[SPOT METER ] fl as hes while the camera is adjusting the exposure for the selected point.

SPOT METER STBY

0:00:00

Recording

b Note

• The back light function is canceled when you set [EXPOSURE] to [MANUAL] (p. 38) or select [SPOT METER] (p. 37).

ENDAUTO

4 Touch [END].

To return the setting to automatic exposure

Follow steps 1 and 2, th en s el ect [AUTO] in step 3. Or set [EXPOSURE] to [ AUTO] (p.38).

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Recording

b Note

• You cannot use the Flexible spot me te r toge the r

with: – NightShot plus function – Super NightShot plus function – Color Slow Shutter functio n

• If you set [PROGRAM AE], [SPOT METER] is

automatically set to [AUTO].

z Tip

• If you set [SPOT METER], [EXPOSURE] is

automatically set to [MANUAL].

4 Adjust the exposure by touching

(dim)/ (bright), then touch .

60min

0:00:00STBY

P-MENU

Adjusting the exposure manually

You can fix the brightness of a picture at the best exposure. When recording indoors on a clear day, for instance, you can avoid backlight shadow s on people next to the window by manually fixing the exposure to that of the wall side of the room.

1 Touch during recording or in

the standby mode.

2 Touch [EXPOSURE].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (CAMERA SET) menu.

EXPOSURE: AUTO

0:00:006 0min STBY

MANUALAUTO

To return the setting to automatic exposure

Follow steps 1 and 2, th en select [AUTO] i n step 3.

b Note

• You cannot use the manual exposure together with: – NightShot plus fu nct ion – Super NightShot pl us f unc tion – Color Slow Shutter function

3 Touch [MANUAL].

EXPOSURE: MANUAL

MANUALAUTO

Recording

0:00:0060min STBY

Recording in dark places

You can record subjects in dark places (such as when capturing the f a ce of your baby sleeping) with th e NightShot plus, Super NightShot plus or Color Slow Shutter function. The NightShot plus and Super NightShot plus function enabl e yo u to r eco r d an ima ge brighter. The Color Slow Shutter function enables you to record an image more faithful to the original colors.

Set the NIGHTSHOT PLUS switch to ON.

and [“NIGHTSHOT PLUS”] appear. To cancel Nigh tShot plus, set the NIGHTSHOT PLUS sw itch to OFF .

To record higher sensitivity pictures on the tape – Super NightShot plus

The Super NightShot plus function enables you to use the NightShot plus function more effectively. The picture will be recorded at a ma ximum of 16 times the sensitivity of NightShot plus recording.

1 Slide the POWER switch to select the

CAMERA-TAPE mode.

– NightShot plus, etc.

2 Set the NIGHTSHOT PLUS switch to

ON.

and [“NIGHTSHOT PLUS”] appear.

3 Touch . 4 Touch [SUPE R NSPLUS].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (CAMERA SET) menu.

5 Touch [ON], then .

and [“SUPER NIGHTSHOT PLUS”] appear. To cancel Super NightShot plus, follow steps 3 and 4, then select [OFF] in step 5. Or, set the NIGHTSHOT PLUS switch to OFF.

To record a clearer picture in color on the tape – Color Slow Shutter

Slide the POWE R switch to select the CAMERA-TAPE mode.

2 Make sure the NIGHTSHOT PLUS

switch is set to OFF.

3 Touch . 4 Touch [COLOR SLOW S].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (CAMERA SET) menu.

5 Touch [ON], then .

and [COLOR SLOW SHUTTER] appear. To cancel Color Slow Shutter, follow ste ps 3 and 4, then select [OFF] in step 5.

b Note

• Do not use the NightShot plus/Super NightShot plus function in bright places. This may cause a malfunction.

• The Color Slow Shutter function may not operate correctly in total darkness. When you are recor ding in a place with no light at all, use the NightShot pl us or Super NightShot plus functions.

• You cannot use the Super NightShot plus /C olor Slow Shutter function together with: – FADER function – Digital effect – [PROGRAM AE]

• You cannot use the Color Slow Shutter fu nc tion together with: – Manual exposure – Flexible spot meter

,continued

Recording

• When using the Super NightShot plus or Color Slow Shutter function, the shutte r spe ed of your camcorder changes depending on th e brightness . The motion of the picture may slow down at this time.

• Adjust the focus manua lly when it is hard to focus automatically.

• Do not cover the infrared port with your fingers or other objects. Remove the conversion lens (optional) if it is attached.

• Depending on the shooting conditions or circumstances, colors may not be reproduced properly.

z Tip

• If you record subjects in complete darkness, setting [NS LIGHT] to [ON] in the menu setting is recommended. The maximum shooting distance using the NightShot Light is about 3 m (10 feet) . (The default setting is [ON].) If you record subjects in dark places (such as night scene or in moonlight), set [NS LIGHT] to [OFF] in the menu setting. You can make image color deeper (p. 68).

Adjusting the focus

The focus is adjusted automatically in the default setting.

Adjusting the focus for an offcenter subject – SPOT FOCUS

You can select and adjust the focal point to aim it at a subject not located in the center of the screen.

1 Touch during recording or in

the standby mode.

2 Touch [SPOT FOCUS].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (CAMERA SET) menu.

Recording

SPOT FOCUS STBY

0:00:00

ENDAUTO

3 Touch the subject for which you want

to adjust the focus on the screen.

[SPOT FOCUS] flashes while the camera is adjusting the focus.

SPOT FOCUS STBY

9 appears.

0:00:00

ENDAUTO

4 Touch [END].

To adjust the focus automatically

Follow steps 1 and 2, then touch [AUTO] in step

3. Or press FOCUS after step 4.

b Note

• You cannot use the SPOT FOCUS function together with [PROGRAM AE].

• Focusing distance information will not be displayed.

Adjusting the focus manually

9 changes to when the focu s cannot be

adjusted any further. 9 changes to when the focus cann ot be adjusted any closer.

Tips for focusing manually

• It is easier to focus on the subject when you use the zoom function. Move the power zoom lever towards T (telephoto) to adjust the focus, and then, towards W (wide angle) to adjust the zoom for recording.

• When you want to record a close-up image of a subject, move the power zoom lever towards W (wide angle) to fully magnify the image, then adjust the focus.

You can adjust the focus manually according to the recording conditions. Use this function in the following cases.

– To record a subjec t behind a window cover ed

with raindrop s. – To record horizontal stripes. – To record a subject with little contrast

between the subje ct and its background. – When you wan t to f ocus on a subject in the

background.

– To record a sta t io nary subject using a tripod.

Focus ring

FOCUS

To use the expanded focus

Recording

For DCR-HC85: It will be easier to confirm the focus setting by enlarging the image during manual focusing. When the CAMERA-MEMORY lamp is on, set [EXP.FOCUS] in the (CAMERA SET) menu to [ON] (p. 66). When you rotate the focus ring, appears and the image will be displayed at twice its original size.

To adjust the focus automatically

Press FOCUS again.

z Tip

The focal distance information (for when it is dark and hard to adjust focus) appears for 3 seconds in the following cases. (It will not be displayed correctly if yo u are using a conversion lens (optional).)

– When the focus mod e is switched from automatic

to manual.

– When you rotate the focus ring.

1 Press FOCUS during recording or in

the standby mode.

9 appears.

2 Rotate the focus ring and adjust the

focus.

Recording

Recording a picture using various effects

POWER switch

[OVERLAP] (fade in only)

[WIPE] (fade in only)

[DOT FADER] (fade in only)

Fading in and out of a scene – FADER

You can add the following effects to currently recording pictures.

[BLACK FADER]

[WHITE FADER]

[MOSAIC FADER]

[MONOTONE]

When fading in, the picture gradually changes from black-and-white to color. When fading out, the picture gradually changes from color to black-and-white.

1 Slide the POWER switch to select the

CAMERA-TAPE mode.

2 Touch in the standby mode (to

fade in) or during recording (to fade out).

3 Touch [FADER].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (PICT.APPLI.) menu.

BLACK FADER

MOSAIC

FADER

0:00:00

60 min STBY

FADER: OFF

OFF

1/2

WHITE FADER

Recording

4 Touch the desired e ffect, the n touch

When you touch [OVE RLAP], [WIPE] or [DOT FADER], the image on the tape in your camcorder is stored as a still image. (While storing the image , the screen turns to blue.)

60min

0:00:00STBY

MOSAIC

FADE R

P-MENU

5 Press REC START/STOP.

The fader indicator stops flashing and disappears when the fade is complete.

To cancel the operation

Follow steps 2 and 3, then select [OFF] in step 4.

b Note

• You cannot use the FADER function together with:

– Self-timer – Super NightShot plus function – Color Slow Shutter function – Digital effect – [FRAME REC] (Frame recording) – [INTERVAL REC] (Interval recording) for DCR-

HC65

– [SMTH INT.REC] (smooth inte r va l ta pe

recording) for DCR-HC85

Fading in from still image on the “Memory Stick Duo” – Memory overlap

You can fade in from the still image on the “Memory Stick Duo” to the movie currently being recorded on the tape.

Still image

Movie

3 Touch . 4 Touch [MENU]. 5 Select (PICT.APPLI.), then

[ OVERLAP] by touching / and .

The recorded image appears on the thumbnail screen.

6 Touch (previous)/ (next) to

select the still im age to be superi mposed.

7 Touch [ON], then . 8 Touch . 9 Press REC START/STOP to start

recording.

[M. OVRLAP] stops flashing, and disappears when fading is finished.

Using special effects – Digital effect

You can add digital effects to the r ecordings.

[STILL]

You can record a movie while superimposing it on a previously recorded still image.

[FLASH] (flash motion)

You can rec ord a mov ie with a serial -still- image effect (strobe ef fect).

[LUMI. KEY] (luminance key)

You can replace a br ig ht er area in a previousl y recorded still image , such as the background o f a person or a title written o n white paper, wit h a movie.

Recording

1 Check that you have a “Memory Stick

Duo” with the still image to be superimposed and a tape in your camcorder.

2 Slide the POWER switch to select the

CAMERA-TAPE mode.

[TRAIL]

You can record a picture so that an incidental image like a trail is left.

,continued

Recording

[SLOW SHUTTR] (slow shutter)

You can slow down th e shutter speed. This mode is suitab le for shooting a subject more clearly in a dark place.

[OLD MOVIE]

You can add an old m ovie-type atmosp here to pictures. Your camcord er automatica lly records pictures in the letterbox mode for all screen size, sepia in color, and at a slower shutter speed.

1 Slide the POWER switch to select the

CAMERA-TAPE mode.

2 Touch . 3 Touch [D. EFFECT].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (PICT.APPLI.) menu.

LUMI.

KEY

0:00:00

60min STBY

D. EFFECT: OFF

OFF STILL

1/2

FLASH

4 Touch the desired effect, then adjust

the effect by touching (decrease) /

(increase) and touch .

Adjustment screen example:

STBY

0:00:00

60min

D. EFFECT: STILL

When you touch [STILL] or [LUMI. KEY], the image displa yed on the screen at t hat time is saved as a still image.

Effect Items to adjust

[STILL] The degree of transparency

[FLASH] The interval of frame-by-

[LUMI. KEY] The color scheme of the

[TRAIL] The fade time of the

[SLOW SHUTTR]*

[OLD MOVIE] No adjustment necessary.

* It is hard to adjust the focus automatically when

you choose this effect. Adjust the focus manually using a tripod to steady the camcorder.

of the still image you want to superimpose on a movie.

frame playback.

area in the still image which is to be swapped with a movie.

incidental image. Shutter speed (1 is 1/30, 2

is 1/15, 3 is 1/8, 4 is 1/4).

5 Touch .

appears.

