Sony DCR-TRV38 User Manual
Digital video camera recorder, Dcr-trv38/trv39, Operating instructions
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Main Features
- Quick Start Guide – Recording on tape
- Quick Start Guide – Recording on “Memory Stick”
- — Getting Started —
- Using this manual
- Checking supplied accessories
- Step 1 Preparing the power source
- Installing the battery pack
- Charging the battery pack
- Step 2 Setting the date and time
- Step 3 Using the touch panel
- — Recording – Basics —
- Recording a picture
- Shooting backlit subjects – Back light function
- Shooting in the dark – NightShot/Super NightShot/Color Slow Shutter
- Checking recordings – End search/Edit search/Rec Review
- — Playback – Basics —
- Playing back tape
- To display the screen indicators – Display function
- Viewing a recording on TV
- — Advanced Recording Operations —
- Recording still images on “Memory Stick” during tape recording standby or tape recording
- Self-timer recording
- Adjusting the white balance manually
- Using the wide mode
- Using the fader function
- Using special effects – Picture effect
- Using special effects – Digital effect
- Using PROGRAM AE
- Adjusting the exposure manually
- Using spot light-metering function – Flexible Spot Meter
- Focusing manually
- Using spot focus function – Spot Focus
- Interval Recording
- Frame by frame recording – Frame recording
- Using the viewfinder
- — Advanced Playback Operations —
- Playing back tape with picture effect
- Playing back tape with digital effect
- Enlarging images recorded on tape – Tape PB ZOOM
- Quickly locating a scene – Zero set memory
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape by title – Title search
- Searching a recording by date – Date search
- — Editing —
- Dubbing tape
- Dubbing only desired scenes – Digital program editing (on tape)
- Recording video or TV programs
- Inserting a scene from a VCR – Insert editing
- Audio dubbing
- Superimposing a title on a cassette with Cassette Memory
- Making your own titles
- Labeling a cassette on a cassette with Cassette Memory
- Erasing all the data in Cassette Memory
- — “Memory Stick” Operations —
- Using “Memory Stick” – Introduction
- Selecting the quality and size of image data
- Recording still images on “Memory Stick” – Memory Photo recording
- Recording an image from tape as a still image
- Superimposing a still image in “Memory Stick” on an image – MEMORY MIX
- Interval Photo Recording
- Recording moving pictures on “Memory Stick” – MPEG MOVIE recording
- Self-timer recording
- Recording a picture from tape as a moving picture
- Recording edited pictures from tape as a moving picture – Digital program editing (on “Memory Stick”)
- Changing the recording folder
- Viewing a still image – Memory Photo playback
- Viewing a moving picture – MPEG MOVIE playback
- Choosing playback folder
- Enlarging still images recorded on “Memory Stick” – Memory PB ZOOM
- Playing back images continuously – Slide show
- Preventing accidental erasure – Image protection
- Deleting images – DELETE
- Changing image size – Resize
- Writing a print mark – Print mark
- — Viewing images with a computer —
- Viewing images with a computer – Introduction
- Connecting your camcorder to a computer using the USB cable (For Windows users)
- Viewing pictures recorded on tape on a computer – USB Streaming (For Windows users)
- Viewing images recorded on “Memory Stick” on a computer (For Windows users)
- Connecting your camcorder to a computer using the USB cable (For Macintosh users)
- Viewing images recorded on “Memory Stick” on a computer (For Macintosh users)
- Capturing images from an analog video unit on a computer – Signal convert function
- — Using the Network function —
- Accessing the network
- — Customizing Your Camcorder —
- Changing the menu settings
- — Troubleshooting —
- Types of trouble and how to correct trouble
- Self-diagnosis display
- Warning indicators
- Warning messages
- — Additional Information —
- Usable cassettes
- About the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack
- About i.LINK
- Using your camcorder abroad
- Maintenance information and precautions
- Specifications
- — Quick Reference —
- Identifying parts and controls
- Index