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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If you run into any problem using your camcorder, use the following table to
troubleshoot the problem. If the problem persists, disconnect the power source and
contact your Sony dealer. If “C:ss:ss” appears on the screen, the self-diagnosis
display function has activated. See page 194.
During recording
Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Actions
• The POWER switch is not set to CAMERA.
c Set it to CAMERA (p. 9, 25).
• Your camcorder automatically turns off to prevent the
battery pack from running out and to protect the tape
when your camcorder has been during recording standby
for more than 5 minutes.
c Set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) and then to
CAMERA.
• The tape has run out.
c Rewind the tape or insert a new one (p. 8, 39).
• The write-protect tab is set to expose the red mark.
c Use a new cassette or slide the tab (p. 198).
• The tape is stuck to the drum (moisture condensation).
c Remove the cassette and leave your camcorder for at
least 1 hour to acclimatize (p. 205).
• Your camcorder automatically turns off to prevent the
battery pack from running out and to protect the tape
when your camcorder has been during recording standby
for more than 5 minutes.
c Set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) and then to
CAMERA.
• The battery pack is dead or nearly dead.
c Install a fully charged battery pack.
• The viewfinder is not extended.
c Extend the viewfinder (p. 31).
• The viewfinder lens is not adjusted.
c Adjust the viewfinder lens (p. 31).
• STEADYSHOT is set to OFF in the menu settings.
c Set it to ON (p. 177).
• The setting is the manual focus.
c Press FOCUS to set to the autofocus (p. 66).
• Shooting conditions are not suitable for autofocus.
c Adjust to focus manually (p. 66).
• The LCD panel is open.
c Close the LCD panel.
START/STOP does not operate.
The power goes off.
The picture in the viewfinder is not
clear.
SteadyShot does not work.
The autofocusing function does
not work.
The picture does not appear in the
viewfinder.
— Troubleshooting —
Types of trouble and how to correct trouble