Changing the menu settings

Notes on VF B.L.* and LCD B.L.

•When you select BRIGHT, battery life is reduced by about 10 percent during recording.

•When you use power sources other than the battery pack, BRIGHT is automatically selected.

* CCD-TRV107/TRV308/TRV408/TRV608 only

 

 

 

 

POWER

Icon/item

Mode

Meaning

switch

 

REC MODE

zSP

To record in the SP (Standard Play) mode.

CAMERA

 

 

LP

To increase the recording time to twice the SP

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

ORC TO SET

—––

To automatically adjust the recording condition

CAMERA

 

 

 

to get the best possible recording. Press

 

 

 

 

START/STOP to start adjustment. Your

 

 

 

 

camcorder takes about 10 seconds to check the

 

 

 

 

tape condition and then returns to the standby

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

ORC stands for “Optimizing the Recording Condition.”

 

 

q REMAIN

zAUTO

To display the remaining tape bar:

PLAYER

 

 

 

– for about 8 seconds after your camcorder is

CAMERA

 

 

 

turned on and calculates the remaining

 

 

 

 

amount of tape.

 

 

 

 

– for about 8 seconds after a cassette is inserted

 

 

 

 

and your camcorder calculates the remaining

 

 

 

 

amount of tape.

 

 

 

 

– for about 8 seconds after N is pressed in

 

 

 

 

PLAYER mode.

 

 

 

 

– for about 8 seconds after DISPLAY is pressed

 

 

 

 

to display the screen indicators.

 

 

 

 

– for the period of tape rewinding, forwarding

 

 

 

 

or picture search in PLAYER mode.

 

 

 

ON

To always display the remaining tape bar.

 

Notes on the LP mode

•When you record a tape in the LP mode on your camcorder, we recommend playing back the tape on your camcorder. When you play back the tape on other camcorders or VCRs, noise may occur in images or sound.

•When you record in the LP mode, we recommend using a Sony video cassette so that you can get the most out of your camcorder.

•When you record in both the SP and LP modes on one tape, or you record some scenes in the LP mode, the playback image may be distorted.

•Noise may occur also when you play back on your camcorder tapes recorded in the LP mode on other camcorders or VCRs.

•When you record a tape in the LP mode on your camcorder, recording is carried out in the standard 8 mm system.

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