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Table of contents
Main Features ........................ 4
Quick Start Guide
Recording on tape ................................... 8
Recording on “Memory Stick”
(DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only) ........... 10
Getting Started
Using this manual ................................. 12
Checking supplied accessories............ 15
Step 1 Preparing the power source..... 16
Installing the battery pack............. 16
Charging the battery pack............. 17
Checking status of battery pack –
Battery Info ............................... 20
Connecting to a wall outlet ........... 21
Step 2 Setting the date and time ......... 22
Step 3 Using the touch panel ............... 23
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture............................... 25
Shooting backlit subjects
– Back light function................ 33
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Color Slow Shutter .................. 34
Checking recordings
– End search/Edit search/Rec
Review ............................................. 37
Playback – Basics
Playing back tape .................................. 39
To display the screen indicators –
Display function ...................... 40
Viewing a recording on TV ................. 44
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording still images on “Memory
Stick” during tape recording
standby or tape recording
(DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only) ........... 46
Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording
(DCR-TRV19 only) ......................... 48
Self-timer recording .............................. 50
Adjusting the white balance
manually .......................................... 52
Using the wide mode ........................... 53
Using the fader function ...................... 55
Using special effects – Picture effect .. 58
Using special effects – Digital effect
(DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only) ........... 59
Using PROGRAM AE .......................... 62
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 64
Using spot light-metering function
– Flexible Spot Meter ..................... 65
Focusing manually................................ 66
Using spot focus function
– Spot Focus .................................... 67
Interval Recording ................................ 68
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .......................... 69
Using the viewfinder ............................ 70
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back tape with picture effect . 72
Playing back tape with digital effect
(DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only) ........... 73
Enlarging images recorded on tape
– Tape PB ZOOM (DCR-TRV22/
TRV33 only) .................................... 74
Quickly locating a scene
– Zero set memory ......................... 75
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – Title search ............. 76
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ................................... 77
Searching for a photo – Photo search/
Photo scan (DCR-TRV19 only) ..... 79
Editing
Dubbing tape ......................................... 81
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing
(on tape) ........................................... 84
Recording video or TV programs ....... 93
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing ................................ 95
Audio dubbing ...................................... 97
Superimposing a title on a cassette
with Cassette Memory ................. 101
Making your own titles ...................... 103
Labeling a cassette on a cassette
with Cassette Memory ................. 104
Erasing all the data in Cassette
Memory ......................................... 105