Checking The Recording - End Search; Playback - Basics; Playing Back A Tape - Sony Handycam CCD-TRV107 Service Manual

Checking the recording – END SEARCH
You can use this button to record a picture from the last recorded scene successively.
You can go to the end of the recorded section after you record.
Press END SEARCH in CAMERA mode.
The last 5 seconds of the recorded section are played back and returns to the standby
mode. You can monitor the sound from the speaker.
Notes
•If you start recording after using the end search function, occasionally, the transition
between the last scene you recorded and the next scene may not be smooth.
•Once you eject the cassette after you have recorded on the tape, the end search
function does not work.
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Playing back a tape

When monitoring on the LCD screen
You can turn the LCD panel over and move it back to the camcorder body with the
LCD screen facing out [a]. You can adjust the angle of the LCD panel by lifting the LCD
panel up by 7 degrees [b].
[a]
To display the screen indicators – Display function
Press DISPLAY on your camcorder or the Remote Commander (CCD-TRV107/TRV408
only) supplied with your camcorder.
The indicators appear on the screen.
To make the indicators disappear, press DISPLAY again.
DISPLAY
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— Playback – Basics —
Playing back a tape
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Playing back a tape
Various playback modes
[b]
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You can monitor the playback picture on the LCD screen. If you close the LCD panel,
you can monitor the playback picture in the viewfinder.
(1) Install the power source and insert the recorded tape.
(2) Set the POWER switch to PLAYER while pressing the small green button.
(3) Open the LCD panel while pressing OPEN.
(4) Press m to rewind the tape.
(5) Press N to start playback.
(6) To adjust the volume, press either of the two VOLUME buttons. The speaker
on your camcorder is silent when the LCD panel is closed.
You can control playback using the Remote Commander supplied with your
camcorder. (CCD-TRV107/TRV408 only)
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To stop playback
Press x.
To operate video control buttons, set the POWER switch to PLAYER.
To view a still image (playback pause)
Press X during playback. To resume 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 locate a scene monitoring the picture (picture search)
Keep pressing m or M during playback. To resume normal playback, release the
button.
To monitor the high-speed picture 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 the picture at slow speed (slow playback)
(CCD-TRV107/TRV408 only)
Press y on the Remote Commander during playback. To resume normal playback,
press N.
To search the last scene recorded (END SEARCH)
Press END SEARCH in the stop mode. The last 5 seconds of the recorded section are
played back and the playback stops.
In the various playback modes
Sound is muted.
When the playback pause mode lasts for 5 minutes
Your camcorder automatically enters the stop mode. To resume playback, press N.
If slow playback lasts for about 1 minute (CCD-TRV107/TRV408 only)
Your camcorder automatically returns to normal speed.
When you play back a tape recorded in the LP mode
Noise may appear during playback pause mode, slow playback* or picture search.
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.
* CCD-TRV107/TRV408 only
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