Sony DCR-TRV17 - Manual (Page 6)

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Table of contents
Main Features .......................................... 4
Checking supplied accessories .............. 5
Quick Start Guide ............................. 8
Getting started
Using this manual ................................. 10
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ... 12
Installing the battery pack ............. 12
Charging the battery pack ............. 13
Connecting to the wall outlet ....... 17
Step 2 Setting the date and time ......... 18
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ................... 20
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ............................... 21
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ........................ 26
Shooting in the dark
– Night Shot/Super NightShot
.................................................... 27
Self-timer recording ....................... 28
Checking the recording – END SEARCH
/ EDITSEARCH / Rec Review .... 30
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ............................... 31
Viewing the recording on TV .............. 35
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ................. 38
Adjusting the white balance manually
........................................................... 41
Using the wide mode ........................... 42
Using the fader function ...................... 43
Using special effects – Picture effect .. 45
Using special effects – Digital effect ... 46
Using the PROGRAM AE function .... 49
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 52
Focusing manually ................................ 53
Interval recording ................................. 54
Frame by frame recording
– Cut recording ............................... 56
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effects
........................................................... 57
Playing back a tape with digital effects
........................................................... 58
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ........................... 59
Quickly locating a scene using the zero
set memory function ...................... 60
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – Title search ............. 61
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ................................... 62
Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan ........... 64
Editing
Dubbing a tape ...................................... 66
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing .............. 68
Using with analog video unit and
personal computer
– Signal convert function ............... 79
Recording video or TV programs ....... 80
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing ................................ 83
Audio dubbing ...................................... 85
Superimposing a title ........................... 89
Making your own titles ........................ 92
Labeling a cassette ................................ 94
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ................ 96
“Memory Stick” Operations
(DCR-TRV17 only)
Using a “Memory Stick”
– introduction ................................ 103
Recording still images on “Memory
Stick”s
– Memory photo recording ......... 112
Recording an image from a tape as a
still image ...................................... 117
Recording moving pictures on “Memory
Stick”s
– MPEG movie recording ............ 120
Recording a picture from a tape as a
moving picture ............................. 121