Sony DCR-PC101 Editing, Operations, Operations, Main Features, Getting started, Quick Start Guide, Playback – Basics, Advanced Playback, Recording – Basics

Table of contents

Checking supplied accessories ..............	3
Main Features ...............................	4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape .............................	8
– Recording on a “Memory Stick” ......	10
Getting started
Using this manual .................................	12
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ....	14
Installing the battery pack.............	14
Charging the battery pack .............	15
Connecting to a wall outlet ...........	18
Step 2 Setting the date and time .........	19
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ....................	21
Step 4 Using the touch panel ...............	22
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ...............................	24
Shooting a backlit subject
– BACK LIGHT ........................	32
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Color Slow Shutter ........................	32
Self-timer recording .......................	35
Checking the recording
– END SEARCH/
EDITSEARCH/Rec Review ..........	36
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ...............................	38
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ...................	39
Viewing the recording on TV ..............	43
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording still images on a
“Memory Stick” during recording
on a tape ...........................................	44
Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording .................	47
Adjusting the white balance manually ...	49
Using the wide mode ...........................	51
Using the fader function ......................	53
Using special effects – Picture effect ...	56
Using special effects – Digital effect ...	57
Using the PROGRAM AE ....................	60
Adjusting the exposure manually ......	63

Using the spot light-metering function
– Flexible Spot Meter .....................	64
Focusing manually ................................	65
Using the spot focus function
– Spot Focus ....................................	66
Interval recording .................................	67
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording ..........................	69
Using the viewfinder ............................	70
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effect .....	72
Playing back a tape with digital effect ....	73
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ...........................	74
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY .................	76
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH .....	77
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ...........................	78
Searching for a photo
– PHOTO SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN ...	80
Editing
Dubbing a tape ......................................	83
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing (on tapes) ...	85
Recording video or TV programs .......	97
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing ..............................	100
Audio dubbing ....................................	102
Superimposing a title .........................	106
Making your own titles ......................	109
Labeling a cassette ..............................	111
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ..............................	113
Recording still images on
“Memory Stick”s
– Memory photo recording .........	122
Recording an image from a tape
as a still image ...............................	127
Superimposing a still image in the
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX ..........................	131
Recording moving pictures on
“Memory Stick”s
– MPEG movie recording ...........	136

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