Sony DCR-TRV38 - Manual (Page 6)

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Table of contents
Main Features ...................................... 4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on tape ................................ 8
– Recording on “Memory Stick” ......... 10
Getting Started
Using this manual ................................. 12
Checking supplied accessories ............ 14
Step 1 Preparing the power source ..... 15
Installing the battery pack ............. 15
Charging the battery pack ............. 16
Connecting to a wall outlet ........... 20
Step 2 Setting the date and time ......... 21
Step 3 Using the touch panel ............... 24
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ............................... 26
Shooting backlit subjects
– Back light function ................ 33
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Color Slow Shutter .................. 33
Checking recordings
– End search/Edit search/Rec
Review ............................................. 36
Playback – Basics
Playing back tape .................................. 38
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ................... 39
Viewing a recording on TV ................. 43
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording still images on “Memory
Stick” during tape recording
standby or tape recording ............. 45
Self-timer recording .............................. 47
Adjusting the white balance manually
........................................................... 48
Using the wide mode ........................... 49
Using the fader function ...................... 51
Using special effects
– Picture effect ................................. 54
Using special effects – Digital effect ... 55
Using PROGRAM AE .......................... 58
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 60
Using spot light-metering function
– Flexible Spot Meter ..................... 61
Focusing manually ................................ 62
Using spot focus function
– Spot Focus .................................... 63
Interval Recording ................................ 64
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .......................... 65
Using the viewfinder ............................ 66
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back tape with picture effect
........................................................... 68
Playing back tape with digital effect
........................................................... 69
Enlarging images recorded on tape
– Tape PB ZOOM ........................... 70
Quickly locating a scene
– Zero set memory ......................... 71
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – Title search ............. 72
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ................................... 73
Editing
Dubbing tape ......................................... 75
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing
(on tape) ........................................... 77
Recording video or TV programs ....... 86
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing ................................ 88
Audio dubbing ...................................... 90
Superimposing a title on a cassette
with Cassette Memory ................... 94
Making your own titles ........................ 96
Labeling a cassette on a cassette with
Cassette Memory ............................ 97
Erasing all the data in
Cassette Memory ............................ 98
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ................................. 99
Selecting the quality and size of
image data ..................................... 102
Recording still images on
“Memory Stick”
– Memory Photo recording ......... 106
Recording an image from tape as a
still image ...................................... 110