Sony DSR-250 Operating Instructions Manual page 81

Searching a recording by date – Date search
If a tape has a blank portion between recorded portions
The date search function may not work correctly.
Searching for the date without using cassette memory
(1) Set the MEMORY/CAMERA/VTR selector to VTR.
(2) Set CM SEARCH in
without cassette memory, skip this step.
(3) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander repeatedly, until the date
search indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
INDEX SEARCH t 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.
Note
If one day's recording is less than two minutes, your camcorder may not accurately find
the point where the recording date changes.
to OFF in the menu settings (p. 120). If using a tape
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