To cancel Digital effect

Follow steps 2 and 3, then select [OFF] in step

b Note

• You cannot use Digital effect together with: – Super NightShot pl us f unc tion – Color Slow Shutter function – FADER function – Memory overlap – MEMORY MIX function

• You cannot use [SLOW SHUTTR]/[OLD MOVIE] together with [PROGRAM AE] (except [AUTO]).

• You cannot use [OLD MOVIE] together with: – [16:9 WIDE] mode – Picture effect ([PICT.EFFECT])

z Tip

• You can create a picture with color and brightn es s reversed or a picture that looks like a pastel drawing while recording o n a ta pe . For details, refer to Picture effect ([PICT.EFFECT], p. 74).

Recording

Overlaying still images on movies on a tape – MEMORY MIX

You can superimpose a still image you have recorded on a “Memory Stick D u o” over the movie you are currently recording on a tape. You can then record the superimposed pictures on a tape or a “Memory Stick Duo.” (You cannot superimpos e a still image on a tape which you have al ready finished recording.)

[MTCAM LUMI.] (Mem ory Luminance key)

You can swap the brighter (white) area of a still image into a movie. To use this function, have a still image of an illustr atio n or titl e ha ndwrit ten on white paper recorded on a “Me mory Stick Duo” beforehand .

Still image

Movie

[MTCAM CHROMA] (Memory Chroma key)

You can ha ve t he mo vie s wap in to t he b lue a rea of a still image such as an illustration or into a frame with a blue area enclosed by th e f rame.

Still image

Blue

Movie

1 Check that yo u hav e a “Mem ory St ick

Duo” with the still image to be superimposed and a tap e (onl y if you are recording on tape) in your camcorder.

2 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to

select the CAMERA-TAPE mode (when you are recording on a tape) or the CAMERA-MEMORY mode (when you are recording on a “Memory Stick Duo ”).

Recording

[CAMTM CHROMA] (Camera Chroma key)

You can superimpose a movie on top of a still image, such as an image which can be used as background. Shoot the movie with the subj ect against a blue background. Only the blue area of the movie will be swapped with the still image.

Still image

Movie

Blue

3 Touch . 4 Touch [MEMORY MIX].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (PICT.APPLI.) menu. The still image stored in the “Memory Stick Duo” will be displa yed on the thumbnail screen.

Thumbnail screen

OFF

CAM M

CHROMA

0:00:00

M CAM LUMI.

M CAM

CHROMA

60min STBY

MEMORY MIX: OFF

101

101–0001

5 Touch (previous)/ (next) to

select the still image to overlap.

,continued

Recording

6 Touch the desired effect.

The still image is superimposed on the movie which is currently displayed on the LCD screen.

STBY

0:00:00

60min

MEMORY MIX: CAM M CHR OMA

101

101–0001

7 Touch (decrease)/ (increase)

to adjust the following.

For [MTCAM LUMI.]

The color scheme of the bright area in the still image which is to be swapped into a movie. When you want to record only the still image stored on the “Memory Stick Duo” to a tape, touch on the screen in [MTCAM LUMI.] until the bar indicator is extended fully to the right side.

For [CAMTM CHROMA]

The color scheme of the blue area in the movie.

For [MTCAM CHROMA]

The color scheme of the blu e area in the still image which is to be swapped into a movie.

• When you use the MEMORY MIX function in the mirror mode (p. 27), the picture on the LCD screen appears normally, without be ing m ir ro r-re ve rs e d.

• You may not be abl e to pl a y bac k pi ct u res mo di fi ed on your computer or recorded with other camcorders on your camcorder.

z Tip

• The supplied SPVD-012 USB Driver CD-ROM contains sample images for use in MEM OR Y MIX operations. Ref er to the supplied “Computer Applications Guide” for details.

8 Touch twice.

appears.

9 Start recording.

When you are recording on a tape

Press REC START/STOP.

When you are recording on a “Memory St i ck Duo”

Press PHOTO fully.

To cancel MEMORY MIX

Follow steps 3 and 4, th en touch [O FF] in step 5.

b Note

• When the overlapping still image has a large amount of white, the image in the thumbnail screen may not be clear.

Recording

Searching for the starting point

Searching for the last scene of the most recent recording – END SEARCH

This function is handy when you have played back the tape, for example, but want t o st art recording right after the most recently recorded scene. When you use a cassett e without Cassette Memory, the END SEARCH function will not work once you eject the cassette after you have recorded on the tape. If you use a cassette with Cassette Memory, it will function even when you have ejected the cassette.

1 Slide the POWER swi tch rep eatedl y to

select the CAMERA-TAPE mode.

POWER switch

3 Touch .

CANCEL

0:00:00160min

Appears only with a cassette with Cassette Memory

END SEARCH

EXECUTING

The last scene of the most recent recording is played back for about 5 seconds, and the camcorder enters the standby mode at the point where the last recording has fi nished.

To cancel the operation

Touch [CANCEL].

b Note

• The END SEARCH function will not work correctly when there is a blank section between record ed sections on the tape.

z Tip

• You can do this operation also by selecting [END SEARCH] in the menu setting. When PLAY/E D I T mode is selected, you can do this operation by selecting [END SEARCH] shor t- cu t on (p. 62).

Searching manually – EDIT SEARCH

You can search for the start point while viewing the pictures on the screen. The sound is not played back during the search.

Recording

2 Touch .

EDIT

1 Slide the POWER switch to select the

CAMERA-TAPE mode.

0:00:00STBY60min

2 Touch .

0:00:00STBY60min

EDIT

,continued

Recording

3 Keep touching (to go

backward)/ (to go forward) and release it at the point where you want the recording to start.

Reviewing the most recently recorded scenes – Rec review

You can view a few seconds of the scene recorded just before you stopped the tape.

1 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to

select the CAMERA-TAPE mode.

2 Touch .

0:00:00STBY60min

EDIT

3 Touch once.

The last few seconds of the most recently recorded scene are played back. Then, your camcorder is set to the standby mode.

Recording

Playback

Viewing movies recorded on a tape

Make sure you have a recorded cassette inserted into your camcorder. Some of the operations are possible using the Remote Commander or using the touch panel. When you want to play back recordings on your TV, see page 59.

OPEN

POWER switch

3 Touch (rewind) to go to the point

you want to view.

0:00:00:0060min

60min

P-MENU

4 Touch (play) to start playback.

To adjust the volume

Touch .

2 Touch [VOL UME].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (STANDARD SET) menu.

3 Adjust the volume by touching

(decrease) / (increase), then touch

Playback

z Tip

• Performing Easy Handycam operation, even fir st time users can play back easily. For details, see page 54.

1 Press OPEN and open the LCD panel. 2 Slide the POWER swi tch rep eatedl y to

select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

To stop playback

Touch (stop).

To pause

Touch (pause) during pl ayback . Touch it again to restart the playback. Playback stops automatically when the pause mode continues for more than 5 minutes.

To fast forward or rewi nd

Touch (fast forward) or (rewind) in stop mode.

To review movies on the viewfinder

Close the LCD panel.

Playback

Indicators displayed during tape playback

0:00:00:1560min

60min

P-MENU

A Remaining battery B Recording mode (SP or LP) C Tape transport indica tor D Time code (hour: minute: second: frame)

or tape counter (hour: minute: second)

E Personal Menu button (p.62) F Video operation buttons

When a “Memory St ic k D uo” has been inserted, (stop) changes to

(“Memory Stick” playback) when

you stop playback.

b Note

• If you press REC START/STOP (p. 138) during

tape playback, a movie recorded on the tape is recorded on the “Memory Stick Duo” (MPEG MOVIE EX).

Playing back in various modes

To resume fast fo rwarding or rewinding, rel ease the button.

To play back in various modes

You will not hear the recorded sound. Also, you may see mosaic-like images of the previously played picture re maining on the sc reen.

1 During playback or playback pause,

touch .

2 Touch [ VAR. SPD PB].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (EDIT/PLAY) menu.

3 Select a playback mode.

To return to the normal playback mode, touch (play/pause) twice (once from frame playback ).

To Touch

change the playback direction*

play back slowly**

play back 2 times faster (double speed)

play back frame by frame

(frame) during

playback.

(slow) during playback. To reverse direction

1 Touch (frame). 2 (slow).

(double speed) during playback. To reverse direction

1 Touch (frame). 2 (doub le spe ed).

(frame) during playback pause. To reverse direction, touch

(frame) again during frame playback.

To fast forward or rewind during playback – Picture search

Keep on touching (fast forward) or (rewind) duri ng playback. To resume n ormal playback, release the butto n.

To view the picture while fast forwarding or rewinding – Skip scan

Keep on touching (fast forward) or (rewind) while fast forwardin g or rewindi ng the tape.

Playback

*Horizontal lines may appear at the top, bottom,

or in the center of the sc reen. This is not a malfunction.

**Pictures output from the DV Interface

cannot be played back smoothly in slow mode.

4 Touch , then .

Viewing recordings with added effects – Digital effect

You can apply [STILL], [FLASH], [LUMI. KEY], and [TRAIL] effects when viewing recorded pictures. For details on each effect, see page 43.

POWER switch

1 Slide the POWER swi tch rep eatedl y to

select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

2 Touch while the picture you

want to add the effect to is displayed.

To cancel Digital effect

Follow steps 2 to 4, then select [OFF] in step 5.

b Note

• You cannot add effects to externally input pic tur e s. Also, you cannot output pictures edited with digital effects via the DV Interface.

z Tip

• You cannot record the pictures edited using special effects on the tape in your camcorder, bu t you can copy them to a “Memory Stick Duo” (p. 96) or another tape (p. 94).

Playback

3 Touch [ME NU]. 4 Select (PICT.APPLI.), then

[D.EFFECT] by touching / and touch .

5 Select an effect, then adjust the effect

by touching (decrease)/ (increase).

6 Touch twice, then .

appears.

Playback

Viewing recordings on a “Memory Stick Duo”

You can view pictures one at a time on the screen. When you have a lot of pictures, you can list them to search through them easily. Make sure you have a rec o r de d “Me mo ry Stick Duo” inserted into your camcorder. When you want to play back a recorded picture on your TV, see page 59.

OPEN

POWER switch

3 Touch .

The most recently recorded picture appears on the screen.

101

1600

10/10

MEMORY PLAY

P-MENU

60min

101–0010

4 Touch (previous)/ (next) to

select a picture.

Screen example (movies):

101

320

2/10

MEMORY PLAY

P-MENU

60min

MOV00002

MPEG

When you view a movi e, touch when the selected movie appears o n th e screen.

1 Press OPEN and open the LCD panel. 2 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to

select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

Playback

To adjust the volume of movies

Touch .

2 Touch [VOLUME].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (STANDARD SET) menu.

3 Adjust the volume by t ouching

(decrease) / (incre ase), then touch

To stop or pause movies

Touch . Touch it ag ai n t o restart the playback.

To delete pictures

See “Deleting recorded pictures” (p. 107).

Indicators displayed during “Memory Stick Duo” playback

101

60min

101–0010

A Remaining battery B Image size C Picture number/Total number of

recorded pictures in the curr ent playback folder

D Playback folder E Playing time (movies only) F Previous/next folder icon

The following indicators appear when the first or last picture of the current folder is displayed and w hen there are multipl e folders on the same “Memory Stick Duo.”

: Touch to move to the previous

folder.

: Touch to move to the next

folder.

: Touch / to move to either

the previous or the next folder.

G Image delete button H Print mark (stil l images only) (p. 109) I Image protection mark (p. 108) J Data file nam e K Personal Menu button L Index screen display button M Tape playback select button N Pictur e select button

10/10

1600

0:00:00

P-MENU

b Note

• Folders that you have created on a computer, renamed folders, and modified pi ct ur es ma y not appear on the screen.

