Sony HANDYCAM HDR-XR500 Guía De Operación página 9

on some type ofexternal media first, and then
peribrm [MEDIA FORMAT] (p. 41).
•The v iewfinder and the L CD s creen are
manuihctured using extremely high p recision
technolog}; so over 99.99% of t he p ixels are
operational fbr e ffective use. However, there
may be some tiny b lack points and/or bright
points (white, red, blue, or g reen incolor) that
appear constantly on the L CD s creen. These
points are n ormal results ofthe m anufhcturing
process and do not affbct the r ecording inany
way.
On recording
• Beibre starting to record, test the recording
flmction to make sure the image and sound are
recorded without aW problems.
• Compensation fbr the contents of recordings
cannot be provided, even if recording or
playback is not possible due to a malftmction of
the camcorder, recording media, etc.
• TV color systems differ depending on the
country/region. To view },our recordings on a
T'v; you need a NTSC system based T'_(
• Television programs, films, video tapes,
and other materials may be copyrighted.
Unauthorized recording of such materials may
be contrary to the copyright laws.
• To prevent },our image data f)com being lost,
save all },our recorded images on external media
periodically. It is recommended that you save
the image data on a disc such as DVD-R using
},our computer. Also, you can save your image
data using a VCR, or a DVD/HDD recorder.
On playing back recorded images on
other devices
• The camcorder is compatible with MPEG 4
AVC/H.264 High Profile fbr high definition
image quality (HD) recording. Therefore, you
cannot play back images recorded with high
definition image quality (HD) on the camcorder
with the lbllowing devices;
- Other AVCHD fbrmat compatible devices
which are not compatible with High Profile
- Devices which are not compatible with the
AVCHD *brmat
Discs recorded with high definition
image quality (HD)
• This camcorder captures high definition fbotage
in the AVCHD fbrmat. DVD media containing
AVCHD fbotage should not be used with DVD
based players or recorders, as the DVD player/
recorder may fhil to eject the media and may
erase its contents without warning. DVD media
containing AVCHD *botage may be played on
a compatible Blu-ray Disc
TM
player/recorder or
other compatible device.
About language setting
• The on screen displays in each local language
are used for illustrating the operating
procedures. Change the screen language beibre
using the camcorder if necessary (p. 16).
About this manual
• The images of the L('D screen used in this
manual fbr illustration purposes are captured
using a digital still camera, and therefbre may
appear diffbrent fl'om the actual images of the
LCD screen.
• In this Operating Guide, the hard disk of the
camcorder and "Memory Stick PRO Dud'
media are called "recording media2
• In this Operating Guide, both "Memory Stick
PRO Duo" media and "Memory Stick PRO HG
Duo" media are rdbrred as "Memory Stick PRO
Duo" media.
• 5_u will find the "Handycam Handbook" (PDF)
on the supplied CD ROM (p. 51).
• The screenshots are l)com Windows Vista. The
scenes may vary depending on the operating
system of the computer.