Sony DCR-TRV17E Table of contents

English

Main Features ...................................................	3
Checking supplied accessories ......................	5
Quick Start Guide ...............................	10
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 ..........................................	69
Frame by frame recording
– Cut recording .......................................	72

Advanced Playback Operations

Playing back a tape with picture effects
...................................................................	74
Playing back a tape with digital effects
...................................................................	75
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ...................................	77

Quickly locating a scene using the zero set
memory function ....................................	78
Searching the boundaries of recorded tape
by title – Title search ..............................	79
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ...........................................	81
Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan ...................	83
Editing
Dubbing a tape ...............................................	86
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing ......................	90
Audio dubbing .............................................	102
Superimposing a title ..................................	106
Making your own titles ..............................	110
Labelling a cassette ......................................	112
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ......................	114
“Memory Stick” Operations
(DCR-TRV17E only)
Using a “Memory Stick”
– introduction ........................................	131
Recording still images on “Memory Stick”s
– Memory photo recording .................	141
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ......................................................	147
Recording moving pictures on “Memory
Stick”s
– MPEG movie recording ....................	149
Recording a picture from a tape as a moving
picture ....................................................	151
Superimposing a still picture in a “Memory
Stick” on a moving picture
– MEMORY MIX ...................................	153
Copying still images from a tape
– Photo save ...........................................	157
Viewing a still picture
– Memory photo playback ..................	159
Viewing a moving picture
– MPEG movie playback .....................	163
Viewing images using computer ..............	165
Enlarging still images recorded on “Memory
Stick”s
– Memory PB ZOOM ...........................	172
Playing back images in a continuous loop
– SLIDE SHOW .....................................	174
Preventing accidental erasure
– Image protection ................................	176
Deleting images ...........................................	178