Table Of Contents - Sony Handycam DCR-TRV738E Operating Instructions Manual

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Table of contents

Main features ............................................... 3
Checking supplied accessories .................. 5
Quick Start Guide
Getting Started
Using this manual ..................................... 14
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ........ 17
Installing the battery pack ................ 17
Charging the battery pack ................. 18
Connecting to a wall socket .............. 23
Step 2 Setting the date and time ............. 24
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ........................ 26
Recording - Basics
Recording a picture ................................... 28
Shooting backlit subjects
- BACK LIGHT ............................ 36
Shooting in the dark
- NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter .................... 37
Self-timer recording (DCR-TRV340E/
TRV738E only) ............................. 40
Checking recordings
- END SEARCH/EDITSEARCH/
Rec Review .......................................... 42
Playback - Basics
Playing back a tape ................................... 44
To display the screen indicators
- Display function ....................... 45
Viewing recordings on TV ....................... 50
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a tape
- Tape Photo recording ..................... 52
Using the wide mode ............................... 56
Using the fader function .......................... 58
Using special effects - Picture effect ...... 61
Using special effects - Digital effect ....... 63
Using the PROGRAM AE function ........ 66
Adjusting the exposure manually .......... 69
6 Focusing manually .................................... 70
............................... 10
Interval recording ..................................... 72
Frame by frame recording
- Frame recording .............................. 74
Superimposing a title ............................... 76
Making your own titles ............................ 79
Inserting a scene ........................................ 81
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back tapes with picture effects
............................................................... 83
Playing back tapes with digital effects .. 85
Enlarging recorded images
- Tape PB ZOOM ............................... 87
Quickly locating a scene
- ZERO SET MEMORY ..................... 89
Searching a recording by date
- DATE SEARCH ............................... 90
Searching for a photo
- PHOTO SEARCH/
PHOTO SCAN .................................... 92
Editing
Dubbing a tape .......................................... 94
Dubbing only desired scenes
- Digital program editing (on tapes)
............................................................... 98
Viewing images recorded on a tape on
your computer
(Windows users only) ...................... 115
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings .................. 128
"Memory Stick" operations
(DCR-TRV340E/TRV738E only)
Using "Memory Stick"- Introduction
............................................................. 150
Recording still images on "Memory
Stick"s
- Memory Photo recording ............. 160
Superimposing a still image in the
"Memory Stick" on an image
- MEMORY MIX .............................. 168
Recording images from a tape as still
images ................................................ 175