Sony DCR-IP5E/IP7E Table of contents, Editing, – DCR-IP7Eonly, Getting started, Playback – Basics, Recording – Basics, “Memory Stick” Operations, Customizing Your Camcorder

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Table of contents

Main Features ...................................................	4
Introduction – Basic operations .....................	8
Quick Start Guide ..........................................	16
Getting started
Using this manual .........................................	20
Checking supplied accessories ....................	23
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ...........	25
Installing the battery pack .....................	25
Charging the battery pack .....................	26
Connecting to the mains ........................	30
Step 2 Setting the date and time .................	32
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ............................	36
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture .......................................	38
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ................................	47
Self-timer recording ...............................	48
Checking the recording
– END SEARCH .....................................	50
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ........................................	51
Viewing the recording on the TV screen ....	59

Advanced Recording Operations

Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording .........................	61
Using the wide mode ....................................	64
Using the fader function ...............................	66
Using special effects – Picture effect ...........	69
Using special effects – Digital effect ...........	71
Using the PROGRAM AE function .............	75
Adjusting the white balance manually ......	78
Adjusting the exposure manually ...............	80
Focusing manually ........................................	82

Advanced Playback Operations

Playing back a tape with picture effects .....	84
Playing back a tape with digital effects ......	86
Searching for a scene
– Multi-picture search ............................	88
Searching the boundaries of recorded tape by
title – Title search ....................................	93
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ...........................................	95
Searching for a photo – Photo search .........	97

Editing
Dubbing a tape ...............................................	99
Recording a programme .............................	103
Superimposing a title ..................................	108
Making your own titles ..............................	116
The Micro Cassette Memory ......................	120
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ......................	124
“Memory Stick” Operations
– DCR-IP7E only
Using a “Memory Stick” – introduction ..	136
Recording still images on a “Memory Stick”
– Memory Photo recording .................	149
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ......................................................	156
Recording moving pictures on a “Memory
Stick” – MPEG movie recording ........	160
Recording a picture from a tape as a moving
picture ....................................................	162
Superimposing a still image in a “Memory
Stick” on a moving picture
– MEMORY MIX ...................................	166
Copying still images from a tape – Photo
save .........................................................	171
Viewing a still image – Memory photo
playback .................................................	174
Viewing a moving picture – MPEG movie
playback .................................................	179
Dubbing images recorded on the “Memory
Stick” onto the tape ..............................	184
Enlarging still images recorded on a
“Memory Stick”
– Memory PB ZOOM ...........................	186
Playing back images in a continuous loop
– SLIDE SHOW .....................................	188
Preventing accidental erasure
– Image protection ................................	190
Deleting images ...........................................	192
Writing a print mark – PRINT MARK .....	197
Connecting with a computer
Viewing images recorded on a tape using
your computer ......................................	199
Viewing images recorded on a “Memory
Stick” using your computer
– DCR-IP7E only ...................................	201

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