Checking The Recording - End Search / Editsearch; Rec Review; Playback - Basics; Playing Back A Tape - Sony Handycam DCR-PC115 Service Manual

Checking the recording
– END SEARCH / EDITSEARCH / Rec
Review
You can use these buttons to check the recorded
picture or shoot so that the transition between the
last recorded scene and the next scene you record
is smooth.
END SEARCH
You can go to the end of the recorded section
after you record.
Press END SEARCH in the standby mode.
The last five seconds of the recorded section are
played back and your camcorder returns to the
standby mode. You can monitor the sound from
the speaker or headphones.
EDITSEARCH
You can search for the next recording start point.
Hold down the + · –/7 side of EDITSEARCH in
the standby mode. The recorded section is played
back.
+ : to go forward
–/7 : to go backward
Release EDITSEARCH to stop playback. If you
press START/STOP, re-recording begins from
the point you released EDITSEARCH. You
cannot monitor the sound.
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— Playback – Basics —

Playing back a tape

You can monitor the playback picture on the
screen. If you close the LCD panel, you can
monitor the playback picture in the viewfinder.
You can control playback using the Remote
Commander supplied with your camcorder.
(1) Install the power source and insert the
recorded tape.
(2) Set the POWER switch to VCR while pressing
the small green button.
(3) Open the LCD panel while pressing OPEN.
(4) Press m to rewind the tape.
(5) Press N to start playback.
(6) To adjust the volume, press either of the two
buttons on VOLUME.
When you close the LCD panel, sound is
muted.
4
REW
6
VOLUME
3
To stop playback
Press x.
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EDIT
SEARCH
END
SEARCH
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7
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4) m
(5) N
(6)
5 2
POWER
LOCK
PLAY
1
x
DCR-PC115/PC115E/PC120BT/PC120E
Checking the recording
– END SEARCH / EDITSEARCH / Rec
Review

Rec Review

You can check the last recorded section.
Press the –/7 side of EDITSEARCH
momentarily in the standby mode.
The section you have stopped most recently will
be played back for a few seconds, and then your
camcorder will return to the standby mode. You
can monitor the sound from the speaker or
headphones.
End search function
When you use a tape without cassette memory,
the end search function does not work once you
eject the cassette after you have recorded on the
tape. If you use a tape with cassette memory, the
end search function works even once you eject
the cassette.
If a tape has a blank portion in the recorded
portions
The end search function may not work correctly.
Playing back a tape
When monitoring on the LCD screen
You can turn the LCD panel over and move it
back to the camcorder body with the LCD screen
facing out.
If you leave the power on for a long time
Your camcorder gets warm. This is not a
malfunction.
When you open or close the LCD panel
Open or close the LCD panel vertically.
To display the screen indicators
– Display function
Press DISPLAY. The indicators appear on the
screen. To make the indicators disappear, press
DISPLAY again.
DATA CODE
1-9
7
DISPLAY
DISPLAY
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