• While playing back movies on a “Memo ry Sti ck Duo,” the only menu items avai lable will be those with short cuts on the Personal Menu. In order to use other menu items, add them to the Pe rs ona l Me nu.

z Tip

• Once you record a pi cture in a fold er, the same folder will be set as the default folder for playback . You can select a playback folder in the menu (p. 73).

Playing back in various modes from a “Memory Stick Duo”

Using the screen in step 4 in “Viewing recordings on a “ Memory Stick Duo” ” (p. 52), the following oper at i ons are available.

To search for a scene in a movie

You can divide a movie into a maximum of 60 scenes in order to s ta rt pl ayback from a particular scene. The number of scenes you can divide the movie into depends on the length of the movie.

1 Touch (previous)/ (next) to

select a scene fr om which to start the playback.

101

60min

MOV00002

MPEG

2 Touch .

2/10

320

0:00:00

P-MENU

Playback

To display 6 pictures at a time, including movies – Index Screen

Touch .

Previous 6 pictures

Next 6 pictures

* The picture displayed before switching to the index

screen.

To return to the si ngle display mode, touch the picture that you w ant to display.

101–0002

N mark*

101

2/10

Movie icon

END

SET

To view pictures in other folders in the index screen

Touch .

2 Touch . 3 Touch [PB FOLDER]. 4 Select a folder with / , then touch

Playing back with ease

Easy Handycam operation allows easy playback for even first time users by providing only the basic functions for playback. Also screen font size increases for easy viewing. Make sure you have a recorded cassette or a recorded “Memory Stick Duo” inserted into your camcorder.

OPEN

1 Press OPEN and open the LCD panel.

– Easy Handycam

EASY

POWER switch

Playback

2 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to

select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

Slide the POWER switch while pressing the green button.

3 Press EASY.

The EASY lights up in blu e.

4 Play back pictures.

When playing back on a tape

The following but t ons can be operated.

(play/pause)/ (fast forward)/

(stop)/ (rewind) You can operate these operations and SLOWy on the Remote Commander.

When playing back on a “Memor y Stick Duo”

Touch . The following but t ons can be operated.

(previous)/ (next)/ (play/ pause for movie) / (delete) You can control playback with the Re m ote Commander.

To cancel Easy Handycam operation

Press EASY again.

b Note

• You cannot turn Easy Handycam operation on or off during communication with another device via USB cable.

Making full use of Eas y Handycam operation

1 Touch [ME NU].

The available menu items are displayed on the screen.

3 Select the desired setting.

For [CLOCK SET]

1 Set [Y] (year) with / , then to uch

2 Set [M] (month), [D] (day), hour and

minutes in the same way as [Y] (year), then touch .

For [LANGUAGE]

Select the desired language with / , then touch .

For [BEEP]

See page 88.

For [VOLUME]

Adjust the volume by touching (decrease) / (in crease), then touch

For [DATA CODE]

During playback, you can view the date/ time data. Touch [DATE/TIME], then touch .

For [ ALL ERASE] You can delete all the images on the “Memory Stick Duo. ” Touch [YES].

z Tip

• During Easy Handycam operation, you c an also do the followings: – “Playing the picture on a TV” (p.59) – “Dubbing to another tape” (p. 94)

Playback

60min

BEEP

VOLUME

0:00:00:00

CLOCK

SET

DATA CODE

LAN-

GUAGE ALL

ERASE

2 Touch the de sired item.

Playback

Various playback functions

You can magnify a small su bject in a recording and display it on the screen. You can also display the recorded date and the name of the folder in which the picture is recorded.

DISPLAY/BATT INFO

4 Select (PICT.APPLI.), then

[PB ZOOM] by touching / and touch .

Tape playback zoom screen

PB ZOOM

Memory playback zoom screen

Play back the image.

MEMORY PLAY

0:00:00:00

END

1/10PB ZOOM

101

“Memory Stick Duo” playback select button

POWER switch

Magnifying pictures – Tape playback zoom/Memory playback zoom

You can magnify movies recorded on a ta pe or still images stored on a “Memory Stick Duo.”

1 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to

select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

2 Touch . 3 Touch [MENU].

101–0001

VIDEO

END

Tape playback select button

5 Play back the still picture or movie,

and touch the screen at the point you want to magnify within the displayed frame.

The picture is magnified approximately twice the origin al size and centere d at the point you touched on the screen. When you touch another place , the point you touched becomes the cent er .

6 Adjust the zoom ratio using the power

zoom lever.

You can select th e zoom ratio from approximately 1.1 to 5 times the original size. Touch W to decrease, or T to increase the ratio.

To cancel the operation

Touch [END].

b Note

• You cannot magnify externally input pictures. Also,

you cannot output the magnif ie d pic tur e s via the DV Interface.

Playback

z Tip

• If you press DISPLAY/BATT INFO during the playback zoom operation, the frame will disappear.

Displaying the screen indicators

You can choose to display the time code, tape counter, and other information on the screen.

Press DISPLAY/BATT INFO.

The indicat or switch es on or of f as you pr ess the button.

z Tip

• You can display the scree n indicators during playback on a TV. Select the (STANDARD SET) menu, [DISPLAY], then [V-OUT/PANEL] (p. 88).

Displaying the date/time and camera settings data – Data code

During playback, you can view the date/time data and the camera settings data ([CAMERA DATA]) that are automatically recorded while recording pictures on a tape or a “Memory Stick Duo.”

[MENU], and select it from the (STANDARD SET) menu.

OFF

DAT A

0:00:00:00

DATE/

TIME

60min

DATA CODE: OFF

CAMERA

4 Select [CAMERA DATA] or [DATE/

TIME] then touch .

60min

To hide the date/time or camera settings data

Follow steps 2 and 3, and select [OFF] in step 4.

Camera settings data display

In the date/time data display, the date and time is displayed in the same area. If you record the p i ct ure without setting the clock, [--- -- ----] and [--:--:--] will appear.

0:00:00:00

JAN 1 2004

12:17:50PM

P-MENU

0:00:00:0060min

Playback

1 Slide the POWER swi tch rep eatedl y to

select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

2 Touch dur ing playback or

playback pause.

3 Touch [DATA CODE].

If the item is not displayed on the screen, touch / . If you cannot f in d it , t ouc h

AUTO

AWB100

9dBF1. 8

A SteadyShot off* B Exposure* C White balance* D Gain* E Shutter speed F Aperture value

* Appears only during tape playbac k

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Playback

b Note

• Camera setting data do not appear when movies on a

“Memory Stick Duo” are played back.

z Tip

• Exposure adjustment value (0EV) appears when a

“Memory Stick Duo” is played back.

• appears for the picture recorded using flash.

Playback

Playing the picture on a TV

Connect your camcorder to a TV using the supplied A/V connecting cable as shown in the following illustration. Connect the supplied AC Adaptor to the wall outlet for the power supply (p. 14). Refer also to the instruction manuals supplied with the devices to be connected. To copy to another tape, see page 94.

AUDIO/VIDEO jack

A/V connecting cable (supplied)*

Signal flow

*1The supplied A/V connecting cable has a video

plug and an S video plug for the video connection.

*2This connection produces higher quality DV format

pictures. When there is an S video jack on the device to be connected, connect the S video plug to that jack instead of using the ye ll ow v ideo plug. The audio will not be output when you connect with the S video plug alone.

When your TV is connected to a VCR

Connect your camcorder to the LINE IN input on the VCR using the A/V connecting cable. Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE.

When you hav e an S vi de o jack on y our TV or VCR*

S video plug (black)

Yellow

White

Red

VCRs or TVs

When your TV is monaural (When your TV has only one audio input jack)

Connect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video inp ut ja ck and connect the white or the red plug to the audio input jack of your TV or VCR. When you want to play the sound in mona ur al mode, use a conn ectin g cab le (o ptio nal) for that purpose.

Playback

Locating a scene on a tape for playback

4 Press PLAY.

The playback star ts fr om the point designated “0:0 0: 00” on the tape count er .

Searching quickly for a desired scene – Zero set memory

m REW

PLAY

STOP

DISPLAY

ZERO SET MEMORY

1 During playback, press ZERO SET

MEMORY on the Remote Commander at the point you want to locate later on.

The tape counter is reset to “0:00:00” and

appears on the screen.

0:00:0060min

P-MENU

If the tape counter is not di splayed, press DISPLAY on the Remote Commander.

To cancel the operation

Press ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote Commander agai n.

b Note

• There may be a discrepancy of several seconds between the time code and the ta pe counter.

• Zero set memory will not function correctly if there is a blank section between recorded sections on the tape.

Searching for a scene using Cassette Memory – Title search

You can locate a scene where you have added a title (p. 81).

SEARCH M. . / >

STOP

1 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to

select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

2 Press STOP when you want to stop

playback.

3 Press m REW.

The tape stops automatically when t he tape counter reache s “0:00:00.”

Playback

2 Press SEARCH M. on the Remote

Commander repeatedly to select [TITLE SEARCH].

3 Press .(previous)/> (next) on

the Remote Commander to select a title that you want to play.

Playback starts automatically from the selected title.

TITLE SEARCH 0:00:00:00

1 HELLO ! 2

HAPPY BIRTHDA Y

HAPPY HOLIDAYS CONGRATULATIONS !4 OUR SWEET BABY5

WEDDING

To cancel the operation

Press STOP on the Remote Commander.

b Note

• You cannot use Title search when [ SEARCH] is set to [OF F] on t h e (EDIT/PLAY) men u ( it is set to [ON] by default) (p. 81).

• The Title search will not func tion correctly when there is a blank secti on between recorded sections on the tape.

Searching for a scene by date of recording – Date search

Present point on the tape

Point where the playback starts

1 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to

select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

2 Press SEARCH M. on the Remote

Commander repeatedly to select [DATE SEARCH].

3 Press . (previous)/> (next) on

the Remote Commander to select a recording date.

When your cassette has Cassette Memory, you can select the r ec o r di ng date itself. When your cassette does not have Cassette Memory, you can select the previous or the next date of the present point on the tape. Playback starts automatically from the point where the dat e changes.

Screen example (when the cassette has Cassette Memory):

DATE SEARCH 0:00:00:00

14/JAN/ 0 4 2

4/JAN/ 04

5/JAN/ 04

Present point on the tape

Point where the playback starts

Playback

When you are using a cassette with Casset te Memory, you can locate a sce ne by the recording date ([ SEARCH] is set to [ON] by default). When you are using a cassette that does not have Ca ssette Memory, you can locate the point where the recording date changes.

SEARCH M. . / >

STOP

To cancel the operation

Press STOP on the Remote Commander.

b Note

• If one day’s recording is less than 2 minute s, you r camcorder may not accurately find the point where the recording date changes.

• The Date search will not function correctly when there is a blank section between recorded sections on the tape.

• You can record date/time data for up to 6 days. When you have recorded for more than 7 days on a tape, locate the date w ithout using the Cassette Memory. To turn off the Cassette Memory, select the (EDIT/PLAY) menu, [ SEARCH], and then [OFF] (p. 81).

Playback

Advanced operations

Using the Menu

Selecting menu items

You can change various settings or make detailed adjustments using the menu items displayed on the screen.

POWER switch

1 Turn on the power (p. 17). 2 Touch .

The Personal Men u appears. Items that are used often are disp la yed as short-cuts.

Example: PLAY/EDIT mode’ s Personal Menu

0:00:00:00

END SEARCH

VAR. SPD PB

DATA CODE

60min

1/3

VOLUME

REC CTRL

4 Select the icon of the desired menu

with / , then touch .

