Sony DCR-TRV738E Quick Start Guide, Getting Started, Advanced Playback Operations, Playback – Basics, Editing, Customizing Your Camcorder, “Memory Stick” operations

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Table of contents

Main features ...............................................	3
Checking supplied accessories ..................	5
Quick Start Guide ...............................	10
Getting Started

Interval recording .....................................	72
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording ..............................	74
Superimposing a title ...............................	76
Making your own titles ............................	79
Inserting a scene ........................................	81

Using this manual .....................................	14	Advanced Playback Operations
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ........	17	Playing back tapes with picture effects
Installing the battery pack ................	17		83
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Charging the battery pack .................	18	Playing back tapes with digital effects ..	85
Connecting to a wall socket ..............	23	Enlarging recorded images
Step 2 Setting the date and time .............	24	– Tape PB ZOOM ...............................	87
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ........................	26	Quickly locating a scene
		– ZERO SET MEMORY .....................	89

Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ...................................	28
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ............................	36
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter ....................	37
Self-timer recording (DCR-TRV340E/
TRV738E only) .............................	40
Checking recordings
– END SEARCH/EDITSEARCH/
Rec Review ..........................................	42
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ...................................	44
To display the screen indicators
– Display function .......................	45
Viewing recordings on TV .......................	50

Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ...............................	90
Searching for a photo
– PHOTO SEARCH/
PHOTO SCAN ....................................	92
Editing
Dubbing a tape ..........................................	94
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing (on tapes)
...............................................................	98
Viewing images recorded on a tape on
your computer
(Windows users only) ......................	115
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ..................	128

“Memory Stick” operations

Advanced Recording Operations (DCR-TRV340E/TRV738E only)

	Recording still images on a tape
	– 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
6	Focusing manually ....................................	70

Using “Memory Stick”– Introduction
.............................................................	150
Recording still images on “Memory
Stick”s
– Memory Photo recording .............	160
Superimposing a still image in the
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX ..............................	168
Recording images from a tape as still
images ................................................	175