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Table of contents
Main Features...................................... 4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape ............................. 8
– Recording on a “Memory Stick” ...... 10
Getting Started
Using this manual ................................. 12
Checking supplied accessories............ 14
Step 1 Preparing the power source..... 15
Installing or removing the battery
pack............................................ 15
Charging the battery pack............. 16
Connecting to a wall outlet ........... 19
Step 2 Setting the date and time ......... 20
Step 3 Using the touch panel ............... 23
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture............................... 25
Shooting backlit subjects
– Back light function................ 34
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Color Slow Shutter .................. 34
Checking recordings
– End search/Edit search/Rec
Review ............................................. 37
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ............................... 39
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ................... 40
Viewing a recording on the TV ........... 44
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick” during tape recording
standby or tape recording ............. 46
Self-timer recording .............................. 48
Adjusting the white balance manually
........................................................... 49
Using the wide mode ........................... 50
Using the fader function ...................... 52
Using special effects – Picture effect .. 55
Using special effects – Digital effect ... 56
Using PROGRAM AE .......................... 59
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 61
Using the spot light-metering function
– Flexible Spot Meter ..................... 62
Focusing manually................................ 63
Using the spot focus function
– Spot Focus .................................... 65
Interval Recording ................................ 66
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .......................... 67
Recording with all the pixels
– Progressive Recording Mode .... 68
Using the viewfinder ............................ 69
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effect
........................................................... 71
Playing back a tape with digital effect
........................................................... 72
Enlarging images recorded on the tape
– Tape PB ZOOM ........................... 73
Quickly locating a scene
– Zero set memory ......................... 74
Searching the boundaries of the
recorded tape by title
– Title search ................................... 75
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ................................... 76
Editing
Dubbing a tape ...................................... 78
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing (on a tape)
........................................................... 80
Recording video or TV programs ....... 89
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing ................................ 91
Audio dubbing ...................................... 93
Superimposing a title on a cassette with
Cassette Memory ............................ 97
Making your own titles ........................ 99
Labeling a cassette with Cassette
Memory ......................................... 100
Erasing all the data in Cassette Memory
......................................................... 101
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ............................... 102
Selecting the quality and size of image
data ................................................. 105
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick”
– Memory Photo recording ......... 109