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Table of contents
Main features ............................................... 3
Checking supplied accessories.................. 5
Quick Start Guide............................... 10
Getting Started
Using this manual ..................................... 14
Step 1 Preparing the power supply....... 17
Installing the battery pack ................ 17
Charging the battery pack................. 18
Connecting to a wall socket .............. 22
Step 2 Setting the date and time ............. 23
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ........................ 25
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture................................... 27
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ............................ 35
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter .................... 36
Self-timer recording
(DCR-TRV340E only) .................. 39
Checking recordings – END SEARCH/
EDITSEARCH/Rec Review .............. 41
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ................................... 43
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ....................... 44
Viewing recordings on TV....................... 49
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ..................... 51
Using the wide mode ............................... 55
Using the fader function .......................... 57
Using special effects – Picture effect ...... 60
Using special effects – Digital effect....... 62
Using the PROGRAM AE function ........ 65
Adjusting the exposure manually .......... 68
Focusing manually.................................... 69
Interval recording ..................................... 71
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .............................. 73
Superimposing a title ............................... 75
Making your own titles ............................ 78
Inserting a scene ........................................ 80
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back tapes with picture effects
............................................................... 82
Playing back tapes with digital effects .. 84
Enlarging recorded images
– Tape PB ZOOM ............................... 86
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY ..................... 88
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ............................... 89
Searching for a photo
– PHOTO SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN
............................................................... 91
Editing
Dubbing a tape .......................................... 93
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing (on tapes)
............................................................... 97
Viewing images recorded on a tape on
your computer
(Windows users only)...................... 114
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings.................. 127
“Memory Stick” operations
(DCR-TRV340E only)
Using “Memory Stick”– Introduction.. 149
Recording still images on “Memory
Stick”s
– Memory Photo recording ............. 158
Superimposing a still image in the
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX .............................. 165
Recording images from a tape as still
images ................................................ 172
Copying still images from a tape
– PHOTO SAVE................................ 174