Sony CCD-FX520 Primary User Manual - Page 21

Maintenance Information and Precautions Camcorder Care • Never leave the camcorder under temperatures above 60°C (I 40.P), such as el a car parked in the sun or under direct sunlight. • When the camcorder is not to be used for a long lima. disconnect Ile Dewar sauna and remove the tape. Periodically turn on the power. operate the camera and VTR tweeds and play beck a tape for abOut 3 minutes. • Clean the lens with awe brunt to remove dust. II Mere are fingerprints on the lens. remove them with a soh cloth. • Clean the camcorder body weasel? dry cloth, or e soft cloth lightly mastered with a mild detergent solution. Do not use any Nee of solvent which may damage the final. Handling Tapes • Do not insert anything into the ente holes on the rear of the cassene. These odes are used to sense the type. thickness 01 the tape. or if InS tad iS out or in. AC Power Adaptor Care Charging • Repeated charging while some capacity remains causes a lowering of battery capacity. However, the original battery capacity can be recovered it you use the battery completely and charge it fully again. • Charge the battery on a flat place without vibration • The battery will get hot during charging. But it is normal. • Do not continuously recharge a charged battery pack as that will cause the battery pack efficiency to deteriorate. Charging temperature The temperature range for charging is 5'C to 35'C 'F to 95"F). However. le prevent maximum battery elfictency. the recommended temperature range a 10"0 to 3010 (50'F to 1ST). • The model for USA ar Canada: One blade of the plug a was pan ine miler for to purpose of safely and will fit Mk, the easel wan only one way. It you are unable to mat the plug hey into the outlet. =eau your dealer • Disconnect the plug of the unit from the wall outlet when not in use lor • long tune. To disconnect Cu AC pourer cord, pull it out by the plug. Never Wll Pie cord dried. • Do not operate the unit with a damaged cord Or it has been expel s wilm l ed. • 00 not bend the AC power cord forcibly, or put a heavy cream co The Menage the cord and may cause a tire or en electrical shock • Be sure that nothing metallic comes into contact wet the metal parts of the connecting surface. H it does, a shoo may occur and the unit may be damaged. • Always keep the metal contacts clean • Do not disassemble the unit • Do not apply mechanical shock or drop the unit. • While the unit is in use particularly during charging. keep it away from any AM receivers and 0050 agUiPment because it will dIsrurb AM recaphon and vide. °M.O. • Do not place Inc unit in Monona where it of -Extremely hot or cot -Dusty or dirty -Very tiumid -Vibrating • II any difficulty shaurd anse. disconnect the plug of the ant and contact the nearest Sony dealer. Using Your Camcorder Abroad Each country has its own electrcay and TV color systems. Before using your camcorder abroad. check the following points: Power Sources You can use your camcorder many country with the suppled AC power adaptor within ',CUM 240 VAC. 50; 60 Hz. It you cannot attach the power adaptor to the wall outlet, use the commavely avaiLIMe AC Plug adaptor [al. depending on the design or the wall outlet [hi. AC-V25 •C O Difference in Color Systems This camcorder is an NTSC system-based camcorder. It you want to view the playbach picture on a TV. It must be an NTSC system•basmi TV. When you want to use a PAL-M aratemeesed TV. you will need an NTSC:PAL-M transcoder lac this is an Nast' based wmroNiel. For TV system mformabon cheer fie following alphabetical list. NTSC system countries Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Caseal Amace. Chile. COSMOS. BMWS, Jamaica, Japan. Naga. Mexico. Peru. Surinam. Taiwan the Philippe.. the U.S.A.. Venezuela. etc. PAL system countries Australia. Austria, Belgium. China. Denmark. Finland. Germany (former West Germany). Great Britain. Holland. Hong Kong. Italy. Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand. Seneca, Portugal. Singapore. Spain. Sweden. Switzerland. Thailand. etc. PALM system countries Brazil PAL N system countries Argentina. Paraguay. Uruguay SECAM system countries Bulgaria. France. Guyana. Hungary. ken. Iraq, Monaco. P no, former Soviet Union. had, 40 41