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Table of contents
Main Features.......................................... 4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on tape .................................. 12
– Recording on “Memory Stick” ............. 14
Getting Started
Using this manual ..................................... 20
Checking supplied accessories ................ 23
Step 1 Preparing the power source......... 24
Installing the battery pack................. 24
Charging the battery pack ................. 25
Connecting to a wall socket .............. 29
Step 2 Setting the date and time ............. 30
Step 3 Using the touch panel ................... 33
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ................................... 36
Shooting backlit subjects
– Back light function .................... 46
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter .................... 47
Checking recordings – End search/Edit
search/Rec Review ............................ 50
Playback – Basics
Playing back tape ...................................... 52
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ....................... 53
Viewing a recording on TV ..................... 58
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on “Memory
Stick” during tape recording
standby or tape recording ................. 60
Self-timer recording .................................. 62
Adjusting the white balance manually
............................................................... 64
Using the wide mode ............................... 66
Using the fader function .......................... 68
Using special effects – Picture effect ...... 71
Using special effects – Digital effect ....... 72
Using PROGRAM AE .............................. 75
Adjusting the exposure manually .......... 77
Using spot light-metering function
– Flexible Spot Meter ......................... 78
Focusing manually .................................... 79
Using spot focus function
– Spot Focus ........................................ 81
Interval Recording .................................... 82
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .............................. 84
Recording with all the pixels
– Progressive Recording Mode ........ 85
Using the viewfinder ................................ 87
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back tape with picture effect ..... 89
Playing back tape with digital effect ...... 90
Enlarging images recorded on tape
– Tape PB ZOOM ............................... 91
Quickly locating a scene
– Zero set memory ............................. 93
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – Title search ................. 94
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ....................................... 95
Editing
Dubbing tape ............................................. 97
Dubbing only desired scenes – Digital
program editing (on tape) ............... 100
Recording video or TV programmes ... 111
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing .................................. 115
Audio dubbing ........................................ 117
Superimposing a title on a cassette
with Cassette Memory ..................... 123
Making your own titles .......................... 126
Labelling a cassette on a cassette with
Cassette Memory .............................. 128
Erasing all the data in Cassette
Memory ............................................. 129
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ................................... 130