CAMERA SET (p. 64)

MEMOR Y SET (p. 70)

PICT.APPLI. (p. 74)

EDIT/PLAY (p.80) STANDARD SET (p. 84) TIME/LANGU. (p. 89)

0:00:00:0060min

TITLE DISP

T APE TITLE

ALL ERASE

REC MODE

AUDIO MODE

VOLUME

MULTI SOUND

5 Select the desired item with / ,

then touch .

You can also touc h the item directly to select it. You can scroll and see all items. The available items vary depending on the power mode of you r camcorder. Unavailable item s will be grayed out.

REMOTE CTRL: ON

0:00:00:0060min

OFFON

3 Touch [MENU] to display the menu

index screen.

Using the Menu

60min

0:00:00:00

MEMORY SET

STILL SET MOVIE SET ALL ERASE

6 Select the desired setting.

changes to . If you decide not to change the setting, touch to return to the previous scree n.

60min

REMOTE CTRL: OFF

0:00:00:00

OFFON

7 Touch , then to hide the menu

screen.

You can also touch (return) to go back a screen each time you touch the button.

To use the short-cuts of the Personal Menu

The available items vary depending on the power mode of your camcorder. Unavailable items will be grayed out. You can custom iz e t he short-cuts (p. 90).

1 Touch . 2 Touch the desired i te m. 3 Select the desired setting, then touch .

z Tip

• When the PLAY/EDIT mode is selected, touch on the screen displayed after step 2 (p. 62) to display the video operation screen. Touch to return to the previous screen.

• It is convenient if the ite ms you often use appear as short-cuts on the Personal Menu. To customize the Personal Menu, see page 90.

Using the Menu

Using the (CAMERA SET) menu

– PROGRAM AE/WHITE BAL./16:9 WIDE, etc.

setting is selected. The settings you can adjust vary depending on the power mode of your camcorder. The screen shows the items you can currently operate. Unavailable items will be grayed out.

0:00:0060min STBY

You can select items listed below on the CAMERA SET menu. To select items, see “Selecting menu items” (p. 62). The default settings are marked with G. The indicators in parentheses appear when the

PROGRAM AE

You can record pic tures easily in a situation that requires various techniques by selecting the following settings.

G AUTO Select this when not using PROGRAM AE. SPOTLIGHT*

(spotlight) ( )

PORTRAIT (soft portrait) ( )

SPORTS* (sports lesson) ( )

BEACH&SKI* (beach & ski) ( )

Select to prevent people’s f ace s from appearing excessively white when subje cts are lit by s trong light, such as in a theater or at a wedding.

Select to bring out the subject suc h a s pe ople or flowers while creating a soft background.

Select to minimize shake when shooting fastmoving subjects such as in tennis or golf.

Select to prevent people’s f ace s from appearing dark in strong light or reflected light, such as at a beach in midsummer or on a ski slope .

CAMERA SET

PROGRAM AE SPOT METER EXPOSURE

Using the Menu

SUNSET&MOON ** (sunset & moon) ( )

LANDSCAPE** (landscape) ( )

Select to maintain the a tmosphere of situations such as sunsets, general night vi ews , fir e works, and neon signs.

Select when shooting distant subjects such as mountains. This set ting also prevents you r camcorder from focusing on glass or metal m esh in windows that comes i n between the camco rder and the subject.

SPOT METER

EXPOSURE

WHITE BAL.

* Your camcorder is adjusted to focus only on subjects in the middle to f ar distance. **Your camcorder is adjuste d to fo cu s o nly on di stan t subjects.

Note

• [SPORTS] (sports lesson) will not work when the POWER switch is set to CAMERAMEMORY.

See page 37 for details.

See page 38 for details.

You can adjust th e color balance to the brightness of the recording envir onm ent.

G AUTO Select when you want to record with the white balance adjusted

automatically.

OUTDOOR ( ) • Select when recording a sunset/sunrise, general night views, neon

signs, or fireworks.

• Select when under daylight fluoresce nt lam p s.

INDOOR (n) • Select when recording at a party or in studios where lighting

conditions change quickly.

• Select when under video lamps such as those in a studio, under sodium lamps, mercury lamp s or warm whi te fluor es c ent lamps.

ONE PUSH ( ) Select when you want to record with the white balance adjusted

according to the amb ie n t li ght.

1 Select [ONE PUSH]. 2 Frame a white obj ec t s u ch as a piece of paper, to fill

the screen under the same lighting co ndi t io n s as you will shoot the subject.

3 Touch [ ].

flashes quickly. When the white balance has been adjusted and stored in the memory, the indicator stops flashing.

b Note

• Do not shake your camcorder while is f lashing quickly.

• When flashes slowly, the white ba la nc e has not been set, or could not be set.

• If keeps flashing even after you have touched , set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO].

Using the Menu

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Using the Menu

SHARPNESS

b Note

• You cannot use the white balance tog ethe r wi th the Night S hot plus, or Super NightShot plus function.

• The setting returns to [AUTO] when you disconnect the power source from your camcorder for more than 5 minutes.

Tip

• For better color bal an ce adjustment when [WHITE BAL.] is set to [AUTO ] , a im your camcorder at a nearby white object for a bout 10 seconds after setting the POWER swit ch to CAMERA-TAPE when: – You remove the battery pack for replacement. – You bring your camcorder outdoors from inside the house while using fixed exposure, or

bring your camcorder in from outside .

• Redo the [ONE PUSH] procedure when: – You changed the [PROGRAM AE] settings when [WHITE BAL.] is set to [ONE PUSH]. – You brought your camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice vers a.

• Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or [ONE PUSH] under white or cool white fluorescent lamps.

For DCR-HC85: You can adjust th e sharpness of the im age outline with / . appears when the sharpness is anything other than the default setting.

AUTO SHUTTER

SPOT FOCUS

EXP.FOCUS

Using the Menu

Soften

GON Select to automa tically activate the electronic shutte r to adjust the

shutter speed when recordin g in bright conditions.

OFF Select when recor ding without using the elec tr onic shutter.

Sharpen

See page 40 for details.

For DCR-HC85: When you are recording pictures on a “Memory Stick Duo” while focusing manually, you can see if the focus is correctly adjusted by magnifying the center of the picture to twice its original size (p. 41).

GOFF ON

Select to deactivate expanded focu s. Select to activate expanded focus.

FLASH SET

FLASH MODE

FLASH LEVEL

Note that these sett ings will not funct ion with e xternal fla shes tha t do not su pport the following settings.

For DCR-HC65:

GON Select to trigger the flash (optional) regardless of the

brightness of the surroundings.

ON Select to trigger the flash (optional) regardless of the

brightness of the surroundings. T he flash pre-flashe s t o reduce the red-eye phenomenon.

AUTO Select to trigger the flash (optional) automatically. AUTO Select to trigger the flas h (optional) automatically. The flash

pre-flashes to reduce the red-eye phenomenon.

b Note

• If the flash is not capable of preventing the red-eye phenomenon, you can select only [ON] or [AUTO].

You can select an appropriate flash setting for recording with an external flash (optional).

HIGH ( ) Select to make the flash level higher than the standard setting.

GNORMAL ( ) Standard setti ng. LOW ( ) Select to make the f l ash level lower than the standard se tting.

Using the Menu

REDEYE REDUC

SUPER NSPLUS

b Note

• The setting returns to [NORMAL] when you disco nne c t the powe r sour ce from your camcorder for more than 5 minutes.

For DCR-HC85:

GOFF Select to disab le the red-ey e reduction. ON ( ) Select to activate the flash before recordi ng to prevent red-eye (p.31).

See page 39 for details.

,continued

Using the Menu

NS LIGHT

COLOR SLOW S

SELF-TIMER

DIGITAL ZOOM

When using the NightShot plus function to record, you can record clearer pictures by using the NightS hot Light to emit infrar ed rays (invisible).

GON Select to use the NightShot Light (p. 39) . OFF Select to disable the NightShot Light (p. 39).

See page 3 9 for details.

See page 28, 33 for details.

You can select the maximum zoom level in case you want to zoom to a level greater than 10 times while recording on a tape. Note that the image quality decreases when you are using the digi t al zoom. This functio n is us eful when recording enlarged pictures of a distant subject, such as a bird.

The right side of the bar shows the digital zooming zone. The zooming zone appears when you select the zooming level.

16:9 WIDE

Using the Menu

GOFF Select to deactiva te the digital zoom. Up to 10 times zoom is

performed optically.

20 × Select to activate the digital zoom. 10 times through 20 times zoom is

performed digitally.

120 × Select to activate the digital zoom. 10 times through 120 times zoom

is performed digitally.

You can record a 16:9 wide picture on the tape to watch on a 16:9 wide-screen TV ([16:9 WIDE] mode). With this functi on [ON], your camcor der offers even wide r an gl es when you move the power zoom lever to the “W” side than recording in [OFF]. When you connect y our camcord er to a TV compat ible with the ID-1/ID- 2 system and play the tape, the TV switches to full mode automatically. Refer also to the manuals supplied wit h your TV.

When viewed on the LCD screen/viewfinder

When viewed on a 16:9 wide screen TV*

When viewed on a standard TV**

* Picture appears in full screen when the wide-screen TV switches to full mode. **Played in 4:3 mode. When you play a picture in the wide mode, it appears as you have seen

on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.

GOFF Standard setting (to record pictures to play back on a 4:3 TV). The

ON (

) Select to rec ord a pict ur e to be pla ye d ba ck on a 16:9 wide TV. The

Tip

• The ID-1 system sends aspect ratio information (16:9, 4:3, or letter box) by inserting signals between video signals .

• The ID-2 system sends a copyright protection signal with the ID-1 signals inserted between video signals in an analog connection.

recorded picture will not be wide.

recorded picture will be played in full mode when you connect to your TV compatible with ID-1/ID-2 systems.

Using the Menu

STEADYSHOT

PROGRES. REC

You can select this function to compensate for camera-sha k e.

GON Standard setting (enable the SteadyShot function). OFF ( ) Select to deactivate the SteadyShot function.

Select to shoot a stationary subject wi th a tripod, or when using a conversion lens (optional). Nat ur al pic ture s are pro duc ed .

For DCR-HC85: See page 2 8 for details.

Using the Menu

Using the (MEMORY SET) menu

– BURST/QUALITY/IMAGE SIZE/ALL ERASE/NEW FOLDER, etc.

setting is selected. The settings you can adjust vary depending on the power mode of your camcorder. The screen shows the items you can currently operate. Unavailable items will be grayed out.

60min

FINE

1600

You can select items listed below on the MEMORY SET menu. To select items, see “Selecting menu items” (p. 62). The default settings are marked with G. The indicators in parentheses appear when the

STILL SET

BURST

You can record several still images one after another. The number of images you can record changes with the image size and space a vailable on the “ Memory Stick Duo” you are using.

1 Select [NORMAL], [HIGH SPEED] (DCR-HC85) or [EXP. BRKTG],

and then touch .

GOFF Select when not r ecor ding continuously. NORMAL ( ) For DCR-HC65:

HIGH SPEED ()

EXP. BRKTG ()

MEMORY SET

STILL SET MOVIE SET FORMAT

Select to record from 4 (1152 × 864 image size) to 13 (640 × 480 image size) images continuously at approximately 0.5-second intervals. For DCR-HC85: Select to record from 4 (1600 × 1200 image size) to 25 (640 × 480 image size) images continuously at approximately 0.5-second intervals.

For DCR-HC85: Select to record up to 32 images (640 × 480 image size) continuously at approximately 0.07-second intervals .

Select to record 3 imag es con secut ively wit h diff erent expos ures at approximately 0.5-second intervals. You can compare the 3 images and select an image recorded in the best exposure.

