Sony DCR-TRV40E, DCR-TRV50E operating instructions Table of contents

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Table of contents

Main Features	4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape	12
– Recording on a “Memory Stick”	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	29
Step 2 Setting the date and time	30
Step 3 Inserting a cassette	33
Step 4 Using the touch panel	35
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture	37
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT	47
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter	48
Self-timer recording	51
Checking recordings – END SEARCH/
EDITSEARCH/Rec Review	53
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape	55
To display the screen indicators
– Display function	56
Viewing the recording on TV	61

Using the fader	74
Using special effects – Picture effect	77
Using special effects – Digital effect	79
Using the PROGRAM AE	82
Adjusting the exposure manually	85
Using the spot light-metering
– Flexible Spot Meter	86
Focusing manually	88
Using the spot focus – Spot Focus	90
Interval recording	92
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording	95

Advanced Playback Operations

Playing back tapes with picture effect ... 96

Playing back tapes with digital effect	.... 97
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM	99
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY	101
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH	102
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH	104
Searching for a photo – PHOTO
SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN	107

Editing

Dubbing a tape 110

Dubbing only desired scenes

–Digital program editing (on tapes)

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Recording video or TV programmes ... 128

Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert Editing	132
Audio dubbing	135
Superimposing a title	140

	Advanced Recording Operations		Making your own titles	144
	Recording still images on a “Memory		Labelling a cassette	146
	Stick” during tape recording	63
	Recording still images on tape
	– Tape Photo recording	69
	Adjusting the white balance manually	71
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8	Using the wide mode	73