Sony DCR-TRV17 Operating Instructions (primary manual) Operating Instructions Manual page 90

Superimposing a title
If you set the write-protect tab to lock
You cannot superimpose or erase the title. Slide the write-protect tab to release the write
protection.
To use the custom title
If you want to use the custom title, select
If the tape has a blank portion
You cannot superimpose a title on the portion.
If the tape has a blank portion in the middle of the recorded parts
The title may not be displayed correctly.
The titles superimposed with your camcorder
•They are displayed by only the DV
function.
•The point you superimposed the title may be detected as an index signal when
searching a recording with other video equipment.
If the tape has too many index signals
You may not be able to superimpose a title because the memory is full. In this case,
delete data you do not need.
Not to display titles
Set TITLE DSPL to OFF in the menu settings (p. 100).
Title setting
•The title color changes as follows:
WHITE y YELLOW y VIOLET y RED y CYAN y GREEN y BLUE
•The title size changes as follows:
SMALL y LARGE
You cannot input 13 characters or more for a LARGE size.
•If you select the title size "SMALL," you have 9 choices for the title position.
If you select the title size "LARGE," you have 8 choices for the title position.
One cassette can have up to about 20 titles, if one title consists of five characters
However, if the cassette memory is full with date, photo and cassette label data, one
cassette can have only up to about 11 titles with five characters each.
Cassette memory capacity is as follows:
•6 date data (maximum)
•12 photo data (maximum)
•1 cassette label (maximum)
If the "
The cassette memory is full. If you erase the title in the cassette, you can label it.
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FULL" mark appears
in step 4.
format video equipment with index titler