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Table of contents
Main Features...................................... 4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape ............................. 8
– Recording on a “Memory Stick”
(except DCR-TRV16)...................... 10
Getting Started
Using this manual ................................. 12
Checking supplied accessories............ 15
Step 1 Preparing the power supply... 16
Installing the battery pack............. 16
Charging the battery pack............. 17
Connecting to a wall outlet ........... 22
Step 2 Setting the date and time ........ 23
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ................... 25
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture............................... 26
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ........................ 33
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Color Slow Shutter .................. 34
Self-timer recording
(except DCR-TRV16) ............... 36
Checking recordings
– END SEARCH/EDITSEARCH/
Rec Review ...................................... 37
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ............................... 38
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ................... 39
Viewing the recording on TV.............. 42
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick” during recording on a tape
(except DCR-TRV16)...................... 43
Recording still images on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ................. 46
Adjusting the white balance manually
........................................................... 48
Using the wide mode ........................... 49
Using the fader function ...................... 51
Using special effects
– Picture effect................................. 54
Using special effects – Digital effect... 55
Using the PROGRAM AE function .... 58
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 60
Focusing manually................................ 61
Interval recording ................................. 62
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .......................... 64
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back tapes with picture effect
........................................................... 65
Playing back tapes with digital effect
........................................................... 66
Enlarging images recorded on a tape
– Tape PB ZOOM ........................... 67
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY ................. 69
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH ..... 70
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ........................... 71
Searching for a photo – PHOTO
SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN ............. 73
Editing
Dubbing a tape ...................................... 75
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing
(on tapes) ......................................... 78
Recording video or TV programs ....... 89
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert Editing ............................... 92
Audio dubbing ...................................... 94
Superimposing a title ........................... 98
Making your own titles ...................... 101
Labeling a cassette .............................. 103
“Memory Stick” Operations
(except DCR-TRV16)
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ............................... 105
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick”
– Memory Photo recording ......... 112
Recording an image from a tape as a
still image ...................................... 117
Superimposing a still image in the
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX .......................... 120