Camcorder/Digital Camera Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Main Features
- Quick Start Guide
- Recording on “Memory Stick” (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Using this manual
- Checking supplied accessories
- Step 1 Preparing the power source
- Installing the battery pack
- Charging the battery pack
- Checking status of battery pack – Battery Info
- Connecting to a wall outlet
- Step 2 Setting the date and time
- Step 3 Using the touch panel
- 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
- Playing back tape
- To display the screen indicators – Display function
- Viewing a recording on TV
- Recording still images on “Memory Stick” during tape recording standby or tape recording (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Recording a still image on a tape – Tape Photo recording (DCR-TRV19 only)
- 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 (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- 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
- Playing back tape with picture effect
- Playing back tape with digital effect (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Enlarging images recorded on tape – Tape PB ZOOM (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Quickly locating a scene – Zero set memory
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape by title – Title search
- Searching a recording by date – Date search
- Searching for a photo – Photo search/Photo scan (DCR-TRV19 only)
- 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
- Using “Memory Stick”
- Inserting/Ejecting the “Memory Stick”
- Selecting image quality and size
- 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 a 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 (DCR-TRV33 only)
- Writing a print mark – Print mark
- 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) (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Connecting your camcorder to a computer using the USB cable (For Macintosh users) (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Viewing images recorded on “Memory Stick” on a computer (For Macintosh users) (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Capturing images from an analog video unit on a computer – Signal convert function (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- 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
- Identifying parts and controls
- Index
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Viewing images with your computer
Complete installation of the USB driver before connecting your camcorder to
a computer. If you connect your camcorder to a computer first, you will not
be able to install the USB driver correctly.
When connecting to a computer with the USB port
You must install a USB driver onto the computer in order to connect your camcorder to
the computer’s USB port. The USB driver can be found on the CD-ROM supplied, along
with the application software required for viewing images.
If you connect your camcorder and a computer using the USB cable, you can view
pictures live from your camcorder and pictures recorded on the tape on a computer
(USB Streaming function).
Furthermore, if you download pictures from your camcorder to a computer, you can
process or edit them in image processing software and attach them to e-mail.
You can view images recorded on the “Memory Stick” on a computer (DCR-TRV22/
TRV33 only).
Recommended computer usage environment when connecting
with the USB cable and viewing tape pictures on a computer
OS:
Microsoft Windows 98SE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 Professional,
Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional
Standard installation is required.
However, operation is not assured if the above environment is an upgraded OS.
You cannot hear sound if your computer is running Windows 98, but you can read still
images.
CPU:
Minimum 500 MHz Intel Pentium III or faster (800 MHz or faster recommended)
Application:
DirectX 8.0a or later
Sound system:
16 bit stereo sound card and stereo speakers
Memory:
64 MB or more
Hard disk:
Available memory required for installation:
at least 250 MB
Available hard disk memory recommended:
at least 1 GB (depending on the size of the image files edited)
Display:
4 MB VRAM video card, Minimum 800 × 600 dot High-color (16 bit color, 65 000 colors),
Direct Draw display driver capability (At 800 × 600 dot or less, 256 colors and less, this
product will not operate correctly.)
Others:
This product is based on DirectX technology, so it is necessary to install DirectX.
To create a Video CD, a CD-R drive is needed.
The USB port must be provided as standard.
You cannot use this function in the Macintosh environment.
Connecting your camcorder to a
computer using the USB cable
(For Windows users)