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DCR-PC350: Japanese to English

I'd like to know if there's a firmware that I can run in DCR PC350 Handycam Sony in order to change the language of the menu operation from japanese to english. Thank you. Please give me a solution to this problem.

Perensin
Sun, 1 Jan 2006 21:00:50 -0800

From the US version of the DCR-PC350 Camera Operations Guide:

You can select or change the language used for the on-screen display (p.24). You can select from English, Simplified English, Canadian-French, Latin American, Spanish, Brazilian-Portuguese, Traditional-Chinese, or Korean.

It doesn't mention Japanese. Does the Japanese version have a language menu? Is it different than the US version?

Chieh Cheng
Mon, 2 Jan 2006 16:48:16 -0800

Thanks for your help, Chieh Cheng. Well, unfortenately in Japanese version doesn't have a language menu. Do you know any way to add or change the language on this Camera, a firmware or things like that. Please help me.

Perensin
Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:25:51 -0800

i also have the same problem with my sony DCR DVD 403. Its a japanese version... my wedding anniversary is on the january 27th and i still dont know how it work. pls send me the driver too anyone. please!

Lou

louiesantos
Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:19:54 -0800

i have the same problem, i have the Japanese version of the DSC-M2 and would like to change the language to english. Any help would be great, thanks.

Deuss
Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:36:53 -0800

even i do have the same problem with my dcr hc90 camcorder.

help please.

favas
Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:16:12 -0800

I just bought DSC-M2 but it's japanese one. how can I change the language to English? is there anything that I can do?

youngster
Fri, 3 Mar 2006 07:51:19 -0800

I have the same problem guys n e help let me know too

Abby khan
Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:42:29 -0800

Is there anybody to have firmware of PC350 which has language menu?
I have Japanese version of PC350 which has no language menu , but Japanese language only.

C. K. OH
Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:34:05 -0700

I have the same problem as you, bought a japanese PC350 which was much cheaper (almost half the price) and thought I'd just change the language setting! However it didn't have an english option!! I called the sony customer service and they told me that they cannot do a firmware update or anything cause they are not allowed to bypass the software of the specific country I bought the item from. What a load of rubbish!!

latebeat
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:28:03 -0700

oh woe is us i gone and dun the same silly thing as averyone else .. the U.S. firmware may be suitable but someone would have to grab and upload the firmware from a dump (using the rm95 emulator software) I would be willing to test it .. although I mostly know my way around the camera now it would still be nice to have it in english

for the meanwhile here is a list of all the menu options (from a review).. I keep this in my camerabag in case i get confused

* Camera settings
o Program AE - choose a scene, camera chooses best settings
+ Auto
+ Spotlight
+ Portrait
+ Sports
+ Beach & Ski
+ Sunset & Moon
+ Landscape
o Spot meter - see below
o Exposure (variable) - adjust the brightness of your videos
o White balance
+ Auto
+ Hold
+ Outdoor
+ Indoor
o Sharpness (variable)
o Auto shutter (on/off) - activates the electronic shutter when filming in bright conditions
o Spot focus - see below
o Expanded focus (on/off) - enlarges the center of the frame when using manual focus; only for recording stills to the Memory Stick
o Flash settings
+ Flash level (High, normal, low)
+ Redeye reduction (on/off)
o Super Nightshot - described in next section
o NS light (on/off) - turns the IR emitter on and off; for best Nightshot results, you want it on
o Hologram AF (Auto, off ) - laser focusing system
o Color Slow Shutter - described in next section
o Self-timer (on/off)
o Digital zoom (Off, 20X, 120X) - using this reduces your video quality
o 16:9 wide (on/off) - take widescreen videos
o SteadyShot (on/off) - described in next section
o Progressive recording mode (on/off) - use this when you know you're going to do frame grabs (improves their quality)

