Sony DCR-PC5 - Manual (Page 55)

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Advanced Playback Operations
Searching a recording by date – Date search
Searching for the date without using cassette memory
(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(2) Press FN to display PAGE1 (p. 16).
(3) Press MENU, then set CM SEARCH in
to OFF in the menu settings (p. 89).
(4) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander repeatedly, until the date
search indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
TITLE SEARCH
t DATE SEARCH t PHOTO SEARCH t PHOTO SCAN
(5) Press . on the Remote Commander to search for the previous date or press
> on the Remote Commander to search for the next date. Your camcorder
automatically starts playback at the point where the date changes. Each time
you press . or >, your camcorder searches for the previous or next date.
To stop searching
Press x on the Remote Commander or on your camcorder.
Note
If one day’s recording is less than two minutes, your camcorder may not accurately find
the point where the recording date changes.
In the mark
•The bar in the mark indicates the present point on the tape.
•The mark in the indicates the actual point you are trying to search.
If a tape has a blank portion between recorded portions
The date search function may not work correctly.
Cassette memory
The tape cassette memory can hold six recording date data. If you search the date
among seven or more data, see “Searching for the date without using cassette memory”.