Using the Menu

2 Touch . 3 Press PHOTO fully.

In the [NORMAL] or [HIGH SPEED] (DCR-HC85) setting, the maximum number of images are recorded as long as you are pressing PHOTO fully.

b Note

• The flash (built-in or optional ) wil l not func tion while you are recording images

continuously.

• The maximum numb er o f images will be reco rd ed in the self-timer mode or when you are

operating with the Remote Commander.

QUALITY

• [EXP. BRKTG] will not function when you have space for fewer than 3 images remaining on the “Memory Stick Duo.”

• When it is hard to see the d ifference betwe en the images reco rded in [EXP. BRKTG] mod e on the LCD screen, connect your camcorder to your TV or a com pute r.

For DCR-HC85:

• The images may flicker or discolor when you select [HIGH SPEED].

IMAGE SIZE

MOVIE SET

IMAGE SIZE

GFINE ( ) Select to record still images with the fine image quality (compre ssed

STANDARD ()

to about 1/4). Select to recor d still images with the standard image quality

(compressed to about 1/10).

For DCR-HC65:

G1152 × 864 ()

640 × 480 ( ) Select to record many still images or for pla ying on a small screen.

Select to record still images for playing on a large screen. This setting can be selected only in the CAMERA-MEMORY mode.

For DCR-HC85:

G1600 × 1200 ()

1600

640 × 480 ( ) Select to record many still images or for pla ying on a small screen.

G320 × 240 ()

160 × 112 ( ) Select to reco r d for longer time.

Select to record still images for playing on a large screen. This setting can be selected only in the CAMERA-MEMORY mode.

Select to record movies for playing on a large screen, or to record clearer pictures.

Using the Menu

REMAINING

GAUTO Select to display the remaining capacity of the “Memory Stick Duo”

in the following ca s e s :

• After inserting a “Memory St ic k Duo” with th e POWER swi tc h in the CAMERA-MEMORY mode (for about 5 secon ds) .

• When the remaining capacity of the “Memory Stick Duo” is less than 2 minutes after the CAMERA-MEMO RY mode is selected.

• At the starting or ending point of the movie (for approximately 5 seconds).

ON Select to always display the remainin g capacity of the “Memory Stick

Duo.”

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Using the Menu

ALL ERASE

FORMAT

You can delete all the pictures on a “Memory Stick Duo” that ar e not writeprotected. To delete pictures one by one, see page 107.

1 Select [ALL FILES] or [CURRNT FOLDER].

ALL FILES Select to dele te all the images on the “Mem or y Sti ck Duo.” CURRNT

FOLDER

Select to delete all the images in the selected playback folder.

2 Touch [YES] twice.

To cancel deletion of all pictures, select [NO].

3 Touch .

b Note

• The folder will not be delete d eve n whe n you delete all the pictures in the folder.

• Do not do any of the foll owing while [ Erasing all data... ] is displayed: – Move the POWER switch to select othe r po we r mode s. – Operate any buttons. – Eject the “Memory Stick Duo.”

The supplied or newly purchased “Memory Stick Duo” has been formatted at the factory, and does not require formattin g . For details on the “Memory Stick Duo, ” see page 127.

1 Touch [YES] twice.

To cancel formatting, select [NO] .

2 Touch .

FILE NO.

Using the Menu

b Note

• Do not do any of the following while [ Format ti ng. .. ] is disp la ye d: – Move the POWER switch to select othe r po we r mode s. – Operate any buttons. – Eject the “Memory Stick Duo.”

• Formatting erases everything on the “Memory Stick Duo” including protected image data and newly created folders.

GSERIES Se lect to assign file numbers in seq uence even if th e “Memory Stick

Duo” is replaced with another one. The file numbe r is reset whe n a new folder is created or the recording folder is replaced with another.

RESET Select to reset the file number to 0001 each ti me the “M em or y S tic k

Duo” is changed.

NEW FOLDER

You can create a new folder (102MSDCF to 999MSDCF) on a “Memory Stick Duo.” When a folder is full (a maximum of 9999 imag es are st ored) a new folder is automatically created.

1 Touch [YES].

A newly created folder will be numbered in sequence after the last folder number. To cancel creation, select [NO].

2 Touch .

b Note

• You cannot delete the created folder s using your camcorder. You will have to forma t th e “Memory Stick Duo” (p. 72), or delete them usi ng your co mputer.

• The number of pictures that can be record ed on a “Memory Stick Duo” decreases as the number of folders increases on the “Memory Stick Duo.”

REC FOLDER

PB FOLDER

Using the Menu

As the default setting, pictures are saved in the 101MSDCF folder. You can select a folder to save your pictures. Creat e new folders from the [NEW FOLDE R ] menu, then select the folder to be used for recording with / and touch . When you have a lot of pictures, you can search for the desired pi cture easil y when you sort them in folders.

Select the playback folder with / , then touch .

Using the Menu

Using the (PICT.APPLI.) menu

PICT.EFFECT/SLIDE SHOW/FRAME REC/ INT.REC-STL, etc.

–

setting is selected. The settings you can adjust vary depending on the power mode of your camcorder. The screen shows the items you can currently operate. Unavailable items will be grayed out.

0:00:0060min STBY

You can select items listed below on the PICT.APPLI. menu. To select items, see “Selecting menu items” (p. 62). The default settings are marked with G. The indicators in parentheses appear when the

FADER

See page 42 for details.

OVERLAP

See page 43 for details.

D.EFFECT

See page 43, 51 for details.

PICT.EFFECT

You can add spec ia l effects (such as fi lms) to a picture before or after recordi ng on a tape. appears when the effect is select ed.

GOFF Select when not using the Picture effect setting. NEG. ART Select to record/play the picture with the color

and brightness of the picture rev ersed .

PICT. APPLI.

FADE R OVERLAP D. EFFECT

Using the Menu

SEPIA Select to record/play the picture appearing in sepia. B&W Select to record/play the picture appearing in monochrome (black-

and-white).

SOLARIZE Selec t to reco rd / p la y the pic tur e looking like an

illustration with strong c ontr a st.

PASTEL Select to record the picture looking like a pale

pastel drawing. (This effect is not available during playback.)

MEMORY MIX

PB ZOOM

SLIDE SHOW

MOSAIC Select to record picture appearing mosaic-

b Note

• You cannot add effects to externally input pictures. Also, you cannot output pictures edited with Picture effects via the DV Interface.

Tip

• You can copy pictures edited using picture effects to a “Memory Stick Duo” (p. 96) or to another tape (p. 94).

patterned. (This effect is not available during playback.)

See page 45 for details.

See page 56 for details.

You can play back the images stored in a “Memory Stick Duo” (or a selected playback folder) in sequence (slide show).

1 Touch . 2 Touch [PB FOLDER]. 3 Select [ALL FILES] or [CURRNT FOLDER], then touch .

GALL FILES ( ) Select to execute a slide sh o w b y playing back all the images on

CURRNT FOLDER ( )

the “Memory Stick Duo.” Select to ex ecute a slide show by playing back all the images in

the current playback folder selected in [PB FOLDER] (p. 73).

Using the Menu

4 Touch [REPEAT]. 5 Touch [ON] or [OFF], then .

GON ( ) Select to repeat the slide show. OFF Select to execute the slide show only once.

6 Touch [END].

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Using the Menu

FRAME REC

7 Touch [START].

Your camcorder plays back the images recorded on the “Memory Stick Duo” in sequence. To cancel the slide show, touch [END]. To pause, touch [PAUSE].

z Tip

• You can select the first picture for the slide show by touching / before touching

[START].

• If movies are played in the slide show, you can adjust the volume by touching

(decrease)/ (increase).

You can record pictures with a stop-mot i on animated effect by alternately frame recording and then moving the subject a little. Operate your c amc orde r u sing the Remote Commander to prevent camera shake.

GOFF Select to record in the stan dard r e co rd ing mode. ON ( ) Select to record pictures using the frame recording.

1 Select [ON], then touch . 2 Touch . 3 Press REC START/STOP.

A picture (approximately 6 frames) is recorded, and your camcorder enters the standby mode.

4 Move the subject an d repeat step 3.

b Note

• When you use frame recording continuously, the remaining tape time will not be indicated

correctly.

• The last scene will be longer than other scenes.

SMTH INT.REC

Using the Menu

For DCR-HC85: This function is useful to observe the movement of clou ds or the changes of daylight. Your camcorder will shoot 1 frame of the picture at a selected interval and keep them in memory until it has stored several frames. Then those frames are recorded on the tape at one time. These pictures appear smooth when played back. Connect your camcorder to the wall ou tlet u sing the s upplied AC Adaptor d uring the operation.

[a] [a] [a]

[b]

a: Shooting time b: Interval

[b]

1 Touch .

2 Select the desired in te rval by touching / , then touch .

You can select from 1 to 120 seconds for the interval.

3 Touch [REC START].

Recording starts and frames, it records them on the tape, after performing the END SEARCH function depending on the interval length.

10 sec

To interrupt smooth interval recording, touch [REC STOP]. To resume touch [REC START]. To cancel smooth interval recording, touch [REC STOP], t hen [END]. Do not turn off the power o r d isconnect the power source wh ile a message is displayed on the screen.

b Note

• The camcorder will shoot several frames for the first and last shots of the Smooth interval recording.

• You cannot use the Smooth interval reco rd ing with: – MEMORY MIX function – Memory overlap

• Smooth interval recording is released when approximately 12 hours have elapsed after shooting has begun.

• Sounds are not recorded.

• The last few frames may not be recorde d if the bat te r y or tape ha s ru n ou t.

• There may be discrepancies in the interval.

z changes to red. When your camcorder has shot several

Using the Menu

INTERVAL REC

Tip

• If you adjust th e focus manually, you may be able to re co rd clear pictures even i f the light changes (p. 41).

• You can silence the beeps during recording (p. 88).

For DCR-HC65: You can record pictures on a tape at a selected interval, when you record flowers blooming, etc. Connect your camcorder to the wall outlet using the supplied AC Adaptor during the operation.

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Using the Menu

[a] [a]

[b]

a: [REC TIME] b: [INTERVAL]

[b]

1 Touch . 2 Touch [INTERVAL]. 3 Select a desired interval time (30 seco nds, 1, 5, o r 10 minutes) , then touch

4 Touch [REC TIME]. 5 Select a de sire d r eco rd ing t ime (0 .5 , 1, 1. 5, or 2 se cond s) , then touch . 6 Touch [END]. 7 Touch [ON], then .

GOFF To deactivate interval recording. ON ( ) To record moving pictures on a tape in the selected interval.

8 Touch .

flashes on the sc reen.

9 Press REC START/STOP.

stops flashing and the interval recording starts.

To cancel interval recording, select [OFF] in step 7.

b Note

• You cannot use the interval r eco rd i ng to g ether with the Memory overlap.

• There may be a discrepancy in recording time of up to ± 6 frames from th e se le c te d time.

INT.REC-STL

Using the Menu

Tip

• If you adjust the focus manually, you may be able to record clear pictures even if the light

changes (p. 41).

• You can silence the beeps during re cordi ng ( p. 88).

This function is use ful to observe the mo vement of clouds or the change of daylight. Your camcorder will sh oot a still ima ge at a select ed interval a nd record it on a “Memory Stick Duo.”

[a] [a] [a]

[b]

a: Shooting time b: Interval

[b]

1 Touch . 2 Select a desired interval time (1, 5, or 10 minutes), then touch .

DEMO MODE

3 Touch [ON], then touch .

GOFF To deactivate interval recording. ON ( ) To record still images on a “Memory Stick Duo” in the selected

interval.

4 Touch .

flashes.

5 Press PHOTO fully.

stops flashing and the interval photo recording starts.

To cancel interval phot o recording, select [ OFF] in step 3.

