Table Of Contents - Sony Handycam Digital8 DCR-TRV238E Operating Instructions Manual

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Table of contents

Main features ............................................... 3
Checking supplied accessories .................. 5
Quick Start Guide
Getting Started
Using this manual ..................................... 14
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ....... 17
Installing the battery pack ................. 17
Charging the battery pack ................. 18
Connecting to a wall socket .............. 22
Step 2 Setting the date and time ............. 23
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ........................ 25
Recording - Basics
Recording a picture ................................... 27
Shooting backlit subjects
- BACK LIGHT ............................ 35
Shooting in the dark
- NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter .................... 36
Self-timer recording
(DCR-TRV340E only) .................. 39
Checking recordings - END SEARCH/
EDITSEARCH/Rec Review .............. 41
Playback - Basics
Playing back a tape ................................... 43
To display the screen indicators
- Display function ....................... 44
Viewing recordings on TV ....................... 49
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a tape
- Tape Photo recording ..................... 51
Using the wide mode ............................... 55
Using the fader function .......................... 57
Using special effects - Picture effect ...... 60
Using special effects - Digital effect ....... 62
Using the PROGRAM AE function ........ 65
Adjusting the exposure manually .......... 68
Focusing manually .................................... 69
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Interval recording ..................................... 71
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Frame by frame recording
- Frame recording .............................. 73
Superimposing a title ............................... 75
Making your own titles ............................ 78
Inserting a scene ........................................ 80
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back tapes with picture effects
............................................................... 82
Playing back tapes with digital effects .. 84
Enlarging recorded images
- Tape PB ZOOM ............................... 86
Quickly locating a scene
- ZERO SET MEMORY ..................... 88
Searching a recording by date
- DATE SEARCH ............................... 89
Searching for a photo
- PHOTO SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN
............................................................... 91
Editing
Dubbing a tape .......................................... 93
Dubbing only desired scenes
- Digital program editing (on tapes)
............................................................... 97
Viewing images recorded on a tape on
your computer
(Windows users only) ...................... 114
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings .................. 127
"Memory Stick" operations
(DCR-TRV340E only)
Using "Memory Stick"- Introduction .. 149
Recording still images on "Memory
Stick"s
- Memory Photo recording ............. 158
Superimposing a still image in the
"Memory Stick" on an image
- MEMORY MIX .............................. 165
Recording images from a tape as still
images ................................................ 172
Copying still images from a tape
- PHOTO SAVE ................................ 174