Sony DCR-PC100 - Manual (Page 8)

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— Getting started —
Using this manual
As you read through this manual, buttons and settings on your camcorder are shown in
capital letters.
e.g. Set the POWER switch to CAMERA.
When you carry out an operation, you can hear a beep or a melody sound to indicate
that the operation is being carried out.
Note on Cassette Memory
Your camcorder is based on the DV format. You can only use mini DV cassettes with
your camcorder. We recommend that you use a tape with cassette memory
.
The functions which require different operations depending on whether the tape has
the cassette memory or not are:
•End search (p. 24, 28)
•Searching a recording by date – date search (p. 50)
•Photo search (p. 52).
The functions you can operate only with the cassette memory are:
• Searching the boundaries of recorded tape by title – title search (p. 49)
• Superimposing a title (p. 68)
• Making your own titles (p. 72)
• Labeling a cassette (p. 74).
For details, see page 114.
You see this mark in the introduction of the features that are operated only with
cassette memory.
Tapes with cassette memory are marked by (Cassette Memory).