When you remov e both the cassette and “Memory Stick Duo” from your camcorder, and select the CAMERA-TAPE mode, you can view the demonstration in about 10 minutes.

GON Select to see an overview of the functions available such as when you

OFF Select wh en you do not intend to use the DEMO MODE.

b Note

• You cannot view the demonstration when the NIGHTSHOT PLU S swi tch is set to ON.

Tip

• The demonstration will be suspe nde d in sit u a tions such as those described below. – When you touch the screen during the demonstration. (The demonstration starts again in

about 10 minutes.) – When a cassette or “Memory Sti ck Duo ” is inse r te d. – When a mode other than CAMERA -T AP E is sele ct ed .

• If [A.SHUT OFF] is set to [5min] when the camcord er is used on the battery pack, the power will be turned off after approximately 5 minutes (p. 88).

are using this camcorder for the first time.

Using the Menu

See page 110 f or details.

Using the Menu

Using the (EDIT/ PLAY) menu

TAPE TITLE, etc.

You can select items listed below on the EDIT/ PLAY menu. To select items, see “Selecting menu items” (p. 62). The default settings are marked with G. The settings you can adj ust vary dependin g on the

VAR.SPD PB

REC CTRL

AUD DUB CTRL

– TITLE/

See page 5 0 for details.

For recording on a tape. See page 95, 97 for details.

See page 106 f or details.

power mode of your camcorder. The screen shows the items y ou can currently operate. Unavailable item s w ill be grayed out.

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EDIT/PLA Y

VAR. SPD PB REC CTRL AUD DUB CTRL

PROG.EDIT

REC CTRL

BURN DVD

Using the Menu

OTHER DEVICE Select to make programs and dubbing the selected scenes to a tape on

a VCR (p. 98).

MEMORY STICK S e le c t to ma ke pr ogr a ms a nd dubbing the selected scenes to a

“Memory Stick Duo” (p. 102).

For recording on a “Memory Stick Duo. ” See page 95, 96 for details.

When your camcorder is connecte d t o a Sony VAIO serie s pe rsonal computer, you can easily burn the picture re co rd ed on th e ta p e on a DVD (Dire ct Ac cess to “Click to DVD”) using this comman d. S ee th e supplied “Computer Applications Guide” for details.

BURN VCD

END SEARCH

When your camcorder is connected to a personal computer , y ou can easily burn the picture recor ded on the tape on a CD-R (Direct Acce ss to Video CD Burn) using this command. See the supplied “Computer Applications Guide” for details.

TITLE

EXEC Select to activate the END SEARCH function. The most recently

recorded picture is played back for about 5 seconds and then stops automatically.

CANCEL Select to stop the END SEARCH function.

GON Select when you want to search for a scene, title, etc. using the

Cassette Memory (p. 60, 61).

OFF Select to se ar ch without using Casse tte Memory.

Any titles you have superimposed usin g th is camcorder can only be vi ewed on a

video cassette device with the index titler function. If you superimpose a title, you will be able to se ar ch f or it using Title search. You can superimpose up to about 20 titles (about 5 letters per title) on a cassette with Cassette Memory. Note, however, that only 11 titles can be recorded when other data (6 date/time data/1 cassette lab el) is recorded.

1 Select a desired ti t le from the displa yed titles (2 origin al ti tles that you

have created before and the preset titles that have been stored in your camcorder). You can create original titles (up to 2 types of title of within 20 characters ea ch) in the following procedure.

1 Select [C USTOM 1 ” ”] or [CUS TOM 2 ” ”] using / , th en

touch .

2 Touch th e but ton repeatedly to selec t t he d es ir ed character on the

button.

Using the Menu

TITLE

&?!

GHI

PQRSWXY

STBY 0 :00 :00

E___________________

ABC

DEF

12345678

JKL

MNO

' . ,

TUV

/ –

END

To erase a charac ter: Touch . To insert a space: Touch .

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Using the Menu

3 Touch to move s to select the next cha racter, and ente r the

character in the same manner.

4 When you have finished entering characters, to uch .

2 Touch . 3 Touch (color), / (position), [SIZE] as n ecessary to select a

desired color, position or size.

Color

white t yellow t violet t red t cyan t green t blue

Position

You can select fr om 8 to 9 choices.

Size

small y large (You can only select the small size when you are entering more than 13 characters.)

4 Touch . 5 Touch [SAVE].

During playback, playback pause, or reco rding

[TITLE SAVE] is displayed on the screen for about 5 seconds and the title is set.

During recording standby

[TITLE] appears. When you press REC ST ART/STOP to start recording, [TITLE SAVE] is displayed on the screen for about 5 seconds, and the title is set.

b Note

• The point you superimposed the title may be detected as an index signal when searching a recording with other video device.

• When you are using your camcorder on the battery pack and do not operate it for 5 minutes, the power automatically goes off as the default setting. If you may take 5 minutes or longer to enter characters, set [A.SHUT OFF] on the (STANDARD SET) menu to [NEVER] (p. 88). The power will not be turned off. Even though the power goes off, the characters you have entered remain stored in memory. Turn the power back on, then start again from s t ep 1 to continue superimp osing the titl e.

TITL ERASE

Using the Menu

Tip

• To change a created title, select the title in step 1, then touch . Then, resele ct the characters again.

1 Select the title that you wa n t to delete usi n g / , then touch . 2 Confirm the titl e is th e one you want to erase, the n touch [YES].

To cancel the operation, touc h [N O ].

3 Touch .

TITLE DISP

TAPE TITLE

You can view the titl e w hen you play back the pi ct ure.

GON Select to display the titl e when a sce ne superimposed with a ti tle

appears.

OFF Select wh en you do not want to display th e title.

You can label a cassette with Cassette Memory (up to 10 letters). The label will be displayed for approx imately 5 seconds when you select the CAMERA-TAPE mode and insert a cassette, or when you select the PLAY/EDIT mode. Up to 4 titles will be displayed at the same time if the cassette has titles superimposed.

1 Touch the button repeatedly to select the desired character on the button.

ALL ERASE

ABC

JKL

TUV

STBY 0 :00 :00

DEF

12345678

MNO

' . , / –

END

T APE TITLE

&?!

GHI

PQRSWXY

To erase a charac ter: Touch . To insert a space: Touch .

2 Touch to move s to select the next character, and enter the

character in the same manner.

3 When you have finished entering characters, touch . 4 Touch .

z Tip

• To erase the label you have created, to uch repeatedly to erase the characters, then touch .

• To change the label you have created, inse r t the c as se tte into your camcorder and go through the procedure from step 1.

You can delete all data such as date, title, and casset te label s aved in the Cassett e Memory at one time.

1 Touch [YES] twice.

To cancel deletion of al l da t a, sel ect [NO].

2 Touch .

Using the Menu

Using the (STANDARD SET) menu – REC MODE/MULTI-

SOUND/AUDIO MIX/USB-CA MERA, etc.

You can select the items listed below on the STANDARD SET menu. To select these items, see “Selecting menu items” (p. 62).

REC MODE

GSP ( SP ) Select to record in the SP (Standard Play) mode on a cassette. LP ( LP ) Select to increase the recordi ng t im e to 1 . 5 ti mes the SP mode (Long

Play). The use of Sony Excellence/Master mini DV cassette is recommended to get the most out of your c am c or der.

b Note

• You cannot add sound on the tape recor de d in the LP mode .

• If you record in the LP mode, a mosaic-like noise may appear or sound may be interrupted

when you play back the tape on other camcorders or VCRs.

• When you mix recordings in the SP mode and in the LP mode on one tape, the playback

picture may be distorted or the time code may not be written properly between the scenes.

The default settings are marked with

indicators in parentheses appear when the setting is selected. Th e settings you c an adjust

G. The

vary depending on the power mode of your camcorder.

currently operate. Unavailable items will be grayed out.

The screen show s the items you c an

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ST AND ARD SET

REC MODE AUDI O MODE VOLUME

AUDIO MODE

VOLUME

MULTI-SOUND

Using the Menu

G12BIT Select to record in the 12-bit mode (2 stereo sounds). 16BIT ( ) Select to record in the 16-bit mode (1 stereo sound with high quality).

See page 49, 52 for details.

You can select how t o pl ay back audio recor ded on a tape in stereo m o de.

GSTEREO Select to play back a stereo tape or dual sound track tape with main

and sub sound.

1 Select to play back a stereo tape with the left chann el sound or a dual

sound track tape with main sound.

2 Select to play back a stereo tape with the right channel sound or a dual

sound track tape with sub sound.

AUDIO MIX

LCD/VF SET

b Note

• You can play back a dual sound track cassette on this camcorder. However, you cannot record a dual sound track on this camcorder.

• The setting returns to [STEREO] when you disconnect the power source from your camcorder for more than 5 minutes.

You can adjust the audio balance between the originally recorded sound (ST1) and sound added afterwards (ST2) on the tape (p. 107).

b Note

• You cannot adjust sound recorded in 16 bit audio mode.

• Only the originally recorded sou nd will be heard when you disconnect the power sourc e from your camcorder for more than 5 minutes.

LCD BRIGHT

LCD BL LEVEL

LCD COLOR

VF B.LIGHT

The recorded picture will not be affected by this setting.

See page 18 for details.

You can adjust th e brightness of the LCD screen’s backli g ht.

GNORMAL Standard brightness. BRIGHT Select to brighten the LCD screen.

b Note

• When you connect your camcorder to outside power sources, [BRIGHT] is automatically selected for the setting.

• When you select [BRIGHT], battery life is r e duc ed by abou t 10 pe rce nt during recording.

Touch / to adjust the color on the LCD screen.

Low intensity

High intensity

You can adjust the brightness of the viewfinder.

GNORMAL Standard brightness. BRIGHT To brighten the viewfinder sc r een.

Using the Menu

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Using the Menu

A/VcDV OUT

VIDEO INPUT

b Note

• When you connect your camcorder to outs ide powe r sour ces, [BRIGHT] is automatically

selected for the setting.

• When you select [BRIGHT], battery life is reduced by ab out 10 pe r cent during recording.

You can connect a di gi t al device and an analog device to your camcor der and convert the signal transm itted from th e connected de vices to th e appropriat e signal on your camcorder.

GOFF Select when not using the Digita l co nve r t fu nc tion. ON ( ) To output analog images and sound in digital format using your

camcorder. The analog signal input t o the AUDIO/VIDEO jack of your camcorder will be converted and output from the DV Interface of your camcorder. For details, refer to the “Compute r Applications Guide.”

When you connect your camcorder to another device using the supplied A/V connecting cabl e, set t he t ype of plug you are goin g to use for the connection.

GVIDEO Select to input a vide o signa l. S VIDEO Select to input an S video signal.

USB-CAMERA

USB-PLY/EDT

Using the Menu

You can conn ec t a US B ca bl e ( su ppl i ed) to yo ur cam cor de r, an d vi ew the p ict ur e displayed on the screen of your camcorder on your computer (USB Streaming). For details, refer to the “Computer Applications Guide.”

GOFF Select to deactivate the USB Streaming function. USB STREAM Select to activate the U SB Streaming function.

You can conn ec t a US B ca bl e ( su ppl i ed) to yo ur cam cor de r, an d vi ew the p ict ur e on the tape or “Memory Stick Duo” in your camcorder on your computer. For details, refer to the “Computer Applications Guide.”

GSTD-USB Select to view the pictu re on the “M e mor y S tic k Duo. ” PictBridge Select to connect the PictBridge complian t pr inte r (p . 110). USB STREAM Select to view the picture on the tape.

DATA CODE

REMAINING

REMOTE CTRL

GOFF Select not to display date , time and the camera settings data during

playback.

