140USING YOUR CAMCORDER ABROAD• Each country or region has its own electric and colour systems.• Before using your camcorder abroad, check the following items.• Power sourcesThe provided AC adaptor features automatic voltage selection in the AC range from 100 V to 240 V.You can use your camcorder in any countries/regions using the AC power adaptor supplied with yourcamcorder within the AC 100 V to 240 V, 50/60 Hz range.Use a commercially available AC plug adaptor, if necessary, depending on the design of the wall outlet.• Viewing videos recorded with HD (high definition) image qualityIn countries/regions where 1080/50p is supported, you can view the images with the same HD (highdefinition) image quality as that of the recorded images. You need an PAL-system-based and 1080/50pcompatible TV (or monitor) with an HDMI or Component cable connected.• Viewing videos recorded with SD (standard definition) image qualityTo view images recorded with SD (standard definition) image quality, you need an PAL-system-based TVwith Audio/Video input jacks. A component cable or Multi-AV cable connected.• On TV colour systemsYour camcorder is an PAL-system-based camcorder.If you want to view your recordings on a TV or to copy it to an external device, it must be an PAL-system-based TV or an external device and have the appropriate Audio/Video jacks. Otherwise, you may need touse a separate video format transcoder (PAL-NTSC format converter).You can make recordings with your camcorder and view pictures on the LCD screen fromanywhere in the world.The format transcoder is not provided by Samsung.PAL-compatible countries/regionsAustralia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, CIS, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq,Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Norway, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, SlovakRepublic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, etc.NTSC-compatible countries/regionsBahamas, Canada, Central America, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Philippines, Taiwan, UnitedStates of America, etc.maintenance & additional information