User Guide
Table Of Contents
- CCD-TR317E
- Resetting the date and time
- Checking supplied accessories
- Quick Start Guide
- Getting started
- Using this manual
- Step 1 Preparing the power supply
- Installing the battery pack
- Charging the battery pack
- Connecting to the mains
- Step 2 Inserting a cassette
- Recording – Basics
- Recording a picture
- Shooting backlit subjects (BACK LIGHT)
- Shooting in the dark (NightShot)
- Superimposing the date and time on pictures
- Checking the recording
- Playback – Basics
- Connections for playback
- Playing back a tape
- Advanced Recording Operations
- Using the wide mode
- Using the fader function
- Using special effects – Picture effect
- Using the PROGRAM AE function
- Adjusting the exposure manually
- Focusing manually
- Superimposing a title
- Making your own titles
- Editing
- Dubbing a tape
- Customizing Your Camcorder
- Changing the menu settings
- Additional Information
- Playback modes
- Changing the lithium battery in your camcorder
- Troubleshooting
- Self-diagnosis display
- Warning indicators and messages
- Using your camcorder abroad
- Maintenance information and precautions
- Specifications
- Quick Reference
- Identifying the parts and controls
- Quick Function Guide
- Index

7
Quick Start Guide
Recording a picture (p. 19)
Viewfinder
Use the viewfinder placing your eye against its eyecup.
The picture in the viewfinder is black and white.
Monitoring the playback picture in
the viewfinder (p. 29)
NOTE
Do not pick up your camcorder by holding
the viewfinder or the battery pack.
1Set the POWER switch to
PLAYER
while
pressing the
small green
button.
2Press m to rewind the tape.
3Press N to start playback.
1Set the POWER switch to CAMERA
while pressing
the small green
button.
2Turn STANDBY to STANDBY. The
picture appears in the viewfinder.
3Press the red button. Your camcorder
starts recording. To stop recording,
press the red button again.
POWER
OFF
PLAYER
CAMERA
(CHARGE)
L
O
C
K
START/STOP
S
T
A
N
D
B
Y
L
O
C
K
START/STOP
S
T
A
N
D
B
Y
POWER
OFF
PLAYER
CAMERA
(CHARGE)
REW
PLAY