DATE/TIME Select to display the date and ti me du ring playback (p. 57). CAMERA DATA Select to displa y the ca me ra settings data during playback ( p. 57).

GAUTO Select to display the remaining tape indicator for about 8 seconds:

• After you select the CAMERA- TAP E mode with the cassette inserted, and your camcorder calculates the remaining amount of tape.

• When you touch (play/pause).

ON Select to always display the remaining tape indicator.

Using the Menu

GON Select when using the Remote Commander supplied with your

camcorder.

OFF Select to deactivate the Remote Commander to prevent your

camcorder from responding to a command sent by another VCR remote control unit.

b Note

• The setting returns to [ON] when you have the power sour c e disc onne c ted from your camcorder for more than 5 minutes.

REC LED

GON Select to turn on the camera recordin g lam p on the f ro nt of your

camcorder during recording.

OFF Select this setting in the following recording situations. T he camera

recording lamp will not light up during recording.

• When you do not want the subject to be nervous about being recorded.

• When you are recording close to the subject.

• When the subject reflects the recording lamp.

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Using the Menu

BEEP

DISPLAY

MENU ROTATE

GMELODY S elect to sound a melody when you start/stop recording, operate the

touch panel, or when an unusual condition occurs on your camcorder.

NORMAL Select to sound a beep instead of the melody. OFF Select to cancel the melody, the beep sound, the shutter sound or the

touch panel operation confirmat ion beep.

GLCD PANEL Select to show the displays s uc h as the time code on the LCD scr e en

and in the viewfinder.

V-OUT/PANEL Select to show the displays such as the time code on the TV screen,

LCD screen, and in the viewfinder.

b Note

• You cannot input a signal to your camcorder if you pre ss DI SPLAY/BATT INFO while [V-OUT/PANEL] is selected.

You can select the scrolling direction (up or down) of the menu items on the LCD screen when you touch or .

GNORMAL Select to scroll the menu items downwards by touching . OPPOSITE Select to scroll th e m en u items upwards by touching .

A.SHUT OFF

Using the Menu

G5min Select to activa te the Auto shut off. When approximately 5 min ute s

have elapsed while you do not operate your camcorder, the camcorder is automatically turned off to prevent the battery from becomin g consumed.

NEVER Select to deactivate the Auto shut off.

b Note

• When you connect your camcorder to the wall outlet, [A.SHUT OFF] is automatically set to [NEVER].

Using the (TIME/ LANGU.) menu

WORLD TIME, etc.

– CLOCK SET/

The settings you can adjust vary depending on the power mode of yo ur camcorder.

screen shows the items you can currently operate. Unavail able items will be grayed out.

0:00:0060min STBY

The

You can select items listed below on the TIME/ LANGU. menu. To select items, see “Selecting menu items” (p. 62).

CLOCK SET

You can set the date and time (p. 19).

WORLD TIME

You can adjust the t i m e difference when using your camcorde r ab road. Set the time differ ence by touc hin g / , the clock will be adj us te d in ac co rdan c e with the time difference. If you set the time difference to 0, the clock returns to the originally set time.

LANGUAGE

You can selec t or chan ge the lan guage us ed for the on-scr een disp lay (p.22). Y ou can select from Engl i sh , Sim plified English, Canadian-French, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian-Portuguese, Traditional-Chinese, or Korean.

TIME/LANGU.

CLOCK SET WORLD TIME LANGUAGE

Using the Menu

Customizing Personal Menu

You can add frequ ent l y us ed menu items to Personal Menu, or sor t them in the order yo u like (customizing). You can customize the Personal Menu for each power mode of you r camcorder.

Adding a menu – Add

You can add frequ ent l y us ed menu items to Personal Menu for ea sier and faster access.

b Note

• You can add up to 28 menu items each for th e CAMERA-TAPE, CAMERA-MEMORY, and PLAY/EDIT modes. If you want to add more, you must delete a less important menu item before adding a new menu item (p. 91).

1 Touch .

0:00:0060min STBY

STBY

EXPO–

SURE

FADER

SPOT METER

SPOT FOCUS

PRGRAM AE

1/3

3 Touch [ADD].

0:00:0060min

Select the category.

STBY

CAMERA SET PICT. APPLI. EDIT/PLAY STANDARD SET TIME/LANGU.

END

4 Touch / to select a menu

category, then touch .

The available items vary depending on the power mode of the camcorder. Only the available items are displayed.

0:00:0060min

PROGRAM AE SPOT METER EXPOSURE WHITE BAL. SHARPNESS

STBY

END

Select the item.

5 Touch / to select a menu item,

then touch .

0:00:0060min

ADD

STBY

Add this item to

CAMERA-TAPE mode's

P-MENU?

NOYES

2 Touch [P-MENU SET UP].

If the desired menu is not displayed on the screen, touch / until the menu is displayed.

P–MENU SET UP

Using the Menu

60min

ADD

SORT

STBY

DELETE

RESET

0:00:00

END

6 Touch [YES].

The menu is added to th e end of the list.

7 Touch .

Deleting menu – Delete

The selected menu is deleted from Perso nal Menu.

1 Touch .

0:00:0060min STBY

STBY

EXPO–

SURE

FADER

SPOT METER

SPOT FOCUS

PRGRAM AE

1/3

2 Touch [P-MENU SET UP].

If the desired menu is not displayed on the screen, touch / until the menu is displayed.

STBY

DELETE

RESET

0:00:00

END

60min

P–MENU SET UP

ADD

SORT

3 Touch [DELETE].

0:00:0060min

FADER SPOT

METER

STBY

EXPO– SURE

SPOT FOCUS

PRGRAM AE

END

Select button to delete.

1/3

4 Touch the menu that you want to

delete.

6 Touch .

b Note

• You cannot delete [MENU] and [P-MENU SET UP].

Arranging the order of menus displayed on Personal Menu – Sort

You can sor t the menu s added t o Person al Menu in the desired orde r.

1 Touch .

0:00:0060min STBY

STBY

EXPO–

SURE

FADER

SPOT METER

SPOT FOCUS

PRGRAM AE

1/3

2 Touch [P-MENU SET UP].

If the menu is not displayed on the screen, touch / until the desired menu is displayed.

STBY

DELETE

RESET

0:00:00

END

60min

P–MENU SET UP

ADD

SORT

Using the Menu

DELETE

STBY

Delete this from

CAMERA-TAPE mode's

P-MENU?

YES NO

5 Touch [YES].

0:00:0060min

3 Touch [SORT].

FADER SPOT

METER

STBY

EXPO– SURE

SPOT FOCUS

PRGRAM AE

Select button to move.

1/3

0:00:0060min

END

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Using the Menu

4 Touch the menu item you want to

move.

60min

Select new location.

1/3

FADER

SPOT METER

STBY

EXPO– SURE

SPOT FOCUS

PRGRAM AE

0:00:00

END

5 Touch / to move the menu item

to the desired place.

60min

Select new location.

MENU FADER

SPOT

1/3

FOCUS

EXPO– SURE

STBY

SPOT METER

PRGRAM AE

0:00:00

END

2 Touch [P-MENU SET UP].

If the desired menu is not di splayed on the screen, touch / until the menu is displayed.

STBY

DELETE

RESET

0:00:00

END

60min

P–MENU SET UP

ADD

SORT

3 Touch [RESET].

0:00:0060min

RESET

STBY

Initialize

CAMERA-TAPE mode's

P-MENU setting?

YES NO

6 Touch .

To sort more items, repeat steps 4 to 6.

7 Touch [END]. 8 Touch .

b Note

• You cannot move [P-MENU SET UP].

Initializing the settings – Reset

You can initialize Personal Menu to the default settings after a ddi ng or deleting menus.

1 Touch .

0:00:0060min STBY

STBY

FADER

SPOT FOCUS

EXPO– SURE

SPOT METER

PRGRAM AE

1/3

4 Touch [YES].

0:00:0060min

RESET

STBY

Are you sure?

YESNO

5 Touch [YES].

The Personal Menu settings return to the default settings. To cancel reset, t ouch [NO].

6 Touch .

Using the Menu

Dubbing/Editing

Connecting to a VCR or TV

You can record the picture from a VCR or TV to a tape or a “Memory Stick Duo” inserted into your camcorder ( p. 95). You can also create a copy of the picture recorded on your camcorder on other recording device (p. 94). Connect your camcorder to a TV or VCR as shown in the following illustration. Connect your camcorder to the wall outlet using the supplied AC Adaptor during the operation.

Connecting with an i.LINK cable

DV Interface

i.LINK cable (optional)

i.LINK jack

Dubbing/Editing

AUDIO/VIDEO jack

A/V connecting

cable *

Signal flow

*1The supplied A/V connecting cable has a video

plug and an S video plug for the video connection.

*2This connection produces higher quality DV format

b Note

• Use the A/V connecting cable (supplied) to connect your camcorder to other devices. Before connecting, make sure the [DI SP L A Y] setting in the (STANDARD SET) menu is set to [LCD PANEL] (the default setting) (p. 88).

When you have an S video jack on your TV or VCR *

S video plug (black)

Yellow

(supplied)

White

Red

• Connect the A/V connecting cable to the output jack of a device you are dubbing a picture from, or to the input jack of another device for dubbing a picture from your camcorder.

• When you are connecting your camcorde r to a monaural device, connect the yellow plug of the A/ V connecting cable to the video jack, and the red (right channel) or the white (left channel) plug to the audio jack on the VCR or the TV.

VCRs or TVs

To use an i.LINK cable for connection

Use an i.LINK cable (optional) to connect your camcorder to ot her device via the DV Interface. The vi deo and sound signals are

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Dubbing/Editing

transmitted digitally, producing high quality pictures. Note that you cannot record the picture and sound separately. For details, see page 131.

Dubbing to another tape

You can copy and edit the pict ure played back on your camcorder to other recordi ng devices (such as VCRs).

1 Connect your VCR to your camcorder

as a recording device (p. 93).

2 Prepare your VCR for recording.

• Inse rt a cassette for recording.

• If your VCR has an inpu t selector, se t it to the input mode.

3 Prepare your camcorder for playback.

• Insert the recorded cassette.

• Slide the POWER switch to select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

4 Start the playback on your camcorder,

and record it on the VCR.

Refer to the operating instructions su pplied with your VCR for details.

Dubbing/Editing

5 When the dubbing is finished, stop

your camcorder and the VCR.

b Note

• When your camcorder is connected to the VCR via the DV Interface, you cannot record the title, indicators, information for the Cass et te Memo ry, and words entered on the index screen of the “Memory Stick Duo.”

• When dubbing using the A/V connecting cable, press DISPLAY/BATT INFO to hide indicators such as time cod e ( p. 57). Otherwise, they will b e recorded on the tape.

• To record the date/time and camera settings data, have them displayed on screen (p. 57).

• Pictures edited wit h Pictur e effect ([ PICT.EFFECT ] p. 74), Digital effect (p. 43, 51), or Playback zoom (p. 56) cannot be output via the DV Interface.

• When connected using the i.LINK cable , th e recorded picture becomes rough when a pict ur e is paused on your camcorder while recording to a VCR.

Recording pictures

3 Select the (EDIT/PLAY) menu,

then [ REC CTRL] with an icon.

from a VCR or TV

You can record and edit pictures or TV programs from a VCR or TV on a t a pe or a “Memory Stick Duo” inserted in your camcorder. You can also record a scene as a still image on a “Memory Stick Duo.” Insert a cassette or a “Memory Stick Duo” for recording in your camcorder. If you have connected the A/V connecting cable, select the input signal in [VIDEO INPUT] in the

(STANDARD SET) menu (p. 86).

Recording movies

1 Connect your TV or VCR to your

camcorde r ( p.93) .

