Making Your Own Titles; Inserting A Scene - Sony DCR-TRV240 Service Manual

DCR-TRV240/TRV340
Superimposing a title
To superimpose the title while you are recording
Press TITLE while you are recording, and carry out steps 2 to 5. When you press the
SEL/PUSH EXEC dial at step 5, the title is recorded.
To select the language of a preset title
If you want to change the language, select
language and return to step 2.
If you display the menu while superimposing a title
The title is not recorded while the menu is displayed.
To use a custom title
If you want to use a custom title, select
Title setting
•The title color changes as follows:
WHITE y YELLOW y VIOLET y RED y CYAN y GREEN y BLUE
•The title size changes as follows:
SMALL y LARGE
You cannot input 13 characters or more in LARGE size. If you input more than 12
characters, the title size returns to SMALL even you select LARGE.
•The title position changes as follows:
1y 2y 3y 4y 5y 6y 7y 8y 9
The larger the position number, the lower the title is positioned.
When you select the title size LARGE, you cannot choose position 9.
When you are selecting and setting the title
You cannot record the title displayed on the screen.
When you superimpose a title while you are recording
The beep does not sound.
While you are playing back
You can superimpose a title. However, the title is not recorded on tape.
You can record a title when you dub a tape connecting your camcorder to the VCR with
the A/V connecting cable. If you use the i.LINK cable instead of the A/V connecting
cable, you cannot record the title.
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Making your own titles

To change a title you have stored
In step 3, select CUSTOM1 SET or CUSTOM2 SET, depending on which title you want
to change, then press the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial.
Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select [C], then press the dial to delete the title. The
last character is erased. Enter the new title as desired.
If you take three minutes or longer to enter characters in the standby mode while
a cassette is in your camcorder
The power automatically goes off. The characters you have entered remain stored in
memory. Set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) once, and turn it to CAMERA again,
then proceed from step 1.
We recommend setting the POWER switch to VCR or removing the cassette so that
your camcorder does not automatically turn off while you are entering title characters.
If you select [ ]
The menu for selecting alphabet and Russian characters appear. Select [
to the previous screen.
To erase a character
Select [C]. The last character is erased.
To enter a space
Select [Z& ?!], then select the blank part.
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before step 2. Then select the desired
in step 2.
] to return
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Making your own titles
You can make up to two titles and store them in your camcorder. Each title can have up
to 20 characters.
(1) In the standby or VCR mode, press TITLE.
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select
(3) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select CUSTOM1 SET or CUSTOM2 SET,
then press the dial.
(4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the column of the desired character,
then press the dial.
(5) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired character, then press the
dial.
(6) Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have selected all characters and completed the
title.
(7) To finish making your own titles, turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select
[SET], then press the dial. The title is stored in memory.
(8) Press TITLE to make the title menu disappear.
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TITLE SET
TITLE CUSTOM1 SET
CUSTOM2 SET
PRESET TITLE
HELLO!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
[TITLE] : END
CONGRATULATIONS!
OUR SWEET BABY
WEDDING
VACATION
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THE END TITLE SET
CUSTOM1 SET
[TITLE] : END CUSTOM2 SET
RETURN
[TITLE] : END
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TITLE SET
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ABCDE
FGHIJ
KLMNO
PQRST
6
UVWXY
Z& ? !
' . , / –
[TITLE] : END
TITLE SET
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ABCDE
FGHIJ
KLMNO
PQRST
UVWXY
Z& ? !
' . , / –
[TITLE] : END

Inserting a scene

You can insert a scene in the middle of a recorded tape by setting the start and end
points. The previously recorded frames between these start and end points will be
erased.
Use the Remote Commander for this operation.
[a]
(1) In the standby mode, keep pressing EDITSEARCH, and release the button at
the insert end point [b].
(2) Press ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote Commander.
The ZERO SET MEMORY indicator flashes and the counter resets to zero.
(3) Keep pressing the – 7 side of EDITSEARCH and release the button at the
insert start point [a].
(4) Press START/STOP to start recording.
The scene is inserted. Recording stops automatically near the counter zero
point. Your camcorder returns to the standby mode.
ZERO SET
MEMORY
Notes
•The zero set memory function works only for tapes recorded in the Digital8
•The picture and the sound may be distorted at the end of the inserted section when it
is played back.
If a tape has a blank portion between recorded portions
The zero set memory function may not work correctly.
, then press the dial.
TITLE SET
CUSTOM1 SET
CUSTOM2 SET
RETURN
[TITLE] : END
TITLE SET P1
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ABCDE 12345 $F¥DM£
¿ i ø " :
FGHIJ 67890
[ C ]
KLMNO ÀÈÌÒÙ
[ cP2 ]
PQRST ÁÉÍÓÚ
UVWXY ÂÊÔÆŒ [ SET ]
ÃÕÑ ç ß
Z& ?!
' . , / – ÄÏÖÜÅ
[TITLE] : END
P1 TITLE SET P1
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
$F¥DM£ ABCDE 1 2 3 4 5 $F¥DM£
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 0 ¿ i ø " : FGHIJ 6 7 8 9 0 ¿ i ø " :
[ C ] [ C ]
ÀÈÌÒÙ KLMNO ÀÈÌÒÙ
[ cP2 ] [ cP2 ]
ÁÉÍÓÚ PQRST ÁÉÍÓÚ
ÂÊÔÆŒ [ SET ] UVWXY ÂÊÔÆŒ [ SET ]
ÃÕÑ ç ß ÃÕÑ ç ß
Z& ? !
ÄÏÖÜÅ ' . , / – ÄÏÖÜÅ
[TITLE] : END
TITLE SET P1
P1
S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1 2 3 4 5 $F¥DM£ ABCDE 1 2 3 4 5 $F¥DM£
¿ i ø " : ¿ i ø " :
6 7 8 9 0 FGHIJ 6 7 8 9 0
[ C ] [ C ]
ÀÈÌÒÙ KLMNO ÀÈÌÒÙ
[ cP2 ] [ cP2 ]
ÁÉÍÓÚ PQRST ÁÉÍÓÚ
ÂÊÔÆŒ [ SET ] UVWXY ÂÊÔÆŒ [ SET ]
ÃÕÑ ç ß ÃÕÑ ç ß
Z& ? !
' . , / –
ÄÏÖÜÅ ÄÏÖÜÅ
[TITLE] : END
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[b]
EDITSEARCH
system.
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