Each country has its own electricity and TV color systems. Before using your camcorder abroad, check the
following points:
Power Sources
You can use your camcorder in any country with the supplied AC power adaptor within 110 V to 240 V AC, 50/
60 Hz. If you cannot attach the power adaptor to the wall outlet, use the commercially available AC plug
adaptor [a]. Depending on the design of the wall outlet [b].
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This camcorder is an NTSC system-based camcorder. If you want to view the playback picture on a TV, it
must be an NTSC system-based TV. When you want to use a PAL-M system-based TV, you will need an
NTSC/PAL-M transcoder (as this is an NTSC based camcorder). For TV system information check the
following alphabetical list.
NTSC system countries
Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Centra_ America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Japan, Korea,
Mexico, Peru, Surinam, Taiwan, the Philippines, 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, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Thailand, etc.
PAL M system countries
Brazil
PAL N system countries
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
SECAM system countries
Bulgaria, France, Guyana, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Monaco, Poland, former Soviet Union, etc.
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