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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AUTO
60 AWB
F1.8 9dB
0
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12
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48min
ZERO SET
MEMORY
END
SEARCH
DV IN
16BIT
12:05:56PM
50min STBY
STILL
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9WIDE
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Identifying parts and controls
Operation indicators
1 Cassette Memory (p. 27)
2 Remaining battery time (p. 27)
3 Zoom (p. 32)/Exposure (p. 64)/
Data file name* (p. 135)
4 Digital effect* (p. 59, 73)/MEMORY
MIX* (p. 120)/Fader (p. 55)
5 16:9WIDE (p. 53)
6 Picture effect (p. 58, 72)
7 Data code (p. 40)
8 Volume (p. 39)/Date (p. 27)
9 PROGRAM AE (p. 62)
0 Back light (p. 33)
qa SteadyShot off (p. 177)
qs Manual focus (p. 66)
qd Self-timer (p. 50, 127)
qf Recording mode (p. 182)
qg Camera recording lamp*** (p. 48)
qh STBY/REC (p. 25)/Video control mode
(p. 39)/Image size** (p. 111)/Image
quality* (p. 110)
qj NIGHTSHOT (p. 34)/SUPER
NIGHTSHOT* (p. 34)/COLOR SLOW
SHUTTER* (p. 35)
LCD screen and Viewfinder
qk Warning (p. 195)
ql Time code (p. 27)/Tape counter (p. 27)/
Self-diagnosis (p. 194)/Photo
recording (p. 114)/Image number* (p.
135) /Playback folder* (p. 138) /Tape
photo*** (p. 48)
w; Remaining tape (p. 27)/Memory
playback* (p. 135)
wa ZERO SET MEMORY (p. 75)/Interval
Recording (p. 68)/Interval Photo
Recording (p. 124)/Frame recording
(p. 69)
ws END SEARCH (p. 37)
wd A/V t DV* (p. 173)/DV IN*** (p. 94)
wf Audio mode (p. 182)/Recording
folder* (p. 134)
wg Time (p. 27)
wh Flash (p. 176)
This indicator appears only when the
flash (optional) is in use.
wj Continuous photo recording** (p. 116)
* DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only
** DCR-TRV33 only
*** DCR-TRV19 only