Searching For The Date Without Using Cassette Memory - Sony DCR-TRV17 Operating Instructions (primary manual) Operating Instructions Manual

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.
In the
•The bar in the
•The mark in the
If a tape has a blank portion between recorded portions
The date search function may not work correctly.
Cassette memory
The tape cassette memory can hold six recording date data. If you search the date
among seven or more data, 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) Set CM SEARCH in
(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.
mark
mark indicates the present point on the tape.
indicates the actual point you are trying to search.
to OFF in the menu settings (p. 100).
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