Searching For A Photo - Photo Search/Photo Scan; Editing; Dubbing A Tape - Sony DCR-PC6E Service Manual

Searching for a photo
– Photo search/
Photo scan
You can search for a still image you have
recorded on a tape (photo search).
You can also search for still images one after
another and display each image for 5 seconds
automatically regardless of cassette memory
(photo scan). Use the Remote Commander for
these operations.
Use this function to check or edit still images.
Searching for a photo by using
cassette memory
Before operation
•You can use this function only when playing
back a tape with cassette memory.
•Set CM SEARCH to ON in in the menu
settings (p. 134). (The default setting is ON.)
(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR (DCR-PC9E)/
PLAYER (DCR-PC6E).
(2) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote
Commander repeatedly, until the photo
search indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
TITLE SEARCH t DATE SEARCH t
PHOTO SEARCHtPHOTO SCANt
(no indicator)
(3) Press . or > on the Remote Commander
to select the date for playback. Your
camcorder automatically starts playback of
the photo having the date that you selected.
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PHOTO SEARCH
1 5 / 9 / 01 1 7 : 30
SEARCH 2 6 / 9 / 01 8 : 50
3 24 / 12 / 01 1 0 : 30
MODE
4 1 / 1 / 02 23 : 25
5 11 / 2 / 02 1 6 : 11
6 29 / 4 / 02 1 3 : 45
3
PHOTO SEARCH
1 5 / 9 / 01 1 7 : 30
2 6 / 9 / 01 8 : 50
3 24 / 12 / 01 1 0 : 30
4 1 / 1 / 02 23 : 25
5 11 / 2 / 02 1 6 : 11
6 29 / 4 / 02 1 3 : 45
[b] [a]
[a] Actual point you are trying to search for
[b] Present point on the tape
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Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan
Scanning photo
(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR (DCR-PC9E)/
PLAYER (DCR-PC6E).
(2) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote
Commander repeatedly, until the PHOTO
SCAN indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
DATE SEARCH t PHOTO SEARCH
T PHOTO SCAN
(no indicator)
(3) Press . or > on the Remote
Commander.
Each photo is played back for about 5 seconds
automatically.
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SEARCH
MODE PHOTO 00
SCAN
3
To stop scanning
Press x/ on the Remote Commander or on
your camcorder.
If a tape has a blank portion between
recorded portions
The photo search and photo scan functions may
not work correctly.
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POWER LOCK
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[b]
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(2)
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(3) . >
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POWER LOCK
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Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan
To stop searching
Press x on the Remote Commander.
The available number of photos that can be
searched using the cassette memory
The available number is up to 12 photos.
However, you can search 13 photos or more
using the scanning photo function.
Searching for a photo without
using cassette memory
(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR (DCR-PC9E)/
PLAYER (DCR-PC6E).
(2) Press FN to display PAGE1.
(3) Press MENU, then set CM SEARCH to OFF in
in the menu settings (p. 134).
(4) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote
Commander repeatedly, until the photo
search indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
DATE SEARCH t PHOTO SEARCH
T PHOTO SCAN
(no indicator)
(5) Press . or > on the Remote Commander
to select the photo for playback. Each time
you press . or >, your camcorder
searches for the previous or next photo.
Your camcorder automatically starts playback
of the photo.
To stop searching
Press x/ on the Remote Commander or on
your camcorder.
— Editing —

Dubbing a tape

Using the A/V connecting cable
You can dub or edit on the VCR connected to
your camcorder using your camcorder as a
player.
Connect your camcorder to the VCR using the
A/V connecting cable supplied with your
camcorder.
Before operation
•Set DISPLAY to LCD in the menu settings. (The
default setting is LCD.)
•Press the following buttons to make the
indicator disappear so that they will not be
superimposed on the edited tape:
On your camcorder:
DISPLAY/TOUCHPANEL, DATA CODE
On the Remote Commander:
DISPLAY, DATA CODE, SEARCH MODE
(1) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to
record over) into the VCR, and insert the
recorded tape into your camcorder.
(2) Prepare the VCR for recording, then set the
input selector to LINE.
Refer to the operating instructions of the VCR.
(3) Set the POWER switch to VCR (DCR-PC9E)/
PLAYER (DCR-PC6E).
(4) Play back the recorded tape on your
camcorder.
(5) Start recording on the VCR.
Refer to the operating instructions of your
VCR.
A/V
: Signal flow/
When you have finished dubbing a
tape
Press x on both your camcorder and the VCR.
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AUDIO
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