Sony DCRTRV950 Manual page 27

Searching a recording by date – DATE SEARCH
Note
If one day's recording is less than two minutes, your camcorder may not accurately find
the point where the recording date changes.
If a tape has a blank portion between recorded portions
DATE SEARCH may not work correctly.
Cassette memory
The tape with cassette memory can hold six recording dates. If you search among seven
or more dates, see "Searching for the date without using cassette memory" below.
Searching for the date without using cassette memory
(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(2) Press MENU, then select CM SEARCH in
EXEC dial (p. 213).
(3) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander repeatedly until the DATE
SEARCH indicator appears. The indicator changes as follows:
DATE SEARCH t PHOTO SEARCH t PHOTO SCAN t (no indicator)
(4) Press . on the Remote Commander to search for the previous date or press
> on the Remote Commander to search for the next date. Your camcorder
automatically starts playback at the point where the date changes. Each time
you press . or > your camcorder searches for the previous or next date.
To stop searching
Press x.
to OFF with the SEL/PUSH
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