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Table of contents
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 .......................................... 69
Frame by frame recording
– Cut recording ....................................... 72
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effects
................................................................... 74
Playing back a tape with digital effects
................................................................... 75
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ................................... 77
Quickly locating a scene using the zero set
memory function .................................... 78
Searching the boundaries of recorded tape
by title – Title search .............................. 79
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ........................................... 81
Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan ................... 83
Editing
Dubbing a tape............................................... 86
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing...................... 90
Audio dubbing............................................. 102
Superimposing a title .................................. 106
Making your own titles .............................. 110
Labelling a cassette...................................... 112
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ...................... 114
“Memory Stick” Operations
(DCR-TRV17E only)
Using a “Memory Stick”
– introduction........................................ 131
Recording still images on “Memory Stick”s
– Memory photo recording ................. 141
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ...................................................... 147
Recording moving pictures on “Memory
Stick”s
– MPEG movie recording .................... 149
Recording a picture from a tape as a moving
picture .................................................... 151
Superimposing a still picture in a “Memory
Stick” on a moving picture
– MEMORY MIX................................... 153
Copying still images from a tape
– Photo save........................................... 157
Viewing a still picture
– Memory photo playback .................. 159
Viewing a moving picture
– MPEG movie playback ..................... 163
Viewing images using computer .............. 165
Enlarging still images recorded on “Memory
Stick”s
– Memory PB ZOOM ........................... 172
Playing back images in a continuous loop
– SLIDE SHOW ..................................... 174
Preventing accidental erasure
– Image protection................................ 176
Deleting images ........................................... 178