Table Of Contents - Sony Digital 8 DCR-TRV720E Operating Instructions Manual

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Table of contents

Checking supplied accessories ...................... 3
Quick Start Guide
Getting started
Using this manual ......................................... 12
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ........... 15
Installing the battery pack ..................... 15
Charging the battery pack ..................... 16
Connecting to the mains ........................ 21
Step 2 Inserting a cassette ............................ 22
Recording - Basics
Recording a picture ....................................... 24
Shooting backlit subjects
- BACK LIGHT ................................ 30
Shooting in the dark
- NightShot/Super NightShot ...... 31
Self-timer recording ............................... 33
Checking the recording
- END SEARCH/EDITSEARCH/
Rec Review .............................................. 34
Playback - Basics
Playing back a tape ........................................ 36
Viewing the recording on TV ...................... 41
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording a still image on a tape
- Tape Photo recording ......................... 44
Using the wide mode .................................... 48
Using the fader function ............................... 49
Using special effects
- Picture effect ......................................... 52
Using special effects
- Digital effect ......................................... 54
Using the PROGRAM AE function ............. 57
Adjusting the exposure manually ............... 59
Focusing manually ........................................ 60
Superimposing a title .................................... 62
Making your own titles ................................ 64
Inserting a scene ............................................ 66
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Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effects ..... 67
Playing back a tape with digital effects ...... 68
Enlarging recorded images - PB ZOOM ... 69
Quickly locating a scene using the zero set
memory function .................................... 71
Searching a recording by date
- Date search ........................................... 72
Searching for a photo
- Photo search/Photo scan ................... 74
Editing
Dubbing a tape ............................................... 76
Using with analog video unit and PC
- Signal convert function ....................... 80
Recording video or TV programmes .......... 82
Inserting a scene from a VCR
- Insert Editing ........................................ 85
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ........................ 88
Resetting the date and time ....................... 103
"Memory Stick" operations
Using "Memory Stick"-introduction ....... 105
Recording still images on "Memory Stick"
- Memory Photo recording ................. 110
Superimposing a still image in the
"Memory Stick" on a moving image
- MEMORY MIX ................................... 115
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ...................................................... 119
Copying still images from a tape
- Photo save ........................................... 122
Viewing a still image
- Memory Photo playback .................. 124
Copying the image recorded on
"Memory Stick" to tapes ..................... 128
Enlarging still images recorded on
"Memory Stick"s
- Memory PB ZOOM ........................... 130
Playing back images in a continuous loop
- SLIDE SHOW ..................................... 131
Preventing accidental erasure
- Image protection ................................ 133
Deleting images ........................................... 135
Writing a print mark - PRINT MARK ..... 138