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Main Features................................................... 3
Checking supplied accessories ...................... 5
Quick Start Guide ................................. 10
Getting started
Using this manual ......................................... 14
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ........... 17
Installing the battery pack..................... 17
Charging the battery pack ..................... 18
Connecting to the wall socket ............... 23
Step 2 Setting the date and time ................. 24
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ............................ 26
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ....................................... 28
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ................................ 35
Shooting in the dark
– Night Shot/Super NightShot ..... 35
Self-timer recording ............................... 37
Checking the recording – END SEARCH /
EDITSEARCH / Rec Review ................ 39
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape........................................ 41
Viewing the recording on TV ...................... 46
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ......................... 49
Adjusting the white balance manually ...... 53
Using the wide mode .................................... 55
Using the fader function ............................... 56
Using special effects – Picture effect ........... 59
Using special effects – Digital effect ........... 60
Using the PROGRAM AE function ............. 63
Adjusting the exposure manually ............... 66
Focusing manually ........................................ 67
Interval recording .......................................... 68
Frame by frame recording
– Cut recording ....................................... 71
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effects..... 73
Playing back a tape with digital effects ...... 74
Enlarging recorded images
– Tape PB ZOOM ................................... 76
Quickly locating a scene using the zero set
memory function .................................... 77
Searching the boundaries of recorded tape
by title – Title search .............................. 78
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ........................................... 80
Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan ................... 82
Editing
Dubbing a tape ............................................... 85
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing ...................... 89
Using with analog video unit and personal
computer – Signal convert function... 101
Recording video or TV programmes ........ 103
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing ...................................... 106
Audio dubbing............................................. 108
Superimposing a title .................................. 112
Making your own titles .............................. 116
Labelling a cassette ...................................... 118
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ...................... 120
“Memory Stick” Operations
(DCR-TRV17E only)
Using a “Memory Stick”– introduction ... 137
Recording still images on “Memory Stick”s
– Memory Photo recording ................. 146
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ...................................................... 152
Recording moving pictures on “Memory
Stick”s – MPEG movie recording....... 155
Recording a picture from a tape as a moving
picture .................................................... 157
Superimposing a still picture in a “Memory
Stick” on a moving picture
– MEMORY MIX................................... 161
Copying still images from a tape
– Photo save........................................... 165
Viewing a still picture
– Memory photo playback .................. 167
Viewing a moving picture
– MPEG movie playback ..................... 171
Viewing images using your computer ..... 173
Copying the image recorded on “Memory
Stick”s to tapes ...................................... 180
Enlarging still images recorded on “Memory
Stick”s – Memory PB ZOOM .............. 182
Playing back images in a continuous loop
– SLIDE SHOW ..................................... 184
Preventing accidental erasure
– Image protection................................ 186
Deleting images ........................................... 188