Sony DCR-TRV15E Table of contents, Getting started, Recording – Basics, Playback – Basics, Advanced Recording Operations, Advanced Playback Operations, Editing

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Table of contents

Main Features ...................................................	3	Searching a recording by date
Checking supplied accessories ......................	5	– Date search ...........................................	80
		Searching for a photo
Quick Start Guide .................................	10	– Photo search/Photo scan ...................	82

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 the wall socket ...............		23
Step 2	Setting the date and time .................	24
Step 3	Inserting a cassette ............................	26

Recording – Basics

Recording a picture .......................................	28
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ................................	35
Shooting in the dark
– Night Shot/Super NightShot .....	35
Self-timer recording ...............................	37
Checking the recording – END SEARCH /
EDITSEARCH / Rec Review ................	39

Playback – Basics

Playing back a tape ........................................	41
Viewing the recording on TV ......................	46

Advanced Recording Operations

Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording .........................	49
Adjusting the white balance manually ......	53
Using the wide mode ....................................	55
Using the fader function ...............................	56
Using special effects – Picture effect ...........	59
Using special effects – Digital effect ...........	60
Using the PROGRAM AE function .............	63
Adjusting the exposure manually ...............	66
Focusing manually ........................................	67
Interval recording ..........................................	68
Frame by frame recording
– Cut recording .......................................	71

Advanced Playback Operations

	Playing back a tape with picture effects .....	73
	Playing back a tape with digital effects ......	74
	Enlarging recorded images
	– Tape PB ZOOM ...................................	76
	Quickly locating a scene using the zero set
	memory function ....................................	77
	Searching the boundaries of recorded tape
6	by title – Title search ..............................	78

Editing
Dubbing a tape ...............................................	85
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing ......................	89
Using with analog video unit and personal
computer – Signal convert function ...	101
Recording video or TV programmes ........	103
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing ......................................	106
Audio dubbing .............................................	108
Superimposing a title ..................................	112
Making your own titles ..............................	116
Labelling a cassette ......................................	118
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ......................	120
“Memory Stick” Operations
(DCR-TRV17E only)
Using a “Memory Stick”– introduction ...	137
Recording still images on “Memory Stick”s
– Memory Photo recording .................	146
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ......................................................	152
Recording moving pictures on “Memory
Stick”s – MPEG movie recording .......	155
Recording a picture from a tape as a moving
picture ....................................................	157
Superimposing a still picture in a “Memory
Stick” on a moving picture
– MEMORY MIX...................................	161
Copying still images from a tape
– Photo save ...........................................	165
Viewing a still picture
– Memory photo playback ..................	167
Viewing a moving picture
– MPEG movie playback .....................	171
Viewing images using your computer .....	173
Copying the image recorded on “Memory
Stick”s to tapes ......................................	180
Enlarging still images recorded on “Memory
Stick”s – Memory PB ZOOM ..............	182
Playing back images in a continuous loop
– SLIDE SHOW .....................................	184
Preventing accidental erasure
– Image protection ................................	186
Deleting images ...........................................	188