Sony MHS-CM5 User Guide

Battery eject lever

Levier d’éjection de 

la batterie

Palanca de 

expulsión de la 

batería

Power/Charge lamp

Témoin d’alimentation/de charge

Indicador luminoso de alimentación/carga

USB connection support cable 

(supplied)

Câble prenant en charge la 

connexion USB (fourni)

Cable de soporte de conexión 

USB (suministrado)

Jack cover

Cache de la prise

Cubierta de la toma

90 degrees (max.)

90 degrés (maximum)

90 grados (máx.)

Multi-selector

Sélecteur 

multidirectionnel

Selector múltiple

Menu on : 

///

Menu off : DISP/ 

Menu activé : 

///

Menu désactivé : DISP/ 

Menú activado : 

///

Menú desactivado : DISP/ 

Multi-selector

Sélecteur multidirectionnel

Selector múltiple

Zoom lever

Manette de zoom

Palanca de zoom

 (Movie)

 (Film)

 (Película)

Power/Charge lamp

Témoin d’alimentation/de 

charge

Indicador luminoso de 

alimentación/carga

 (Photo)

 (Photo)

 (Foto)

 (Play)

 (Lecture)

 (Reproducir)

MENU

Rechargeable battery pack NP-BK1 (1)

A/V connecting cable (Sony Corporation 1-823-156-) (1)

USB connection support cable (Sony Corporation 1-836-378-) (1)

Wrist strap (1)

Lens Cap (1)

CD-ROM (1)

“PMB” (software, including “PMB Help”)

bloggie Handbook (PDF)

Instruction Manual

Important Notice

Effective Pixel: Approx. 5.0 Megapixels (still images), Approx. 2.0 Megapixels 

(1080 30P)

Optical zoom

Format

Still: JPEG Exif ver 2.21, DCF compliant

Movie: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compliant (.MP4)

Power

Rechargeable Battery Pack NP-BK1, 3.6V

Power Consumption 1.9 W [1280 × 720 30P]

Operating Temperature

0°C - 40°C (32°F - 104°F)

Sufficient information on the basic operations is described below. If you want 

further detailed information, however, refer to the “bloggie Handbook” on 

supplied CD-ROM. The “bloggie Handbook” is a user guide designed to be read 

on a computer screen.

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1  Charging the battery pack (See illustration ).

 Open the battery/memory card cover.

 Press and hold the battery eject lever and insert the battery pack, then close 

the cover.

 Open the jack cover, and connect the camera to the computer with the USB 

connection support cable.

The Power/Charge lamp lights up in orange while charging the battery, and 

turns off when charging is finished.

The time required to charge the battery fully is approx. 300 minutes.

We recommend that you connect the AC Adaptor to the computer before you 

start charging the battery pack.
Approximate recording/playback time (min.)

Continuous recording time

105

Typical recording time

  50

Playback time

150

The image size: [1280 × 720 30P]

Typical recording time shows the time when you repeat recording start/stop, turning the 

power on/off and zooming.

Recording and playing back condition: 

When using the camera at 25°C (77°F).

The battery is fully charged.

Do not use a deformed or damaged battery pack.

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2  Inserting the memory card (sold separately) (See illustration ).

 Open the battery/memory card cover.

 Insert the memory card (sold separately) all the way in as shown in the 

illustration until it clicks.

 Close the battery/memory card cover.

illustration ).

 Open the LCD screen to turn the camera on.

The Power/Charge lamp lights up in green.

 Set the language and clock using the multi-selector.

Shooting images (See illustration ).

When shooting still images:

Press the   (Photo) button.

When shooting movies:

Press the   (Movie) button.

To stop shooting movies, press the   (Movie) button again.

Viewing images (See illustration ).

 Press   (Play) button.

Index screen appears.

 Select the image you want to play back with the multi-selector tilt to ///.

 Press the multi-selector to display a still image.

When playing back movies:

Press the multi-selector to play back a movie.

Tilt to  to fast forward,  to rewind. (Press the multi-selector to return to 

normal playback.)

Tilt to  to display the volume control screen, then adjust the volume with /.

Deleting images (See illustration ).

 Press the   (Play) button and select an image you want to delete.

 Press the MENU button and select   (Delete) with /.

 Select [This Image] with / and press the multi-selector.

 Select [OK] with the multi-selector tilted to , and press the multi-selector.

This camera has an application “PMB Portable”. You can use this application to 

upload images easily to a blog or other media service.

For details on “PMB Portable”, see the “PMB Portable” help.
 Turn the power of the camera on, then connect the camera and a computer with 

a USB connection support cable. And then Autoplay Wizard appears. Click [×] 

to close the AutoPlay Wizard for any unnecessary drives.

If the desired AutoPlay Wizard does not appear, click [Computer] (in Windows 

XP, [My Computer])  [PMBPORTABLE], then double-click [PMBP_Win.exe].

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 Click [PMB Portable] (in Windows XP, [PMB Portable]  [OK]).

The Language Selection screen appears.

 After selecting the desired language, the Region Selection screen appears.

 Select the appropriate [Region] and [Country/Area], and then click [OK]. The 

User Agreement screen appears.

 Read the agreement carefully. If you accept the terms of the agreement, click 

[I Agree]. “PMB Portable” starts up.

“bloggie” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

“Memory Stick”, “

”, “ Memory Stick Duo”, “

”, “Memory 

Stick PRO Duo”, “

”, “Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo”,  

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”, “MagicGate”, “

”, “MagicGate Memory 

Stick” and “MagicGate Memory Stick Duo” are trademarks or registered 

trademarks of Sony Corporation.

Microsoft, Windows, Windows Media, Windows Vista, and DirectX are either 

registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United 

States and/or other countries.
SDHC logo is a trademark.  
HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks 

or registered trademarks of HDMI Licencing LLC.

In addition, system and product names used in this manual are, in general, 

trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective developers or 

manufacturers. However, the  or  marks are not used in all cases in this 

manual.

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