Sony DCR-TRV40, DCR-TRV50 Editing, Operations, Operations, Getting Started, Quick Start Guide, Playback – Basics, Advanced Playback, Recording – Basics, Advanced Recording

Table of contents

	Main features .....................................	4
	Quick Start Guide
	– Recording on a tape .............................	8
	– Recording on a “Memory Stick” ......	10
	Getting Started
	Using this manual .................................	12
	Checking supplied accessories ............	14
	Step 1 Preparing the power supply ...	15
	Installing the battery pack ............	15
	Charging the battery pack .............	16
	Connecting to a wall outlet ...........	19
	Step 2 Setting the date and time ........	20
	Step 3 Inserting a cassette ...................	23
	Step 4 Using the touch panel ..............	24
	Recording – Basics
	Recording a picture...............................	26
	Shooting backlit subjects
	– BACK LIGHT ........................	34
	Shooting in the dark
	– NightShot/Super NightShot/
	Color Slow Shutter ..................	34
	Self-timer recording .......................	37
	Checking recordings
	– END SEARCH/
	EDITSEARCH/Rec Review ..........	38
	Playback – Basics
	Playing back a tape ...............................	40
	To display the screen indicators
	– Display function ...................	42
	Viewing the recording on TV ..............	46
	Advanced Recording
	Operations
	Recording still images on a “Memory
	Stick” during tape recording ........	47
	Recording still images on a tape
	– Tape Photo recording .................	52
	Adjusting the white balance manually
	...........................................................	54
	Using the wide mode ...........................	55
	Using the fader ......................................	57
	Using special effects
	– Picture effect .................................	60
	Using special effects
	– Digital effect .................................	61
	Using the PROGRAM AE ....................	64
6	Adjusting the exposure manually ......	67

Using the spot light-metering
– Flexible Spot Meter .....................	68
Focusing manually ................................	69
Using the spot focus – Spot Focus ......	71
Interval recording .................................	72
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording ..........................	74
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back tapes with picture effect
...........................................................	75
Playing back tapes with digital effect
...........................................................	76
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ...........................	77
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY .................	79
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH .....	80
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 (on tapes)

........................................................... 89

Recording video or TV programs .....	100
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert Editing .............................	104
Audio dubbing ....................................	106
Superimposing a title .........................	110
Making your own titles ......................	113
Labeling a cassette ..............................	115
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ...............................	117
Recording still images on
“Memory Stick”s
– Memory Photo recording .........	126
Recording images from a tape as
still images .....................................	135
Superimposing a still image in the
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX ..........................	139
Recording moving pictures on
“Memory Stick”s
– MPEG movie recording ............	144