Sony DCR-TRV50 - Manual (Page 6)

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Table of contents
Main features ..................................... 4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape ............................. 8
– Recording on a “Memory Stick” ...... 10
Getting Started
Using this manual ................................. 12
Checking supplied accessories ............ 14
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ... 15
Installing the battery pack ............ 15
Charging the battery pack ............. 16
Connecting to a wall outlet ........... 19
Step 2 Setting the date and time ........ 20
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ................... 23
Step 4 Using the touch panel .............. 24
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ............................... 26
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ........................ 34
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Color Slow Shutter .................. 34
Self-timer recording ....................... 37
Checking recordings
– END SEARCH/
EDITSEARCH/Rec Review .......... 38
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ............................... 40
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ................... 42
Viewing the recording on TV .............. 46
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick” during tape recording ........ 47
Recording still images on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ................. 52
Adjusting the white balance manually
........................................................... 54
Using the wide mode ........................... 55
Using the fader ...................................... 57
Using special effects
– Picture effect ................................. 60
Using special effects
– Digital effect ................................. 61
Using the PROGRAM AE .................... 64
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 67
Using the spot light-metering
– Flexible Spot Meter ..................... 68
Focusing manually ................................ 69
Using the spot focus – Spot Focus ...... 71
Interval recording ................................. 72
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .......................... 74
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back tapes with picture effect
........................................................... 75
Playing back tapes with digital effect
........................................................... 76
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ........................... 77
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY ................. 79
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH ..... 80
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 (on tapes)
........................................................... 89
Recording video or TV programs ..... 100
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert Editing ............................. 104
Audio dubbing .................................... 106
Superimposing a title ......................... 110
Making your own titles ...................... 113
Labeling a cassette .............................. 115
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ............................... 117
Recording still images on
“Memory Stick”s
– Memory Photo recording ......... 126
Recording images from a tape as
still images ..................................... 135
Superimposing a still image in the
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX .......................... 139
Recording moving pictures on
“Memory Stick”s
– MPEG movie recording ............ 144