Sony DCR-TRV, DCR-TRV16, DCR-TRV18, DCR-TRV25, DCR-TRV27, TRV18, TRV25TRV27 Quick Start Guide, Getting Started, Recording – Basics, Playback – Basics, Advanced Recording, Operations, Advanced Playback, Editing, (except DCR-TRV16)

Table of contents

Main Features ......................................	4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape .............................	8
– Recording on a “Memory Stick”
(except DCR-TRV16) ......................	10
Getting Started
Using this manual .................................	12
Checking supplied accessories ............	15
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ...	16
Installing the battery pack .............	16
Charging the battery pack .............	17
Connecting to a wall outlet ...........	22
Step 2 Setting the date and time ........	23
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ...................	25
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ...............................	26
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ........................	33
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Color Slow Shutter ..................	34
Self-timer recording
(except DCR-TRV16) ...............	36
Checking recordings
– END SEARCH/EDITSEARCH/
Rec Review ......................................	37
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ...............................	38
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ...................	39
Viewing the recording on TV ..............	42
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick” during recording on a tape
(except DCR-TRV16) ......................	43
Recording still images on a tape
– Tape Photo recording .................	46
Adjusting the white balance manually
...........................................................	48
Using the wide mode ...........................	49
Using the fader function ......................	51
Using special effects
– Picture effect .................................	54

Using special effects – Digital effect ...	55
Using the PROGRAM AE function ....	58
Adjusting the exposure manually ......	60
Focusing manually ................................	61
Interval recording .................................	62
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording ..........................	64
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back tapes with picture effect
...........................................................	65
Playing back tapes with digital effect
...........................................................	66
Enlarging images recorded on a tape
– Tape PB ZOOM ...........................	67
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY .................	69
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH .....	70
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ...........................	71
Searching for a photo – PHOTO
SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN .............	73
Editing
Dubbing a tape ......................................	75
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing
(on tapes) .........................................	78
Recording video or TV programs .......	89
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert Editing ...............................	92
Audio dubbing ......................................	94
Superimposing a title ...........................	98
Making your own titles ......................	101
Labeling a cassette ..............................	103
“Memory Stick” Operations
(except DCR-TRV16)
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ...............................	105
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick”
– Memory Photo recording .........	112
Recording an image from a tape as a
still image ......................................	117
Superimposing a still image in the
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX ..........................	120

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