Getting Started; Using This Manual - Sony Handycam DCR-VX2100E Operating Instructions Manual

— Getting Started —

Using this manual

As you read through this manual, buttons and
settings on your camcorder are shown in
capital letters.
e.g. Set the POWER switch to CAMERA.
When you carry out an operation, you can hear
a beep or a melody sound to indicate that the
operation is being carried out.
Note on cassette memory
Your camcorder is based on the DV format.
You can only use mini DV cassettes with your
camcorder. We recommend that you use a tape
with cassette memory
The functions which require different
operations depending on whether or not the
tape has cassette memory are:
•Searching the end point of the recording
– end search (p. 38, 45)
•Searching a recording by index – index
search (p. 95)
•Searching a recording by date – date search
(p. 99)
•Searching for a photo – photo search (p. 101).
The functions you can operate only with
cassette memory are:
•Searching the boundaries of recorded tape by
title – title search (p. 97)
•Superimposing a title (p. 143)
•Making your own titles (p. 149)
•Labeling a cassette (p. 151).
For details, see page 210.
You see this mark in the introduction of
the features that are operated only with
cassette memory.
Tapes with cassette memory are marked with
(Cassette Memory).
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