Sony Handycam HDR-CX550 Guía De Operaciónes página 9

White, red, blue or green points
• Exposing the LCD screen, the viewfinder or the
lens to direct sunlight lbr long periods of time
may cause malftmctions.
• Do not aim at the sun. Doing so might cause
},our camcorder to malfunction. Take images
of the sun only in low light conditions, such as
at dusk.
About language setting
• The on screen displays in each local language
are used/br illustrating the operating
procedures. Change the screen language befbre
using the camcorder if necessary (p. 20).
On recording
• To ensure stable operation of the memory card,
it is recommended to initialize the memory
card with },our camcorder befbre the first
use. Initializing the memory card will erase
all the data stored on it and the data will be
irrecoverable. Save your important data on your
PC etc.
• Beibre starting to record, test the recording
lunction to nlake sure the image and sound are
recorded without any problems.
• Compensation fbr the contents of recordings
cannot be provided, even if recording or
playback is not possible due to a malfunction of
the camcorder, recording media, etc.
• TV color systems differ depending on the
country/region. Tu 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.
Notes on playing back
• The camcorder is compatible with MPEG 4
AVC/H.264 High Profile fbr high definition
image quality (HD) recording. Theref___re,you
cannot play back images recorded with high
definition image quality (HD) on the camcorder
with the fbllowing devices;
- Other AVCHD fbrmat compatible devices
which are not compatible with High Profile
- Devices which are not compatible with the
AVCHD fbrmat
• 5_u may not be able to play back normally
images recorded on },our camcorder with other
devices. Also, you may not be able to play back
images recorded on other devices with your
canlcorder.
Discs recorded with HD image quality
(high definition)
• 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 Ihil 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
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player/recorder or
other compatible device.
Save all your recorded image data
• Tu prevent your image data from being lost,
save all your recorded images on external media
periodicall> It is recommended that you save
the image data on a disc such as DVD R, etc.
using },our computer. Also, you can save },our
image data using a VCR, or a DVD/HDD
recorder (p. 51).
• 5_u cannot make a AVCHD disc f_comthe
image data recorded with _ (MENU) ---+
[Show others] ---+ [g::_REC MODEl (under
{_[SHOOTING gET] category) set to [HD
FXI. Save them on a Blu ray Disc or using an
external media (p. 47, 49).