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Table of contents
Checking supplied accessories.............. 3
Main Features...............................4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape ............................. 8
– Recording on a “Memory Stick”...... 10
Getting started
Using this manual ................................. 12
Step 1 Preparing the power supply.... 14
Installing the battery pack............. 14
Charging the battery pack............. 15
Connecting to a wall outlet ........... 18
Step 2 Setting the date and time ......... 19
Step 3 Inserting a cassette .................... 21
Step 4 Using the touch panel............... 22
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture............................... 24
Shooting a backlit subject
– BACK LIGHT ........................ 32
Shooting in the dark
–
NightShot/Super NightShot/
Color Slow Shutter ........................
32
Self-timer recording ....................... 35
Checking the recording
– END SEARCH/
EDITSEARCH/Rec Review .......... 36
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ............................... 38
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ................... 39
Viewing the recording on TV.............. 43
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording still images on a
“Memory Stick” during recording
on a tape........................................... 44
Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ................. 47
Adjusting the white balance manually
... 49
Using the wide mode ........................... 51
Using the fader function ...................... 53
Using special effects – Picture effect
... 56
Using special effects – Digital effect... 57
Using the PROGRAM AE .................... 60
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 63
Using the spot light-metering function
– Flexible Spot Meter ..................... 64
Focusing manually................................ 65
Using the spot focus function
– Spot Focus .................................... 66
Interval recording ................................. 67
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .......................... 69
Using the viewfinder ............................ 70
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effect
..... 72
Playing back a tape with digital effect
.... 73
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ........................... 74
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY ................. 76
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH ..... 77
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ........................... 78
Searching for a photo
–
PHOTO SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN
... 80
Editing
Dubbing a tape ...................................... 83
Dubbing only desired scenes
–
Digital program editing (on tapes)
... 85
Recording video or TV programs ....... 97
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing .............................. 100
Audio dubbing .................................... 102
Superimposing a title ......................... 106
Making your own titles ...................... 109
Labeling a cassette .............................. 111
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction .............................. 113
Recording still images on
“Memory Stick”s
– Memory photo recording ......... 122
Recording an image from a tape
as a still image............................... 127
Superimposing a still image in the
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX .......................... 131
Recording moving pictures on
“Memory Stick”s
– MPEG movie recording........... 136