2 If you are recording from a VCR,

insert a cassette.

3 Slide the POWER switch to select the

PLAY/EDIT mode.

4 Operate your camcorder to record

movies.

When recording on a tape

1 Touch . 2 Touch [ REC CTRL] with an

icon. If the item is not disp layed on th e screen , touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the

(EDIT/PLAY) menu (p. 80).

3 Touch [REC PAUSE].

When record in g on a “M emor y S t ick Duo”

1 Touch . 2 Touch [MENU].

5 Start playing th e cassette on your

VCR, or select a TV program.

The picture played on the connected device appears on the LCD s creen of your camcorder.

6 Touch [REC START] at the point you

want to start recording.

7 Stop recording.

When recording on a tape

Touch (stop) or [REC PAUSE].

When recording on a “Memory Stick Duo”

[REC STOP].

Touch

8 Touch , then .

z Tip

• The indicator appears when you connect your camcorder and other devices via an i.LINK cabl e. (This indicator may also appear on your TV.)

• When recording movies on a “Memory Stick Duo,” you can skip st ep 4 a nd press REC START/ S TO P in step 6.

Recording still images

1 Perform steps 1 to 3 in “Recording

movies” (p. 95).

2 Play the video, or receive the TV

program you want to record .

The pictures on the VCR or TV appear on the screen of your camcorder.

Dubbing/Editing

,continued

Dubbing/Editing

3 Press PHOTO lightly at the scene you

want to record. Check the image and press it fully.

The image is no t re cor de d unle ss you p res s PHOTO fully. Release it if you do not want to record the scene, and select other scene as described above.

Dubbing pictures from a tape to a “Memory Stick Duo”

You can record movies (with sound recorded in monaural) or still images (fixed to image size [640 × 480]) on a “Memory Stick Duo.” Make sure you have a recorded tape and a “Memory Stick Duo” inserted into your camcorder.

1 Slide the POWER switch to select the

PLAY/EDIT mode.

2 Search and record the scene you want

to record.

When recording a still image

1 Touch (play) to play back the tape. 2 Press PHOTO lightly at the scene you

want to record. Check the image and press it fully.

60min

101

FINE

640

Dubbing/Editing

P-MENU

When recording a movie

1 Touch . 2 Touch [MENU]. 3 Select the (EDIT/PLAY) menu,

then [ REC CTRL] with an icon.

4 Touch (play) to play back the tape.

REC CTRL

REC

START

2min

0:00:00:00

5 Touch [REC START] at the poi nt yo u

want to start recording.

6 Touch [REC STOP] at the point you

want to stop recording.

7 Touch (stop) to stop tape playback.

8 Touch , then .

b Note

• The Data code and titles recorded on the tape cannot be recorded on the “Memory Stick Duo.” The time and date the picture is recorded on the “Memory Stick Duo” will be recorded.

• The sound is recorded in 32 kHz monaural.

z Tip

• You can also record a movie by pressing REC START/STOP during tape playback.

• For the recording time of mo vie s, see pa ge 26.

Dubbing still images from a “Memory Stick Duo” to a tape

You can record still images on a tape. Make sure you have the “Memory Stick Duo” with the images and a tape inse rted into y our camcorder.

1 Slide the POWER switch to select the

PLAY/EDIT mode.

2 Search for the point where you want to

start dubbing by touching (rewind) or (fast forward), then touch (stop).

Dubbing/Editing

3 Touch . 4 Touch (previous)/ (next) to

select the image you want to dub.

5 Touch . 6 Touch [ REC CTRL] with an

icon If the item is not displayed on the screen,

touch / . If you cannot find it, touch [MENU], and select it from the (EDIT/PLAY) menu.

7 Touch [REC PAUSE]. 8 Touch [REC START].

The selected image is dubbed to the tape .

9 Touch (stop) or [REC PAUSE]

when you want to stop recording.

To dub other still imag es, select images by touching / , then repeat steps 7 to

,continued

Dubbing/Editing

10Touch , then .

Dubbing selected

b Note

• You cannot dub the index screen.

• You may not be able to dub images modified on your

computer or recorded with other camcorders on your camcorder.

• You cannot dub MPEG movies on the tape.

scenes from a tape

– Digital program editing

You can select up to 20 scenes (programs) and record them in the desired order to other recording device such as VCRs or to a “Memory Stick Duo” inserted in your camcorder. When you are recording on a “Memory Stick Duo,” skip steps 1 and 2 and start from “Recording the selected scenes as programs” (p. 102).

Delete unwanted scene

Change the order

Results of editing

Step 1 : Preparing your camcorder and VCR for operation

Dubbing/Editing

Follow the steps below when you are performing a digital program edit for the first time to a tape in a VCR. You can skip this setting if you have set up the VCR by the following procedure before.

b Note

• You cannot perform the Digital program editing on a VCR that does not support [IR SETUP] codes.

• The operating signal for the Digital program editing cannot be transferred via the LANC jack.

1 Connect your VCR to the camcorder

as a recording device (p. 93).

You can use either t he A/V connecting cable or the i.LINK cable to make the connection . The dubbing procedure is easier with the i.LINK connection.

2 Prepare your VCR.

• Insert a cassette for recording.

• Set the input s elector to input mode if your VCR has one.

3 Prepare you r camcorder (playing

device).

• Insert a cassette for editing.

• Slide the POWER switch to select the PLAY/EDIT mode.

4 Touch . 5 Touch [ME NU].

60min

0:00:00:00

7 Touch / to select

[PROG.EDIT], then touch .

PROG. EDIT

OTHER

DEVICE

Select the media.

MEMORY

0:00:00:00

STICK

END

8 Touch [OTHER DEVICE].

PROG. EDIT 0:00:00:00

MARK

TOTAL SCENE

EDI T

START UNDO

SET

0:00:00:00 0

END

9 Touch [EDIT SET].

CON–

TROL CUT–

0:00:00:00

ADJ

TEST CUT–

OUT

END

PROG. EDIT

EDIT SET

1/2

Dubbing/Editing

MEMORY SET

STILL SET MOVIE SET ALL ERASE

6 Touch / to select (EDIT/

PLAY), then touch .

0:00:00:0060min

D. EFFECT

PICT. EFFECT

VAR. SPD PB

REC CTRL

AUD DUR CTRL

PROG. EDIT

10Touch [CONTROL].

PROG. EDIT

CONTROL:

0:00:00:00

i. LINKIR

11Select [IR] or [i.LINK].

When connecting with an A/V connecting cable

Touch [IR], then . Follow the procedure described in “To set the [IR SETUP] code” (p. 100).

When connecting with an i.LINK cable

Touch [i.LINK ], then . Go on to “Step 2 : Adjusting the synchronization of the VCR” (p. 101).

Dubbing/Editing

To set the [IR SETUP] code

When you connect with an A/V connecting cable, you need to check the [IR SETUP] code signal to see if yo ur VCR can be operated by your camcorder (infrared ray emitter).

Remote sensor

Infrared ray emitter VCR

1 Touch , then [IR SETUP]. 2 Select the [IR SETUP] code of your VCR

with

/, then touch .

For the [IR SETUP] code of your V CR, refer to “[IR S E T U P] code list” (p . 100). When there is more than one code listed for the manufacturer of yo ur V CR, try each code and find the mo st appropriate one.

3 Touch [PAUSEMODE]. 4 Select the mode to cancel recording

pause on the VCR, then touch .

Refer to the operating instru ctions suppl ied with your VCR for details on operation.

5 Point the infrared ray emitter of yo ur

camcorder towards the remote sensor on your VCR, from about 30 cm (12 in.) away, with no obstructions.

6 Insert a cassette into your VCR, and set

the VCR to recording pause.

7 Touch [IR TEST]. 8 Touch [EXEC].

The recording starts on your VCR when the setting is correct. [ Completed.] appea rs when the [IR SETUP ] co de test is finished. Go on to “Step 2 : Adjusting the synchronization of th e VCR” (p. 101). When recording fails to start, select another [IR SETUP] code and try again.

[IR SETUP] code list

The following [IR SETUP] codes are r ecorded on your camc orde r by defau lt. (It is se t at “3” as the default setting.)

Manufacturing company

Sony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Admiral (M. Wards) 89 Aiwa 47, 54, 80 Akai 49, 51 Audio Dynamic 21, 35 Bell&Howell (M. Wa rds) 36 Broksonic 21, 70, 82 Canon 77, 78 Citizen 47 Craig 47, 73 Curtis Mathis 8, 77, 80 Daewoo 26, 40, 77 DBX 21, 33, 35 Dimensia 8 Emerson 26, 48, 59, 70, 80, 81, 82 Fisher 36, 37, 44, 45 Funai 80 General Electric 8, 32*, 77, 94*, 101 Goldstar/LG 47 GO VIDEO 71 Hitachi 8, 42, 78 HQ 40 Instant Replay 77, 78 JC Penny 8, 21, 33, 35, 36, 42, 77 JVC 12, 13, 14, 21, 33, 35 Kenwood 21, 33, 35, 47 LXI (Sears) 3 6, 37, 42, 44, 45, 47,

Magnavox 17, 77, 78, 83 Marantz 21, 33, 35 Marta 47 Memorex 37, 77 Minolta 8, 42 Mitsubishi/MGA 22, 23, 24, 28, 29

[IR SETUP] code

49, 80

Dubbing/Editing

100

Sony DCR-HC85 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Read this first

Quick Start Guide

Recording movies

Recording still images

Recording/Playing back with ease

Getting started

Step 1: Checking supplied items

Step 2: Charging the battery pack

Using an outside power source

Step 3: Turning the power on

Step 4: Adjusting the LCD panel and viewfinder

Adjusting the LCD panel

Adjusting the viewfinder

Step 5: Setting the date and time

Step 6: Inserting the recording media

Inserting a cassette tape

Inserting a “Memory Stick Duo”

Step 7: Setting the screen language

Recording

Recording movies

Recording for a longer time

Using zoom

Recording in mirror mode

Using the self-timer

Recording movies fit for br eaking into still images – Progressive recording mode (DCR-HC85)

Selecting image quality or size

Using the flash (DCR-HC85)

Using the self-timer

Recording a still image on a “Memory Stick Duo” while recording movies on a tape

Recording a movie

Recording a still image

Making full use of Easy Handycam operation

Adjusting the exposure

Fixing the exposure for the selected subject – Flexible spot meter

Adjusting the exposure for backlit subjects

Adjusting the exposure manually

Adjusting the focus

Adjusting the focus manually

Recording a picture using various effects

Fading in and out of a scene – FADER

Using special effects – Digital effect

Overlaying still images on movies on a tape – MEMORY MIX

Searching for the starting point

Searching for the last scene of the most recent recording – END SEARCH

Searching manually – EDIT SEARCH

Reviewing the most recently recorded scenes – Rec review

Playback

Viewing movies recorded on a tape

Playing back in various modes

Viewing recordings with added effects – Digital effect

Viewing recordings on a “Memory Stick Duo”

Playing back in various modes from a “Memory Stick Duo”

Making full use of Eas y Handycam operation

Various playback functions

Magnifying pictures – Tape playback zoom/Memory playback zoom

Displaying the screen indicators

Displaying the date/time and camera settings data – Data code

Playing the picture on a TV

Locating a scene on a tape for playback

Searching quickly for a desired scene – Zero set memory

Searching for a scene using Cassette Memory – Title search

Searching for a scene by date of recording – Date search

Advanced operations

Using the Menu

Selecting menu items

Customizing Personal Menu

Dubbing/Editing

Connecting to a VCR or TV

Dubbing to another tape

Dubbing pictures from a tape to a “Memory Stick Duo”

Dubbing still images from a “Memory Stick Duo” to a tape