Table Of Contents - Sony Handycam DCR-PC101E Operating Instructions Manual

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Checking supplied accessories ...................... 3
Main Features
Quick Start Guide
- Recording on a tape ................................... 12
- Recording on a "Memory Stick" .............. 14
Getting started
Using this manual ......................................... 20
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ............ 22
Installing the battery pack ..................... 22
Charging the battery pack ..................... 23
Connecting to a wall socket .................. 27
Step 2 Setting the date and time .................. 29
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ............................. 31
Step 4 Using the touch panel ....................... 32
Recording - Basics
Recording a picture ....................................... 34
Shooting a backlit subject
- BACK LIGHT ................................ 44
Shooting in the dark
- NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter ........................ 45
Self-timer recording ............................... 48
Checking the recording
- END SEARCH/ EDITSEARCH/
Rec Review .............................................. 50
Playback - Basics
Playing back a tape ........................................ 52
To display the screen indicators
- Display function ........................... 54
Viewing the recording on TV ...................... 59
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a "Memory Stick"
during recording on a tape ................... 61
Recording a still image on a tape
- Tape Photo recording ......................... 65
Adjusting the white balance manually ...... 67
Using the wide mode .................................... 69
Using the fader function ............................... 71
Using special effects - Picture effect ........... 74
Using special effects - Digital effect ........... 76
Using the PROGRAM AE ............................ 79
Adjusting the exposure manually ............... 82
Using the spot light-metering function
- Flexible Spot Meter .............................. 83
Focusing manually ........................................ 85
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Using the spot focus function
- Spot Focus ............................................. 87
Interval recording .......................................... 88
Frame by frame recording
- Frame recording .................................. 91
Using the viewfinder .................................... 93
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effect ...... 95
Playing back a tape with digital effect ....... 97
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
- Tape PB ZOOM ................................... 99
Quickly locating a scene
- ZERO SET MEMORY ....................... 101
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title - TITLE SEARCH ........... 102
Searching a recording by date
- DATE SEARCH ................................. 104
Searching for a photo
- PHOTO SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN .... 106
Editing
Dubbing a tape ............................................. 109
Dubbing only desired scenes
- Digital program editing (on tapes) ... 113
Recording video or TV programmes ........ 128
Inserting a scene from a VCR
- Insert editing ...................................... 132
Audio dubbing ............................................. 134
Superimposing a title .................................. 139
Making your own titles .............................. 143
Labelling a cassette ...................................... 145
"Memory Stick" Operations
Using a "Memory Stick"- Introduction ... 148
Recording still images on "Memory Stick"s
- Memory photo recording ................. 161
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ...................................................... 168
Superimposing a still image in the
"Memory Stick" on an image
- MEMORY MIX ................................... 172
Recording moving pictures on "Memory
Stick"s - MPEG movie recording ....... 180
Recording a picture from a tape as a
moving picture ...................................... 183
Recording edited pictures from a tape as
a moving picture - Digital program
editing (on "Memory Stick"s) ............. 187
Copying still images from a tape
- PHOTO SAVE .................................... 192
Viewing a still image
- Memory photo playback .................. 194