Sony DCR-TRV60E 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” ..........	14
	Getting Started
	Using this manual .....................................	20
	Checking supplied accessories ................	23
	Step 1 Preparing the power source.........	24
	Installing or removing the battery
	pack ................................................	24
	Charging the battery pack .................	26
	Connecting to a wall socket ..............	30
	Step 2 Setting the date and time .............	31
	Step 3 Using the touch panel ...................	34
	Recording – Basics
	Recording a picture ...................................	37
	Shooting backlit subjects
	– Back light function ....................	47
	Shooting in the dark
	– NightShot/Super NightShot/
	Colour Slow Shutter ....................	48
	Checking recordings
	– End search/Edit search/Rec
	Review .................................................	51
	Playback – Basics
	Playing back a tape ...................................	53
	To display the screen indicators
	– Display function .......................	54
	Viewing a recording on the TV ...............	59
	Advanced Recording Operations
	Recording still images on a “Memory
	Stick” during tape recording standby
	or tape recording ................................	61
	Self-timer recording ..................................	64
	Adjusting the white balance manually
	...............................................................	66
	Using the wide mode ...............................	68
	Using the fader function ..........................	70
	Using special effects – Picture effect ......	73
	Using special effects – Digital effect .......	74
	Using PROGRAM AE ..............................	77
	Adjusting the exposure manually ..........	79
	Using the spot light-metering function
	– Flexible Spot Meter .........................	80
8	Focusing manually ....................................	81

Using the spot focus function
– Spot Focus ........................................	83
Interval Recording ....................................	84
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording ..............................	86
Recording with all the pixels
– Progressive Recording Mode ........	87
Using the viewfinder ................................	89
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effect....	91
Playing back a tape with digital effect ...	92
Enlarging images recorded on the tape
– Tape PB ZOOM ...............................	93
Quickly locating a scene
– Zero set memory .............................	95
Searching the boundaries of the recorded
tape by title
– Title search .......................................	96
Searching a recording by date
– Date search .......................................	97
Editing
Dubbing a tape ..........................................	99
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing (on a tape)
.............................................................	102
Recording video or TV programmes ...	113
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing ..................................	117
Audio dubbing ........................................	119
Superimposing a title on a cassette with
Cassette Memory ..............................	125
Making your own titles ..........................	128
Labelling a cassette with Cassette Memory
.............................................................	130
Erasing all the data in Cassette Memory
.............................................................	132
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ...................................	133
Selecting the quality and size of image
data .....................................................	138
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick”
– Memory Photo recording .............	142
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ..................................................	150