Sony DCR-TRV24E Quick Start Guide, Getting Started, Recording – Basics, Playback – Basics, Advanced Recording Operations, Advanced Playback Operations, Editing

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Table of contents

	Main Features ..........................................	4
	Quick Start Guide
	– Recording on a tape ...............................	12
	– Recording on a “Memory Stick”*1) ......	14
	Getting Started
	Using this manual .....................................	20
	Checking supplied accessories ................	23
	Step 1 Preparing the power supply ........	24
	Installing the battery pack .................	24
	Charging the battery pack .................	25
	Connecting to a wall socket ..............	30
	Step 2 Setting the date and time .............	31
	Step 3 Inserting a cassette ........................	33
	Recording – Basics
	Recording a picture ...................................	35
	Shooting backlit subjects
	– BACK LIGHT ............................	43
	Shooting in the dark
	– NightShot/Super NightShot/
	Colour Slow Shutter ....................	44
	Self-timer recording*1) ........................	46
	Checking recordings – END SEARCH/
	EDITSEARCH/Rec Review ..............	48
	Playback – Basics
	Playing back a tape ...................................	50
	To display the screen indicators
	– Display function .......................	52
	Viewing the recording on TV ..................	56
	Advanced Recording Operations
	Recording still images on a “Memory
	Stick” during recording on a tape*1)
	...............................................................	58
	Recording still images on a tape
	– Tape Photo recording .....................	62
	Adjusting the white balance manually
	...............................................................	64
	Using the wide mode ...............................	66
8	Using the fader function ..........................	67

Using special effects – Picture effect ......	70
Using special effects – Digital effect .......	72
Using the PROGRAM AE function ........	75
Adjusting the exposure manually ..........	78
Focusing manually ....................................	79
Interval recording .....................................	81
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording ..............................	84
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back tapes with picture effect ...	86
Playing back tapes with digital effect ....	87
Enlarging images recorded on a tape
– Tape PB ZOOM ...............................	89
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY .....................	91
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH .........	92
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ...............................	94
Searching for a photo – PHOTO
SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN .................	97
Editing
Dubbing a tape ........................................	100
Dubbing only desired scenes – Digital
program editing (on tapes) .............	104
Recording video or TV programmes*2)
.............................................................	119
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert Editing*2) ..............................	123
Audio dubbing ........................................	125
Superimposing a title .............................	130
Making your own titles ..........................	134
Labelling a cassette .................................	137
“Memory Stick” Operations*1)
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ...................................	140
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick”
– Memory Photo recording .............	150
Recording an image from a tape as a
still image ..........................................	156