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Table of contents
Main features ............................................... | 4 |
Quick Start Guide .............................. | 10 |
Getting Started |
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Using this manual ..................................... | 14 |
Checking supplied accessories ................ | 17 |
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ........ | 18 |
Installing the battery pack ................ | 18 |
Charging the battery pack ................. | 19 |
Connecting to a wall socket .............. | 24 |
Step 2 Setting the date and time ............. | 25 |
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ........................ | 27 |
Recording – Basics |
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Recording a picture ................................... | 29 |
Shooting backlit subjects |
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– BACK LIGHT ............................ | 37 |
Shooting in the dark |
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– NightShot/Super NightShot/ |
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Colour Slow Shutter .................... | 38 |
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TRV740E only) ............................. | 40 |
Checking recordings – END SEARCH/ |
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EDITSEARCH/Rec Review .............. | 42 |
Playback – Basics |
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Playing back a tape ................................... | 44 |
To display the screen indicators |
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– Display function ....................... | 45 |
Viewing recordings on TV ....................... | 50 |
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a tape |
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– Tape Photo recording ..................... | 52 |
Using the wide mode ............................... | 56 |
Using the fader function .......................... | 58 |
Using special effects – Picture effect ...... | 61 |
Using special effects – Digital effect ....... | 63 |
Using the PROGRAM AE function ........ | 66 |
Adjusting the exposure manually .......... | 69 |
Focusing manually .................................... | 70 |
Interval recording ..................................... | 72 |
Frame by frame recording |
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– Frame recording .............................. | 74 |
Superimposing a title ............................... | 76 |
Making your own titles ............................ | 79 |
Inserting a scene ........................................ | 81 |
Advanced Playback Operations | |
Playing back tapes with picture effects |
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Playing back tapes with digital effects |
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Enlarging recorded images |
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– Tape PB ZOOM ............................... | 87 |
Quickly locating a scene |
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– ZERO SET MEMORY ..................... | 89 |
Searching a recording by date |
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– DATE SEARCH ............................... | 90 |
Searching for a photo |
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– PHOTO SEARCH/ |
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PHOTO SCAN .................................... | 92 |
Editing |
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Dubbing a tape .......................................... | 94 |
Dubbing only desired scenes – Digital |
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program editing (on tapes) ............... | 98 |
Capturing images from an analog video | |
unit on your computer |
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– Signal convert function ................. | 115 |
Recording video or TV programmes ... | 117 |
Inserting a scene from a VCR |
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– Insert Editing ................................. | 121 |
Viewing images recorded on a tape on |
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your computer |
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(Windows users only) ...................... | 124 |
Customizing Your Camcorder |
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Changing the menu settings .................. | 137 |
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