Sony DCR- TRV24E Camcorder User Manual


 
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Table of contents
Main Features.......................................... 4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape ............................... 12
– Recording on a “Memory Stick”*
1)
...... 14
Getting Started
Using this manual ..................................... 20
Checking supplied accessories................ 23
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ........ 24
Installing the battery pack ................ 24
Charging the battery pack................. 25
Connecting to a wall socket .............. 30
Step 2 Setting the date and time ............. 31
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ........................ 33
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture................................... 35
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ............................ 43
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter .................... 44
Self-timer recording*
1)
........................ 46
Checking recordings – END SEARCH/
EDITSEARCH/Rec Review .............. 48
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ................................... 50
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ....................... 52
Viewing the recording on TV .................. 56
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick” during recording on a tape*
1)
............................................................... 58
Recording still images on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ..................... 62
Adjusting the white balance manually
............................................................... 64
Using the wide mode ............................... 66
Using the fader function .......................... 67
Using special effects – Picture effect ...... 70
Using special effects – Digital effect ....... 72
Using the PROGRAM AE function ........ 75
Adjusting the exposure manually .......... 78
Focusing manually.................................... 79
Interval recording ..................................... 81
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .............................. 84
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back tapes with picture effect ... 86
Playing back tapes with digital effect .... 87
Enlarging images recorded on a tape
– Tape PB ZOOM ............................... 89
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY ..................... 91
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH ......... 92
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ............................... 94
Searching for a photo – PHOTO
SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN ................. 97
Editing
Dubbing a tape ........................................ 100
Dubbing only desired scenes – Digital
program editing (on tapes) ............. 104
Recording video or TV programmes*
2)
............................................................. 119
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert Editing*
2)
.............................. 123
Audio dubbing ........................................ 125
Superimposing a title ............................. 130
Making your own titles .......................... 134
Labelling a cassette ................................. 137