Viewing Recordings On Tv; To Display The Screen Indicators – Display Function - Sony DCR-TRV240 Service Manual

DCR-TRV240/TRV340
Playing back a tape
To display the screen indicators – Display function
Press DISPLAY on your camcorder or the Remote Commander supplied with your
camcorder. The indicators appear on the screen.
To make the indicators disappear, press DISPLAY again.
DATA CODE
DISPLAY
About date/time and various settings
Your camcorder automatically records not only pictures on the tape but also the
recording data (date/time or various settings when recorded) (Data code).
Use the Remote Commander for this operation.
1 Set the POWER switch to VCR, then playback a tape.
2 Press DATA CODE on the Remote Commander.
The display changes as follows:
date/time t various settings (SteadyShot, exposure, white balance, gain, shutter
speed, aperture value) t no indicator
Date/time
50
0:00:23:01
min
JUL 4 2002
12:05:56 PM
[a] Time code/Tape counter
[b] SteadyShot off
[c] Exposure mode
[d] White balance
[e] Gain
[f] Shutter speed
[g] Aperture value
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Playing back a tape
To monitor high-speed pictures while advancing or rewinding
the tape (skip scan)
Keep pressing m while rewinding or M while advancing the tape. To resume
rewinding or advancing, release the button.
To view pictures at slow speed (slow playback)
Press y on the Remote Commander during playback. For slow playback in the reverse
direction, press , then press y on the Remote Commander. To resume normal
playback, press N.
To view pictures at double speed
Press ×2 on the Remote Commander during playback. For double speed playback in the
reverse direction, press
normal playback, press N.
To view pictures frame-by-frame
Press C on the Remote Commander in the playback pause mode. For frame-by-frame
playback in the reverse direction, press c. To resume normal playback, press N.
To search the last scene recorded (END SEARCH)
Press END SEARCH in the stop mode. The last five seconds of the recorded section
plays back and stops.
In the various playback modes
•Noise may appear when your camcorder plays back tapes recorded in the Hi8/
standard 8 system.
•Sound is muted.
•The previous recording may appear as a mosaic image when playing back in the
Digital8 system.
Notes on the playback pause mode
•When the playback pause mode lasts for three minutes, your camcorder automatically
enters the stop mode. To resume playback, press N.
•The previous recording may appear.
Slow playback for tapes recorded in the Digital8
Slow playback can be performed smoothly on your camcorder; however, this function
does not work for an output signal through the DV IN/OUT jack.
When you play back a tape in reverse
Horizontal noise may appear at the center, or top and bottom of the screen. This is not a
malfunction.
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DISPLAY
Various settings
[a]
50
min 0:00:23:01
[b]
[c]
[d]
AUTO
60 AWB
[e]
F1.6 9dB
[f]
[g]
, then press ×2 on the Remote Commander. To resume
system
Playing back a tape
To not display various settings
Set DATA CODE to DATE in the menu settings (p. 104).
The display changes as follows when you press DATA CODE on the Remote
Commander:
date/time y no indicator
Notes on the data code function
•The data code function works only for tapes recorded in the Digital8
•Various settings of the recording data are not recorded when recording images on
"Memory Stick"s (DCR-TRV340 only).
Recording data
Recording data is your camcorder's information when you have recorded. In the
recording mode, the recording data will not be displayed.
When you use data code function, bars (-- -- --) appear if:
– A blank portion of the tape is being played back.
– The tape is unreadable due to tape damage or noise.
– The tape was recorded by a camcorder without the date and time set.
Data code
When you connect your camcorder to the TV, the data code appears on the TV screen.
Remaining battery time indicator during playback
The indicator indicates the approximate continuous playback time. The indicator may
not be correct, depending on the conditions in which you are playing back. When you
close the LCD panel and open it again, it takes about one minute for the correct
remaining battery time to be displayed.
Various playback modes
To operate video control buttons, set the POWER switch to VCR.
To playback pause (view a still image)
Press X during playback. To resume normal playback, press X or N.
To advance the tape
Press M in the stop mode. To resume normal playback, press N.
To rewind the tape
Press m in the stop mode. To resume normal playback, press N.
To change the playback direction
Press on the Remote Commander during playback to reverse the playback direction.
To resume normal playback, press N.
To locate a scene monitoring the picture (picture search)
Keep pressing m or M during playback. To resume normal playback, release the
button.

Viewing recordings on TV

Connect your camcorder to your TV with the A/V connecting cable supplied with your
camcorder to watch playback pictures on the TV screen. You can operate the video
control buttons in the same way as when you monitor playback pictures on the LCD
screen. When monitoring playback pictures on the TV screen, we recommend that you
power your camcorder from a wall outlet using the AC power adaptor (p. 16). Refer to
the operating instructions of your TV.
Open the jack cover. Connect your camcorder to the TV using the A/V connecting cable
supplied with your camcorder. Then, set the TV/VCR selector on the TV to VCR.
S VIDEO
AUDIO / VIDEO
: Signal flow
If your TV is already connected to a VCR
Connect your camcorder to the LINE IN input on the VCR by using the A/V connecting
cable supplied with your camcorder. Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE.
If your TV or VCR is a monaural type
Connect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video input jack and the
white or the red plug to the audio input jack on the VCR or the TV. If you connect the
white plug, the sound is L (left) signal. If you connect the red plug, the sound is R
(right) signal.
If your TV has an S video jack
Pictures can be reproduced more faithfully by using an S video cable (optional). With
this connection, you do not need to connect the yellow (video) plug of the A/V
connecting cable. Connect the S video cable (optional) to the S video jacks on both your
camcorder and the TV.
To display the screen indicators on TV
Set DISPLAY to V-OUT/LCD in the menu settings (p. 104).
Then, press DISPLAY on your camcorder. To turn the screen indicators off, press
DISPLAY on your camcorder again.
1-8
system.
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IN
S VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
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