Edit Search - Sony Handycam CCD-TR2300 Service Manual

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[a]
For hand-held shots, you'll get better results by holding the camcorder according to the
following suggestions:
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• Hold the camcorder firmly and secure it with the grip strap so that you can_ C'/
manipulate the controls with your thumb [a].
• Place your right elbow against your side.
• Place your left hand under the camcorder to support it. Be sure to not touch the built-
in microphone.
• Place your eye firmly against the viewfinder eyecup.
• Use the viewfinder frame as a guide to determine the horizontal plane.
• You can also record in a low position to get an interesting angle. Lift the viewfinder
up for recording from a tow position [b].
Place the camcorder on a flat surface or use a tripod
Try placing the camcorder on a table top or any other fiat surface of suitabie height. If
you have a tripod for a still camera, you can also use it with the camcorder.
When attaching a non-Sony tripod, make sure that the length of the tripod screw is less
than 9/32 inch (6.5 rnm). Otherwise, the screw may damage the inner parts of the
camcorder.
If you wear glasses
You can bend back the eyecup to get a better view of viewfinder [€].
Cautions on the viewfinder
• Do not pick up the camcorder by the viewfinder [d].
• Do not place the camcorder so as to point the viewfinder toward the sun. The inside
of the viewfinder may be damaged. Be careful when placing the camcorder under
sunlight or by a window [e].
[c] [d]
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Notes on the color viewfinder
• The color view finder employs LCD screen made with high-precision technology.
However, black points or bright points of light (red, blue, or green) may appear
constantly on the color viewfinder screen. These points are not recorded on the tape.
This is not a malfunction. (Effective dots : more than 99.99%).
• The finder power save function sometimes does not operate due to the effects of
sunlight or flouressent light.
• In direct sunlight, the picture in the viewfinder looks brighter by the lighting
aperture. The color of the picture in the viewfinder is variable in such a case.
Using EDITSEARCH, you can review the last recorded scene or check the recorded
picture in the viewfinder.
(1) While pressing the small green button on the POWER switch, set it to
CAMERA.
(2) Turn STANDBY up.
(3) Press the - @ side of EDITSEARCH momentarily; the last few seconds of the
recorded portion play back (Re¢ Review).
Hold down the - side of EDITSEARCH until the camcorder goes back to the
scene you want, The last recorded portion is played back. To go forward, hold
down the + side (Edit Search).
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To stop playback
Release EDITSEARCH.
To begin re-recording
Press START/STOP. Re-recording begins from the point you released EDITSEARCH.
Provided you do not eject the tape, the transition between the last scene you recorded
and the next scene you record will be smooth.
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