Sony DCR-TRV24E Camcorder User Manual


 
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English
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
“Memory Stick” Operations*
1)
Using a Memory Stick
Introduction ................................... 140
Recording still images on a Memory
Stick
Memory Photo recording ............. 150
Recording an image from a tape as a
still image .......................................... 156