* Memory Settings
o Still settings
+ Burst (Off, normal, high speed, exposure bracketing) - described later in review
+ Quality (Fine, standard)
+ Image size (2016 x 1512, 640 x 480)
o Movie settings
+ Image size (320 x 240, 160 x 112)
+ Remaining (Auto, on) - how long remaining capacity of Memory Stick is shown on LCD/viewfinder
o All Erase (All files, current folder)
o Format
o File numbering (Series, reset)
o New folder - creates a folder on the Memory Stick
o Rec folder - selects a folder on Memory Stick for recording images to
o Playback folder - selects a folder to play images from

* Picture Applications
o Fader (Normal, mosaic, monotone, overlap, wipe, dot fader) - easy transitions between scenes
o Overlap - fade in from still image on memory card to live video
o Digital effects (Off, still, flash, lumi. key, trail, slow shutter, old movie) - adds digital effects to your videos
o Picture effects (Off, neg. art, sepia, black & white, solarize, pastel, mosaic)
o Memory mix - overlay still images on your video
o PB zoom - magnify stills and videos on the LCD
o Slide show
o Resize (320 x 240, 160 x 120) - downsize still images
o Frame rec - takes 6 frames, then stops; good for making stop-motion animations
o Smooth interval recording - takes one frame at a selected interval (1-120 minutes), and saves them all to tape
o Interval photo recording - takes a still image (to memory card) at a selected interval (1, 5, 10 mins)
o Demo mode (on/off)

* Edit/Play Menu
o Variable speed playback
o Rec control - for dubbing videos from an analog source or the Memory Stick to tape
o Audio dub control - for dubbing analog audio to tape
o Program edit (Other device, Memory Stick) - choose what target device you are dubbing video to
o Burn DVD - if you've got a Sony VAIO PC with a DVD writer and their Click to DVD software, you can quickly make a DVD of your video using this feature
o End search - jumps to the end of what you've recorded to tape
o CM search (on/off) - search for a scene using cassette memory
o CM title - make a scene title using cassette memory
o CM title erase
o CM title display (on/off) - display the title on screen
o CM tape title - title the whole tape
o CM all erase - erases the cassette memory

* Standard Settings
o Rec mode (SP, LP)
o Audio mode (12-bit, 16-bit)
o Volume (variable)
o Multi-sound (Stereo, 1, 2) - select the audio channels
o Audio mix (variable) - adjust the balance
o LCD/VF set
+ LCD brightness (variable)
+ LCD backlight level (Normal, bright)
+ LCD color (variable)
+ VF backlight level (Normal, bright)
o A/V -> DV out - convert analog video to digital format
o Video input (Video, S-Video)
o USB-camera (Off, USB streaming)
o USB-play/edit (Standard, USB streaming)
o Data code (Off, date/time, camera data)
o Remaining (Auto, on) - shows how much time is remaining on the cassette
o Remote control (on/off)
o Rec LED (on/off) - turns the recording lamp on/off
o Beep (Melody, normal)
o Display (LCD, video out + LCD) - whether you want menus shown on your TV
o Menu rotate (Normal, opposite) - choose how you navigate the menus
o Auto shutoff (5 min, never) - I'm glad they added this!

* Time/Language menu
o Clock set
o World time
o Language (English, Simplified English [what the heck is that?], Canadian-French, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian-Portuguese, Traditional-Chinese, Korean)

glpfc
Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:58:12 -0700

ok sorry for the lot of garbage that just appeared there... the formatting was stripped making that a damn confunsing menu breakdown

i will attatch a text file then

Attached File: camera settings.txt

glpfc
Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:02:58 -0700

Did you all found any solution yet for the issue. If you do please do inform

mie627
Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:27:08 -0800

Hi guys! Any solution yet?

suland
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:35:38 -0800

well there is no solution...the japs make things for then self and what they make for the wold is not for then... unless someone know how to crack the cameras software.. we all fuck... (Ive the same problem)...

final add... there is NO solution just learm jap or try to guess

hasnpe
Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:14:16 +0000

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Title: converting DCR-PC350 Japanese version to english through firmware dump
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Excerpt: I have recently bought pc350 of Japanese version at below half price of Sony Korea version of PC350. In this version, there is no selection of LANGUAGE, BUT only japanese language. In Korea, price of Sony Korea version PC 350 is double of Japanese version. However it is not easy to read japanese . . .
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