Searching For The Date Without Using Cassette Memory - Sony DSR-PD170 Service Manual

Searching a recording by date – Date search
Note
If one day's recording is less than two minutes, your camcorder may not accurately find
the point where the recording date changes.
In the
•The bar in the
•The mark in the
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 POWER switch to VCR.
(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.
mark
mark indicates the present point on the tape.
indicates the actual point you are trying to search.
to OFF in the menu settings (p. 105). If using a tape
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